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Saturday May 31, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

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All day

The Lot at Culture Lab LIC – Free Outdoor Concerts in May!

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

YAI Central Park Challenge 2024

8 am – noon

Central Park Challenge

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Family
Free

Central Park – Naumburg Bandshell

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9 – 10 am

Puleston’s Vagabonds, A Birding Club Saturdays 9am – 10am @ CEED

CEED Washington Lodge 287 South Country Road, Brookhaven, NY, 11719Brookhaven,

9 – 10 am

Tai Chi

Mitchell ParkGreenport

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State Park

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

9 am – 5 pm

Long Island Orchid Festival 2025

Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic ParkOyster Bay

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Barking up a Wave Hill Tree

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

Brooklyn Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

10 am – 1 pm

Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Black Birders Week Celebration: Birds & Bites

Randall’s Island Park

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10 am – 4 pm

Flea Market/Garage Sale – Community

East Atlantic Beach

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10 am – 6 pm

The Smith – Street Festival

Smith StreetBrooklyn

10 am – 4 pm

Brady Court Community Fair

Brady Court Community CenterBRONX

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10 am – noon

8th Annual Block Party at CMEE

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Festivals
Free

CMEEBridgehampton

10:30 am – noon

Science in the Woods

Ages: 9 – 12
Family
Free

Alley Pond Environmental CenterDouglaston

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market at Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn BreweryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

11 am – 4 pm

Port Chester Arts Festival

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Port Chester-Rye Brook Public LibraryPort Chester

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Remsen Cemetery Front

11 am – noon

The Remsen Family Revolutionary Patriots of Queens

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11 am – 6 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

Chelsea

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11 am – noon

Mike King reads & signs Ruby Finkelman Finds the Real Magic for Saturday Storytime at Barnes & Noble Upper Westside

Barnes & Noble Upper WestsideNew York City

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11 am – 6 pm

LG Launderette of Love

Free

Gansevoort Plaza at The Highline

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