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Saturday Aug. 23, 2025

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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All day

LIVE in THE LOT at Culture Lab LIC – August-September, 2025

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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All day

Nex Playground’s Gameplay Booth at US Open Fan Week

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Games

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

All day

Queens Carnival

DredSurfer Grill RestaurantFar Rockaway

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBushwick

8:30 – 10 am

Birding in Bucks Hollow

Ages: All
Family
Free

Greenbelt Nature Center

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

9 am – 9 pm

Jeep® 4×4 City Camp

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

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9:30 am – 8 pm

Summer Festival

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Free
Open Houses

NY Kids Club Park Slope-GowanusPark Slope-Gowanus

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9:30 am – noon

ASL-interpreted Shabbat Morning Service

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Town & Village SynagogueEast Village

Free Kayaking

10 am – 4 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn Heights

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 8 pm

Celebrate 10 Years of Miraculous® – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

Ages: All
Family
Free

FAO SchwarzMidtown

10 am

Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day powered by Net Generation

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterFlushing

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10 am – noon

Breakfast and Basketball

Free
Sports

Museum of Bronx HistoryNorwood

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Pride Center of SI Back To School Event

Ages: All
Family
Free

Pride Center of Staten Island

10:30 am

Pollinator Gardens Monitoring and TLC

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Greenbelt Nature Center

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11 – 11:45 am

Free Dance Lessons at Randall’s Island Park!

Dance
Free

Randall’s Island ParkRandall’s Island

2025 Juried Show image matrix

11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

11 am – 2 pm

Kids Business Fair

All Saints Church Staten IslandWillowbrook

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11 am – 6 pm

The 39th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition

Art
Free

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11 am – 4 pm

Back to School Festival

Major R Owens Community Center, 1561 Bedford Ave Brooklyn, NYCrown Heights

11 am – 1 pm

Light of the World – Free advanced film screening

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

The Sheen Center for Thought & CultureSoHo

11 am – 5 pm

Back To School Giveback

Ages: All
Expo
Family
Free

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

Noon – 1:30 pm

Weekend Kids

Ages: All
Family
Free

Derby

Noon – 3 pm

South Slope Derby 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Open Source GallerySouth Park Slope

Noon – 4 pm

Idlewild Environmental Center: Family Fun Day

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Games

Idlewild Environmental Center

Derby

Noon – 3 pm

KoKo NYC South Slope Derby

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Community
Family

Open Source GallerySouth Slope

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1 – 6 pm

The Art is Pulsing with Energy at BWAC This Summer

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook

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1 – 6 pm

Pop Out and Show’EM Mixer

Flabush Central

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