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Tuesday Aug. 5, 2025

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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Various

Cross County Center Summer Fest

Ages: All
Family
Free

Cross County CenterYonkers

Royal Botania at The Roundtree Amagansett

Midnight

Royal Botania, Thayers, and The Roundtree, Amagansett Launch a Summer Design Pop-Up

The Roundtree, AmagansettAmagansett

Mulford Farm from south

All day

Long Island History Hunt

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All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

A6 – 23

All day

The Place Where You Belong: Design Exhibition

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

10 – 11:30 am

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 – 11 am

Bryant Park Yoga Presented by Halara

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10 am – 4 pm

Long Island’s Largest Art Exhibition Celebrating Community and Inclusion in the Arts at The Atelier at Flowerfield

Art
Expo

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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10 am – 5 pm

After ‘Women in the News’: Work by Kari Marboe, Friends, and Colleagues

Art
Free

Greenwich House PotteryGreenwich

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10 am – 6 pm

Inkmaster and Tattoo Rescue star Christian Masot joins acclaimed visual artist Janelle Marie Kelley for limited showcase at Park West Gallery in SoHo

Art
Free

Park West GallerySoho

10:30 – 11:30 am

Littles: Toddler Time (Walkers – Preschool Age 3)

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Craft & DIY
Family

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

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10:30 am

StoryTime with Cali Co Cat

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Free

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10:30 – 11:15 am

Young Sprouts Gardening

Rockefeller Park

Tales & Tunes

10:30 – 11 am

Tales & Tunes

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

2025 Juried Show image matrix

11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

11 am – 8 pm

Clean Rite Center Brooklyn – Free Wash & Dry Event

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Clean Rite CenterBronx

TOUCH A TRUCK (2)

11 am – 1 pm

Touch a Truck

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11 am

Lapsit Storytime: Baby Space

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Free

St. George Library CenterStaten Island

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

Houses

Noon – 2 pm

Homeowner Exemption Liaison Program (HELP) courtesy of the Nassau County Department of Assessment at the Great Neck Library

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

3D Pens (2160 x 1080 px)

2 – 3 pm

3D Pens

Ages: 9 – 12
Family
Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

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2:30 – 4 pm

VIRTUAL/IN-PERSON The Ethical Genealogist

Classes
Free

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

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3 – 5 pm

Back to School Giveaway

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3 – 3:45 pm

Children’s story-telling every Tuesday afternoon in Sutton Place Parks

Free

Sutton Place ParksNew York

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