NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Viewing 131–140 out of 299 events
from June 18, 2013 to October 5, 2013
in Culture (x) category
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Bryant Park Intermediate French Class
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan 
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Learn a new language or brush up on your skills in these standalone classes.
Category: Education
Free!
Caribbean Eagles Steel Drum Band
at Jamaica Avenue & Elton Street (in Highland Park), Queens
7:00 p.m.
Enjoy the sounds of the Caribbean islands in your own backyard.
Category: Concerts
Free!
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Bryant Park Tai Chi
at Fountain Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m.
Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are instructed by members of the Tai Chi Chuan Center for all ages and experience levels.
Category: Fitness
Free!
Art Exhibit: Fish & Crushed Can Story- Mixed Media
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
This mixed media exhibit by artist Iandry Randriamandroso illustrates how growth is disrupted by invasive species.
Category: Arts & Crafts
Celebrate Brooklyn!: The Tiger Lillies: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner / Cynthia Hopkins
at The Bandshell (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn 
7:30 p.m.
The Tiger Lillies, whose wicked cabaret has been likened to “Kurt Weill as scripted by Aleister Crowley,” (The Guardian) present a musical conjuring of Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s seminal romantic poem of death and enchantment on the high seas, complete with a cleverly projected stage set. The maverick theater artist and musician Cynthia Hopkins will establish the mood of briny macabre with an opening set of sea-faring songs and ghost stories.
Category: Concerts
Free!
Friday, July 19, 2013
Art Exhibit: Fish & Crushed Can Story- Mixed Media
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
This mixed media exhibit by artist Iandry Randriamandroso illustrates how growth is disrupted by invasive species.
Category: Arts & Crafts
Isadora Duncan Children's Dance Class
at Anne Loftus Playground (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan 
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Children are invited to express themselves with a new form of dance inspired by the natural movements of the human body.
Category: Dance
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: Harlem Dances
at West Harlem Piers Park, Manhattan 
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Come see local dance companies demonstrate their moves and maybe learn a move or two.
Category: Dance
Free!
Metropolitan Opera: Summer Recital Series
at Pier 1 (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
7:00 p.m.
An enchanting evening of favorite opera arias and duets featuring rising Metropolitan Opera stars Erin Morley (soprano), Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano), and Stephen Costello (tenor),…
Category: Concerts
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: Films on the Green
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the City of New York Parks & Recreation present the 5th annual Films on the Green Festival.
Category: Festivals
Free!
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