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 1–10 out of 37 events
from July 16, 2012 (x) to July 16, 2012 (x)
Monday, July 16, 2012
FLOW.12
at Waterfront Pathways along Ward's Island (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan 
6:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
FLOW returns to Randall's Island Park for 2012 with five new artists and five new site-specific installations along the Park's southern shoreline.FLOW is a project of the Randall's Island Sports…
Category: Arts & Crafts, Exhibits, Environmental Awareness, Tours, Culture, Waterfront
Free!
Beginners Tai Chi
at Garibaldi Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
Exercise your body and your mind every Monday with free Tai Chi classes hosted by the Taoist Tai Chi Society. All levels are welcome.
Category: Fitness
Free!
Nature University: NYRP's Summer Camp
at Swindler Cove Park, Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Bring your kids to NYRP's Summer Camp
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Nature, Games, Kids, Environmental Awareness, Sports
Free!
Kids
Parkcentric: Photographs from the Museum of the City of New York, 1890-1940
at Arsenal (in Central Park), Manhattan 
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Featuring nearly 70 photographs, this exhibition celebrates two great institutions—the New York City parks system and the Museum of the City of New York. The museum, originally housed at…
Category: Education, Exhibits, History, Culture
Free!
CityParks Tennis Lessons
at William E. Kelly Memorial Park (in Kelly Park), Brooklyn
, Williamsbridge Oval Tennis Courts (in Williamsbridge Oval), Bronx, Kaiser Park Tennis Courts (in Kaiser Park), Brooklyn, Fort Greene Park Tennis Courts (in Fort Greene Park), Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
CityParks Tennis presented by Chase, provides free tennis lessons to thousands of kids ages 5 to 16 each year in more than 36 parks throughout the five boroughs.The program promotes physical fitness…
Category: Kids, Sports
Free!
Manners Class for Children at the Alice Austen House!
at Alice Austen House Museum (in Alice Austen Park), Staten Island 
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
The ever popular etiquette programs!
Category: Accessibility, Education, Kids, Waterfront
Kids
Greater & Greener: Reimagining Parks for 21st Century Cities
at Helen & Martin Kimmel Center for University Life, New York University, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Greater & Greener: Re-Imagining Parks for 21st Century Cities is an international urban parks conference that aims to increase awareness of the positive impact that parks and green spaces have…
Category: Education, Nature, Exhibits, Festivals, Environmental Awareness, Tours, Culture, Talks, Seniors
J. Hood Wright 2012 Summer Sports Clinic
at J. Hood Wright Recreation Center (in J. Hood Wright Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
A summer sports clinic involving basketball, volleyball and tennis.
Category: Fitness, Kids, Sports
Kids
MillionTreesNYC Tree Care Workshop in Bushwick, Brooklyn
at Heisser Triangle, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Help water and care for the 80,000 new street trees that have been planted across New York City!
Category: Education, Nature, Gardening, Environmental Awareness, Volunteer
Free!
Compost Work Day
at Bartow Pell Mansion, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Learn all about efficient gardening at the Bartow Pell Mansion
Category: Education, Gardening
Free!
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