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 11–20 out of 8,073 events
from October 4, 2012 (x) to May 8, 2014
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Haunted Houses By Corinne May Botz
at Alice Austen House Museum (in Alice Austen Park), Staten Island 
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Visit our current exhibit: Corinne May Botz's photography of haunted houses and recordings of ghost stories from around the United States!
Category: Education, Exhibits, History, Storytelling & Readings, Culture
Piano in Bryant Park
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan 
12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
It's Summertime and no better time to be a part of The In Crowd. Performances by internationally-acclaimed ragtime, jazz, boogie-woogie, and stride pianists playing the likes of Ella, Ramsey…
Category: Concerts, Seniors
Free!
The Art of the Park
at Outside the Dairy Gift Shop (in Central Park), Manhattan
12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Walk from the Dairy to Belvedere Castle
Category: History, Tours
Free!
High Line Field Station
at Chelsea Market Passage (in The High Line), Manhattan 
3:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Make the most of your visit and stop by the High Line Field Station to chat with High Line Greeters. These dedicated volunteers can answer your questions and provide information about the…
Category: Education, Volunteer
Free!
Central Park Conservancy Youth Soccer Clinic
at North Meadow Recreation Center (in Central Park), Manhattan 
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Soccer clinic with the Central Park Conservancy
Category: Education, Fitness, Kids, Sports, Outdoor Fitness
Free!
Kids
NYC Compost Project in Queens: Teacher Wormshop
at Materials for the Arts, Queens
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Discover the benefits of composting with a worm bin in your classroom. This excellent hands-on and inquiry-based activity teaches kids biology, recycling, and responsibility. Learn great facts about…
Category: Gardening
Event
Friday, October 5, 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!
Bridging the Nature-Culture Divide II: Stewardship of Central Park’s Woodlands
at Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Managing New York's 843-acre Central Park, which is both a historically significant designed landscape and natural habitat, is delicate. This daylong conference specifically examines ecology…
Category: Education, Nature, Culture, Talks
Julio Valdez, Nature: Prints, Drawings and Mixed Media
at Arsenal (in Central Park), Manhattan 
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation is pleased to announce Nature: Prints, Drawings, and Mixed Media, an exhibition of works on paper by artist Julio Valdez, curated by Graciela…
Category: Exhibits, Culture
Free!
Monet's Garden at The New York Botanical Garden
at Watson Building, Room 302 (in Bronx Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.
This multifaceted exhibition examines the life and work of the Impressionist master by highlighting his passion for gardening and the inspiration he drew from his living masterpiece, the garden on…
Category: Nature, Exhibits, Seniors
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