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Sunday, October 7, 2012
Conservation: Coastal Cleanup
at Wolfe's Pond Park Comfort Station (in Wolfes Pond Park), Staten Island
1:00 p.m.
Volunteering is a great way to make new friends and to give back to your city. Volunteer opportunities usually involve manual labor and may not be appropriate for all ages. Some opportunities…
Category: Environmental Awareness
Free!
Glass Painting Demonstration with Cristina Cipriani
at Lewis H. Latimer House (in Lewis H Latimer House), Queens
1:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
There will be free art demonstrations for children and young adults by Cristina Cipriani in the Latimer House's fall garden.
Category: Education
Free!
Nature's Helpers at the Audubon Center
at Audubon Center at the Boathouse (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn 
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Spend time outside enjoying nature while helping to keep Prospect Park clean. Families can take a tour of the Park and its waterways and help keep it clean along the way. Gloves, garbage bags and…
Category: Education
Free!
Fall 2012 116th Street Overlook Concerts: Brass
at 116th Street Overlook (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
With talent from the Columbia University Music Performance Department, the Manhattan School of Music Community Partnerships Program, and French Cookin' Blues Band.ORBIT BRASS QUINTET of the…
Category: Concerts
Free!
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Garden Highlights Walk
at Perkins Visitors Center (in Wave Hill), Bronx
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights.
Category: Nature
Eating Our Emotions: The History of Food in Funeral Traditions with Sarah Lohman (Talk & Tasting)
at Kingsland Homestead, Queens
2:30 p.m.
At the end of an early American funeral, participants were often given a cookie: spiced with caraway, and stamped with a special design, they were often kept for years as a memento of the…
Category: Education
Free!
Glass Painting Demonstration with Cristina Cipriani
at Lewis H. Latimer House (in Lewis H Latimer House), Queens
2:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
There will be free art demonstrations for children and young adults by Cristina Cipriani in the Latimer House's fall garden.
Category: Education
Free!
West Side Stories
at Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre (in Central Park), Manhattan
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
A Walking Tour of Central Park's Western Edge
Category: Nature
Free!
Handiwork: Tasks and Crafts from the Past
at Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Learn games, pastimes and tasks that were common 200 years ago.
Category: Arts & Crafts
Free!
Discover Tours
at Audubon Center at the Boathouse (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Talk a walk with one of our naturalists to watch for animals, and investigate little-known facts about the park and its animal residents.
Category: Birding
Free!
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