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 81–90 out of 7,936 events
from October 11, 2012 (x) to May 8, 2014
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Family Gallery Tour at Wave Hill
at Wave Hill, Bronx 
1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m.
Family Gallery Tours offer an opportunity for children and their parents or caregivers to enjoy looking at and sharing ideas about art. Tours will include discussions and activities about…
Category: Exhibits, Kids, Tours, Culture
Kids
Harvest Festival
at Cafe Lawn (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Upper Manhattan is gearing up to celebrate autumn with a cornucopia of fun during Saturday's Harvest festival in Fort Tryon Park.The eleventh annual festival features an array of…
Category: Fall Festivals
Free!
Event
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, Nature, Kids, Environmental Awareness, Tours
Free!
Wave Hill Gallery Tour
at Wave Hill, Bronx 
2:00 p.m.
Join an exhibition interpreter for one of our regularly scheduled tours of Wave Hill's fall exhibition Foregrounding the Palisades, sculptural installations by artists Isidro Blasco, Blane de…
Category: Nature, Exhibits, Tours, Culture
Cooking With Figs at Wave Hill
at Wave Hill, Bronx 
2:00 p.m.
Growing figs in New York City often evolves from a garden pastime into a garden passion. Fruit expert and fig fancier Charles Day shares cultivation information for growing your own Ficus carica in…
Category: Gardening, Food
Finding Your Poetic Voice: John Maney
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx 
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Local poet John Maney offers a free poetry series for teens and adults. Read and discuss poetry with your peers, and work to create your own poetry in a group setting.
Category: Storytelling & Readings
Free!
MillionTreesNYC Tree Care Workshop in Queens with Build It Green!NYC
at Build It Green! NYC Reuse Center, Queens
2:00 p.m.–4:00 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, Seniors
Free!
Family Camping in the Urban Outback
at Ecology Village (in Jamaica Bay Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.
During this overnight program, learn to pitch a tent, build a fire, and cook out like a pioneer. Make s'mores, tell stories, and sleep under the stars. Enjoy kayaking, marine nature study, and…
Category: Nature, Fitness, Kids
Free!
Kids
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, History, Tours
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, Education, Games, History, Kids, Culture
Free!
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