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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.

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from October 11, 2012 (x) to May 8, 2014

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Oct13

Family Gallery Tour at Wave Hill

at Wave Hill, Bronx This is an Accessible location

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

Best For
Kids
Oct13

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!

Must See
Event
Oct13

Nature's Helpers at the Audubon Center

at Audubon Center at the Boathouse (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn This is an Accessible location

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!

Best For
Kids
Oct13

Wave Hill Gallery Tour

at Wave Hill, Bronx This is an Accessible location

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

Oct13

Cooking With Figs at Wave Hill

at Wave Hill, Bronx This is an Accessible location

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

Oct13

Finding Your Poetic Voice: John Maney

at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx This is an Accessible location

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!

Oct13

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!

Oct13

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!

Best For
Kids
Oct13

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!

Oct13

Handiwork: Tasks and Crafts from the Past

at Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn This is an Accessible location

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!

Best For
Kids

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