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 14,809 events
from April 4, 2013 (x) to December 28, 2019
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Like Us: Primate Portraits by Robin Schwartz
at Alice Austen House Museum (in Alice Austen Park), Staten Island 
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Check out the early work by photographer Robin Schwartz documenting the close relationship between primates and their caretakers.
Category: Art, Women's History Month
Workshop: Fundamentals of Photography
at Alice Austen House Museum (in Alice Austen Park), Staten Island 
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Learn the basics of digital photography and leave with some great photos!
Category: Education, Art
Prospect Park Orienteering Course
at Prospect Park, Brooklyn 
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Participants will use maps and compasses to locate hidden markers in the park. Maps and compasses will be provided.
Category: Education, Nature, Best for Kids
Free!
Pre-Concert Tea
at Wave Hill House (in Wave Hill), Bronx 
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
This traditional tea service includes the four classic elements of savory, scones, sweets, and tea.
Category: Food
Staaten Shores Exhibit: A Photographic Journey of Our Maritime Boundary
at H.H. Biddle House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island 
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
This exhibit celebrates the signature feature: the waterfront. North, south, east and west, the waterfront surrounds, unifies, and creates Staten Island's unique sense of place.
Category: Art, Waterfront
Free!
Women's History Month Hike (moderate)
at Oakland Lake (in Alley Pond Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Celebrate Women's History Month with this hike highlighting the environmental activism efforts of Gertrude Waldeyer and other women significant to parks in Bayside and Douglaston.
Category: Education, Nature, History, Women's History Month, Hiking
Free!
Winter Workspace Drop-In Sunday
at Glyndor Gallery (in Wave Hill), Bronx 
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Stop by Glyndor Gallery to speak to the artists and get a closer look at the creative process.
Category: Art, Talks
Free!
Youth Wheelchair Basketball Hosted by New York Rolling Fury
at Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center, Manhattan 
1:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Come out and scrimmage against other wheelchair basketball players from the NYC area.
Category: Accessible, Best for Kids, Sports
Central Park Tour: Seneca Village
at 85th Street and Central Park West (in Central Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Seneca Village was an important community of predominantly African-American property owners, living in an area that now makes up part of Central Park.
Category: Education, Nature, History, Tours, Black History Month
The Devil in New York: The Witchcraft Trial of Goody Garlick
at King Manor Museum (in Rufus King Park), Queens
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Scholar Tara Rider will introduce an often-forgotten period of Long Island history where the turmoil of everyday life in 17th century New York resulted in a hysteria of accusations of witchcraft.
Category: History, Talks
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