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.
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from August 6, 2013 (x) to December 28, 2019
Saturday, March 25, 2017
It's My Park at New Dorp Beach
at New Dorp Lane and Cedar Grove Avenue (in Great Kills Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
This It's My Park Season, please join the Friends of Kivlehan as they work to beautify and clean New Dorp Beach Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Winter Workspace Session 2 Open House
at Glyndor Gallery (in Wave Hill), Bronx 
12:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
. Individual artists share their studio practice with the public on this open studio day.
Category: Art, Talks
Free!
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!
Book Talk: Roots of Empire: Forests and State Power in Early Modern Spain, c.1500-1750
at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island 
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Roots of Empire examines the intersection of forest exploitation and the expansion of royal power in the global Spanish monarchy.
Category: History, Talks
Free!
CANCELLED: Textile Arts: Crochet Amigurumi Bear - Adults
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx 
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Participants will crochet a cute, stuffed Amigurumi bear to keep or give as a gift.
Category: Accessible, Arts & Crafts
Free!
CANCELLED: Paper Arts and Crafts
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx 
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Create adorable arts and crafts items out of paper to take home.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Best for Kids, Winter Holidays
Free!
Kids
Storytime and Craft
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Bring your little nature lovers to Queens Botanical Garden for a relaxing afternoon with a reading of The Munched-Up Flower Garden by Nancy Kelly Allen, followed by a clothes pin caterpillar craft.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Best for Kids
Free!
Women's History Month Program: Women and Chocolate
at Morris-Jumel Mansion (in Roger Morris Park), Manhattan 
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
A Taste for Chocolate curator Carol S. Ward will present an illustrated lecture discussing women’s changing roles in the importation, distribution, and consumption of chocolate.
Category: History, Women's History Month, Talks
Union Square Park: Crossroads of New York Walking Tour
at Abraham Lincoln Statue (in Union Square Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Join us on Saturdays to explore the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood and learn about the people and events that shaped this vibrant historical community.
Category: Accessible, History, Tours
Free!
Arts, Culture & Fun: Book Presentation for City Birds by Elana Amity
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx 
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
The artist will present her book, with a short talk about her process in illustrating Edgar Allan Poe's poem, followed by a Q&A. Books will be available.
Category: Accessible, Education, Art, History, Seniors
Free!
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