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Saturday May 17, 2025

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All day

Church of the Mediator participates in prestigious “Sacred Sites” weekend – May 17 & 18

260 West 231st StreetKingsbridge

Uptown Rumble Web Graphic(1)

10 am – 4 pm

Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx Exhibit

Museum of Bronx HistoryBronx

10 am – 5 pm

A Black History of Colonial New York Exhibit

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic SiteYonkers

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10 am – 4 pm

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History & Culture

Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical MuseumSag Harbor

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

11 am – 3:30 pm

Asian American Pacific Islander Festival

Pascone ParkArdsley

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Noon – 2 pm

Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Nasty Women of Fidi Walking Tour

Shrine to Elizabeth Ann SetonFinancial District

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Noon – 4 pm

51st Annual New York State Bethune/Height Recognition Program Luncheon

Leonard’s PalazzoGreat Neck

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Noon – 6 pm

2nd Annual Arts In The Park at Tappen Park-Stapleton

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Tappen ParkStaten Island

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1 – 4 pm

Tour the Rocky Point Hallock Homestead Museum

Rocky Point Hallock Homestead MuseumRocky Point

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1 – 2:30 pm

Interactive Nature Sculpture Installation

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community
Family

Downs Farm PreserveCutchogue

SCUCC

1 – 4 pm

Open House – Historic Sayville Church

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Blue Point

1:30 pm

17th of May Parade

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

17th of May ParadeBrooklyn

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2 – 4 pm

West African Dance Workshop with Live Drumming

Baobab: Tree of life by Beam CenterBronx

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2:30 – 4:30 pm

Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Nasty Women of Fidi Walking Tour

Shrine to Elizabeth Ann SetonFinancial District

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4 – 5:30 pm

Shinnecock 101 with Rev. Holly Haile Thompson

The ChurchSag Harbor

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5 – 6 pm

Searching for A Better Life: Looking Back at the African American Migration to Bridgehampton with Pat Turner Ph.D.

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

Sunday May 18

DinoSafari

9 – 10:30 am

Bronx Zoo Family Morning: Dino Safari

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish History

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10 am – noon

Party on Wheels

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

New York Transit MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 5 pm

A Black History of Colonial New York Exhibit

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic SiteYonkers

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10 am – 4 pm

Fixed in Time & Place

History & Culture

Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical MuseumSag Harbor

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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11 am – 3 pm

Guggenheim Museum Free Sunday Funday

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

11:30 am – 4 pm

2025 Israel Day on 5th

Israel Day on Fifth

Manhattan Asian American and Pacific Islander Family Day

11:30 am – 2:30 pm

Asian American and Pacific Islander Family Day

New-York Historical Society

Noon – 6 pm

Polish Heritage Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Kensico Dam PlazaValhalla

Adrienne Terry photo courtesy the Artist

Noon – 1:30 pm

Insight Sunday with Adrienne Terry

The ChurchSag Harbor

LHS- 1901 Restored LIRR Depot and Freight House

Noon – 4 pm

Lindenhurst Historical Society celebrates the 1901 Restored LIRR Depot and Freight House Museum’s 50th Anniversary with a Community Picnic, Sunday May 18, 2025

Irmisch Historical ParkLindenhurst

SCUCC

Noon – 2 pm

Open House – Historic Sayville Church

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Blue Point

Uptown Rumble Web Graphic(1)

1 – 5 pm

Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx Exhibit

Museum of Bronx HistoryBronx

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