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Thursday April 17, 2025

Manhattan Earth Day 2025 Festival

Noon – 6 pm

Earth Day 2025 Festival

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Environment
Family

Union SquareManhattan

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5 – 7 pm

Opening of ENCORE, an exhibition that revisits Mark S. Kornbluth’s Historic Photographs Of Broadway Theaters Created During The 2020-21 Closure

Cavalier GalleryMidtown West

Haiti Uncovered 2024 (2)

6 – 7:30 pm

Haitian Cooking Class with Nadege Fleurimond

flatbush libraryBrooklyn

Friday April 18

Noon – 4:30 pm

Easter Egg Hunt Bash at Port Richmond!

Ages: All
Easter
Family
Free

Port Richmond LibraryStaten Island

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Noon – 3 pm

Walker Park Spring Festival

Ages: 12 and under
Easter
Family
Festivals

Walker ParkStaten Island

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12:15 – 12:45 pm

Good Friday at John Street United Methodist Church

John Street United Methodist ChurchFinancial District

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12:15 – 2 pm

John Stainer’s The Crucifixion at The Brick Presbyterian Church

Easter
Free

The Brick Presbyterian ChurchManhattan

2 pm

Spring Break Book Character Day

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

4 – 6:30 pm

Family Friday – Games and Arts and Crafts

Ages: All
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Bronx H.Y.P.E. Family Enrichment CenterBronx

Saturday April 19

11 am – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: Waking Up the Farm

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

3 – 4:30 pm

People’s Theater Project: Celebrate Your Culture with Community Theater Workshop Series

Free
Theater

Central Library, Queens Public LibraryJamaica

3 – 4 pm

World Literature & Arts Festival: Drummin Into Spring- Latin American Drumming

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
History & Culture

Stavros Niarchos Foundation LibraryManhattan

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