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Bike Tour of Rockaway

RISE 58-03 Rockaway Beach Blvd, Far Rockaway, NY, United States

Join Rockaway Waterfront Alliance for a bike tour of the Rockaways. Help us celebrate spring by going outside and exploring New York City together by…

Free

Design Tour: Elevated Design

The High Line, Gansevoort Street Entrance 820 Washington Street, New York, NY, United States

Get an insider's look at the unique design elements of the High Line and the notable architecture in the neighborhood with Patrick Hazari, Friends of…

Free

Piano in Bryant Park

Bryant Park 42nd Street and 6th Avenue, Manhattan, Select a Country:

This free summer concert series brings the sounds of live jazz, ragtime and stride piano to Bryant Park. Stop by the bright green piano at…

Free

Celebrate Earth: Sustainable Living, Meditation and Yoga

United Nations Headquarters 45th Street 1st Avenu, New York, NY, United States

This event will be a continuation of the ‘UN International Day of Yoga’, which was proclaimed by the United Nations on 11 December 2014 (Resolution 69/131), to be celebrated on 21 June every year. Special guest Ms. Yogmata Keiko Aikawa, the first female and non-Indian Siddha Master in history, will be gracing the event as the keynote speaker to promote methods of meditation that develop Mindfulness and that facilitate individual awareness.

Free

Wildlife Tour: High Line as Habitat

The High Line, Gansevoort Street Entrance 820 Washington Street, New York, NY, United States

Tour the High Line with horticulturist and resident wildlife expert, Maryanne Stubbs. This tour will focus on how pollinators, migratory birds, and other wildlife use…

Free

Rangers Choice: Calvert Vaux Park Discovery Hike

Calvert Vaux Park Brooklyn, NY, United States

Put on your hiking shoes and bring your binoculars as we explore the rocky coast of Gravesend Bay. This beautifully restored parkland holds remnants of sunken barges that have been taken over by nature.

Space is limited and registration is required. If necessary, a lottery will be run to select participants. To register, please visit nyc.gov/parks/rangers/register. Registration opens on Wednesday, May 10.

Free

Brooklyn Farm Crew: 5/20 Brunch and Serve at the Youth Farm

The Youth Farm 600 Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

The Brooklyn Farm Crew is having its next farm day of the season! We are excited to join the Youth Farm for one of their monthly volunteer opportunities. We will volunteer from 10am-12pm, then enjoy some lunch together on the farm.

Free

Resilient New York

Tishman Auditorium 66 West 12th Street, New York

Join North Star Fund and our partners on May 20 for Resilient New York, a forum to advance grassroots organizing as a key strategy to protect the dignity and rights of all New Yorkers. The event is a call to community members, organizers, donors, and grantmakers to unite around a proactive shared vision to support the grassroots for the next four years and beyond.

As the Trump administration escalates multi-front attacks on our communities, New York’s grassroots organizers bring decades of experience fighting against inequity and oppression. In this moment when communities are being targeted, we must sustain our commitment to longstanding campaigns and the Movement for Black Lives, while embracing new and emerging work.

Free

Paddling at Little Bay Park

Little Bay Park 100 Totten Ave, Bayside, NY, United States

Come enjoy FREE kayaking and environmental education literature and activities, as part of Family Fun Day at Little Bay Park, a festival produced by Metropolitan…

Free

Lower EastStory: A Scavenger Hunt

Seward Park Corner of Canal and Essex St, New York, NY, United States

The Lower East Side Ecology Center, Media education non-profit MIRA, and the East River Park Coalition are joining forces once again to explore the history,…

$5

Meet the Fishes

The River Project Pier 40, West St and Houston St, Room 224, New York, NY, United States

Meet the Fishes marks the opening of The River Project's Wetlab season. Visitors can visit the flow-through river water aquarium and be introduced to the many species of marine animals that live in NY Harbor, such as seahorses, blackfish, and blue crabs, while enjoying food and drink from local businesses. There is a raffle of cool prizes and lots of fun for kids, including a touch tank where they can play with shrimps and other critters.

Free

The Steely City

Package Free 137 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

The next Urban Salon will focus on resiliency, both in the material sense and in the social sense. We will explore models of the "future New York" in the face of climate change and (other yet to occur crises) and the lived experience of past events, most memorably and recently, Hurricane Sandy.

How have New Yorkers stood up in times when resilience is required? How can you plan for community response for future events? How can New York continue to grow in an equitable and sustainable way? How do we see issues of equity surface at moments such as Hurricane Sandy and in the government's response?

Given the recent election and the uncertainty around federal support for urban infrastructure projects, how can and should New York plan for the future?

The panel will be held in Package Free Shop, a recently opened mecca for living zero-waste.

Free