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Basic Canoeing

Lasker Rink and Pool, in Central Park 830 5th Ave, New York, United States

Few experiences compare with being on the open water in New York City.  The rhythm of the waves, the sun on your face, and the…

Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park

Heather Garden Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park Cabrini Boulevard and Ft. Washington Ave, New York

Fort Tryon Park towers above the Hudson River and offers commanding views of the Palisades and the lower Hudson Valley. As one of the highest points in Manhattan, it challenges the notion that Manhattan’s best vistas are from its skyscrapers. The Heather Garden – the parks most notable horticultural feature – is a three-acre garden that sits on the park’s Western side along the Hudson River.

Free

Billopp Shores: The Ebb and Flow of Man and Nature

Conference House Park Visitor Center 200-236 Satterlee St, Staten Island, NY

This retrospective exhibition offers a glimpse of man and nature's impact on the development of the waterfront in Conference House Park.

Free

Central Park Conservancy Film Festival

Central Park New York, NY, United States

The free Central Park Conservancy Film Festival screens classics just north of the Sheep Meadow (enter the park at West 72nd Street). Bring a blanket…

Free

Free Summer Movie on the Fight Deck

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Pier 86 W 46th St and 12th Ave, New York, NY, United States

Join the Intrepid Museum for its seventh annual Summer Movie Series. Enjoy FREE feature films on the flight deck, under the stars! Wall-E will be…

Free

Arts, Culture & Fun: Dance Away the Night!

Windmuller Playground, in the Lawrence Virgilio Playground 52-01 39th Dr, Flushing, Queens, New York

DJ Cocotaso spins salsa, merengue, bachata, and more outdoors at Windmuller stage. This event features dance lessons and performances by Piel Canela Dance School, followed by an…

Free

The Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island

In celebration of Governors Island 10th anniversary, Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra invite you to the grandest Jazz Age Lawn Party to date. Originating as a small gathering of friends longing for the simpler charms of a bygone era, the event has evolved into an international destination, one of the world’s most beloved and longest running events of its kind.

$55

27th Annual Ecofest

ECOFEST celebrates its 27th Anniversary this year. Launched as an environmental event where people would get information, get involved, find products, learn about services and be entertained by people who care about the environment, ECOFEST started as a visionary effort for a better world.

Free

India Day Parade

Madison Square Park between Madison Ave and 23rd St., Manhattan , NY, United States

The 35th annual India Day Parade in New York City, the largest parade by Indians abroad in the world.

Free

Life Along the Curb: Inside the Department of Sanitation of New York

Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York

Anthropologist Robin Nagle explores some of the political, infrastructural, economic, and cultural complexities that shape the dynamics of solid waste management in North America's largest city.

Free

Staten Island Circumnavigation

Unnamed Venue Bard Avenue at Richmond Terrace

New York City's *other* great circumnavigation -- Staten Island! This paddle is perhaps our region's most diverse in terms of natural and historical sights, and water conditions. We'll do it in two days, with camping, to best appreciate the experience.