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GrowNYC Create Fair

Calling all DIY lovers! Come to GrowNYC's Create Fair to enjoy fun, hands-on activities including cooking demos, recycling games, nutrition education workshops, and making DIY seed planters.

Free

Design in the Age of Efficiency

32BJ SEIU 25 West 18th Street, 5th Floor Auditorium, New York, NY, United States

With recent legislation, new construction and major renovations of New York City-owned buildings now have to meet some of the highest efficiency standards in the nation.

Learn about the new laws with policy and design experts, and discuss what they may mean for the building industry. Refreshments will be served.

Free – $10

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts

Enjoy a relaxing summer night of beautiful music in Central Park free of charge, courtesy of Naumburg Orchestral Concerts. Bring friends and family to take in the famed works of Beethoven performed by the esteemed Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

Free

KEEN + Wild & Scenic Present: Live Monumental in New York City

The KEEN + Wild & Scenic Live Monumental Film Tour is a collaborative effort to bring the best films about the places we love and play to communities around the country. Each stop will feature one hour of engaging and inspiring short films, ending with Live Monumental.

Free

Central Astoria LDC 2016 Independence Celebration

Central Astoria Local Development Coalition presents its annual Independence Celebration, featuring a special performance by the Queens Symphony Orchestra followed by a spectacular fireworks display by Grucci.

Free

Movies Under the Stars: The Wiz

Heritage Park Richmond Terrace, New York

Join NYC Parks and the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment for a free film ! All ages welcome.

$

Shell-ebrate Oysters!

Pier 25 Pier 25, New York, NY, United States

Oysters have a long history in NYC’s waters. Learn about oysters and help restore them back into the Hudson River.

Free

Every Tuesday Young Sprouts Gardening

Battery Park City South Cove, New York, NY, United States

Young Sprouts is a FREE BPCPC’s gardening program for children 3 to 5 years old and an accompanying adult. The event happens every week until August 30th.…

Free

Figure Al Fresco

Battery Park City South Cove, New York, NY, United States

Many people are challenged when trying to draw the human figure. The Battery Park City Parks Conservancy offers everyone a chance to improve their skills…

Free

Pop Up Maker Space at Pier 25

Pier 25 Pier 25, New York, NY, United States

Calling all Makers! Join us at our outdoor Maker Space for weekly workshops challenging participants to design and construct solutions to real-world problems. Guided Maker workshops challenge participants to design and construct projects inspired by science and river concepts. Learn about the Hudson River through an engineering scope. Come tinker, test and build!

Free

Come Out and Play Festival

Multiple Locations

Come Out & Play returns to New York City in 2016 for another year of extraordinary outdoor games. We’ll take over DUMBO on July 8…

Zoning New York Scavenger Hunt

Open House New York 1133 Broadway, Suit 802, New York, NY, United States

Open House New York and the Museum of the City of New York invite you to celebrate the centennial anniversary of New York City’s zoning resolution with a citywide scavenger hunt to uncover how the invisible forces of zoning have shaped the city around us, from the dramatic setbacks of Jazz Age skyscrapers to the vast open plazas of mid-century Modernism.

$30