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Little Island free Hudson River park walk (Pier 55)
Juilliard Rush Hour Performances (free)
Holiday silent disco at Pelham Fritz
Louis Vuitton First Friday at The Frick Collection
Why We Play: Sport, Art and Youth Identity at the Whitney
Collagraph Printing Workshop at the Whitney (Free Friday Night)
Volunteer Gardening at Tiemann Place in Riverside Park
Guided Nature Walk in Fort Tryon Park
Free Saturday Juggling at Bryant Park
High Line Tour: From Freight to Flowers (Saturdays)
Discovery Hike: Randall's Island Salt Marsh
Strange Confessions: Free Play Reading in Riverside Park
Kid Birding in Fort Tryon Park
Leaf Peeping Hike in Central Park's North Woods
Sunday afternoon jam at Smalls with Ryo Sasaki Quartet
Bryant Park Staff Walking Tours (Mondays)
Shape Up NYC: Cardio Dance
Free Evening Juggling Class at Bryant Park
Shape Up NYC: Flow Dance Cardio
Vinyl After Hours at Mezzrow on Tuesday Nov 10 (no cover)
Wollman Rink Veterans Day free admission skate
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Repertorio Español/Scaramouches Puppet Theatre
Monthly Nature Exploration Hike at Inwood Hill Park
Mark West lecture on pareidolia and form at Cooper Union
Vinyl After Hours at Mezzrow on Thursday Nov 12 (no cover)
Adult Crafternoon: Cyanotype Bookmarks at Battery Park City Library
Annual Leaf Lift Volunteer Day in Riverside Park
Free Solar Observing at St. Nicholas Park
Sungazing with West Harlem Art Fund in St. Nicholas Park
Fire Cider Workshop at Randall's Island Urban Farm
Outdoor Skills: Survival 101 in Morningside Park
Music and Creativity at Lincoln Center
Juilliard MAP Open Recital (free)
Winter Composting with Big Reuse on Randall's Island
Winterization Workday at Gatehouse Garden
Nature's Workshop: Natural Inks and Dyes in Inwood Hill Park
Comedy Mob Open Mic at New York Comedy Club East Village
Monday Night Jazz at The Back Room (free entry)
Perler Bead Art at St. Agnes Library
Team RIVER Volunteers on Randall's Island
At the Hearth: Make a Pinch Pot with Greenwich House Pottery
Juilliard Concerto Competition Finals (free)
Comfy Classical at Dyckman Farmhouse
Comedy Mob Presents: The Lineup at New York Comedy Club Midtown
Intermediate Chess Class at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
Falling for Nature Hike in Central Park
Free Stargazing at Highbridge Park
Astronomy: Autumn Sky in Inwood Hill Park
Comedy Mob Open Mic at New York Comedy Club East Village
Team RIVER Volunteers on Randall's Island
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike: Northern Manhattan Parks Super Hike
Historic New York: Mount Morris Fire Watchtower Open Access
Neon glow holiday silent disco
Birding: Winter Waterfowl at Central Park Reservoir
SantaCon NYC
Winter Wreath Workshop
Fifth Avenue Holiday Open Streets
Astronomy: The Winter Sky in Inwood Hill Park
NYRR Midnight Run fireworks (spectator)
NYC Parks New Year's Day Super Hike – Central Park
Paid & ticketed events (87)
Late-Night Live Jazz at Cellar Dog (Thursday)
Roy Hargrove Big Band Monthly Residency at The Jazz Gallery
Niagara Avenue A late bar until 4 AM (21+)
MacDougal Street late bar: Off the Wagon (21+)
Ace Bar East Village late night until 4 AM (21+)
Basement Chinatown late cocktails and games (21+)
The Dead Rabbit late Irish cocktail bar (21+)
Bar Goto Japanese cocktail bar on the Lower East Side (21+)
🗽 Other places to go
Sloomoo Institute
📍 475 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
A slime museum: hands-on slime bars, a slime-rain room and a DIY slime station.
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Details Official site ↗The Museum of Broadway
📍 145 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036
Costumes, set pieces and the history of Broadway shows. Last entry 90 min before close.
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Details Official site ↗MoMath (National Museum of Mathematics)
📍 635 Sixth Ave (at W 19th St), New York, NY 10011
Hands-on math exhibits, including a square-wheeled tricycle. Under 2 free.
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Details Official site ↗Edge at Hudson Yards
📍 30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001
An outdoor sky deck 100 floors up with a glass floor and views across Manhattan.
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Details Official site ↗Top of the Rock
📍 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112
Open-air decks with the Empire State Building and Central Park both in view.
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Details Official site ↗Jefferson Market Garden
📍 Greenwich Ave between Sixth Ave & W 10th St, New York, NY 10011
A free, volunteer-run flower garden behind the old courthouse library, open to visitors April through October.
○ Closed for the season
Details Official site ↗LEGO Store Fifth Avenue
📍 636 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10020
Big LEGO NYC builds, a Pick & Build wall and a minifigure factory.
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Details Official site ↗FAO Schwarz
📍 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111
The classic toy store with the giant floor piano from "Big."
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