Things to do with kids in New York Metro Area

Things to do with kids in New York Metro Area

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Thursday Nov. 13, 2025

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Various

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

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The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze: Hudson Valley

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RCCS Dress Rehearsal

Various

Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Radio City Music Hall

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Various

Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center

Ages: All
Attractions

Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterUpper West Side

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All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

All day

Santa Photo Experience

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

The WestchesterWhite Plains

Various

Santa Photos

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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7:30–8:30am

Hot26 Yoga with Dana

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8am–5pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8am–10pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

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8am–11pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

8am–5pm

Disney On Ice Presents Jump In!

Ages: 3 – 8
Virtual

UBS ArenaElmont

9am

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

Ages: All
Attractions

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

10am–5pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions

Intrepid Museum

Brooklyn Prospect Park Stroller Walk

10am

Prospect Park Stroller Walk

Ages: 2 and under
Community
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

10–11am

Rockness Music Parent and Me Music Class

Ages: 5 – 8
Music

Under Minerva Art GalleryBrooklyn

10am–6pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

10am–9pm

POP MART’s SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Free
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SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up

10:15am

Lavender Blues: Little Learners

Ages: 12 and under
Music

Riverdale LibraryBronx

Face Value

10:30am–5:30pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

10:30–11:30am

Baby Lap Time (Pre-Walkers)

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Dance

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

11am–1pm

UFC x Pacsun VECHAIN UFC 322 Event

Ages: 13 and up
Free
Sports

Noon–4pm

“Bulls of Wall Street,” a New Exhibition on 19th-century Finance

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion MuseumNorwalk

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Noon–8pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018

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Noon–7pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Free

IKEA House Warming

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3–6pm

Jennifer’s Playground Free Afterschool Program

Ages: 5 – 12
Community
Free

Jennifer’s PlaygroundStaten Island

Storytime

3:30–4:30pm

Storytime: Lenape and Corn

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

3:30–4:30pm

Autumn Tales

The Blue Park House at Marsha P. Johnson State ParkBrooklyn

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3:45–4:45pm

After-School Art

Ages: All
Art
Classes

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

4–5pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Caribbean

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

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4–6:30pm

STEM Family Sundays at iFLY

Ages: 3 and up

iFlyLong Island City

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