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Friday July 18, 2025

3pm

Crafting Pennants

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY

Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

3pm

Surprise Program: Slime Time!

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Macomb’s Bridge Library

3pm

Summer Adventure: Tiny Treasures

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Soundview LibraryBronx

3pm

Sci-Fri Vibes: Oobleck

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

crazy science square

3:30–4:15pm

Crazy Science: Dry Ice Discovery

Ages: 3 – 8

Staten Island Childrens MuseumStaten Island

3:30pm

Craft Corner: Popsicle Stick Airplane

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Morrisania LibraryBronx

3:30pm

FriDIY: Magnets

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY

Webster Library

3:30pm

Summer Adventure: Fossil Fun

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

Kips Bay Library

3:30pm

Anime Otaku Club

Ages: 13 and up
Film

Melrose LibraryBronx

Rockland Orange County Fair

4–11pm

The Orange County Fair

Orange County FairgroundsMiddletown

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4–5pm

Giant Game Night @ the Village Branch

Ages: 5 – 12

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library Village BranchHaverstraw

Bronx NYC Parks Presents Gaga Festival

4–6pm

NYC Parks Presents: Gaga Festival

Ages: All
Community
Free

Playground West – Play Area in St. Mary’s ParkBronx

4pm

TEENS GET CRAFTY: Rainbow Scratch Ornaments!

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY

Kingsbridge LibraryBronx

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5–8pm

July Beer Garden

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Japan Village CourtyardBrooklyn

5–11pm

The Feast in Verplanck

The Feast in VerplanckVerplanck

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5–10pm

LuminoCity Dino Safari

Ages: All
Attractions

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

ColorPop Workshop

5:30–8pm

ColorPop Workshop for Kids – Parents’ Night Out!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Colorpop WorkShop Southampton StudioSouthampton

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6–7pm

Club 8: Ridiculously Fun Social Skills Group for Teens

Ages: 13 and up
Community

Club 8Plainview

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6–7pm

Magic, Laughs, and More (Families with children up to 5th grade)

Ages: 5 – 12
Caribbean
Comedy

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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6–7pm

Magic, Laughs, and More

Ages: 5 – 12
Caribbean
Comedy

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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7–8pm

Sarah Jane Cion Trio

Ages: All
Music

Jazz on MainMt. Kisco

Chase Strangio

7–9pm

HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY Documentary Screening & Q&As

Ages: All
Art
Community

Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary FilmNew York, NY

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8–9pm

Skyhunters in Flight (Amphitheater 2025)

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

Hudson River MuseumYonkers

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8–10pm

Wild at Night: Evening Nature Encounters

Ages: 9 and up
Animals
Attractions

8:30–10:30pm

Movies Under the Stars: A Minecraft Movie (2025)

Ages: All
Film
Free

Naples PlaygroundStaten Island

9:45pm

Friday Night Fireworks

Ages: All
Free
Outdoors

Luna ParkBrooklyn

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