pianoFREEPiano in Bryant Park
Thu, Sep 17 · 12:30 PM
Bryant Park — Upper Terrace · Kips Bay
New York’s finest playing ragtime, stride, and jazz. Piano in Bryant Park takes place on the Upper Terrace, presented by NYC Parks with free admission.
FREEKids📍 Hamilton Heights
Kids In Motions: Carmansville Playground
📆Fri, Sep 18 · 10:00 AM
📍Carmansville Playground — Play Area · W. 152nd St. & Amsterdam Ave., Manhattan, NY Get directions ↗
🏷Free
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Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
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outdoorFREEPark Open Studio
Thu, Sep 17 · 1:00 PM
Washington Square Park — Northwest Corner Seating Area · Greenwich Village
Led by a local teaching artist, this drop-in class invites participants to explore creativity through hands-on artmaking under the shade of Scrabble Plaza’s trees.
KidsDrop-in
movementFREEKids In Motion: Bloomingdale Playground
Thu, Sep 17 · 2:00 PM
Bloomingdale Playground — Play Area · Manhattan Valley
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
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movementFREESummer Sports Experience: Flag Football
Thu, Sep 17 · 2:00 PM
J. Hood Wright Park — Basketball Courts · Washington Heights
The Summer Sports Experience program engages children in active outdoor play. An NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC’s playgrounds.
Ages 8–14
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artFREEBouncing Polymer Ball
Thu, Sep 17 · 4:00 PM
NYPL Hamilton Grange Library · Hamilton Heights
Join us at Hamilton Grange to learn about how to create a simpler form of rubber through a chemical process of polymerization, which connects molecules into long elastic chains that can bounce without breaking down or sticking!
Ages 6–12
artArt in the Garden: Sunshine in a Bottle
Thu, Sep 17 · 5:00 PM
The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights
Harness the light! Cast rainbows! And find flow working with dried botanicals and upcycled materials With the arrival of Autumn Equninox, as the days get shorter, perserve Summer blooms that brightened your day in your own upcycled botanical lantern. Work with pressed flowers from the garden and upcycled jars to disrupt the wastestream, create something anew, and find flow. Your Facilitator: Wilhelmina Grant-Cooper Wilhelmina Grant-Cooper is a Harlem-based visual artist, arts instructor, and author. She transforms found objects into visual art and sparks viewers’ creativity through discussion and hands-on activities. She is an arts instructor in healthcare settings wherein she uses the arts to nurture the creativity of cancer patients, their families, and staff. She also guides elder participants through arts projects at senior centers throughout the city. Find more of her work at @sistaahstudio on Instagram or on sistaah.org Join us for Art in the Garden every Thursday! Grounded in the garden, join us to critically and creatively engage in a diversity of artmaking techniques that open us up to deeper dialogue on place, our relationships to our lived environments, ecological concerns, and contemporary culture. Learn meditative and mindful drawing, printmaking and sculptural techniques, scientific observation with plant portraiture, nature-inspired intuitive artmaking and mixed media exploration, and other various practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to nurture your relationship to the garden. Immerse yourself in the learning garden, greenhouse, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants. Workshops are rain or shine. When inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. Accessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths, and the entrance is through a gate with a small, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use, and while we try to cook without peanuts, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. Our closest bathrooms are a building away, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone, and because herbalism classes take place here, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
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From $43W. 79th Riverside Park Baby & Toddler Music & Movement
Fri, Sep 18 · 10:00 AM
Riverside Park @ W 79th street · Hamilton Heights
Who We Are: Join us for 45 minutes of music and movement! Designed by two NYC moms, our lesson plan facilitates child developement in a way that is fun for both children and their caretakers. Each class is lead by Broadway-caliber performers, with expertise in a variety of genres and styles. Your child will gain practical physical, emotional, and mental skills through the lens of ballet, musical theatre, modern pop, Motown, and more! We can't wait to sing and dance with you and your family! Location Specific Information: Enter Riverside Park at W 79th street on the NORTH side of the street and we will meet on the first big lawn in the middle that is fenced in (if its open). Please bring something to sit on. Teachers will do their best to hold class in a shady place, but sun protection is encouraged. Teachers typically arrive 10- 15 minutes prior to the start of class. If you have any trouble, please call/text us at: (Sarah) 646-469-1777, (Maegan) 646-725-7457. What We Provide: Shakers Tambourines Scarves Hoops Balls *Please note that props may vary class to class* Learn More About Us Here: Our Website Our Instagram
Ages 3
storytimeFREELibrary Open House, Little Movers Storytime!
Fri, Sep 18 · 11:30 AM
NYPL Hamilton Grange Library · Hamilton Heights
Join us at Hamilton Grange Library for a special "Library Open House" story time to hear NYPL themed stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Storytime will be a ticketed event due to capacity limits. Tickets will be distributed on a first come, first served basis and limited to 15 Families. Please arrive on time.
Up to age 3
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