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Summer Story Time and Nature Walk (Children’s Program)

Sat, Aug 29 · 10:00 AM

Rockefeller State Park Preserve · Pleasantville

Enjoy a morning with the family at the park!

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Sat, Aug 29 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Story Hour at Sugar Hill Museum

Sat, Aug 29 · 11:00 AM

Sugar Hill Museum · Washington Heights

Music & Movement

Sat, Aug 29 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Summer Saturdays at Philipsburg Manor

Sat, Aug 29 · 11:00 AM

Philipsburg Manor · Tarrytown

Visit Philipsburg Manor every Saturday from July 11 to September 5 to explore history through fun activities, such as harvesting wheat, learning about pollination and other wildlife, exploring waterways, creating ceramics, and playing old-fashioned games. Each week has a new theme: July 11: Barnyard Bash July 18: Fabric & Fashion July 25: Hive & Honey August 1: Wonderful Waterways August 8: Clay & Creation August 15: The Big Playdate August 22: Seeds & Sprouts August 29: Pickles & Preserves September 5: Global Grains For more information, visit https://hudsonvalley.org/events/summer-saturdays-at-philipsburg-manor/

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Sun, Aug 30 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Garden Party in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Pollinator Garden

Sun, Aug 30 · 10:30 AM

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge · Far Rockaway

Join us in the JBWR Pollinator Garden to care for the garden and perform routine maintenance. Love gardening but don’t have the space or resources? This is a great opportunity to get your hands in the soil while supporting your local ecosystem and community. There will also be an opportunity to sign up as a regular volunteer gardener. We’ll be rejuvenating this vital habitat for pollinators; together, we’ll transplant eight native species grown from seed and give the garden a seasonal refresh. Volunteers will assist with clearing garden beds, repairing the gravel trail, spreading compost, and planting new seedlings. All tools will be provided. This event is open to all ages. Youth under 16 must be accompanied by a legal guardian. Please dress appropriately for the weather and for moderate outdoor physical activity. Spaces are limited—sign up today and help support pollinators in your community!

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Mon, Aug 31 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Mon, Aug 31 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Urban Garden 101 – Summer Harvest

Mon, Aug 31 · 5:30 PM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

Participants will harvest summer crops and learn how to prepare the garden for fall. In step with the growing season, beginner gardeners are invited to gain hands-on learning experiences at the learning garden and greenhouse. In the beggining of Summer, we’ll cover fundamental principles and practices of growing plants for specific urban green spaces, preparing soil, designing a garden suitable for each gardener’s specific needs, regenerative and climate-wise gardening, starting seeds, proper planting techniques, and basic plant care. Gardeners in this course will contribute to collective beds in our learning garden as well as tend seedlings to take to their own urban green spaces. In this class participants will harvest lettuce, spinach,mint,and root vegetbales. Participants will also make bi-products from the herbs in the garden. Required Texts and Resources: No texts are required. Optional supplemental readings will be given for each class. Registration: Each track is limited to 16 participants per session. We ask that you kindly register prior the start of the cohort. Urban Gardening 101 is most suited for adults, and we kindly ask participants with children to consider one of our other weekly free family-friendly programs instead.

Soil Stories

Tue, Sep 1 · 10:00 AM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

A self-guided cozy nook in the greenhouse with curated books, games, and artmaking for quiet moments to enjoy with plants.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Tue, Sep 1 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Sauté, Sizzle, Savor: Winter Cooking & Eating

Tue, Sep 1 · 11:00 AM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

Gather around the table for collectively-crafted meals and food stories.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Wed, Sep 2 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Wed, Sep 2 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Museum Minis

Wed, Sep 2 · 11:35 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Music, movement, stories, play, and fun! A special program for our youngest visitors, held every Wednesday in Toddler Beach. Limited to 12 guests (plus 1 caregiver). Ages 6 months – 30 months Free with Museum admission, first come first served. Sign up at admission desk.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Thu, Sep 3 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Thu, Sep 3 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Museum Minis

Thu, Sep 3 · 11:30 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Music, stories, play, and activities encourage caregiver interaction.

Art in the Garden: Drawing with Nature

Thu, Sep 3 · 5:00 PM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

Draw as a form of care and attention using charcoal and walnut inks to imbue nature into your recordings. Celebrate the close of summer with this hands-on drawing class, using pencil, handmade charcoal, and walnut ink. Together, we will observe and record plant-life, as we talk about foraged color techniques that will transition to Fall. This workshop is suitable for all ages. Photo courtesey of artist. ‘Drawing with Nature’ Thurmont Regional Library, Thurmont, Maryland, September 2023 while Artist-in-Residence at Cunningham Falls State Park Header Photos: Courtesey of artist from project: Soil Refuge Cindy Stockton Moore is a Philadelphia based artist who works with aqueous media to create multimedia animations, works on paper, and site-specific installations. Creating ink from natural materials and hyperlocal species, she connects to the landscape in tactile ways, cultivating themes of entangled resilience. Installations currently on view (2026) include ’an openness to all things lovely’ at Glen Foerd and ‘Other Absences’ at Eastern State Penitentiary. Her experimental collaborative videos have been screened in festivals and exhibitions nationwide and abroad. More at: www.cindystocktonmoore.com 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.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Fri, Sep 4 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Fri, Sep 4 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

CSA Supper Club: Reclaiming Ancestral Cooking

Fri, Sep 4 · 5:30 PM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

Explore the origins stories of CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture)as we unpack and taste test the foods inside. Join us in the garden and around the table to explore how we can reclaim ancestral cooking by recovering the principles that shaped our ancestors’ relationship with food rather than simply recreating historical recipes. Participants will examine how traditional practices such as cooking with the senses, eating seasonally and locally, and preparing food with intention can be integrated with modern nutritional knowledge to create a more connected and nourishing approach to cooking. Together, we will explore what it truly means to eat in relationship with the land, the seasons, and the people we feed, while gaining practical ways to apply these ideas in everyday life. Your Facilitator: Journei Bimwala is a clinical herbalist, foraging practitioner, nutrition health coach, and educator dedicated to helping people build meaningful relationships with the natural world through food and plants. Drawing from her experience in foraging, herbal medicine, and community education, she teaches participants how to reconnect with the landscapes they inhabit by making what is unknown known and what is known accessible. Her work weaves together traditional ecological knowledge, modern nutritional understanding, and cultural wisdom to inspire people to see food not only as nourishment, but as a pathway to health, connection, and stewardship. Cooking, sharing, and storytelling through the harvest of the season. History, place, and imagination are all deeply rooted in what and how we grow and eat. Each Friday evening, this supper club gathers around ingredients of the week–produce grown in the garden and food from our local CSA. A CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is rooted in the idea that community members share in the risks and rewards of farming. By committing to a season’s harvest, we support farmers through the lands’ and our current food system’s uncertainties and in return, receive food that is grown in integrity and largely outside of the current extractive and exploitive, harmful food systems. Together, we’ll gather to deepen our relationships with the sources of our food and our empathy for the people’s whose hands that food has passed through. Through collaborative cooking, recipe-sharing, and conversations around the table, we explore the cultural, ecological, and personal dimensions of food. Drawing inspiration from our kitchen’s stories, cookbooks, and the week’s harvest, we’ll discover how the simple act of preparing and sharing a meal can connect us more deeply to land-workers, food-workers, and to the land theirself. This is a free drop-in program. Come to every class or come to one or two that you are available for. Workshops are rain or shine. 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. 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. 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.

Introduction to Hiking from Toes to Head

Sat, Sep 5 · 9:00 AM

Rockefeller State Park Preserve · Pleasantville

Learn hiking tips from our veteran park patron, Mike Miernik Are you new to hiking, and unsure where to start? Then look no further. On this introductory level hike around Swan Lake, we’ll discuss tips and tricks to make the most out of your hike all year round. We’ll talk about the need for different kinds of clothes, like boots and gators, how certain items can be used in an emergency, and how to plan for food, water, and ticks. After our walk, we will have time to answer any more questions you may have, so come prepared! Capacity: 20 People Cost: FREE Parking: $6 Image courtesy of Pierce Johnston

Plein Air Painting

Sat, Sep 5 · 9:30 AM

Rockefeller State Park Preserve · Pleasantville

Learn nature watercolor technique with expert instructor Ann Johann! Experience nature through painting! Learn the watercolor technique under the guidance of award-winning artist, Anne Johann, as you absorb the beauty of the landscape before you. You may bring your own supplies if you have them; if not, supplies will be provided. Recommended supplies include: a watercolor set, paintbrushes, watercolor paper, easel, pencil, eraser, and a couple small jars of water. Meet in the Visitor’s Center courtyard, followed by a short walk to the lake. Wear sun protection, bring water to drink and a lightweight chair that you can carry to the site. In case of rain, the program will be moved to the following Sunday and you will be notified by email about the postponement. Cost: $8. Max: 10 people. Photo courtesy of Heidi Fuhrman

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Sun, Sep 6 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Sun, Sep 6 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Gay In The Garden – Ice Tie Dye

Sun, Sep 6 · 1:00 PM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

Join us for a fun afternoon ! We'll make corn husk dolls 1-2pm. Then we will be led by McLean in how to Ice Dye Cloth. Join us for an afternoon of art and crafting. We will make corn husk dolls then learn how to ice dye.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Mon, Sep 7 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Mon, Sep 7 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Museum Minis

Mon, Sep 7 · 11:30 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Music, stories, play, and activities encourage caregiver interaction.

Soil Stories

Tue, Sep 8 · 10:00 AM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

A self-guided cozy nook in the greenhouse with curated books, games, and artmaking for quiet moments to enjoy with plants.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Tue, Sep 8 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Sauté, Sizzle, Savor: Winter Cooking & Eating

Tue, Sep 8 · 11:00 AM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

Gather around the table for collectively-crafted meals and food stories.

Senior Hike at Rockwood Hall

Wed, Sep 9 · 10:00 AM

1 Rockwood Rd · Tarrytown

Enjoy a slower paced walk with a Park Naturalist Join Park Educator Joe Zarzhevsky for a guided senior-friendly hike at our Rockwood Hall section of the Preserve. This relaxed pace walk will explore the natural history and seasonal highlights of the landscape, allowing us time to pause and engage with our surroundings. We’ll spend time observing birds and wildlife, Trees and plants, and take time to appreciate the beauty of the Hudson Highlands. The Rockwood Hall parking lot is on Kendal Way at the west end of route 117, just after the intersection of Phelps and Regeneron. If the lot is full, you may park in the Phelps Garage (Free) Gather at the Kiosk at the top of the hill. For the exact location of the parking lot, please use the links below: NYNJ Trail Conference: https://secure.nynjtc.org/hike/rockwood-hall-sleepy-hollow Google maps: maps.app.goo.gl/qDm118HiZgbvc5yAA Apple maps: maps.apple/p/AHGFhumaMmF_K7 Cost: FREE Parking: FREE Maximum 40 people

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Wed, Sep 9 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Thu, Sep 10 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Thu, Sep 10 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Sunset Yoga Fundraiser

Thu, Sep 10 · 6:00 PM

1 Rockwood Rd · Tarrytown

A special yoga session! Join yoga instructor Shivani Singh and her daughter Shyla for an outdoor yoga and mobility class overlooking the beautiful Hudson River. This free class welcomes donations, with all proceeds supporting Teach For America as part of Shyla’s marathon fundraising journey. Come breathe, stretch, relax, and make a meaningful impact on education. After class, enjoy chai and enter a raffle! Please use the donation link below to support Teach For America. https://fundraise.teachforamerica.org/fundraiser/7250006 Appropriate for all levels of experience, ages 18+. Cost: FREE Please bring a yoga mat and water and arrive at least 15 minutes early to account for the 10-minute walk to the site. Tick/insect repellent is advised. Classes are at Rockwood Hall, DO NOT go to the main entrance. The parking lot is on Kendal Way off route 117, just after the intersection of Phelps and Regeneron. If the lot is full, you may park in the Phelps garage (free). For the exact location of the parking lot, please use the links below: Google maps: maps.app.goo.gl/qDm118HiZgbvc5yAA Apple maps: maps.apple/p/AHGFhumaMmF_K7 Walk up the hill across the street from the parking lot, make a right at the kiosk and walk 5 minutes until you reach the foundation. In the event of rain, class will be canceled; you will be notified via email by 2 pm day of. Photo courtesy of Martha Bierut

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Fri, Sep 11 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Fri, Sep 11 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Museum Minis

Fri, Sep 11 · 11:30 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Music, stories, play, and activities encourage caregiver interaction.

CSA Supper Club: Reclaiming Ancestral Cooking – Beyond the Recipe

Fri, Sep 11 · 5:30 PM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

Explore the origins stories of CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture)as we unpack and taste test the foods inside. Join us in the garden and around the table to explore what it truly means to reclaim ancestral cooking by looking beyond traditional recipes and focusing on the principles that guided our ancestors’ relationship with food. Participants will examine how observation, adaptability, seasonality, resourcefulness, and intention shaped the way people cooked across cultures, and how these same principles can be applied in modern kitchens. Through discussion and reflection, the workshop encourages participants to rethink cooking as a meaningful practice that connects us to our bodies, our communities, and the changing world around us. Your Facilitator: Journei Bimwala is a clinical herbalist, foraging practitioner, nutrition health coach, and educator dedicated to helping people build meaningful relationships with the natural world through food and plants. Drawing from her experience in foraging, herbal medicine, and community education, she teaches participants how to reconnect with the landscapes they inhabit by making what is unknown known and what is known accessible. Her work weaves together traditional ecological knowledge, modern nutritional understanding, and cultural wisdom to inspire people to see food not only as nourishment, but as a pathway to health, connection, and stewardship. Cooking, sharing, and storytelling through the harvest of the season. History, place, and imagination are all deeply rooted in what and how we grow and eat. Each Friday evening, this supper club gathers around ingredients of the week–produce grown in the garden and food from our local CSA. A CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is rooted in the idea that community members share in the risks and rewards of farming. By committing to a season’s harvest, we support farmers through the lands’ and our current food system’s uncertainties and in return, receive food that is grown in integrity and largely outside of the current extractive and exploitive, harmful food systems. Together, we’ll gather to deepen our relationships with the sources of our food and our empathy for the people’s whose hands that food has passed through. Through collaborative cooking, recipe-sharing, and conversations around the table, we explore the cultural, ecological, and personal dimensions of food. Drawing inspiration from our kitchen’s stories, cookbooks, and the week’s harvest, we’ll discover how the simple act of preparing and sharing a meal can connect us more deeply to land-workers, food-workers, and to the land theirself. This is a free drop-in program. Come to every class or come to one or two that you are available for. Workshops are rain or shine. 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. 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. 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.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Sat, Sep 12 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Coyotes, Bobcats, & Bears, Oh My! ♿

Sat, Sep 12 · 10:00 AM

Rockefeller State Park Preserve · Pleasantville

Learn best practices for minimizing conflict with large wildlife in the Hudson Valley with Leave No Trace Instructor, Martha Bierut. Worried about coyotes, bobcats, and bears within Rockefeller State Park Preserve and your neighborhood? Join RSPP Program Coordinator and Leave No Trace Instructor Martha Bierut to learn ecology and best practices for minimizing you and your family’s risk of harmful wildlife encounters. Martha (MSc Conservation Leadership) has worked with and studied human-wildlife conflict mitigation for years. Her Masters research focused on communities around a Ugandan national park in severe conflict with elephants in the form of crop raiding and retaliatory ivory poaching. Capacity: 40

Music & Movement

Sat, Sep 12 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Sun, Sep 13 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Sun, Sep 13 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Museum Minis

Sun, Sep 13 · 11:30 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Music, stories, play, and activities encourage caregiver interaction.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Mon, Sep 14 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Mon, Sep 14 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Tue, Sep 15 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Soil Stories

Tue, Sep 15 · 10:00 AM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

A self-guided cozy nook in the greenhouse with curated books, games, and artmaking for quiet moments to enjoy with plants.

Music & Movement

Tue, Sep 15 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Wed, Sep 16 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Wed, Sep 16 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Museum Minis

Wed, Sep 16 · 11:35 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Music, movement, stories, play, and fun! A special program for our youngest visitors, held every Wednesday in Toddler Beach. Limited to 12 guests (plus 1 caregiver). Ages 6 months – 30 months Free with Museum admission, first come first served. Sign up at admission desk.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Thu, Sep 17 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Thu, Sep 17 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Museum Minis

Thu, Sep 17 · 11:30 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Music, stories, play, and activities encourage caregiver interaction.

Art 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.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Fri, Sep 18 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Fri, Sep 18 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

CSA Supper Club: Eating Seasonally: Local Ecosystems & Seasonal Nutrition

Fri, Sep 18 · 5:30 PM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

Explore the origins stories of CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture)as we unpack and taste test the foods inside. What does it truly mean to eat seasonally? Seasonal eating is more than purchasing what’s available at the farmers market it’s about learning to read the landscape, understand your local ecosystem, and recognize how nature supports our nutritional needs throughout the year. Join us around the garden table to explore how seasonal foods reflect the changing needs of both the environment and our bodies. Together, we will examine what grows during each season, how local ecosystems shape the foods available to us, and how observing these natural cycles can help us make more intentional food choices. Participants will also learn how to identify nutritional strengths and limitations within their regional food system, encouraging a flexible approach that combines local foods with informed decisions about what may need to be supplemented or sourced elsewhere. By the end of the workshop, participants will gain practical tools for observing seasonal change, understanding their local food landscape, and developing a deeper relationship with the place they call home. Your Facilitator: Journei Bimwala is a clinical herbalist, foraging practitioner, nutrition health coach, and educator dedicated to helping people build meaningful relationships with the natural world through food and plants. Drawing from her experience in foraging, herbal medicine, and community education, she teaches participants how to reconnect with the landscapes they inhabit by making what is unknown known and what is known accessible. Her work weaves together traditional ecological knowledge, modern nutritional understanding, and cultural wisdom to inspire people to see food not only as nourishment, but as a pathway to health, connection, and stewardship. Cooking, sharing, and storytelling through the harvest of the season. History, place, and imagination are all deeply rooted in what and how we grow and eat. Each Friday evening, this supper club gathers around ingredients of the week–produce grown in the garden and food from our local CSA. A CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is rooted in the idea that community members share in the risks and rewards of farming. By committing to a season’s harvest, we support farmers through the lands’ and our current food system’s uncertainties and in return, receive food that is grown in integrity and largely outside of the current extractive and exploitive, harmful food systems. Together, we’ll gather to deepen our relationships with the sources of our food and our empathy for the people’s whose hands that food has passed through. Through collaborative cooking, recipe-sharing, and conversations around the table, we explore the cultural, ecological, and personal dimensions of food. Drawing inspiration from our kitchen’s stories, cookbooks, and the week’s harvest, we’ll discover how the simple act of preparing and sharing a meal can connect us more deeply to land-workers, food-workers, and to the land theirself. This is a free drop-in program. Come to every class or come to one or two that you are available for. Workshops are rain or shine. 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. 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. 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.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Sat, Sep 19 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Sat, Sep 19 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Free Family Days

Sat, Sep 19 · 11:00 AM

Wyckoff House Museum · East Flatbush

Drop in every third Saturday of the month between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to explore New York City’s oldest house together. Arrive by 1 p.m. for a unique hands-on making activity each month. Seasonal activities inside the historic house and around the gardens include scavenger hunts, artifact investigation, gardening, self-guided exploration and hands-on activities. Family Day is open to everyone. Activities are designed for families with kids ages 4 to 10. Children must be accompanied by an adult. No reservation required. Groups of 8 or more must contact us ahead of time at programs@wyckoffmuseum.org.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Sun, Sep 20 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Sun, Sep 20 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Gay In The Garden – Pickling 101 Class

Sun, Sep 20 · 1:00 PM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

Join us for a fun afternoon ! We'll make friendship bracelets 1-2 and then learn to pickle 2-3pm. Join us for an afternoon ofcrafting and pickling. We will make friendship bracelets before being led by chef Keesha in how to pickle.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Mon, Sep 21 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Mon, Sep 21 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Museum Minis

Mon, Sep 21 · 11:30 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Music, stories, play, and activities encourage caregiver interaction.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Tue, Sep 22 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Soil Stories

Tue, Sep 22 · 10:00 AM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

A self-guided cozy nook in the greenhouse with curated books, games, and artmaking for quiet moments to enjoy with plants.

Sauté, Sizzle, Savor: Winter Cooking & Eating

Tue, Sep 22 · 11:00 AM

The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park · Hamilton Heights

Gather around the table for collectively-crafted meals and food stories.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Wed, Sep 23 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Wed, Sep 23 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Museum Minis

Wed, Sep 23 · 11:30 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Music, stories, play, and activities encourage caregiver interaction.

Museum Minis

Wed, Sep 23 · 11:35 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Music, movement, stories, play, and fun! A special program for our youngest visitors, held every Wednesday in Toddler Beach. Limited to 12 guests (plus 1 caregiver). Ages 6 months – 30 months Free with Museum admission, first come first served. Sign up at admission desk.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Thu, Sep 24 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Thu, Sep 24 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Fri, Sep 25 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Fri, Sep 25 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Museum Minis

Fri, Sep 25 · 11:30 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Music, stories, play, and activities encourage caregiver interaction.

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Sat, Sep 26 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Sat, Sep 26 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Story Hour at Sugar Hill Museum

Sat, Sep 26 · 11:00 AM

Sugar Hill Museum · Washington Heights

Story Time/ Music and Movement

Sun, Sep 27 · 10:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Story time- Spark children’s imagination and nurture their love for reading through monthly themed picture books and read-aloud- Every Day at 10 am and 4 pm Music and Movement- Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props. -Every day at 11am and 3 pm

Music & Movement

Sun, Sep 27 · 11:00 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Interactive class featuring puppets, musical instruments, and props.

Museum Minis

Sun, Sep 27 · 11:30 AM

Westchester Children’s Museum · Rye

Music, stories, play, and activities encourage caregiver interaction.