Things to do in Lower Manhattan
Learn about hiking essentials, leave no trace principles, and trail signs. Play fun games and collect leaves to make your very own Japanese inspired Ochiba art! Take advantage of the outdoor weather, while you can!
When: Friday, September 13th
Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: Teardrop Park (Warren Street & North End Avenue)
Ages: All ages welcome
Cost: Free
For more information visit their website HERE!
Movies in the Park returns to Washington Market Park and you are invited! Join neighborhood families on the lawn and don’t forget your snacks and picnic blankets!
Did you know that “The Friends of Washington Market Park” is a non-profit neighborhood organization that produces free public events in the park and supports park restoration and improvements? Annual events include concerts, planting days, ladybug day, movie nights, a Halloween parade and party, a pumpkin carving contest, and seasonal parties throughout the year.
Film: Crazy Rich Asians, Rated PG-13, 2-hour duration
Date: Saturday, September 7th
Film: Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse, Rated PG, 1 hr, 57 minutes in duration
Date: September 14th
Movie Time: 7:30 pm
FiDi Families Insiders: Raindate has not been announced. Please visit their website for weather updates.
For more info, visit their website HERE
Join us in the imagiNATIONS Activity Center classroom for a reading of Dream Carver, written by Diana Cohn and illustrated by Amy Córdova. Then make an animal button or magnet to take home.
In Dream Carver, Mateo and his father carve small wooden animals they sell at village festivals in Oaxaca. Mateo dreams of making these animals larger and more colorful. In spite of his father’s disapproval, he pushes on to follow his dreams and create something new.
Date: Saturday, August 14th
Time: 1:00pm — 2:00pm
Location: One Bowling Green 1st Floor, Education Classroom (National Museum of the American Indian)
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Fidi Insiders: While you’re there, swing by their ongoing imagiNATIONs Activity Center
For more information visit their website HERE!
Kick off Hispanic Heritage Month with an evening dance party featuring live music by award-winning singer-songwriter Irka Mateo (Taíno). DJ Max “Drlacxos” Cueto will open and close the evening.
Date: Saturday, September 14th
Time: 6:00pm — 8:00pm
Location: One Bowling Green 1st Floor, Education Classroom (National Museum of the American Indian)
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Fidi Insiders: While you’re there, swing by their ongoing imagiNATIONs Activity Center
For more information visit their website HERE!
The fourth annual Camp Doughboy World War I History Weekend comes to Governors Island National Monument on September 14 and 15. Each day will bring living history, reenactors, authors, experts, vintage vehicles, and animals. This is the largest free public WWI exhibition in the United States. Reenactors representing the Allies and Central Powers—as well as civilians in Edwardian-era attire—are invited living history participants. The centennial of the service members returning to Governors Island is in 2019 and this group of volunteer reenactors will share the story of WWI participants. See living history, weapons and equipment displays, and vintage vehicles.
Date & Time:
Saturday, September 14 (10:00 AM — 5:00 PM)
& Sunday, September 15 (9:00 AM — 3:00 PM)
Location: Governors Island’s Parade Ground
Cost: Free
Age(s): All ages welcome
For more information, please visit the Governors Island website HERE
FiDi Insiders: Drop by Rockefeller Park House across from the library before or after the Multi-lingual Storytime for art and lawn games! (Every Thursday 3:30pm–5:00pm.)
Date: Thursday, September 12th
Time: 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: 175 North End Avenue — Battery Park City Library
Age(s): All ages welcome
Cost: Free
For more information visit their website HERE