Things to Do in Lower Manhattan

Things to do in Lower Manhattan

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Back to School Celebration with The Creative Kitchen

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Back to School Celebration with The Creative Kitchen

 

Ready or Not…school starts in a few weeks if it hasn’t started already! What better way to transition to a schedule and lunch with friends, than a celebration encouraging healthy snack and eating habits. Join us as we celebrate with “Back to School”, with the Creative Kitchen. The delicious day will include family-friendly entertainment, music, and activities – and feature samples from brands showcasing back-to-school foods and snacks. Families can spend the day enjoying some of Lakeside’s outdoor activities, such as pedal-boating, roller skating, and family-sized bike adventures. Kids can cool off in the park’s splash pad, a state of the art water playground. This fun event is out of the neighborhood, but just a quick subway ride away. 

Date: Saturday, August 18th

Time: 10am – 3pm

Location: 171 East Drive, Brooklyn (LeFrak Center at Lakeside at Prospect Park)

Age(s): All ages welcome

Cost: Free

For more information visit their website HERE

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Hammock Making Workshop

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imagiNATIONS Activity Center | NYC

 

Hammocks, a tradition thousands of years old and one of many Taíno innovations, continue to be significant in the Caribbean and around the world. Learn to weave a hammock with natural fibers such as hemp and cotton.

Date: Saturday, August 4th & Saturday, August 18th

Time: 1:00pm — 4:00pm

Location: One Bowling Green (National Museum of the American Indian)

Age: Recommended for ages 9 and up.

Cost: Free

Fidi Insiders: While you’re there, swing by their ongoing imagiNATIONs Activity Center

For more information visit their website HERE!

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Family Fun Day at Governors Island

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Family Fun Day celebrates Governors Island’s green spaces and its playful attitude. This outdoor festival will feature live music, theatrical performances, arts and crafts, educational workshops, face painting, games, ice cream and other snacks, and a build-your-own playground.

Date: Saturday, July 15th

Time: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: Governors Island (Nolan Park)

Ages: All

Fee: Free

For more information, please visit their website HERE

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Bomba: Crafts and Music at Rockefeller Park

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Legacy Women, the all-women drum collective, will rock our Saturday with some awesome Afro-Puerto Rican and Afro Dominican beats and song. Make your own shaker (for ages 3+) and play along! Music performance starts at 11:45am.

Date: Saturday, July 14th

Time: 11:00pm – 12:30pm

Location: Rockefeller Park

Ages: All ages welcome

Fee: Free!

For more information click here

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Storybook Reading at the National Museum of the American Indian

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Storybook Reading: Taking Care of Mother Earth

 

Listen to Taking Care of Mother Earth, a delightful story about the importance of reusing, recycling and reducing written by Leanne Flett Kruger (Cree/Metis) and illustrated by Marie-Micheline Hamelin. Visitors will make a related activity to take home

Date: Saturday, July 14th

Time: 1:00pm — 2:00pm

Location: One Bowling Green (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!

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Home Depot Kid’s Workshop – Fishing Game

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Home Depot Kid's Workshop - Fishing Game

Did you know that Home Depot offers free workshops for kids of all ages? The Manhattan location in the Flatiron District hosts the monthly series, on the 1st Saturday of every month. Though the location is not in Lower Manhattan, it is worth sharing, since its always a fun and worthwhile trip out of the hood. 

This months craft is a fishing game to help tackle educational and developmental skills.

FiDi Families Insiders: Participants keep their craft, receive a certificate of achievement, a Home Depot workshop apron, and a commemorative pin (while supplies last).

Date: Saturday, July 7th

Time: 9a – 12p

Location: 40 West 23rd Street (Home Depot)

Ages: All

Fee: Free but RSVP suggested

To register and for more information visit their website HERE

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Figment Festival at Governors Island

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FIGMENT is a free annual participatory arts event that celebrates creativity by challenging artists and participants to find new ways to create, share, and dream. FIGMENT’s vision for art looks past the white-walled galleries and into the realm of participation. Art is not just something that you stand still and quietly look at—it is something you participate in. You touch it, smell it, write on it, talk to it, dance with it, play with it, learn from it. BBC has written, “If FIGMENT were a country, it would be the happiest in the world—and I would apply for citizenship immediately.”

Date: Saturday, June 23rd and Sunday, June 24th

Time: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Location: Governors Island (Colonels Row)

Ages: All

Fee: Free

For more information, please visit their website HERE

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