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Inwood Hill Park Forest Restoration

Get your hands dirty restoring forest habitat in Inwood Hill Park — boots and clothes that can take a beating.

Sat Nov 14
Inwood Hill Park↗
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Native Planting at Forest Park

Plant native trees and shrubs to refill the understory in Forest Park, then talk through what it takes to keep a canopy healthy.

Sat Nov 14
Buddy Monument (in Forest Park)↗
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Falling for Nature Hike

Rangers walk you down to the southernmost point in New York State and explain what the woods are doing before winter.

Sat Nov 14
Visitor Center - Satterlee Street and Hylan Boulevard (in Conference House Park)↗
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Spooky Staten Island History Hike

Rangers dig up the strange side of Staten Island's history on a walk through Allison Pond Park.

Sat Nov 14
Prospect Avenue and Brentwood Avenue (in Allison Pond Park)↗
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Behind The Smile: Animal Adaptations Revealed

Real specimens on the table as the rangers break down how teeth, jaws and skulls shape what an animal eats.

Sat Nov 14
Hoyt Avenue North and 19th Street (in Astoria Park)↗
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Discovery Hike: Waterfront Ecosystems

Rangers walk the restored shoreline at Bushwick Inlet Park and explain how the plants and the seawall are holding up.

Sat Nov 14
Lawn Area (in Bushwick Inlet Park)↗
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Outdoor Skills: Fire Building

Learn what it's actually made of that can start a fire, with the rangers at Van Cortlandt Nature Center.

Sat Nov 14
Van Cortlandt Nature Center (in Van Cortlandt Park)↗
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NY Cider Festival NYC 2026

Cider tastings and live music at the Red Hook cidery, where the apples are actually made.

Sat Nov 14
Red Hook Cidery↗
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Phoenix Community Garden Farm Stand

Seasonal bags of greens and vegetables from a community garden, with sliding-scale pricing and EBT accepted at the register.

Sat Nov 14
Phoenix Community Garden↗
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Sungazing with West Harlem Art Fund

Solar-filtered telescopes set up at St. Nicholas Park, so you can actually look at the sun without burning your eyes. West Harlem Art...

Sat Nov 14
West 135th Street Plaza (in St. Nicholas Park)↗
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Triple Canopy Symposium 2026 (Day 2)

Two days of conversations and performances split between Roulette and Public Records, and it's the kind of bill you won't find a friend...

Sat Nov 14
Roulette↗
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The Secret Lives of Insects

Highland Park rangers going deep on the insects running the ecosystem, pollinators and parasites included. The parking lot meeting point...

Sat Nov 14
Vermont Place Parking Lot (in Highland Park)↗
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Fall Foliage Hike

Rangers walk Prospect Park and talk about why the leaves turned, then you walk back through Prospect Park. Solid morning.

Sat Nov 14
Picnic House (in Prospect Park)↗
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Hiking Club Series: Sappy Trails

Urban Park Rangers in Riverdale Park, talking about sap and what keeps trees alive. Small and oddly specific in the best way.

Sat Nov 14
Palisade Avenue and Spaulding Lane (in Riverdale Park)↗
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Outdoor Skills: Survival 101

Make a friction fire and build a shelter in Morningside Park with Urban Park Rangers. Bring gloves, leave with practical hands.

Sat Nov 14
West 114th Street and Morningside Drive (in Morningside Park)↗
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Public Gallery Tour

Wave Hill's Glyndor Gallery is small enough that a Greeter can actually talk you through each piece, and there's a separate project...

Sat Nov 14
Wave Hill↗
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NY Comedy Festival, The Moth x Comic Relief

The Moth pairs up with Comic Relief for a night of live storytelling — the kind of room where a stranger's bad haircut becomes a ten-minute set.

Sat Nov 14
Town Hall↗
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Aladdin

Sherri Shepherd takes over the Genie lamp at the New Amsterdam — and the schedule has holes in it, so you can pick a night without...

Sat Nov 14
New Amsterdam Theatre↗
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Eggy: The Final Tour (of 2026)

Eggy closes out the year at Bowery Ballroom with one last show, and a dollar a ticket goes to Backline.

Sat Nov 14
Bowery Ballroom↗
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Mountain Grass Unit

Country show at Brooklyn Bowl, doors at six, nobody under 18 gets in. Book a lane if you want to watch from close.

Sat Nov 14
Brooklyn Bowl↗
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A Ghost in Your Ear

A Ghost in Your Ear puts you in headphones in a Minetta Lane theater while a ghost story leaves the page and starts haunting the studio

Sat Nov 14
Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre↗
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Winterization Workday

Rake leaves, hang out with the chickens, and help Gatehouse Garden get ready for winter.

Sun Nov 15
Gatehouse Garden↗
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Street Tree Care

Volunteers and a garden crew teaming up on street trees in Harlem — bring gloves, leave with dirtier knees.

Sun Nov 15
Harlem Valley Garden↗
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Audre Lorde Legacy Walk

A ranger walk through Silver Lake Park that ends with blackout poetry, all ages, no signup.

Sun Nov 15
Forest Avenue and Silver Lake Park Road (in Silver Lake Park)↗
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Hiking Club Series: Hidden Hunter Island

A ranger walks you through Hunter Island's forest, wetlands and shoreline paths for people who have never done this before.

Sun Nov 15
North Picnic Area (in Pelham Bay Park)↗
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Historic New York: Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument

Rangers walk you into the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument and read out what survivors said about dying in a British prison ship.

Sun Nov 15
Fort Greene Park Visitor Center (in Fort Greene Park)↗
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Battle of Fort Washington

The Battle of Fort Washington, 250 years later: reenactors, blacksmiths, and historic food on the lawn at Fort Tryon.

Sun Nov 15
Cafe Lawn (in Fort Tryon Park)↗
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Garden Highlights Walk

Wave Hill's garden guides pick their own topic each time, so no two walks are the same.

Sun Nov 15
Wave Hill↗
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Fireside Meditation

A ranger-guided meditation on fire, warmth and letting go, held at the Crotona Nature Center.

Sun Nov 15
Crotona Nature Center (in Crotona Park)↗
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The Music of Croatia at the BHS Castle

Croatian-American musician Damir Radov brings accordion and keyboard to the Bayside Historical Society's castle ballroom for a proper...

Sun Nov 15
Bayside Historical Society (in Fort Totten Park)↗
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Matthew Broussard

Matthew Broussard does the math on how bad he looks, and it's oddly educational.

Sun Nov 15
The Bell House↗
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Dabda, Wince

Dabda and Wince share the bill at Mercury Lounge, doors at 6.

Sun Nov 15
Mercury Lounge↗
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Samantha Fish

Samantha Fish at Brooklyn Bowl, blues guitar and a room that knows how to stay quiet for it.

Sun Nov 15
Brooklyn Bowl↗
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Michaela Anne

Michaela Anne at Mercury Lounge, fifteen dollars if you buy it ahead.

Sun Nov 15
Mercury Lounge↗
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HOHYUN

Sarah Kang brings HOHYUN to Mercury Lounge — a small room where the detail matters.

Mon Nov 16
Mercury Lounge↗
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Stella Lefty

Stella Lefty with Grace Enger at Bowery Ballroom — $20 advance, 16 and up.

Mon Nov 16
Bowery Ballroom↗
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El Cuarteto De Nos

Four players, a room built for strings, and tickets you already paid for back in April.

Mon Nov 16
Warsaw↗
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Pre-Existing Condition

A new play at Greenwich House with a title worth thinking about on the subway.

Mon Nov 16
Greenwich House Theater↗
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Forrest Nolan

Forrest Nolan at Mercury Lounge, doors at 9, and Josephine's Next Million Miles opening the night.

Mon Nov 16
Mercury Lounge↗
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First To Eleven

First To Eleven at Mercury Lounge, doors at 6, $20 in advance.

Tue Nov 17
Mercury Lounge↗
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A Ghost in Your Ear

Headphone horror in a tiny Minetta Lane theater, brought over from a sold-out London run.

Tue Nov 17
Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre↗
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