The Best FREE Things to Do in Rockland

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Thursday Aug. 14, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

All day

IT WALK 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community

8 am – 5 pm

The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Black Joy Film Fest

Ages: All
Community
Film

The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn

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9 am – 5 pm

Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction Preview at Heritage Auctions

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Heritage Auctions

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9:30 – 10:30 am

Summer on the Hudson: Tots Soccer

Ages: 4 and under
Free
Sports

71st Street Soccer Field and Basketball CourtsUpper West Side

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Free

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10 am – noon

Percussion Playground

Ages: All
Free

10:30 – 11:30 am

Littles: Baby Time (Birth – Walkers)

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Dance

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

Sensory Play

10:30 – 11:15 am

Sensory Play @ the Village Branch

Ages: 4 and under
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library Village BranchHaverstraw

11 am – 1 pm

Sensational Summer: Beautiful Beaded Suncatchers

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY
Environment

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

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Noon – 5 pm

Free Hot Dogs from Fly By Jing x New York Hot Dog King

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

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1 – 3 pm

Liu Shiming Art Foundation Clay & Craft Series at Bryant Park Art Cart

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

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1:30 – 3:30 pm

Operation Safe Child ID

Ages: All
Free

Great Neck LibraryGreat Neck

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1:30 – 3:30 pm

“Operation Safe Child” at the Great Neck Library

Ages: All
Community
Free

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

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2 – 4 pm

Back To School Giveaway

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Free

Neighborhood Care BensonhurstBensonhurst

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2 – 4 pm

Teen Summer 2025 Celebration at the Park

Ages: All
Art
Community

Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park South PlaygroundBronx

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Caribbean

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

4 – 7 pm

Back to School Night: The Art in Sports

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions

Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn

Free Kayaking

5 – 7 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

Pool Nights Flyer 2025

5 – 8 pm

Pool Nights at SYS

Ages: 9 – 12
Free

Southampton Youth ServicesSouthampton

5 – 5:45 pm

All Summer: Battle of the Books Team Training

Ages: 13 and up
Books & Readings
Caribbean

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

5:30 – 7:30 pm

Runway Show (Family)

Ages: All
Art
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Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

6 – 6:45 pm

Move & Groove with Miss Jolie

Ages: 4 and under
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

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6 – 7 pm

Makey Makey Lab

Ages: 9 – 12
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

Science Heroes: Adventure of the Missing Color

Ages: 3 – 12
Comedy
Free

White Plains Public LibraryWhite Plains

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square Park

Movie Night At Ridge Hill

7 pm

Movie Night At Ridge Hill

Ages: All
Caribbean
Film

Ridge HillYonkers

7 – 9 pm

Sounds of Summer Concert Series: Arden Reign & Joan Caddell & the Midnight Choir

Ages: All
Free
Music

Historic Richmond TownStaten Island

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