The Best FREE Things to Do in Rockland

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Thursday May 15, 2025

8 am – 5 pm

Baby Time

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Free

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

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10:30 – 11 am

Storytime for Tots

Ages: 2 and under
Art
Books & Readings

Museum of the City of New York

10:30 – 11:30 am

Baby Time (Birth-Walkers)

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Free

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

5:30 – 7 pm

Drive-in Family Movie Night

Ages: 5 – 12
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

historic cooking

6 – 7:30 pm

Long Live Long Island: Historic Cooking of Long Island

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Adventuring with Dungeons & Dragons

Ages: 13 and up
Free
Games

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

Friday May 16

Playtime Storytime

10:30 – 11:15 am

Playtime Storytime

Ages: 4 and under
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

arts & eats

2:30 – 4:30 pm

Arts & Eats

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Community

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

Jenga

4 – 5 pm

Giant Game Night @ the Village Branch

Ages: 5 – 12
Free
Games

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library Village BranchHaverstraw

Night Crawlers v3

6 – 8 pm

Night Crawlers Movie Club

Ages: 13 and up
Film
Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Saturday May 17

Corlears School – Learn. Play. Grow. – Bubbles at LPG – square crop

9 – 11 am

Learn. Play. Grow. @ Corlears School

Ages: 4 and under
Free

Corlears SchoolChelsea

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10 am – 1 pm

Mad Fun Farm Garden Volunteer Session

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Mad Fun FarmEast Harlem

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Painting to Migratory Birdsongs

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10 – 11:30 am

Young Herbalist Workshop

Ages: 5 – 12
Classes
Craft & DIY

Bartow-Pell Mansion MuseumBronx

10:30 am – noon

Fishing 101

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Caleb Smith State Park PreserveSmithtown

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

open studios

11 am – 12:30 pm

Parrish Art Museum | Open Studios for Families

Ages: All
Art
Community

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

11 am – 5 pm

Yonkers Arts Weekend

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Hudson River MuseumYonkers

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11 am – 3 pm

SUBMERGE Marine Science Festival

Pier 84 Hudson River Park

dance parade

Noon – 7 pm

Dance Parade

Ages: All
Free

Dance Parade New York

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Noon – 5 pm

Queens International Children’s Festival 2025

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

Jamaica Performing Arts CenterJamaica

1:30 pm

17th of May Parade

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

17th of May ParadeBrooklyn

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2 – 4 pm

West African Dance Workshop with Live Drumming

Baobab: Tree of life by Beam CenterBronx

2 – 3 pm

Fashion in Motion, Yonkers Arts Weekend

Ages: All
Art
Free

Hudson River MuseumYonkers

Sunday May 18

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10 am – 5 pm

Nyack Famou Street Fair

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Downtown Nyack, NYNyack

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10 am – 4 pm

The Big Nest

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Painting to Migratory Birdsongs

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11 am – 3 pm

Guggenheim Museum Free Sunday Funday

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 2 pm

Lil’ Brunch Club

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

The RandolphBrooklyn

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