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Brookfield Place

Celebrate college hoops at Brookfield Place! Show off your skills with the interactive Pop-A-Shot in the Winter Garden.

Holi Storytime and Puppet Show

Kick off the Seaport community’s Holi celebration in the Seaport Museum’s introduction galleries. Festivities begin with author Anu Sehgal’s bi-lingual (Hindi-English) reading of her new book Kahani Rangeeli, or Colorful Story, which shares the ancient story of Holi and how it’s celebrated. Once we learn the history of Holi, children are invited to make puppets […]

Free

Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School

Now that Junie B. Jones has been going to school for over one-and-a-half years, who better to write the book on EVERYTHING you need to know? From bus rules to band-aids, carpools to cookies, Junie B. and friends deliver the definitive word on surviving and thriving in style. With a jillion tips, tricks and trip-ups, […]

$30

Holi Collaborative Mural

Celebrate Holi with the Seaport Museum by joining in to create a vibrant collaborative mural inspired by the colorful pigment thrown during the annual festival. Together, we will roll up our sleeves and celebrate the colors of Holi. Participants will receive a free take-away designed and printed by Bowne & Co. to customize as a […]

Free

Women’s History Month: Bountiful Baskets

Indigenous women basket weavers share the beauty of Native basketry and the significance of keeping basket traditions alive, through the different weaving traditions, materials, and stories and inspirations that go into making a basket.

Free

Holi Dance and Drum Performance

Colorful and vibrant Bhangra dance lesson led by the renowned dancer, Sarina Jain, founder of Masala Bhangra. Jain will get everyone moving with Bhangra dance, an energetic traditional folk dance from Punjab. Dholi Amrit from Premier Drummers will join in to provide a soundtrack of traditional beats.

Free

Let the Lion Eat Straw

Brooklyn born novelist, poet, educator and international speaker, Ellease Ebele N. Oseye, whom Maya Angelou described as "a seer of the interior landscape," has been teaching literature of African peoples at Pace University for 48 years. She has also taught at Borough of Manhattan Community College for twenty years. Professor Oseye's novel, Let the Lion […]

Free

Twilight Winter Bird Stroll

Governors Island

Meet the win­ter birds of Gov­er­nors Island with NYC Audubon! Near­ly 240 bird species have been spot­ted on the island, which pro­vides excel­lent habi­tat all year round. Whether you’re an expert bird­er or a begin­ner, these month­ly tours will help you dis­cov­er all of the bird life the island has to offer this win­ter. The […]

Free