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December 2019
Kwanzaa 2019: Re-unity and Re-union
Enjoy a day at the Burial Ground filled with family-friendly educational activities, spoken word, performances, and workshops observing the principles of Kwanzaa.
Find out more »Bagpipe Holiday Concert
Enjoy bagpipe music performed by Peter Daniel Walker, with traditional and seasonal selections at St. Paul's Church.
Find out more »January 2020
New Year’s Day Beach Walk: Fort Tilden
Greet the New Year with a brisk hike along the beach, dunes and woodlands of Fort Tilden.
Find out more »Winter Nature Hike
Search for cardinals, yellow-rumped warblers, white-throated sparrows, and more on this walk at the Wildlife Refuge.
Find out more »Fixing Penn Station
Join urbanist and preservationist Adrian Untermyer at Federal Hall as he discusses his plan to fix North America's busiest train station.
Find out more »Kayak Workshop
Learn on dry land what to do when you capsize on water in this kayak workshop at Floyd Bennett Field.
Find out more »Full Wolf Moon Walk
Take a nighttime hike around West Pond with a National Park Ranger.
Find out more »Leave No Trace Workshop
Brush up on ways to reduce your impact while enjoying the outdoors at the Wildlife Refuge.
Find out more »A History of New York in 27 Buildings
Join New York Times journalist and author Sam Roberts at Federal Hall for this talk and book signing, as he explores the history of the city through its enduring buildings.
Find out more »Winter Hike: Breezy Point
Join naturalist Gordon Lam and botanist Zihao Wang for a hike to the tip of the Rockaway Peninsula.
Find out more »How the Subway Re-shaped NYC
Join historian and guide Lucie Levine at Federal Hall to hear how the NYC Subway opened outer borough development and reshaped the city forever.
Find out more »February 2020
Groundhog Day Hike
Join an exciting walk around the West Pond Trail to learn about the behaviors of groundhogs and other native mammals.
Find out more »Full Snow Moon Walk
Take a nighttime hike around West Pond with a National Park Ranger.
Find out more »Jr. Ranger: Winter Woodpecker Walk
Join a ranger on a walk on the trails of the Wildlife Refuge to seek out some of winter’s noisier but beloved inhabitants, woodpeckers!
Find out more »Late Winter Bird Walk
Join naturalist Don Riepe for an indoor presentation followed by a hike around the Wildlife Refuge to look for wintering birds.
Find out more »Winter Beach Walk
Explore the intertidal zone at Fort Tilden and “walk the sea floor” with American Littoral Society naturalist Gordon
Lam and NYC botanist Zihao Wang to observe the usually-hidden biological treasures from beyond the
tides.
Mark Leap Day!
Join a Ranger for a walk around the West Pond as we search for oddities and unusual occurrences found in nature.
Find out more »May 2020
The Democracy Project Reading & Discussion
Go behind the scenes at the Guggenheim Museum's Works & Process series with the award-winning team behind The Democracy Project as they discuss their remarkable collaboration and present performance highlights.
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