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Alphabetical Listing

Listings by Category and Location / Locations

The items listed below in bold are categories. For other items, the category into which they fall is listed after the entry in parentheses.

Please note: Everything listed here was correct at the time of publication, but is subject to change without notice. Please check when scheduling an activity. Thank you.

Number 7 International Express (Social Studies)
The 52nd Street Project (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
826NYC (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)

Listings for All Boroughs - look for the abbreviation NYC
Abe Stark Ice Rink (Phys. Ed.)
African Burial Ground (Social Studies)
Afterschool Programs (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Afterschool Programs (Phys. Ed.)
Alice Austen House (Art & Architecture)
Alice Austen House (Social Studies)
Alliance Francaise Bastille Day (Social Studies)
Alvin Ailey free performances (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
Amateur Astronomers Assoc. (Science and Math, including Economics)
American Crafts Museum (Art
American Museum of Natural History (Science and Math, including Economics)
American Museum of Natural History (Social Studies)
American Numismatic Society (Science and Math, including Economics)
Armchair Travel
Area Listings & Organizations
Art
Art Auction Houses (Art & Architecture)
Art Galleries (Art & Architecture)
Art Students League (Art & Architecture)
Arts Councils
Arts in the Parks (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
Asia Society (Art & Architecture)
Asian American Arts Centre (Art & Architecture)
Astrophysical Observatory at the College of Staten Island (Science and Math, including Economics)
Auditions (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)

BAC International Film and Video Festival (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Ballet (Phys. Ed.)
BargeMusic (Music & Dance)
Barnes & Noble (Preschool Playgroups)
Bartow-Pell Mansion (Social Studies)
Baseball (Phys. Ed.)
Basketball (Phys. Ed.)
Basketball - Summer (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Battery Park City Walking Tours (Phys. Ed.)
Battery Park Games (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Battle of Fort Washington (Social Studies)
The Big Draw (Art & Architecture)
Big Onion Walking Tours (Phys. Ed.)
Birdwatching in Prospect Park (Science and Math, including Economics)
Blue Heron Park (bird banding) (Science and Math, including Economics)
Boules: see Petanque in Bryant Park (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Botanical Garden - New York (Science and Math, including Economics)
Borough Recreation Offices (Summer Phys. Ed.)
"Wildman" Steve Brill (Science and Math, including Economics)
Bronx Listings - look for the abbreviation BX
Bronx Arts Ensemble (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
Bronx Council on the Arts (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Bronx Historical Society (Social Studies)
Bronx River Art Center (Art & Architecture)
Bronx Symphony Orcheatra (Music & Dance)
Bronx Zoo (Science and Math, including Economics)
Brooklyn Listings - look for the abbreviation BK
Brooklyn Academy of Music's Young Critics Institute (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Brooklyn Arts Council (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens (Science and Math, including Economics)
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Brooklyn Central Library (Social Studies)
Brooklyn Children's Museum (science)
Brooklyn Children's Museum (social studies)
Brooklyn College (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Brooklyn Cultural Adventures Program (BCAP) Summer Camp (Art & Architecture)
Brooklyn Historical Society (Social Studies)
Brooklyn Lyceum (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Brooklyn Lyceum (Music & Dance)
Brooklyn Museum (Art & Architecture)
Brooklyn Museum (Social Studies)
Brooklyn Public Library Animal Tales Program (Science & Math, including Economics)
Brooklyn Youth Chorus (Music & Dance)
Bryant Park Ice Rink (Phys. Ed.)
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival (Summer Outdoor Film & Theater)

Camp Broadway (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Camp Broadway and Columbia Scholastic Press Association Stringers Program (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Camp Geoffrey (Preschool Playgroups)
Canoeing (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series (Music & Dance)
Carnegie Kids Concerts (Music & Dance)
Castle Clinton National Monument (Social Studies)
Celebrate Brooklyn (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
Center for Architecture (Art & Architecture)
CenterStage Community Playhouse (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Central Park Film Festival (Summer Film Festivals)
Central Park Zoo (Science and Math, including Economics)
Chess (Science and Math, including Economics)
Chelsea Piers: Music at the Piers (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
Child's Play (Preschool Playgroups)
Children's Aid Society Chorus (Music & Dance)
Children's Museum of the Arts (Art & Architecture)
Children's Museum of Manhattan (Art & Architecture)
Children's PressLine (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Chinatown Museum (Social Studies)
City Hall (Social Studies)
City Island Theater Group (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
City Reliquary (Social Studies)
Clay Pit Ponds Preserve (Science and Math, including Economics)
The Cloisters (Art & Architecture)
The Cloisters (Social Studies)
Coalition of Community Schools of the Arts (Music & Dance)
Coastal Cleanup Walk (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Computer Resource Centers (Science and Math, including Economics)
Concerts in NYC Parks
Conference House (Social Studies)
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Museum of Design (Art & Architecture)
Councils on the Arts
Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Council on the Environment of NYC (Science and Math, including Economics)
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Science and Math, including Economics)
Court Tours Program (Social Studies)
Creative Arts (Art & Architecture)
Cycling (Phys. Ed.)

Dahesh Museum of Art (Art & Architecture)
Day Camps (Staten Island) (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Discover Queens (Area Listings & Organizations)
Discover New York Walking Tours (Phys. Ed.)
District Attorney's Offices (Social Studies)
Dragon Boat Festival (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Drawing Center (Art & Architecture)
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (Social Studies)

East River C.R.E.W. (Rowing) (Phys. Ed.)
Eldridge Street Synagogue (Social Studies)
Ellis Island (Social Studies)
Explore Chinatown (Social Studies)
Eyebeam (Technology)

Falconry Extravaganza (Science and Math, including Economics)
Federal Hall (Social Studies)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Science and Math, including Economics)
Fencing (Phys. Ed.)
Field Events: see Track and Field (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Film: Summer Outdoor Film & Theater
Fishing (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Fishing: Macy's Annual Fishing Contest (Science and Math, including Economics)
Floating the Apple - rowing etc. (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Folk Art Museum (Art & Architecture)
Football (Phys. Ed.)
Forbes Galleries (Art & Architecture)
FOX News Network (Social Studies)
Fraunces Tavern Museum (Social Studies)
Friends of Gateway (Summer Phys. Ed.)
The Frick Collection (Art & Architecture)
Flushing Town Hall (Art & Architecture)
Flushing Town Hall (Music & Dance)

Gargoyle Walking Tours (Phys. Ed.)
Gateway Greenhouse (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Girls Write Now (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Goddard Riverside Community Center (Art & Architecture)
Golf (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Good Morning America Concert Series (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
Governors Island (Social Studies)
Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club: Canoeing (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club: Walking Tours (Phys. Ed.)
Gracie Mansion (Social Studies)
Grand Central Terminal (Social Studies)
Green Guerillas (Science and Math, including Economics)
Greenbelt Nature Center (Science and Math, including Economics)
Greenpoint Youth Court (Social Studies)
Greenthumb (Science and Math, including Economics)
GrooveWithMe (Phys. Ed.)

Handball (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Harbor Defense Museum (Social Studies)
Harlem Jazz & Music Festival (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
Harlequin Players (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival (Summer Outdoor Film & Theater)
Heart of Brooklyn (Area Listings & Organizations)
HiArt (Art & Architecture)
High 5 Tickets to the Arts (Art & Architecture)
High 5 Tickets to the Arts (Music & Dance)
High 5 Tickets to the Arts (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Hispanic Society of America (Social Studies)
Historic Richmond Town (Social Studies)
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Housing Works Bookstore Café (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Hudson Park Library (Preschool Playgroups)
Hudson River Park (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
Hudson River Project (Science and Math, including Economics)
Hunter College Learning Lab (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)

Ice Skating at Bryant Park (Phys. Ed.)
Illustration: Museum of American Illustration (Art & Architecture)
International Center for Photography (Art & Architecture)
International Film and Video Festival (Brooklyn Arts Council) (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
International street fairs (Social Studies)
InterSchool Orchestra of New York (Music & Dance)
Irish Arts Center (Music & Dance)
Irish Hunger Memorial (Social Studies)

Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (Art & Architecture)
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (Phys. Ed.)
Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Science and Math, including Economics)
Japan Society (Art & Architecture)
JFK International Airport (Social Studies)
Judaica Museum (Social Studies)
Juilliard School Performances (Music & Dance)
Junior Park Ranger Programs (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Junior Scholars Program (Social Studies)

Kate Wollman Ice Rink (Phys. Ed.)
Kentler International Drawing Space (Art & Architecture)
King Manor Museum (Social Studies)
Kingsland Homestead (Social Studies)
Annual Knit Out and Crochet (Art & Architecture)

Langston Hughes Library (Social Studies)
Lasker Ice Rink (Phys. Ed.)
Lefferts Historic House (Social Studies)
Lenape Indian Caves (Social Studies)
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Lehman College (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Little Red Lighthouse (Social Studies)
Lower Manhattan Info (Area Listings & Organizations)
The Lucy Moses School (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)

Macy's Annual Fishing Contest (Science and Math, including Economics)
Magnolia Tree Earth Center (Science and Math, including Economics)
Manhattan Listings - look for the abbreviation MN
Manhattan Theater Club (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
MCC Youth Theater Company Playwriting Unit (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Science and Math (including Economics)
Medieval Festival in Fort Tryon Park (Social Studies)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Art & Architecture)
Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus (Music & Dance)
MTA's Poetry in Motion program (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Middle Ages Workshops (Art & Architecture)
Middle Ages Workshops (Social Studies)
Midsummer Night Swing (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Mommy Poppins (Area Listings & Organizations)
Morris-Jumel Mansion (Social Studies)
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden (Social Studies)
Movies with a View (Summer Outdoor Film & Theater)
Music
El Museo del Barrio (Social Studies)
Museum for African Art (Art & Architecture)
Museum: Alice Austen House (Art & Architecture)
Museum: Alice Austen House (Social Studies)
Museum: American Crafts Museum (Art & Architecture)
Museum of Art & Design (Art & Architecture)
Museum of American Financial History (Science and Math, including Economics)
Museum of American Illustration (Art & Architecture)
Museum of the American Indian (Social Studies)
Museum: American Museum of the Moving Image (Art & Architecture)
Museum: American Museum of Natural History (Science and Math, including Economics)
Museum: American Museum of Natural History (Social Studies)
Museum: Asia Society (Art & Architecture)
Museum: El Museo del Barrio (Social Studies)
Museum: Brooklyn Children's Museum (science)
Museum: Brooklyn Children's Museum (social studies)
Museum: Brooklyn Museum (Art & Architecture)
Museum: Brooklyn Museum (Social Studies)
Museum: Children's Museum of the Arts (Art & Architecture)
Museum: Children's Museum of Manhattan (Art & Architecture)
Museum: Chinatown Museum (Social Studies)
Museum of the City of New York (Social Studies)
Museum: City Reliquary (Social Studies)
Museum: The Cloisters (Art & Architecture)
Museum: The Cloisters (Social Studies)
Museum: Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Museum of Design (Art & Architecture)
Museum: Dahesh Museum of Art (Art & Architecture)
Museum: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (Social Studies)
Museum: Folk Art Museum (Art & Architecture)
Museum: Forbes Galleries (Art & Architecture)
Museum: Fraunces Tavern Museum (Social Studies)
Museum: The Frick Collection (Art & Architecture)
Museum: Harbor Defense Museum (Social Studies)
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Art & Architecture)
The Museum of Chinese in America (Social Studies)
Museum of Jewish Heritage (Social Studies)
Museum: Judaica Museum (Social Studies)
Museum: King Manor Museum (Social Studies)
Museum: Kingsland Homestead (Social Studies)
Museum: Lefferts Historic House (Social Studies)
Museum of Modern Art (Art & Architecture)
Museum: New Museum (Art & Architecture)
Museum: New Museum of Contemporary Art (Art & Architecture)
Museum: New York City Fire Museum (Social Studies)
Museum: New York Transit Museum (Social Studies)
Museum: NY Transit Museum Gallery (Social Studies)
Museum: Nitchen Children's Museum of Native America (Social Studies)
Museum: Queens Art Museum (Art & Architecture)
Museum: Queens County Farm Museum (Social Studies)
Museum: Rubin Museum of Art (Art & Architecture)
Museum: Skyscraper Museum (Social Studies)
Museum: South Street Seaport Museum (Social Studies)
Museum: Staten Island Children's Museum (Science and Math, including Economics)
Museum: Staten Island Museum (Science and Math, including Economics)
Museum: Studio Museum (Art & Architecture)
Museum of Television & Radio (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Museum: Ukrainian Museum (Social Studies)
Museum: Whitney Museum (Art & Architecture)
Music at the Piers (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
Music & Dance Festivals (Summer)
Musica Bella (Music & Dance)

Native Harvest Festival (Social Studies)
NYC Listings (all boroughs) - look for the abbreviation NYC
New American Youth Ballet (Phys. Ed.)
Museum: New Museum (Art & Architecture)
New Museum of Contemporary Art (Art & Architecture)
New Victory Theater (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
NY Academy of Sciences (Science and Math, including Economics)
New York Botanical Garden (Science and Math, including Economics)
New York City Ballet (Music & Dance)
New York City Ballet (Phys. Ed.)
NYC Coalition of Community Schools of the Arts (Music & Dance)
New York City Fire Museum (Social Studies)
New York City Opera (Music & Dance)
New York City Opera Children's Chorus (Music & Dance)
New York Classical Theatre (Summer Outdoor Film & Theater)
NYC Courts (Social Studies)
NYC Parks (Phys. Ed.)
NYC Parks Summer Camps (Summer Phys. Ed.)
NYC Parks Afterschool Programs (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
NYC Parks Afterschool Programs (Phys. Ed.)
NYC Triathlon (Summer Phys. Ed.)
New York Hall of Science (Science and Math, including Economics)
NY Historical Society (Social Studies)
New York Philharmonic (Music & Dance)
New York Philharmonic Time Warner Concerts in the Parks (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
New York Public Library (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
NY Rugby Tournament (Phys. Ed.)
NY Sportfishing Federation (Science and Math, including Economics)
New York Stock Exchange (Science and Math, including Economics)
New York Transit Museum (Social Studies)
NY Transit Museum Gallery (Social Studies)
New York Unearthed (Social Studies)
NYU Children's Chorus (Music & Dance)
New York Yankees (Phys. Ed.)
Nitchen Children's Museum of Native America (Social Studies)
Number 7 International Express (Social Studies)

Old Stone House (Social Studies)
Opus 118 (Music & Dance)
Outdoor: Summer Outdoor Film & Theater
Outdoor Cinema in Socrates Park (Summer Outdoor Film & Theater)

Park Ranger Programs (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Park Ranger Tours: (Social Studies)
Parks in NYC (Phys. Ed.)
Petanque in Bryant Park (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Phys. Ed.
Pierpont Morgan Library (Social Studies)
Places that Matter (Area Listings & Organizations)
Play by Play (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Playground Programs (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Poe Cottage (Social Studies)
Poetry in Motion (MTA program) (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Poets House (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
The Point (Art & Architecture)
The Point (Music & Dance)
Precollege Programs
Preschool Playgroups
Prospect Park Audubon Center (Science and Math, including Economics)
Prospect Park Zoo (Science and Math, including Economics)
The Public Theater (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Pumpkin Festival (Social Studies)

Queens Listings - look for the abbreviation QN
Queens Art Museum (Art & Architecture)
Queens Botanical Garden (Science and Math, including Economics)
Queens Council on the Arts (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Queens County Farm Museum (Social Studies)
Queens Theatre in the Park (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Queens Zoo (Science and Math, including Economics)

Ranger Conservation Corps (Science and Math, including Economics)
Ranger Programs - NYC Parks (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Recreation Offices (all five boroughs) (Summer Phys. Ed.)
River to River (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
Riverbank State Park (Phys. Ed.)
RiverFlicks (Summer Outdoor Film & Theater)
Riverside Park Sports (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Rock Climbing (indoor) (Phys. Ed.)
Rollerblade Stopping Clinic (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Rollerblading (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Rowing (Phys. Ed.)
Rowing - see Floating the Apple (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Rubin Museum of Art (Art & Architecture)
Rugby (Phys. Ed.)

St. John the Divine (Preschool Playgroups)
St. Paul's Chapel (Social Studies)
Scandinavia House (Social Studies)
Schomburg Center (Social Studies)
Seguine Mansion (Social Studies)
Shakespeare in the Park (Summer Outdoor Film & Theater)
Skyscraper Museum (Social Studies)
Soccer (Phys. Ed.)
Soccer - Summer (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Social Studies
Socrates Sculpture Park (Art & Architecture)
Sony Wonder Technology Lab (Science and Math, including Economics)
South Street Seaport Museum (Social Studies)
South Street Seaport (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
Spanish Book Discussion Group (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Spiral Music (Music & Dance)
Star Track (Track Cycling) (Phys. Ed.)
Staten Island Listings - look for the abbreviation SI
Staten Island: Council of the Arts and Humanities (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Staten Island Day Camps (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Staten Island Museum (Science and Math, including Economics)
Staten Island Children's Museum (Science and Math, including Economics)
Staten Island Zoo (Science and Math, including Economics)
Studio Museum (Art & Architecture)
Subway Art (Art & Architecture)
Summer Camps (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Summer Lit Mag Boot Camp (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Summer Music & Dance Festivals
Summer Phys. Ed.
Summer Outdoor Film & Theater
SummerStage (Summer Music & Dance Festivals)
Swimming (Phys. Ed.)
Swimming - Summer (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Symphony Space (Music & Dance)

T'ai Chi in Bryant Park (Summer Phys. Ed.)
T'ai Chi in Rockefeller Park (Summer Phys. Ed.)
T'ai Chi and Yoga in Socrates Sculpture Park (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Teens at Parks (Phys. Ed.)
Tennis (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Theater - see Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing
Theater: Summer Outdoor Film & Theater
Theatre Development Fund (TDF) (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Theodore Roosevelt's birthplace (Social Studies)
Toys "r" Us (Camp Geoffrey) (Preschool Playgroups)
TRaC: High 5's Teen Reviewers and Critics program (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Track and Field (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Track Cycling (Phys. Ed.)
Triathlon (NYC) (Summer Phys. Ed.)
The Tribeca Performing Arts Center (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Trinity Church (Social Studies)

Ukrainian Museum (Social Studies)
Union Square Walking Tour
Urban Divers (Science and Math, including Economics)
Urban Word (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Urban Park Ranger Tours (Science and Math, including Economics)

Valentine-Varian House (Social Studies)
Van Cortlandt House (Social Studies)

Wagner College Music Department (Music & Dance)
Walk and Coastal Cleanup (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Walk New York (Phys. Ed.)
Walking (Phys. Ed.)
Walter Reade Theater (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
War Memorial Ice Rink (Phys. Ed.)
Wave Hill (Science and Math, including Economics)
Whitney Museum (Art & Architecture)
"Wildman" Steve Brill (Science and Math, including Economics)
Wollman Ice Rink (Phys. Ed.)
Word for Word (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Word Play! (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Workshops on the Middle Ages (Art & Architecture)
Workshops on the Middle Ages (Social Studies)
World Science Festival (Science and Math, including Economics)
Write Your Way through Art (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Writing - see Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing
Wyckoff House (Social Studies)

Yoga in Bryant Park (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Yoga & T'ai Chi in Socrates Sculpture Park (Summer Phys. Ed.)
Young Critics Institute, Brooklyn Academy of Music (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)
Young Playwrights (Language Arts: Theater, Film, & Writing)

Zoo: Bronx Zoo (Science and Math, including Economics)
Zoo: Central Park Zoo (Science and Math, including Economics)
Zoo: Prospect Park Zoo (Science and Math, including Economics)
Zoo: Queens Zoo (Science and Math, including Economics)
Zoo: Staten Island Zoo (Science and Math, including Economics)