8 am – 5 pm The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Black Joy Film Fest Ages: AllCommunity Family Film The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn
8 am – 5 pm GET FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS, PRIZES & MORE AT THE FREE BLACK HEALTH MATTERS HARLEM WEEK 2025 HEALTH SUMMIT & EXPO! Community Free The Riverside ChurchHarlem
2 – 4 pm Back To School Giveaway Ages: 3 and upCommunity Family Free Neighborhood Care BensonhurstBensonhurst
2 – 4 pm Teen Summer 2025 Celebration at the Park Ages: AllArt Community Family Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park South PlaygroundBronx
3 – 5 pm Oyate 2025 Summer Independent Study Showcase Community Free 276 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY, 10451New York City
4 – 7 pm Back to School Night: The Art in Sports Ages: 13 and upArt Attractions Family Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn
6 – 9 pm ¡Arriba! with Cheo y Los Consentidos de la Casa, Yailenne Escobar, and DJ Mickey Pérez Caribbean Community The High LineChelsea
6:30 – 8:30 pm Summer LGBT Dance Social with Brooklyn Contra Community Dance Queens Botanical GardenFlushing
7 – 11:30 pm EROSION: The Playground – An Immersive Art, Sound, and Community Experience Art Community Pinky SwearManhattan
Aug. 18, 8 pm “Pizza and a Play”, The Cherry Picked Playreading Series Arts Project of Cherry Grove Community House & Theatre
AMNY What crime problem? NYC is safer than its been in 25 years, NYPD stats show, despite Trump threats of federal takeover
Brooklyn Paper From rust to oasis: Pier 6 in Sunset Park breaks ground on $25M transformation into public green space