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Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in NYC on Columbus Day Monday, Oct 12: 11 picks, refreshed weekly.
11 picks · checked Sep 28
Bronx Zoo, Bronx Park, BronxA new hay maze, costume parades with stilt walkers and a pumpkin garden take over the Bronx Zoo — opening weekend, included with admission.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx Park, BronxA new hay maze, costume parades with stilt walkers and a pumpkin garden take over the Bronx Zoo — opening weekend, included with admission.
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Queens County Farm Museum, Floral Park / Glen Oaks, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSolve clues through three acres of towering corn to Victory Bridge in New York City's only corn maze, on a working Queens farm.
Queens County Farm Museum, Floral Park / Glen Oaks, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSolve clues through three acres of towering corn to Victory Bridge in New York City's only corn maze, on a working Queens farm.
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HERO at Rockefeller Center, Midtown, ManhattanSeventeen art projects across eight light-and-sound rooms below Rockefeller Center — the immersive show's final stretch before it closes.
HERO at Rockefeller Center, Midtown, ManhattanSeventeen art projects across eight light-and-sound rooms below Rockefeller Center — the immersive show's final stretch before it closes.
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New York Botanical Garden, Bedford Park, BronxMarigolds, a giant flower-covered Catrina and a community ofrenda take over NYBG, with son jarocho sets and papel picado workshops on weekends.
New York Botanical Garden, Bedford Park, BronxMarigolds, a giant flower-covered Catrina and a community ofrenda take over NYBG, with son jarocho sets and papel picado workshops on weekends.
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Lyric Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNineteen years after the books end, Albus Potter meddles with a Time-Turner in a play whose illusions are done live, in front of you.
Lyric Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNineteen years after the books end, Albus Potter meddles with a Time-Turner in a play whose illusions are done live, in front of you.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met Fifth Avenue) — Uris Center for Education, Upper East Side, Manhattan125 works by NYC public school kids, pre-K through 12th grade and from all five boroughs, hang inside The Met for P. S. Art's 24th year.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met Fifth Avenue) — Uris Center for Education, Upper East Side, Manhattan125 works by NYC public school kids, pre-K through 12th grade and from all five boroughs, hang inside The Met for P. S. Art's 24th year.
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DR2, Union Square, ManhattanSilver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsForty-five handcrafted puppets bring four Eric Carle books to life, from The Very Hungry Caterpillar to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, near Union Square.
DR2, Union Square, ManhattanSilver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsForty-five handcrafted puppets bring four Eric Carle books to life, from The Very Hungry Caterpillar to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, near Union Square.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA opens a century of animation from its own collection, from early hand-drawn cells to contemporary experiments.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA opens a century of animation from its own collection, from early hand-drawn cells to contemporary experiments.
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandThe story of the merchant seamen who retired to this 83-acre Staten Island campus, told on the ground where they lived.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandThe story of the merchant seamen who retired to this 83-acre Staten Island campus, told on the ground where they lived.
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Heritage Farm, Snug Harbor, Livingston, Staten IslandKidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWalk Snug Harbor's working urban farm and the composting operation that feeds it, on a Staten Island campus that grows its own food.
Heritage Farm, Snug Harbor, Livingston, Staten IslandKidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWalk Snug Harbor's working urban farm and the composting operation that feeds it, on a Staten Island campus that grows its own food.
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA guided walk through the specimen trees of an 83-acre Staten Island campus planted over nearly two centuries of horticulture.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA guided walk through the specimen trees of an 83-acre Staten Island campus planted over nearly two centuries of horticulture.
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