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Nature, history, or just a good time, learn from New Yorkers and experts who have come to New York City's parks to share their stories. Check out these readings and discussions.
Talks Events
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Free!
Kids
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Virtual Talk- Haunted Homes and Domestic Architecture, 1840s-1890s
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Exploring 19th-century haunted house tropes, this virtual talk examines how gender, race, and class shape Gothic themes in literature and home life.
Free!
Event
Friday, October 17, 2025
Super Spooky Candlelight Ghost Tour with Paranormal Investigator Dan Sturges
at Merchant's House Museum, Manhattan
9:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Venture into “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House” by flickering candlelight to hear chilling – and true – tales of decades of otherworldly activity in the house, the results of years of paranormal investigations, and the latest stunning scientific findings with paranormal investigator Dan Sturges on a 90-minute In-Person Super Spooky Candlelight Ghost Tour for an in-depth look at his research.
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Walking Tour: Women of the Bond Street Neighborhood
at Merchant's House Museum, Manhattan
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us to discover traces of the legacies left by the women who helped define the Bond Street Neighborhood.
Super Spooky Candlelight Ghost Tour with Paranormal Investigator Dan Sturges
at Merchant's House Museum, Manhattan
9:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Venture into “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House” by flickering candlelight to hear chilling – and true – tales of decades of otherworldly activity in the house, the results of years of paranormal investigations, and the latest stunning scientific findings with paranormal investigator Dan Sturges on a 90-minute In-Person Super Spooky Candlelight Ghost Tour for an in-depth look at his research.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Free!
Kids
Stop the Cross Bronx Expansion Community Meeting and Q&A
at Virtual/Online Events
6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Stop the Cross Bronx Expansion Community Meeting and Q&A session.
Free!
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Works in Public Opening: Riverside Park South
at Locomotive Lawn (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
1:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
The Art Students League of New York and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation invite you to the opening of Works in Public in Riverside Park South.
Free!
Works in Public Opening: 145th Street
at 145th and the Hudson River (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
3:45 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
The Art Students League of New York and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation invite you to the opening of Works in Public in Riverside Park at 145th Street.
Free!
Friday, October 24, 2025
Super Spooky Candlelight Ghost Tour with Paranormal Investigator Dan Sturges
at Merchant's House Museum, Manhattan
9:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Venture into “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House” by flickering candlelight to hear chilling – and true – tales of decades of otherworldly activity in the house, the results of years of paranormal investigations, and the latest stunning scientific findings with paranormal investigator Dan Sturges on a 90-minute In-Person Super Spooky Candlelight Ghost Tour for an in-depth look at his research.
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Super Spooky Candlelight Ghost Tour with Paranormal Investigator Dan Sturges
at Merchant's House Museum, Manhattan
9:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Venture into “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House” by flickering candlelight to hear chilling – and true – tales of decades of otherworldly activity in the house, the results of years of paranormal investigations, and the latest stunning scientific findings with paranormal investigator Dan Sturges on a 90-minute In-Person Super Spooky Candlelight Ghost Tour for an in-depth look at his research.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Free!
Kids
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Super Spooky Candlelight Ghost Tour with Paranormal Investigator Dan Sturges
at Merchant's House Museum, Manhattan
9:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Venture into “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House” by flickering candlelight to hear chilling – and true – tales of decades of otherworldly activity in the house.
Event
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Bug Buddies!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Calling all bug enthusiasts for a monthly Bug Buddies program with our STEM Coordinator and resident bug expert, Keith McManus!
Kids
How Brooklyn Became Part of New York City
at Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park), Brooklyn
1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
In 1898, proud Brooklyn consolidated with four other counties to become New York City. What led to that decision?
Free!
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
November Foodway Team Meeting
at Virtual/Online Events
5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Jon the Bronx River Alliance Foodway Team for a meeting in November.
Free!
Event
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Virtual Talk - Natural Medicines of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans Tribe
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Free virtual talk with Misty Cook of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community on the history of the natural plant Medicines and how to gather, dry, preserve, and use the Medicines.
Free!
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Hidden in Plain Sight: A History of the New York Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
at 102nd Street Field House (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Akela Reason, art historian and professor of history at the University of Georgia, will discuss the complex history of the New York Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park.
Free!
Event
Sunday, November 16, 2025
Book Talk: River: A Hudson Memoir with author Leslie Day
at Wave Hill, Bronx
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join New York City naturalist and author Leslie Day as she launches her book River: A Hudson Memoir at Wave Hill.
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Hybrid talk - Keskeskick and the First Land Deals
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
What do historical records reveal about local Lenape people and their dealings with colonists in the 17th and 18th centuries?
Free!
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Bug Buddies!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Calling all bug enthusiasts for a monthly Bug Buddies program with our STEM Coordinator and resident bug expert, Keith McManus!
Kids
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