Paint and Sip
Friday, June 13, 3-4 p.m.
Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd.
Free
Come tell your story yourself through acrylic painting and sip juice in the BLC YA programming room! No prior experience is necessary.
For more information, visit nypl.org/events/programs/2025/06/13/paint-sip.
Park After Dark: Pride Cocktails on the Farm
Saturday, June 14, 5-8 p.m.
Randall’s Island Urban Farm, Wards Meadow Loop
Free
Join the Randall’s Island Park Alliance for a full night of fun celebrating PRIDE at the Urban Farm! The alliance is excited to build off its annual programming to bring Park after Dark: Pride Cocktails on the Farm, the first of two such events this year. Walk through the Urban Farm and enjoy a queer cocktail night — an evening of farm-fresh cocktails and mocktails supplied by grotto, farm-to-table bites from Chef Leo Kirts, crafts and activities, and a drag performance by Janae SaisQuoi, Nani Tsunami, Scarlett D. Von’Du and more! The first 100 participants will receive a free drink ticket, and additional drinks are available for purchase! There will also be a raffle with the prizes being food grown from the Urban Farm!
For more information, visit randallsisland.org/events/park-after-dark-pride-night.
Family Art Project: Nature’s Notecards
Sunday, June 15, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Wave Hill, 675 W. 252 St.
$6-10
Celebrate Father’s Day Weekend with us! Learn about different animals’ families and create felt shadow puppets, before putting on your own puppet shows together. This project was designed by participants of our ACES internship program. At 11:30 a.m., families can enjoy a Father’s Day-inspired storytime program in the Gund Theater, all ages welcome.
For more information, visit wavehill.org/calendar/family-art-project-family-puppets-2.
Pride Take-Me-Homes!
Monday, June 16, 3:30-5 p.m.
Soundview Library, 660 Soundview Ave.
Free
Join us at the Soundview Library in bringing home your own Pride themed mug or tote bag! Design your own tote bag or mug using our Cricut Design Space or paint markers. Bring your friends and let’s spread our Pride!
For more information, visit nypl.org/events/programs/2025/06/16/pride-take-me-homes.
LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Hart Island Pride
Tuesday, June 17, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Hart Island, 299 Fordham St.
Free
Join the Urban Park Rangers as we explore the southern portion of Hart Island and discuss the intersection of Hart Island and LGBT history in NYC. We will present a broad overview of Hart Island history including burial practices, incarcerated labor and the role of activism in changing visitation policies. Then, we will visit individual gravesites of notable people in the queer community, as well as the 31 grave markers of those individually interred at the southern tip of the island during the AIDS epidemic.
For more information, visit nycgovparks.org/events/2025/06/17/hart-island-tour-south-island.
Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven
Wednesday, June 18, 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Derfner Judaica Museum, 5901 Palisade Ave.
Free
Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven features twenty-three paintings, pastels, and drawings that map the geologic history of rocks, cliffs, canyons, and ravines with layers of line, form, color, and tone. Haven, who lives in the Bronx and works on location and in her studio in Yonkers, finds the complexity of rock formations a compelling inspiration that expresses nature’s resilient response to the challenges of time. As she states: “I am drawn to places that speak to me of creative transformation and survival; and I am fascinated by the fragile beauty and awesome power of nature.”
For more information, visit derfner.org/natures-persistence-recent-work-by-shelley-haven/.
Juneteenth Celebration
Thursday, June 19, 5-7:30 p.m.
Van Cortlandt House Museum, Broadway at W. 246 St.
Free
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and Bronx Arts Ensemble invite you to an evening celebration of Juneteenth on the lawn of the Van Cortlandt House Museum. Come early to eat dinner before the show. From 5 pm, delicious food will be available for sale from Voila Afrique. (First come-first served.) The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. on the lawn of the Van Cortlandt House Museum with performances, including music and spoken word. Then join us for a procession with drums to the Enslaved African Burial Ground with a libation ceremony, honoring the memory of the enslaved people.
For more information, visit nycgovparks.org/events/2025/06/19/juneteenth-celebration.
