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Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
at Athletic Field (in Peter's Field), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
The animated film tells the story of teenage sea kraken Ruby Gillman. Struggling to fit in at her high school Oceanside High, Ruby discovers her ancestral destiny to reign as Warrior Qu
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: The Wild Robot
at Wright Brothers Playground, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Friday, August 8, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: The Warriors
at Gil Scott-Heron Amphitheater (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
The Warriors must fight their way from the Bronx to their home turf ......
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Kung Fu Panda 4
at Play Area (in James Weldon Johnson Playground), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior, is called upon by destiny to...give i
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: A Minecraft Movie
at Entrance - 76th Ave & Springfield Blvd (in Alley Pond Park), Queens
8:45 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Four misfits are transported to a wild, blocky world of imagination—and must team up with an expert crafter to find their way home.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: The Warriors
at West 12th St. & Boardwalk (in Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk), Brooklyn
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
The Warriors follows a street gang falsely accused of the murder of a respected gang leader. They must fight their way through rival gang territory and return to their home turf on Cone
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Mufasa: The Lion King
at Lawn Area (in Springfield Park), Queens
8:45 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Mufasa: The Lion King tells the origin story of Mufasa through Rafiki’s tale to young Kiara, revealing his rise from orphaned cub to legend in a journey of friendship, fate, and danger.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Monday, August 11, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Wicked
at Union Turnpike and 196th Street (in Cunningham Park), Queens
8:30 p.m.–11:15 p.m.
Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda in a dazzling reimagining of Oz’s untold story of power, friendship, and self-discovery.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Transformers One
at Basketball Court (in Bellevue South Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron fo
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Wicked
at Samuel Seabury Playground, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misundersto
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Captain America: Brave New World
at Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens 
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Anthony Mackie returns as the high-flying hero Sam Wilson, who’s officially taken up the mantle of Captain America.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Friday, August 15, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Captain America: Brave New World
at Harlem River Park, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Anthony Mackie returns as the high-flying hero Sam Wilson, who’s officially taken up the mantle of Captain America. After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam fi
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: A Minecraft Movie
at Gymnasium (in Sorrentino Recreation Center), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
Four misfits are transported to a wild, blocky world of imagination—and must team up with an expert crafter to find their way home.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars, Recreation Center Programming
Free!
Kids
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Despicable Me 4
at Play Area (in Carmansville Playground), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Mufasa: The Lion King
at Play Area (in Lawrence Virgilio Playground), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Mufasa: The Lion King tells the origin story of Mufasa through Rafiki’s tale to young Kiara, revealing his rise from orphaned cub to legend in a journey of friendship, fate, and danger.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Monday, August 18, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: The Wild Robot
at Union Turnpike and 196th Street (in Cunningham Park), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
After a shipwreck, a robot named Roz must adapt to life on a remote island—learning to survive, connect with wildlife, and care for an orphaned gosling.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: UP
at Corporal John A Seravalli Playground (in Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A feisty septuagenarian reluctantly teams up with a young explorer in this Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature Film by Pixar. Carl Fredricksen is a 78-year-old balloon salesman who drea
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Friday, August 22, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: RENT
at Entrance - West 171 Street and Amsterdam Avenue (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Adaptation of the hit musical about New York bohemians. Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Kung Fu Panda 4
at Lawn Area
8:15 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
In Kung Fu Panda 4, Po must train a new Dragon Warrior before taking on his unexpected new role as Spiritual Leader.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Moana 2
at Athletic Field (in Corlears Hook Park), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
“Moana 2” reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors,
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Moonstruck
at Open Area (in Athens Square), Queens
8:00 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
A Brooklyn widow, engaged to a mama's boy, falls in love with her fiancé's brother.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Moonstruck
at Open Area (in Athens Square), Queens
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Loretta Castorini, a Bookkeeper from Brooklyn, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry
Category: Film, Arts, Culture & Fun Series, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Wish
at Courtney Callender Playground, Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
A young woman named Asha possesses wild wishes for happiness. After making a wish on a starry night, Asha is surprised when Star, a ball of cosmic energy, comes down to accompany her. A
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Crooklyn (1994)
at Lawn Area (in Herbert Von King Park), Brooklyn
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Portrait of a close-knit family living in 1970s Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, through the eyes of the youngest daughter, Troy
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Friday, October 24, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Venom: The Last Dance
at Lawn - along 35th Avenue (in Crocheron Park), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
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