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12 Things To Do in Your Manhattan Neighborhoods This Weekend

By DNAinfo Staff | March 31, 2016 5:27pm 

 The Inwood Little League parade will kick off the season this weekend.
The Inwood Little League parade will kick off the season this weekend.
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All Weekend

 Last Weekend to View the Whitney’s Collection

Where: The Whitney Museum, 99 Gansevoort St., Meatpacking District
When: 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

The exhibition of more than 200 works spanning the 6th and 7th floors of the museum, organized into chronological “chapters” starting on the 7th floor, closes April 4. Tickets are $22 for adults or $18 for seniors and students. Members and kids 18 and under get in free.

MoCCA Fest

Where: Metropolitan West, 639 W. 46th St., Midtown
When: Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s annual festival produced by the Society of Illustrators is coming to Hell’s Kitchen this weekend. The festival will include panel discussions, exhibition tables and a “talented group of guests from the comic, cartoon and illustration industry.”

Friday, April 1

Digital Time Capsules at The History Project Exhibit

Where: Senior Planet Exploration Center, 127 W. 25th St., Chelsea
When: 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Senior Planet Exploration Center in Chelsea is showcasing “digital time capsules” created by senior citizens at an exhibit on Friday. Seniors and experts from The History Project will talk about how they created the time capsules, which capture “photos, videos, documents and important and historical moments and memories gathered over the course of their lives.”  

Saturday, April 2

Bagel Bark

Where: Central Park, Heckscher Ballfield 3, Upper East Side
When: 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Meet fellow dog-owners at the Bagel Bark meet and greet, which includes a light breakfast and discussion on keeping the park healthy and beautiful. Dogs are allowed off-leash until 9 a.m. After that, Central Park Paws and the Central Park Conservancy will discuss special programming for the park’s dog community.

Uptown Cleanup Series

Where: Centro Altagracia de Fe y Justicia, 511 W. 164th St., between St. Nicholas and Amsterdam Avenues, Washington Heights
When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sweep up change in your local neighborhood with Uptown Cleanup, the second-annual event hosted by the Centro Altagracia de Fe y Justicia and Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez. Organizers said the event will address and discuss concerns with issues like environmental justice, composting and food waste. The cleanup crew will meet Saturday mornings on April 2, April 16, May 7, May 21 and June 11. For more information, contact Merelis Catalina Ortiz at 212-568-2116 or email mortiz@centroaltagracia.org.

Inwood Little League Parade

Where: I.S. 218, at Nagle Avenue and Ellwood Street, Inwood
When: 12 p.m.

Celebrate the 66th season of the Little League Baseball teams with the annual opening day parade. The parade will start at the I.S. 218 schoolyard on Nagle Avenue and Ellwood Street, continue down Broadway and wrap up in Diamond 6 at Inwood Hill Park, near West 218th Street and Indian Road. The celebration continues inside the baseball fields at Inwood Hill Park at 1 p.m.

Wild Sky

Where: Irish Arts Center, 553 W. 51st St., Midtown
When: Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Award-winning actors Caitriona Ennis and Ian Toner star the Irish Arts Center’s production of Wild Sky, a “blighted love story between three young friends from County Meath.” The show “charts how the Rising impacted a generation through the small cultural, national and sporting movements that flourished in Ireland at the turn of the 20th century.”

Sunday, April 3

Madison Square Park Historic Walking Tour

Where: Madison Square Park at the intersection of 23rd Street and Broadway, Flatiron
When: 11 a.m.

Come learn about the history of the neighborhood surrounding Madison Square Park on this guided walking tour.

Fifth Annual Uptown Games

Where: New Balance Track & Field at the Armory, 216 Ft. Washington Ave., at West 168th street., Washington Heights
When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Armory Foundation, New York Road Runners, and Councilmembers Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Levine invite students in grades 3 through 8 to participate in the free Uptown Games for some track and field activities, clinics and more. For more information or to pre-register, contact eventsRSVP@adrianoespaillat.org or call 212-544-0173.

Share the Love — of Schubert! Tribeca Chambers Players Free Performance

Where: Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center, 120 Warren St., TriBeCa
When: 2 p.m

For all the string and Schubert lovers out there, hear a free performance by the Tribeca Chambers Players — two cellos, two violins and a viola — of Franz Schubert's String Quintet in C Major, one of the composer's last major works before his death at the age of 31.

► Music on Madison: Margaret Mills & Anthony Newman

Where: Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave., Upper East Side
When: 3 p.m.

Pianist Margaret Mills and organist and composer Anthony Newman will be joined by the Westerlund String Quartet to perform works by Bach, Brahms and Newman himself. Admission is a suggested donation of $20 or $15 for students and seniors. Those under 12 are admitted for free.

A Celebration of Beverly Cleary

Where: Symphony Space Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway, Upper West Side
When: 4 p.m.

Famed children’s book and young adult authors will read from beloved author Beverly Cleary’s books as part of a celebration to honor her 100th birthday. The celebration will include live drawings by illustrators, a birthday singalong and music. Tickets are $15 each and are available online or by calling 212-864-5400.

These listings were compiled by DNAinfo's Manhattan reporters: Emily Frost, Maya Rajamani, Noah Hurowitz, Danielle Tcholakian, Irene Plagianos, Carolina Pichardo and Shaye Weaver.