things to do in Newark, NJ

Build and personalize a leather bag with hands-on tools and beginner-friendly instruction

Bring a classic handheld back to life with beginner-friendly electronics skills

Build and race your own gravity-powered wooden car

Design and tuft a custom textile wall piece with beginner-friendly guidance

Shape, sand, and finish a hardwood knife board designed for your kitchen

Learn MIG welding while making a steel planter

Make a bi-fold wallet and build foundational leatherworking skills

Shape and weld a personalized steel rose to take home

Craft a 2-Liter Oak Barrel for Aging Your Own Spirits

Forge a custom steel Halloween spider from your own design

Refine your stained glass skills with room to experiment at your own pace.

See iconic Midtown landmarks, from Times Square to Grand Central, on a small-group walk

Ride in comfort through Dyker Heights’ elaborate holiday displays with a professional guide

Explore Sex and the City’s Manhattan by Private Pedicab

Sail a Catalina 34 and build practical skills in 2.5 hours

Get hands-on sailing practice in New York Harbor on a Catalina 34

Explore New York's holiday sights at a relaxed pace

Design a leather passport holder while enjoying drinks, bites, and music

Make a leather tote with studio guidance, wine, and charcuterie

Walk Midtown’s Art Deco skyscrapers, from Bryant Park to Rockefeller Center

Trace Greenwich Village from colonial farmland to its bohemian past

Trace New York’s Gilded Age through cast-iron storefronts and grand department stores

Uncover the writers, rebels, hidden spaces, and architecture of the West Village

Trace 150 years of Coney Island history along its famous boardwalk