NYC Mental Health Offerings for April 2026
April brings plenty of opportunities to gather, create, move, reflect, and recharge. All without spending any money.
IndieSpace shares this month’s collection of free and pay-what-you-can wellness, creative, and community offerings for indie theater artists.
These events across the NYC boroughs and online are here to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
In the Boroughs
April 2 in Queens – Women & Femmes Community Mixer
April 3 in Brooklyn – Public Craft Night
April 4 in Manhattan – Artist Website Coworking with Good Apples Collective
April 4 in Queens – A History of Queens Through Plants
April 6 in Queens – Men & Mascs Community Mixer
April 7 in Queens – Trans & Gender Diversity Meet Up: Spring Fling!
April 7 in Staten Island – Greenbelt History Hike: Reading the landscape
April 7 in The Bronx – Nutrition 101 - Tremont Neighborhood Health
April 8 in East Harlem – 125th Street Library Writing Circle
April 8 in Queens – Sin Pelos en la Lengua: La Fuerza de la Comunidad Trans
April 8 in The Bronx – Take Control NYC: Free Workshops on Diabetes
April 9 in Manhattan – Flowering Trees Watercolor Workshop
April 9 in Manhattan – What’s Happening? Film Series: Storytelling and Cultural Memory
April 9 in Staten Island – Early Birds of the Greenbelt Hike
April 10 in Brooklyn – Cultivating Grace Support Group - Healthy Start Brooklyn
April 10 in Brooklyn – Community Mental Wellness & Resilience Workshop
April 10 in Manhattan – Monk in Pieces: Screening a Documentary Film on Meredith Monk
April 10 in Staten Island – Spring Book Swap and Upcycled Paper Crafts with New York Public Library
April 11 in Manhattan – A Story, A Story: Performance and Discussion
April 11 in Manhattan – Earth Celebrations and the Ecological City - Memory Mural Workshop
April 11 in Manhattan – Mystery and Wonder Exhibition Gallery Tour
April 11 in Manhattan – The Art Meetup at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art)
April 11 in Manhattan – Together in Song with Suzi Shelton and Friends
April 12 in Manhattan – Broadway, Bars, and Fortune: A Story of Incarceration and Redemption
April 13 in Manhattan – The Composer & the Muse: A Conversation in Process with Jeanine Tesori
April 13 in Queens – OPEN JAM! At Sanger Hall
April 13 in Queens – Trivia Night at LGBT Network Community Center
April 14 in Harlem – CRUX LGBTQ Climbing
April 14 in Queens – United Colors, a Group for BIPOC LGBT Folx
April 14 in The Bronx – Literary Social Club
April 15 in Brooklyn – Public Craft Night
April 15 in The Bronx – NYC Small Business Services Presentation
April 15 in The Bronx – Take Control NYC: Free Workshops on Diabetes
April 16 in Manhattan – Sara Rudner’s Radiant Life in Dance
April 16 in Manhattan – Senior Night at Third Street Music School
April 16 in Staten Island – Adult Hike - Willowbrook Park
April 17 in Manhattan – Queen of Magic: An Homage to Madame Adelaide Herrmann
April 17 in The Bronx – Opening Reception: Self in Pieces: A Bunny Lee Solo Show
April 18 in Brooklyn – Healthy Kids Day
April 19 in Brooklyn – 2026 Earth Day in Prospect Park
April 19 in Manhattan – Spring Tree Walk
April 19 in Staten Island – Bloom on the Trail
April 20 in Manhattan – The Many Lives of Alexandra Danilova
April 21 in The Bronx – Nutrition 101 - Tremont Neighborhood Health
April 22 in Brooklyn – NYCResistor Ham Radio Club
April 22 in Manhattan – IndieSpace Together
April 22 in Manhattan – Mystery and Wonder Exhibition Gallery Tour
April 23 in East Harlem – Short Story Club: "The Actors of Dearborn" by Ghassan Zeineddine
April 23 in East Harlem – Toddler Yoga/ Yoga para niños pequeños
April 24 in Brooklyn – Community Mental Wellness & Resilience Workshop
April 24 in The Bronx – Artist Talk: Self in Pieces: A Bunny Lee Solo Show
April 25 in Harlem – Harlem Arts Alliance Townhall Meeting
April 25 in Manhattan – The Art Meetup: FREE Earth Day Workshops @ Chelsea Piers
April 25 in Queens – Spring Garden Tour with Horticulture Director Andi Pettis
April 25 in Staten Island – Terrific Trees Hike
April 26 in Queens – Indigenous Plant Tour with Shane Weeks and Tecumseh Ceaser
April 26 in Queens – Papermaking with Artist Chloe Seibert
April 26 in Staten Island – City Nature Challenge Identification Hike
April 27 in Manhattan – Death Cafe at Ethical Culture
April 28 in Brooklyn – Let's Talk! – A discussion about mental health awareness
April 28 in Harlem – CRUX LGBTQ Climbing
April 28 in The Bronx – Nuyorican Poets Cafe @ Hunts Point Library
April 29 in Manhattan – The Dance Historian Is In: The Legendary Tap Master Carnell Lyons
April 30 in Manhattan – Duke Ellington Documentary Screening & Discussion with Mercedes Ellington
April 30 in Manhattan – The Library for the Performing Arts Play Club
April 30 in Staten Island – Adult Hike: Von Briesen Park - Fort Wadsworth
Mondays in Manhattan – Bryant Park Public Tours
Wednesdays in East Harlem – Words that Dance: A Movement and Storytelling Workshop
Thursdays in Brooklyn – 2026 Prospect Park Stroller Walks
Fridays in Brooklyn – 2026 Prospect Park Wellness Walks
Saturdays in The Bronx – BronxRockets Run/Walk Group
Online Events
April 7 – Take Control NYC: Free Diabetes Workshop
April 14 – Take Control NYC: Free Diabetes Workshop
April 15 – Men's Health Talk on Prostate Cancer
April 16 – Get Shameless Workshop #5: How to heal your relationship with money | CTNYC
April 22 – Hypertension 101
April 27 – The Library for the Performing Arts Play Club
April 28 – Partners in Health Chat
Tuesdays in April –Reproductive Health Concerns - Online
Wednesdays in April – National Diabetes Prevention Program