The Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center's Harvest Weekend might be the perfect fall harvest activity in New York City, with cornhusk-doll-making and pumpkin-pie workshops.  

Saturday & Sunday, 10am–1pm, Family Art Project: Cornhusk Dolls
Celebrate corn and harvest time. Listen to Native American tales, and hear about the power of a talking stick. Then tie, weave and shape the dried husks into a single, cornhusk doll or corny doll family.

Sunday, 1pm: Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers have been leaders in preserving and perpetuating American Indian Culture for almost three decades. This year, they present a special performance in Armor Hall as part of Harvest Weekend’s Family Art Project. This immersive and educational performance features traditional music, dancers and stories from cultures across the American northeast, southwest and Great Plains.