Susana Bates for New York Daily News
A summer solstice celebration will take place Wednesday at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City.
JAM SESSION. Rock out to a 12-hour-plus festival of music from around the world at the Bang on a Can Marathon. Noon-midnight. Free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, 220 Vesey St., between North End Ave. and West St. (212) 417-7000.
FOCUS ON FATHERS. Learn how fathers earned their livings in New York in previous centuries at Historic Richmond Town’s Father’s Day Focus Tour. 1-5 p.m. $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students 12 to 17, $3 for children 4 to 11, free for Staten Island Historical Society members, children 3 and under, active military with ID. 441 Clarke Ave., Staten Island. (718) 351-1611.
‘T’ FOR TWO. Bring the whole family to sketch Wave Hill’s gardens and woodlands on T-shirts at “T’s for Dad and Me.” 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free for members and children under 6, $8 for adults, $4 for students and seniors 65 and up, $2 for children 6 and up. Ecology Building, 675 W. 252nd St., Bronx. (718) 549-3200.
A LITTLE MUSIC AT LITTLEFIELD. Let loose at the Brooklyn Music Factory’s Final Band Party at Littlefield. 1-4 p.m. Free. 622 Degraw St. (718) 855-3388.
FARE AFFAIR. Browse an impressive array of local fare at the New Amsterdam Market. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Assorted prices. Old Fulton Fish Market, South St. between Beekman St. and Peck Slip. (212) 766-8688.
READING RAINBOW. Frank DeCaro, author of “The Dead Celebrity Cookbook,” will host a gay pride event with Simon Doonan, window designer of Barneys New York and author of “Gay Men Don’t Get Fat.” Wed., 12:30-1:45 p.m. Bryant Park Reading Room, 41 W. 40th St. Rain venue: the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, 20 W. 44th St. (212) 768-4242.
PORTAL TO PORTUGAL. Learn about Portuguese culture, tourism, brands and products without leaving Central Park at Portugal Day NY 2012. The event will feature races, a festival with food sampling, musical performances, awards and raffles. 7:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Central Park South and Seventh Ave. (212) 310-6600.
STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM. Celebrate dads with musician Rory Dineen at Prospect Park’s Father’s Day Sing-along. Enjoy New York State strawberries and make your own old-fashioned whipped cream. 3 p.m. $3 suggested donation, free for children 16 and under. Lefferts Historic House, 95 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. (718) 789-2822.
MUSIC MAN. Get your fill of classical music at a 30-minute organ recital at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Andrew Peters, organist and director of music at Second Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, will perform. 4:45 p.m. Free. 14 E. 51st St. (212) 753-2261, ext. 786.
