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Monday May 26, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

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All day

The Legacy of The Handmaid’s Tale: June’s Evolution from Handmaid to Rebel

The Paley MuseumManhattan

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors LobbyManhattan

Various

Staten Island Mall Carnival

Staten Island MallStaten Island

All day

DanceAfrica Festival 2025

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

Brooklyn Academy of MusicBrooklyn

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All day

Brooklyn Strength’s Virtual Marathon Training Club

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

Ridgewood Run

8 am – 3 pm

The Ridgewood Run

Veterans Memorial FieldRidgewood

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction APRIL 20 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause MAY 3 – JULY 6, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS The Red Thread: Larry Gottheim’s Films MAY 15 – MAY 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State ParkManhattan

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9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

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9 am – 9 pm

Fleet Week promotion at One World Observatory

One World ObservatoryManhattan

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish HistoryManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Dinosaur Safari

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10 am – 6 pm

Fleet Week

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space MuseumManhattan

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11 am – 5 pm

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

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11 am

Brooklyn’s 158th Memorial Day Parade

Brooklyn Memorial Day ParadeBrooklyn

11 am – 1 pm

Memorial Day Craft and Storytime

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House PotteryManhattan

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1 – 3 pm

New England Symphonic Ensemble plays Trotta, Leavitt and McDavitt

Music

Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman StageMidtown

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2 – 4 pm

Green-Wood’s Memorial Day Concert

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

The Green-Wood CemeteryBrooklyn

2 – 4 pm

The Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Northern Boulevard from Nassau Road to 244th Street.Little Neck

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2 – 7 pm

The Spooky Social Club: Morbid Memorial Day

LittlefieldGowanus

3:30 – 5 pm

Idlewild’s Science Book Club

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

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