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Basket Weaving Workshop with Saung Budaya

Colonels Row on Governors IslandManhattan

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Art Meetup at the Met

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

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Day of the Dead Celebration

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Hispanic Museum & LibraryWashington Heights

Celebrate Diwali: The Festival of Lights

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Ozone Park LibraryOzone Park

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Festival of Lights: Diwali

Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine ParkBrooklyn

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DEEPER

Queens Museum – Flushing Meadows Corona ParkQueens

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HOME/LAND: a blend of theater, dance, projection, and demonstration

Dance
Free

Pier 45 at Hudson River ParkGreenwich Village

The College Point Street Fair

College Point Boulevard Street FairCollege Point

Pumpkin Fest @ City Point

Free

City Point BKLYNBrooklyn

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Open House New York: Carroll Hall Garden Tour

Carroll HallBrooklyn

Just for Kids: Corn Husk Doll Making

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Marine ParkBrooklyn

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Visit BHS Castle During Open House New York 2025

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

Fall Festival

Marsha P. Johnson State ParkBrooklyn

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Dedication of New Dr. Frank Mickens Mural & Free Community Celebration

Ideal Food MarketBrooklyn

Fall Fest at The Rockaway Hotel + Spa

Free

The Rockaway Hotel + SpaRockaway Park

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Derek Jarman: Screening and Discussion with British Filmmaker Luke Fowler

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Breaking the Cycle of Violence in Gaza Quakers and Activists Resist Genocide

Free

15 rutherford placeManhattan

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Open House New York “Fantastical Realities” Exhibition Tour with Artists and Curator

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

Opening for “We Belong to This Place”

Art
Free

Old Stone HouseBrooklyn

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Book Launch Party: The Widower Without a Will by Katherine Grant

The LocalQueens

Forest Ave BOO-ZAR by Faire and Flourish

Ages: All
Family
Free
Halloween

Parking Lot of Kings Arms DinerStaten Island

The Night Shift: Jamaica Bay After Dark

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Jamaica Bay Wildlife RefugeBroad Channel

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Verse4Verse: Drag Poetry Show

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