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The Town Hall- New York Loves Sly! Featuring Steven Bernstein

Bryant Park Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America: The Town Hall | New York Loves Sly! Feat. Steven Bernstein

Free
Music

Bryant ParkManhattan

FREE Outdoor Screening of THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MISS SCOTT

Film
Free

Richard Rodgers Amphitheater, Marcus Garvey ParkHarlem

Art in the Park: Suncatchers

Ages: All
Art
Environment
Family

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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Richmond County Fair

Historic Richmond TownStaten Island

Final RCS Fall 25 Recruitment Flyer

Fall Season of the Riverdale Choral Society

Free
Music

Christ Church RiverdaleBronx

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Public Gallery Tour

NYC Opera

Bryant Park Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America: New York City Opera | Carmen

Free
Music

Bryant ParkManhattan

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New York City Opera: Carmen in Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Bryant ParkManhattan

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Exhibition Opening Celebration for ‘Ministry: Reverend Joyce McDonald’

Art
Free

1040 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY 10456Bronx

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Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

FAD Market Empire Stores

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

FAD Market Empire Stores

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

Empire StoresBrooklyn

My Friend Isabelle

“My Friend Isabelle” Book Signing at NDSS Buddy Walk

Naumburg BandshellCentral Park, Upper West Side, 72nd St

Brooklyn Army Terminal Summer Series Hispanic Heritage Celebration

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Brooklyn Army TerminalNYC

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Composers Concordance Art of the Art Song featuring Ljiljana Winkler

Free
Music

Westbeth GalleryManhattan

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Brooklyn Dribble

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6 + 2 360 Furman Street Brooklyn, NY 11201Brooklyn

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Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

Fall Harvest Festival

FREE Fall Harvest Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

JCC BernikowStaten Island

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Bronx Block Party

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Family
Festivals

Bronxwood Avenue, between Boston Road & Allerton AvenueBronx

Ferragosto Festival in Bronx Little Italy

Corner of Crescent Ave and Arthur AveBronx

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Field Report: The Filmmaker & the Scientist

Ages: 9 – 12
Animals
Environment
Family

Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY

RAISEfashion | The Gallery: NYFW Showcase

Art
Free

40 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10013Manhattan

PPT September G3 copy (2)

Person Place Thing

Free

31 Chambers CourthouseManhattan

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Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

Conservatory strings quartet shoot at my mom’s house – Franz Fel

Amernet String Quartet Recital

Free
Music

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

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The American Tap Dance Foundation Presents the 2024 & 2025 Tap City Awards

Dance
Free

New York Public Library for the Performing Artsupper west side

The Water Knew the Language of the Flames: Ryan Cosbert Solo Exhibition

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

American Symphony Orchestra- New York Profiles

Bryant Park Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America: American Symphony Orchestra | New York Profiles

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Bryant ParkManhattan

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Illuminations 2025 Art Exhibit by Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

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Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself

Free

Pier 1 Granite Prospect, Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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FAMChella on Fifth

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Family
Festivals

5th avenueBrooklyn

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