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Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Staten Island

Wolfe’s Pond ParkStaten Island

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Brooklyn Book Festival Children’s Day

Brooklyn Borough HallBrooklyn

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Jim Henson Birthday Celebration 2025

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Film

Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY

Get Involved Literacy, Health, and Culture Celebration

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions
Family

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building PlazaNew York City

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UNSEEN: 14 Artists On Resilience and Rights of Women in North Korea

Art
Free

lume studiosManhattan

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MOTHERSHIP SEVEN DANCE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL – FREE

Dance
Free

Richard Rogers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey ParkHARLEM NYC

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FAD Market at Open Streets on Montague

Brooklyn HeightsBetween Clinton and Henry Street

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Maison Millefleurs Closing Night – Paper Flower Giveaway

Battery Park CityBattery Park

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New York City Congenital Heart Walk

Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing

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FREE OUTDOOR TRIBUTE CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF DUKE ELLINGTON

Dance
Free

Duke Ellington StatueHarlem

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Wicked at Gershwin Theatre

Free
Music

Gershwin TheatreNew York City

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Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumManhattan

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Playtopia @Atlantic Antic

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Atlantic AvenueBrooklyn

Moana Live in Concert

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Lehman Center for the Performing ArtsKingsbridge Heights

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Lunch & Learn: Fear City

VirtualNY

Fresh Tire Tracks and Other Snow Markings

Opening Reception of “Configurations” – New Paintings by Rallou Malliarakis

Art
Free

First Street GalleryChelsea

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Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Queens

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterFlushing

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Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Brooklyn

Korean War Veterans PlazaBrooklyn

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Kings County Fiber Festival

Old Stone House & Washington ParkBrooklyn

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WORD PLAY – Free Poetry Slam

Sugar MouseEast Village

FAD Market at Brooklyn Brewery

FAD Market at Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn BreweryBrooklyn

FAD Market at The Invisible Dog

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

St. Paul ChurchBrooklyn

Bronx Halloween Parade 2025

40th Annual Bronx Halloween Parade 2025

Southern Blvd and Westchester AveBronx

Halloween: Wags to Witches

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

The Van Cortlandt House MuseumBronx

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Family Program | Songs and Stories

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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