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Friday Aug. 22, 2025

7 – 8:30 pm

Kingdom Rhythm

Rehoboth Open Bible ChurchBrooklyn

Belongó- Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

7 – 8:30 pm

Bryant Park Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America: Belongó | Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Free
Music

Bryant ParkManhattan

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7 – 10 pm

Papa San’s International World Tour!

Rehoboth Open Bible ChurchBrooklyn

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

Free

Ocean Beqch – Fire Island

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7:30 – 10 pm

CEMETERY CINEMA™ presents: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

Sideshows by the SeashoreBrooklyn

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7:30 pm

Nori Reed

Union HallPark Slope

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Schreiber Shorts 2025: It Happened to Me

Theater

Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre @ A.R.T./New York TheatresManhattan

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8 – 10 pm

Sunset Jazz at Culture Lab LIC – Every Friday, August-October, 2025

Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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8 – 10 pm

Tiny Techno Dance Jam

Art
Dance

Delight FactoryBrooklyn

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8 – 10 pm

Schtick A Pole In It: a night of comedy & pole dancing

Comedy
Dance

8 – 10:30 pm

Legally Blonde

Theater

The Mary Louis AcademyJamaica Estates

8:30 – 10 pm

UG! Comedy Show

One and OneEast Village

Hero

9 – 11 pm

Unreal Magic: A Night of mind-bending illusion

Theater

SOHO PLAYHOUSESoho

9:45 pm

Friday Night Fireworks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Luna ParkBrooklyn

Saturday Aug. 23

All day

Queens Carnival

Caribbean

DredSurfer Grill RestaurantFar Rockaway New York

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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All day

LIVE in THE LOT at Culture Lab LIC – August-September, 2025

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

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

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8 am – 5 pm

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8:30 – 10 am

Birding in Bucks Hollow

Ages: All
Family
Free

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

Babe Ruth Stamp

9:30 am – 4 pm

Bronx Day Tour – Yankee Stadium, Arthur Avenue & Bronx Zoo

Yankee StadiumBronx

9:30 am

Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day powered by Net Generation

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterFlushing

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9:30 am – 8 pm

Summer Festival

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Free
Open Houses

NY Kids Club Park Slope-GowanusBrooklyn

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Fallout: Atoms for War & Peace

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

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