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Tuesday Nov. 18, 2025

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10:30 am – 4:30 pm

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

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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11 am – 5 pm

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

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11 am – 5 pm

Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island

Art

El Museo del BarrioManhattan

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11 am – 4 pm

ES DEVLIN: CONGREGATION

Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC)Manhattan

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11 am – 6 pm

Visual Tempo

Art
Free

Agora GalleryManhattan

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New YorkManhattan

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Noon – 6 pm

Life is Drag by Rachel Rampleman

Art
LGBTQ+

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Noon – 1 pm

CHAIR YOGA 🪑 🧘🏼‍♂️ with Barbara Kizner

Health & Fitness

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
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Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018Manhattan

The Murder at the Museum

2 – 4:30 pm

The Murder at the Museum of Natural History Scavenger Hunt

American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NY

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3 – 6 pm

Jennifer’s Playground Free Afterschool Program

Ages: 5 – 12
Community
Family
Free

Jennifer’s PlaygroundStaten Island

4 – 5 pm

Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Program Current Event Journaling & Debate

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Family
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

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4 – 5 pm

FREE KIDS & TEENS AGES 9-12: CARTOONING, AND MANGA ART CLASS

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Art Studio NYManhattan

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6:30 – 9 pm

Bowling league – Tuesday nights

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Paul Taylor Dance Company

7 – 9 pm

2025 Paul Taylor Dance Company Season at Lincoln Center Season

Dance

David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln CenterManhattan

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7:30 – 9 pm

Truman vs. Israel: Abzug and the Undressing of Truman

Theater

Theater at St. ClementsTheater District

Adam Gabel at WSCC 2

8 – 9:30 pm

Not Ripe Bananas

Comedy
Free

West Side Comedy ClubUpper West Side

8 – 10 pm

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy

Free
LGBTQ+

good judyBrooklyn

Wednesday Nov. 19

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Various

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

RCCS Dress Rehearsal

Various

Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

Radio City Music HallManhattan

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Various

Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterUpper West Side

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All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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Various

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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8 am – 5 pm

THE GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP AT 100 A New Special Exhibit Celebrating a Century of Cultural Impact

Art

The New York HistoricalManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

Watson Adventures

8 am – 5 pm

Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Met Scavenger Hunt

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpstate NY

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