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Friday May 23, 2025

Cool Off at Orchard Beach – PH

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Capsule Exhibition: From the Bronx to the Battery: The Subway Sun

Poster HouseManhattan

The Flaming Lips – PH

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Capsule Exhibition: Copy/Paste/Print/Repeat: Mike King & the Art of the Gig Poster

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 5 pm

World Turtle Day Celebration

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & AquariumCold Spring Harbor

10 am – 5 pm

A Black History of Colonial New York Exhibit

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic SiteYonkers

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10 am – 4 pm

Fixed in Time & Place

History & Culture

Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical MuseumSag Harbor

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10 am – 7 pm

The Song of Skin Hotel Pop-Up Shop

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Free

188 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013New York, NY

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10 am – 6 pm

The LEGO® Botanical Garden Pop-Up at NY Botanical Garden

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10 am – 7 pm

“Where Light Meets Water” Art Show Inspired by the North Sea

North Sea Community SchoolhouseSouthampton

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Spring First Discoveries

Ages: 4 and under
Family

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

Playtime Storytime

10:30 – 11:15 am

Playtime Storytime

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

10:30 am – noon

Docent Tours in the Landcraft Garden

Landcraft Garden FoundationMattituck

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11 am – 5 pm

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

April – May Recycled Ecosystems (1)

11 am – 4 pm

Up-Cycled Ocean Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

What Will People Think? // NYAAF Debut Exhibition

104 Charlton StSoho

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

11 am

Westchester County Memorial Day Service

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Lasdon Park, Arboretum & Veterans MemorialKatonah

11 am

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Family
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

11:30 am

ONLINE FAMILY STORYTIME: Brother READS!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Harry Belafonte 115th Street LibraryOnline Only

BEAUTIFUL.WSA – 1

Noon – 4 pm

Beautiful

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

7:00PM by Donna Corvi at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Arborescent: Art Exhibition Honoring Trees

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

Functional Relationships – John Chamberlain

Noon – 5 pm

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: ARTIST-MADE FURNITURE

Guild HallEast Hampton

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Noon – 5 pm

ALMOND ZIGMUND: WADING ROOM

Guild HallEast Hampton

4 Artists

Noon – 5 pm

TABLA RASA GALLERY’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION: IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

Art

Tabla Rasa GalleryBrooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

Art

Tabla Rasa GalleryBrooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

INDEPENDENCY: THE AMERICAN FLAG AT 250 YEARS

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House PotteryManhattan

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1 – 2 pm

Get Moving Fridays

Classes

Sid Jacobson JCCEast Hills

INSTAGRAM 45 POSTER

2 – 6 pm

LOUISE EASTMAN & JANIS STEMMERMANN: Black and White and Red All Over

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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