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Saturday Sep. 20, 2025

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 8 pm

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

Art
Free

lume studiosManhattan

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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

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 4 pm

Chelsea Waterside Park Celebration

Chelsea Waterside ParkChelsea

Noon – 2:30 pm

National Dance Day Celebration

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Museum of the City of New YorkManhattan

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1 – 3 pm

Natural Dyeing Workshop with the Horticulture Team

Randall’s Island Urban FarmRandall’s Island

2 – 6 pm

NYSoM SuperHero Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Sherman CreekWashington Heights

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3 – 7 pm

MOTHERSHIP SEVEN DANCE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL – FREE

Dance
Free

Richard Rogers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey ParkHARLEM NYC

6 – 9 pm

Star Trek Variety Show

Free

Industry BarHells Kitchen

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6 – 9 pm

Echoes in Light by Liza Read: Finissage

Art
Free

Holographic StudiosLower East Side

Sunday Sep. 21

All day

The Feast of San Gennaro

Little ItalyManhattan

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All day

Inwood Jazz Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Inwood Hill ParkManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

GagosianPark Avenue

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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11 am – 4 pm

EcoArts Festival on Governors Island

Art
Classes

Colonels Row on Governors IslandManhattan

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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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

12:30 – 6 pm

56th Annual African American Day Parade

African American Day ParadeManhattan

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2 – 4 pm

Taylor Swift Author Event | The Glory of Giving Everything

Housing Works Bookstore CafeSoHo

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5 – 6:30 pm

The Crackalackin’ Concert of Classical Music

Free

United PalaceBrooklyn

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7 – 8:30 pm

Maison Millefleurs Closing Night – Paper Flower Giveaway

Battery Park CityBattery Park

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