The Best Local Community Events in NYC

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Wednesday Aug. 6, 2025

10 – 11 am

Radiolab Presents: Terrestrials Live! Wilderness Wonderland at Little Island

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Community
Family

Little IslandMeatpacking District

5 – 6:30 pm

Radiolab Presents: Terrestrials Live! A Pizza Show

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Attractions
Family

Little IslandMeatpacking District

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6 – 9 pm

AI & Tech Networking NYC Manhattan

Whiskey Cellar NYCManhattan

7 – 9 pm

Wig Out Wednesdays : Drag Queen Bingo in NYC

Recreation at The Moxy DowntownDowntown / FiDi

Thursday Aug. 7

10 – 11 am

Radiolab Presents: Terrestrials Live! Wilderness Wonderland at Little Island

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Community
Family

Little IslandMeatpacking District

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5 – 7 pm

Hotel Seville NoMad x Rescue City Yappy Hour Adoption Event

Hotel Seville NoMad – The Unbound Collection by HyattNoMad

5 – 6:30 pm

Radiolab Presents: Terrestrials Live! A Pizza Show

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Attractions
Family

Little IslandMeatpacking District

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6 – 9 pm

All Street Gallery Opening: Pit of Desire, Garden of Prosperity

119 Hester St, New York, NY, 10002New York City

Friday Aug. 8

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Noon – 3 pm

Back to School Giveaway

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Family
Free

Neighborhood Care Crown HeightsCrown Heights

Saturday Aug. 9

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

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2 – 4 pm

MOCACREATE: Summer Sun Prints with Teaching Artist Yu Rong

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Museum of Chinese in AmericaChinatown

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6 – 9 pm

Sing with SOUL Open Jam

Heyground HarlemHarlem

Sunday Aug. 10

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4 – 6 pm

CCCADI’s 7th Annual Afribembé Festival at Harlem Week 2025

Ages: All
Community
Dance
Family

General Grant National Memorial (Grant’s Tomb)New York City

Monday Aug. 11

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9 – 11 pm

Drag Bingo with Sparkle Monster

Moxy ChelseaManhattan

Tuesday Aug. 12

10 pm

Karaoke at Pianos NYC

PianosManhattan

Wednesday Aug. 13

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6 – 9 pm

AI & Tech Networking NYC Manhattan

Whiskey Cellar NYCManhattan

7 – 9 pm

Wig Out Wednesdays : Drag Queen Bingo in NYC

Recreation at The Moxy DowntownDowntown / FiDi

Thursday Aug. 14

8 am – 5 pm

GET FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS, PRIZES & MORE AT THE FREE BLACK HEALTH MATTERS HARLEM WEEK 2025 HEALTH SUMMIT & EXPO!

The Riverside ChurchHarlem

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2 – 4 pm

Back To School Giveaway

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Family
Free

Neighborhood Care BensonhurstBensonhurst

FHL – Arriba

6 – 9 pm

¡Arriba! with Cheo y Los Consentidos de la Casa, Yailenne Escobar, and DJ Mickey Pérez

The High LineChelsea

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7 – 11:30 pm

EROSION: The Playground – An Immersive Art, Sound, and Community Experience

Pinky SwearManhattan

Saturday Aug. 16

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

1 – 6 pm

Summer in the City

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

West 135th Street from St. Nicholas Avenue – Adam Clayton Powell Jr. BlvdHarlem

Sunday Aug. 17

Noon – 5 pm

NYC Children’s Festival

Howard Bennett PlaygroundHarlem

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1 – 7 pm

Harlem Week: Harlem Day

West 135th Street from 5th Avenue to St. Nicholas AvenueHarlem

Tuesday Aug. 19

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8 – 9:30 pm

“A Night at La Nacional” (Arthouse Film and Multidisciplinary Event)

La Nacional – Spanish Benevolent SocietyWest Village/Chelsea

10 pm

Karaoke at Pianos NYC

PianosManhattan

Wednesday Aug. 20

7 – 9 pm

Wig Out Wednesdays : Drag Queen Bingo in NYC

Recreation at The Moxy DowntownDowntown / FiDi

Saturday Aug. 23

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

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Noon – 8:30 pm

Creative Open House with The Makeup Show

Art
Beauty

Metropolitan Creative StudiosChelsea

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9:30 – 11 pm

LYT Comedy @ Nite

Caveat NYCManhattan

Sunday Aug. 24

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8:30 am – 5:30 pm

Creative Open House with The Makeup Show

Art
Beauty

Metropolitan Creative StudiosChelsea

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