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Saturday Oct. 25, 2025

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Midnight – 5 pm

CHINESE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION

Art
Free

33 Bowery St., (Confucius Building Exhibition Hall)33 Bowery St.

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 – 9:30 am

(BLACK) DYKE DECK (Workshop)

Auditorium 103 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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8 – 9:30 am

Ethical Digitization Considerations: Preserving Lesbian Culture (Workshop)

Medium 110 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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8 – 9:30 am

Let’s Process, a Lesbian Procession! (Workshop)

Medium 202 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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8 – 9:30 am

Fat Lesbians: Intersectional Identities, Positive Representations, and Naked Photos (Workshop)

Medium 203 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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8 – 9:30 am

Re-membering: The Lesbian Poetic Body (Workshop)

Free
LGBTQ+

Medium 214 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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8 – 9:30 am

The Sound Revolution: Sonic Practices for Lesbian Liberation Across Space and Time (Workshop)

Medium 302 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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8 – 9:30 am

Empowering Lesbian Art & Artists (Workshop)

Medium 310 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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8 – 9:30 am

Radical Imagination as Resistance: Dreaming the Future to Transform the Present (Workshop)

Small 201a LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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8 – 9:30 am

Decentering Men and Redefining Lesbianism (Workshop)

Small 304 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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8 – 9:30 am

Radical Resonance: Queer Embodiment, Co-regulation, and Femifesto Writing (Workshop)

Small 305 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

9 am – 3 pm

Washington Square Park Dog Halloween

Free

Washington Square ParkWest Village

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

10 am – 8 pm

Halloween Hunt

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

10 am – 8 pm

FIL Ciudad de Nueva York (FILNYC)

Free

Gerald W. Lynch TheaterMidtown

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10 – 11:15 am

The Great Disappearing Act: Germans in New York City

Virtual via ZoomManhattan

10 am – 3 pm

Harlem Grown Halloween Festival

134th Street FarmHarlem

11 am – 2 pm

High Line Halloween: Little Park of Horrors

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

The High Line 14th Street PassageManhattan

FHL – Halloween

11 am – 2 pm

High Line Halloween: Little Park of Horrors

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Halloween

The High LineChelsea

11 am – 2 pm

Grand Central Halloween

Ages: All
Family
Free
Halloween

Grand Central TerminalNew York City

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11 am – 1 pm

ICP Photobook Club: Martha Naranjo Sandoval

Free

International Center of Photography (ICP)Lower East Side

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11:30 am – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

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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

Stay Frosty: Equal parts art fair, tailgate and trunk show

Art
Free

Empty Parking Lot at Convent Ave and 128thNew York City

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Noon – 2 pm

Queer Junk Journaling 101

Bureau of General Services—Queer DivisionWest Village

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Noon – 3 pm

Halloween Boo Bash

Ages: All
Family
Free
Halloween

Randall’s Island ParkRandall’s Island

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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

1 – 3 pm

Good+ Community Volunteer Celebration

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