The Best Local Community Events in NYC

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Thursday Sep. 18, 2025

5 – 6 pm

From Ashes to Flames The Dark Mother Book Tour

Blue Stockings Cooperative BookstoreManhattan

6 – 8 pm

First Tech Fund’s 5 Year Celebration

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

2025 Boat Cruise

6:30 – 10 pm

Solace House Suicide Prevention Luxury Cruise

Pier 36 NYCManhattan

Friday Sep. 19

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9 am – 6 pm

Wallet Max and Fintech Is Femme Present: The Emerald Climate Fintech Summit 2025

Civic Hall 124 E 14th St, New York, NY 10003Manhattan

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5 – 8 pm

Men Having Babies 2025 New York Surrogacy Conference & Expo

The Westin Hotel in Times SquareManhattan

Saturday Sep. 20

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9:30 am – noon

Birding with NYC Queer Birders x Sheida Soleimani: Panjereh

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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10 am – 3:30 pm

DOB in Your Community – Manhattan!

Hunter CollegeManhattan

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10:15 am

Climate Film Festival – Kids & Family Programs

Ages: 5 – 12
Community
Environment
Family

Regal Essex Crossing CinemaNew York City

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11 am – 5 pm

Get Involved Literacy, Health, and Culture Celebration

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions
Family

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building PlazaNew York City

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11 am – 4 pm

Battery Park City Block Party

Esplanade PlazaBattery Park City

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Noon – 4 pm

Chelsea Waterside Park Celebration

Chelsea Waterside ParkChelsea

The Joyce Theater no people

2 – 3:30 pm

Indigenous Enterprise

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Dance
Family

The Joyce TheaterChelsea

NYC Gallery Art Walk 16×9-QR

3 – 5:30 pm

NYC Gallery Asian Art Tour

434 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10013, USAManhattan

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7 – 9 pm

The Astigmatism Comedy Show

P&T Knitwear Books and PodcastsLower East Side

Sunday Sep. 21

12:30 – 6 pm

56th Annual African American Day Parade

African American Day ParadeManhattan

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7 – 8:30 pm

Maison Millefleurs Closing Night – Paper Flower Giveaway

Battery Park CityBattery Park

Tuesday Sep. 23

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5:15 – 6 pm

ASL-interpreted Tashlich & Outdoor Shofar-Blowing

East 20th Street & The East RiverStuyvesant Town

Wednesday Sep. 24

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9:30 am – 1 pm

ASL-interpreted Rosh Hashanah Service

Town & Village SynagogueEast Village

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5:30 – 7 pm

Opera Italiana is in the Air

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Central Park – Naumburg BandshellCentral Park

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6 – 9 pm

Monthly Startup, Tech & Business Networking NYC Manhattan

Whiskey Cellar NYCManhattan

September 2025 Letters & Sodas

7 – 8:30 pm

Letters & Sodas: LIC Reading Series

The Greats of CraftLong Island City

Thursday Sep. 25

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7 – 10 pm

An Evening of Violin & Piano: Samvel Yervinyan in Concert

Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music CenterUpper West Side

Friday Sep. 26

8 – 11 pm

Night of Magic Gala

Community

Somewhere Nowhere NYCManhattan

Saturday Sep. 27

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11 am – 1 pm

ICP Photobook Club: Miwa Susuda on “Editions of Intimacy”

International Center of Photography (ICP)Lower East Side

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6 – 8 pm

Bananas NYC x My Cheeky Date

Community

Bananas NYCThe East Village

The-Bergamot-Quartet

7:30 – 9 pm

The Bergamot Quartet: Three World Premières

Saint Johns in The VillageWest Village, NYC

Sunday Sep. 28

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Noon – 3 pm

Harvest Festival

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Randall’s Island ParkRandall’s Island

Tuesday Sep. 30

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6 – 7:30 pm

Making the Case for Landmarking: Why Preservation Makes Sense in NYC in 2025

Salmagundi ClubGreenwich Village

Thursday Oct. 2

TIC – Cancer Awareness Event Flyers

4 – 7 pm

United By Unique | Every Ribbon, Every Story (Cancer Awareness Event)

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

Friday Oct. 3

Mission

6 – 8 pm

Suicide Noted National Tour: NYC

Metro Baptist ChurchHells Kitchen

Wednesday Oct. 8

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6:30 – 8:30 pm

Sukkot Under the Stars: for 20s and 30s

14th Street YEast Village

Thursday Oct. 9

Between the Covers

5 – 7:30 pm

Between the Covers: The Reading Rituals of Writers & Readers

Fabrik NYC TribecaTribeca

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