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Thursday June 26, 2025

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Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: FIFA Club World Cup

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

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All day

New York Proud- Staten Island Pop-Up

Art
Free

St. George Ferry StopStaten Island

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 7 pm

Crowned Dance: A Fine Art Photography Exhibition by Alex Yazlovsky

Animals
Art

Lux ContemporaryNew York City

Poster Tots

10:30 am – noon

Poster Tots

Ages: 3 – 4
Art
Family
Free

Poster HouseChelsea

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11 am – 6 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

Chelsea

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11 am – 5 pm

Eye of the “Art Asylum”: The Downtown Photography of Gary Azon at Tompkins Square Library

Free

Tompkins Square Park

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11 am – 6 pm

Blake Morgan and JohnHenry Tecklenburg: Landscapes and Figures

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 5 pm

Answer the Call’s Block Party

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield PlaceManhattan

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11 am – 7 pm

The Aesop Queer Library

Aesop Rockefeller CenterNY

Noon – 6 pm

Into the NOW – The Time of Our Lives

Free

Ceres GalleryChelsea

Noon – 6 pm

Into the NOW – The Time of our Lives

Art
Free

Ceres GalleryChelsea

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1 – 3 pm

Liu Shiming Art Foundation Clay & Craft Series at Bryant Park Art Cart

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Bryant ParkManhattan

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5 – 7 pm

Pride at the High Line: A United Front

Free
LGBTQ+

The High LineChelsea

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5 – 9 pm

Summer Thursdays at the Museum of Jewish Heritage: Games and Crafts

Art
Film

Museum of Jewish HeritageBattery Park

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6 – 8 pm

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Free
Music

Plaza33Penn District

6 – 8 pm

Into the NOW – The Time of Our Lives

Free

Ceres GalleryChelsea

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6 – 9 pm

Fireworks & Fun

Ages: All
Family
Free

Randall’s Island ParkRandall’s Island

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square ParkManhattan

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6:30 – 9:30 pm

Brewers United for Freedom of Flavor (BUFF) Reunion

The Beer AuthorityManhattan

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7 – 8 pm

Book Event – Alanna Fields: “Unveiling” in Conversation with Golden

International Center of Photography (ICP)Lower East Side

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8:30 – 11:45 pm

Dueling Pianos Show

Free
Music

Bar NineManhattan

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11:57 pm

Times Square Arts Presents Yuge Zhou’s Trampoline Color Exercise

Art
Free

Times SquareMidtown

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