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Friday July 11, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS UNIQLO Friday Nights Fridays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: Wimbledon

Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

All day

Art Show

279 Broome Street.lower east side

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 – 5 pm

Kids Creative Corner

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

10 – 11 am

Le Carrousel Extravaganza

Ages: All
Family
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

Poster House West Side Fest

10 am – 6 pm

JOIN POSTER HOUSE AT WEST SIDE FEST JULY 11 – 13

Free

Poster HouseManhattan

MDMA 07-19-2024 – Edward Hopper Installation

10 am – 5 pm

Step into Hopper

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

W 14th Street PromenadeMeatpacking District

10 am – 8 pm

Samsung Galaxy Experience Space

Galaxy Experience SpaceSoHo

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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

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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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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1 – 6 pm

4 Solo Shows: Avri Ohana, Faten Gaddes, Tami Luchow, Masha Neverova

Art
Free

Westbeth GalleryWest Village

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

5 – 8 pm

Summer Series for Teens: ArtsConnection: Pizza and a Movie- July

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Film
Free

NYPL 53rd Street LibraryManhattan

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6 – 9 pm

Torch and Crown: Music with Shawn Parsons (@alabamashawn) & Matthew Lee & The Standbys (@mattyandthestandbys)

Torch and CrownManhattan

6 – 8:28 pm

Sutton Place Park Conservancy Annual Manhattanhenge Sunset Celebration

Sutton Place ParksSutton Place

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6 – 7 pm

Decade Downtown Whitney Walking Tour

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

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7 – 9 pm

Oculus Outdoors

Film
Free

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterFinancial District

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8 – 9:30 pm

Native Sounds Downtown with Elisapie

Art
Free

1 Bowling GreenFinancial District

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8:30 – 11:45 pm

Dueling Pianos Show

Free
Music

Bar NineManhattan

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