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Sunday Aug. 3, 2025

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

After ‘Women in the News’: Work by Kari Marboe, Friends, and Colleagues

Art
Free

Greenwich House PotteryGreenwich

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10 am – 6 pm

Inkmaster and Tattoo Rescue star Christian Masot joins acclaimed visual artist Janelle Marie Kelley for limited showcase at Park West Gallery in SoHo

Art
Free

Park West GallerySoho

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

Noon – 1:30 pm

Weekend Kids

Ages: All
Family
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

Gilded-Age-Lawn-Party

1 – 5 pm

NoMad Jazz Festival: Gilded Gatsby Jazz Lawn Party

Flatiron North PlazaManhattan

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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

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2 – 3 pm

This Sun-Breathing Earth: Chamber Music at the Climate Imaginarium

Climate ImaginariumGovernors Island

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5 – 8 pm

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Bizet’s Carmen on Screen

Film
Free

Bryant ParkMidtown

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