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Friday May 16, 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

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors LobbyManhattan

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All day

Spring is Blooming at Rockefeller Center by Van Cleef & Arpels

Free

The Summer Rink at Rockefeller CenterNew Yoek

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State ParkManhattan

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10 am – 7 pm

The Song of Skin Hotel Pop-Up Shop

Beauty
Free

188 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013New York, NY

New York Trunk Show Creatives

11 am – 7 pm

Sarah & Sandeep NYC Luxury Trunk Show

Expo
Free

6 West 48th street 8th floor New York,New York,

11 am – 12:30 pm

The Young Lords – The Musical – Staged Reading

Free
Theater

The Producers Club Theaters & BarManhattan

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House PotteryManhattan

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

Manhattan Teens Take The Met

4 – 8 pm

Teens Take The Met

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtManhattan

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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5 – 10 pm

Decade Downtown Dance Party by DJ Justin Strauss and Public Records

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

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6 – 9 pm

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

Torch and CrownManhattan

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6 – 9 pm

NoMad Design District Night: Fireclay Tile

Free

26 W 20th St, New York, NY 10011NoMad

Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

Manhattan

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