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Friday May 23, 2025

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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

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

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All day

Above Ground Midtown: MCNY x DAZE – Live Graffiti Art at 550 Madison

Art
Free

Manhattan

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All day

Lower East Side Festival of The Arts

Theater for the New CityEast Village

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

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Free

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

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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

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2 – 3 pm

New York Oud Festival Day Three

Free
Music

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUES

Manhattan Skate Night at Anne Loftus Playground

4 – 5:30 pm

Skate Night at Anne Loftus Playground

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Anne Loftus PlaygroundManhattan

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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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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7 pm

Fleet Week

Ages: All
Caribbean
Family
Free

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space MuseumManhattan

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