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Thursday Sep. 4, 2025

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10 am – noon

Percussion Playground

Ages: All
Family
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

2025 Juried Show image matrix

11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 6 pm

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 7 pm

Duet at WSA

Art
Free

WSAManhattan

East Village Pizza Plain Cheese Slice

2 – 4 pm

East Village Pizza National Cheese Pizza Day Giveaway

145 1st Ave., New York, NY 10003East Village

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6 – 8 pm

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Free
Music

Plaza33Penn District

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6 – 8 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Announces Soka Tira Osoa: Highwire Performance

The Seaport Pier 16 & 17Manhattan

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6 – 8 pm

¡Afuera! Publishing Queer Liberation

Art
Free

Printed MatterChelsea

6 pm

Free Bowling for the new NFL Season

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Brooklyn BowlBrooklyn

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square ParkManhattan

NYC Opera

7 – 9 pm

Bryant Park Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America: New York City Opera | Carmen

Free
Music

Bryant ParkManhattan

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7 – 9:30 pm

New York City Opera: Carmen in Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Bryant ParkManhattan

8 pm

Movie Nights on the Overlook

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Central Park Wollman RinkBrooklyn

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