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Friday Aug. 16, 2024

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Summer Dates for The Lion King on Broadway

Ages: 9 and up
Family
Theater

Minskoff TheatreMidtown

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Life Dances On: Robert Frank in Dialogue SEPTEMBER 15th – JANUARY 11th

Art

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

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Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

ARTECHOUSE NYCMeatpacking

10 am – 7 pm

Fanatics Fest NYC

Ages: All
Expo
Family
Sports

Javits CenterManhattan

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10 am – 6 pm

“Underwater Wilderness” Art Exhibition

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Family
Free

Tina Kim GalleryChelsea

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10 am – 7:30 pm

Balloon Story

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Park Avenue ArmoryManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

ARTS-tropolis: SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Attractions
Family

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

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11 am – noon

MoMA Drop-in Family Gallery Talks: Modern Materials

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Family
Talks

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Visual Arts with Georgie Flores in the Playground at Little Island on 6/15/23

11 am – 1 pm

Creative Break: Visual Arts with Georgie Flores

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Little IslandMeatpacking District

Noon – 1:30 pm

Tea Around Town: Afternoon Tea Bus Tour

Tea Around TownNew York City

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Noon – 6 pm

Exhibition of Antiguan Artist Frank Walter | The Drawing Center | through Sep 15

Soho

Sloomoo Friday

1 pm

Sloomoo Summer Fridays

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Sloomoo InstituteManhattan

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5 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

5 – 10 pm

FREE FRIDAY NIGHTS

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

Documentation: Soul in the Horn featuring L3NI and Jennifly

5 pm

SUMMER SWAY at The Shed

Dance
Free

The ShedHudson Yards

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5:30 – 8 pm

Beyoncé Night

Free
LGBTQ+

Olly Olly MarketChelsea

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6 – 8 pm

Furry Friday : Totally Tubular

AKC Museum of the DogManhattan

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6 pm

Las Mujeres: Reggaeton, Dembow, Cumbia Party

Music

SOB’sSoho

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6:30 – 10 pm

Friday Jazz Nights at IRIS

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6:30 – 8 pm

Poster House Live Dancing Drink and Draw: Its Showtime NYC!

7 – 8:30 pm

Bringer of Doom

The Players TheatreNew York City

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7 – 9 pm

Battery Dance presents The 43rd Annual Battery Dance Festival – In-Person and Via Livestream

Rockefeller ParkManhattan

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7 pm

Watch Me

Theater

The Players TheatreNew York City

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7 – 9:30 pm

Bryant Park Picnic Performances: World Music Institute – Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Natu Camara

Bryant ParkNew York City

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7 – 8 pm

Ricardo Strobert – Harlem Jazz Series

Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian ChurchHarlem

KELSEY KARAOKE

7 – 8 pm

KELSEY KARAOKE

Comedy
Music

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