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Tuesday Nov. 18, 2025

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

Nurturing the Artist: Student Life From the FIT Special Collections

Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

10 am – 7 pm

POP MART’s SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Family
Free
Markets

SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-UpManhattan

Visual Tempo Banner

11 am – 6 pm

Visual Tempo

Art
Free

Agora GalleryManhattan

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11 am – 6 pm

Memories From A Family Car Factory

Art
Free

Alessandro Berni GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New YorkManhattan

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
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Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018Manhattan

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Noon – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

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4 – 5 pm

FREE KIDS & TEENS AGES 9-12: CARTOONING, AND MANGA ART CLASS

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Art Studio NYManhattan

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6 – 10 pm

Harlem Holiday Lights

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

125th Street and BroadwayHarlem

Adam Gabel at WSCC 2

8 – 9:30 pm

Not Ripe Bananas

Comedy
Free

West Side Comedy ClubUpper West Side

Wednesday Nov. 19

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

Nurturing the Artist: Student Life From the FIT Special Collections

Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

10 am – 7 pm

POP MART’s SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Family
Free
Markets

SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-UpManhattan

Visual Tempo Banner

11 am – 6 pm

Visual Tempo

Art
Free

Agora GalleryManhattan

KB_31218 photo Katoufas Brothers

11 am – 6 pm

Memories From A Family Car Factory

Art
Free

Alessandro Berni GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New YorkManhattan

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018Manhattan

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Noon – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

6 – 8 pm

Opening Reception of “Redemption from Within: The Social Justice Collaboration Quilts Project”

Art
Free

Cathedral of St. John the DivineManhattan

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7:30 – 10 pm

WORD PLAY – Free Poetry Jam

Sugar MouseEast Village

Thursday Nov. 20

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

Nurturing the Artist: Student Life From the FIT Special Collections

Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

10 am – 9 pm

POP MART’s SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Family
Free
Markets

SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-UpManhattan

Visual Tempo Banner

11 am – 6 pm

Visual Tempo

Art
Free

Agora GalleryManhattan

KB_31218 photo Katoufas Brothers

11 am – 6 pm

Memories From A Family Car Factory

Art
Free

Alessandro Berni GalleryChelsea

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