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Tuesday June 10, 2025

Brooklyn Juneteenth with The Underground Drummers

4 – 5 pm

Juneteenth with The Underground Drummers

Brownsville LibraryBrooklyn

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5 – 7 pm

Free Youth Basketball Clinics

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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5:45 – 7 pm

Masterclass in Meet Cutes

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7 – 8 pm

Book Launch with Author Dan McClellan at The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine

Free
LGBTQ+

Cathedral of St. John the DivineMorningside Heights

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: The Knights

Free
Music

Central Park – Naumburg BandshellManhattan

Adam Gabel at WSCC 2

8 – 9:30 pm

Not Ripe Bananas

Comedy
Free

West Side Comedy ClubUpper West Side

8 – 10 pm

The Overthinking Hour Comedy Show

HalyardsBrooklyn

Open Mic + Open Tables Hosted by Simeon Goodson

8 – 11:59 pm

Open Mic and Open Tables Hosted by Simeon Goodson

Comedy
Free

Isola BrooklynBrooklyn

Wednesday June 11

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

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

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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11 am – noon

Walker’s Tiny Groovers

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free
Music

Walker ParkStaten Island

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 6 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

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11 am – 10 pm

Planet Hollywood x Ani-May Limited Edition Bento Boxes

Planet Hollywood Times Squarenew york

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Dog Crafts At The Bryant Park Art Cart

Bryant ParkNew York City

Noon – 5 pm

The Tribeca Games Gallery at Pier 57

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

June 11 2025 – FB Event Cover – Shelter Island Public Library

1 – 2 pm

Virtual Event – Trusts in Action: Strategies for Estate and Medicaid Planning

Live on ZoomBrooklyn

2:30 – 4:30 pm

Wetland Wednesdays

Randall’s Island ParkRandall’s Island

Feast-of-St.-Anthony-2025

3 – 8 pm

Feast of St. Anthony

3 – 8 pm

Feast of St. Anthony

Feast of St. AnthonyBronx

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Watercolor Button Making

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

West New Brighton LibraryStaten Island

4 – 4:45 pm

Rainbow Slime for Pride Month

Ages: 9 and up
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

Free Kayaking

5 – 7 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

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6 – 8 pm

Queens Borough President Office PRIDE CELEBRATION

Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Queens Borough HallKew Gardens

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6 – 8 pm

35th Annual Village Awards

Cooper UnionNoho

6:30 – 7:30 pm

Yoga Club Meeting (Free Yoga Class in Prospect Park)

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