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Tuesday July 15, 2025

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4 – 9:30 pm

Movie Nights in the Square

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Film
Free

Domino ParkBrooklyn

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5 – 7 pm

Free Youth Basketball Clinics

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

Outspoken Voices 2025 Program Graphics

6 – 7 pm

Outspoken Voices: LGBTQ+ Storytelling Circle

Free
LGBTQ+

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6 – 8 pm

Free Capital Region Elite Rockstar Connect Networking Event (July, NY)

Free

BJ’s Restaurant & BrewhouseColonie

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

Yoga in the Park

Randall’s Island ParkRandall’s Island

7 – 9 pm

Triva Tuesdays At Dave & Busters S.I.

Dave & Busters Saten IslandStaten Island

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7 – 8 pm

Live at the Gantries: The Slide Stops

Free
LGBTQ+

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

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7 – 9 pm

Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrow’s Intense Tasting RoomBrooklyn

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7 – 9 pm

Summer Concerts

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

The Shops at Atlas ParkGlendale

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

8:30 – 10:30 pm

Movies Under the Stars: The Garfield Movie (2024)

Ages: All
Community
Family
Film

Arrochar PlaygroundStaten Island

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8:30 – 10:30 pm

The Roast of Gram Parsons

Free
Music

Pete’s Candy ShopBrooklyn

Wednesday July 16

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

All day

Lincoln Center Summer for the City presents Brazil Week: MU.ITA (The Itamar Assumpção Museum)

Free

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln CenterManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

Invisible Strings Front

10 am – 5 pm

“Invisible Strings”, a group exhibition featuring six gallery- represented artists.

Free

Franklin Square

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 5 pm

Kids Creative Corner

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

10 – 11 am

Le Carrousel Extravaganza

Ages: All
Family
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

10 am – 8 pm

Samsung Galaxy Experience Space

Galaxy Experience SpaceSoHo

10 – 11 am

Summer Kids: Yogi Beans Children’s Yoga

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Hunter’s Point South ParkLong Island City

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10 am – noon

Young Naturalists

Ages: 5 – 12
Environment
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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11 am

Lincoln Center Summer for the City presents Brazil Week: Dance Storytime With Ingrid Silva

Ages: All
Family
Free

Lincoln Center’s David Geffen HallManhattan

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11 am – 5 pm

Eye of the “Art Asylum”: The Downtown Photography of Gary Azon at Tompkins Square Library

Free

Franklin Square

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Dog Crafts At The Bryant Park Art Cart

Bryant ParkManhattan

Noon – 1:30 pm

Lincoln Square BID’s “Summer Jazz Sensations” Lunchtime Concert Series

Dante Park, 64th Street and BroadwayManhattan

Noon – 6 pm

Into the NOW – The Time of Our Lives

Free

Ceres GalleryChelsea

Noon – 6 pm

Into the NOW – The Time of our Lives

Art
Free

Ceres GalleryChelsea

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