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Friday April 11, 2025

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

KAYLL Popup Elizabeth StreetKAYLL Popup Elizabeth Street 2

11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

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11:30 am – 1 pm

Sign Unveiling and Walking Meditation for Thich Nhat Hanh Way April 11

West 109th Street and Broadway

Ethereal Shore

Noon – 6 pm

Whispers of Color: Subtle Stories of Imagined Reality

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

Dementia program picture

Noon – 1 pm

Dementia and How to Care for Those Who Have It

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

1 – 5 pm

Fashion Over 50 Symposium

Art
Free

Katie Murphy Amphitheater | Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design CenterManhattan

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1 – 5 pm

The Fabulous Frame Festival

Manhattan

NDY #2 websize

2 – 5 pm

Resonance x 4 Art Exhibition at Flushing Town Hall

Art
Free

Flushing Town HallFlushing

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

5 – 9 pm

ART EXCHANGE: ITALY & AMERICA

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

5 – 8 pm

Prom GiveAway

Ages: 13 and up
Beauty
Community
Family

Bronx Borough HallBronx

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8 – 10:30 pm

Coney Island USA Hosts Weekly Free RuPaul’s Drag Race Viewing Party—The Only Weekly Drag Show in Southern Brooklyn

Free
LGBTQ+

Coney Island USABrooklyn

Saturday April 12

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

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All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

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

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

Manhattan The East Midtown Easter Egg Hunt 2025

9 am – 5 pm

The East Midtown Easter Egg Hunt 2025

Ages: 3 – 8
Community
Easter
Family

All Around East MidtownEast Midtown

Sons of Carlos 7

9 am – noon

Carlos Prescod Memorial

First Unitarian Church of BrooklynBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Mad Fun Farm Garden Volunteer Session

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Mad Fun FarmEast Harlem

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Flora and Fauna Mosaics

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

KAYLL Popup Elizabeth StreetKAYLL Popup Elizabeth Street 2

11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

11 am – 2 pm

Senator Roxanne Persaud’s SD-19 Easter Egg Hunt

Ages: 3 – 12
Caribbean
Easter
Family

Canarsie ParkBrooklyn

Ethereal Shore

Noon – 6 pm

Whispers of Color: Subtle Stories of Imagined Reality

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

Noon – 2 pm

Meet the Easter Bunny

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Rego CenterRego Park

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Noon – 9 pm

iNDIEPLAZA

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Rockefeller CenterMidtown

Noon – 5 pm

Dagne Dover Hosts The Pet Provisions Pop-Up

Ages: All
Animals
Family
Free

Dagne DoverManhattan

Noon – 5 pm

Staten Island Family Eid Festival

Ages: All
Family
Free

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical GardenStaten Island

1 – 3 pm

Eggstravaganza Concert & Egg Hunt

Ages: 12 and under
Attractions
Community
Family

Shore Road ParkBrooklyn

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