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Friday Nov. 28, 2025

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Photos With Santa at Queens Center

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Queens CenterQueens

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

Pickleball Pandemonium

8 – 10:30 am

Pickleball Pandemonium!

Free
Sports

Gymnasium in Kwame Ture Recreation CenterBronx

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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

9 am – 4 pm

APEC Food Drive for City Harvest

Alley Pond Environmental CenterDouglaston

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

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10 am – 9 pm

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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10 am – 8 pm

Holiday Under the Palms at Brookfield Place

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

Manhattan Selfies with Santa

10 am – 7 pm

Selfies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

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11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

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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
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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

Noon – 2 pm

Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike: Salt Marsh Nature Trail

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Salt Marsh Nature CenterBrooklyn

Noon – 3 pm

Shake It Off! Post Thanksgiving Celebration

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
Games

Al Oerter Recreation CenterFlushing

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Brooklyn

2024 Nordstrom NYC Holiday

2 pm

Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Nordstrom NYC FlagshipManhattan

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3:30 – 5:30 pm

Faber Recreation First Lego League Robotics

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Family
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

3:30 – 5:30 pm

Basketball Skills and Drills

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

St. James Recreation CenterBronx

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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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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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5 – 6 pm

Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Programs Game Zone

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Family
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

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5 – 8 pm

Here Comes Santa Claus

Ages: All
Family
Free

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

MoMA Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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7:30 – 10 pm

“She Ate” The Ultimate Drag Dinner Show at Branded Saloon

Art
Comedy

Branded SaloonBrooklyn

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8 – 10:30 pm

ORGAN MONK x GARAGE SALE VINTAGE

Free
Music

Garage Sale VintageChelsea

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8 – 10 pm

SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience

Branded SaloonBrooklyn

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