10 am – 5 pm Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day Ages: 12 and underArt Attractions Family Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn
Noon – 1 pm Peacocks to Poodles: Marble Collegiate Church’s Annual Blessing of the Animals Ages: AllAnimals Community Family Marble Collegiate ChurchNOMAD
1 – 6 pm Culture and The Urban Experience Take Center Stage in BWAC Fall Exhibitions Art Community Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn
2 – 5 pm Entre la Coca y el Oro exhibition by Colombian artist Tatiana Arocha Art Community Snug Harbor Cultural CenterStaten Island
2:30 – 3:30 pm Tiny Brushes: A Diwali Experience | Story & Paint Ages: AllArt Books & Readings Family The Figure StudioSouth Ozone Park
4 pm Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours Ages: 9 and upAttractions Books & Readings Family madame morbidBrooklyn
4 – 5 pm Tiny Brushes: A Diwali Experience | Story & Paint Ages: AllArt Books & Readings Family The Figure StudioSouth Ozone Park
5 – 6 pm Fall Dusk Bird Walk with NYC Bird Alliance Community Outdoors Queens Botanical GardenFlushing
5 – 6:30 pm Comic Con Comedy & Variety Night at Enoch’s Cafe Art Comedy Enoch’s Art Gallery & CafeHell’s Kitchen
7 pm Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours Ages: 9 and upAttractions Books & Readings Family madame morbidBrooklyn
7 – 8:30 pm Secret Time Travel Meeting – Cosplay Edition Art Books & Readings Enoch’s Art Gallery & CafeHell’s Kitchen
9 pm Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours Ages: 9 and upAttractions Books & Readings Family madame morbidBrooklyn
10 am – 5 pm Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day Ages: 12 and underArt Attractions Family Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn
11:30 am – 3:30 pm Columbus Day Parade Ages: AllCommunity Family Festivals Columbus Day ParadeManhattan
12:30 – 3:30 pm Italian American Heritage Month Celebration Ages: AllCommunity Family Festivals Italian American Heritage Month CelebrationBronx
4 – 5 pm Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Program Current Event Journaling & Debate Ages: 5 and upCommunity Family Free Faber ParkStaten Island
5 – 7 pm Sunrise of Staten Island: Alzheimer’s/Dementia Simulation Classes Community sunrise of Staten IslandStaten Island
6 – 7:15 pm Live at Gracie: Echoes of the City — A Celebration of the Greatest Black Operatic Voices to Ever Illuminate New York’s Stages Art Community Gracie Mansionupper east side
7 – 10 pm Spirited Away Psychic & Paranormal Night Halloween Edition Community Expo Barrow’s Intense Tasting RoomBrooklyn
Today, all day Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond Coney Island USA
Gay City News At The Center, ‘In My Mind’ Conference spotlights mental health and LGBTQIA+ veterans of color