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Thursday April 10, 2025

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3:30 – 6:30 pm

Waterloo Epic Flavor Can Cruiser

Epic Flavor Can CruiserManhattan

4 – 6 pm

Artsy Thursday

Ages: 4 and under
Art
Community
Family

Bright Horizons at East VillageManhattan

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4 – 8 pm

JUST BREATHE. THE BOOK LAUNCH

Ages: 9 – 12
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Carroll HallBrooklyn

5 – 9 pm

ART EXCHANGE: ITALY & AMERICA

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

6 – 8:30 pm

Brooklyn’s 2025 State of the Borough

Boys and Girls High SchoolBrooklyn

This Queer Book – Brooklyn Public Library

6 – 7:30 pm

This Queer Book Saved My Life Live with Chloé Caldwell and Mia Arias Tsang

Brooklyn Public Library Dekalb BranchBrooklyn

Spring Poetry Fest NY 2025

6 – 8:30 pm

Spring Poetry Festival

Weeksville Heritage CenterBrooklyn

Village Story Salon APRIL 2025

6 – 7:30 pm

April Village Story Salon: FOOLS at NYPL Hudson Park Branch

Hudson Park LibraryManhattan

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6:30 – 8 pm

Leveraging Psychology for LGBTQIA+ Community Support | APF Springfield Town Hall

Virtual via ZoomVirtual

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7 – 9 pm

In Performance: Jesse Paris Smith, Rebecca Foon & Nikolai Fraiture respond to ‘Catherine Goodman. Silent Music’

Hauser & Wirth, 22nd StreetManhattan

Mark Normand On stage copy

8 – 9:30 pm

“Easy Money”: Free Comedy Every Thursday @ Rodney’s Comedy Club (UES)

Comedy
Free

Rodney’s Comedy ClubUpper East Side

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsBrooklyn

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8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingBrooklyn

Friday April 11

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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

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS UNIQLO Friday Nights Fridays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

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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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