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Wednesday May 21, 2025

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Storytelling Workshop

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

Detective Keith Williams Field HouseJamaica

Manhattan Wormy Wednesday

3 – 5 pm

Wormy Wednesday

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Randall’s Island ParkBronx

3:30 – 5 pm

Explore the Future of Farming with Aquaponics

Ages: 9 – 12
Environment
Family
Free

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

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4 – 9 pm

2025 Asian Heritage Celebration & NIGHT MARKET

Ages: 3 and up
Comedy
Community
Family

Industry City Courtyard 1/2Brooklyn

4:20 – 11:30 pm

SuperFly Grand Opening Event

Superfly DispensaryUpper West Side

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6 – 7:30 pm

Expert Panel: Summer Opportunities for High School Students

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Virtual

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Thursday May 22

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

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

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All day

The Lot at Culture Lab LIC – Free Outdoor Concerts in May!

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

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All day

Above Ground Midtown: MCNY x DAZE – Live Graffiti Art at 550 Madison

Art
Free

Manhattan

8 am – 4:30 pm

Elizabeth Arden x Librae: Coffee with My Younger Self Pop-Up

Free

LibraeManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State ParkManhattan

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

9 am – 4 pm

Staten Island Fleet Week

Staten Island Homeport PierStaten Island

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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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 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House PotteryManhattan

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup presents Everyone Dance, Spring 25 Featuring AHRC NYC dancers

Manhattan

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3 – 9 pm

Opening Reception: Community Archiving Lab for Culture and Justice

Art
Free

Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora InstituteHarlem

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Seed Social

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Marsha P. Johnson State ParkBrooklyn

4 – 6 pm

NYC Parks Kids Fun and Fit Day

Melrose Commons ParkBronx,

Queens AANHPI Month Koinobori Craft

4:30 – 5 pm

AANHPI Month: Koinobori Craft

Ages: 12 and under
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Queens Public Library- Richmond HillRichmond Hill

5:30 – 7 pm

Summer at The Kew-Forest School Open House

Free

The Kew-Forest SchoolForest Hills

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6 – 8 pm

Reception for “Goodbye to All That,” by Eve Mansdorf

Art
Free

First Street GalleryChelsea

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6 – 8 pm

NYC Urban Forest Plan Manhattan Kickoff Event

Brownsville Heritage HouseBrooklyn

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6 – 8 pm

NYC’s 1st Urban Forest Plan: Brooklyn Community Kickoff

Brownsville Heritage HouseBrooklyn

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6 – 8 pm

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Free
Music

Plaza33Penn District

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