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Thursday May 8, 2025

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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

Family KYR flyer

All day

Family Protection Know Your Rights Trainings for Parents and Caregivers

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Brooklyn Library Macon BranchBrooklyn

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All day

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

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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All day

Spring is Blooming at Rockefeller Center by Van Cleef & Arpels

Free

The Summer Rink at Rockefeller CenterNew Yoek

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

10 am – 9 pm

Macy’s Flower Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Macy’s Herald SquareManhattan

10 – 11 am

Tot Time

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

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

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11 am – 12:30 pm

Primark Workshop: Love it for Longer

Primark at Staten Island MallStaten Island

Family KYR flyer

All day

Family Protection Know Your Rights Trainings for Parents and Caregivers

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Brooklyn Library Macon BranchBrooklyn

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

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1 – 6 pm

Exhibition Opening: ‘Five Miles of VHS Tape’

FiveMylesBrooklyn

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1:30 – 3 pm

Primark Workshop: Love it for Longer

Primark at Staten Island MallStaten Island

3 – 4:30 pm

Mommy and Me T-Shirt Making

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Highlawn LibraryBrooklyn

3:30 – 4:30 pm

NYPL Green: Food & Climate Garden Series

Ages: 5 – 12
Environment
Family
Free

St. George Library CenterStaten Island

3:30 – 5 pm

Mother’s Day Block Printing

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

5 – 7 pm

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

Greenwich House PotteryManhattan

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5 – 7 pm

Best of Brooklyn Poetry Slam + Workshop Series

New Lots Learning CenterBrooklyn

5 – 8:30 pm

Brooklyn DA Celebrates AAPI Heritage Month

City Tech, CUNYBrooklyn

6 – 8 pm

Opening Reception of “Compulsive Genius”

Fountain House GalleryHell’s Kitchen

6 – 8 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

Family KYR flyer

All day

Family Protection Know Your Rights Trainings for Parents and Caregivers

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Brooklyn Library Macon BranchBrooklyn

2024-04-20 Orchestra and Courtney Chorus-9

6 – 7:30 pm

Bronx Arts Ensemble & Courtney’s Stars of Tomorrow

St. Philip Neri ChurchBronx

24.07.31-0174

6 – 7 pm

‘Tour & Play’ event with NY Kids Club & EarlyBird

Ages: 4 and under
Caribbean
Classes
Family

The Ny Kids Club : 21 West End AveNew York City

A Bridge, A Stitch, A Compass (1)

6:30 – 8:30 pm

“A Bridge, a Stitch, a Compass: A COVID Memorial for the Past, Present, and Future”

Green-Wood CemeteryBrooklyn

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

Introduction to Proposal Writing

Hillcrest Library, Queens Public LibraryFlushing

Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

Manhattan

Joe Kay – 3 – Mark Pangilinan – @markpeaced (1)

7 – 11:30 pm

Verizon FIOS and Complex Presents Good Vibes / Buena Vibra Concert featuring Soulection founder Joe Kay

Free
Music

Location to be disclosed upon ticket confirmationManhattan

LuSEE-Night Credit Firefly Aerospace

7 – 8 pm

“LuSEE-Night: A Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon” (A Free, Virtual Lecture)”

Ages: 9 and up
Caribbean
Environment
Family

Hamptons Observatory with Suffolk County Community College (online)East Hampton

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