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Tuesday April 1, 2025

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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

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

Camille’s Rainbow

10 – 11 am

huddle

Ages: 2 and under
Family
Free
Music

Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan

10 – 11:30 am

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Flik Flak March Madness Store Activation Graphic

10 am – 11 pm

Bring on the Madness with Flik & Flak

Ages: 9 and up
Family
Free
Sports

Swatch Times SquareManhattan

10 am – 1 pm

Gardening Tuesday

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Soundview ParkBronx

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 – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

11 am – 12:30 pm

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Shirley Chisholm State Park (Hendrix Creek Patio)Brooklyn

Ethereal Shore

Noon – 6 pm

Whispers of Color: Subtle Stories of Imagined Reality

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

Mira-Goodman-The_Providence – Mira Goodman

Noon – 7 pm

I Can’t (Un)see It

Art
Free

Church of the IncarnationEast village

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Noon – 7 pm

Corpus: Bodies of Data – Data Through Design Exhibition 2025

Art
Free

BRIC HouseBrooklyn

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Noon – 3 pm

New York City 40th Annual April Fools’ Day Parade

5th Ave and 59th StreetMidtown

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3 – 4:30 pm

Reading Rhythms at Morningside Heights Library

Morningside Heights LibraryMorningside Heights

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7:30 – 10 pm

April Fools Day Comedy Show

Comedy
Free

McDermott Pub in the NeckThroggs Neck

young ethel’s comedy

9 – 11 pm

Comedy Versus Music

Comedy
Free

Young Ethel’sBrooklyn

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