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Friday April 4, 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

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

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

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

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

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9 am – 1 pm

AI Symposium: Business Innovation and the Creative Transformation

Expo
Free

Katie Murphy Amphitheater | Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design CenterManhattan

Camille’s Rainbow

10 – 11 am

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Ages: 2 and under
Family
Free
Music

Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan

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10 am – 11 pm

Bring on the Madness with Flik & Flak

Ages: 9 and up
Family
Free
Sports

Swatch Times SquareManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Crayola National Dandelion Day

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central TerminalManhattan

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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

Camille’s Rainbow

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

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Ages: 2 and under
Family
Free
Music

Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan

Ethereal Shore

Noon – 6 pm

Whispers of Color: Subtle Stories of Imagined Reality

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

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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 – 7 pm

Gold God Meat

Art
Free

All Street GalleryChinatown

3:30 – 5 pm

Earth Explorers: Oceans, Climate and Space

Ages: 9 and up
Environment
Family
Free

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

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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

Mind Escapes at The Bean

5 – 7 pm

Mind Escapes: Japan

Art
Free

The BeanEast Village

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6 – 9 pm

Shoegazer: Original Works by Paul Flinders

Art
Free

Astoria Arts CenterAstoria

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6 – 9 pm

Book Launch Event – Joshua Gidding

Ki Smith GalleryManhattan

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6 – 7 pm

Disney’s Moana JR

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community
Family

John J Pershing Middle SchoolBrooklyn

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7 – 11:30 pm

Chris Zabriskie (Album Release Party)

Free
Music

New YorkBushwick

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8 – 10:30 pm

Coney Island USA Hosts Weekly Free RuPaul’s Drag Race Viewing Party—The Only Weekly Drag Show in Southern Brooklyn

Free
LGBTQ+

Coney Island USABrooklyn

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