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Thursday June 19, 2025

DEP Eventbrite

7 – 9 pm

Divination Exchange Party! Give Readings & Get Readings!

Barrow’s Intense Tasting RoomBrooklyn

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8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingBrooklyn

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11:57 pm

Times Square Arts Presents Yuge Zhou’s Trampoline Color Exercise

Art
Free

Times SquareMidtown

Friday June 20

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

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

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: FIFA Club World Cup

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

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All day

New York Proud- Staten Island Pop-Up

Art
Free

St. George Ferry StopStaten Island

Solstice in Times Square

7:30 am – 8:30 pm

Solstice in Times Square

Broadway Pedestrian PlazasMidtown

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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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

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

LIC

Multilingual Story Time June 2025 (1)

11 am – noon

Spanish & Kreyol Story Times at Flatbush Library

flatbush libraryBrooklyn

LAGERMANIA II

Noon – 11:30 pm

LAGERMANIA II

Queue BeerBrooklyn

3 – 3:45 pm

Juneteenth: The Sounds of Freedom

Ages: All
Caribbean
Family
Free

Our Lady of Grace ChurchBrooklyn

4 – 5 pm

Homecrest Juneteenth Celebration

Homecrest LibraryBrooklyn

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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5 – 9 pm

Swedish Midsummer Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Rockefeller ParkBattery Park City

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5 – 8 pm

STROGANOFF – Solo Art Exhibition – OPENING GALA

Sable GalleryBrooklyn

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6 – 9 pm

Torch and Crown: Music with Shawn Parsons (@alabamashawn) & Matthew Lee & The Standbys (@mattyandthestandbys)

Torch and CrownManhattan

6 – 8 pm

Summer Solstice Hike

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

June Kween Poster

7 – 9 pm

Kweendom

Comedy
Free

Pete’s Candy StoreBrooklyn

trampoline_color_exercise

11:57 pm

Times Square Arts Presents Yuge Zhou’s Trampoline Color Exercise

Art
Free

Times SquareMidtown

Saturday June 21

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: FIFA Club World Cup

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

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All day

New York Proud- Staten Island Pop-Up

Art
Free

St. George Ferry StopStaten Island

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

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