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Monday April 21, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

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

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

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

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

POST

4 – 5 pm

Easter Arts and Crafts!

Ages: 4 and under
Art
Community
Family

Sunset Park

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6 – 9 pm

Karaoke con Estrellas de Broadway

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

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6 – 9 pm

Karaoke with Broadway Stars

Free
Music

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

Tuesday April 22

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

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

All day

Park Slope’s P.S. 118 Showcases Student Creativity With Artscape

Free

P.S. 118 Maurice Sendak Community SchoolBrooklyn

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

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

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

10 – 11:30 am

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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10 am – 1 pm

Tuesday Morning Music Club of Douglaston Presents Young Artists Competition on Apr. 22

Free
Music

Community Church of DouglastonDouglaston

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

KAYLL Popup Elizabeth StreetKAYLL Popup Elizabeth Street 2

11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

11 am – 12:30 pm

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Shirley Chisholm State Park (Hendrix Creek Patio)Brooklyn

Project Petals_Volunteer Day

12:30 pm

Earth Month Volunteer Day

Ages: 13 and up
Environment
Family
Free

Paradise Community GardenSouth Jamaica

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2:30 – 4:30 pm

After School Art Explorers: Drop-In Programs

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Family
Free

The Jewish MuseumManhattan

2025.04.22 Nature Panel (4×5)

2:30 – 7 pm

Nature in Danger – Panel Discussion

Free

Ukrainian Institute of AmericaManhattan

3 pm

Earth Week: Flower Seed Bombs

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

67th Street LibraryManhattan

3:30 pm

Teen Earth Day Solar Bugs Craft

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Riverside LibraryNew York, NY

4 pm

Earth Day Crafternoon

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Fort Washington LibraryManhattan

4 – 5 pm

Bash the Trash – Earth Day Performance

Ages: 12 and under
Environment
Family
Free

Hunters Point LibraryLong Island City

4 pm

Rebel Squeezebox: A Musical History of Women Accordion Players

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
Music

High Bridge LibraryBronx

20th-Anniversary-EARTH-DAY-PICNIC

5 – 6 pm

The Biomimicry Institute’s 20th Anniversary Picnic in New York

Picnic House in Prospect ParkBrooklyn

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