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Thursday April 17, 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

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

Manhattan The East Midtown Easter Egg Hunt 2025

9 am – 5 pm

The East Midtown Easter Egg Hunt 2025

Ages: 3 – 8
Community
Easter
Family

All Around East MidtownEast Midtown

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

10 – 11 am

Tot Time

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

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10:30 – 11 am

Storytime for Tots

Ages: 2 and under
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Museum of the City of New YorkManhattan

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 – noon

Kids Week: Ranger Games

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Walker ParkStaten Island

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

Manhattan Earth Day 2025 Festival

Noon – 6 pm

Earth Day 2025 Festival

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Environment
Family

Union SquareManhattan

NDY #2 websize

2 – 5 pm

Resonance x 4 Art Exhibition at Flushing Town Hall

Art
Free

Flushing Town HallFlushing

4 pm

Earth Day Crafternoon

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Washington Heights LibraryManhattan

5 – 9 pm

ART EXCHANGE: ITALY & AMERICA

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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5 – 7 pm

Opening of ENCORE, an Exhibition that Revisits Mark S. Kornbluth’s Historic Photographs Of Broadway Theaters Created During The 2020-21 Closure

Cavalier GalleryMidtown West

Haiti Uncovered 2024 (2)

6 – 7:30 pm

Haitian Cooking Class with Nadege Fleurimond

flatbush libraryBrooklyn

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7 – 8 pm

Joke-e-oke: Standup Comedy Karaoke Game Show

Comedy
Free

Young Ethel’sBrooklyn

7:30 – 8:30 pm

Anti-Fascist Cabaret

First Unitarian Congregational Society in BrooklynBrooklyn, NY

Mark Normand On stage copy

8 – 9:30 pm

“Easy Money”: Free Comedy Every Thursday @ Rodney’s Comedy Club (UES)

Comedy
Free

Rodney’s Comedy ClubUpper East Side

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsBrooklyn

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