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Wednesday June 4, 2025

3 – 4 pm

NYPL Green: Climate Resilience Gardening!

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

Port Richmond LibraryStaten Island

3:30 – 5 pm

Explore the Future of Farming with Aquaponics

Ages: 9 – 12
Environment
Family
Free

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

Thursday June 5

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

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

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

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 – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

Brooklyn Gerritsen Library Summer Reading Kick-Off Event

11 am – 4 pm

Gerritsen Library Summer Reading Kick-Off Event

Dr. John’s PlaygroundBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Detail shot of Tiger Lillies by Borinquen Gallo – Photo by MFTA – 6-DSC06198

11 am – 6 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

Chelsea

NYC Homeschool Awards (1)

Noon – 3 pm

The NYC Homeschool Awards

Free

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House PotteryManhattan

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1 – 3 pm

Summer Reading Kickoff

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Dekalb BranchBrooklyn

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6 – 8 pm

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Free
Music

Plaza33Penn District

6 – 8:30 pm

Pride Barks and Recreation

Ages: All
Family
Free
LGBTQ+

Willowbrook ParkStaten Island

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

Planning for Profit: Business Plan Essentials

Classes
Free

Hillcrest Library, Queens Public LibraryFlushing

Friday June 6

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

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

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

outside inside cropped

11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Detail shot of Tiger Lillies by Borinquen Gallo – Photo by MFTA – 6-DSC06198

11 am – 6 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

Chelsea

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House PotteryManhattan

Noon – 3 pm

Summer Reading Kick-Off Party & Free Book Giveaway in partnership with The NYLF

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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