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Saturday Sep. 20, 2025

Noon – 4 pm

Annual Fall Festival – Bronx Neighborhood Health

Walter Gladwin ParkBronx

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Noon – 6 pm

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

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Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 4 pm

Chelsea Waterside Park Celebration

Chelsea Waterside ParkChelsea

Noon – 2:30 pm

National Dance Day Celebration

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Museum of the City of New YorkManhattan

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1 – 6 pm

Illuminations 2025 Art Exhibit by Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

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1 – 6 pm

Culture and The Urban Experience Take Center Stage in BWAC Fall Exhibitions

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

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1 – 3 pm

Natural Dyeing Workshop with the Horticulture Team

Randall’s Island Urban FarmRandall’s Island

Prithi Salt Marsh Lecture 09-2025 (2)

1:30 – 3 pm

Searching for Social Justice

Salt Marsh Nature CenterBrooklyn

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2 – 4 pm

Community Science Seining

Ages: All
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Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

2 – 6 pm

NYSoM SuperHero Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Sherman CreekWashington Heights

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2 – 5 pm

Empowering Older Adults: A Community Health & Resources Fair

CenterLight Healthcare PACEBronx

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2 – 3:30 pm

COMMUNAL SPACES: a garden play festival

Moore Jackson Community GardenQueens

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3 – 7 pm

MOTHERSHIP SEVEN DANCE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL – FREE

Dance
Free

Richard Rogers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey ParkHARLEM NYC

4 – 5 pm

Button and Jewelry Making Workshop

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Family
Free

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

6 – 9 pm

Star Trek Variety Show

Free

Industry BarHells Kitchen

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6 – 9 pm

Echoes in Light by Liza Read: Finissage

Art
Free

Holographic StudiosLower East Side

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8 – 10 pm

Albi – Live in Brooklyn @ Freddy’s Bar

Free
Music

Freddy’s Bar & BackroomBrooklyn

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10 – 11:30 pm

CLASSY VIBES Stand Up Comedy in Astoria Queens w/ Late Night Happy Hour

Tootles & FrenchAstoria

Sunday Sep. 21

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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All day

LIVE in THE LOT at Culture Lab LIC – August-September, 2025

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

All day

The Feast of San Gennaro

Little ItalyManhattan

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All day

Inwood Jazz Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Inwood Hill ParkManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

GagosianPark Avenue

9 am – 4 pm

Bronx Park East Farmers Market

2045 Bronx Park EastBronx

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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10 am – 3:30 pm

Bus Festival

Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

10 am – noon

Adventure Course Free Public Sunday Program

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Alley Pond Adventure CourseOakland Gardens

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10 am – 7 pm

Glossier Brooklyn Pop-Up: Cloud Paint Plush Blush

Beauty
Free

Glossier Williamsburg, 77 N 6th street, Brooklyn, NY 11249Brooklyn

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