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Saturday May 31, 2025

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

YAI Central Park Challenge 2024

8 am – noon

Central Park Challenge

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Family
Free

Central Park – Naumburg BandshellManhattan

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State ParkManhattan

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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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Barking up a Wave Hill Tree

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

Brooklyn Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

10 am – 1 pm

Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Black Birders Week Celebration: Birds & Bites

Randall’s Island ParkBronx

10:30 am – noon

Science in the Woods

Ages: 9 – 12
Family
Free

Alley Pond Environmental CenterDouglaston

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market at Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn BreweryBrooklyn

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

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Remsen Cemetery Front

11 am – noon

The Remsen Family Revolutionary Patriots of Queens

Bowne HouseFlushin

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11 am – 6 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

Chelsea

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11 am – noon

Mike King reads & signs Ruby Finkelman Finds the Real Magic for Saturday Storytime at Barnes & Noble Upper Westside

Barnes & Noble Upper WestsideNew York City

Noon – 5 pm

LIC Springs!

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

LIC Springs!Long Island City

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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Noon – 5 pm

Performathon 2025

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Craft & DIY
Family

Bloomingdale School of MusicUpper West Side

Bronx CB6 5K RunWalk for Diabetes Awareness

12:30 – 3:30 pm

Bronx CB6 5K Run/Walk for Diabetes Awareness

Ages: All
Family
Free
Fundraisers

Walter Gladwin ParkBronx

1 – 2:30 pm

Nature Open Mic

Ages: All
Family
Free

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

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3 – 4 pm

Kindness in Action: Rescuing and Protecting Our Animal Friends

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

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3 – 6 pm

Launch Party at Stephen Talkhouse for Talkhouse Encore Tequila Pineapple

Stephen TalkhouseAmagansett

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5:30 – 7:30 pm

A Midsummer Night’s Dream and A Comedy of Errors UNREHEARSED!

Free

Summit Rock, Central ParkUpper West Side

Sunday June 1

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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

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

HERO image_FDR_Four Freedoms Unbanned Book Display_1

9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State ParkManhattan

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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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Barking up a Wave Hill Tree

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

10 am – 1 pm

Urban Farm Volunteers

Randall’s Island Urban FarmBronx

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