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Friday April 18, 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

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

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

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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

11 am – noon

Kids Week: Spring Coastal Ecology for Kids

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Canarsie ParkBrooklyn

Noon – 3 pm

Walker Park Spring Festival

Ages: 12 and under
Easter
Family
Festivals

Walker ParkStaten Island

Noon – 4:30 pm

Easter Egg Hunt Bash at Port Richmond!

Ages: All
Caribbean
Easter
Family

Port Richmond LibraryStaten Island

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12:15 – 12:45 pm

Good Friday at John Street United Methodist Church

John Street United Methodist ChurchFinancial District

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12:15 – 2 pm

John Stainer’s The Crucifixion at The Brick Presbyterian Church

The Brick Presbyterian ChurchManhattan

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2 – 5 pm

Resonance x 4 Art Exhibition at Flushing Town Hall

Art
Free

Flushing Town HallFlushing

5 Boroughs Music Festival at Sugar Hill Children’s Museum (1)

2 – 3 pm

IVALAS Quartet Spring Family Program

Free
Music

Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & StorytellingSugar Hill/ West Harlem

2 – 5 pm

Ordo x Squishmallows Pop Up

Ages: 3 and up
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Family
Free

Ordo x Squishmallows Pop-UpSoho

2 – 2:20 pm

Puppets at the Playground: Tina the Terrified Turtle!

Ages: All
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

2 pm

Spring Break Book Character Day

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Caribbean
Family

Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

3 – 3:20 pm

Puppets at the Playground: Tina the Terrified Turtle!

Ages: All
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

4 – 6:30 pm

Family Friday – Games and Arts and Crafts

Bronx H.Y.P.E. Family Enrichment CenterBronx

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

5 – 9 pm

ART EXCHANGE: ITALY & AMERICA

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

John Roseboro performing at Free Friday Nights, January 10, 2025. Photograph by Summer Surgent-Gough

5 – 10 pm

Live Music by Ron Gallo; Free Friday Nights at the Whitney Museum

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

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6 – 7 pm

Thirty Years Later: The Oklahoma City Bombing and Lessons Learned from the Response

9/11 MuseumTriBeca

April Kween Poster

7 – 9 pm

Kweendom

Comedy
Free

Pete’s Candy StoreBrooklyn, NY 11211

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8 – 10:30 pm

Coney Island USA Hosts Weekly Free RuPaul’s Drag Race Viewing Party—The Only Weekly Drag Show in Southern Brooklyn

Free
LGBTQ+

Coney Island USABrooklyn

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