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Sunday May 4, 2025

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10:30 am – 5 pm

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Family
History & Culture

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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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Noon – 6 pm

4th Annual Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu Fair

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu FairBronx

Noon – 6 pm

The Golden Queen – A Pre-Mother’s Day Soiree

William Barthman JewelerBrooklyn

Uptown Rumble Web Graphic(1)

1 – 5 pm

Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx Exhibit

Museum of Bronx HistoryBronx

1 – 2:30 pm

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: The Influential Ocean

Section 2 Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay ParkBronx

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3 pm

Viva El Cinco De Mayo 2025

Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens CollegeFlushing

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3 – 4:30 pm

Concert: “A Kaifeng Siddur”—Honoring the Kaifeng Jewish Community

Museum at Eldridge StreetLower East Side

Monday May 5

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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6:30 – 10 pm

Hornitos Mex Gala

1647 2nd AveUpper Eastside

Tuesday May 6

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

Wednesday May 7

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

Thursday May 8

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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Noon – 2 pm

Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Nasty Women of Fidi Walking Tour

Shrine to Elizabeth Ann SetonFinancial District

Brooklyn AAPI Month with BCM

3 – 3:45 pm

AAPI Month with BCM

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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6 – 9 pm

Asian American Women in Food: Chefs and Entrepreneurs

Museum of Food and DrinkBrooklyn

Friday May 9

4 – 5 pm

Innovation Stations: AAPI Shrinky Dink Flowers Keychains + Charms

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Woodside LibraryQueens

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6 – 6:30 pm

ASL Exhibition Tour (with voice interpretation): Christine Sun Kim

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

Saturday May 10

Uptown Rumble Web Graphic(1)

10 am – 4 pm

Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx Exhibit

Museum of Bronx HistoryBronx

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

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11 am – 5 pm

Japan Parade and Street Fair 2025

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Japan ParadeManhattan

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Noon – 2 pm

Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Nasty Women of Fidi Walking Tour

Shrine to Elizabeth Ann SetonFinancial District

Brooklyn AAPI Month celebration with Ajna Dance Company

1 – 2 pm

AAPI Month celebration with Ajna Dance Company

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Brooklyn Public Library — Central LibraryBrooklyn

1 – 4 pm

2025 Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Tennis Festival

Cunningham Park Tennis CenterFresh Meadows

2 – 4 pm

Celebrate and Dance: Tinikling

King Manor MuseumJamaica

2 – 3 pm

Saung Budaya Dance

Ages: 5 and up
Dance
Family
Free

Third Street Music School SettlementManhattan

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2:30 – 4:30 pm

Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Nasty Women of Fidi Walking Tour

Shrine to Elizabeth Ann SetonFinancial District

4 – 5 pm

Celebrate AAPI Month

Ages: 13 and up
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Books of WonderManhattan

Sunday May 11

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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Noon – 6 pm

Greek Jewish Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Dance
Family

Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and MuseumManhattan

Uptown Rumble Web Graphic(1)

1 – 5 pm

Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx Exhibit

Museum of Bronx HistoryBronx

Monday May 12

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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