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Friday July 11, 2025

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: FIFA Club World Cup

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: Wimbledon

Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

Invisible Strings Front

10 am – 5 pm

“Invisible Strings”, a group exhibition featuring six gallery- represented artists.

Free

Philadelphia

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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11 am – 5 pm

Eye of the “Art Asylum”: The Downtown Photography of Gary Azon at Tompkins Square Library

Free

Tompkins Square Park

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11 am – 6 pm

Blake Morgan and JohnHenry Tecklenburg: Landscapes and Figures

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Noon – 6 pm

Into the NOW – The Time of Our Lives

Free

Ceres GalleryChelsea

Noon – 6 pm

Into the NOW – The Time of our Lives

Art
Free

Ceres GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

5 – 8 pm

Summer Series for Teens: ArtsConnection: Pizza and a Movie- July

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Film
Free

NYPL 53rd Street LibraryManhattan

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6 – 7 pm

Decade Downtown Whitney Walking Tour

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

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6 – 9 pm

Torch and Crown: Music with Shawn Parsons (@alabamashawn) & Matthew Lee & The Standbys (@mattyandthestandbys)

Torch and CrownManhattan

Sounds at Sunset Revive Big Band

6 – 9 pm

Sounds at Sunset: Revive Big Band

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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6 – 9 pm

Sounds at Sunset: Mitch Frohman Quartet

Ages: All
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

6 – 8:28 pm

Sutton Place Park Conservancy Annual Manhattanhenge Sunset Celebration

Sutton Place ParksSutton Place

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7 – 9 pm

Oculus Outdoors

Film
Free

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterFinancial District

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

Free

Ocean Beqch – Fire Island

7:30 pm

Warrior Weekend Concert

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Breezy Point Athletic FieldBreezy Point

Gary Sinise & the Lt. Dan Band

7:30 pm

Warrior Weekend Event

Free
Music

Breezy Point Athletic FieldsBreezy Point

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8 – 9:30 pm

Native Sounds Downtown with Elisapie

Art
Free

1 Bowling GreenFinancial District

107120

8:30 – 11:45 pm

Dueling Pianos Show

Free
Music

Bar NineManhattan

Saturday July 12

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: FIFA Club World Cup

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: Wimbledon

Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

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