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Friday June 6, 2025

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

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The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

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Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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 – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar

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Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Fallout: Atoms for War & Peace

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Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 8 pm

Shaping American Art: A Celebration of the Art Students League of New York at 150

Art

Arts Students LeagueManhattan

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Unveiling of the Sculpture Aunties

Harlem

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

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Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

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

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11 am – 6 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

Chelsea

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11 am – 1 pm

Free Eco Art & Performance Workshops at Socrates Sculpture Park

Ages: 9 and up
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Family

Socrates Sculpture ParkLong 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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2 – 8 pm

Rolling Stone Presents: AMPLIFIED The Immersive Rock Experience

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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6 – 8 pm

Cruising in the Shadows Explores the Secret Histories of LGBTQ+ Public Desire Through Art and Archival Materials

Art
Free

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Nesting Graphics

6 – 8:30 pm

Art Exhibition Opening: Natalie Wood: Nesting

Ages: All
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Family
Free

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

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6 – 8 pm

First Novel Friday: There Are Reasons for This, The Catch, and Mazeltov

The Center for FictionBrooklyn

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7 – 8 pm

Fu Le | andrea soto & compañía | Ariana Speight | Liony Garcia | PixelTongue

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Abrons Arts CenterLower East Side

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

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Art
Comedy

INTARHell’s Kitchen

3 – Florencia Cuenca and Company

8 – 10:30 pm

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Art
Comedy

James Earl Jones TheatreManhattan

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8 – 10:30 pm

The Eight Faces of Ellie Morrison: A New Play

Art
Music

148 Frost StreetBrooklyn

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8:30 – 9:30 pm

Dolly Sfeir | Barr Bodies – Dahlia Qumhiyeh and Bev Vega | Das Besties – Travis Amiel, Cosimo Pori, Arzu Salman, and Nina Lucia Rodriguez | Joshua Fried | Nicole Bindler

Art
Dance

Abrons Arts CenterLower East Side

9 – 10:30 pm

Combover Comedy

Otis & Finn BarbershopLong Island City

HOT GOSS_Calendar List

9 – 10 pm

Hot Goss: Comedy based off your real life gossip!

Art
Comedy

The PITNYC

Saturday June 7

Unknown

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

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

Bronx Be Inspired! Celebrating Wave Hill at 60

All day

Be Inspired! Celebrating Wave Hill at 60

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction APRIL 20 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause MAY 3 – JULY 6, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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