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Friday March 13, 2026

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Various

Hold On To Your Butts

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Comedy
Family

SOHO PLAYHOUSEManhattan

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

5 – 6 pm

Crafts and Classics Club

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

MoMA Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Saturday March 14

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

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All day

Dance Reflections Festival | Workshops for Professional Dancers in February and March

Art
Dance

New York Center for Creativity and DanceManhattan

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All day

Nouveau Cirque Mondial

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Comedy
Family

Under the Big Top at the State Island MallStaten Island

FHs

10 – 11:30 am

Swiss Institute Family Hours

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Family
Free

Swiss InstituteLower East Side

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents Marilyn Monroe: Celluloid Dream

Art
Film

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

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11 am – 3 pm

Screenprint Your Own T-Shirt!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumUpper East Side

Copy of Nick Abeel & Kyle Schaefer. Photo by Jacob Hiss

Various

Hold On To Your Butts

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Comedy
Family

SOHO PLAYHOUSEManhattan

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1 – 4 pm

RECESS!! Epic Interactive Family Fun at a Surreal Playground!

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Empire OutletsSaint George

1 – 3 pm

All-Ages Weekend Stencil Class

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes
Family

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

Tantra Speed Date® – New York! (Meet Singles Speed Dating)

Art

St Marks YogaBrooklyn

Sunday March 15

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

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All day

Nouveau Cirque Mondial

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Comedy
Family

Under the Big Top at the State Island MallStaten Island

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents Marilyn Monroe: Celluloid Dream

Art
Film

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

Copy of Nick Abeel & Kyle Schaefer. Photo by Jacob Hiss

Various

Hold On To Your Butts

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Comedy
Family

SOHO PLAYHOUSEManhattan

**Igloo2_sm

1 – 4 pm

RECESS!! Epic Interactive Family Fun at a Surreal Playground!

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Empire OutletsSaint George

1 – 3 pm

All-Ages Weekend Stencil Class

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes
Family

banksy museumnew york

Monday March 16

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents Marilyn Monroe: Celluloid Dream

Art
Film

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

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