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Wednesday April 23, 2025

AprilisNationalPoetryMonth

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Greater Astoria Historical Society’s “April is National Poetry Month” Event (virtual)

Virtual

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7 – 8 pm

COMMUNITY YOGA CLASS

Bushbox NYCBrooklyn

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7 – 8:15 pm

ASL-interpreted Yom HaShoah Commemoration

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

East End TempleManhattan

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7 – 8 pm

Medical Debt and America’s Broken Healthcare System and an Ecumenical Response

First Unitarian Congregational Society in BrooklynBrooklyn, NY

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

Thursday April 24

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

Earth Day GCT

11 am – 2 pm

Make Everyday Green! Celebrating Earth Week at Grand Central

Grand Central TerminalNew York City

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5 – 7 pm

A Taste of Jazz to Come @ La Cabra

La CabraBushwick/ Ridgewood

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5 – 6:30 pm

Selling In Brooklyn | April 2025

Virtual

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6 – 9 pm

ADHD & Autism w/ Susanna Mierau, MD, PhD, clinical and research neurologist.

Live on ZoomBrooklyn

Joana Galego – These Stories Aren’t Mine

6 – 8 pm

Joana Galego: Seashells in My Mother’s Garden and The Giant Boulder Rolling Down

Isabel Sullivan GalleryTribeca

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

Friday April 25

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All day

Earth Day Weekend

Ages: All
Animals
Art
Family

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

Saturday April 26

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All day

Earth Day Weekend

Ages: All
Animals
Art
Family

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

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9 – 11 am

PanCan. PurpleStride NYC

Pier 17 at Seaport SquareManhattan

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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 – 3 pm

Whitney Museum Open Studio 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

The Whitney Museum of American Artchelsea

11 am – 1 pm

Spring Festival

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Family
Free

Phil “Scooter” Rizzuto ParkSouth Richmond Hill

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Noon – 7 pm

Bronx Night Market

Fordham PlazaBronx

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1 – 2 pm

Autism-Friendly Access Workshops at New York City Ballet

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios Samuel B. & David Rose BuildingManhattan

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1 – 3:30 pm

Woodland Community Volunteer Workday

Ages: 13 and up
Community
Environment
Family

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1 – 4 pm

The Dear Neighbor Project: Art Workshop

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Community
Family

Van Alen InstituteBrooklyn

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Israeli Search and Rescue Unit visits B’ShERT

B’ShERTBrooklyn

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2 – 6 pm

Tastes of Bed-Stuy – A Food and Drink Crawl for good

Bedford Stuyvesant

2:30 – 4 pm

🎶 Double the Flavor: Soul at Bronx & Queens Night Markets

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7 – 10 pm

🎶 Double the Flavor: Soul at Bronx & Queens Night Markets

Bronx Night MarketBronx

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

Sunday April 27

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All day

Earth Day Weekend

Ages: All
Animals
Art
Family

Run

8 – 11 am

9/11 Memorial & Museum 13th Annual 5K

9/11 MemorialFinancial District

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