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Monday May 12, 2025

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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

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the WaterfrontBrooklyn

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

3:30 – 5 pm

Idlewild’s Science Book Club

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

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6 – 9 pm

Karaoke con Estrellas de Broadway

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

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6 – 9 pm

Karaoke with Broadway Stars

Free
Music

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

Manhattan

Tuesday May 13

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

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

10 – 11:30 am

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

11 am – 12:30 pm

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Shirley Chisholm State Park (Hendrix Creek Patio)Brooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the WaterfrontBrooklyn

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

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2:30 – 4:30 pm

After School Art Explorers: Drop-In Programs

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Family
Free

The Jewish MuseumManhattan

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Sensory Moon Art

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
History & Culture

West New Brighton LibraryStaten Island

6 – 8 pm

AAPI Night Market

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

Manhattan

Adam Gabel at WSCC 2

8 – 9:30 pm

Not Ripe Bananas

Comedy
Free

West Side Comedy ClubUpper West Side

8 – 10 pm

The Overthinking Hour Comedy Show

HalyardsBrooklyn

Wednesday May 14

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

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