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Saturday Sep. 13, 2025

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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All day

LIVE in THE LOT at Culture Lab LIC – August-September, 2025

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

All day

The Feast of San Gennaro

Little ItalyManhattan

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2 am – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

GagosianPark Avenue

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8 am – 5 pm

Free Theater program for SNAP-eligible Teens Now Accepting Applications

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Theater

Stella Adler Studio of ActingNew York City

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9 am – 6 pm

Glance AI New York Fashion Week Pop-Up

Free

Bustle Plaza, Penn 2 NYCManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

10 am – 5 pm

The Pepsi Challenge

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10 am – 4 pm

Read Around the World: Connecting Cultures Through Storytime

Global School BrooklynBrooklyn

10 – 11 am

Mad Science in Crocheron

Ages: All
Family
Free

Buz O’ Rourke Playground in Crocheron ParkFlushing

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Family Program- Parks and Public Art: Statues and Sculptures in Battery Park City

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

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11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

11 am – 5 pm

2025 TASTE OF KOREA in the BRONX

171 lincoln Ave Bronx NY 10454Bronx

11 am – noon

September Kids Zone Event

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Queens CenterQueens

11 am – 5 pm

Taste of Korea: Korean Cultural Festival

Lincoln ave btwn 135th & 137th stBronx

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11 am – noon

Cameras and Coffee: Community Meet-Up (September 2025)

Art
Free

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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11 am – 3 pm

A Delacorte Theater Sneak Peek

Free
Tours

The Delacorte Theater in Central ParkCentral Park

The Warby Parker Book Fair

11 am – 4 pm

The Warby Parker Book Fair curated by McNally Jackson Books

Warby Parker Bergen St.Brooklyn

11 am – 7 pm

City Island’s 2025 Fall Arts and Crafts Fair

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

City Island AvenueThe Bronx

11:30 am – 1 pm

Watercolor Magic

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Art on the Block NYCUpper West Side

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 6 pm

Six Foot Platform: CHRISTOPHER ENDER CORYAT | FACE TO FACE TOILETS (REVISITED)

Art
Free

Washington Street in DumboBrooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New YorkManhattan

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Noon – 6 pm

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

Brooklyn Explore Schools Back to School Rodeo

Noon – 3 pm

Explore Schools Back to School Rodeo

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Back to School RodeoBrooklyn

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Noon – 4:30 pm

Paws on Parade

Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

JCAL Fall Art Open House

Noon – 3 pm

JCAL Art Classes Open House

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL)Jamaica

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