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Saturday Sep. 27, 2025

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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

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2 am – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

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7 am – 7 pm

Ryder Cup Live at Rockefeller Center

Free
Sports

Rockefeller Center PlazaManhattan

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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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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

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9:30 – 11:30 am

City Harvest: Mobile Market (Sunset Park)

Brooklyn

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10 am – 11 pm

New York City Congenital Heart Walk

Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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10 am – noon

Book Event— Michael Kenna: “Japan / A Love Story”

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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

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11 am – 1 pm

ICP Photobook Club: Miwa Susuda on “Editions of Intimacy”

International Center of Photography (ICP)Lower East Side

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11 am – 3 pm

FREE NYC Emergency Management Family Preparedness Day

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free

Staten Island Children’s MuseumStaten Island

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11 – 11:45 am

Celebrate the Equinox with Sisa Pakari

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

National Museum of the American Indian New YorkManhattan

11 am – 7 pm

Zappos Pop-Up Shop

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Zappos Pop-Up ShopBrooklyn

Magical GIrls Festival Eventbrite

11 am – 8 pm

Magical Girls Festival

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Craft & DIY
Family

Japan Village at Industry CityBrooklyn

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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: MARIA CAMIA | AN ARI AND CAMA MASSAGE

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

Noon – 1 pm

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Sunset Park LibraryBrooklyn

Noon – 4 pm

45th Annual GreenThumb Harvest Fair

Herbert Von King ParkBrooklyn

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1 – 6 pm

Illuminations 2025 Art Exhibit by Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

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1 – 3:30 pm

Fall KidsFest

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Bronx Terminal MarketBronx

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1 – 6 pm

Culture and The Urban Experience Take Center Stage in BWAC Fall Exhibitions

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

1 – 4 pm

Dog Day at Olly Olly Market

Animals
Free

Olly Olly MarketChelsea

Soul Immersion Nurturing the Inner Child

1 – 5 pm

Soul Immersion

Art
Beauty

Casa WellnessQueens

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1 – 1:45 pm

Celebrate the Equinox with Sisa Pakari

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

National Museum of the American Indian New YorkManhattan

1 – 3 pm

Poseidon’s Parade 2025

Rockaway Beach BoardwalkFar Rockaway

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1 – 3:30 pm

COMMUNAL SPACES: a garden play festival

Moore Jackson Community GardenQueens

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