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Thursday Aug. 28, 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

8 am – 5 pm

The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Black Joy Film Fest

Ages: All
Community
Family
Film

The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

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9:30 – 10:30 am

Summer on the Hudson: Tots Soccer

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free
Sports

71st Street Soccer Field and Basketball CourtsUpper West Side

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10 am – noon

Percussion Playground

Ages: All
Family
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

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11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 2 pm

Visit BHS’s New Exhibit: From Backyard to Boulevard: The Bell Family Legacy

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

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11 am – noon

Reading with New York Therapy Animals

Ages: 5 – 12
Animals
Art
Family

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumUpper East Side

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 2 pm

Back To School Giveaway

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Family
Free

Neighborhood Care ElmhurstNew York City

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1 – 3 pm

Liu Shiming Art Foundation Clay & Craft Series at Bryant Park Art Cart

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Bryant ParkManhattan

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Caribbean
Family

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

4 pm

Karaoke at West Farms!

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
Music

West Farms LibraryBronx

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6 – 8 pm

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Free
Music

Plaza33Penn District

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6 – 10:30 pm

Pluto TV Movies With A View at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Film
Free

Pier 1, Harbor View Lawn, Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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6 – 7 pm

Co-Op & Condo Renovation Open Seminar

Free

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6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square ParkManhattan

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8 – 10 pm

Shine Box Comedy Show

Comedy
Free

Neir’s TavernWoodhaven

8 pm

Movie Nights on the Overlook

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Central Park Wollman RinkBrooklyn

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9:30 – 11:30 pm

Superstar Open Set

Pink MetalBrooklyn

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