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Sunday May 4, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

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

All day

Fleurs de Villes Downton Abbey

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Leafy Scrapbook

10 am – noon

Family Fun Day

Ages: All
Family
Free

Sunset Park Recreation CenterBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Green-Wood’s Sunday in the Cemetery

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

The Green-Wood CemeteryBrooklyn

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10 am – noon

Happy to See You! Public Art Installation

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community
Family

Washington Market ParkTribeca

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

11 am – 9 pm

Macy’s Flower Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Macy’s Herald SquareManhattan

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 – 2 pm

Lil’ Brunch Club

The RandolphBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

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11 am – 1 pm

Volunteer Garden Day @ 50 Cent Garden

Queens

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11:30 am – 1 pm

Tree Wonder Washington Square Park

Free

Washington Square Park English Elm (northwest corner)Greenwich Village

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Noon – 6 pm

4th Annual Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu Fair

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu FairBronx

Manhattan Summer on the Hudson New York City Irish Dance Festival

Noon – 6 pm

Summer on the Hudson: New York City Irish Dance Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Pier I in Riverside Park SouthManhattan

Noon – 4 pm

Spring Festival

Brookville Playground in Brookville ParkSpringfield Gardens

Noon – 6 pm

The Golden Queen – A Pre-Mother’s Day Soiree

William Barthman JewelerBrooklyn

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1 – 2 pm

Public Garden Highlights Walk

Ages: 13 and up
Environment
Family
Free

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1 – 6 pm

Fresh Art Offers a Spring Burst of Inspiration at BWAC

Art
Free

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

1 – 2:30 pm

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: The Influential Ocean

Section 2 Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay ParkBronx

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

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1 – 6 pm

Exhibition Opening: ‘Five Miles of VHS Tape’

FiveMylesBrooklyn

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9:30 – 11 pm

Brooke Eden’s Giddy Up! Night

Dance
Free

Flaming Saddles SaloonManhattan

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