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Wednesday Oct. 15, 2025

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All day

Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

Art
Free

Coney Island USABrooklyn

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad_2025

All day

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Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron North Plaza

8 – 9 am

Power Hour at the Backyard at Hudson Yards: Extra Mile Run Club with Rhone

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Health & Fitness

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

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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 – 7 pm

Makers Market at Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central TerminalNew York City

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9 am – 5 pm

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Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

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10 am – 6 pm

Sea Chapel

RISE, 58-03 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Far Rockaway, NY 11692Far Rockaway

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

Noon – 3 pm

TIC Annual Non-Profit Networking Exchange

The Interchurch CenterManhattan

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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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2 – 8 pm

NYC Public Interest Technology (PIT) Pop-Up

Free

The Oculus World Trade CenterLower Manhattan

3 pm

Double Dutch Dreamz: Wednesday Wonders

Ages: All
Family
Free
Games

Abolitionist PlaceBrooklyn

3 – 5 pm

Pickleball Open Class

Ages: All
Classes
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State Park – Handball CourtsLong Island City

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3 – 4 pm

Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Programs Seasonal Crafts

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Community
Family

Faber ParkStaten Island

3:30 pm

Movie Day: "Ferdinand" – Hispanic Heritage Month

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Film
Free

Hunts Point LibraryBronx

3:30 – 5 pm

Enviro Games

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
Games

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

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3:30 – 5:30 pm

Faber Recreation First Lego League Robotics

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Family
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

4 – 6 pm

Tunes at The Triangle

6th Avenue TriangleBrooklyn

4 – 5 pm

Culture Bridge: Celebration of Diwali Hungama

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Queens Library – Flushing BranchFlushing

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5 – 6 pm

Live Q+A: Entrepreneur & Self-Employed Homeownership

Free

Online OnlyBrooklyn

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5 – 6 pm

Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Programs Game Zone

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Family
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

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6 – 9 pm

KCDA Hispanic Heritage Celebration

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Viva ToroBrooklyn

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6 – 11:30 pm

Script Read Live!

731 Flatbush AveBrooklyn

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6 – 7:30 pm

Civic Engagement is People Power: Bronx Edition

Cary Leeds Center for Tennis and LearningBronx

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7:30 – 10 pm

WORD PLAY – Free Poetry Slam

Sugar MouseEast Village

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7:30 pm

Julian Brave NoiseCat Launch Event for We Survived the Night

Pioneer WorksBrooklyn

WTWTCH October 2025 Halyards Gowanus Stand Up Comedy

9 – 10:30 pm

What’s The Worst That Could Happen? A Comedy Show

Comedy
Free

HalyardsBrooklyn

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