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Thursday May 22, 2025

5:30 – 7 pm

Summer at The Kew-Forest School Open House

Free

The Kew-Forest SchoolForest Hills

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6 – 8 pm

Reception for “Goodbye to All That,” by Eve Mansdorf

Art
Free

First Street GalleryChelsea

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6 – 8 pm

NYC Urban Forest Plan Manhattan Kickoff Event

Brownsville Heritage HouseBrooklyn

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6 – 8 pm

NYC’s 1st Urban Forest Plan: Brooklyn Community Kickoff

Brownsville Heritage HouseBrooklyn

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6 – 8 pm

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Free
Music

Plaza33Penn District

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

Demystifying Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT for Beginners

Classes
Free

Hillcrest Library, Queens Public LibraryFlushing

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7 – 8 pm

KNOW THE RULES: Live Webinar Series

VirtualNY

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7:30 – 8 pm

Dermody Triangle Memorial Day Ceremony

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsBrooklyn

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8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingBrooklyn

Friday May 23

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS UNIQLO Friday Nights Fridays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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

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All day

The Lot at Culture Lab LIC – Free Outdoor Concerts in May!

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

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All day

Above Ground Midtown: MCNY x DAZE – Live Graffiti Art at 550 Madison

Art
Free

Manhattan

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All day

Lower East Side Festival of The Arts

Theater for the New CityEast Village

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State ParkManhattan

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

9 am – 4 pm

Staten Island Fleet Week

Staten Island Homeport PierStaten Island

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10 am – 7 pm

The Song of Skin Hotel Pop-Up Shop

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Free

188 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013New York, NY

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House PotteryManhattan

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2 – 3 pm

New York Oud Festival Day Three

Free
Music

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUES

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3 – 5 pm

Community Partnership Series – Bronx

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Community
Family

149th st grand concourseBronx

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3 – 5 pm

5-Borough Community Partnership Series – Bronx

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Community
Family

149th st grand concourseBronx

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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