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Monday April 7, 2025

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6 – 9 pm

Karaoke con Estrellas de Broadway

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

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6 – 9 pm

Karaoke with Broadway Stars

Free
Music

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

EVC Earth Day Jazz 2025

6 – 8 pm

Earth Day Jazz

Ages: 5 and up
Environment
Family
Free

W 122nd St & Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10027Harlem

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7 – 7:30 pm

Night of Breathwork and Meditation

Classes
Free

NookBrooklyn

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9:50 – 10:50 pm

NYC Fringe presents Jackie & Allison Into the Multiverse

Under St MarksManhattan

Tuesday April 8

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

10 – 11:30 am

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

11 am – 12:30 pm

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Shirley Chisholm State Park (Hendrix Creek Patio)Brooklyn

Ethereal Shore

Noon – 6 pm

Whispers of Color: Subtle Stories of Imagined Reality

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

NDY #2 websize

2 – 5 pm

Resonance x 4 Art Exhibition at Flushing Town Hall

Art
Free

Flushing Town HallFlushing

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2:30 – 4:30 pm

After School Art Explorers: Drop-In Programs

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Family
Free

The Jewish MuseumManhattan

5 – 6 pm

Candy Seder

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
Holiday

West End SynagogueNew Yorl

Spirited Away April Eventbrite

6 – 9 pm

Spirited Away Psychic & Paranormal Night Spring Edition

Barrow’s Intense Tasting RoomBrooklyn

Wednesday April 9

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

Untitled design

9 am – 3 pm

Rose F. Kennedy 9th Annual Parent Workshop: “Rising Voices, Creating Change” (English and Spanish)

Ages: All
En Español
Family
Free

Bronx

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

KAYLL Popup Elizabeth StreetKAYLL Popup Elizabeth Street 2

11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

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

Ethereal Shore

Noon – 6 pm

Whispers of Color: Subtle Stories of Imagined Reality

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

NDY #2 websize

2 – 5 pm

Resonance x 4 Art Exhibition at Flushing Town Hall

Art
Free

Flushing Town HallFlushing

3:30 – 5 pm

Explore the Future of Farming with Aquaponics

Ages: 9 – 12
Environment
Family
Free

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

EXHIBITION DATES

5:30 – 7:30 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

Wald Symposium Simple Square

6 – 8 pm

Lillian Wald Symposium

Free
LGBTQ+

Abrons Arts CenterLower East Side

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