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Saturday April 26, 2025

Lissa deGuzman

11 am – 3 pm

Broadway Celebrates Earth Day 2025

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Times Square’s Pedestrian PlazaManhattan

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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 – 6 pm

FAD Market: Earth Month

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Center for Brooklyn History – Brooklyn HeightsBrooklyn

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11 am – noon

Alpine House Open House

Paper Mobiles

11:30 am – 1 pm

DIY Decorations: Paper Mobile Crafting

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Art on the Block NYCUpper West Side

Noon – 4 pm

Bronx River Open House

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Starlight ParkBronx

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1 – 3:30 pm

Woodland Community Volunteer Workday

Ages: 13 and up
Community
Environment
Family

3 – 4:30 pm

People’s Theater Project: Celebrate Your Culture with Community Theater Workshop Series

Central Library, Queens Public LibraryJamaica

Book Signing Invitation

4 – 8 pm

Book Signing

6 – 9 pm

Star Trek Variety Show

Free

Industry BarHells Kitchen

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6:30 – 9 pm

ASL Slam: 20th-Anniversary Edition

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

Sunday April 27

Unknown

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

Screenshot

All day

Fleurs de Villes Downton Abbey

Ages: All
Art
Family
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

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

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

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: A Growing Season

10 am – noon

Family Fun Day

Ages: All
Family
Free

Sunset Park Recreation CenterBrooklyn

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

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

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Earth Month

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Center for Brooklyn History – Brooklyn HeightsBrooklyn

11 am – 2 pm

Lil’ Brunch Club

The RandolphBrooklyn

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11 am – noon

Alpine House Open House

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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 – 3 pm

Invent & Imagine: An Earth Day Celebration

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Atlantic Terminal PlazaBrooklyn

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1 – 2 pm

Public Garden Highlights Walk

Ages: 13 and up
Environment
Family
Free

Monday April 28

Unknown

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

Screenshot

All day

Fleurs de Villes Downton Abbey

Ages: All
Art
Family
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

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