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Saturday May 10, 2025

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11 am – 5 pm

Earth Celebrations ECOLOGICAL CITY-Procession for Climate Solutions

ECOLOGICAL CITYLower East Side

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Mother’s Day

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Empire StoresBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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11 am – 1 pm

Uptown Instrument Discovery Day

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Music

Hamilton Grange LibraryManhattan

Vet clinic

11 am – 3 pm

FREE Veterinary Clinic for Brooklyn Residents – May 10

Greenwood, Sunset Park

Noon – 3 pm

Urban Wildlife Festival

St. Mary’s ParkBronx

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Noon – 2 pm

“Carrying the Tiger” by Tony Stewart Book Launch

Bowery GalleyManhattan

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Noon – 8 pm

Charlie Cale’s Back on Her BLSH*T Rest Stop – Presented by Peacock

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Noon – 6 pm

Vita Coco x Limited Too Mall Pop-Up

31 East 17th Street, Union Square, New YorkManhattan

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the WaterfrontBrooklyn

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

12:30 – 2:30 pm

Mommy and Me Paint Event

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Hamilton Fish Recreation CenterManhattan

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1 – 3 pm

Family Time

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Bronx MuseumBronx

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1 – 6 pm

Fresh Art Offers a Spring Burst of Inspiration at BWAC

Art
Free

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

Brooklyn AAPI Month celebration with Ajna Dance Company

1 – 2 pm

AAPI Month celebration with Ajna Dance Company

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Brooklyn Public Library — Central LibraryBrooklyn

1 – 4 pm

2025 Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Tennis Festival

Cunningham Park Tennis CenterFresh Meadows

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

1 – 5 pm

Mother’s Day Kids’ Event

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

The Mall at Bay PlazaBronx

Bronx Family Time May 2025

1 – 3 pm

Family Time May 2025

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Bronx MuseumBronx

2 – 4 pm

Celebrate and Dance: Tinikling

King Manor MuseumJamaica

2 – 3 pm

Saung Budaya Dance

Ages: 5 and up
Dance
Family
Free

Third Street Music School SettlementManhattan

2:30 – 6 pm

Make Mother’s Day Cards with Flower Petals

Ages: All
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

LaGuardia Corner Community GardenManhattan

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3 – 4 pm

Author Talk – Pulling Back the Curtain on the Nazi “show camp”

Jefferson Market LibraryGreenwich Village

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3 – 5 pm

Read, Shop & Lime w/VivLiv Books

I AM CARIBBEING HeadquartersBrooklyn

3 – 4:15 pm

Mother’s Day Celebration

Ages: 3 – 8
Caribbean
Classes
Family

Bi’an MandarinStaten Island

4 – 5 pm

Celebrate AAPI Month

Ages: 13 and up
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Books of WonderManhattan

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4 – 6 pm

WHOOP DEE DOO PRESENTS: The Future Is Connection: On Community Engagement & Contemporary Art

SalottoBrooklyn

6 – 9 pm

Star Trek Variety Show

Free

Industry BarHells Kitchen

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6 – 8 pm

albi: Live – Full Band

Free
Music

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Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

Manhattan

Sunday May 11

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

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