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Wednesday May 7, 2025

10 am – 9 pm

Macy’s Flower Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Macy’s Herald SquareManhattan

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

tot

11 am – noon

Walker’s Tiny Groovers

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free
Music

Walker ParkStaten Island

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 – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

3:30 – 5 pm

Explore the Future of Farming with Aquaponics

Ages: 9 – 12
Environment
Family
Free

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

4 – 7 pm

The Honest Kitchen’s Feed Them The Best Pop Up

Ages: All
Animals
Family
Free

Naturepedic ManhattanManhattan

6:30 – 8:30 pm

2025 Sally Henderson Lecture on Green Design: Yatin Pandya

New York School of Interior DesignUpper East Side, 70 East 70th Street New York, NY, 10021

Thursday May 8

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

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

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

10 am – 9 pm

Macy’s Flower Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Macy’s Herald SquareManhattan

10 – 11 am

Tot Time

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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

DSCF8359 resized

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

3:30 – 4:30 pm

NYPL Green: Food & Climate Garden Series

Ages: 5 – 12
Environment
Family
Free

St. George Library CenterStaten Island

24.07.31-0174

6 – 7 pm

“Tour & Play” event with NY Kids Club & EarlyBird

Ages: 4 and under
Classes
Community
Family

The Ny Kids Club : 21 West End AveNew York City

6 – 8 pm

Opening Reception of “Compulsive Genius”

Fountain House GalleryHell’s Kitchen

6 – 8 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

Adult,Students,Listen,To,Professor’s,Lecture,In,Small,Class,Room.

6:30 – 7:30 pm

Introduction to Proposal Writing

Hillcrest Library, Queens Public LibraryFlushing

Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

Manhattan

Joe Kay – 3 – Mark Pangilinan – @markpeaced (1)

7 – 11:30 pm

Verizon FIOS and Complex Presents Good Vibes / Buena Vibra Concert featuring Soulection founder Joe Kay

Free
Music

Location to be disclosed upon ticket confirmationManhattan

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsBrooklyn

Poster for 5 8 2025

8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingBrooklyn

Friday May 9

Unknown

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

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

10 am – 10 pm

Macy’s Flower Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Macy’s Herald SquareManhattan

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