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Sunday April 13, 2025

FSS NYPL

All day

Story Time with NYPL

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

Familiares FSS

All day

Recorridos Familiares

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
En Español
Family

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

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

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

9 am – 5 pm

The East Midtown Easter Egg Hunt 2025

Ages: 3 – 8
Community
Easter
Family

All Around East MidtownEast Midtown

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Flora and Fauna Mosaics

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

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

Marble Church Palm Sunday A

11 am – 12:30 pm

Honor Palm Sunday at Marble Collegiate Church

Marble Collegiate ChurchNoMad

11 am – 2 pm

Lil’ Brunch Club

The RandolphBrooklyn

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1 – 2 pm

Public Garden Highlights Walk

Ages: 13 and up
Environment
Family
Free

bhs-castle-tours

1 – 3 pm

Second Sunday Castle Tours

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

WinterWorkspace2025

1 – 3 pm

Winter Workspace 2025: Drop-In Sunday

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1 – 2 pm

Russian-Language Gallery Tours

Art
Free

Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn

NDY #2 websize

2 – 5 pm

Resonance x 4 Art Exhibition at Flushing Town Hall

Art
Free

Flushing Town HallFlushing

2 – 9 pm

ART EXCHANGE: ITALY & AMERICA

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

2 – 3:30 pm

Open Mic for Poets and Writers with Catherine Kapphahn

Central Library, Queens Public LibraryJamaica

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2:30 – 5 pm

Easter Egg Hunt in Annadale Green Park

Ages: All
Community
Easter
Family

Annadale Green ParkStaten Island

Monday April 14

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

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

9 am – 5 pm

The East Midtown Easter Egg Hunt 2025

Ages: 3 – 8
Community
Easter
Family

All Around East MidtownEast Midtown

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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

1 – 2 pm

Kids Week: All About Fungus

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

NDY #2 websize

2 – 5 pm

Resonance x 4 Art Exhibition at Flushing Town Hall

Art
Free

Flushing Town HallFlushing

4 – 5 pm

Haitian Folkloric Dance for Kids

Ages: 5 – 8
Caribbean
Classes
Family

flatbush libraryBrooklyn

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