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Thursday Aug. 14, 2025

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6 – 10 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival

Chain TheatreHell’s Kitchen

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8 – 9:30 pm

Ghost Writer, An Abolitionist’s Tale Premieres at Broadway Bound Theatre Festival

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8 – 10 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival — Lovebug

Chain TheatreHell’s Kitchen

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8:30 – 9:30 pm

‘Anne of a Thousand Faces’ Premieres at Gene Frankel Theatre Festival – Aug 6–16

Gene Frankel TheaterNoHo

Friday Aug. 15

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6 – 10 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival

Chain TheatreHell’s Kitchen

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8 – 10 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival — Land of the Mustaches

Chain TheatreHell’s Kitchen

Saturday Aug. 16

FAD Market at Governors Island

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market at Governors Island

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions
Family

Govenors IslandManhattan

11:30 am – 4:30 pm

OtherWorlds Fair

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Govenors IslandManhattan

Noon – 4 pm

2nd Annual Bronx Bookworm Book Festival

Ages: 8 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Festivals

Morrison PlazaBronx

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Noon – 5 pm

Jamaica|Jamaica Exhibition Opening Party with VP Records and King Manor Museum

King Manor MuseumJamaica

Manhattan 25TH ANNUAL BLUES BBQ FESTIVAL

1 – 9 pm

25th Annual Blues BBQ Festival

Pier 76 at Hudson River ParkManhattan

1 – 6 pm

Summer in the City

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

West 135th Street from St. Nicholas Avenue – Adam Clayton Powell Jr. BlvdHarlem

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2 – 4 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival — LGBTQIA+ Block

Chain TheatreHell’s Kitchen

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4 – 7:30 pm

Hindu Lamp Ceremony

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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5 – 6:30 pm

Ghost Writer, An Abolitionist’s Tale Premieres at Broadway Bound Theatre Festival

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6 – 10 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival

Chain TheatreHell’s Kitchen

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6 – 11 pm

Summer Fever / Artists’ Pop-Up

Sound Mind CenterBrooklyn

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

Performances at Hunter’s Point South Park LIC

Hunter’s Point South ParkLong Island City

Anne of a Thousand Faces – Banner

7:30 – 8:30 pm

‘Anne of a Thousand Faces’ Premieres at Gene Frankel Theatre Festival – Aug 6–16

Gene Frankel TheaterNoHo

Sunday Aug. 17

FAD Market at Governors Island

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market at Governors Island

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions
Family

Govenors IslandManhattan

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Noon

India Day Parade

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

India day ParadeManhattan

Noon – 5 pm

Harlem Week NYC Children’s Festival

Howard Bennett PlaygroundHarlem

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Noon – 5 pm

One Crown Heights

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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1 – 7 pm

Harlem Week: Harlem Day

West 135th Street from 5th Avenue to St. Nicholas AvenueHarlem

1 – 6 pm

AFROBEATS VS DANCEHALL TAKEOVER BARCLAYS CENTER

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

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4 – 6 pm

Performances & Music at Corona Plaza

Corona PlazaCorona

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6 – 10 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival

Chain TheatreHell’s Kitchen

Tuesday Aug. 19

1 – 3:30 pm

Annual Honey Harvest Festival

Voelker Orth MuseumFlushing

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6 – 7 pm

Performances at Athens Square, Astoria

Athens Square AstoriaAstoria

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8 – 9:30 pm

“A Night at La Nacional” (Arthouse Film and Multidisciplinary Event)

La Nacional – Spanish Benevolent SocietyWest Village/Chelsea

Friday Aug. 22

5 – 9 pm

The 5th Annual Rockaway Beach Surf Music Festival

Beach 97th StQueens

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