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Tuesday Sep. 30, 2025

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

GagosianPark Avenue

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

10 – 11:30 am

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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10 am – 6 pm

Sea Chapel

RISE, 58-03 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Far Rockaway, NY 11692Far Rockaway

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10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

IKEA Secret Room Brooklyn

11 am – 7 pm

Discover the Secret Room at IKEA Brooklyn

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Family
Free

IKEA BrooklynBrooklyn

11 am – 6 pm

ASCEND: The Evolution of Identity

Art
Free

Alessandro Berni GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New YorkManhattan

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4 – 6:30 pm

WNYC’s All Things Considered: Live from the Bronx

American Turners of NYBronx

Dance Journey with Adult Ballroom picture

6 – 7:30 pm

Step Into Dance: Ballroom Workshop Series at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Dance
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

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6 – 7:30 pm

Making the Case for Landmarking: Why Preservation Makes Sense in NYC in 2025

Salmagundi ClubGreenwich Village

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6:30 – 8 pm

Expert Webinar: NYC High School Admissions Essays

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Virtual

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6:30 – 8:30 pm

Singing for Justice – documentary film screening

Film
Free

Kellen Auditorium, The New SchoolManhattan

Adam Gabel at WSCC 2

8 – 9:30 pm

Not Ripe Bananas

Comedy
Free

West Side Comedy ClubUpper West Side

8 – 10 pm

The Overthinking Hour Comedy Show

HalyardsBrooklyn

Yiming Ma

8 – 9 pm

Serica Storytellers: Yiming Ma | These Memories Do Not Belong to Us

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Wednesday Oct. 1

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7 am – 7 pm

Breast Cancer Research Foundation: Live at Grand Central

Free

Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central TerminalManhattan

8 – 9 am

Power Hour at the Backyard at Hudson Yards: Extra Mile Run Club with Rhone

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Health & Fitness

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

GagosianPark Avenue

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

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10 am – 6 pm

Sea Chapel

RISE, 58-03 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Far Rockaway, NY 11692Far Rockaway

Postcard front

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

IKEA Secret Room Brooklyn

11 am – 7 pm

Discover the Secret Room at IKEA Brooklyn

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Family
Free

IKEA BrooklynBrooklyn

11 am – 6 pm

ASCEND: The Evolution of Identity

Art
Free

Alessandro Berni GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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