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Thursday April 3, 2025

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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

Jackie & Allison Into the Multiverse_Allison Villaseñor_Jackie Skinner

Midnight

NYC Fringe presents Jackie & Allison Into the Multiverse

Under St MarksManhattan

5:30 – 8 am

April Sexual Assault Survivor Story Month

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EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

Toddler Soccer Open House-2

9 am – noon

Williamsburg Soccer Club Toddler Open House (FREE demo classes)

Ages: 2 and under
Family
Free
Open Houses

The Post BKBrooklyn

Camille’s Rainbow

10 – 11 am

huddle

Ages: 2 and under
Family
Free
Music

Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan

Flik Flak March Madness Store Activation Graphic

10 am – 11 pm

Bring on the Madness with Flik & Flak

Ages: 9 and up
Family
Free
Sports

Swatch Times 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

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11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

Camille’s Rainbow

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

huddle

Ages: 2 and under
Family
Free
Music

Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan

Ethereal Shore

Noon – 6 pm

Whispers of Color: Subtle Stories of Imagined Reality

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 7 pm

Corpus: Bodies of Data – Data Through Design Exhibition 2025

Art
Free

BRIC HouseBrooklyn

Traditional Sword Dance at the North Berwick Highland Games

1 – 3 pm

Scotland’s Spring Fling

Dance
Free

Madison Square ParkManhattan

4 – 5 pm

Science Everywhere

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

Hunters Point LibraryLong Island City

5 – 9 pm

ART EXCHANGE: ITALY & AMERICA

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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5:30 – 6:30 pm

International Leadership Charter Middle School Open House

International Leadership Charter Middle SchoolBronx

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6 – 8 pm

Bring Back Quiet Skies

Picnic House in Prospect ParkBrooklyn

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

6 – 9 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

6 pm

Opening Reception for Found Island

Ages: All
Art
Caribbean
Family

Freshkills GalleryStaten Islan

Moana pershing BKpaper

6 – 7 pm

Disney’s Moana JR

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community
Family

John J Pershing Middle SchoolBrooklyn

Mark Normand On stage copy

8 – 9:30 pm

“Easy Money”: Free Comedy Every Thursday @ Rodney’s Comedy Club (UES)

Comedy
Free

Rodney’s Comedy ClubUpper East Side

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsBrooklyn

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8 – 10 pm

Wiseguys! A Trivia Game Show

Comedy
Free

Neir’s TavernWoodhaven

Teddy Beats Wondervillle 4:3

9 pm

Teddy Beats at Wonderville

Free
Music

WondervilleBedford-Stuyvesant

Jackie & Allison Into the Multiverse_Allison Villaseñor_Jackie Skinner

9:50 – 10:50 pm

NYC Fringe presents Jackie & Allison Into the Multiverse

Under St MarksManhattan

Friday April 4

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

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

Camille’s Rainbow

10 – 11 am

huddle

Ages: 2 and under
Family
Free
Music

Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan

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