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Friday July 18, 2025

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2 – 8 pm

Rolling Stone Presents: AMPLIFIED The Immersive Rock Experience

ARTECHOUSEChelsea Market

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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

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3 – 9 pm

NOT ANOTHER GALLERY! AND DAVID CRAIG ELLIS LAUNCH “YARD SALE”

Art

Not Another GALLERY!Brooklyn

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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6 – 9 pm

“ECHOS of the SEA” Exhibition at Sable Gallery

Sable GalleryBrooklyn

FULL CAST

6:30 – 8 pm

BALLS: The Monster-Catchin’ Musical Comédy

Art
Comedy

Caveat NYCManhattan

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7 – 9:30 pm

The Murder Mystery Co’s Dinner Theater Show

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City

Chase Strangio

7 – 9 pm

HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY Documentary Screening & Q&As

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary FilmNew York, NY

9 – 10:30 pm

Combover Comedy

Otis & Finn BarbershopLong Island City

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9 pm

CVLTVS: A Fetish Event by The Winters

Art
LGBTQ+

9 Bob NoteBrooklyn

Saturday July 19

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Fallout: Atoms for War & Peace

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 8 pm

Shaping American Art: A Celebration of the Art Students League of New York at 150

Art

Arts Students LeagueManhattan

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10 am – 9 pm

Rolling Stone Presents: AMPLIFIED The Immersive Rock Experience

ARTECHOUSEChelsea Market

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Monet’s Magnificent Pond

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10 am – 5 pm

After ‘Women in the News’: Work by Kari Marboe, Friends, and Colleagues

Art
Free

Greenwich House PotteryGreenwich

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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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11 am – 6 pm

Kris Calnan: New Hampshire Landscapes

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 5 pm

Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art

Art

The Long Island MuseumStony Brook

Noon – 6 pm

Into the NOW – The Time of our Lives

Art
Free

Ceres GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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