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Sunday Nov. 2, 2025

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad_2025

All day

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron North Plaza

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

8 am – noon

Cloud Pizza Bagel Giveaway with Helium Mobile, Williamsburg Pizza

Williamsburg PizzaBrooklyn

9 am – 4 pm

Bronx Park East Farmers Market

2045 Bronx Park EastBronx

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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10 am – 2 pm

Experience Civil War Living History at Fort Totten

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

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10 am – 9 pm

Mano Mano’s Día de Muertos at Flatiron NoMad

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron District

MaM Day of the Dead

10 am – 9 pm

Mano a Mano’s Día de Muertos Celebration at Lincoln Center

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln CenterUpper West Side

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10 am – 7 pm

Canstruction New York at Brookfield Place

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

10 – 11:30 am

Fall Foliage Hike

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South in Forest ParkRichmond Hill

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10 am – 11:30 pm

Drawing Leaves in Graphite

Classes
Free

Environmental Education Center, Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Grand Bazaar NYC Celebrates 40 Years: Shop From Over 150 Vendors Every Sunday on the Upper West Side, While Giving Back!

Grand Bazaar NYCUpper West Side

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10:30 am – 4:30 pm

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

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

11 am – 7 pm

Halloween Hunt

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

11 am – noon

Historic New York: Lenape Folktales

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical GardenStaten Island

Moore Jackson Clothing Swap Nov 2nd(1)

11 am – 3 pm

Clothing Swap and Mutual Aid Party

Moore Jackson Community GardenQueens

November 02nd to 25th Event November13th at 7pm

11 am – 6 pm

Local art show in DUMBO: “Conversations with My Father” — an emotional journey through color, memory, and migration

Art
Expo

baciBrooklyn

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11 am – 4 pm

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Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

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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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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
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Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018Manhattan

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Noon – 5 pm

Mano a Mano’s Day of the Dead at St. Mark’s Church

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

St. Mark’s Church in-the-BowerksEast Village

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Noon – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

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1:30 – 2:30 pm

How Brooklyn became Part of New York City

Salt Marsh Nature CenterBrooklyn

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2 – 8 pm

NYC Public Interest Technology (PIT) Pop-Up

Free

The Oculus World Trade CenterLower Manhattan

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2 – 8 pm

NYC PIT Pop-Up

Art
Classes

The Oculus World Trade CenterManhattan

2:30 – 5 pm

“A Bridge, a Stitch, a Compass: A COVID Memorial for the past, present, and future”

St. Mark’s Church in the BoweryEast Village

Queens Juntas Chicas Day of the Dead Celebration and Performance

2:30 pm

Juntas Chicas: Day of the Dead Celebration and Performance

Oak Ridge in Forest ParkWoodhaven

3 – 6 pm

Lakeside Harvest Fest + Opening Ice Skating Weekend

Lefrak Center at Lakeside Prospect ParkBrooklyn

3 – 3:45 pm

Dia de Los Muertos Storytime + Craft

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Free

St. George Library CenterStaten Island

Monday Nov. 3

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad_2025

All day

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

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