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Food Distribution (Manhattan)

Neighborhood Care Duane StreetLower Manhattan

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Buying Into Brooklyn | October 2025

Free
Virtual

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Hello (And Goodbye) To All That

Jefferson Market LibraryGreenwich Village

Concrete Chronicles: Lower East Side Photographs by Martha Cooper and Clayton Patterson

Art
Free

City Lore GalleryEast Village

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Voices Rising: Asian Americans in Motion

Asia SocietyManhattan

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Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomBrooklyn

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy

Free
LGBTQ+

good judyBrooklyn

Celebrate NBA Season Tip-Off on ESPN with PopUp Bagels

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

PopUp BagelsManhattan

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Farmers Market (Brooklyn)

EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Crown HeightsBrooklyn

Open House with Paw Patrol Chase

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Free

Max AdventuresBrooklyn

The Haunting of the West New Brighton Library

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Free
Halloween

West New Brighton LibraryStaten Island

FIL Ciudad de Nueva York (FILNYC)

Free

Gerald W. Lynch TheaterMidtown

Business People in Group Meeting at Office Room.

Facilitation Lab NYC: Gamestorming 2.0 with Noelle Pourrat & Voltage Control

Classes
Free

Fabrik NYC TribecaManhattan

Lulu Square Invitation

Screening and Panel Discussion with Creators of the New Apple TV Series Lulu is a Rhinoceros

Ages: 5 and up
Books & Readings
Family
Film

The Gateway Schoolnew york

Sew Simple! Pot Holders (Gr. 4-6)

Ages: 9 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

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Creative Ozone: The Artists of Westbeth

Westbeth Artists Community RoomNew York City

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Pascale Sablan’s GREATNESS Book Talk and Reception

Higgins Halls AuditoriumBrooklyn

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A Reading by NYS Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn

LeFrak Concert HallFlushing

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Lobby Sounds with Marshal Herridge Duo

Free
Music

Moxy ChelseaManhattan

Nature’s Engineers, June 2024, windmills, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-029

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Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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Italian-American Heritage Month: History and Author Talk with Ryan Byrnes at Whitestone Library

Queens Libray at WhitestoneWhitestone

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Marina Tsvetaeva — One of the 20th Century’s Most Powerful Poetic Voices, Now in Jazz at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Dance
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

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She Rocks: Pro Panels and Showcases

Free
Music

Kumble Theatre – The Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment at Long Island University, 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NYBrooklyn

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Intersections: Comic Books, Philanthropy, and 9/11

9/11 MuseumFinancial District

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European Literature Night 2025

Ukrainian Institute of AmericaUpper east side

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Lesbian Lives Opening Program

The New School, The Auditorium, Room A10 Alvin Johnson/A. M. Kaplan Hall 66 West 12 Street, New York CityNew York City

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As You Like It

Free
Theater

151 Bank StreetManhattan

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All day

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018Midtown

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation 2025 International Mental Health Research Symposium

Free

kaufman music centerManhattan

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Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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Stay Frosty: Equal parts art fair, tailgate and trunk show

Art
Free

Empty Parking Lot at Convent Ave and 128thNew York City

Asphalt Screams

Asphalt Green’s Upper East Side CampusUpper East Side

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