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Open House New York “Fantastical Realities” Exhibition Tour with Artists and Curator

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

Opening for “We Belong to This Place”

Art
Free

Old Stone HouseBrooklyn

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Book Launch Party: The Widower Without a Will by Katherine Grant

The LocalQueens

Forest Ave BOO-ZAR by Faire and Flourish

Ages: All
Family
Free
Halloween

Parking Lot of Kings Arms DinerStaten Island

The Night Shift: Jamaica Bay After Dark

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Jamaica Bay Wildlife RefugeBroad Channel

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Verse4Verse: Drag Poetry Show

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Farmers Market (Queens)

Neighborhood Care ElmhurstNew York City

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Quiet Reading Party

Brooklyn Public Library – Mill BasinBROOKLYN

Coopdanza “Glyphs in Motion”: Indigenous Dance Performance

Ages: All
Community
Dance
Family

Corona LibraryCorona

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South Street Seaport Museum Diwali Celebration at the Seaport Museum

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
Holiday

South Street Seaport MuseumDowntown Manhattan

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HOME/LAND: a blend of theater, dance, projection, and demonstration

Dance
Free

Washington Square ParkGreenwich Village

8th Annual Diwali Fest

Bhakti CenterManhattan

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DIWALI FESTIVAL NYC

Bhakti CenterEast Village

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Fitness @ Grand Central x Club Pilates

Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central TerminalManhattan

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CBH Talk | Stolen Relations: Recovering the History of Native American Enslavement

Free
Talks

Center for Brooklyn History – Brooklyn HeightsBrooklyn

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Food Distribution (Manhattan)

Neighborhood Care Duane StreetLower Manhattan

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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

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

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