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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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A Community Farewell to the Upper Room

The Upper Room: End of Albany StreetBattery Park City

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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

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The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation 2025 International Mental Health Research Symposium

Free

kaufman music centerManhattan

Staten Island Spook-tacular Craft and Vendor Market

Ages: All
Family
Free

Empire OutletsSaint George

DeMatti’s Tot Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Family
Free

DeMatti ParkStaten Island

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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

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Asphalt Green’s Upper East Side CampusUpper East Side

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Walker Park: Wicked Walker Haunted House & Family Fun Halloween Event

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Walker ParkStaten Island

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Halloween Movie Party at the Great Neck Library – Parkville Branch

Ages: 9 and up
Family
Film
Food & Drink

10 Campbell Street, New Hyde Park, NY 11040New Hyde Park

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Not That Deep Gallery Closing Reception

Art
Free

Not That Deep GalleryBushwick

Free Movie Nights at Hudson Yards – Classic Cinema Night with Top Gun

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

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Release Party for PANTHER CITY: Tales of a Gen X Grade 3 Class Project Run Amok

Quimby’s Bookstore NYCBrooklyn

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Nightmare at the Museum: “SEEDS”

Art
Film

1 Bowling GreenFinancial District

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Eddie Zheng – An Organ Eve of Bach, Wagner, and Liszt

Free
Music

Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal ChurchUpper West Side

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(Un)Silent Film~ THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE in CONCERT: WORLD PREMIERE

Film
Free

John L. Tishmann AuditoriumManhattan

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Bees Deluxe Brings Acid Blues to Harlem’s Shrine World Music Venue

Free
LGBTQ+

Shrine World Music VenueManhattan

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All day

AkumuFest – An Interactive Japanese Horror Experience

Japan Village at Industry CityBrooklyn

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CHINESE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION

Art
Free

33 Bowery St., (Confucius Building Exhibition Hall)33 Bowery St.

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(BLACK) DYKE DECK (Workshop)

Auditorium 103 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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Ethical Digitization Considerations: Preserving Lesbian Culture (Workshop)

Medium 110 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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Let’s Process, a Lesbian Procession! (Workshop)

Medium 202 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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Fat Lesbians: Intersectional Identities, Positive Representations, and Naked Photos (Workshop)

Medium 203 LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011Manhattan

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