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Things To Do In NYC: Native Get Up & Go Truck 5/15

31 East 17th Street, Union Square, New YorkManhattan

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

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Experience the Best of French Design at Oui Design! 2025

Art
Free

Payne Whitney MansionManhattan

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Carlton Fine Arts Presents Pop Artist DeVon

Art
Free

Carlton Fine Arts Ltd.Manhattan

MetroPlusHealth’s Jackson Heights Community Events: Mental Health Awarness

MetroPlusHealth Queens Community OfficeElmhurst

Free Bird Storytime

The Corner BookstoreNew York City

Meeting of coworkers and planning next steps of work

NYC Facilitation Lab: Practice Playground with Voltage Control

Classes
Free

Fabrik NYC TribecaManhattan

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NYC Urban Forest Plan Manhattan Kickoff Event

Thomas Jefferson Recreation CenterEast Harlem

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Max Rosen’s VIP Opening + Benefit

Art
Free

Picto NYBrooklyn

Innovative Resource Fair – Flyer

Innovative Resource-full 💡 Fair BRONX WEEK

3050 Webster Avenue PS/MS 20Bronx

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UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State ParkManhattan

5th Annual Breastfeeding Convening (2)

5th Annual Breastfeeding Convening

Free

Live on ZoomBrooklyn

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The Song of Skin Hotel Pop-Up Shop

Beauty
Free

188 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013New York, NY

New York Trunk Show Creatives

Sarah & Sandeep NYC Luxury Trunk Show

Expo
Free

6 West 48th street 8th floor New York,New York,

The Young Lords – The Musical – Staged Reading

Free
Theater

The Producers Club Theaters & BarManhattan

Family Fun Day

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Rufus King ParkQueens

Manhattan Teens Take The Met

Teens Take The Met

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtManhattan

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Decade Downtown Dance Party by DJ Justin Strauss and Public Records

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

The Pepsi Challenge

Yankee StadiumBronx

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NoMad Design District Night: Fireclay Tile

Free

26 W 20th St, New York, NY 10011NoMad

MAY Kween Poster

Kweendom

Comedy
Free

Pete’s Candy StoreBrooklyn

sacred sites Stained glass

All day

Church of the Mediator participates in prestigious “Sacred Sites” weekend – May 17 & 18

260 West 231st StreetKingsbridge

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All day

New York Landmarks Conservancy Hosts 2025 Sacred Sites Open House Weekend

Art
Free

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Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

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Family Art Project: Painting to Migratory Birdsongs

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Young Herbalist Workshop

Ages: 5 – 12
Classes
Craft & DIY
Family

Bartow-Pell Mansion MuseumBronx

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Gardening Day at The Castle

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

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Second Chance Saturday: Trinkets to Treasures Tag Sale at Marble Collegiate Church

Marble Collegiate ChurchNoMad

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Tour of Building A at the MADE Bush Terminal Campus

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

MADE BUSH TERMINALBrooklyn

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SUBMERGE Marine Science Festival

Pier 84 Hudson River ParkManhattan

Kite Festival

Kite Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Pier 5 – Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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FAD Market: NYCxDESIGN

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

St. PaulBrooklyn

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