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Friday May 16, 2025

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5:30 – 7 pm

Reading & Drawing Event with Andrea Cáceres

Ages: All
Caribbean
Family

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Jeff Simmermon by Bryan Berlin 2

7 – 8 pm

CareGiver

Comedy

SOHO PLAYHOUSESoHo

MAY Kween Poster

7 – 9 pm

Kweendom

Comedy
Free

Pete’s Candy StoreBrooklyn

7:30 – 8:30 pm

Defector Media presents Ten Minute Quarters: A WNBA Comedy Show

LittlefieldGowanus

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7:30 pm

Anne Zander is MOTHER: a postpartum comedy

Ages: All
Caribbean
Comedy
Family

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

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8 pm

Nicotine Dolls – an Attempt at Romantic

Music

Music Hall of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg

Saturday May 17

All day

Atlantic Avenue Day of Design

Free

M. PatmosBrooklyn

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

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

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

Brooklyn Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

10 am – 1 pm

Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

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10:30 – 11:15 am

K–5 Poetry Workshop

Church of the IncarnationBoreum Hill

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10:30 am – noon

Tour of Building A at the MADE Bush Terminal Campus

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

MADE BUSH TERMINALBrooklyn

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

Kite Festival

11 am – 3 pm

Kite Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Pier 5 – Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: NYCxDESIGN

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

St. PaulBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

PS 295 Touch A Truck

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Community
Family

4 Artists

Noon – 5 pm

TABLA RASA GALLERY’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION: IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

Art

Tabla Rasa GalleryBrooklyn

Noon – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: Pinkster Celebration

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

Art

Tabla Rasa GalleryBrooklyn

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the WaterfrontBrooklyn

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Noon – 4 pm

Living Well, Living Strong! Free Health Fest and Fun Beats! (Community Board 2 Health Fair)

Ages: 5 and up
Beauty
Dance
Family

Fort Greene ParkBrooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

Brunch 101: An Immersive Boozy Brunch Experience

Brunch 101Brooklyn

12:30 pm

The Wizard of Oz

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

Beyond the Black Box Presents Juneteenth @ House of Yes by Kenny

1 – 7:30 pm

Beyond the Black Box presents The BBB Block Party!

Triskelion Arts BlockBrooklyn

Beyond the Black Box Presents Juneteenth @ House of Yes by Kenny

1 – 7:30 pm

Beyond the Black Box presents The BBB Block Party

Triskelion Arts’ Block

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1 – 6 pm

Fresh Art Offers a Spring Burst of Inspiration at BWAC

Art
Free

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

SCUCC

1 – 4 pm

Open House – Historic Sayville Church

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Blue Point

1 – 5 pm

Annual DanceAfrica Community Day 2025

Ages: All
Community
Dance
Family

The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn

1:30 pm

17th of May Parade

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

17th of May ParadeBrooklyn

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2 – 3 pm

Show Up, Kids! Interactive Family Comedy

Ages: 3 – 8
Comedy
Family

The RATBrooklyn

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