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Saturday Sep. 20, 2025

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3 – 7 pm

MOTHERSHIP SEVEN DANCE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL – FREE

Dance
Free

Richard Rogers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey ParkHARLEM NYC

4 – 5 pm

Button and Jewelry Making Workshop

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Family
Free

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

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5 – 7 pm

Zoe Obadia Trio

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

6 – 9 pm

Star Trek Variety Show

Free

Industry BarHells Kitchen

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6 – 9 pm

Echoes in Light by Liza Read: Finissage

Art
Free

Holographic StudiosLower East Side

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8 – 10 pm

Albi – Live in Brooklyn @ Freddy’s Bar

Free
Music

Freddy’s Bar & BackroomBrooklyn

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10 – 11:30 pm

CLASSY VIBES Stand Up Comedy in Astoria Queens w/ Late Night Happy Hour

Tootles & FrenchAstoria

Sunday Sep. 21

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

Mulford Farm from south

All day

Long Island History Hunt

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All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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All day

LIVE in THE LOT at Culture Lab LIC – August-September, 2025

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

All day

The Feast of San Gennaro

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All day

8th Annual Scarecrow Contest at The Shoppes

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

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All day

Inwood Jazz Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Inwood Hill Park

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5 – 10 am

Adirondack Balloon Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Floyd Bennett Memorial AiportQueensbury

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

GagosianPark Avenue

9 am – 4 pm

Bronx Park East Farmers Market

2045 Bronx Park EastBronx

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

9 am – 7 pm

Art Show: “LOOK UP” – Photography by Jean Schweibish

Art
Free

Mattituck-Laurel LibraryMattituck

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9:30 – 11 am

Discover the Orthodox Christian Church (English Language Services)

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East MeadowEast Meadow

Rally Day

9:30 am – 10:30 pm

Rally Day

Farmingdale United Methodist ChurchFarmingdale

West Wind by Jon Van Brunt

10 am – 4 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield is excited to present “Long Island Landscapes,” a dual exhibition of local artists Jonathan Van Brunt and Patricia Yantz opening Thursday, August 14th

Art
Classes

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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10 am – 3:30 pm

Bus Festival

Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

10 am – noon

Adventure Course Free Public Sunday Program

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Alley Pond Adventure CourseOakland Gardens

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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10 am – 7 pm

Glossier Brooklyn Pop-Up: Cloud Paint Plush Blush

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Free

Glossier Williamsburg, 77 N 6th street, Brooklyn, NY 11249Brooklyn

10 am – 6 pm

Flatbush Frolic

The Flatbush FrolicBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

NYC Climate Week Planting with RISE & Surfrider

Beach 44th Street & Edgemere AvenueFar Rockaway

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10 am – 5 pm

Our 5th Annual Nassau Boulevard Street Fair

700 Nassau BoulevardWest Hempstead

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