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Thursday May 29, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

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All day

The Lot at Culture Lab LIC – Free Outdoor Concerts in May!

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State Park

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

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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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

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Women’s Voices from the Revolution Social Graphic (1)

11 am – 12:30 pm

Women’s Voices from the Revolution: Book Launch and Conversation with Writers from Myanmar

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11 am – 6 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

Chelsea

Untitled design (3)

11 am – 10 pm

Planet Hollywood x Ani-May Limited Edition Bento Boxes

Planet Hollywood Times Squarenew york

Noon – 5 pm

14th Annual Children’s Mental Health Fair

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

VNS Health FRIENDS ClinicBronx

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House Pottery

2 pm

Black Birders Week Puppets at the Park House

Marsha P. Johnson State ParkBrooklyn

3 pm

Black Birders Week Puppets at the Park House

Marsha P. Johnson State ParkBrooklyn

4 pm

Black Birders Week Puppets at the Park House

Marsha P. Johnson State ParkBrooklyn

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4 – 7 pm

Manhattan University To Host IEEE Instrumentation And Measurement Key-note Seminar

Manhattan UniversityRiverdale

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5 – 6:30 pm

Nuasin Next Generation Charter School Presents: Nuasin Squeeze

Ages: 5 and up
Caribbean
Community
Family

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6 – 9 pm

Marko Stout: The Ultimate NYC Art Experience – Exclusive VIP Opening

Art
Free

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6 – 8 pm

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Free
Music

Plaza33Penn District

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6 – 9 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

Chelsea

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6 – 7 pm

The Pulaski of Roslyn: The History of the William Cullen Bryant Viaduct and the Roslyn Bypass with Mitchell Schwartz

Roslyn

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square Park

7 – 8 pm

Books are Magic: Hawa Hassan “Setting a Place for Us” x Kimberly Drew

Books Are Magic MontagueBrooklyn

SBCS-kath

8 – 10 pm

Shine Box Comedy Show

Comedy
Free

Neir’s TavernWoodhaven

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