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Thursday June 26, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: FIFA Club World Cup

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

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All day

New York Proud- Staten Island Pop-Up

Art
Free

St. George Ferry Stop

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

Invisible Strings Front

10 am – 5 pm

“Invisible Strings”, a group exhibition featuring six gallery- represented artists.

Free

Philadelphia

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 7 pm

Crowned Dance: A Fine Art Photography Exhibition by Alex Yazlovsky

Animals
Art

Lux ContemporaryNew York City

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

Poster Tots

10:30 am – noon

Poster Tots

Ages: 3 – 4
Art
Family
Free

Poster HouseChelsea

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10:30 am – 1:30 pm

MHCP: Caribbean Awareness Month & LGBTQ+ Celebration 06.26

Mott Haven

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

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

Chelsea

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11 am – 5 pm

Eye of the “Art Asylum”: The Downtown Photography of Gary Azon at Tompkins Square Library

Free

Tompkins Square Park

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11 am – 6 pm

Blake Morgan and JohnHenry Tecklenburg: Landscapes and Figures

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 5 pm

Answer the Call’s Block Party

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place

11 am – 2 pm

MS 353 Summer Fest – Kick Off/Send Off

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

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11 am – 7 pm

The Aesop Queer Library

Aesop Rockefeller CenterNY

Noon – 6 pm

Into the NOW – The Time of Our Lives

Free

Ceres GalleryChelsea

Noon – 6 pm

Into the NOW – The Time of our Lives

Art
Free

Ceres GalleryChelsea

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1 – 3 pm

Liu Shiming Art Foundation Clay & Craft Series at Bryant Park Art Cart

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

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3 – 3:45 pm

Lavender Blues: REMIXES, a Family Hip-Hop Concert

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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4 – 5 pm

Diabetes Prevention: Introduction Session

254 E. Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458new york

Free Kayaking

5 – 7 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

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5 – 9 pm

Alive After Five

Patchogue

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5 – 7 pm

Pride at the High Line: A United Front

Free
LGBTQ+

The High LineChelsea

5:30 – 9:30 pm

The Bronx Fireworks Extravaganza

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Orchard Beach, Section 5Bronx

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6 – 8 pm

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Free
Music

Plaza33Penn District

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