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Tuesday May 20, 2025

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge Park

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All day

Above Ground Midtown: MCNY x DAZE – Live Graffiti Art at 550 Madison

Art
Free

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 BrooklynProspect Heights

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausWilliamsburg

11 am – 12:30 pm

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Shirley Chisholm State Park (Hendrix Creek Patio)

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBedford-Stuyvesant

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Bedford-Stuyvesant

Sound-Meditation-1

6:30 – 7:30 pm

Madhura Studios: Sound Meditation with Franck Raharinosy and Margo Langman

Health & Fitness

Madhura Studios

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7 pm

Superheaven

Music

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7 – 8:30 pm

‘Strings in the Sanctuary,’ a Memorial Day Concert at Marble Collegiate Church

NoMad

Authors – May – smaller

7 – 9 pm

Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomIndustry City

8 – 10 pm

The Overthinking Hour Comedy Show

HalyardsPark Slope/Gowanus

Carolyn Castiglia CHUCK

8 – 9:15 pm

CHUCK: A True Crime Comedy

The RATDUMBO

Open Mic and Open Tables Hosted by Simeon Goodson

8 – 11:59 pm

Open Mic and Open Tables Hosted by Simeon Goodson

Comedy
Free

Wednesday May 21

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All day

Above Ground Midtown: MCNY x DAZE – Live Graffiti Art at 550 Madison

Art
Free

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 BrooklynProspect Heights

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9 am – 3 pm

Hope Ballfield Farmers Markets!

Hope BallfieldBushwick

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Spring First Discoveries

Ages: 4 and under
Family

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausWilliamsburg

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBedford-Stuyvesant

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Bedford-Stuyvesant

ANM 25 Save The Date (Instagram Post (45))

4 – 9 pm

2025 Asian Heritage Celebration & NIGHT MARKET

Ages: 3 and up
Comedy
Community
Family

Industry City Courtyard 1/2Sunset Park

POSH MOVES LINE DANCING EDITION (5-21-2025)

7 – 8:30 pm

Posh Moves: Line Dance Edition

100 Dean StudiosBaldwin

may 21

7:30 – 9 pm

Hear Me Out: Hosted by Nick Smith

Union HallPark Slope

Ara

8 – 10:30 pm

New York Oud Festival

Music

The Sultan RoomBushwick

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8 – 9:30 pm

COFFEE BAR COMEDY

Comedy

Amano Cafe BrooklynCarroll Gardens

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8:30 pm

EMPIRE OF THE SUN

Music

Brooklyn Mirage

Thursday May 22

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All day

Above Ground Midtown: MCNY x DAZE – Live Graffiti Art at 550 Madison

Art
Free

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 BrooklynProspect Heights

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausWilliamsburg

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBedford-Stuyvesant

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