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Saturday Aug. 9, 2025

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

NPTC Short Play Lab Poster

5 – 6:30 pm

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: The Meganne George Women’s Work Short Play Festival August 4-9, 2025

Theater

New Perspectives Studio

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5 – 8 pm

Park After Dark: Cocktails on the Farm

Randall’s Island Urban Farm

Anne of a Thousand Faces – Banner

5 – 6 pm

‘Anne of a Thousand Faces’ Premieres at Gene Frankel Theatre Festival – Aug 6–16

Gene Frankel TheaterNoHo

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5 – 7:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Met Scavenger Hunt

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

Dinner Show

6 – 9 pm

The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show

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6 – 9 pm

Sing with SOUL Open Jam

Heyground HarlemHarlem

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6 – 9 pm

Echoes in Light

Art
Free

Holographic StudiosEast Village

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6 – 10 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival

Chain TheatreHell’s Kitchen

BDF

7 – 9 pm

Battery Dance Presents Free Performances in Battery Park City Parks and The 44th Annual Battery Dance Festival

En Español

Rockefeller Park

7 – 8 pm

Honey Drop It — The Hour

Comedy

The Players TheatreNYC

7 – 9 pm

RAENA WHITE LIVE AT JOE’S PUB WITH DEAR WHITNEY CELEBRATING THE LIFE & LEGACY OF WHITNEY HOUSTON

Music

NoHo

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7 – 9 pm

RAENA WHITE LIVE AT JOE’S PUB: DEAR WHITNEY

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7:30 – 10 pm

The Glenn Crytzer Quartet at Festival Café (UES)

Upper East Side (UES)

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7:30 pm

K-LOVE LIVE IN NEW YORK

Music

Beacon TheatreUpper West Side

7:30 – 9 pm

“A Season for Iowans” by Kevin Cheng at Gene Frankel Theatre Festival

Theater

Gene Frankel TheaterNoHo

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8 – 10:30 pm

Speakeasy, Die Softly: Immersive Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at Carmine’s

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareTimes Square

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8 – 9:30 pm

A Sign You Were Alive: a staged reading

Theater

The Flea TheaterTribeca

8 – 9:30 pm

Full Moon Celebration

Free

La Plaza Community GardenAlphabet City

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8:30 – 11:30 pm

Dueling Pianos Show

Free

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8:30 – 11 pm

Park After Dark: Movie Night (Elemental)

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Randall’s Island ParkRandall’s Island

Seven Up – A Sketch Comedy Showcase

9 – 10 pm

Seven Up: A Sketch Comedy Showcase

Upright Citizens Brigade TheatreEast Village

9 aug Club 51

9 pm

Bieber Fever NYC Party at Club 51 All Justin Bieber Hits All Night | Aug 9

9:30 – 11 pm

RAENA WHITE LIVE AT JOE’S PUB WITH DEAR WHITNEY CELEBRATING THE LIFE & LEGACY OF WHITNEY HOUSTON

Music

NoHo

Sunday Aug. 10

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

8 am – 5 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 8 pm

Pickleball in the Hall

Free
Sports

Grand Central Terminal

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

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9 am – 8 pm

NoMad Jazz Festival in Madison Square Park

Madison Square Park

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