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Thursday May 15, 2025

Brooklyn AAPI Month with BCM

3 – 3:45 pm

AAPI Month with BCM

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumCrown Heights

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6:30 – 10 pm

Max Rosen’s VIP Opening + Benefit

Art
Free

Picto NYClinton Hill

Jeff Simmermon by Bryan Berlin 2

7 – 8 pm

CareGiver

Comedy

SOHO PLAYHOUSESoHo

AANI Fresh Air Neshome Release Show Poster

7 – 11 pm

AANI Album Release feat. Brass Queens andh MIRA MIRA

LGBTQ+
Music

Market HotelBushwick

AANI Fresh Air Neshome Release Show Poster (1)

7 – 11 pm

AANI Album Release feat. AANI, Brass Queens and MIRA MIRA

Art
Holiday

Market HotelBushwick

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsGowanus

Friday May 16

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

Black Friday hosted by Derek Gaines & Dave Temple

9 am – 11 pm

Black Friday hosted by Derek Gaines & Dave Temple

Comedy

5th Annual Breastfeeding Convening (2)

9:30 am – 1:30 pm

5th Annual Breastfeeding Convening

Free

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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

4 Artists

Noon – 5 pm

TABLA RASA GALLERY’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION: IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

Art

Tabla Rasa Gallery

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Noon – 5 pm

IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

Art

Tabla Rasa Gallery

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the Waterfront

Jeff Simmermon by Bryan Berlin 2

7 – 8 pm

CareGiver

Comedy

SOHO PLAYHOUSESoHo

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7:30 pm

Anne Zander is MOTHER: a postpartum comedy

Ages: All
Comedy
Dance
Family

Brooklyn Art HausWilliamsburg

7:30 – 8:30 pm

Defector Media presents Ten Minute Quarters: A WNBA Comedy Show

LittlefieldGowanus

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8 pm

Nicotine Dolls – an Attempt at Romantic

Music

Music Hall of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg

Saturday May 17

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBushwick

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 Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

10 am – 1 pm

Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon Center

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10:30 – 11:15 am

K–5 Poetry Workshop

Church of the IncarnationBoreum Hill

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10:30 am – noon

Tour of Building A at the MADE Bush Terminal Campus

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

MADE BUSH TERMINAL

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

Kite Festival

11 am – 3 pm

Kite Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Pier 5 – Brooklyn Bridge Park

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: NYCxDESIGN

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

St. PaulCobble Hill

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Bedford-Stuyvesant

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11 am – 5 pm

PS 295 Touch A Truck

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Community
Family

PS 295Park Slope

4 Artists

Noon – 5 pm

TABLA RASA GALLERY’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION: IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

Art

Tabla Rasa Gallery

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