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Wednesday May 21, 2025

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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

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

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup presents Everyone Dance, Spring 25 Featuring AHRC NYC dancers

Brooklyn AAPI Month with BCM

3 – 3:45 pm

AAPI Month with BCM

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumCrown Heights

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6 – 8 pm

NYC Urban Forest Plan Manhattan Kickoff Event

Brownsville Heritage House

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6 – 8 pm

NYC’s 1st Urban Forest Plan: Brooklyn Community Kickoff

Brownsville Heritage House

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6 – 9 pm

“Eating breakfast like it’s 1774”: Culture and Identity-Making in the American Girl Universe

Museum of Food and DrinkDUMBO

AAPI Event Calendar – 5

6 – 10 pm

Serotonin Sounds with Bad Behavior x Meals for Unity

Elsewhere – The Rooftop

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6 – 9 pm

Education & Exploration Gala

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7 – 9:30 pm

Jazz Empowers NYC Student Showcase

Music

Roulette IntermediumFort Greene

Rami Gabriel credit John Boehm

7 – 11 pm

New York Oud Festival Day Two

Music

barbèsPark Slope

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsGowanus

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8 pm

TOKiMONSTA

Music

Music Hall of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg

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8 pm

Crayon Box Comedy Show

Comedy

5 22 2025 Poster

8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingGowanus

10 pm

Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit: A Cowboy Carter Drag Show

Desert 5 SpotWilliamsburg

Friday May 23

All day

DanceAfrica Festival 2025

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

Brooklyn Academy of Music

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building

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