Things to do in New York Metro Area

Wednesday May 21, 2025

10:30 – 11:15 am

Stories & Crafts

Ages: 3 – 4
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Spring First Discoveries

Ages: 4 and under
Family

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausWilliamsburg

11 am – noon

Walker’s Tiny Groovers

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free
Music

Walker Park

11 am – 5 pm

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBedford-Stuyvesant

7:00PM by Donna Corvi at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Arborescent: Art Exhibition Honoring Trees

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

3:30 – 5 pm

Explore the Future of Farming with Aquaponics

Ages: 9 – 12
Environment
Family
Free

Idlewild Park

4 pm

Tween/Teen Karaoke

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Music

Todt Hill-Westerleigh Library

5 – 7 pm

Builders Club

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

6 – 8 pm

Adults 21+ Roller Skating in Greenport

Nightlife

Greenport American LegionGreenport

6 – 9 pm

Jazz Power Initiative Celebration21 Gala

Fundraisers

Symphony Space

6 – 7:30 pm

ESL with Ninfa: Intermediate

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

7 – 10 pm

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Ages: All
Family
Sports

Eisenhower Park – Field 2

8:30 pm

EMPIRE OF THE SUN

Music

Brooklyn Mirage

Thursday May 22

Various

The Big Bounce America

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Broadway CommonsHickesville

Various

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

All day

The Legacy of The Handmaid’s Tale: June’s Evolution from Handmaid to Rebel

The Paley Museum

Harlem Ren 100 Vertical (45 1080 x 1350 px)

8 am – 5 pm

Harlem Renaissance 100’s Spring 2025 Calendar of Harlem-wide events include tributes to Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Maya Angelou, Celia Cruz, Gordon Parks & More

Harlem

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Things to do in New York Metro Area

Wednesday May 21, 2025

Stories & Crafts

Spring First Discoveries

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Walker’s Tiny Groovers

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Arborescent: Art Exhibition Honoring Trees

Explore the Future of Farming with Aquaponics

Tween/Teen Karaoke

Builders Club

Adults 21+ Roller Skating in Greenport

Jazz Power Initiative Celebration21 Gala

ESL with Ninfa: Intermediate

2025 WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUMMER SERIES

EMPIRE OF THE SUN

Thursday May 22

The Big Bounce America

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

The Legacy of The Handmaid’s Tale: June’s Evolution from Handmaid to Rebel

Harlem Renaissance 100’s Spring 2025 Calendar of Harlem-wide events include tributes to Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Maya Angelou, Celia Cruz, Gordon Parks & More

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