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Friday Oct. 17, 2025

Recollections of the Yellow House (Recordações da Casa Amarela). 1989. Portugal. Directed by João César Monteiro. Courtesy The Cinema Guild

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Film Series: João César Monteiro: Symphonies of a Libertine

Film

The Museum of Modern Art

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11 am – 5 pm

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11 am – 5 pm

Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island

Art

El Museo del Barrio

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11 am – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House Warming

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New York

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Noon – 6 pm

Life is Drag by Rachel Rampleman

Art
LGBTQ+

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1 – 7 pm

Beauty New York

World Trade Center OculusFinancial District

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2 – 8 pm

NYC Public Interest Technology (PIT) Pop-Up

Free

The Oculus World Trade CenterLower Manhattan

4 – 5 pm

Ramleela Diwali Puppet Show with The Culture Tree

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Free
History & Culture

53rd Street Library

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4 – 5 pm

FREE KIDS & TEENS AGES 9-12: CARTOONING, AND MANGA ART CLASS (NYC In-Person W. 72 Street Art Studio)

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Art Studio NY

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American Art

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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5 – 10:30 pm

SOMEWHERE FUNNY, NOWHERE SERIOUS!

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

MoMA Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

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6 – 8 pm

Free Movie Nights at Hudson Yards – Girls’ Night Out with LEGALLY BLONDE

Ages: All
Family
Free

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6 – 8 pm

Free Movie Nights at Hudson Yards

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & Gardens

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6 – 10:30 pm

Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF): NY

The Village East by Angelika

Getting into the Hang of Comics

6 – 8 pm

Getting into the Hang of Comics

Art
Classes

Scribble Art WorkshopInwood

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6 – 10 pm

FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR: THE FILMS OF MONIKA TREUT

Film
LGBTQ+

Anthology Film ArchivesEast Village

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6 – 8:30 pm

“Lines Verses Lyrics: Where River and Sky Meet” – Man Men in the Arts Celebrate Black Poetry Day

Free
Theater

ARC A. Philip Randolph AOCHarlem

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6 – 10 pm

Dialogues on Divinity: Conflict and the Healing of Hatred

Cathedral of St. John the DivineMorningside Heights

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6 – 8:30 pm

“Lines Verses Lyrics: Where River and Sky Meet” – Black Men in the Arts Celebrate Black Poetry Day

ARC A. Philip Randolph AOCHarlem

Bonsai Workshop at Torch & Crown Brewing Company

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Bonsai Workshop at Torch & Crown Brewing Company

Art
Classes

Torch and Crown

7 – 8:30 pm

Vocalist and Performer Anita Michael in Her Timely New Show FOOLIN’ MYSELF A Musical Journey Exploring “Little White Lies” and How they Grow

Music

The Green Room 42Theater District

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7 – 8 pm

Ronnie Burrage – Harlem Jazz Series

Music

Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian ChurchHarlem

7 – 9 pm

Blood Orange, a new play by Abigail Duclos

Theater

Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre @ A.R.T./New York TheatresMidtown

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7 – 8 pm

BOO! The Players Theatre Short Play Festival

The Players TheatreNYC

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7 – 9 pm

Sphinx Virtuosi: Visions of Peace at Carnegie Hall

Music

Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman StageMidtown

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7 pm

Olivia Levine’s Unstuck

Comedy

SOHO PLAYHOUSESoHo

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7 – 9:30 pm

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

Nightlife

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareTimes Square

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