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Friday May 2, 2025

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8 – 10:30 pm

Coney Island USA Hosts Weekly Free RuPaul’s Drag Race Viewing Party—The Only Weekly Drag Show in Southern Brooklyn

Free
LGBTQ+

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Saturday May 3

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

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9:30 am – 4 pm

“Fight for Earth” Day and Spring Festival

George Mercer Jr. School of Theology

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10:30 am – 4 pm

BAMkids SpringFest 2025

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Attractions
Family

The Plaza at 300 Ashland

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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

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11 am – 3 pm

Run the Runways: Floyd Bennett Field’s Birthday Bash!

Ages: All
Family
Free

Floyd Bennett FieldMarine Park

11 am – 5:50 pm

Jane’s Carousel Day

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Jane’s Carousel

FY25 Paws for Prevention Flyer Comic V2

11:30 am – 1 pm

2025 NYC Paws for Prevention Walk

Ages: All
Animals
Family
Free

Coney Island BoardwalkConey Island

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Noon – 1:30 pm

Watoto Children’s Choir Performance May 3, 2025 Invitation

Free
Music

Kingsboro Temple of SDAPark Slope

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1 – 6 pm

Fresh Art Offers a Spring Burst of Inspiration at BWAC

Art
Free

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook

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1 – 6 pm

Exhibition Opening: ‘Five Miles of VHS Tape’

FiveMylesCrown Heights

2 – 7 pm

Celebrate Bed-Stuy

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Herbert Von King Cultural Arts CenterBedford-Stuyvesant

3 – 4:30 pm

Matt Koff: Reasonable Hour

Young Ethel’sSouth Slope

Sunday May 4

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

10 am – noon

Family Fun Day

Ages: All
Family
Free

Sunset Park Recreation CenterSunset Park

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10 am – 5 pm

Green-Wood’s Sunday in the Cemetery

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

The Green-Wood Cemetery

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausWilliamsburg

11 am – 2 pm

Lil’ Brunch Club

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBedford-Stuyvesant

Noon – 6 pm

The Golden Queen – A Pre-Mother’s Day Soiree

William Barthman JewelerMidwood

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1 – 6 pm

Fresh Art Offers a Spring Burst of Inspiration at BWAC

Art
Free

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook

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1 – 6 pm

Exhibition Opening: ‘Five Miles of VHS Tape’

FiveMylesCrown Heights

Monday May 5

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

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

6 – 8 pm

Handwriting the Constitution

The Old Stone HousePark Slope

Tuesday May 6

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

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

11 am – 12:30 pm

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Shirley Chisholm State Park (Hendrix Creek Patio)

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBedford-Stuyvesant

8 – 10 pm

The Overthinking Hour Comedy Show

HalyardsPark Slope/Gowanus

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