8 am – 5 pm The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Black Joy Film Fest Ages: AllCommunity Family Film The Billie Holiday TheatreBed Stuy
8 am – 5 pm GET FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS, PRIZES & MORE AT THE FREE BLACK HEALTH MATTERS HARLEM WEEK 2025 HEALTH SUMMIT & EXPO! Community Free The Riverside ChurchHarlem
2 – 4 pm Back To School Giveaway Ages: 3 and upCommunity Family Free Neighborhood Care BensonhurstBensonhurst
2 – 4 pm Teen Summer 2025 Celebration at the Park Ages: AllArt Community Family Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park South Playground
3 – 5 pm Oyate 2025 Summer Independent Study Showcase Community Free 276 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY, 10451Bronx
4 – 7 pm Back to School Night: The Art in Sports Ages: 13 and upArt Attractions Family Brooklyn Museum
6 – 9 pm ¡Arriba! with Cheo y Los Consentidos de la Casa, Yailenne Escobar, and DJ Mickey Pérez Caribbean Community The High LineChelsea
6:30 – 8:30 pm Summer LGBT Dance Social with Brooklyn Contra Community Dance Queens Botanical GardenFlushing
7 – 11:30 pm EROSION: The Playground – An Immersive Art, Sound, and Community Experience Art Community Pinky SwearEast Village
Aug. 16, 1 pm The Art is Pulsing with Energy at BWAC This Summer BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
AMNY Mayor Adams floats state bill to involuntarily hospitalize individuals for public substance use, amid reelection push
Brooklyn Paper ‘He has done things exactly the right way’: Advocates call for release of Brooklyn high school student detained by ICE