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Friday Oct. 17, 2025

Lenz Vines harvest

4 – 6 pm

ARTIST RECEPTION – JEN MOORE SMITH

Art
Free

The Lenz WineryPeconic

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4 – 5 pm

FREE KIDS & TEENS AGES 9-12: CARTOONING, AND MANGA ART CLASS

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 – 8 pm

2025 Flushing YMCA Annual Chuseok Celebration

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community
Family

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5 – 6 pm

Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Programs Game Zone

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Family
Free

Faber ParkPort Richmond

THE SPARKLE BOOKSTORE JENNA SCHROEDER

5 – 7 pm

Meet Jenna Schroeder “Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza” Children’s Author Jenna at The Sparkle Bookstore in NY 10/17, 5-7 p.m.

The Sparkle BookstoreSparkill

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

MoMA Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

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5:30 – 7 pm

Country Line Dancing

Dance
Free

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

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6 – 8 pm

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

Ages: All
Family
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

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 – 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 – 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

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6 – 9 pm

NYC Pizza Crawl Community Hangout w/ Mintzetti!

Free

DoppelgängerFort Greene

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6:30 – 8 pm

Frights and Bites Outdoor Movie Night!

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

6:45 – 9:45 pm

Movies Under the Stars: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Sunset Park Central Lawn

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

Free

Sportime Pickleball YorktownOcean Beqch – Fire Island

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7:30 – 10 pm

“She Ate” The Ultimate Drag Dinner Show at Branded Saloon

Art
Comedy

Branded SaloonProspect Heights

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8 – 10 pm

Sunset Jazz at Culture Lab LIC – Every Friday, August-October, 2025

Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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8 – 10:30 pm

ORGAN MONK x GARAGE SALE VINTAGE

Free
Music

Garage Sale VintageChelsea

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8 – 10 pm

SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience

Branded SaloonProspect Heights

72-2025 Artwork – Queer Spooky Shorts copy 2

9 pm

Queer Spooky Shorts 2025

Free
LGBTQ+

The Flea TheaterTriBeCa

Saturday Oct. 18

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All day

The Atelier is honored to present Nocturnes: A Collaboration of the Cosmos. A Unique Partnership of Art & Poetry. 0pening Friday, October 10th

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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All day

FALL FESTIVAL/ART TALK

Mattituck-Laurel Historical SocietyMattituck

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All day

Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

Art
Free

Coney Island USAConey Island

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All day

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Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron North Plaza

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2 am – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Wave HillRiverdale

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBushwick

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

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8 – 9 am

Brooklyn Bridge parkrun

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1

9 – 10 am

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Mitchell ParkGreenport

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

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