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Thursday May 29, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

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

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All day

The Lot at Culture Lab LIC – Free Outdoor Concerts in May!

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

8 am – 5 pm

Baby Time

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State Park

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynProspect Heights

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10 am – noon

Alzheimer’s Community Forum

Free
Talks

Netherbay at Bay ShoreBay Shore

10:30 – 11:30 am

Baby Time (Birth-Walkers)

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education Center

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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

11 am – noon

Healing Through Art

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Parrish Art MuseumWatermill, NY

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Bedford-Stuyvesant

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Women’s Voices from the Revolution Social Graphic (1)

11 am – 12:30 pm

Women’s Voices from the Revolution: Book Launch and Conversation with Writers from Myanmar

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11 am – 6 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

Chelsea

Untitled design (3)

11 am – 10 pm

Planet Hollywood x Ani-May Limited Edition Bento Boxes

Planet Hollywood Times Square

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Noon – 1:15 pm

Taiji/Qigong with John Turnbull

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

7:00PM by Donna Corvi at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Arborescent: Art Exhibition Honoring Trees

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

Functional Relationships – John Chamberlain

Noon – 5 pm

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: ARTIST-MADE FURNITURE

Guild HallEast Hampton

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Noon – 5 pm

ALMOND ZIGMUND: WADING ROOM

Guild HallEast Hampton

Noon – 5 pm

14th Annual Children’s Mental Health Fair

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

VNS Health FRIENDS Clinic

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House Pottery

INSTAGRAM 45 POSTER

2 – 6 pm

LOUISE EASTMAN & JANIS STEMMERMANN: Black and White and Red All Over

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 6 pm

Ralph Stout: Commuter Drawings

The Art Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 3 pm

screening of SUNSET BOULEVARD followed by a conversation with Professor / Author FOSTER HIRSCH at the Great Neck Library

Film
Free

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

2 pm

Black Birders Week Puppets at the Park House

Marsha P. Johnson State Park

Craft A Moment-Worry Dolls

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Craft a Moment for Self-Care: Worry Dolls

Sid Jacobson JCCEast Hills

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