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Tuesday Oct. 21, 2025

Dance Journey with Adult Ballroom picture

6 – 7:30 pm

Step Into Dance: Ballroom Workshop Series at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Dance
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BaySheepshead Bay

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6 – 7:15 pm

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Jefferson Market LibraryGreenwich Village

6 – 8 pm

Concrete Chronicles: Lower East Side Photographs by Martha Cooper and Clayton Patterson

Art
Free

City Lore GalleryEast Village

6:30 – 7:30 pm

LEGO Art Show

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

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6:30 – 9 pm

Voices Rising: Asian Americans in Motion

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6:30 – 8 pm

Great Neck Library Board of Trustees Meeting

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

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7 – 9 pm

Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomIndustry City

Adam Gabel at WSCC 2

8 – 9:30 pm

Not Ripe Bananas

Comedy
Free

West Side Comedy ClubUpper West Side

8 – 10 pm

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy

Free
LGBTQ+

good judySouth Slope

Wednesday Oct. 22

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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

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

Art
Free

Coney Island USAConey Island

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All day

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron North Plaza

8 – 9 am

Power Hour at the Backyard at Hudson Yards: Extra Mile Run Club with Rhone

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Health & Fitness

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

8 am – 2 pm

Celebrate NBA Season Tip-Off on ESPN with PopUp Bagels

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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10 am – 6 pm

Sea Chapel

RISE, 58-03 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Far Rockaway, NY 11692The Rockaways

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10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

LI & Whaling

11 am – 12:30 pm

Long Island and Whaling Lecture

Southampton History MuseumSouthampton

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11 am – noon

Odd Funeral Customs and Food

Free
Talks

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

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11 am – noon

VIRTUAL/IN-PERSON: W.F.K. Travers Lincoln Portrait

Free
Talks

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

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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 – 2 pm

Farmers Market (Brooklyn)

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Katherine Liepe-Levinson at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Autumn Selects Art Exhibition

Alex Ferrone GalleryPeconic

1 – 2 pm

Open House with Paw Patrol Chase

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Free

Max AdventuresMarine Park

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1:30 – 3 pm

Homeschool Hangout

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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2 – 6 pm

ERIDU a Science Fiction Art Show

Art
Free

Westbury ArtsWestbury

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2 – 8 pm

NYC Public Interest Technology (PIT) Pop-Up

Free

The Oculus World Trade CenterLower Manhattan

3 – 5 pm

Pickleball Open Class

Ages: All
Classes
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State Park – Handball CourtsLong Island City

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3 – 4 pm

Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Programs Seasonal Crafts

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Community
Family

Faber ParkPort Richmond

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