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Wednesday April 30, 2025

4 – 5 pm

Quintet of the Americas

Free

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

5 – 5:45 pm

Reading Buddies

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

information table

5 – 7 pm

Youth Enrichment Services Information Table

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

ESL with Ninfa

6 – 7:30 pm

ESL with Ninfa: Intermediate

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

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6 – 8:30 pm

A Conversation with 2G Holocaust Survivor, Dr. Bernie Furshpan

Classes
Free

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

The Past and Future of Jamaican Literature (2)

6:30 pm

The Past and Future of Jamaican Literature

Strand Book Store

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7 – 9 pm

Fiction Author Reading at The Next Chapter Bookstore in Huntington, Wednesday, April 30

Huntington

Thursday May 1

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

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

All day

Fleurs de Villes Downton Abbey

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

8 am – 5 pm

Baby Time

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

10 am – 9 pm

Macy’s Flower Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Macy’s Herald Square

10 – 11 am

Tot Time

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

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

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11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

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

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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

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

Cynthia X Pan

2 – 3 pm

Exit Strategies: Living Lessons from Dying People by Cynthia X. Pan, MD

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

3:30 – 4:30 pm

NYPL Green: Food & Climate Garden Series

Ages: 5 – 12
Environment
Family
Free

St. George Library Center

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4 – 6 pm

Best of Brooklyn Poetry Slam + Workshop Series

Free
Talks

Sunset Park Library

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5 – 8 pm

Gotham, Get your Groove on!

Free
Music

Academic Complex Theater and Lobby

Origami

6 – 7 pm

Origami for Kids

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

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6 – 8 pm

Paul G. Oxborough: New Works Opening

Art
Free

Cavalier Gallery ChelseaChelsea

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6:30 pm

Mor Hits @ Coco Bongo LI Lounge

Coco Bongo LI LoungeBethpage

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