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Thursday Sep. 4, 2025

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 5 pm

Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

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Noon – 1 pm

Scam Awareness Program at the Great Neck Library

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

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Noon – 6 pm

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 7 pm

Duet at WSA

Art
Free

WSA

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 6 pm

Daisuke Kiyomiya: Forms of Perception

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

East Village Pizza Plain Cheese Slice

2 – 4 pm

East Village Pizza National Cheese Pizza Day Giveaway

145 1st Ave., New York, NY 10003East Village

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Caribbean
Family

Dongan Hills Library

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6 – 8 pm

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Free
Music

Plaza33Penn District

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6 – 8 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Announces Soka Tira Osoa: Highwire Performance

The Seaport Pier 16 & 17

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6 – 7 pm

The Architecture of Dune Road, 1838 – 2025

Free
Talks

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

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6 – 8 pm

¡Afuera! Publishing Queer Liberation

Art
Free

Printed MatterChelsea

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square Park

NYC Opera

7 – 9 pm

Bryant Park Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America: New York City Opera | Carmen

Free
Music

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7 – 9:30 pm

New York City Opera: Carmen in Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

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7 – 8 pm

Raptors in Flight: Identifying Birds of Prey

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7 – 8 pm

Keeping Your Trust Healthy

Hampton Bays LibraryHampton Bays

FS-Still-6 InGarden

7 – 8:30 pm

Free Film Screening & Talk: “Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf”

Film
Free

The Long Island MuseumStony Brook

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7 – 9 pm

Divination Exchange Party! Give Readings, Get Readings!

Barrow’s Intense Tasting RoomSunset Park

Magic Wand (4)

7 – 9 pm

Magic Wand: All Genre Open Mic

Comedy
Dance

Abracadabra Magic DinerRidgewood

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8 – 10 pm

Wiseguys! A Trivia Game Show

Comedy
Free

Neir’s TavernWoodhaven

8 pm

Movie Nights on the Overlook

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Central Park Wollman Rink

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8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingGowanus

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9:30 – 11:30 pm

Superstar Open Set

Pink MetalBushwick

Friday Sep. 5

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS UNIQLO Friday Nights Fridays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

Mulford Farm from south

All day

Long Island History Hunt

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

9 am – 7 pm

Art Show: “LOOK UP” – Photography by Jean Schweibish

Art
Free

Mattituck-Laurel LibraryMattituck

10 – 11 am

Le Carrousel Extravaganza

Ages: All
Family
Free

10 – 11 am

Idlewild Trail Walk

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Idlewild Environmental Center

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