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Sunday Oct. 26, 2025

Gueramian, Jeila rendering

Noon – 6 pm

Stay Frosty: Equal parts art fair, tailgate and trunk show

Art
Free

Empty Parking Lot at Convent Ave and 128thHarlem

Katherine Liepe-Levinson at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Autumn Selects Art Exhibition

Alex Ferrone GalleryPeconic

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
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Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018

12:30 – 10:30 pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

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12:30 – 3:30 pm

NYC Pride Presents: Family Movie Night – Hocus Pocus

Ages: All
Family
Free

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1 – 5 pm

Halloween: Wags to Witches

Ages: 5 – 8
Animals
Family
Free

The Van Cortlandt House Museum

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1 – 4 pm

Halloween Family Fun Day at The Long Island Museum

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

The Long Island MuseumStony Brook

1 – 4 pm

Batty Over Halloween 2025

Ages: All
Family
Free
Halloween

Astoria Park LawnAstoria

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1 – 3 pm

Art in the Park: Pinecone Mobile

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterCharleston

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1 – 3 pm

GHBC Howl-O-Ween

Ages: 8 and under
Community
Family
Food & Drink

Greenport Harbor Brewing Company’s Peconic Tasting RoomPeconic

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1:30 – 3 pm

The Great Merrick Book Swap!

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

Origami

2 – 3 pm

Easy Origami for Kids

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

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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

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2 – 3 pm

Tour the Historic Thomas Dodge Homestead, c. 1721

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Thomas Dodge HomesteadPort Washington

2:30 – 5:30 pm

BPD & Abuse Awareness: Sadie’s Favorite Launch Event

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2:30 – 3:30 pm

TalkDeath’s Cemetery Scavenger Hunt at The Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood 500 25th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232

3 – 5:30 pm

Regina Opera’s Free Fall Festival Concert

Free
Music

Our Lady of Perpetual Help SchoolSunset Park

Shibu Banner

3 – 4 pm

Story time and craft with author Tess Thomas

Kew & Willow Books

3:15 pm

Halloween HARRY HOUDINI Tribute Live

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Festivals
Free

Rolling River Day Camp

Yoga

3:30 – 4:15 pm

Yoga for Kids

Ages: 9 – 12
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

4 – 6 pm

The Pumpkin Singalong

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Sakura ParkHarlem

Makanda 10.26

4:40 – 6:30 pm

The Makanda Project

Art
Dance

All Saints Church

5:15 pm

Halloween HARRY HOUDINI Tribute Live

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Festivals
Free

Rolling River Day Camp

7:30 pm

Halloween HARRY HOUDINI Tribute Live

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Festivals
Free

Rolling River Day Camp

Monday Oct. 27

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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

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Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad_2025

All day

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Pickleball Pandemonium

8 – 10:30 am

Pickleball Pandemonium!

Free
Sports

Gymnasium in Kwame Ture Recreation Center

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

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