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Wednesday May 14, 2025

Abu by Miguel Chavez

5 – 8 pm

HEROES: A Veteran Art Exhibition and Panel Discussion

Fordham Lincoln Center, Lipani GalleryLincoln Square

6 pm

Knicks Round 2, Game 5 NBA Playoffs Arena Party

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Madison Square GardenMidtown Manhattan

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6:30 – 8:30 pm

Brooklyn DA Celebrates Haitian Flag Day

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumCrown Heights

Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

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7:30 – 9 pm

SEX ON STAGE: Book Launch & Performance

The Slipper RoomEast Village

Thursday May 15

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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

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All day

Spring is Blooming at Rockefeller Center by Van Cleef & Arpels

Free

The Summer Rink at Rockefeller Center

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8 am – 2 pm

Things To Do In NYC: Native Get Up & Go Truck 5/15

31 East 17th Street, Union Square, New York

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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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9 am – 5 pm

Experience the Best of French Design at Oui Design! 2025

Art
Free

Payne Whitney Mansion

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10 am – 7 pm

Carlton Fine Arts Presents Pop Artist DeVon

Art
Free

Carlton Fine Arts Ltd.

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10:30 – 11 am

Storytime for Tots

Ages: 2 and under
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Museum of the City of New York

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 – 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 – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Bedford-Stuyvesant

11 am – 1 pm

MetroPlusHealth’s Jackson Heights Community Events: Mental Health Awarness

MetroPlusHealth Queens Community Office

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the Waterfront

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

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

4 – 6 pm

Free Bird Storytime

The Corner Bookstore

Meeting of coworkers and planning next steps of work

5:30 – 7:30 pm

NYC Facilitation Lab: Practice Playground with Voltage Control

Classes
Free

Fabrik NYC Tribeca

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6 – 8 pm

NYC Urban Forest Plan Manhattan Kickoff Event

Thomas Jefferson Recreation CenterEast Harlem

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6 – 7 pm

What Happens To Your House When You Die?

McAdoo Estate Planning, LLC

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6:30 – 10 pm

Max Rosen’s VIP Opening + Benefit

Art
Free

Picto NYClinton Hill

Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsGowanus

Friday May 16

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

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

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