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Thursday May 8, 2025

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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

Family KYR flyer

All day

Family Protection Know Your Rights Trainings for Parents and Caregivers

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Brooklyn Library Macon BranchBed Stuy

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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

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

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

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11 am – 12:30 pm

Primark Workshop: Love it for Longer

Primark at Staten Island Mall

Family KYR flyer

All day

Family Protection Know Your Rights Trainings for Parents and Caregivers

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Brooklyn Library Macon BranchBed Stuy

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

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1 – 6 pm

Exhibition Opening: ‘Five Miles of VHS Tape’

FiveMylesCrown Heights

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1:30 – 3 pm

Primark Workshop: Love it for Longer

Primark at Staten Island Mall

3 – 4:30 pm

Mommy and Me T-Shirt Making

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Highlawn Library

3:30 – 4:30 pm

NYPL Green: Food & Climate Garden Series

Ages: 5 – 12
Environment
Family
Free

St. George Library Center

3:30 – 5 pm

Mother’s Day Block Printing

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

5 – 7 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House Pottery

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5 – 7 pm

Best of Brooklyn Poetry Slam + Workshop Series

New Lots Learning CenterBrooklyn

5 – 8:30 pm

Brooklyn DA Celebrates AAPI Heritage Month

City Tech, CUNYDowntown Brooklyn

6 – 8 pm

Opening Reception of “Compulsive Genius”

Fountain House GalleryHell’s Kitchen

6 – 8 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Bedford-Stuyvesant

Family KYR flyer

All day

Family Protection Know Your Rights Trainings for Parents and Caregivers

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Brooklyn Library Macon BranchBed Stuy

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6 – 7 pm

NYC Mayoral Forum

The Great Hall at Cooper Union,

2024-04-20 Orchestra and Courtney Chorus-9

6 – 7:30 pm

Bronx Arts Ensemble & Courtney’s Stars of Tomorrow

St. Philip Neri Church

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6 – 7 pm

‘Tour & Play’ event with NY Kids Club & EarlyBird

Ages: 4 and under
Caribbean
Classes
Family

The Ny Kids Club : 21 West End AveUpper West Side

A Bridge, A Stitch, A Compass (1)

6:30 – 8:30 pm

“A Bridge, a Stitch, a Compass: A COVID Memorial for the Past, Present, and Future”

Green-Wood Cemetery

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

Introduction to Proposal Writing

Hillcrest Library, Queens Public LibraryFresh Meadows, Flushing, Jamaica Estates, West Cunningham Park, Utopia Heights

Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

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