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Sunday May 18, 2025

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Waterfront Walks

  • Ages: All
  • Family
  • Free
  • Tours
Brooklyn Bridge Park
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All day

Above Ground Midtown: MCNY x DAZE – Live Graffiti Art at 550 Madison

  • Art
  • Free
THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)
9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

  • Art
  • Free
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9 am – 9 pm

Climb for Free at Movement Gowanus

  • Ages: All
  • Family
  • Free
  • Health & Fitness
Movement GowanusGowanus
Brooklyn Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration
10 am – 1 pm

Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

  • Ages: All
  • Environment
  • Family
  • Free
Prospect Park Audubon Center
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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

  • Art
  • Free
Brooklyn Art HausWilliamsburg
11 am – 2 pm

Lil’ Brunch Club

  • Ages: All
  • Family
  • Food & Drink
  • Free
The Randolph
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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 – 6 pm

FAD Market: NYCxDESIGN

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

  • Art
  • Free
410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Bedford-Stuyvesant
Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

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  • Art
  • Community
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Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the Waterfront
SCUCC
Noon – 2 pm

Open House – Historic Sayville Church

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Blue Point
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1 – 6 pm

Fresh Art Offers a Spring Burst of Inspiration at BWAC

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Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook
1 – 3 pm

Free Bird Storytime

  • Ages: 3 – 8
  • Books & Readings
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  • Free
Greenlight Book Store
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Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark
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Franck Raharinosy and Margot Langman inv
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Madhura Studios: Sound Meditation with Franck Raharinosy and Margo Langman
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Leading up to Memorial Day Weekend,  Mar
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‘Strings in the Sanctuary,’ a Memorial Day Concert at Marble Collegiate Church

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Open Mic and Open Tables Hosted by Simeon Goodson
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