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Tuesday May 13, 2025

6 – 8 pm

AAPI Night Market

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

Spirited Away Eventbrite

6 – 9 pm

Spirited Away Psychic & Paranormal Night

Barrow’s Intense Tasting RoomSunset Park

8 – 10 pm

The Overthinking Hour Comedy Show

HalyardsPark Slope/Gowanus

Open Mic and Open Tables Hosted by Simeon Goodson

8 – 11:59 pm

Open Mic and Open Tables Hosted by Simeon Goodson

Comedy
Free

Wednesday May 14

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

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

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the Waterfront

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3 – 5 pm

Artist Office Hours

Art
Free

ShapeShifter LabPark Slope

3 – 4 pm

Kung-Fu Workshop

Ages: All
Family
Free

Brighton Beach LibraryBrighton Beach

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6:30 – 8:30 pm

Brooklyn DA Celebrates Haitian Flag Day

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumCrown Heights

Thursday May 15

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

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

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

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the Waterfront

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6:30 – 10 pm

Max Rosen’s VIP Opening + Benefit

Art
Free

Picto NYClinton Hill

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsGowanus

Friday May 16

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

5th Annual Breastfeeding Convening (2)

9:30 am – 1:30 pm

5th Annual Breastfeeding Convening

Free

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

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

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the Waterfront

MAY Kween Poster

7 – 9 pm

Kweendom

Comedy
Free

Pete’s Candy StoreWilliamsburg

Saturday May 17

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBushwick

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

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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10:30 am – noon

Tour of Building A at the MADE Bush Terminal Campus

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

MADE BUSH TERMINAL

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

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

Kite Festival

11 am – 3 pm

Kite Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Pier 5 – Brooklyn Bridge Park

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