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Tuesday Dec. 2, 2025

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis Gallery

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

6 – 7 pm

Bay Ridge Ballet Performance

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Bay Ridge LibraryBay Ridge

8 – 10 pm

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy

Free
LGBTQ+

good judySouth Slope

Wednesday Dec. 3

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis Gallery

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Thursday Dec. 4

Brooklyn Prospect Park Stroller Walk

10 am

Prospect Park Stroller Walk

Ages: 2 and under
Community
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon Center

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis Gallery

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

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4 pm

DUMBO Annual Holiday Tree Lighting

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7 – 9 pm

Divination Exchange Party

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8 – 9:30 pm

Slander Factory at Talon Bar! Free Stand-Up Comedy Every Thurs. in Bushwick

Comedy
Free

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9:30 – 11:30 pm

Superstar Open Set

Pink MetalBushwick

Friday Dec. 5

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis Gallery

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

5 – 6 pm

11th Annual Fort Greene Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Fort Greene Tree LightingFort Greene

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7:30 – 10 pm

“She Ate” The Ultimate Drag Dinner Show at Branded Saloon

Art
Comedy

Branded SaloonProspect Heights

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8 – 10 pm

SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience

Branded SaloonProspect Heights

Saturday Dec. 6

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9 – 10 am

Brooklyn Bridge parkrun

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1

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10 am – 4 pm

Brooklyn District Attorney’s Gun Buyback

St. Paul Community Baptist Church

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Boerum Hill]

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

St. PaulCobble Hill

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis Gallery

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Noon – 4 pm

BRIC’s Winter Wonderland 2025

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

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Noon – 3 pm

Winter Fest 2025

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Major R. Owens Health & Wellness Community Center

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