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Friday Oct. 17, 2025

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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5 – 10:30 pm

SOMEWHERE FUNNY, NOWHERE SERIOUS!

Somewhere Nowhere NYCManhattan

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

MoMA Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

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6 – 8 pm

Free Movie Nights at Hudson Yards – Girls’ Night Out with LEGALLY BLONDE

Ages: All
Family
Free

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6 – 8 pm

Free Movie Nights at Hudson Yards

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & Gardens

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6 – 10:30 pm

Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF): NY

The Village East by Angelika

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6 – 8 pm

Getting into the Hang of Comics

Art
Classes

Scribble Art WorkshopNEW YORK

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6 – 10 pm

FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR: THE FILMS OF MONIKA TREUT

Film
LGBTQ+

Anthology Film ArchivesEast Village

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6 – 8:30 pm

“Lines Verses Lyrics: Where River and Sky Meet” – Man Men in the Arts Celebrate Black Poetry Day

Free
Theater

ARC A. Philip Randolph AOCHarlem

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6 – 10 pm

Dialogues on Divinity: Conflict and the Healing of Hatred

Cathedral of St. John the DivineMorningside Heights

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6 – 8:30 pm

“Lines Verses Lyrics: Where River and Sky Meet” – Black Men in the Arts Celebrate Black Poetry Day

ARC A. Philip Randolph AOCHarlem

Bonsai Workshop at Torch & Crown Brewing Company

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Bonsai Workshop at Torch & Crown Brewing Company

Art
Classes

Torch and Crown

7 – 8:30 pm

Vocalist and Performer Anita Michael in Her Timely New Show FOOLIN’ MYSELF A Musical Journey Exploring “Little White Lies” and How they Grow

Music

The Green Room 42Theater District

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7 – 8 pm

Ronnie Burrage – Harlem Jazz Series

Music

Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian ChurchHarlem

7 – 9 pm

Blood Orange, a new play by Abigail Duclos

Theater

Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre @ A.R.T./New York TheatresMidtown

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7 – 8 pm

BOO! The Players Theatre Short Play Festival

The Players TheatreNew York City

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7 – 9 pm

Sphinx Virtuosi: Visions of Peace at Carnegie Hall

Music

Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman StageMidtown

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7 pm

Olivia Levine’s Unstuck

Comedy

SOHO PLAYHOUSESoHo

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7 – 9:30 pm

Speakeasy, Die Softly: Immersive Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at Carmine’s

Nightlife

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City

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7 – 8:30 pm

(un)conditional

Theater

SOHO PLAYHOUSESoho

117388-The Harlem Gospel Travelers Soul Revival Residency

7 – 8:30 pm

The Harlem Gospel Travelers “Soul Revival” Residency

Groove

La monja alférez at Teatro Círculo

7 pm

LA MONJA ALFÉREZ by Juan Ruiz de Alarcón in October 2025 at Teatro Círculo

Art
Theater

Teatro CírculoNew York City

7 – 8:30 pm

Sleepy Hollow the Musical

Ages: 9 and up
Family
Theater

The Players TheatreNew York City

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7:30 pm

Watchhouse

Music

Webster HallUnion Square

LDC

7:30 – 10 pm

Limón Dance Company Kicks off 80th Anniversary Celebration at The Joyce Theater

The Joyce Theater

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7:30 – 9 pm

Truman vs. Israel: Abzug and the Undressing of Truman

Theater

Theater at St. ClementsTheater District

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7:30 – 10 pm

Blue Moon Burger Bash 2.0 presented by Pat LaFrieda Meats hosted by Brooklyn Beckham and Rachael Ray

Food & Drink

Invesco QQQ Festival Campus in the Seaport

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Italian American Reconciliation

Theater

The Flea TheaterTribeca

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Handmade Happy Hour

Art
Classes

Greenwich House PotteryWest Village

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7:30 – 9 pm

Helen in her Homeland: a reflection in three rooms by Alexandra Haddad

Theater

748 Manhattan AveGreenpoint

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7:30 – 9 pm

TARRYTOWN – The legend of Sleepy Hollow, a new musical

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8 – 10:30 pm

ORGAN MONK x GARAGE SALE VINTAGE

Free
Music

Garage Sale VintageChelsea

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