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Saturday Oct. 18, 2025

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad_2025

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Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron North Plaza

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

GagosianPark Avenue

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

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9 am – 1 pm

Walk for Epilepsy

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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9 – 11:15 am

Learn. Play. Grow. @ Corlears School

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Corlears SchoolChelsea

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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10 am – 5 pm

Muddy Paws Block Party

Animals
Free

W54th St b/t 9th and 10th Aves

10 am – 3 pm

Fall Festival/El Festival de Otono

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum

Sailors’ Skills

11 am – 4:30 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Announces Free October Family Activity Weekends: Sailors’ Skills

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11 am – 5 pm

Nongshim x KPop Demon Hunters Times Square Live Experience

Times Square – Father Duffy Square

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11:30 am – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House Warming

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New York

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Noon – 3 pm

StreetSquash Grand Reopening & Fall Festival

Free

SL Green StreetSquash CenterHarlem

Noon

National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade

Madison Square Park

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Noon – 4 pm

BERO Block Party

EVERY BODY IN THE HOUSE

1 – 6 pm

EVERY BODY IN THE HOUSE

Art
Free

TheaterlabGarment District

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2 – 8 pm

NYC Public Interest Technology (PIT) Pop-Up

Free

The Oculus World Trade CenterLower Manhattan

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2 – 3 pm

Basket Weaving Workshop with Saung Budaya

Colonels Row on Governors Island

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2 – 4 pm

Art Meetup at the Met

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

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3 – 4 pm

EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community
Family

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

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3 – 6 pm

Day of the Dead Celebration

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Hispanic Museum & LibraryWashington Heights

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3 – 6 pm

Mano a Mano’s Day of the Dead Celebration at the Hispanic Society

Hispanic Society Museum & LibraryWashington Heights

Lobby and The Parlour (1)

4:30 – 7:30 pm

Songbird Saturdays at The Parlour, InterContinental New York Barclay

InterContinental New York Barclay

6 – 9 pm

Star Trek Variety Show

Free

Industry BarHells Kitchen

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7:30 – 11:30 pm

HOME/LAND: a blend of theater, dance, projection, and demonstration

Dance
Free

Pier 45 at Hudson River ParkGreenwich Village

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