The Best FREE Things to Do on Long Island

Thursday Sep. 18, 2025

All day

The Feast of San Gennaro

Little Italy

8 am – 5 pm

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

Free

GagosianPark Avenue

8 am – 5 pm

Free Theater program for SNAP-eligible Teens Now Accepting Applications

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Theater

Stella Adler Studio of ActingNew York City

9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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 – 6 pm

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

1 – 3 pm

Liu Shiming Art Foundation Clay & Craft Series at Bryant Park Art Cart

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Bryant Park

DIY and kids creativity Step by step instruction: Drawing greeting card using bubble wrap. Step3 paint heart from bubble wrap with gold paint. Children Craft for valentines, womens and mothers day.

3:30 – 5 pm

Paintbrush Possibilities

Ages: 9 – 12
Art
Family
Free

Art on the Block NYCUpper West Side

5 – 6 pm

From Ashes to Flames The Dark Mother Book Tour

Blue Stockings Cooperative Bookstore

6 – 8 pm

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Free
Music

Plaza33Penn District

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square Park

8 pm

Movie Nights on the Overlook

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Central Park Wollman Rink

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Free things to do on Long Island

Thursday Sep. 18, 2025

The Feast of San Gennaro

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

Free Theater program for SNAP-eligible Teens Now Accepting Applications

Adapt/Evolve

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

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

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

Liu Shiming Art Foundation Clay & Craft Series at Bryant Park Art Cart

Paintbrush Possibilities

From Ashes to Flames The Dark Mother Book Tour

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Double Dutch

Movie Nights on the Overlook

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Mattituck-Laurel Library

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Daisuke Kiyomiya: Forms of Perception
The Arts Center at Duck Creek

Bruce Sherman: Bonsai and Spirit Rocks
The Arts Center at Duck Creek

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The Hampton Library

Long Island Family Day 2025
Cradle of Aviation Museum

Chowdah Chowdown 2025 – benefiting Springs Food Pantry
Springs Tavern and Grill

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