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Saturday Sep. 27, 2025

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7 am – 7 pm

Ryder Cup Live at Rockefeller Center

Free
Sports

Rockefeller Center 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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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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10 am – noon

Book Event— Michael Kenna: “Japan / A Love Story”

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 1 pm

ICP Photobook Club: Miwa Susuda on “Editions of Intimacy”

International Center of Photography (ICP)Lower East Side

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11 – 11:45 am

Celebrate the Equinox with Sisa Pakari

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

National Museum of the American Indian New York

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11 am – 12:30 pm

Family Dance & Community Engagement Workshop

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

L’Alliance New YorkUES

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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 – 6 pm

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

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

Kiosk Poster Kang Seung Lee Event September 29 – 1

12:30 – 1:30 pm

In Conversation: Kang Seung Lee and Rattanamol Singh Johal

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

1 – 4 pm

Dog Day at Olly Olly Market

Animals
Free

Olly Olly MarketChelsea

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1 – 1:45 pm

Celebrate the Equinox with Sisa Pakari

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

National Museum of the American Indian New York

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1 – 2:30 pm

Strum, Pluck, Bow & Play: 10th Anniversary Music Exploration Festival

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Free
Music

Ripley Grier StudiosMidtown

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2 – 5 pm

Oculus Outdoors

Film
Free

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterFinancial District

2 pm

Little Makers Club: Nazca Lines Craft for Hispanic Heritage Month

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Macomb’s Bridge Library

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3 – 3:45 pm

Celebrate the Equinox with Sisa Pakari

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

National Museum of the American Indian New York

Kennedy Administration – FREE concert in Washington Square Park, Sept 27

4 – 7 pm

Bringing It All Back Home to Washington Square – FREE Concert with Kennedy Administration and Dali Rose

Washington Square Park at Garibaldi PlazaGreenwich Village

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6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination NYC: Light Festival

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

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6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination Light Art Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

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