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Friday May 16, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS UNIQLO Friday Nights Fridays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

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All day

The Lot at Culture Lab LIC – Free Outdoor Concerts in May!

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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All day

Spring is Blooming at Rockefeller Center by Van Cleef & Arpels

Free

The Summer Rink at Rockefeller CenterNew Yoek

Innovative Resource Fair – Flyer

8 am – 5 pm

Innovative Resource-full 💡 Fair BRONX WEEK

3050 Webster Avenue PS/MS 20Bronx

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State Park

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

5th Annual Breastfeeding Convening (2)

9:30 am – 1:30 pm

5th Annual Breastfeeding Convening

Free

Live on ZoomBrooklyn

Great Books

10 am – noon

Great Books with Jill

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

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10 am – 7 pm

The Song of Skin Hotel Pop-Up Shop

Beauty
Free

188 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013New York, NY

Playtime Storytime

10:30 – 11:15 am

Playtime Storytime

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

New York Trunk Show Creatives

11 am – 7 pm

Sarah & Sandeep NYC Luxury Trunk Show

Expo
Free

6 West 48th street 8th floor New York,New York,

11 am – 12:30 pm

The Young Lords – The Musical – Staged Reading

Free
Theater

The Producers Club Theaters & Bar

BEAUTIFUL.WSA – 1

Noon – 4 pm

Beautiful

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

7:00PM by Donna Corvi at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Arborescent: Art Exhibition Honoring Trees

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

Functional Relationships – John Chamberlain

Noon – 5 pm

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: ARTIST-MADE FURNITURE

Guild HallEast Hampton

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Noon – 5 pm

ALMOND ZIGMUND: WADING ROOM

Guild HallEast Hampton

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the WaterfrontBrooklyn

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House Pottery

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

INSTAGRAM 45 POSTER

2 – 6 pm

LOUISE EASTMAN & JANIS STEMMERMANN: Black and White and Red All Over

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 6 pm

Ralph Stout: Commuter Drawings

The Art Center at Duck CreekEAST HAMPTON

arts & eats

2:30 – 4:30 pm

Arts & Eats

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Community
Family

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

2:30 – 6:30 pm

Family Fun Day

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Rufus King ParkQueens

Jenga

4 – 5 pm

Giant Game Night @ the Village Branch

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
Games

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library Village BranchHaverstraw

Memorial Day Jars (2160 x 1080 px)

4 – 5 pm

Memorial Day Jars

Ages: 9 – 12
Caribbean
Family
Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

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