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Wednesday Oct. 29, 2025

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5 – 6 pm

Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Programs Game Zone

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Family
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

6 – 8 pm

Spooktacular Star Party

Ages: All
Family
Free
Halloween

Suffolk County Vanderbilt MuseumCenterport

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6 – 7:30 pm

Book Event – Sally Stein: “Close-ups from Afar: Selected Short and Longer Essays on Social Uses of Photography”

Art
Free

International Center of Photography (ICP)Lower East Side

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6 – 7:30 pm

The Magic of Music Under the Montauk Moon: A conversation with Joe Delia composer, singer, storyteller

Free
Talks

Montauk LibraryMontauk

6:30 – 7:30 pm

Halloween Spooktacular!

Ages: 3 – 8
Community
Dance
Family

White Plains Public LibraryWhite Plains

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6:30 – 8 pm

Halloween Trivia Night

Olly Olly MarketChelsea

PSO Fall 2025 Concert Poster

7 – 9 pm

Press Start Orchestra presents Haunted Halls

Free
Games

St Paul’s Episcopal ChurchBrooklyn

Thursday Oct. 30

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All day

The Atelier is honored to present Nocturnes: A Collaboration of the Cosmos. A Unique Partnership of Art & Poetry. 0pening Friday, October 10th

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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All day

Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

Art
Free

Coney Island USABrooklyn

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All day

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron North Plaza

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

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8 am – 7 pm

Vintage & Makers Market at Grand Central Terminal – Fall Fashion and Costumery

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8 am – 7 pm

Vintage and Artisan Costumes at Grand Central Terminal

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8 am – 7 pm

Vintage & Artisan Costumery at Grand Central Terminal – Fall Fashion Too!

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Grand Central TerminalNew York City

10 am

Tot Time!

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Rainbow Playground at Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

Brooklyn Prospect Park Stroller Walk

10 am

Prospect Park Stroller Walk

Ages: 2 and under
Community
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

10 am – 8 pm

Halloween Hunt

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

MaM Day of the Dead

10 am – 9 pm

Mano a Mano’s Día de Muertos Celebration at Lincoln Center

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln CenterUpper West Side

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10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Foam Jungle Gym

Ages: 4 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Free

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

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11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

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11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Family
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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Noon – 5 pm

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

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Katherine Liepe-Levinson at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Autumn Selects Art Exhibition

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

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Noon – 2 pm

Nassau County Office of the Aging Senior ID Event

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
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Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 6 pm

ERIDU a Science Fiction Art Show

Art
Free

Westbury ArtsWestbury

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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 – 8 pm

NYC PIT Pop-Up

Art
Classes

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