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Thursday Oct. 16, 2025

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11 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 – 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

L’Alliance New York

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2 – 8 pm

NYC Public Interest Technology (PIT) Pop-Up

Free

The Oculus World Trade CenterLower Manhattan

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Diwali Storytime + Craft

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free
History & Culture

St. George Library CenterStaten Island

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Caribbean
Family

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

Brooklyn DA Celebrates Diwali

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

One MetroTech CenterBrooklyn

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6 – 8:30 pm

Film Screening & Workshop for Older Adults at The Bronx Museum

Art
Classes

The Bronx MuseumBronx

CMA Third Anniversary (7)

6 – 8 pm

Third Anniversary Celebration & Business Networking Event

611 East 76th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11236Brooklyn

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square Park

6:30 pm

Financing Your College Education

Ages: All
Family
Free

College of Staten IslandStaten Island

Sample Ballot

6:30 – 7:30 pm

Jackson Heights Indivisible to host a discussion on the November ballot

Jackson Heights LibraryJackson Heights

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7 – 8 pm

That 80s Improv Challenge: SATANIC PANIC vs DAVID HASSELHOFF EDITION

Comedy
Free

Young Ethel’sBrooklyn

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7 – 9:30 pm

Film at The Africa Center Presents “The Mercy of the Jungle”

Free

The Africa Center

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8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingBrooklyn

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8 – 9:30 pm

Slander Factory at Talon Bar! Free Stand-Up Comedy Every Thurs. in Bushwick

Comedy
Free

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9:30 – 11:30 pm

Superstar Open Set

Pink MetalBrooklyn

Friday Oct. 17

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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

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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

Pickleball Pandemonium

8 – 10:30 am

Pickleball Pandemonium!

Free
Sports

Gymnasium in Kwame Ture Recreation CenterBronx

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

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10 am – 6 pm

Sea Chapel

RISE, 58-03 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Far Rockaway, NY 11692Far Rockaway

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11 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 – 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

L’Alliance New York

2 pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Dakota’sBronx

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2 – 8 pm

NYC Public Interest Technology (PIT) Pop-Up

Free

The Oculus World Trade CenterLower Manhattan

3 – 5 pm

Pickleball Open Class

Ages: All
Classes
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State Park – Handball CourtsLong Island City

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