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Sunday Aug. 3, 2025

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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All day

LIVE in THE LOT at Culture Lab LIC – August-September, 2025

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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8 am – 5 pm

T‘nA: A Music-Themed Drag Trivia Extravaganza at Pink Metal!

Pink MetalBrooklyn

9 am – 4 pm

Bronx Park East Farmers Market

2045 Bronx Park EastBronx

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 5 pm

After ‘Women in the News’: Work by Kari Marboe, Friends, and Colleagues

Art
Free

Greenwich House PotteryGreenwich

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10 am – 6 pm

Inkmaster and Tattoo Rescue star Christian Masot joins acclaimed visual artist Janelle Marie Kelley for limited showcase at Park West Gallery in SoHo

Art
Free

Park West GallerySoho

10 – 11:30 am

Nature’s Workshop: Natural Cordage Workshop

Ages: All
Family
Free

Blue Heron ParkStaten Island

10 – 11 am

Summer Kids Andy & Suzanna’s Music Time

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Hunter’s Point South ParkLong Island City

Ad for volenteer day

11 am – 1 pm

Volunteer Garden Day @ 50 Cent Garden

Noon – 1 pm

Shadowboxing in Blue

Dance
Free

Haven BoxingBrooklyn

Free Kayaking

Noon – 3:30 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

Noon – 1:30 pm

Weekend Kids

Ages: All
Family
Free

Noon – 7 pm

49th Annual Sranan Dey

Roy Wilkins ParkJamaica

Noon – 4 pm

Local Vendor Market by Faire and Flourish

Ages: All
Family
Free
Markets

2205 Richmond Road-Parish HallStaten Island

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1 – 6 pm

The Art is Pulsing with Energy at BWAC This Summer

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

Gilded-Age-Lawn-Party

1 – 5 pm

NoMad Jazz Festival: Gilded Gatsby Jazz Lawn Party

Flatiron North Plaza

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2 – 3 pm

Garden Highlights Walk

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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

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2 – 3 pm

This Sun-Breathing Earth: Chamber Music at the Climate Imaginarium

Climate ImaginariumGovernors Island

2 – 3:30 pm

Find Waldo Local in Fort Greene Finale Party

Greenlight Book StoreBrooklyn

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5 – 8 pm

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Bizet’s Carmen on Screen

Film
Free

Bryant ParkMidtown

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Film the Amazing Garden Screening & BBQ

Art
Film

The Amazing GardenBrooklyn

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7 – 9:30 pm

Cara Mia Comedy at Mon Cheri Ridgewood

Comedy
Free

Mon Cheri RestaurantRidgewood

7 – 10:30 pm

Live Music at McCarren Parkhouse: Americana Roots Night

McCarren ParkhouseBrooklyn

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8 pm

T‘nA: A Music-Themed Drag Trivia Extravaganza at Pink Metal!

Pink MetalBrooklyn

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