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Thursday Sep. 4, 2025

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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2 am – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

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10 am – noon

Percussion Playground

Ages: All
Family
Free

10 am

Tot Time!

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Rainbow Playground at Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

2025 Juried Show image matrix

11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 6 pm

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

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 7 pm

Duet at WSA

Art
Free

WSA

East Village Pizza Plain Cheese Slice

2 – 4 pm

East Village Pizza National Cheese Pizza Day Giveaway

145 1st Ave., New York, NY 10003East Village

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
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Family

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

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6 – 8 pm

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Free
Music

Plaza33Penn District

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6 – 8 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Announces Soka Tira Osoa: Highwire Performance

The Seaport Pier 16 & 17

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6 – 8 pm

¡Afuera! Publishing Queer Liberation

Art
Free

Printed MatterChelsea

6 pm

Free Bowling for the new NFL Season

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Brooklyn BowlBrooklyn

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square Park

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

SANTE! by Le Cirque Kikasse (Quebec) at Culture Lab LIC

Free
Theater

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

NYC Opera

7 – 9 pm

Bryant Park Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America: New York City Opera | Carmen

Free
Music

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7 – 9:30 pm

New York City Opera: Carmen in Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

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7 – 8 pm

Raptors in Flight: Identifying Birds of Prey

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7 – 9 pm

Divination Exchange Party! Give Readings, Get Readings!

Barrow’s Intense Tasting RoomBrooklyn

Magic Wand (4)

7 – 9 pm

Magic Wand: All Genre Open Mic

Comedy
Dance

Abracadabra Magic DinerRidgewood

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8 – 10 pm

Wiseguys! A Trivia Game Show

Comedy
Free

Neir’s TavernWoodhaven

8 pm

Movie Nights on the Overlook

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Central Park Wollman Rink

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8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingBrooklyn

8 – 8:30 pm

Espolòn Tequila Drone Show

Greenpoint WaterfrontBrooklyn

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9:30 – 11:30 pm

Superstar Open Set

Pink MetalBrooklyn

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