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Wednesday April 9, 2025

EXHIBITION DATES

5:30 – 7:30 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

Wald Symposium Simple Square

6 – 8 pm

Lillian Wald Symposium

Free
LGBTQ+

Abrons Arts CenterLower East Side

Thursday April 10

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

KAYLL Popup Elizabeth StreetKAYLL Popup Elizabeth Street 2

11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

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

Ethereal Shore

Noon – 6 pm

Whispers of Color: Subtle Stories of Imagined Reality

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

NDY #2 websize

2 – 5 pm

Resonance x 4 Art Exhibition at Flushing Town Hall

Art
Free

Flushing Town HallFlushing

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3:30 – 6:30 pm

Waterloo Epic Flavor Can Cruiser

Epic Flavor Can Cruiser

4 – 6 pm

Artsy Thursday

Ages: 4 and under
Art
Community
Family

Bright Horizons at East Village

41066 Poster 11 x 17

4 – 8 pm

JUST BREATHE. THE BOOK LAUNCH

Ages: 9 – 12
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Carroll HallBrooklyn

5 – 9 pm

ART EXCHANGE: ITALY & AMERICA

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

6 – 8:30 pm

Brooklyn’s 2025 State of the Borough

Boys and Girls High SchoolBrooklyn

This Queer Book – Brooklyn Public Library

6 – 7:30 pm

This Queer Book Saved My Life Live with Chloé Caldwell and Mia Arias Tsang

Brooklyn Public Library Dekalb BranchBrooklyn

Village Story Salon APRIL 2025

6 – 7:30 pm

April Village Story Salon: FOOLS at NYPL Hudson Park Branch

Hudson Park Library

Spring Poetry Fest NY 2025

6 – 8:30 pm

Spring Poetry Festival

Weeksville Heritage CenterBrooklyn

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6:30 – 8 pm

Leveraging Psychology for LGBTQIA+ Community Support | APF Springfield Town Hall

Virtual via Zoom

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7 – 9 pm

In Performance: Jesse Paris Smith, Rebecca Foon & Nikolai Fraiture respond to ‘Catherine Goodman. Silent Music’

Hauser & Wirth, 22nd Street

Mark Normand On stage copy

8 – 9:30 pm

“Easy Money”: Free Comedy Every Thursday @ Rodney’s Comedy Club (UES)

Comedy
Free

Rodney’s Comedy ClubUpper East Side

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsBrooklyn

Me Zanetti shirt straight

8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingBrooklyn

Friday April 11

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

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

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

KAYLL Popup Elizabeth StreetKAYLL Popup Elizabeth Street 2

11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

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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