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Thursday July 31, 2025

10 am – 8 pm

Samsung Galaxy Experience Space

Galaxy Experience SpaceSoHo

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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

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11 am – 6 pm

Kris Calnan: New Hampshire Landscapes

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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1 – 3 pm

Liu Shiming Art Foundation Clay & Craft Series at Bryant Park Art Cart

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

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5 – 6 pm

Dance Workshop With American Ballet Theatre

Ages: All
Family
Free

Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall

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6 – 8 pm

‘Golden Hour’ Live Jazz at Plaza 33

Free
Music

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6 – 9 pm

‘Unfiltered: Stories of Now’ Young Filmmakers’ Screening

Film
Free

Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary FilmNew York, NY

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square Park

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8 – 10 pm

Moves in the Square by Union Square Partnership and Alamo Drafthouse

Film
Free

Union Square Park, North PlazaUnion Square

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8:30 – 11:30 pm

Dueling Pianos Show

Free

Friday Aug. 1

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

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

Kids Creative Corner

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

10 – 11 am

Le Carrousel Extravaganza

Ages: All
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 am – 9 pm

Poster House Presents First Friday

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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11 am – 6 pm

Kris Calnan: New Hampshire Landscapes

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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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

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4:30 – 6 pm

BBK Rocks New York City

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

The Cutting Room NYC

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American Art

DTH

5 – 6 pm

Dance Workshop With Dance Theatre of Harlem

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall

Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band

7 – 8:30 pm

Bryant Park Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America: Carnegie Hall Citywide | Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

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8 – 10 pm

Random Strangers Jam @ Sugar Mouse – Free NYC Funk Rock Jam Session – Friday August 1st 8-10pm

Sugar MouseEast Village

108106

8:30 – 11:30 pm

Dueling Pianos Show

Free

Saturday Aug. 2

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

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