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Friday Sep. 26, 2025

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7 am – 7 pm

Ryder Cup Live at Rockefeller Center

Free
Sports

Rockefeller Center Plaza

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

10 – 11 am

Le Carrousel Extravaganza

Ages: All
Family
Free

10:30 – 11:30 am

Shigeru Ban Builds a Better World

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – noon

Senior Theater Acting Repertory: Bringing Live Theater and Songs to Queens

Comedy
Free

Queens Public Library Windsor ParkHollis Hills

11 am – 7 pm

Zappos Pop-Up Shop

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Zappos Pop-Up ShopBrooklyn

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11 am – 3 pm

THE JOANNE FORBES COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR

121 11th streetBrooklyn

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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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Noon – 6 pm

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

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

Slow Fashion Forward in 2025 – 5

Noon – 5:30 pm

Uprose Slow Fashion Event

The Climate Justice CenterBrooklyn

2 – 4:45 pm

Fishing Frenzy Fridays

Ages: All
Family
Free

Shirley Chisholm State Park Penn PierBrooklyn

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2 – 5 pm

“Back to school with Health Bucks”

Free

Virginia ParkBronx

3 – 6 pm

NYC Parks Presents: Skate It Easy

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Caserta PlaygroundBronx

3 – 5 pm

Pickleball Open Class

Ages: All
Classes
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State Park – Handball CourtsLong Island City

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American Art

5 – 7:30 pm

YMCA MS217 Family Bingo Night

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

J.H.S. 217 Robert A. Van WyckBriarwood

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5 – 6 pm

THEATERLAB’S ROUND THE BLOCK!™ FREE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING FOR THE GARMENT DISTRICT

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

MoMA Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

Manhattan Bingo

5:30 – 7 pm

Summer on the Hudson: Bingo!

Ages: All
Family
Free
Games

West Harlem PiersManhattan

6 – 9 pm

Starlight Cinema: Free Movies in Van Cortlandt Park

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Film
Free

Parade Ground in Van Cortlandt ParkBronx

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6 – 8 pm

Free Movie Nights at Hudson Yards – 80’s Throwback with FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF

Ages: All
Family
Free

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6 – 8 pm

Free Movie Nights at Hudson Yards

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & Gardens

6 – 7:30 pm

The BCCO Gets WICKED! at the Old Stone House

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

JJ Byrne Playground @ Old Stone House & Washington ParkBrooklyn

6:15 pm

Movies in the Park: E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial

Ages: All
Community
Family
Film

Conference House ParkStaten Island

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6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination NYC: Light Festival

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

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6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination Light Art Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

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