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Saturday May 24, 2025

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Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

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All day

The Lot at Culture Lab LIC – Free Outdoor Concerts in May!

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

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All day

Lower East Side Festival of The Arts

Theater for the New CityEast Village

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State Park

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

9 am – 4 pm

Staten Island Fleet Week

Staten Island Homeport PierStaten Island

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Turtle Friends

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

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10 – 11 am

Brooklyn Bridge Anniversary Family Walk

Ages: All
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

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10 am – 7 pm

The Song of Skin Hotel Pop-Up Shop

Beauty
Free

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Brooklyn Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

10 am – 1 pm

Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

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10 am – 6 pm

Fleet Week

Ages: All
Caribbean
Family
Free

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Next Stop, NYC! Subway- Family Program

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

The Skyscraper Museum

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

11 am – noon

BAM DanceAfrica Community Class

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6 Liberty LawnBrooklyn

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House Pottery

Noon – 5 pm

Memorial Day Fair

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Family
Festivals

Sunnyside Gardens ParkSunnyside

Noon – 1 pm

Al Quiñones Art Club: Youth Conga Workshop with Bronx Music Heritage Center

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Al Quiñones PlaygroundBronx

1 – 3 pm

Open Bluegrass Jam Session

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

East Fourth Street Community GardenBrooklyn

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2 – 4 pm

HOW TO BECOME AN OCTOPUS – Free training session

Art
Classes

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8 – 9:30 pm

Unheard-of + The Gowanus Dredgers Present: Summoning You Feat. Singer Leila Adu

Boating
Free

Gowanus Dredgers BunkerBrooklyn

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