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Wednesday April 23, 2025

AprilisNationalPoetryMonth

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Greater Astoria Historical Society’s “April is National Poetry Month” Event (virtual)

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7 – 8:15 pm

ASL-interpreted Yom HaShoah Commemoration

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

East End Temple

Thursday April 24

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

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

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

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

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

10 – 11 am

Tot Time

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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11 am – 6 pm

KAYLL Pop Up Shop Opening!

Free
Markets

KAYLLSoho

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

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6 – 8 pm

2025 Sovern Lecture On Design: Edwin Schlossberg

Art
Free

New York School of Interior DesignUpper East Side, 70 East 70th Street New York, NY, 10021

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6 – 8 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

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6 – 8 pm

Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx Exhibit Opening

Museum of Bronx HistoryBronx

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7 – 8 pm

KNOW THE RULES: Live Webinar Series

VirtualAnaheim

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsBrooklyn

Friday April 25

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

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All day

Fleurs de Villes Downton Abbey

Ages: All
Art
Family
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

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

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

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

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American Art

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5 – 8 pm

Japan Village Spring Beer Garden 2025

Japan Village CourtyardBrooklyn

Closing Celebration for no existe un mundo poshuracán at the Whitney Museum of American Art, April 20, 2023. Photograph by Filip Wolak

5 – 10 pm

DJ Bembona; Free Friday Nights at the Whitney

Art
Free

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6 – 8 pm

Arcadia: Glendon Cordell, Takuya Yoshida

Art
Free

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6 – 9 pm

Spring Open Studios 2025

Art
Free

International Studio & Curatorial Program

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7 – 10 pm

Free Bites and Live Music at Dickson’s in Chelsea Market

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