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Sunday April 27, 2025

Run

8 – 11 am

9/11 Memorial & Museum 13th Annual 5K

9/11 MemorialFinancial District

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

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

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

WalterR1280

2 – 3:30 pm

Film Screening – Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You To Know

Milbank Chapel, Teachers College, Columbia University

Professional – Outreach

3 – 5 pm

Tiny Nook, Big Hall: A Night at the Patron Lounge at The Town Hall

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

Monday April 28

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

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

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

Tuesday April 29

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

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

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

HaZikaron

7 – 9 pm

Yom HaZikaron: Songs of Remembrance

14th Street YEast Village

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

Wednesday April 30

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

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

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

Alan Cumming with Intact America staff

6:30 – 9:30 pm

The Incomparable Performer, Author, and Provocateur Alan Cumming to Receive Intact America’s Inaugural ‘Skin in the Game’ Award on April 30 in New York City

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

7 – 9 pm

AGBU Arts Presents Armenians in Jazz

Cutting Room NYCManhattan

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7 – 9 pm

Stand-Up for Free Speech Comedy Benefit

Gotham Comedy Club

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

Thursday May 1

EIHP Conference 2025 – 10

All day

ECF International Health Conference 2025

Ages: All
Community
Family
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

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

Friday May 2

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

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

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

TEDx

9 am – 5 pm

TEDxCUNY 2025 Conference: FAST TRACK

Community

Gerald W. Lynch TheaterManhattan

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2 – 4 pm

✨ Make Your Own Handmade Book – Artist-Led Workshop ✨

Fountain House GalleryHell’s Kitchen

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6 – 8 pm

Opening Reception: Garo Hakimian-Layers of Transformative Journeys

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

Saturday May 3

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

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11 am – noon

Children’s Access Workshops at New York City Ballet

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios Samuel B. & David Rose Building

Shari Puppy Yoga

11 am – noon

Puppy Yoga

Ages: 9 and up
Animals
Classes
Family

Bideawee’s Manhattan Adoption CenterChelsea

Haudenosaunne NY event

11 am – 5 pm

NY | Haudenosaunee Family Fun Day

National Museum of the American Indian New York

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1 – 2 pm

Autism-Friendly Access Workshops at New York City Ballet

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios Samuel B. & David Rose Building

1:30 – 4:30 pm

Open Stage / Open Mic Events @ Morningside Heights Library

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Comedy
Family

Morningside Heights LibraryMorningside Heights

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

Sunday May 4

Front – NYC Front

9 am – 5 pm

The Makeup Show NYC 2025

Art
Beauty

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

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