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Saturday Sep. 20, 2025

Art is Alive Flyer

All day

ASASE YAA CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ITS NINTH ANNUAL ART IS ALIVE FESTIVAL

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Asase Yaa Cultural Arts FoundationBrooklyn

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2 am – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

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9:30 am – noon

Birding with NYC Queer Birders x Sheida Soleimani: Panjereh

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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10 am – 1 pm

Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Staten Island

Wolfe’s Pond ParkStaten Island

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10 am – 4 pm

Brooklyn Book Festival Children’s Day

Brooklyn Borough HallBrooklyn

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Celebrate! Arts in the Garden: Wave Hill at 60

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

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10 am – noon

Grand Opening Event- NY Preschool & Kids Club

Ages: 8 and under
Community
Family
Free

NY Preschool and Kids ClubBrooklyn

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10 am – 3:30 pm

DOB in Your Community – Manhattan!

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10 am – 1 pm

Jamaica Bay Cleanup

Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary, De Costa Avenue & Beach 65th StreetArverne

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10:15 am

Climate Film Festival – Kids & Family Programs

Ages: 5 – 12
Community
Environment
Family

Regal Essex Crossing CinemaNew York City

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

Open Studios Fall inthe City

11 am – 3 pm

UrbanGlass Open Studios: Fall in the City

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes
Family

UrbanGlassBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Get Involved Literacy, Health, and Culture Celebration

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions
Family

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building PlazaNew York City

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11 am – 4 pm

Battery Park City Block Party

Esplanade PlazaBattery Park City

Noon – 5 pm

FLAVORED Food and Wine Festival

Queens CollegeKew Gardens Hills

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Noon – 5 pm

Kew Gardens Community Arts Day 2025

Ages: 5 and up
Animals
Art
Family

Kew Gardens Business DistrictKew Gardens

Noon – 4 pm

Annual Fall Festival – Bronx Neighborhood Health

Walter Gladwin ParkBronx

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Noon – 4 pm

Chelsea Waterside Park Celebration

Chelsea Waterside ParkChelsea

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Noon – 5 pm

Mobilab Exhibit Opening

Ages: 12 and under
Attractions
Community
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

1 – 7 pm

Hispanic Heritage Cultural Celebration

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
En Español
Family

SIUH Community Park Staten Island Ferry Hawk StadiumStaten island

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1 – 6 pm

Culture and The Urban Experience Take Center Stage in BWAC Fall Exhibitions

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

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2 – 3:30 pm

Indigenous Enterprise

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Dance
Family

The Joyce TheaterChelsea

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2 – 5 pm

Empowering Older Adults: A Community Health & Resources Fair

CenterLight Healthcare PACEBronx

NYC Gallery Art Walk 16×9-QR

3 – 5:30 pm

NYC Gallery Asian Art Tour

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4 – 11 pm

Head In The Clouds New York 2025

Under the K Bridge ParkBrooklyn

4 – 8 pm

Staten Island Water Lantern Festival

Wolfe’s Pond ParkStaten Island

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4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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7 – 11:30 pm

Club Video. September 20th

SILOBrooklyn

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7 – 9 pm

The Astigmatism Comedy Show

P&T Knitwear Books and PodcastsLower East Side

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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7 – 9:30 pm

NYC Modern Wilds: A Comedy Show & Test Screening

Fiction barBrooklyn

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