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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

GagosianPark Avenue

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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

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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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

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American Art

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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

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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

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

6 – 8 pm

Free Movie Nights at Hudson Yards

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & Gardens

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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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7 – 9 pm

Oculus Outdoors

Film
Free

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterFinancial District

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10:30 pm

Sinatra Under The Stars

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