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Monday Sep. 15, 2025

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5 – 6:30 pm

Paw Play Days

Ages: All
Animals
Art
Family

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

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6 – 9 pm

Karaoke con Estrellas de Broadway

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

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6 – 9 pm

Karaoke with Broadway Stars

Free
Music

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

Tuesday Sep. 16

All day

The Feast of San Gennaro

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8 am – 7 pm

Makers Market at Grand Central – Shop Local Artisans in the Beating Heart of Manhattan

Art
Free

Grand Central TerminalNew York City

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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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10 – 11 am

Bryant Park Yoga Presented by Halara

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10:30 – 11:15 am

Young Sprouts Gardening

Rockefeller Park

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11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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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 – 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

Adam Gabel at WSCC 2

8 – 9:30 pm

Not Ripe Bananas

Comedy
Free

West Side Comedy ClubUpper West Side

Wednesday Sep. 17

All day

The Feast of San Gennaro

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8 – 9 am

Power Hour at the Backyard at Hudson Yards: Run + Recovery with lululemon Ambassadors Nick Arrington & Eric Mosley

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensNYC

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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

10 – 11 am

Le Carrousel Extravaganza

Ages: All
Family
Free

11 am – noon

Garden Explorers

Ages: All
Family
Free

2025 Juried Show image matrix

11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Noon – 1:30 pm

Lincoln Square BID’s “Summer Jazz Sensations” Lunchtime Concert Series

Dante Park, 64th Street and Broadway

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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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4 – 7 pm

2nd Annual Concert for Canines & Their Companions

Ages: All
Animals
Family
Free

25th Street PlazaKips Bay

Manhattan West

5 – 7:30 pm

Works & Process Announces 2025 Performances at Manhattan West

Manhattan West Plaza

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5 – 7 pm

Cavalier Galleries’ Midtown Homecoming Opening September 17

Cavalier GalleryMidtown West

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