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Thursday Aug. 14, 2025

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6 – 7 pm

Makey Makey Lab

Ages: 9 – 12
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

FHL – Arriba

6 – 9 pm

¡Arriba! with Cheo y Los Consentidos de la Casa, Yailenne Escobar, and DJ Mickey Pérez

The High LineChelsea

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6 – 8 pm

Yvonne Rogers Quartet

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

Science Heroes: Adventure of the Missing Color

Ages: 3 – 12
Comedy
Family
Free

White Plains Public LibraryWhite Plains

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square Park

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6:30 – 9 pm

Chime’s Banking on Love

Free

31 East 17th Street, Union Square, New York

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6:30 pm

Crown & Coast: Caribbean Heritage Party

moxy williamsburgBrooklyn, New York

Movie Night At Ridge Hill

7 pm

Movie Night At Ridge Hill

Ages: All
Caribbean
Family
Film

Ridge HillYonkers

7 – 9 pm

Sounds of Summer Concert Series: Arden Reign & Joan Caddell & the Midnight Choir

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Historic Richmond TownStaten Island

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7 – 8 pm

Queens Jazz Trail Concert: High & Mighty Brass Band

Free
LGBTQ+

George Seuffert, Sr. BandshellQueens

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7 – 8 pm

Gatsby at 100 – Lecture

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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7 – 11:30 pm

EROSION: The Playground – An Immersive Art, Sound, and Community Experience

Pinky SwearManhattan

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7 – 8 pm

SCIENCE & RELIGION A Conversation with Rabbi Dan Geffen & Josh Gruenstein “Robotics: The Oncoming Change”

Temple Adas Israel Sag Harbor, NYSAG HARBOR

7:30 – 9:15 pm

Hampton Synagogue Author Discussion Series

the hampton synagogueWesthampton Beach

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8 – 10 pm

Moves in the Square by Union Square Partnership and Alamo Drafthouse

Film
Free

Union Square Park, North PlazaUnion Square

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8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingBrooklyn

Savage Aug. 14

8 – 10 pm

Savage Comedy Show (free!)

Comedy
Free

Logan’s RunBrooklyn

Friday Aug. 15

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

Royal Botania at The Roundtree Amagansett

Midnight

Royal Botania, Thayers, and The Roundtree, Amagansett Launch a Summer Design Pop-Up

The Roundtree, AmagansettAmagansett

Mulford Farm from south

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Long IslandLong Island

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

All day

IT WALK 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

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8 am – 5 pm

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

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 – 11 am

Le Carrousel Extravaganza

Ages: All
Family
Free

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10 am – 5 pm

After ‘Women in the News’: Work by Kari Marboe, Friends, and Colleagues

Art
Free

Greenwich House PotteryGreenwich

10 – 11 am

Idlewild Trail Walk

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Idlewild Environmental CenterSpringfield Gardens

West Wind by Jon Van Brunt

10 am – 4 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield is excited to present “Long Island Landscapes,” a dual exhibition of local artists Jonathan Van Brunt and Patricia Yantz opening Thursday, August 14th

Art
Classes

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

10 – 11 am

Summer Kids Wonderspark Puppets Puppet Show

Ages: All
Family
Free

Hunter’s Point South ParkLong Island City

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