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Thursday May 15, 2025

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Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

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All day

The Lot at Culture Lab LIC – Free Outdoor Concerts in May!

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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All day

Spring is Blooming at Rockefeller Center by Van Cleef & Arpels

Free

The Summer Rink at Rockefeller CenterNew Yoek

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8 am – 2 pm

Things To Do In NYC: Native Get Up & Go Truck 5/15

31 East 17th Street, Union Square, New York

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

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9 am – 5 pm

Experience the Best of French Design at Oui Design! 2025

Art
Free

Payne Whitney Mansion

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10 am – 7 pm

Carlton Fine Arts Presents Pop Artist DeVon

Art
Free

Carlton Fine Arts Ltd.

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10:30 – 11 am

Storytime for Tots

Ages: 2 and under
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Museum of the City of New York

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

11 am – 1 pm

MetroPlusHealth’s Jackson Heights Community Events: Mental Health Awarness

MetroPlusHealth Queens Community OfficeElmhurst

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the WaterfrontBrooklyn

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House Pottery

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

4 – 6 pm

Free Bird Storytime

The Corner BookstoreNew York City

Meeting of coworkers and planning next steps of work

5:30 – 7:30 pm

NYC Facilitation Lab: Practice Playground with Voltage Control

Classes
Free

Fabrik NYC Tribeca

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6 – 8 pm

NYC Urban Forest Plan Manhattan Kickoff Event

Thomas Jefferson Recreation CenterEast Harlem

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6 – 7 pm

What Happens To Your House When You Die?

McAdoo Estate Planning, LLCJamaica

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6:30 – 10 pm

Max Rosen’s VIP Opening + Benefit

Art
Free

Picto NYBrooklyn

Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsBrooklyn

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