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Friday Sep. 12, 2025

6 – 9 pm

Starlight Cinema: Free Movies in Van Cortlandt Park

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Film
Free

Parade Ground in Van Cortlandt ParkBronx

6 – 8 pm

Free Movie Nights at Hudson Yards

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & Gardens

American Symphony Orchestra- New York Profiles

7 – 8:15 pm

Bryant Park Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America: American Symphony Orchestra | New York Profiles

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

Free

Ocean Beqch – Fire Island

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8 – 10 pm

Sunset Jazz at Culture Lab LIC – Every Friday, August-October, 2025

Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

Saturday Sep. 13

Clashing Steel

All day

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

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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All day

LIVE in THE LOT at Culture Lab LIC – August-September, 2025

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

All day

The Feast of San Gennaro

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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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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

2025 Juried Show image matrix

11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

11 am – 5 pm

2025 TASTE OF KOREA in the BRONX

171 lincoln Ave Bronx NY 10454Bronx

11 am – noon

September Kids Zone Event

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Queens CenterQueens

11 am – 5 pm

Taste of Korea: Korean Cultural Festival

Lincoln ave btwn 135th & 137th stBronx

11 am – 7 pm

City Island’s 2025 Fall Arts and Crafts Fair

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

City Island AvenueThe Bronx

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11 am – noon

Cameras and Coffee: Community Meet-Up (September 2025)

Art
Free

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 6 pm

Six Foot Platform: CHRISTOPHER ENDER CORYAT | FACE TO FACE TOILETS (REVISITED)

Art
Free

Washington Street in DumboBrooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

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Noon – 6 pm

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

Brooklyn Explore Schools Back to School Rodeo

Noon – 3 pm

Explore Schools Back to School Rodeo

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Back to School RodeoBrooklyn

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1 – 6 pm

Illuminations 2025 Art Exhibit by Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

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1 – 3 pm

Family Time September 2025: Art-Making for All Ages

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Bronx MuseumBronx

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1 – 3 pm

Sorghum Saturday: A Sweet Day on the Urban Farm

Randall’s Island Urban FarmRandall’s Island

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3 – 6 pm

Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself

Free

Pier 1 Granite Prospect, Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

6 – 8 pm

FREAKS

Free

GR GalleryNew york

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10 – 11:30 pm

CLASSY VIBES Stand Up Comedy in Astoria Queens w/ Late Night Happy Hour

Tootles & FrenchAstoria

Sunday Sep. 14

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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