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Thursday Aug. 14, 2025

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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

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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

AM NEWYORK

7 – 11:30 pm

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

Pinky SwearManhattan

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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

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

10 – 11 am

Summer Kids Wonderspark Puppets Puppet Show

Ages: All
Family
Free

Hunter’s Point South ParkLong Island City

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11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

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 – 3 pm

Back to School Giveaway

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Free

Neighborhood Care East New York, 101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207, United StatesNew York City

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Noon – 3 pm

Junior Rangers

Ages: 9 and up
Environment
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Sing with SOUL

12:30 – 2 pm

Sing with SOUL @ Sister Annunciata Bethell OAC

Sister Annunciata Bethell Senior CenterThe Bronx

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1 – 2 pm

In Conversation – “War Threads” with Oksana Parafeniuk and Sara Ickow

Art
Free

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

2 – 6 pm

Back-to-School Supplies Giveaway

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

The Mall at Bay PlazaBronx

4 – 9 pm

Summer Fridays

Ages: All
Family
Free

Historic Richmond TownStaten Island

4 – 7 pm

Silent Disco Party

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Herbert Von King ParkBrooklyn

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American Art

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5 – 8 pm

Lobby Sounds by Najah Moeser

Free
Music

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