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Monday Sep. 22, 2025

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish History

Postcard front

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

Nathan Hale Day

Noon – 1 pm

Nathan Hale Day Commemoration

City Hall ParkCentral Park

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6 – 9 pm

The Brooklyn Cumbia Festival

good life gardenBrooklyn

Tuesday Sep. 23

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish History

Untitled Artwork

Noon – 6 pm

UPROSE x Hip Hop Caucus

The Climate Justice CenterBrooklyn

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

Emmelie Prophète Discusses Cécé

flatbush libraryBrooklyn

Wednesday Sep. 24

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish History

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

Strangers in the Land Cover

6 – 8 pm

Strangers in the Land: A Conversation with Michael Luo

China InstituteNYC

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

September 2025 Letters & Sodas

7 – 8:30 pm

Letters & Sodas: LIC Reading Series

The Greats of CraftLong Island City

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Thursday Sep. 25

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish History

Postcard front

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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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 – 7:30 pm

GreenLatinos x UPROSE – State of Nuestro Clima

The Climate Justice CenterBrooklyn

Rose & Acanthus by Joseph Grusczak for Charterhouse; Date Unknown, Pen and Ink on Paper (Joseph Grusczak Archive @ NYSID)

6 – 8 pm

Sketching the Surface Exhibition Opening

Art
Free

New York School of Interior Design170 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021

Quinceañera Exhibition Quince Gown

6 – 8 pm

Quinceañera: Dress and Memory in Latine Culture

Godwin-Ternbach MuseumFlushing

IG + Website Square HV Reckoning talk

6 – 7 pm

Virtual Talk- A Conversation about Slavery in the Hudson Valley: Two Linked Descendants Share Their Stories

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MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

7:30 – 9 pm

Author Talk with M.X. Kane: Period Rush: Tales of the Fighting 21st

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

7:30 – 9:15 pm

Twilight Tour: Death in New York

Lower ManhattanBattery Park, Financial District, Civic Center

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Friday Sep. 26

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 3:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish History

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

Slow Fashion Forward in 2025 – 5

Noon – 5:30 pm

Uprose Slow Fashion Event

The Climate Justice CenterBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Alex Drasein with violin (vintage – smiling)

7:30 – 9 pm

Alex Drasein Memorial Violin Concert

Union Church of Bay RidgeBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Saturday Sep. 27

Uptown Rumble Web Graphic(1)

10 am – 4 pm

Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx Exhibit

Museum of Bronx HistoryBronx

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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