thinking.nyc11:21 PM EST
Skip to events
thinking.nyc

Monday, November 2 · 11:21 PM

Learn something in New York tonight.

Public talks, lectures, readings and walks across the five boroughs, gathered through research and organizer calendars.

Results

250 events

Tuesday · Nov 3, 2026

1 event shown on this page

  1. Documentary Screening: “58th”

    With Carl Joseph E. Papa
    Hidden gem
Open Tuesday, 2026-11-03

Wednesday · Nov 4, 2026

42 events shown on this page

  1. 2026 Innovation Conference and Record Awards

    With Billie Tsien, Tod Williams and 7 more
    Museum of Jewish Heritage
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  2. Hands On Teachers and Students Show

    Plymouth Center for the Arts
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Make and Race Your own Pinewood Car

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Ikebana Wednesdays: An Evening of Contemporary Ikebana

    36 E Broadway, Manhattan

  5. Discover the History & Design of One of New York's Most Unique Parks

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Free-Form Watercolor Paint & Sip

    Free
    58th Street Library, Manhattan
    Free

  7. New York City Hall Guided Tour

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeHidden gem

  8. Creative Aging: Transforming Paper into Art

    Dyker Library, Auditorium

  9. Laser Cut Pins

    Cambria Heights, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Artistic Noise: Art & Care

    Studio Museum in Harlem, Manhattan

  11. Gallery Talks

    The Frick Collection
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Immigration Imagination Lab: Practice English Through Theater

    Flatbush Library

  13. Photo Walk with Hudson River Views & Historic Architecture

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Gallery Talks

    The Frick Collection
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Artistic Practices in Times of Ecological Crisis

    With Andrea Conte
    Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. At the Hearth: A Close Look at Helena Hernmarck's Tapestry

    With Susan Brown and Mae ColburnFree
    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan
    Free

  17. At the Hearth

    With Susan Brown and Mae ColburnFree
    Carnegie Library
    FreeHidden gem

  18. Methods of Measurement: Health, Safety, Welfare in Architecture and Happy Hour

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture
    Center for Architecture

  19. Tith Kanitha: ស្ដាប់មិនជាក់ កុំអាលញាក់ចិញ្ចើម

  20. After-Hours Conservation Lab Tour

    Ticketed
    New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

  21. Deafula: B-Horror Movies & ASL

    Central Library, Info Commons Lab

  22. Intro to Fabric Painting

    Park Slope Brainery
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Oil Paint Stick Monotype

    With ALESSANDRO LEVATOTicketed
    EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Manhattan

  24. Listen to Your Earrings: Remaking…

    By Bard Graduate Center · with Henrietta Lidchi
    Bard Graduate Center, Manhattan

  25. Journalists Share Books on Boundary-Breaking Art & the Ongoing Fight To Defend Creative Freedom

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Knit, Hook & Stitch

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Members-Only Tour: Center for Book Arts

    Free
    Center For Book Arts
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Minds behind Storied Architecture Studio Share Their Book, JSa: Built in Mexico City

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  29. Intro to Fabric Painting

    By Brooklyn BraineryFree
    Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn
    Free

  30. Members-Only Tour: Center for Book Arts

    Poster House
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Gender in Motion: Bijayini Satpathy and Sophiline Cheam Shapiro

    With Bijayini Satpathy and Sophiline Cheam-ShapiroTicketed
    Asia Society, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. It Started on Delancey Street: New York's Lower East Side in Jack Kirby's Comics

    By Center for Jewish History · with Roy Schwartz, Randolph Hoppe and 1 moreFree
    Center for Jewish History, Manhattan
    Free

  33. Multidimensional artist discusses the work of pioneer in minimalist art space

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  34. CBH Talk | Armed Objects: Weapons, Ornamentation, and the Museum

    By Center for Brooklyn History · with Michelle Millar Fisher, Lola Page and 2 more
    Center for Brooklyn History

  35. Raise Your Voice: Curator-Led Tour

    Free
    Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. Emerging Photographers Share Their Work of Self-Discovery

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  37. Basic Mending Skillz

    With Andrea HerradaTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Show 5 more on Wednesday · rated lower

  1. AIANY Architecture for Education Committee Meeting

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture

  2. Gingerbread NYC Daytime Member Hours

    By Museum of the City of New York
    Museum of the City of New York
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. An OTNT Pop-Up

    By partiful.comFree
    21 Spring Street, SoHo, NYC
    Free

  4. Pearl Street Matinee

    Pearl Street Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. BCR Craft Club

    Brooklyn Creative Reuse
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Wednesday, 2026-11-04

Thursday · Nov 5, 2026

27 events shown on this page

  1. New York Fashion at PS1, 1980–1984

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Ut saltatio pictura: The Challenge of "Imitative" Theatrical Dance in 18th-Century France

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Memento Mori in NYC

    RESOBOX, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Nobody’s Dummy

    With Sophie Becker, Sarah Rebecca Kessler and 1 more
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Sketching & Bookbinding Workshop

    Liz's Book Bar, Brooklyn

  6. Masao Gozu: Windows and Bars

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Zeng Fanzhi

    Hauser & Wirth
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. New York City Hall Guided Tour

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  9. Jakkai Siributr’s “Torrents of Rain” Exhibition at Silverlens Gallery

    With Jakkai Siributr
    Silverlens Gallery
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Memento Mori in NYC: The Art of Japanese Life and Death

    Ticketed
    RESOBOX
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Jenifer K. Wofford’s “Empress” Exhibition

    With Jenifer K. Wofford
    Silverlens Gallery
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Storytime at The Met: Color and Light

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  13. From Bronze to Gold: Experiencing Sienese Art

    With Stephanie Wisowaty
    Ian Wardropper Education Room
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Public Gallery Tour

    By Wave Hill
    Wave Hill, The Bronx

  15. Seen and Unseen: Weight and Weightlessness

    By The Noguchi Museum
    The Noguchi Museum
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  16. Illuminating the Past: Synchrotron Applications in Cultural Heritage

    With Julia Thom-Levy, Victor González and 3 more
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Art in the Garden

    By The Horticultural Society of New York
    The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Culture of Place: A conversation with Farida Abu-Bakare, Curry J. Hackett, and Tura Cousins Wilson

    By Van Alen Institute · with Farida Abu-Bakare, Curry J. Hackett and 1 moreFree
    Van Alen Institute, Brooklyn
    Free

  19. Art and AgriCulture

    By The Horticultural Society of New York
    The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park, Manhattan

  20. Kotchakorn Voraakhom

    With Kotchakorn Voraakhom
    Higgins Hall, HHN-304
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Yoshitomo Nara

    David Zwirner
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. tender is the room - Macey Keung

    By partiful.comFree
    ISO 855 at Brooklyn Film Camera, Brooklyn
    Free
Show 5 more on Thursday · rated lower

  1. Bodies in Bloom: A Life Drawing Event

    Studio Sabek, Brooklyn

  2. Winternights: An Evening of Golden Light and Quiet Ritual

    153 Bowery, Manhattan

  3. Hard Art

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Gallery Tour

    By Bard Graduate Center

  5. Painting Flowers with Watercolor

    By Brooklyn Brainery
    Brooklyn Brainery
Open Thursday, 2026-11-05

Friday · Nov 6, 2026

6 events shown on this page

  1. Gallery Kit

    By The Noguchi Museum
    The Noguchi Museum

  2. A Different Picture: A Bronx Collage Workshop

    By The Bronx County Historical Society · with Nicole America Cruz
    Tremont Library, The Bronx
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed
Show 4 more on Friday · rated lower

  1. Free First Friday

    By The Noguchi Museum
    The Noguchi Museum

  2. Tour Público Museum Tour in Spanish

    By The Noguchi Museum
    The Noguchi Museum

  3. Mural & Mingle

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Wayward: A Professor's Search for Truth in Shanghai's Underground

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan
Open Friday, 2026-11-06

Saturday · Nov 7, 2026

12 events shown on this page

  1. NICE Film Festival 2026

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York

  2. Printing from the Garden: An Introduction to Bundle-Dyeing

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  3. Nature's Workshop: Fall Foliage Leaf Art

    Free
    Lincoln Terrace Park (in Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Mexican Gothic Event / Dia de los Muertos Market

    By partiful.comFree
    56 Bogart St, Brooklyn
    FreeHidden gem

  5. Gallery Kit

    By The Noguchi Museum
    The Noguchi Museum

  6. Gallery Kit

    By The Noguchi Museum

  7. Ephemeral Light Artist Talk

    By The Bronx County Historical Society · with Ira Merritt
    The Bronx
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Mural painting at the Battery

    By New York Mycological Society
    The Battery
Show 4 more on Saturday · rated lower

  1. Introduction to Watercolor Painting

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  2. Playback’s Street Party

    By BAMFree
    BAM Rose Cinemas
    Free

  3. Medieval Embroidered Bug Patches

    By Brooklyn Brainery
    Brooklyn Brainery

  4. Tapestry Weaving for Beginners

    By Brooklyn Brainery
    Brooklyn Brainery
Open Saturday, 2026-11-07

Sunday · Nov 8, 2026

1 event shown on this page

  1. Exploring the Grand Apartments of the Upper West Side

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Sunday, 2026-11-08

Monday · Nov 9, 2026

6 events shown on this page

  1. Oil Pastels for Beginners

    With Akshara Bangalore
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Fun by Design

    By Caveat
    Caveat, Manhattan
Show 4 more on Monday · rated lower

  1. Urban Garden Design (blended)

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Introduction to Gouache Painting

    By Brooklyn Brainery
    Brooklyn Brainery

  3. Book Launch: Junior Architects

    By Van Alen InstituteFree
    Van Alen Institute, Brooklyn
    Free

  4. Anime, Justice & Morality: Are the Villains the Heroes?

    By After 5 SocietyTicketed
    Broadway Comedy Club, Manhattan
Open Monday, 2026-11-09

Tuesday · Nov 10, 2026

4 events shown on this page

  1. Mongolian Calligraphy Workshop

    By Brooklyn College
    West Quad Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Staff and Faculty Creative Lunch: Collagraph Printmaking

    By Baruch College
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Show 2 more on Tuesday · rated lower

  1. The Wisdom Bar: How to Not Quit Your Favorite Thing: A Comedian's Guide

    By The Wisdom BarTicketed
    Flop House Comedy Club, Brooklyn

  2. Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa: Henry Wolf Chair in Photography Artist Talk

    By The Cooper Union
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Tuesday, 2026-11-10

Wednesday · Nov 11, 2026

1 event shown on this page
Show 1 more on Wednesday · rated lower

  1. Detours, Constellations, and Failure: Researching…

    By Bard Graduate Center · with Antonio Sánchez-Gómez
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Wednesday, 2026-11-11
Events 101–200 of 250 matching events.Show earlier eventsShow later events

For site owners

What do you want to learn?

Ask for a topic, a mood or a day.

Worth it this week

Ask thinking.nyc

What are you curious about?

I know every talk, class, walk and reading coming up in New York.