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Thursday · Nov 5, 2026

85 events shown on this page

  1. Exclusive Tour Inside the Woolworth Building: NYC’s Cathedral of Commerce

    The Woolworth Building (Inside Lobby), Manhattan

  2. Secrets of the East River: NYC's Hidden Infrastructure by Ferry

    Starbucks (110 Pearl Street), Manhattan

  3. Responding in Ink: Comic Books, Graphic Novels

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  4. School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

  5. In Their Honor: 25 Years of Service

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Birding with NYC Bird Alliance

    Free
    Van Cortlandt Nature Center, The Bronx
    Free

  7. La Bohème

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Metropolitan Opera House
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. The Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors

    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  9. Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Classic Stage Company

  11. Clove Lakes Park

    By New York Mycological Society
    Cloves Lakes Park, Staten Island
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Is Everything Predictable?: AI, Prediction Markets, and the Philosophy of Foresight

    With Emma Stamm
    Index Greenpoint, 698 Manhattan Ave Floors 2 & 3, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Tosca

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Metropolitan Opera House

  16. IAU Symposium 409: Innovative Research and Techniques in Astronomy Outreach

    Tokyo, Japan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Here There Are Blueberries

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Barrymore Theatre

  18. European Space Weather Week

    Florence, Italy
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. 8th Summit for Space Sustainability

    Brasília, Brazil
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Michelle Branch at Beacon Theatre

    Beacon Theatre
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. George Washington Talk with Jill Vaum Rothschild

  22. Music Industry 101, Session 2: Recordings & Label Deals

    With Pablo Max

  23. Lectures on Tap: Politics Now: A Philosophy of How We Got Here

    Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan

  24. NYSOEA 58th Annual Conference

    Silver Bay YMCA, Silver Bay, NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Rudy Francisco Live in New York

    Rodney's, Manhattan

  26. Mussorgsky’s Pictures from Exhibition

    Steinway Hall, Manhattan

  27. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Houdini's Library

    The Grolier Club, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. Новый Амстердам → Нью-Йорк и его первые еврейские жители

    National Museum of the American Indian, Manhattan

  30. Once More, With Feeling: Live! 25th Anniversary Show

    littlefield, Brooklyn

  31. Chelsea Market, High Line & Hudson Yards Food & History Tour

    Chelsea Market, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. ISS / U.S. EVA #101

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Launch Falcon 9 / NROL-1995

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. 23rd Annual Small Law Firm Symposium

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Photo-Based Creative Writing Session

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  36. · Starts in 1h 9m

    After School Science Hour: Neuroscience and Nature at BioBase Harlem

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  37. · Starts in 2h 9m

    MƒA Thursday Think: From Classrooms to Systems

    With Dr. Jose Vilson
    Math for America, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  38. · Starts in 2h 9m

    Storytelling Circle

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  39. · Starts in 2h 39m

    Conservatory Orchestra II

    By Brooklyn College
    Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts
  40. · Starts in 4h 9m

    The New York Times Opinion Writers Unpack the 2026 Midterm Elections

    By Brooklyn Public Library · with Michelle Cottle, David French and 1 more
    Central Library, Dweck Center
  41. · Starts in 4h 39m

    Sankai Juku: TOTEM—Void and Height

    By NYU SkirballTicketed
    NYU Skirball Center, Manhattan
  42. · Starts in 5h 9m

    The New Consort: Flung from the Garden

    By Kaufman Music CenterTicketed
    Merkin Concert Hall, Manhattan
  43. · Starts in 6h 39m

    One Man Funeral

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan
Show 42 more on Thursday · rated lower

  1. Stranger Things: The First Shadow

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Marquis Theatre
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Longacre Theatre

  3. Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Club

  4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    DR2 Theatre
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Pre-Existing Condition

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Greenwich House Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Delirium

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Space at Irondale
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater

  8. Our Sinatra: A Musical Celebration

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater

  9. Secret Parlor Jazz: Home-Cooked Tunes & BBQ Dinner on the Upper East Side

    Parlor Jazz (Exact Meeting Location Revealed in Confirmation Email), Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Drunk Dracula NYC

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Ruby Theatre
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Midnight

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Daryl Roth Theatre

  12. The Imaginary Invalid

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Todd Haimes Theatre

  13. Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Night Egg at the Culture Club

  14. Alice in Wonderland the Musical

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Players Theatre

  15. King of the Yees

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Pershing Square Signature Center
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  16. The Heart

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre

  17. A Few Good Men

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Vivian Beaumont Theater - Lincoln Center Theater

  18. Rope

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Theatre at St. Clement's
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  19. 2:22 - A Ghost Story

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Lucille Lortel Theatre

  20. The Fantasticks

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Hayes Theater

  21. Downstate

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Booth Theatre

  22. Tristan & Yseult

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    St. Ann's Warehouse

  23. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

    Lyric Theatre - NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. I Love R&B Wednesday New York

    Polygon Brooklyn, Brooklyn

  25. It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Broadhurst Theatre
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Traitorz: The Unauthorized Musical Parody

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    St. Luke's Theatre

  27. Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

    Radio City Music Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Sip a Broadway-inspired cocktail at Bowtie Bar

    Bowtie Bar

  29. Slumber Party

    Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Brooklyn

  30. Roots Rise Up

    Ticketed
    Block 41
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. STC: School of Rock

    Murray Kahn Theater, Manhattan

  32. Deerhoof, Mercy, My Trio

    Elsewhere - The Hall, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Reggaeton Bar in Manhattan Party at San Antonios, Latin Thursday Night

    San Antonios, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Perreo Thursdays

    The Delancey, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Love Thursdays: The Ultimate R&B Experience

    Abyss Lounge, Brooklyn

  36. Tokyo Kanpai Boys Live Show

    High Line Comedy Club, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  37. Comedy Club

    Greenwich Village Comedy Club, Manhattan

  38. Young Miko - Late Checkout Tour

    Barclays Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  39. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  40. Fall Sweep

    By Brooklyn College
    Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts
  41. · Starts in 3h 39m

    After5NewYork - How Pop Culture Decides What History We Remember

    By After 5 SocietyTicketed
    Patrizia's Of Manhattan, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  42. · Starts in 4h 39m

    Four Voices, Four Worlds

    By Center for Jewish History · with Vassa Shevel, Inessa Zaretsky and 2 moreTicketed
Open Thursday, 2026-11-05

Friday · Nov 6, 2026

9 events shown on this page

  1. Marco De Paolis: Hunting the Nazi

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York · with Marco De Paolis
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. 36th Biannual International Electroacoustic Music Festival

    By Brooklyn CollegeFree
    Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts
    Free

  3. The Sea Made Us with Author Rob McKay

    By Queens Historical Society
    Kingsland
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Show 6 more on Friday · rated lower

  1. Discovery Sing-Along with Sabrina Chap

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden · with Sabrina Chap
    Discovery Garden

  2. Neuroscience WIP series: Romana Hyde, Jada Summerville

    By montefioreeinstein.org
    Bronx- 1410 Pelham Parkway South
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn…

    By Center for Brooklyn HistoryFree
    Center for Brooklyn History
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Make Room: A New Voices Salon with Chase Berggrun, Gia Gonzales & Rachelle Rahmé

    By Poetry Society of America · with Chase Berggrun, Gia Gonzales and 1 more

  5. Humanist Happy Hour

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Elliott Library (507), Manhattan

  6. Arguments and Grievances (NYCF)

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

Saturday · Nov 7, 2026

6 events shown on this page

  1. Empricism and the Philosophy of Mind Week 2

    By NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers CommunityFree
    Pier 57, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  2. Grand Concourse Walking Tour

    By The Bronx County Historical Society · with David HerszensonTicketed
    Heinrich Heine Fountain (in Joyce Kilmer Park, up the stairs on E. 161st Street)
Show 4 more on Saturday · rated lower

  1. Sankai Juku: TOTEM—Void and Height

    By NYU Skirball

  2. Early Morning Opening: To the Stars Space Exploration

    By Intrepid Museum
    Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Manhattan

  3. Garden Circle Event: Fall Migration Bird Walk

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    PostponedUnconfirmed
    PostponedUnconfirmed

  4. Fly Away Redbirds - Morning Ride

    By New York Transit MuseumTicketed
    Off-Site
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Saturday, 2026-11-07
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