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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

92 events shown on this page

  1. Bartending Academy Open House: Shake Your First Cocktail

    Coexist GameHouse, Manhattan
  2. · Starts in 3h 1m

    New York State Conference on the Environment (recycling, climate)

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan
  3. · Starts in 4h 1m

    Nike: Form Follows Motion Gallery Talk

    Ticketed
    Museum of Arts and Design, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  4. · Starts in 4h 1m

    BioE Seminar: Dr. Millicent Sullivan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  5. · Starts in 4h 1m

    Forest Fridays

    Van Cortlandt Park Alliance
  6. · Starts in 4h 1m

    New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  7. · Starts in 4h 1m

    Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  8. · Starts in 4h 1m

    Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  9. · Starts in 4h 31m

    Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem
  10. · Starts in 4h 31m

    Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

    With Bara Kolenc, Gregor Moder and 1 more
    Friedl 115
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  11. · Starts in 5h 1m

    Capturing previously un-seen extreme events in complex systems

    With Themis Sapsis
    Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  12. · Starts in 5h 1m

    Gowanus Canal Conservancy: Rain Garden Stewardship, Sponge Park and Bond Gardens

  13. · Starts in 5h 1m

    Enid A. Haupt Garden Tour

    Free
    Smithsonian Gardens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  14. · Starts in 5h 1m

    Daffodil Bulb Giveaway & Volunteer Gardening Registration

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  15. · Starts in 5h 1m

    Central Park Woodland Walk: The Ramble

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  16. · Starts in 5h 31m

    Story Time and Meet the Author: A Quilt Of Stars: Astronaut Karen Nyberg Stitches a Dream

    With Karen Nyberg and Ann McCallum StaatsFree
    Air and Space Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  17. · Starts in 5h 31m

    Visiting NYC's Iconic Monster Movie Sites

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free
  18. · Starts in 6h 1m

    Multilingual Business Help

    Sunset Park Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  19. · Starts in 6h 1m

    Taking Street Photography from Camera to Print

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  20. · Starts in 6h 1m

    5 Tips for Success in Entertainment, Media, and the Arts

    By Brooklyn College
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  21. · Starts in 6h 1m

    Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza
  22. · Starts in 6h 1m

    Tech Help for Your Job Search

    Central Library, Business & Career Center, Room 7
  23. · Starts in 6h 1m

    Sculpting the (Un)Spoken: A Participatory Performance with Iris van Herpen

    With Iris van Herpen
    Rotunda
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  24. · Starts in 6h 1m

    Multiscale Analysis of Wave Propagation in Random Media

    With Josselin Garnier
    Warren Weaver Hall 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  25. · Starts in 6h 1m

    Drop-In Resume & Career Help (Central Library)

    Central Library, Business & Career Center
  26. · Starts in 6h 1m

    Minimal hypersurfaces with variable asymptotic directions and the Bernstein problem

    With Jinxin Xue
    Warren Weaver Hall 512
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  27. · Starts in 6h 1m

    Cempazúchitl: Mexico's Marigold Workshop

    Watson Education Building, The Bronx
  28. · Starts in 7h 1m

    Lunchtime workshop

    FA 218
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  29. · Starts in 7h 1m

    Sống: Photographs by Ocean Vuong

    ThinkChinatown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  30. · Starts in 7h 1m

    Proximity Exhibition

    Free
    Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  31. · Starts in 7h 1m

    Exhibition Tour: Roy Lichtenstein: Like New

  32. · Starts in 7h 1m

    Building of the Day: Vagelos Innovation Laboratories

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture
    Vagelos Innovation Laboratories, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  33. · Starts in 7h 1m

    Halloween Hang with the LUAG Museum Educators

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  34. · Starts in 7h 1m

    Creative Aging: Canvas of Memories with Natalie Del Villar

    With Natalie Del Villar
    Flatbush, Caribbean Literary & Cultural Center
  35. · Starts in 7h 16m

    Dyker's Book Discussion: Too Old for This by Samantha Downing

    Dyker Library
  36. · Starts in 7h 29m

    Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  37. · Starts in 8h 1m

    Exhibition Tour: “Untitled” (America)

  38. · Starts in 8h 1m

    Short Story Discussion Group

    Central Library, Art Studio
  39. · Starts in 8h 1m

    Architectural Tours

    Plaza33
  40. · Starts in 8h 1m

    BCEats Farm Build

    By Brooklyn College
    Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts
  41. · Starts in 8h 1m

    Seasonal Highlights Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic GardenFree
    FreeHidden gem
  42. · Starts in 8h 31m

    Crafting Community: Work on Personal Projects & Make New Friends

    Free
    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, Manhattan
    Free
  43. · Starts in 9h 1m

    The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans

  44. · Starts in 9h 1m

    Resilient Jamaica Bay

    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
  45. · Starts in 9h 1m

    The Sky Tonight

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  46. · Starts in 9h 1m

    Iconic Views of Central Park Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  47. · Starts in 9h 1m

    Open Day – CUNY Graduate Center Classics Department

    CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan
  48. · Starts in 9h 1m

    NY | Hands On: Lotería

    Free
    American Indian Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  49. · Starts in 9h 31m

    Collage Party

    Central Library, Info Commons Lab
  50. · Starts in 10h 1m

    Dominic Frank, PhD - Mount Sinai Neuroscience Seminars

    Hess Building
    Hidden gem
  51. · Starts in 10h 1m

    The Tumultuous Lives of Luminous Stars: Mass Loss, Mass Transfer, and White Dwarf Kicks

    With Jim Fuller
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  52. · Starts in 10h 1m

    Exhibition Tour: Roy Lichtenstein: Like New

  53. · Starts in 10h 1m

    Discovery Tank Guided Gallery

    Hudson River Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  54. · Starts in 10h 21m

    A 2-Dimensional Theory of Argument Strength with Applications

    With Branden Fitelson
    West Duke 202
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  55. · Starts in 10h 31m

    SVA Conversations: “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” Screening and Q&A with Cinematographer Frankie DeMarco, ASC

    BFA Film
  56. · Starts in 10h 31m

    Decoding Cellular Circuits in Intestinal Regeneration and Tumorigenesis

    With Eduardo Villablanca, Ph.D.
    CASPARY AUDITORIUM
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  57. · Starts in 11h 1m

    Tricks and Treats: TV’s Scariest Episodes

    The Paley Museum
  58. · Starts in 11h 1m

    Whitney Halloween Teen Night

    Whitney Museum of American Art
  59. · Starts in 12h 1m

    Movie Night: Beetlejuice

    Free
    Public Square and Gardens, Hudson Yards
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  60. · Starts in 12h 1m

    Friday Evening at the Art/History Museum

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  61. · Starts in 12h 1m

    Visita Guiada en Español: Diseñados para ser Rojos

    Free
    Poster House
    Free
  62. · Starts in 13h 1m

    Fine Artist Discusses Art Book on the Rocky Films

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free
  63. · Starts in 13h 1m

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  64. · Starts in 13h 1m

    Red Hook Art Project: Adult Figure Drawing Night

    Red Hook Art Project Studio, Brooklyn
  65. · Starts in 13h 1m

    Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
  66. · Starts in 13h 1m

    Mural & Mingle

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  67. · Starts in 13h 1m

    Halloween Movie Night: Honoring Tim Curry

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  68. · Starts in 13h 1m

    Visions of the American Landscape: Films by Allison Janae Hamilton, with Imani Perry in Conversation

    With Allison Janae Hamilton and Imani Perry
    Studio Museum in Harlem: The Stoop
  69. · Starts in 13h 1m

    Make A Cutting Board

    With Cade DrummerTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  70. · Starts in 13h 1m

    Fine Art of Rocky

    Free
    Free
  71. · Starts in 13h 1m

    Weeksville Watch Night: Black Stories, Unbound

    By Weeksville Heritage Center
  72. · Starts in 13h 31m

    Highlights of the Exhibition “Untitled” (America)

  73. · Starts in 14h 1m

    Halloween Screening: Train to Busan

    With Yeon Sang-hoFree
    Asian Art Museum
    FreeUnconfirmedNotable speaker
    Unconfirmed
  74. · Starts in 14h 1m

    Public Stargazing

    Stull Observatory
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed
  75. · Starts in 15h 1m

    Public Viewing Sessions

    Free
    UNM Campus Observatory
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  76. · Starts in 15h 1m

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Cast Spooktacular Tour

    With Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell and 1 more
    The Town Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  77. · Starts in 15h 1m

    Nosferatu with Live Piano Accompaniment

    Ticketed
    Museum of the Moving Image, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  78. · Starts in 15h 31m

    Zones Troubles

    Ticketed
    The 3 Luxembourg
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  79. · Starts in 15h 31m

    15-Minute Tour: The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans

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  1. Fall Garden Highlights Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  2. · Starts in 2h 1m

    Shenandoah Hiking, Winery, and Sunsets Weekend

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  3. · Starts in 3h 31m

    Info Session | M.S. Urban Data Science

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Free
  4. · Starts in 5h 1m

    American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  5. · Starts in 5h 1m

    Mother Goose Magic

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Whitridge Room
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  6. · Starts in 7h 16m

    Neuroscience WIP series: Dr. Oriol Basquets Figueras

    By montefioreeinstein.org
    Bronx- 1410 Pelham Parkway South
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  7. · Starts in 8h 1m

    Ask a Tech at the Sheepshead Bay Library

    Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  8. · Starts in 10h 1m

    Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  9. · Starts in 11h 1m

    Halloween in the Park: Magic Show, Science Show, Face Painting, Trick-or-Treating, & More

    With Chris Capehart and Crazy ScienceFree
    Lawn, Bryant Park, Manhattan
    Free
  10. · Starts in 12h 1m

    Friday Night Function at Whitney Museum of American Art

    Free
    Whitney Museum of American Art, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  11. · Starts in 12h 1m

    Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind

    Time Out Market Union Square, Manhattan
  12. · Starts in 13h 1m

    Movies Under the Stars: Hoppers | PG

    Free
    Kissena Corridor Park, Manhattan
    Free
  13. · Starts in 14h 1m

    J-KURU NEW YORK Evening Japanese Conversation

    The Hugh, Manhattan
Open Friday, 2026-10-30

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

8 events shown on this page

  1. Reading in Italian & Musicalinasce in Costume for Halloween

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York

  2. Halloween Pottery: Ghost Candleholders

    136 Bowery, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Art in the Park: Upcycled Bike Jewelry

    Shirley Chisholm State Park, Brooklyn

  4. Spooktacular Girls in Business

    338 W 36th St., Manhattan

  5. Knifesmithing 101: Forge a Survival Knife

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Exhibition Tours: A Nation of Artists

Show 2 more on Saturday · rated lower

  1. Be a Part of the Magic - New York’s 53rd Annual Village Halloween Parade

    Greenwich Village, Manhattan

  2. Halloween Harvest Festival

    By allevents.in
    Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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