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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

71 events shown on this page

  1. Fantasy and Reality: The Art of Johan Tobias Sergel

    Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Rockefeller Center Architecture and Art Walking Tour

    Ticketed
    Equinox Rockefeller Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Stones in the Water

    By BAM · with Sarah Kay, Clint Smith and 2 more

  4. Fall 2026 CAS Symposium: “Empty Vessels Full of Meaning”

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Soulful Maximalism Book Tour

    Adanne Bookshop, Brooklyn

  6. Day of the Dead Workshop

    92 Ave. C, Manhattan

  7. Bone Sculpting Workshop

    255 McKibbin, Brooklyn

  8. Collagraphs with Tetra Pak

  9. Halloween Pottery: Pumpkin

    136 Bowery, Manhattan

  10. Open hours for "The Carver's Order"

    The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation, Manhattan

  11. Bartending Academy Open House: Shake Your First Cocktail

    Coexist GameHouse, Manhattan

  12. Nike: Form Follows Motion Gallery Talk

    Ticketed
    Museum of Arts and Design, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

    With Bara Kolenc, Gregor Moder and 1 more
    Friedl 115
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. 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

  15. Visiting NYC's Iconic Monster Movie Sites

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  16. Multilingual Business Help

    Sunset Park Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Taking Street Photography from Camera to Print

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. 5 Tips for Success in Entertainment, Media, and the Arts

    By Brooklyn College
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Tech Help for Your Job Search

    Central Library, Business & Career Center, Room 7

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

    With Iris van Herpen
    Rotunda
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Drop-In Resume & Career Help (Central Library)

    Central Library, Business & Career Center

  22. Cempazúchitl: Mexico's Marigold Workshop

    Watson Education Building, The Bronx

  23. Lunchtime workshop

    FA 218
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Sống: Photographs by Ocean Vuong

    ThinkChinatown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Proximity Exhibition

    Free
    Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Exhibition Tour: Roy Lichtenstein: Like New

  27. 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

  28. Halloween Hang with the LUAG Museum Educators

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. Creative Aging: Canvas of Memories with Natalie Del Villar

    With Natalie Del Villar
    Flatbush, Caribbean Literary & Cultural Center

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

    Dyker Library

  31. Exhibition Tour: “Untitled” (America)

  32. Short Story Discussion Group

    Central Library, Art Studio

  33. Architectural Tours

    Plaza33

  34. Crafting Community: Work on Personal Projects & Make New Friends

    Free
    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, Manhattan
    Free

  35. The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans

  36. Open Day – CUNY Graduate Center Classics Department

    CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan

  37. NY | Hands On: Lotería

    Free
    American Indian Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  38. Collage Party

    Central Library, Info Commons Lab

  39. Exhibition Tour: Roy Lichtenstein: Like New

  40. A 2-Dimensional Theory of Argument Strength with Applications

    With Branden Fitelson
    West Duke 202
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    BFA Film

  42. Tricks and Treats: TV’s Scariest Episodes

    The Paley Museum

  43. Whitney Halloween Teen Night

    Whitney Museum of American Art

  44. Movie Night: Beetlejuice

    Free
    Public Square and Gardens, Hudson Yards
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  45. Friday Evening at the Art/History Museum

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  46. Visita Guiada en Español: Diseñados para ser Rojos

    Free
    Poster House
    Free

  47. Fine Artist Discusses Art Book on the Rocky Films

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  49. Red Hook Art Project: Adult Figure Drawing Night

    Red Hook Art Project Studio, Brooklyn

  50. Mural & Mingle

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  51. Halloween Movie Night: Honoring Tim Curry

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  52. 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

  53. Make A Cutting Board

    With Cade DrummerTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  54. Fine Art of Rocky

    Free
    Free

  55. Weeksville Watch Night: Black Stories, Unbound

    By Weeksville Heritage Center

  56. Highlights of the Exhibition “Untitled” (America)

  57. Halloween Screening: Train to Busan

    With Yeon Sang-hoFree
    Asian Art Museum
    FreeUnconfirmedNotable speaker
    Unconfirmed

  58. The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Cast Spooktacular Tour

    With Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell and 1 more
    The Town Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  59. Nosferatu with Live Piano Accompaniment

    Ticketed
    Museum of the Moving Image, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  60. Zones Troubles

    Ticketed
    The 3 Luxembourg
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  61. 15-Minute Tour: The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans

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  1. AIANY Social Science and Architecture Committee Meeting

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture

  2. Oak Collection Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. An FIT Future//Forward Conversation with Law Roach

    Fashion Institute of Technology, Manhattan

  4. Info Session | M.S. Urban Data Science

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Free

  5. Mother Goose Magic

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Whitridge Room
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Ask a Tech at the Sheepshead Bay Library

    Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Friday Night Function at Whitney Museum of American Art

    Free
    Whitney Museum of American Art, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind

    Time Out Market Union Square, Manhattan

  9. Movies Under the Stars: Hoppers | PG

    Free
    Kissena Corridor Park, Manhattan
    Free

  10. J-KURU NEW YORK Evening Japanese Conversation

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

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

29 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

  7. Mixed Media Collage Workshop with Anthony Ciambella

  8. Woodworking for Beginners: Make a Side Table

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Procession of Puppets: La Catrina and Skeleton Puppets

    New York Botanical Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Intro to Leatherwork: Make a Leather Tote Bag

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. NYC Drawing the Dance Workshop

    Dixon Place, Manhattan

  12. Stained Glass Art for Beginners

    Ticketed
    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn

  13. Poughkeepsie, A Fall Photo-Walk

    Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

  14. No Kimchi for Me Story Time with Aram Kim

    McCarren Park Greenmarket, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Before-Hours Tours With an Art Historian

    MoMA, Manhattan

  16. Drawing in the Park

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  18. Open Studio: Sculpture Garden Reimagined

    Free
    Hirshhorn Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Empricism and the Philosophy of Mind Week 1

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

  20. Spooky Story Time with Natalie Cronin

    82nd Street Greenmarket, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Drawing in Nature

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Finding Your Story: The Power of Personal Narrative with Judith Hannan

    With Judith Hannan
    Adams Street, Small Meeting Room

  23. Repurposeful Ancestry Lab Repair Walk: Flatbush to Courtelyou

    Flatbush Library

  24. Forest Hills Gardens Tour On Halloween

    New York City Hiking Tours
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Intermediate English Class (We Speak NYC)

    Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch

  26. Walking Tour: Downtown New York Architecture in 1776

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture · with William M. SingerTicketed
    Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House
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  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

  3. Book Chat

    Brooklyn Heights Library, Orange Meeting Room
Open Saturday, 2026-10-31
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