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Monday · Nov 2, 2026

36 events shown on this page

  1. Here There Are Blueberries

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Barrymore Theatre

  2. Hillbilly Allegedly: A JD Vance Parody Show

  3. This Isn’t Working | Work-in-Progress by Sean Donovan

    Arts Center at Governors Island, Manhattan

  4. Movie Screening I “La salita”

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York · with Massimiliano Gallo, Alfredo Francesco Cossu and 1 more

  5. Teen Art Hour

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Welding 101: Make a Rose out of Steel

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Zine-Making with Collage Techniques

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  8. Portrait Photography Demonstration for Focusing on the Individual

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Mending Session: Socks & Knitwear

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Print Making

    With Danielle Mascolo
    New Utrecht, Auditorium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  11. · Starts in 34 min

    Knit 2 Gether

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  12. · Starts in 1h 34m

    Arts, Culture & Fun: BE BOLD - Ballet Programming

    Free
    Williamsbridge Oval, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  13. · Starts in 1h 34m

    Children’s Cooking Class

    Casa Belvedere, The Italian Cultural Foundation
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  14. · Starts in 1h 34m

    Day of the Dead Family Celebration

    By The Green-Wood CemeteryFree
    Green-Wood Cemetery
    Free
  15. · Starts in 3h 4m

    FOSSS Guided Music Production Session: Basics

    Central Library, Info Commons, Recording Studio
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  16. · Starts in 3h 4m

    Workshop with Sankai Juku

    By NYU Skirball
    NYU Skirball Center, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  17. · Starts in 3h 19m

    Documentary Screening: “58th”

    With Carl Joseph E. Papa
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed
  18. · Starts in 3h 34m

    Never The Same River Film Screenings and Conversation

  19. · Starts in 3h 34m

    Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art

    Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  20. · Starts in 3h 34m

    Metropolitan Museum of Art-Featured Painter Shares His New Monograph

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free
  21. · Starts in 4h 4m

    Cold Process Soap Making for Beginners

    By Brooklyn Brainery
    Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn
  22. · Starts in 4h 4m

    Legacy of the Frick Family

    With Axel Rüger
    The Frick Collection
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  23. · Starts in 4h 4m

    Pneuhaus: Building with Air

    With August Lehrecke
    Harvard University Graduate School of Design
  24. · Starts in 4h 34m

    Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody Panel

    The Ripped Bodice, Brooklyn
  25. · Starts in 4h 34m

    Mark Twain Tonight: A Special One-night Only Performance

    With Richard Thomas and Hal Holbrook
    The Town Hall
    UnconfirmedNotable speaker
    Unconfirmed
  26. · Starts in 5h 4m

    AFTERIMAGES: Music of Christopher Berg

    By Kaufman Music CenterTicketed
    Merkin Concert Hall, Manhattan
  27. · Starts in 5h 34m

    PAF New York: Bestiary of Darkness

    By Pioneer Works · with Valentyna Janu, Vojtech Janu and 1 moreTicketed
    Pioneer Works
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  1. Public Craft Night Mondays and Thursdays

    NYC Resistor, Brooklyn

  2. Babies & Toddlers Playtime

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  3. Storytime Registration

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. November Exhibitions

    Manhattan
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details
  5. · Starts in 4 min

    Lehigh University Women's Basketball at UCLA

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  6. · Starts in 2h 34m

    Pay What You Wish admission

    Free
    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  7. · Starts in 2h 34m

    Bryant Park Movie Nights

    Free
    Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  8. · Starts in 4h 34m

    Weekly Rehearsal

    Big Apple Chorus, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  9. · Starts in 7h 4m

    Live Band Karaoke

    Haswell Green's, Hell's Kitchen
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Monday, 2026-11-02

Tuesday · Nov 3, 2026

47 events shown on this page

  1. Live @ Aloft Series, featuring art by Symplee Tufts

    Free
    W xyz Lounge @ Aloft Harlem Hotel
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Hand Building With Clay for Beginners

    Children's Art Carnival

  3. The Museum as Test Bed: Ann Neumann Building for Ideas That Don't Exist Yet

    The National Arts Club, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. AIANY Committee on Residential Architecture Meeting

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture
    CancelledUnconfirmed
    CancelledUnconfirmed

  5. Earth & Art: Hand-Built Pottery with Juniper Foster

    Art Barrio, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Absorption

    With Nivia Hernandez, Daniel Anthony Vasquez and 1 more
    TSA
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Play Date at NMNH: Animal Spotlight - Bison

    Free
    Natural History Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Urban Portrait Photography Walk with Professional Models

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  9. Piano Masterclass: Finghin Collins

    By Brooklyn College
    Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts

  10. Live Ice Choreography

    Free
    Winter Village Overlook, Bryant Park, Manhattan
    Free

  11. Slash/Back (2022): Inuit Sci-Fi Film

    Free
    58th Street Library, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  12. Creative Aging: The Joy of Creating

    Fort Hamilton, Meeting Room
    CancelledUnconfirmed
    CancelledUnconfirmed

  13. Arts & Minds Gallery Conversation

  14. The Steel Man

    Ticketed
    59E59 Theaters
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Multidisciplinary Artist Discusses His Practice & Materiality

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Learn to Juggle in the Park

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Intro to Linocut

    With MICHELE GODWINTicketed
    EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Manhattan

  18. Kill Your Stage Fright

    With Patryk Szwichtenberg
    Library for Arts & Culture

  19. Streetscape Photographers Discuss Their Book Blending New York History, Culinary Culture, & Interior Design

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeHidden gem

  20. Origami Group Meet-Up

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Metropolitan Museum of Art-Featured Artist Surveys His Work & Career

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  22. Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture Series with Pierpaolo Mittica and Adam Higginbotham

    With Pierpaolo Mittica, Adam Higginbotham and 1 more
    ICP's Library & Online, Manhattan
    Hidden gem

  23. The Diane Lewis Student Lecture Series | Manuel Bouzas: Reporting From the Field

    By The Cooper Union · with Manuel BouzasFree
    The Cooper Union, Manhattan
    FreeHidden gem

  24. MIT Museum Professional Shares Interactive Projects Currently in the Works

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeHidden gem

  25. Brooklyn Women’s Chorus Rehearsal

    By Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
    Brooklyn

  26. Paul Taylor Dance Company 2026 Season

    Ticketed
    Jazz at Lincoln Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Documentary Screening: “58th”

    With Carl Joseph E. Papa
    Hidden gem

  28. Lincoln in the Bardo

    With Missy MazzoliTicketed
    The Metropolitan Opera House
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. Real Life Tonight

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan
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  1. Italian Opera Dream

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York

  2. Afterschool Playtime

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  3. Nail Polish Party

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Schapiro17 at Third Street Music School

    Third Street Music School Settlement, Manhattan

  5. Folk Jams in Greeley Square Park

    Free
    Greeley Square Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Tuesdays at the Red Room

    The Red Room at KGB, Manhattan

  7. AIANY Design for Health Committee Meeting

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture

  8. AIA Tri-State Conference

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture

  9. FIT Undergraduate Information Session & Campus Tour

    Fashion Institute of Technology

  10. Around the World Through Your Lens

    By Brooklyn College
    West Quad
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Jonathan Leibovitz, clarinet

    By Kaufman Music CenterTicketed
    Merkin Concert Hall, Manhattan

  12. Anime Club @ Central

    Central Library, Teen Tech Center

  13. Teen Tuesdays

    Free
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. The Many Worlds of M.C. Escher: “Escher and the Art of Seeing Differently” with Jeffrey Price

    By National Museum of Mathematics · with Jeffrey Price

  15. Difficult People: The Movie (A Live Table Read)

    The Town Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Movie Nights at Bella Abzug Park: Clueles

    Free
    Bella Abzug Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Beauty School Dropout

    Sony Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Madame Daley | Lauren Craig

    Haswell Green's, Times Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Tuesday, 2026-11-03

Wednesday · Nov 4, 2026

17 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. Downtown Voices: Mozart Mass

    Trinity Church, Manhattan

  3. Hands On Teachers and Students Show

    Plymouth Center for the Arts
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Make and Race Your own Pinewood Car

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Bach at One: Bach’s Italian Muses

    Trinity Church, Manhattan

  6. Ikebana Wednesdays: An Evening of Contemporary Ikebana

    36 E Broadway, Manhattan

  7. What is an Individualized Education Program (IEP) For Families of School-Age Students?

  8. Storytime Studio: Let’s Head Outside

    Free
    Hirshhorn Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. I Love R&B Wednesday New York

    Polygon Brooklyn, Brooklyn

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

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Broadhurst Theatre
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Afterschool Playtime

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Midtown Music in Greeley Square Park

    Free
    Greeley Square Park, Manhattan
    Free

  5. Traitorz: The Unauthorized Musical Parody

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    St. Luke's Theatre

  6. Storytime

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  7. AIANY Architecture for Education Committee Meeting

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture

  8. Frank Maza Featuring Javier Limon Present: Back Then

    Cafe Wha?, Manhattan

  9. Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

    Radio City Music Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Wednesday, 2026-11-04
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