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Thursday · Oct 29, 2026

88 events shown on this page

  1. Rania Amalia Shah: Soft Power

    Experimental Gallery
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. One-time Pottery Class & Painting

    40 Water St, Manhattan

  3. Ami Maria Hernandez: Cortlandia

    Olive Tjaden Gallery
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Skybox Halloween Paint & Sip

    SkyBox Sports Bar, Manhattan

  5. Music Industry 101, Session 1: Songwriting & Publishing

    With Pablo Max

  6. The Hails @ Elsewhere

    Elsewhere, 599 Johnson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Thursday Paint Knight

    Ticketed
    Brooklyn Game Knight, Sunset Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. One-time Pottery Class

    136 Bowery, Manhattan

  9. Island Editions Conversation Series

    Free
    Gensler Family AAP NYC Center
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Martha Graham: The Mother of Psychological Dance

    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, 10023, United States
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. This Land: Reimagining the United States of America on its 250th Anniversary

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. To Be For Forbears

    Bibliowicz Family Gallery
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Be Holding

    By BAM
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Trixx

    City Winery, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. William Greaves 100

    Ticketed
    Film Forum, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Suite Mysterioso: A Halloween Ballet

    Ticketed
    Tarrytown Music Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Awesome NYC Rock Music Tour

    Meet at Hard Rock Cafe, Manhattan

  18. Digital Collage with Adobe CC and its Free Alternatives

    Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. After-Hours Pastel Painting Workshop at AKC Museum of the Dog

    Museum of the Dog (Entrance on 40th St), Manhattan

  20. Fight or Flight: Make News, Make Noise Shorts Night

    Ticketed
    Stuart Cinema & Cafe, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics

    Ticketed
    Church of the Heavenly Rest, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Landscapes for Adaptation: Evidence from China in the Work of Kongjian Yu launch

    With Charles Waldheim and Rosetta Elkin
    Pratt Institute School of Architecture
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Stained Glass (Adult Term)

    Ticketed
    Bronx River Art Center, The Bronx
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Walter Annenberg Lecture: Alex Da Corte

    Theater and online, via Zoom

  25. Designed to Be Red Book Talk Signing

    Free
    Poster House, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. The Diane Lewis Student Lecture Series | Christine Chang: Dialogue as Method

    By The Cooper Union · with Christine ChangFree
    The Cooper Union, Manhattan
    Free

  27. Design Across Time: A Conversation with the Curators

    Ticketed
    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan

  28. Ceramic Handbuilding and Small Sculpture

    Ticketed
    Art Lab, Staten Island
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. Tomodachi Concert with Miggy Augmented Orchestra

    Free
    Culture Lab LIC, Queens
    Free

  30. The Man Who Laughs Silent Film Screening With Live Music by Ben Model

    With Ben Model
    The Sanctuary at St Paul & St Andrew
    Hidden gem

  31. Brantwood Halloween Figure Drawing Party - Male Model

    Ticketed
    Chyelle, Brooklyn

  32. Malachi Provenzano, violin: Beethoven, Stravinsky, and Bach

    With Malachi Provenzano
    Greenwich House Music School
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  33. An Archival Séance: The Critical Record with Marina Otero Verzier

    By Van Alen Institute · with Marina Otero Verzier and Paula Vilaplana de MiguelFree
    Van Alen Institute, Brooklyn
    FreeConflicting details
    Conflicting details

  34. Touching Cringe: On Disclosure’s Collection of Cultural Debris

    Film Auditorium, Brooklyn

  35. Summer on the Hudson: Movies on the Waterfront - Audience Choice

    Free
    Riverside Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. Orchestra in Miniature

    Free
    Lincoln Center, Manhattan
    Free

  37. Julia Wolfe, Bang on a Can All-Stars & Trinity Choir: Anthracite Fields

    By NYU Skirball
    NYU Skirball Center, Manhattan

  38. VOCES8

    By Kaufman Music Center

  39. Unique Chamber Duets

    Free
    David Rubenstein Atrium, Manhattan
    Free

  40. The Social Reckoning

    Free
    Metro Private Cinema - Chelsea
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  41. ANNY Screenings at the Queens Public Library in Ridgewood

    Free
    Queens Public Library at Ridgewood
    Free

  42. Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis: Iris van Herpen

    With Fern Mallis and Iris van Herpen
    92NY, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  43. · Starts in 11 min

    Comedians in Costumes: Halloween Comedy Show

    St. Marks Comedy Club
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  44. · Starts in 1h 26m

    The Bowery Boys: Ghost Stories of Old New York

    Joe's Pub
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Paige Fish

    Mercury Lounge, 217 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Halloween Burlesque in the Back: All Producers

    Freddy's Bar, Brooklyn

  3. Live Jazz with Jazz Generation

    DiWine Natural Wine Bar & Restaurant, Astoria
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Open Mic Night

    Church St School For Music and Art, Manhattan

  5. New York Short Film Fest & New York Documentary Film Fest Kickoff Party

    Solas, Manhattan

  6. Lawrence - Staycation

    Brooklyn Paramount, 385 Flatbush Ave Ext, Brooklyn, NY 11201
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. The Cafe Wha? House Band

    Cafe Wha?, Soho

  8. Bob Dylan Walking Tour

    1 Gramercy Park W, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Open Mic

    Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar, Upper West Side
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. An Evening of Live Entertainment

    Dejavu, West Village
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. A. G. Cook

    Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave, Maspeth, NY 11378
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. HARBOUR @ Gramercy Theatre

    Gramercy Theatre, 127 E 23rd St, New York, NY 10010
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Nik Parr & The Selfless Lovers

    Mercury Lounge, 217 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  14. Love and Clay: Couple's Pottery Class

    136 Bowery, Manhattan

  15. Love and Clay: Couple's Pottery Class - Brooklyn

    287 Grand Ave, Brooklyn

  16. Standup Show

    Free
    The Gaf West, Manhattan
    Free

  17. Blue Glove Presents: 2010’s EDM + Reggaeton Thursday Party

    00:00, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. The Barr Brothers

    Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St, New York, NY 10002
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Patrick Droney - The Made You Look Tour

    Brooklyn Steel, 319 Frost Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. horsegiirL

    Terminal 5, 610 W 56th St, New York, NY 10019
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Gallery Tour

    By Bard Graduate Center

  22. Lawrence - Staycation: Coast-to-Coast

    Brooklyn Paramount, 385 Flatbush Ave Ext,, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, United States
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Nekrogoblikon

    Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Ray and Paul

    Mercury Lounge, 217 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Architecture Alumni Group Fall Social

    Free
    The Back Room, Manhattan
    Free

  26. Watercolor for Adults

    Ticketed
    Bronx River Art Center, The Bronx
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. KAANY ARCHITALK SERIES XIII: Togather with Prof. Eugene Kwak

    5 Pennsylvania Plaza
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Movies Under the Stars

    Free
    Sunset Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. YHWH Nailgun @ Warsaw

    Warsaw, 261 Driggs Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Pottery Evenings

    Ticketed
    Bronx River Art Center, The Bronx
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. AWOL Creative Mixer

    Free
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Hallow's Eve Gig

    The Meadows
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Friendship Comedy Night

    Ticketed
    Flop House Comedy Club East Village, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America

    Free
    Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Grateful Shred

    Webster Hall, 125 E 11th St, New York, NY 10003
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. A Must See Musical by Tony Winner

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  37. Leenalchi, Femcel

    By Pioneer WorksTicketed
    Pioneer Works
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details
  38. · Starts in 26 min

    New York Comedy Club Presents

    New York Comedy Club Midtown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  39. · Starts in 56 min

    Karaoke with Ray

    Steiny's Pub, Saint George
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  40. · Starts in 56 min

    Do You Still Like Me? - A Comedy Dating Show: NAKED EDITION

    Ticketed
    Bushwick
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  41. · Starts in 1h 41m

    Aaron McCann, Emma Willmann, Dan Ahdoot, Riley Lassin

    With Aaron McCann, Emma Willmann and 2 moreFree
    New York Comedy Club Upper West Side
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  42. · Starts in 1h 56m

    The Big Woozy Band & Kelsey Pierce

    Haswell Green's, Times Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  43. · Starts in 1h 56m

    AKATA

    Ticketed
    H0L0, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  44. · Starts in 2h 41m

    Late Night Sessions

    Ticketed
    Dizzy's Club, Midtown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Thursday, 2026-10-29

Friday · Oct 30, 2026

12 events shown on this page

  1. LOOK BACK: By onay pl. x Wei-Fang Chang

    onay pl., Manhattan

  2. Frederic Church in Jamaica

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

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

    Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Rockefeller Center Architecture and Art Walking Tour

    Ticketed
    Equinox Rockefeller Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Reggaeton Rooftop Halloween Party

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Hotel Chantelle, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Jazz & Gin: A Speakeasy Soirée

  3. Haunted Reggaeton Warehouse (18+)

    By allevents.in
    Lottus Event Center

  4. The Night Before Halloween Reggaeton Party at Don Rique

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Don Rique's, Brooklyn

  5. An Evening of Live Entertainment

    Dejavu, West Village
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Piano in Bryant Park

    Free
    Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. AIANY Social Science and Architecture Committee Meeting

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Open Friday, 2026-10-30
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