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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

24 events shown on this page

  1. Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn

    By Center for Brooklyn HistoryFree
    Center for Brooklyn History
    Free

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

    With Branden Fitelson
    West Duke 202
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Annual Ridgway Lecture: Oplontis: New Discoveries at Villas A and B

    University of Washington
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Decoding Cellular Circuits in Intestinal Regeneration and Tumorigenesis

    With Eduardo Villablanca, Ph.D.
    CASPARY AUDITORIUM
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Brooklyn Heights at Twilight: The Weird, Wonderful, and In-Between

    Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn

  6. Damian White | Designing the Just Transition

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Brooklyn
    FreeHidden gem

  7. CCA Seminar: Jenny Ni, “Remaking Places: Comanche Politics, Rock Art, and the Shaping of Landscapes”

    With Jenny Ni
    Columbia University

  8. Living History After Dark

    Fraunces Tavern® Museum, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn

  12. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Sina Najafi Talks About Genocide With Eyal Weizman

    With Eyal Weizman and Sina Najafi
    Giorno Poetry Systems
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  15. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  16. Public Stargazing

    Stull Observatory
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  17. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  18. Public Viewing Sessions

    Free
    UNM Campus Observatory
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  20. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
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  1. Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. 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

  3. Bill Blyer Presents Long Island and The Civil War

    By Queens Historical Society · with Bill Blyer
    Kingsland

  4. J-KURU NEW YORK Evening Japanese Conversation

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

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

76 events shown on this page

  1. Reading in Italian & Musicalinasce in Costume for Halloween

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York

  2. Highlights Tour

    Governors Island, Manhattan

  3. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Dia de los Muertos at the Queens Zoo

    Queens Zoo
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Walking Tour of Historic Turtle Bay

    1st Avenue & East 47th Street, Manhattan

  7. Revolution in Old New York: Soldiers, Spies & Statesmen

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Japanese Maples Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Central Park Fall Bird Walk - Bluebirds

    Location to be announced to all who RSVP

  10. ILOA Galaxy Forum Jakarata, Indonesia

    Jakarta, Indonesia
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Halloween Bird "Tweets" in Green-wood Cemetery

    By Brooklyn Bird Club
    Green-wood Cemetery Main Gate

  12. Concrete to Trails: Hogencamp Mountain

    Appalachian Mountain Club New York-North Jersey

  13. Boston – Franklin Park – Scarboro Pond

    Boston – Franklin Park Tennis Courts (Meeting Spot)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Birding

    Pelham Bay Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Halloween Bird "Tweets" in Green-wood Cemetery

    By Brooklyn Bird Club
    Green-wood Cemetery Main Gate

  16. No Kimchi for Me Story Time with Aram Kim

    McCarren Park Greenmarket, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  18. Greenwood Cemetery Halloween Hike

    500 25th Street, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. The World & Me: Bat Week Extravaganza with special guests…Arachnids

    Free
    Natural History Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Daffodil Bulbs Giveaway and Volunteer Gardening

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Central Park Woodland Walk: The North Woods

    Ticketed
    Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Saturday Science for Students

    By The Explorers Club · with Dr. Sixto PortillaFree
    Free

  24. DC | Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

    With Grupo los Tecuanes, David Amorozo and 1 moreFree
    American Indian Museum DC
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Grow Your Own Future: Hydroponics for Adults

    Ticketed
    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Magicians and Mediums Trolley Tour

    By The Green-Wood CemeteryTicketed
    Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn

  27. Meet Our Animals: Peculiar Pigs

    Ticketed
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Empricism and the Philosophy of Mind Week 1

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

  29. Creepy Crawly Halloween

    Free
    Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park
    Free

  30. High Line Tour: From Freight to Flowers

  31. Spooky Story Time with Natalie Cronin

    82nd Street Greenmarket, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. CleanSweep

    Plumb Beach

  33. Green-Wood Cemetery

    By New York Mycological Society
    Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Forest Restoration

    Canarsie Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Judith Hannan
    Adams Street, Small Meeting Room

  36. Current Events in Government & Politics

    Dyker Library

  37. Halloween Fall Foliage Walk

    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

  38. Explore a Unique Pocket of NYC: A Look at History, Design, & Environment

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  39. Exhibition Workshop: Halloween Amulet Making

    With Carl Walsh and Leopoldo Fox-ZampiccoliFree
    Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
    Free

  40. Discovery Hike: Urban Wildlife

    Free
    Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  41. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

    With Cetiliztli NauhcampaFree
    National Museum of the American Indian Heye Center, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  42. Halloween Walk-Up Paddling – 2nd St.

  43. Dia de los Muertos Celebration at Brooklyn Army Terminal

    Free
    Brooklyn Army Terminal Arches
    Free

  44. Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    By New York Transit MuseumTicketed
    Off-Site
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  45. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  46. Halloween Hike to Heyerdahl Hill

    Free
    Blood Root Valley
    Free

  47. Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza

  48. Hubble’s Immersive Universe

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  49. Fall Foliage Cruise aboard Kingston

    Chelsea Piers
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  50. Underground Manhattan: Exploring the History of the NYC Subway System

    Municipal Building — Subway Entrance (See Confirmation Email for Exact Meeting Location), Manhattan

  51. Northwest Bronx: Van Cortlandt Park Hike and the Fieldston Historic District

    By Exploring NYC History and NeighborhoodsFree
    Van Cortlandt House Museum, The Bronx
    Free

  52. Catch the Fall Foliage

    New York LGBTQ+ Photographers
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  53. Story Time and Meet the Author: Suit Up For Launch with Shay

    With Sharon McDougleFree
    Air and Space Museum
    FreeUnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  54. Where Harlem Rests Trolley Tour

    Free
    Woodlawn Cemetery and Conservancy, The Bronx
    Free

  55. Urban Park Rangers: Outdoor Skills: Animal Tracking

    With NYC Parks' Urban Park Rangers
    Pelham Bay Nature Center, The Bronx

  56. Spooky Halloween Book Talk: Author Shares Her New Crime Thriller

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  57. Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum

    Free
    Conference House Park
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  58. Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  59. Macbeth by William Shakespeare (a Halloween reading)

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

  60. Explore a Unique Pocket of NYC: A Look at History, Design, & Environment

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free
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  1. South Street Seaport Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. East New York Farms Volunteer Days

    ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Fall Foliage Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Dinner with Entrepreneurs | Manhattan (Giving Back Edition)

    Restaurant of the Week, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. McGolrick Bird Club

    Free
    McGolrick Park, Brooklyn
    Free

  7. How Not to Kill Your Houseplants

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  8. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Planet Spectacular

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Halloween Hike in Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery

    Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

  11. Book Chat

    Brooklyn Heights Library, Orange Meeting Room

  12. Weekly Vigil for Yemen

    One Union Square South, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Spooky Storytime for Halloween

    Central Library, Youth Wing

  14. Green Lakes State Park Day Hike

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Mobile Lab at AM Benedetto’s Annual Halloween Party in the Bronx

    Harding Ave & Throgs Neck Blvd

  16. Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center (Weekends)

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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