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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

37 events shown on this page

  1. Revolutionary Echoes: Chinese-Language Radio in the Cold War Era

    With Jie Li
    Columbia University, International Affairs Building (IAB)

  2. Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Indonesia in Global Value Chains: Understanding the New Economic Imperialism

    With Intan Suwandi
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. BCEats Farm Build

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

  5. Seasonal Highlights Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic GardenFree
    FreeHidden gem

  6. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Discover New York City's Jazz Age History

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Resilient Jamaica Bay

    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

  9. The Sky Tonight

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Highlights of Brooklyn's Gravesend

    Neck Road Subway station, Brooklyn

  11. Iconic Views of Central Park Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Dominic Frank, PhD - Mount Sinai Neuroscience Seminars

    Hess Building
    Hidden gem

  13. Halloween Prelude: Haunted Greenwich Village Tour

    By Exploring NYC History and NeighborhoodsFree
    Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Manhattan
    Free

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

    With Jim Fuller
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Discovery Tank Guided Gallery

    Hudson River Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn

    By Center for Brooklyn HistoryFree
    Center for Brooklyn History
    Free

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

    University of Washington
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Decoding Cellular Circuits in Intestinal Regeneration and Tumorigenesis

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

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

    Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn

  20. Damian White | Designing the Just Transition

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Brooklyn
    FreeHidden gem

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

    With Jenny Ni
    Columbia University

  22. Living History After Dark

    Fraunces Tavern® Museum, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  24. Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn

  25. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Sina Najafi Talks About Genocide With Eyal Weizman

    With Eyal Weizman and Sina Najafi
    Giorno Poetry Systems
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  28. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  29. Public Stargazing

    Stull Observatory
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  30. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  31. Public Viewing Sessions

    Free
    UNM Campus Observatory
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  33. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
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  1. Neuroscience WIP series: Dr. Oriol Basquets Figueras

    By montefioreeinstein.org
    Bronx- 1410 Pelham Parkway South
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. 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

  4. Bill Blyer Presents Long Island and The Civil War

    By Queens Historical Society · with Bill Blyer
    Kingsland
Open Friday, 2026-10-30

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

63 events shown on this page

  1. Highlights Tour

    Governors Island, Manhattan

  2. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Red Cross Adult&Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED class

    AllCPR Training New York, Manhattan
    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. Chinese-American Planning Council and CaringKind to Provide Free Caregiver Workshop Series in Queens

    EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Boston – Franklin Park – Scarboro Pond

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

  15. Birding

    Pelham Bay Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    By Brooklyn Bird Club
    Green-wood Cemetery Main Gate

  17. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  18. Greenwood Cemetery Halloween Hike

    500 25th Street, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Member Yoga

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Natural History Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Daffodil Bulbs Giveaway and Volunteer Gardening

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Cardio Circuit Blast

    Free
    Thomas Jefferson Park
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Central Park Woodland Walk: The North Woods

    Ticketed
    Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Saturday Science for Students

    By The Explorers Club · with Dr. Sixto PortillaFree
    Free

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

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

  27. Grow Your Own Future: Hydroponics for Adults

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Magicians and Mediums Trolley Tour

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

  29. Meet Our Animals: Peculiar Pigs

    Ticketed
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Bodyweight Circuit Training

    Free
    East River Waterfront Esplanade
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Accessible, Grounding, & Restorative Yoga in the Park

    Free
    Randall's Island Park
    Free

  32. Creepy Crawly Halloween

    Free
    Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park
    Free

  33. High Line Tour: From Freight to Flowers

  34. CleanSweep

    Plumb Beach

  35. Green-Wood Cemetery

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

  36. Forest Restoration

    Canarsie Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  37. Current Events in Government & Politics

    Dyker Library

  38. Bodyweight Burn Circuit Training

    Free
    Cadman Plaza Park
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Runners, run on over for breakfast

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York

  2. New Balance Run House - Shakeout Run

    Ideal Glass Studio, Manhattan

  3. South Street Seaport Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. East New York Farms Volunteer Days

    ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Fall Foliage Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Restaurant of the Week, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Runna New York Shakeout Session

    Pura Vida - Williamsburg Kent Ave, Brooklyn

  9. Fit Club Circuit Training

    Free
    Bay Terrace Playground Handball
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Forest Fitness

    Free
    Fort Tryon Park
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. NYRR Open Run: Soundview Park

    Free
    Soundview Park
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. NYRR Open Run: St. Marys Park

    Free
    St. Mary's Annual 5K Start
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. NYRR Open Run: Highland Park

    Free
    Highland Park
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. NYRR Open Run: Baisley Pond Park

    Free
    Baisley Pond Park
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. NYRR Open Run: Astoria Park

    Free
    Astoria Park
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. No Excuses Circuit Training

    Free
    St. John's Park
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. McGolrick Bird Club

    Free
    McGolrick Park, Brooklyn
    Free

  18. Mindfulness in the Galleries

    By The Noguchi Museum
    The Noguchi Museum

  19. How Not to Kill Your Houseplants

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  20. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Zumba

    Free
    Queens Community House Beacon @ PS 149
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Rise&Restore Circuit Training

    Free
    Highbridge Park
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Planet Spectacular

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

  25. Salem Missionary Baptist Church

    Salem Missionary Baptist Church 305 East 21st Street Brooklyn NY 11226, Brooklyn
Open Saturday, 2026-10-31
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