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Wednesday · Nov 4, 2026

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  1. The Penguin Book of the Sonnet: 500 Years of a Classic Tradition in English

    With Phillis Levin, Jonathan Galassi and 4 more
    The New York Society Library

  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

  9. High Line Tour: From Freight to Flowers

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Green-Wood on Wheels: Stroller-Friendly Tour

    By The Green-Wood CemeteryFree
    The Green-House at Green-Wood
    Free

  12. Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    By New York Transit MuseumTicketed
    Off-Site
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Free-Form Watercolor Paint & Sip

    Free
    58th Street Library, Manhattan
    Free

  14. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Grand Central Terminal

    With MAS DocentTicketed

  16. The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies – Book talk with Prof. Seth Schwartz

    With Seth Schwartz
    Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies

  17. Learn to Juggle in the Park

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  18. New York City Hall Guided Tour

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeHidden gem

  19. Creative Aging: Transforming Paper into Art

    Dyker Library, Auditorium

  20. Midwood Creative Writing Group @ Clarendon w/ Dave Johnson

    With Dave Johnson
    Clarendon, Meeting Room

  21. Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    By New York Transit MuseumTicketed
    Off-Site
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Laser Cut Pins

    Cambria Heights, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Artistic Noise: Art & Care

    Studio Museum in Harlem, Manhattan

  24. Gallery Talks

    The Frick Collection
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Immigration Imagination Lab: Practice English Through Theater

    Flatbush Library

  26. Photo Walk with Hudson River Views & Historic Architecture

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. The Invention of Park Avenue

    By The Skyscraper Museum · with Carol WillisFree
    The Skyscraper Museum, Manhattan
    Free

  28. Teen Time: Book Discussion Group

    Bay Ridge Library, Meeting Room

  29. Arts, Culture & Fun: BE BOLD - Ballet Programming

    Free
    Williamsbridge Oval, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Gallery Talks

    The Frick Collection
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Here’s Johnny: A Salute to NBC Icon Johnny Carson with Mark Malkoff

    With Mark Malkoff
    The Paley Museum

  32. Live Conversation with Winners of 2026 Humanities Prizes

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Artistic Practices in Times of Ecological Crisis

    With Andrea Conte
    Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Masterclass: Mark Kroll, harpsichord

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

  35. Ancient Nubia: Reframing Power Dynamics in the Nile Valley

    UNCG Greensboro
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. At the Hearth: A Close Look at Helena Hernmarck's Tapestry

    With Susan Brown and Mae ColburnFree
    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan
    Free

  37. At the Hearth

    With Susan Brown and Mae ColburnFree
    Carnegie Library
    FreeHidden gem

  38. Cursing, Curing, Creating: The Culture of Magic in Ancient Egypt

    With Foy ScalfFree
    ISAW lecture hall
    Free

  39. Thousands of Years, Thousands of Stories: Five Years of Excavations at Gird-I Matrab

    Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus
    Hidden gem

  40. Making Music from Our Surroundings

    Central Library, Info Commons, Room 4
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  41. Methods of Measurement: Health, Safety, Welfare in Architecture and Happy Hour

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture
    Center for Architecture

  42. An Evening with Gaël Faye and Peter Godwin

    By Albertine · with Gaël Faye and Peter Godwin
    Albertine, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  43. First Wednesdays Open Mic

    With Kevin Crane
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  44. In the Wake of Abuse: Hilda O. vs. The State of New York

    Columbia University, Casa Hispanica

  45. Tith Kanitha: ស្ដាប់មិនជាក់ កុំអាលញាក់ចិញ្ចើម

  46. After-Hours Conservation Lab Tour

    Ticketed
    New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

  47. Deafula: B-Horror Movies & ASL

    Central Library, Info Commons Lab

  48. Paul Taylor Dance Company 2026 Season

    Ticketed
    Jazz at Lincoln Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  49. Intro to Fabric Painting

    Park Slope Brainery
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  50. Book Talk: Claying Architecture, Making Machine and Material Kin

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture · with Shelby Doyle, Frank Melendez and 3 more
    Center for Architecture, Manhattan

  51. Skirball Salon: On Butoh

    By NYU Skirball
    NYU Skirball Center, Manhattan

  52. Sorority FOCUS

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  53. Oil Paint Stick Monotype

    With ALESSANDRO LEVATOTicketed
    EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Manhattan

  54. Beyond Dreamers: Undocumented Youth Imagining Futures

    CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Lounge
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  55. Listen to Your Earrings: Remaking…

    By Bard Graduate Center · with Henrietta Lidchi
    Bard Graduate Center, Manhattan

  56. Journalists Share Books on Boundary-Breaking Art & the Ongoing Fight To Defend Creative Freedom

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  57. Knit, Hook & Stitch

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  58. Members-Only Tour: Center for Book Arts

    Free
    Center For Book Arts
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  59. Minds behind Storied Architecture Studio Share Their Book, JSa: Built in Mexico City

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  60. Intro to Fabric Painting

    By Brooklyn BraineryFree
    Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn
    Free

  61. Members-Only Tour: Center for Book Arts

    Poster House
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  62. The Boathouse Jam: Winter Edition

    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse, Brooklyn

  63. Gender in Motion: Bijayini Satpathy and Sophiline Cheam Shapiro

    With Bijayini Satpathy and Sophiline Cheam-ShapiroTicketed
    Asia Society, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  64. It Started on Delancey Street: New York's Lower East Side in Jack Kirby's Comics

    By Center for Jewish History · with Roy Schwartz, Randolph Hoppe and 1 moreFree
    Center for Jewish History, Manhattan
    Free

  65. Santos Bravos: Dual — Behind the Music

    The Paley Museum

  66. Multidimensional artist discusses the work of pioneer in minimalist art space

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  67. CBH Talk | Armed Objects: Weapons, Ornamentation, and the Museum

    By Center for Brooklyn History · with Michelle Millar Fisher, Lola Page and 2 more
    Center for Brooklyn History

  68. Raise Your Voice: Curator-Led Tour

    Free
    Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  69. Parnassus Books: Conversation with Katie Garaby

    With Melissa R. Collings and Katie GarabyFree
    Parnassus Books
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  70. The New York Philosophy Club

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  71. Author Talk: The Black Madonna with Dr. Christena Cleveland

    By cafeconlibrosbk.com · with Dr. Christena ClevelandTicketed
    Cafe con Libros, Brooklyn

  72. Emerging Photographers Share Their Work of Self-Discovery

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  73. Great Literature Discussions: The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Online

  74. Basic Mending Skillz

    With Andrea HerradaTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  75. Ethical-izing Holiday Celebrations Workshop Series

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  76. Francisca Valenzuela

  77. November AIA Archaeology Hour with Joe Bagley: An Archaeology of the Battle of Bunker Hill

    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Traitorz: The Unauthorized Musical Parody

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    St. Luke's Theatre

  2. Storytime

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  3. AIANY Architecture for Education Committee Meeting

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture

  4. Frank Maza Featuring Javier Limon Present: Back Then

    Cafe Wha?, Manhattan

  5. Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

    Radio City Music Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Gingerbread NYC Daytime Member Hours

    By Museum of the City of New York
    Museum of the City of New York
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Fall First Discoveries

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  8. Grand Central History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. An OTNT Pop-Up

    By partiful.comFree
    21 Spring Street, SoHo, NYC
    Free

  10. Discovery Sing-Along with Sabrina Chap

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden · with Sabrina Chap

  11. Pearl Street Matinee

    Pearl Street Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. After-School Kids Art Studio

    By Museum of the City of New York
    Museum of the City of New York

  13. Kids Explore: Divali - Words & Worlds with Ms. Geshu

    Leonard, Auditorium

  14. Jasmine's Caribbean Cuisine 6th Anniversary

    Jasmine's Caribbean Cuisine
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Late-Night Wednesdays

    By Museum of the City of New YorkFree
    Museum of the City of New York
    Free

  16. Quiet Reading Meet Up

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. BCR Craft Club

    Brooklyn Creative Reuse
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Body Snatching: The Dark Secret Behind Modern Medicine

    By After 5 SocietyTicketed
    Broadway Comedy Club, Manhattan

  19. Housing & Block Association Committee

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Vets Town Hall

    Cradle of Aviation Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Monthly Community Song Sharing

    By Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture

  22. English Country Dance

    Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Blue October

    Palladium Times Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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