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Wednesday · Nov 4, 2026

22 events shown on this page

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Knit, Hook & Stitch

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Members-Only Tour: Center for Book Arts

    Free
    Center For Book Arts
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  5. Gut Feelings: How Our Nervous and Immune Systems Communicate

    With Daniel MucidaFree
    Simons Foundation, Manhattan
    Free

  6. Intro to Fabric Painting

    By Brooklyn BraineryFree
    Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn
    Free

  7. Members-Only Tour: Center for Book Arts

    Poster House
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

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

  9. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture

    With Matthew Zajic, PhD, Erica Musser, PhD, ABPP and 1 moreFree
    Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Manhattan
    Free

  10. 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

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  12. Psychedelics & Creativity in a Quantum World: Neuroscience

    By The Wisdom BarTicketed
    The Velvet, Brooklyn

  13. 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

  14. Raise Your Voice: Curator-Led Tour

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

  15. Advantage Play: Can You Beat the Lottery?

    With Skip GaribaldiFree
    National Museum of Mathematics [MoMath]
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Emerging Photographers Share Their Work of Self-Discovery

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  17. Doctors Without Boundaries

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

  18. SciCafe: Ticked Off

    With Ashley KennedyFree
    American Museum of Natural History, Cullman Hall of the Universe
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Basic Mending Skillz

    With Andrea HerradaTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Show 3 more on Wednesday · rated lower

  1. BCR Craft Club

    Brooklyn Creative Reuse
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Wednesday Weekly Meditation Gathering – Astoria Love FEC

    Astoria Love Family Enrichment Center, Queens

  3. BVS’ Biotech Community Event

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Wednesday, 2026-11-04

Thursday · Nov 5, 2026

47 events shown on this page

  1. Bad Art Club: Clay

    Free
    Brower Park Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  2. New York Fashion at PS1, 1980–1984

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Ut saltatio pictura: The Challenge of "Imitative" Theatrical Dance in 18th-Century France

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Memento Mori in NYC

    RESOBOX, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Chair Yoga for Adults

    Free
    Brower Park Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  6. NYSOEA 58th Annual Conference

    Silver Bay YMCA, Silver Bay, NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Nobody’s Dummy

    With Sophie Becker, Sarah Rebecca Kessler and 1 more
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Sketching & Bookbinding Workshop

    Liz's Book Bar, Brooklyn

  9. Brainy Babies Gerritsen Beach

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  10. Masao Gozu: Windows and Bars

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Zeng Fanzhi

    Hauser & Wirth
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. ISS / U.S. EVA #101

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Launch Falcon 9 / NROL-1995

    SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Next-Level Perinatal Palliative Care

    Free
    Roy & Diana Vagelos Education Center, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. New York City Hall Guided Tour

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  16. Prospect Park Stroller Walk

    Prospect Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Jakkai Siributr’s “Torrents of Rain” Exhibition at Silverlens Gallery

    With Jakkai Siributr
    Silverlens Gallery
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Memento Mori in NYC: The Art of Japanese Life and Death

    Ticketed
    RESOBOX
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Jenifer K. Wofford’s “Empress” Exhibition

    With Jenifer K. Wofford
    Silverlens Gallery
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Storytime at The Met: Color and Light

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  21. School Group Visits: Discovery Trail

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Thursday Tours

    Free
    Gemini North telescope
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. X Marks the Spot in Longevity, Brain Resilience, and Disease

    With Dena Dubal, Ph.D.
    CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. From Bronze to Gold: Experiencing Sienese Art

    With Stephanie Wisowaty
    Ian Wardropper Education Room
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Public Gallery Tour

    By Wave Hill
    Wave Hill, The Bronx

  26. Seen and Unseen: Weight and Weightlessness

    By The Noguchi Museum
    The Noguchi Museum
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  27. Illuminating the Past: Synchrotron Applications in Cultural Heritage

    With Julia Thom-Levy, Victor González and 3 more
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. After School Science Hour: Neuroscience and Nature at BioBase Harlem

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. Art in the Garden

    By The Horticultural Society of New York
    The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Culture of Place: A conversation with Farida Abu-Bakare, Curry J. Hackett, and Tura Cousins Wilson

    By Van Alen Institute · with Farida Abu-Bakare, Curry J. Hackett and 1 moreFree
    Van Alen Institute, Brooklyn
    Free

  31. Art and AgriCulture

    By The Horticultural Society of New York
    The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park, Manhattan

  32. Kotchakorn Voraakhom

    With Kotchakorn Voraakhom
    Higgins Hall, HHN-304
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Yoshitomo Nara

    David Zwirner
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. tender is the room - Macey Keung

    By partiful.comFree
    ISO 855 at Brooklyn Film Camera, Brooklyn
    Free
Show 13 more on Thursday · rated lower

  1. Bodies in Bloom: A Life Drawing Event

    Studio Sabek, Brooklyn

  2. Simons Collaboration on Confinement and QCD Strings Annual Meeting

    By Simons Foundation
    Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Hemodialysis Candidate Education Assessment

    300 Jay St fl 2 room g206, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Fitness with Kelly at Gotham Park

    Gotham Park, Manhattan

  5. Winternights: An Evening of Golden Light and Quiet Ritual

    153 Bowery, Manhattan

  6. Hard Art

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Gallery Tour

    By Bard Graduate Center

  8. Brainy Babies @ Brower Park Library

    Free
    Brower Park Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  9. STEM Explorers at 67th Street Library

    67th Street Library, Manhattan

  10. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Mat Pilates Session (Beginners Welcome)

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Fall Sweep

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

  13. Painting Flowers with Watercolor

    By Brooklyn Brainery
    Brooklyn Brainery
Open Thursday, 2026-11-05

Friday · Nov 6, 2026

13 events shown on this page

  1. Gallery Kit

    By The Noguchi Museum
    The Noguchi Museum

  2. A Different Picture: A Bronx Collage Workshop

    By The Bronx County Historical Society · with Nicole America Cruz
    Tremont Library, The Bronx
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed
Show 11 more on Friday · rated lower

  1. Free First Friday

    By The Noguchi Museum
    The Noguchi Museum

  2. Fall First Discoveries

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  3. November Memory Program

    By Brooklyn Botanic GardenFree
    Children’s Garden
    Free

  4. Chair Yoga for Everyone

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Adler Study (514), Manhattan

  5. Neuroscience WIP series: Romana Hyde, Jada Summerville

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

  6. Tour Público Museum Tour in Spanish

    By The Noguchi Museum
    The Noguchi Museum

  7. TGIF Afterschool Story and Craft Hour

    By The Green-Wood CemeteryFree
    Green-Wood Cemetery, The Green-House
    Free

  8. CUSP Run Club 4.0

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Brooklyn
    Free

  9. Mural & Mingle

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. The Wisdom Bar – "Rose-Tinted Screens: Parasocial Relationships"

    By The Wisdom BarTicketed
    Room 52, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Wayward: A Professor's Search for Truth in Shanghai's Underground

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan
Open Friday, 2026-11-06

Saturday · Nov 7, 2026

18 events shown on this page

  1. Reading in Italian

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York · with Malina Mannarino

  2. NICE Film Festival 2026

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York

  3. Printing from the Garden: An Introduction to Bundle-Dyeing

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  4. Nature's Workshop: Fall Foliage Leaf Art

    Free
    Lincoln Terrace Park (in Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Accessible Birding in a Waterfront Park

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Family Farmacy

    By The Horticultural Society of New York
    The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park, Manhattan

  7. Functional Single-Molecule Super-Resolution Microscopy With (Photo)-Switchable Fluorescent Molecules

    By Brooklyn College
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Mexican Gothic Event / Dia de los Muertos Market

    By partiful.comFree
    56 Bogart St, Brooklyn
    FreeHidden gem

  9. Discovery Hike: Waterfront Ecosystems

    Free
    Ward's Island Footbridge (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Ecology-Focused Walk: Discover Tidal Flows, Native Plants, & Marsh Habitats

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Show 8 more on Saturday · rated lower

  1. Musicalisinasce

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York · with Claudia Calì

  2. Early Morning Opening: To the Stars Space Exploration

    By Intrepid Museum
    Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Manhattan

  3. Garden Circle Event: Fall Migration Bird Walk

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    PostponedUnconfirmed
    PostponedUnconfirmed

  4. Walking Meditation: Lessons from the Earth

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  5. Introduction to Watercolor Painting

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  6. Playback’s Street Party

    By BAMFree
    BAM Rose Cinemas
    Free

  7. Medieval Embroidered Bug Patches

    By Brooklyn Brainery
    Brooklyn Brainery

  8. Tapestry Weaving for Beginners

    By Brooklyn Brainery
    Brooklyn Brainery
Open Saturday, 2026-11-07
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