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Tuesday · Nov 3, 2026

9 events shown on this page

  1. Paul Taylor Dance Company 2026 Season

    Ticketed
    Jazz at Lincoln Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. The New York Groove Live w/New York Metro Weather

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

  3. Documentary Screening: “58th”

    With Carl Joseph E. Papa
    Hidden gem

  4. Lincoln in the Bardo

    With Missy MazzoliTicketed
    The Metropolitan Opera House
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Astronomy on Tap Montreal – Aliens & Black Holes: Mysteries of the Universe

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Real Life Tonight

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan
Show 3 more on Tuesday · rated lower

  1. Movie Nights at Bella Abzug Park: Clueles

    Free
    Bella Abzug Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Beauty School Dropout

    Sony Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Madame Daley | Lauren Craig

    Haswell Green's, Times Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Tuesday, 2026-11-03

Wednesday · Nov 4, 2026

91 events shown on this page

  1. Transatlantic Policy Breakfast

    Penn Club, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. 2026 Innovation Conference and Record Awards

    With Billie Tsien, Tod Williams and 7 more
    Museum of Jewish Heritage
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  3. 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

  4. Lectures on Tap - “Math & Scandal: The Man Who ‘Stole’ Infinity”

    SoHo, Manhattan

  5. Downtown Voices: Mozart Mass

    Trinity Church, Manhattan

  6. Hands On Teachers and Students Show

    Plymouth Center for the Arts
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Make and Race Your own Pinewood Car

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Bach at One: Bach’s Italian Muses

    Trinity Church, Manhattan

  9. Ikebana Wednesdays: An Evening of Contemporary Ikebana

    36 E Broadway, Manhattan

  10. 8th Summit for Space Sustainability

    Brasília, Brazil
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Bird and Nature Walk: Fresh Kills - North Park

    By Staten Island MuseumFree
    Freshkills North Park, Staten Island
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. High Line Tour: From Freight to Flowers

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

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

  15. Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    By New York Transit MuseumTicketed
    Off-Site
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Neuroscience Seminar Series: Dr. Sabine Kastner

    By montefioreeinstein.org
    The Bronx
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Free-Form Watercolor Paint & Sip

    Free
    58th Street Library, Manhattan
    Free

  18. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Grand Central Terminal

    With MAS DocentTicketed

  20. Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Seth Schwartz
    Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies

  22. Learn to Juggle in the Park

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  23. Camille Donoho: Connectomics-derived functional predictions in the Drosophila visual system

    With Camille Donoho
    Bryan Research 103
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. New York City Hall Guided Tour

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeHidden gem

  25. The Unusual Type II SN 2018ivc: Hints of a Binary Progenitor and a Young Pulsar Wind Nebula

    With Annika Deutsch
    622 Space Sciences Building
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Creative Aging: Transforming Paper into Art

    Dyker Library, Auditorium

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

    With Dave Johnson
    Clarendon, Meeting Room

  28. Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    By New York Transit MuseumTicketed
    Off-Site
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. PCB | Wang: Molecular Basis of Transcription and Transcription-coupled Repair

    With Dong Wang, PhD
    Nanaline Duke 147
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Laser Cut Pins

    Cambria Heights, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Artistic Noise: Art & Care

    Studio Museum in Harlem, Manhattan

  32. Gallery Talks

    The Frick Collection
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Immigration Imagination Lab: Practice English Through Theater

    Flatbush Library

  34. Photo Walk with Hudson River Views & Historic Architecture

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Math in Bloom: Fibonacci Stepping Stone Creation

    Queens Botanical Garden

  36. The Invention of Park Avenue

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

  37. Teen Time: Book Discussion Group

    Bay Ridge Library, Meeting Room

  38. Library Lab: Oobleck

    Free
    Brower Park Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  39. Math Encounters

    By National Museum of Mathematics · with Skip GaribaldiFree
    National Museum of Mathematics
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Williamsbridge Oval, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  41. Gallery Talks

    The Frick Collection
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Mark Malkoff
    The Paley Museum

  43. Live Conversation with Winners of 2026 Humanities Prizes

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  44. Artistic Practices in Times of Ecological Crisis

    With Andrea Conte
    Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  45. Masterclass: Mark Kroll, harpsichord

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

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

    UNCG Greensboro
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

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

  48. At the Hearth

    With Susan Brown and Mae ColburnFree
    Carnegie Library
    FreeHidden gem

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

    With Foy ScalfFree
    ISAW lecture hall
    Free

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

    Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus
    Hidden gem

  51. Making Music from Our Surroundings

    Central Library, Info Commons, Room 4
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture
    Center for Architecture

  53. An Evening with Gaël Faye and Peter Godwin

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

  54. First Wednesdays Open Mic

    With Kevin Crane
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Columbia University, Casa Hispanica

  56. Tith Kanitha: ស្ដាប់មិនជាក់ កុំអាលញាក់ចិញ្ចើម

  57. After-Hours Conservation Lab Tour

    Ticketed
    New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

  58. Deafula: B-Horror Movies & ASL

    Central Library, Info Commons Lab

  59. Paul Taylor Dance Company 2026 Season

    Ticketed
    Jazz at Lincoln Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  60. Intro to Fabric Painting

    Park Slope Brainery
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  61. 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

  62. Skirball Salon: On Butoh

    By NYU Skirball
    NYU Skirball Center, Manhattan

  63. Sorority FOCUS

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  64. Oil Paint Stick Monotype

    With ALESSANDRO LEVATOTicketed
    EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Manhattan

  65. Beyond Dreamers: Undocumented Youth Imagining Futures

    CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Lounge
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  66. Listen to Your Earrings: Remaking…

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

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  68. Knit, Hook & Stitch

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  69. Members-Only Tour: Center for Book Arts

    Free
    Center For Book Arts
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free
Show 21 more on Wednesday · rated lower

  1. I Love R&B Wednesday New York

    Polygon Brooklyn, Brooklyn

  2. It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Broadhurst Theatre
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Midtown Music in Greeley Square Park

    Free
    Greeley Square Park, Manhattan
    Free

  4. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Traitorz: The Unauthorized Musical Parody

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    St. Luke's Theatre

  6. AIANY Architecture for Education Committee Meeting

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture

  7. Frank Maza Featuring Javier Limon Present: Back Then

    Cafe Wha?, Manhattan

  8. Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

    Radio City Music Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. American Museum of Natural History

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Gingerbread NYC Daytime Member Hours

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

  11. Grand Central History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. An OTNT Pop-Up

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

  13. Discovery Sing-Along with Sabrina Chap

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden · with Sabrina Chap

  14. Pearl Street Matinee

    Pearl Street Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Amazon Free Afternoons

    Free
    Museum & Science Center
    Free

  16. Jasmine's Caribbean Cuisine 6th Anniversary

    Jasmine's Caribbean Cuisine
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Mountain Hawk Birding GBM

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Late-Night Wednesdays

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

  19. Quiet Reading Meet Up

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Plant Propagation

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  21. BCR Craft Club

    Brooklyn Creative Reuse
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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