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Wednesday · Nov 4, 2026

85 events shown on this page

  1. High Line Tour: From Freight to Flowers

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

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

  4. Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    By New York Transit MuseumTicketed
    Off-Site
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Free-Form Watercolor Paint & Sip

    Free
    58th Street Library, Manhattan
    Free

  6. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Grand Central Terminal

    With MAS DocentTicketed

  8. Learn to Juggle in the Park

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  9. New York City Hall Guided Tour

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeHidden gem

  10. Chronic Skin Inflammation - Lessons Learned from Eczema and Cutaneous Lymphomas

    With Patrick Brunner, M.D., MSc
    CARSON FAMILY AUDITORIUM (CRC)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Wellness Wednesday

    With Aparna SadanandaFree
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Creative Aging: Transforming Paper into Art

    Dyker Library, Auditorium

  13. Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    By New York Transit MuseumTicketed
    Off-Site
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Nutrition Clinic Grand Opening

    By Brooklyn College
    West Quad Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Laser Cut Pins

    Cambria Heights, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Artistic Noise: Art & Care

    Studio Museum in Harlem, Manhattan

  17. Gallery Talks

    The Frick Collection
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Immigration Imagination Lab: Practice English Through Theater

    Flatbush Library

  19. Photo Walk with Hudson River Views & Historic Architecture

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Aspects of Aging: Aging in Place and Dying at Home: What Does it Take?

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

  21. The Invention of Park Avenue

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

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

    Free
    Williamsbridge Oval, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Gallery Talks

    The Frick Collection
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Mark Malkoff
    The Paley Museum

  25. Artistic Practices in Times of Ecological Crisis

    With Andrea Conte
    Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Masterclass: Mark Kroll, harpsichord

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

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

    UNCG Greensboro
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

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

  29. At the Hearth

    With Susan Brown and Mae ColburnFree
    Carnegie Library
    FreeHidden gem

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

    With Foy ScalfFree
    ISAW lecture hall
    Free

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

    Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus
    Hidden gem

  32. Making Music from Our Surroundings

    Central Library, Info Commons, Room 4
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture
    Center for Architecture

  34. First Wednesdays Open Mic

    With Kevin Crane
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Columbia University, Casa Hispanica

  36. Tith Kanitha: ស្ដាប់មិនជាក់ កុំអាលញាក់ចិញ្ចើម

  37. After-Hours Conservation Lab Tour

    Ticketed
    New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

  38. Deafula: B-Horror Movies & ASL

    Central Library, Info Commons Lab

  39. Paul Taylor Dance Company 2026 Season

    Ticketed
    Jazz at Lincoln Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  40. Intro to Fabric Painting

    Park Slope Brainery
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  41. Skirball Salon: On Butoh

    By NYU Skirball
    NYU Skirball Center, Manhattan

  42. Sorority FOCUS

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  43. Oil Paint Stick Monotype

    With ALESSANDRO LEVATOTicketed
    EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Manhattan

  44. Beyond Dreamers: Undocumented Youth Imagining Futures

    CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Lounge
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  45. Listen to Your Earrings: Remaking…

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

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  47. Knit, Hook & Stitch

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  48. Members-Only Tour: Center for Book Arts

    Free
    Center For Book Arts
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  50. Intro to Fabric Painting

    By Brooklyn BraineryFree
    Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn
    Free

  51. Members-Only Tour: Center for Book Arts

    Poster House
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  52. The Boathouse Jam: Winter Edition

    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse, Brooklyn

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

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

  54. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture

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

  55. 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

  56. Santos Bravos: Dual — Behind the Music

    The Paley Museum

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  58. 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

  59. Raise Your Voice: Curator-Led Tour

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

  60. Emerging Photographers Share Their Work of Self-Discovery

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  61. Doctors Without Boundaries

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

  62. Basic Mending Skillz

    With Andrea HerradaTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  63. Ethical-izing Holiday Celebrations Workshop Series

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  64. Francisca Valenzuela

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

    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  66. Tourism in Southeast Asia: Social and Environmental Challenges

    With Ayu Larassanti, Dr. Pham Hong Long and 2 more

  67. 54 Sings Queen

    Ticketed
    54 Below
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Autumn Indoor Yoga

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Gingerbread NYC Daytime Member Hours

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

  3. Grand Central History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. An OTNT Pop-Up

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

  5. Discovery Sing-Along with Sabrina Chap

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden · with Sabrina Chap

  6. Pearl Street Matinee

    Pearl Street Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Jasmine's Caribbean Cuisine 6th Anniversary

    Jasmine's Caribbean Cuisine
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Late-Night Wednesdays

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

  9. Zumba Rhythms Workout in the Park

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. BCR Craft Club

    Brooklyn Creative Reuse
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Body Snatching: The Dark Secret Behind Modern Medicine

    By After 5 SocietyTicketed
    Broadway Comedy Club, Manhattan

  12. Housing & Block Association Committee

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Vets Town Hall

    Cradle of Aviation Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Monthly Community Song Sharing

    By Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture

  15. Wednesday Weekly Meditation Gathering – Astoria Love FEC

    Astoria Love Family Enrichment Center, Queens

  16. English Country Dance

    Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Blue October

    Palladium Times Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Alan Buko Request Show

    Haswell Green's, Hell's Kitchen
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Wednesday, 2026-11-04

Thursday · Nov 5, 2026

15 events shown on this page

  1. Michelle Branch at Beacon Theatre

    Beacon Theatre
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. New York Fashion at PS1, 1980–1984

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. George Washington Talk with Jill Vaum Rothschild

  4. Music Industry 101, Session 2: Recordings & Label Deals

    With Pablo Max

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

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Memento Mori in NYC

    RESOBOX, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Lectures on Tap: Politics Now: A Philosophy of How We Got Here

    Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan

  8. Chair Yoga for Adults

    Free
    Brower Park Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  9. Rudy Francisco Live in New York

    Rodney's, Manhattan
Show 6 more on Thursday · rated lower

  1. Sip a Broadway-inspired cocktail at Bowtie Bar

    Bowtie Bar

  2. Slumber Party

    Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Brooklyn

  3. Bodies in Bloom: A Life Drawing Event

    Studio Sabek, Brooklyn

  4. Roots Rise Up

    Ticketed
    Block 41
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Hemodialysis Candidate Education Assessment

    300 Jay St fl 2 room g206, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Fitness with Kelly at Gotham Park

    Gotham Park, Manhattan
Open Thursday, 2026-11-05
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