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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

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  1. Bone Sculpting Workshop

    255 McKibbin, Brooklyn

  2. The New Renaissance - A Masquerade Celebrating Black Music in NYC

    The Victoria Theater Restaurant

  3. Mahjong Club

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Collagraphs with Tetra Pak

  5. The Art of Aging for Lifelong Learners

    Kingsborough Community College
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Dev Lemons, Venus & the Flytraps

    Elsewhere - The Hall, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Kids Create: Halloween

    Free
    Brower Park Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  8. Small-Group Walking Gluten Free Food Tour of New York City

    Noglu, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Amazing Conifers Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Halloween Pottery: Pumpkin

    136 Bowery, Manhattan

  11. BU Health & Life Science Conference Featuring Big Tree ACORN Summit

    Rafik B. Hariri Building (Questrom School of Business), 9th Floor Ballroom & Kenmore Room
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Asanabenche "Invention Tour"

    Silvana, Manhattan

  13. Open hours for "The Carver's Order"

    The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation, Manhattan

  14. NYC Tour por Times Square, Broadway, Grand Central y la NY Biblioteca

    NYC Free Tours, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Bartending Academy Open House: Shake Your First Cocktail

    Coexist GameHouse, Manhattan

  16. Lawrence – Staycation: Coast-to-Coast

    Brooklyn Paramount
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Endorphins Fuel Bar

    Bluestone Lane
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. New York State Conference on the Environment (recycling, climate)

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan

  19. Medicine Grand Rounds: 2026 Clipp-Speer Lecture - Shared Values: Evidence, Compassion, and Fairness

    With Laura Svetkey, MD, MHS
    Duke North, Room 2002
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Chinese-American Planning Council and CaringKind to Provide Caregiver Workshop Series in Queens

    EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Tai Chi (Outdoors)

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  22. Morning Yoga on the Plaza

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Adult Mental Health First Aid Training

    Central Library, Dweck Center

  24. Nike: Form Follows Motion Gallery Talk

    Ticketed
    Museum of Arts and Design, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Brooklyn Bridge History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. BioE Seminar: Dr. Millicent Sullivan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Nephrology Grand Rounds

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Transportation in NY Summit

    New York Law School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. Forest Fridays

  30. New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. The Venetian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire

    Amphitheater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  35. Brain & Behavior Research Foundation 2026 International Mental Health Research Symposium

    Free
    Free

  36. Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

    With Bara Kolenc, Gregor Moder and 1 more
    Friedl 115
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  37. Capturing previously un-seen extreme events in complex systems

    With Themis Sapsis
    Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  38. Atlah World Ministries

    Atlah World Ministries 38 West 123rd Street New York NY 10027, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  39. Older Adult Wellness Walk

    Free
    Prospect Park Boathouse + Audubon Center, Brooklyn
    Free

  40. AWW: “A Fever Crept In”: Typhus, Malaria, and the Fate of Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment

    With Woody Holton
    Classroom Building, Room 229, Boyd Seminar Room
    CancelledUnconfirmed
    CancelledUnconfirmed

  41. Voices of 1776

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  42. The Cycle Alliance's Period Pantry at Saratoga

    Saratoga Library

  43. Gowanus Canal Conservancy: Rain Garden Stewardship, Sponge Park and Bond Gardens

  44. Enid A. Haupt Garden Tour

    Free
    Smithsonian Gardens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  45. Daffodil Bulb Giveaway & Volunteer Gardening Registration

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  46. Central Park Woodland Walk: The Ramble

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  47. Story Time and Meet the Author: A Quilt Of Stars: Astronaut Karen Nyberg Stitches a Dream

    With Karen Nyberg and Ann McCallum StaatsFree
    Air and Space Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  48. Big Moments, Little Stories

    Free
    Anacostia Community Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  49. Fall First Discoveries

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  50. Visiting NYC's Iconic Monster Movie Sites

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  51. Volunteer Shifts in the Rockaways

    RISE Educational Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  52. Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    Free

  53. Multilingual Business Help

    Sunset Park Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  54. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. New York Whiskey Washback

    The Bowery Hotel, Manhattan

  2. Lehigh University Men's Tennis at Army Invite

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. The Haunted House: Reggaeton Halloween Party

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skinos, Manhattan

  4. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Live Music Nightly

    Prohibition, Upper West Side
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Witch Please: Halloween Party

    Winnie Said

  7. Chaotic Singles Halloween Party

    By allevents.in
    The Ainsworth Midtown, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Live Music

    The Long Room, Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Halloween Norteño y Banda Yacht Party in NYC

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skyport Marina, Manhattan

  10. Schomburg Center Pre-Halloween Last Friday

    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

  11. NY Knicks Watch Parties — Every Game

    GOLFZON Social - Brooklyn NY, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Live Music

    Ticketed
    Tomi Jazz, Turtle Bay
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Social Salsa at Greeley Square Park

    Free
    Greeley Square Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. New York City Boat Party #1 statue of liberty Cruise series

    Pier 78 at Hudson River Park, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Eyes Wide Shut: A Halloween Masquerade

    The Nephews Super Club - Music & Restaurant Venue
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Yokai Festival

    By eventbrite.com
    Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center

  17. The Amazing Ken Presents: Spooky Halloween Comedy Magic Show

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Machine Girl Halloween Afterparty

    H0L0, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. An FIT Future//Forward Conversation with Law Roach

    Fashion Institute of Technology, Manhattan

  20. Discovery Day at The Learning Experience - Hudson Yards

    The Learning Experience - Hudson Yards, Manhattan

  21. Motion Massacre Halloween Party

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Level Astoria, Queens

  22. New York City Halloween Bar Crawl

    Coyote Ugly New York, Manhattan

  23. Tai Chi

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Discover Africa: Travel to Africa in the Digital Age

    New York, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Live DJ Nights

    Chorus Karaoke, Midtown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Halloween NuevaYol Latin Fridays

    By allevents.inTicketed
    OUT OF ORDINARY, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Nightmare on Steinway St – Halloween Party at Egypt Astoria

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Egypt Astoria, Queens

  28. Pumpkin Patch

    Free
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    Free

  29. FrightNight Ghost Tours

    Central Park - New York NY, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. OncoHeart 2026 International Conference

    JAHARIS FAMILY CENTER
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Fall Garden Highlights Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Shenandoah Hiking, Winery, and Sunsets Weekend

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Ice Skating at Winter Village

    Free
    Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Info Session | M.S. Urban Data Science

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Free

  35. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. The Cycle Alliance's Period Pantry at Gerritsen Beach

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Library
    Free

  37. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  38. St. Anthony Flea Market

    Free
    West Houston Street, Thompson Street to Macdougal Street, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  39. Hanzi of the Week 本周汉字

    New Utrecht Library

  40. Play at BCM

    Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  41. The Cycle Alliance's Period Pantry at McKinley Park

    McKinley Park Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  42. Mother Goose Magic

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Whitridge Room
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  43. Community

    Free
    Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  44. Community Knitting and Crochet at the Sheepshead Bay Library

    Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch

  45. Zumba Workout for All

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  46. Le Carrousel Rides

    Ticketed
    Bryant Park, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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