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Wednesday · Nov 4, 2026

63 events shown on this page

  1. At the Hearth

    With Susan Brown and Mae ColburnFree
    Carnegie Library
    FreeHidden gem

  2. XRP Workshop

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Foy ScalfFree
    ISAW lecture hall
    Free

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

    Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus
    Hidden gem

  5. Making Music from Our Surroundings

    Central Library, Info Commons, Room 4
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture
    Center for Architecture

  7. An Evening with Gaël Faye and Peter Godwin

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

  8. First Wednesdays Open Mic

    With Kevin Crane
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Columbia University, Casa Hispanica

  10. Tith Kanitha: ស្ដាប់មិនជាក់ កុំអាលញាក់ចិញ្ចើម

  11. After-Hours Conservation Lab Tour

    Ticketed
    New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

  12. Deafula: B-Horror Movies & ASL

    Central Library, Info Commons Lab

  13. Paul Taylor Dance Company 2026 Season

    Ticketed
    Jazz at Lincoln Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Intro to Fabric Painting

    Park Slope Brainery
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. 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

  16. Skirball Salon: On Butoh

    By NYU Skirball
    NYU Skirball Center, Manhattan

  17. Sorority FOCUS

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Oil Paint Stick Monotype

    With ALESSANDRO LEVATOTicketed
    EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Manhattan

  19. Beyond Dreamers: Undocumented Youth Imagining Futures

    CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Lounge
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Listen to Your Earrings: Remaking…

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

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Knit, Hook & Stitch

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Members-Only Tour: Center for Book Arts

    Free
    Center For Book Arts
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

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

    With Daniel MucidaFree
    Simons Foundation, Manhattan
    Free

  26. Intro to Fabric Painting

    By Brooklyn BraineryFree
    Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn
    Free

  27. Make It in Brooklyn Sustainable Materials Pitch Contest

  28. Members-Only Tour: Center for Book Arts

    Poster House
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. The Boathouse Jam: Winter Edition

    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse, Brooklyn

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

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

  31. 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

  32. Santos Bravos: Dual — Behind the Music

    The Paley Museum

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

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  34. Psychedelics & Creativity in a Quantum World: Neuroscience

    By The Wisdom BarTicketed
    The Velvet, Brooklyn

  35. Beginner Music Production Workshop & 343 Labs Open House

    343 Labs - Music Production & DJ School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. 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

  37. Raise Your Voice: Curator-Led Tour

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

  38. Parnassus Books: Conversation with Katie Garaby

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

  39. The New York Philosophy Club

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

  40. Advantage Play: Can You Beat the Lottery?

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

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

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

  42. Emerging Photographers Share Their Work of Self-Discovery

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

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

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Online

  44. SciCafe: Ticked Off

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

  45. Basic Mending Skillz

    With Andrea HerradaTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  46. Ethical-izing Holiday Celebrations Workshop Series

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  47. From Vial to Patient: Packaging in the Biotech Supply Chain

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  48. Francisca Valenzuela

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

    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  50. Tourism in Southeast Asia: Social and Environmental Challenges

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

  51. 54 Sings Queen

    Ticketed
    54 Below
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Quiet Reading Meet Up

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Plant Propagation

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  3. BCR Craft Club

    Brooklyn Creative Reuse
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Body Snatching: The Dark Secret Behind Modern Medicine

    By After 5 SocietyTicketed
    Broadway Comedy Club, Manhattan

  5. Housing & Block Association Committee

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Vets Town Hall

    Cradle of Aviation Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Monthly Community Song Sharing

    By Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture

  8. BVS’ Biotech Community Event

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. English Country Dance

    Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Blue October

    Palladium Times Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. "First Famous Christmas" by Carrie Wittmer with Caroline Moss

    By Book Club BarTicketed
    Book Club Bar - East Village, Manhattan

  12. Alan Buko Request Show

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

Thursday · Nov 5, 2026

37 events shown on this page

  1. Michelle Branch at Beacon Theatre

    Beacon Theatre
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Cornell Entrepreneurship Showcase: Student Pitches & Venture Panel

    Verizon Executive Education Center, Manhattan

  3. New York Fashion at PS1, 1980–1984

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. George Washington Talk with Jill Vaum Rothschild

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

    With Pablo Max

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

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Memento Mori in NYC

    RESOBOX, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan

  9. NYSOEA 58th Annual Conference

    Silver Bay YMCA, Silver Bay, NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Rudy Francisco Live in New York

    Rodney's, Manhattan

  11. Mussorgsky’s Pictures from Exhibition

    Steinway Hall, Manhattan

  12. Ask-A-Tech

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Nobody’s Dummy

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

  14. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents AP Thomson & Kenny Sun

    NYU Game Center, Brooklyn

  16. Sketching & Bookbinding Workshop

    Liz's Book Bar, Brooklyn

  17. Masao Gozu: Windows and Bars

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Houdini's Library

    The Grolier Club, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Zeng Fanzhi

    Hauser & Wirth
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Новый Амстердам → Нью-Йорк и его первые еврейские жители

    National Museum of the American Indian, Manhattan
Show 17 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. Simons Collaboration on Confinement and QCD Strings Annual Meeting

    By Simons Foundation
    Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Roots Rise Up

    Ticketed
    Block 41
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. STC: School of Rock

    Murray Kahn Theater, Manhattan

  7. Deerhoof, Mercy, My Trio

    Elsewhere - The Hall, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    153 Bowery, Manhattan

  9. Hard Art

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Gallery Tour

    By Bard Graduate Center

  11. Reggaeton Bar in Manhattan Party at San Antonios, Latin Thursday Night

    San Antonios, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Metaverse 101

    New York, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Perreo Thursdays

    The Delancey, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Love Thursdays: The Ultimate R&B Experience

    Abyss Lounge, Brooklyn

  15. Tokyo Kanpai Boys Live Show

    High Line Comedy Club, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Comedy Club

    Greenwich Village Comedy Club, Manhattan

  17. Young Miko - Late Checkout Tour

    Barclays Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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