thinking.nyc10:49 AM EST
Skip to events
thinking.nyc

Sunday, November 1 · 10:49 AM

Learn something in New York tonight.

Public talks, lectures, readings and walks across the five boroughs, gathered through research and organizer calendars.

Results

128 events

Sunday · Nov 1, 2026

37 events shown on this page

  1. Homeroom: Artists Against the Bomb

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. In Their Honor: 25 Years of Service

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Taking Back Our Space: Photographic Perspectives

    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Hyundai Translocal Series: Ho Tzu Nyen

    New Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Masterpieces: An Experience of the Museo del Prado

    Ticketed
    The Loft (3rd Fl) at Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Intro to Printmaking

    Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Hopi Kachina Dolls: Blessings for a Balanced World

    Brooklyn Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Saturday Artist Wheel Throwing Class

    Bronx River Art Center, The Bronx

  9. Digital Collage with Adobe CC and its Free Alternatives

    Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Stained Glass Art for Beginners

    Ticketed
    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn

  11. Welding and Metal Fabrication 101: Make a Steel Planter Box

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Walk-In Workshop: Fall Foodscapes

    Staten Island Children's Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Water Marbling Workshop

    The Arts Building, Manhattan

  14. Intro to Woodworking: Make a Custom Longboard

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Hands in Clay: A Pottery Workshop for Beginners

    Art Barrio, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Make Your Own Copper Lamp - Art Class by Classpop!TM

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Storm King Arts Center/Brotherhood Winery Tours and Lunch

    89 East 42nd Street, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Family Art Project: Day of the Dead

    By Wave Hill
    Wave Hill, The Bronx
  19. · Starts in 10 min

    Art Deco Murray Hill / Gramercy

    With Anthony W. RobinsTicketed
  20. · Starts in 10 min

    Festival of Arts and Music

    Prospect Park Boathouse, Brooklyn
  21. · Starts in 10 min

    Family Day

    Sky Rooms North and South
  22. · Starts in 10 min

    Historical House of The Distinguished American President of the Early 20th Century

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  23. · Starts in 1h 10m

    Education Resource Room: Día de los Muertos

    By The Noguchi Museum
    The Noguchi Museum
  24. · Starts in 1h 10m

    Some Other (Note) Books: A Bookmaking Workshop

    Free
    Printed Matter, Manhattan
    Free
  25. · Starts in 2h 10m

    Día de los Muertos Celebration

    Morbid Anatomy, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  26. · Starts in 2h 10m

    Beyond the Studio Workshop: Embroidery with Capital Stitch Co

    With Miri Artyukhina
    American Art Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  27. · Starts in 3h 10m

    Bracelet-Making Party

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  28. · Starts in 3h 10m

    NY | Hands On: Lotería

    Free
    American Indian Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  29. · Starts in 3h 10m

    The Touch Grass Book Club Meet-Up: Mary Oliver's Upstream

    Prospect Park Boathouse, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  30. · Starts in 5h 10m

    Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (week 4)

    By NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers CommunityFree
    Maiden Lane Public Atrium, Manhattan
    FreeHidden gem
  31. · Starts in 5h 40m

    BYOB Intro to Pottery Wheel

    Ticketed
    Brooklyn Clay Indust...
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  32. · Starts in 6h 10m

    Special Instructions hosted by Ella Hussle

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Show 5 more on Sunday · rated lower

  1. Union Square Holiday Market

    Union Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Hop-On Hop-Off Bus: Brooklyn Bridge, Financial District

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  3. · Starts in 10 min

    TCS New York City Marathon Watch Party

    By Museum of the City of New York
    Museum of the City of New York
  4. · Starts in 10 min

    Weekly Meeting for Worship

    15th Street Friends Meetinghouse, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  5. · Starts in 1h 10m

    Creation Station

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Children's Library
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Sunday, 2026-11-01

Monday · Nov 2, 2026

20 events shown on this page

  1. Midnight Release Party with Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

    Barnes & Noble, Manhattan

  2. Welding 101: Make a Rose out of Steel

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Explore a Major NYC Park

    Free
    Bryant Park Shop by the Fountain, Manhattan
    Free

  4. Point-and-Shoot Photography for Beginners (Part 1)

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  5. Zine-Making with Collage Techniques

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  6. Fort Hamilton Writers Circle

    Fort Hamilton, Meeting Room

  7. Portrait Photography Demonstration for Focusing on the Individual

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Mending Session: Socks & Knitwear

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Print Making

    With Danielle Mascolo
    New Utrecht, Auditorium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Knit 2 Gether

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Creative Writing Workshop

    Central Library, Art Studio
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Critical Classicality: Book Talk and Poetry Reading

    With Dr. Kelly Nguyen
    Rubenstein Library Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room 153
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Is America a failed experiment?

    Rhodes + Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Cold Process Soap Making for Beginners

    By Brooklyn Brainery
    Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn

  15. Pneuhaus: Building with Air

    With August Lehrecke
    Harvard University Graduate School of Design

  16. We Chose to Go to the Moon

    Free
    The New York Historical, Robert H. Smith Auditorium
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Special Viewing: We Chose to Go to the Moon

    Free
    The New York Historical, Robert H. Smith Auditorium
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Thalia Book Club: Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey

    By Symphony SpaceTicketed
    Symphony Space
Show 2 more on Monday · rated lower

  1. Public Craft Night Mondays and Thursdays

    NYC Resistor, Brooklyn

  2. Hop-On Hop-Off Bus: Brooklyn Bridge, Financial District, Memorial

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Monday, 2026-11-02

Tuesday · Nov 3, 2026

17 events shown on this page

  1. Live @ Aloft Series, featuring art by Symplee Tufts

    Free
    W xyz Lounge @ Aloft Harlem Hotel
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Earth & Art: Hand-Built Pottery with Juniper Foster

    Art Barrio, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Absorption

    With Nivia Hernandez, Daniel Anthony Vasquez and 1 more
    TSA
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Urban Portrait Photography Walk with Professional Models

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  5. Creative Aging: The Joy of Creating

    Fort Hamilton, Meeting Room
    CancelledUnconfirmed
    CancelledUnconfirmed

  6. Theater Workshop

    Central Library, Info Commons Lab
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Meet the Author: Sarah Feingold reading T is for Traffic Cone

    With Sarah Feingold
    Clinton Hill, Meeting Room

  8. Kitchen Table Histories

    By The Bronx County Historical Society
    Mott Haven Library, The Bronx
    Hidden gem

  9. Far from Home: Diaspora Networks, Religion, and Identity Abroad on the Ancient Indian Ocean

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Intro to Linocut

    With MICHELE GODWINTicketed
    EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Manhattan

  11. Kill Your Stage Fright

    With Patryk Szwichtenberg
    Library for Arts & Culture

  12. Streetscape Photographers Discuss Their Book Blending New York History, Culinary Culture, & Interior Design

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeHidden gem

  13. Origami Group Meet-Up

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Saratoga Writers' Workshop

    With Marae HartFree
    Saratoga, Meeting Room
    Free

  15. Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture Series with Pierpaolo Mittica and Adam Higginbotham

    With Pierpaolo Mittica, Adam Higginbotham and 1 more
    ICP's Library & Online, Manhattan
    Hidden gem

  16. Astrology, Magic, and Technology in City Life, 1400-1550

    With Anthony Grafton
    2nd Floor Flex Space
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed
Show 1 more on Tuesday · rated lower

  1. Nail Polish Party

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Tuesday, 2026-11-03

Wednesday · Nov 4, 2026

26 events shown on this page

  1. 2026 Innovation Conference and Record Awards

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

  2. Hands On Teachers and Students Show

    Plymouth Center for the Arts
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Make and Race Your own Pinewood Car

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Ikebana Wednesdays: An Evening of Contemporary Ikebana

    36 E Broadway, Manhattan

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

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

  6. Free-Form Watercolor Paint & Sip

    Free
    58th Street Library, Manhattan
    Free

  7. Creative Aging: Transforming Paper into Art

    Dyker Library, Auditorium

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

    With Dave Johnson
    Clarendon, Meeting Room

  9. Laser Cut Pins

    Cambria Heights, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Immigration Imagination Lab: Practice English Through Theater

    Flatbush Library

  11. Photo Walk with Hudson River Views & Historic Architecture

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus
    Hidden gem

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

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture
    Center for Architecture

  14. After-Hours Conservation Lab Tour

    Ticketed
    New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

  15. Deafula: B-Horror Movies & ASL

    Central Library, Info Commons Lab

  16. Oil Paint Stick Monotype

    With ALESSANDRO LEVATOTicketed
    EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Manhattan

  17. Knit, Hook & Stitch

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Members-Only Tour: Center for Book Arts

    Poster House
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. 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

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

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

  21. Emerging Photographers Share Their Work of Self-Discovery

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  22. Ethical-izing Holiday Celebrations Workshop Series

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  24. Tourism in Southeast Asia: Social and Environmental Challenges

    With Ayu Larassanti, Dr. Pham Hong Long and 2 more
Show 2 more on Wednesday · rated lower

  1. Gingerbread NYC Daytime Member Hours

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

  2. Housing & Block Association Committee

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Wednesday, 2026-11-04
The next 100 of 128 matching events.Show later events

For site owners

What do you want to learn?

Ask for a topic, a mood or a day.

Worth it this week

Ask thinking.nyc

What are you curious about?

I know every talk, class, walk and reading coming up in New York.