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137 events

Thursday · Oct 29, 2026

31 events shown on this page

  1. Exclusive Tour Inside the Woolworth Building: NYC’s Cathedral of Commerce

    The Woolworth Building (Inside Lobby), Manhattan

  2. Secrets of the East River: NYC's Hidden Infrastructure by Ferry

    Starbucks (110 Pearl Street), Manhattan

  3. Responding in Ink: Comic Books, Graphic Novels

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  4. In Their Honor: 25 Years of Service

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. The Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors

    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  6. Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. NYC Marathon: 50 Years Through the Five Boroughs

    Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

  8. Twilight Tour: Death in New York (Lower Manhattan)

    Whitehall Terminal, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Halloween Decor Tour with Just Ask Christine

    Starbucks, Manhattan

  10. On this Day: Hurricane Sandy

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. After Hours: New York City School Construction Authority

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Book Discussion: The Story of Printmaking: A Global History of Art

    With Holly EJ Black and Rob Swainston

  13. Computer Basics

    Free
    Brower Park Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Compelling Perspectives Featuring President George W. Bush

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Mastering Fermentation - Food Preservation

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Jones Day's Annual Labor & Employment Law Discussion Group

    NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Ask-A-Tech

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  19. Poetry Reading by J Brooke

    35-11 35th Ave, Queens

  20. Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Is Everything Predictable?: AI, Prediction Markets, and the Philosophy of Foresight

    With Emma Stamm
    Index Greenpoint, 698 Manhattan Ave Floors 2 & 3, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. New York City Salon Dinner: Time, Energy & Intention with Jaime Deverall

    With Jaime DeverallFree
    Free
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  1. Fall Session

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Chelsea Market, High Line & Hudson Yards Food & History Tour

    Chelsea Market, Manhattan

  3. Early Voting

    NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. AI Week Events

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. What’s New in the NYS Energy Code

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture

  6. New York City: The Battery Park Private Walking Tour

    New York, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Solve the mysteries of New York with our thrilling escape game

    The Obelisk, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Ruppert Park Capital Renovations

    Ruppert Park, Manhattan, New York, NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. NYC Meetup

    Free
    Beer Authority
    Free
Open Thursday, 2026-10-29

Friday · Oct 30, 2026

57 events shown on this page

  1. Healing Leaders Book Tour

    220 Central Park South, Manhattan

  2. Stones in the Water

    By BAM · with Sarah Kay, Clint Smith and 2 more

  3. Soulful Maximalism Book Tour

    Adanne Bookshop, Brooklyn

  4. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    NYC Free Tours, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Bartending Academy Open House: Shake Your First Cocktail

    Coexist GameHouse, Manhattan

  7. Brooklyn Bridge History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Transportation in NY Summit

    New York Law School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. The Venetian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire

    Amphitheater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

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

  11. 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

  12. Voices of 1776

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. 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

  14. Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    Free

  15. Multilingual Business Help

    Sunset Park Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Hood Playin' Tricks On Me: East Palo Alto and the Sonic Afterlives of Redevelopment

    With Antonio de Jesús López
    Bryan Center - Multicultural Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. 5 Tips for Success in Entertainment, Media, and the Arts

    By Brooklyn College
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Jewish Brighton Beach Walking Tour

    With Svetlana Kershtein

  20. Tech Help for Your Job Search

    Central Library, Business & Career Center, Room 7

  21. Drop-In Resume & Career Help (Central Library)

    Central Library, Business & Career Center

  22. Revolutionary Echoes: Chinese-Language Radio in the Cold War Era

    With Jie Li
    Columbia University, International Affairs Building (IAB)

  23. Dyker's Book Discussion: Too Old for This by Samantha Downing

    Dyker Library

  24. Indonesia in Global Value Chains: Understanding the New Economic Imperialism

    With Intan Suwandi
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Short Story Discussion Group

    Central Library, Art Studio

  26. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Discover New York City's Jazz Age History

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Highlights of Brooklyn's Gravesend

    Neck Road Subway station, Brooklyn

  29. Open Day – CUNY Graduate Center Classics Department

    CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan

  30. Halloween Prelude: Haunted Greenwich Village Tour

    By Exploring NYC History and NeighborhoodsFree
    Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Manhattan
    Free

  31. Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn

    By Center for Brooklyn HistoryFree
    Center for Brooklyn History
    Free

  32. A 2-Dimensional Theory of Argument Strength with Applications

    With Branden Fitelson
    West Duke 202
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Annual Ridgway Lecture: Oplontis: New Discoveries at Villas A and B

    University of Washington
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Brooklyn Heights at Twilight: The Weird, Wonderful, and In-Between

    Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn

  35. Damian White | Designing the Just Transition

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Brooklyn
    FreeHidden gem

  36. CCA Seminar: Jenny Ni, “Remaking Places: Comanche Politics, Rock Art, and the Shaping of Landscapes”

    With Jenny Ni
    Columbia University

  37. Living History After Dark

    Fraunces Tavern® Museum, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  38. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  39. Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  40. Make A Cutting Board

    With Cade DrummerTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  41. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  42. Sina Najafi Talks About Genocide With Eyal Weizman

    With Eyal Weizman and Sina Najafi
    Giorno Poetry Systems
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  43. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  44. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  45. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  46. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  47. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
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  1. Harlem Haunt: Early Trick-or-Treating

    Manhattan Borough President's Office

  2. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Free

  4. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Mother Goose Magic

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Whitridge Room
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Weekly AFSC Action Hour for Palestine

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Ask a Tech at the Sheepshead Bay Library

    Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind

    Time Out Market Union Square, Manhattan

  9. Bill Blyer Presents Long Island and The Civil War

    By Queens Historical Society · with Bill Blyer
    Kingsland

  10. J-KURU NEW YORK Evening Japanese Conversation

    The Hugh, Manhattan
Open Friday, 2026-10-30

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

12 events shown on this page

  1. Reading in Italian & Musicalinasce in Costume for Halloween

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York

  2. Highlights Tour

    Governors Island, Manhattan

  3. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Spooktacular Girls in Business

    338 W 36th St., Manhattan

  5. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Walking Tour of Historic Turtle Bay

    1st Avenue & East 47th Street, Manhattan

  7. Revolution in Old New York: Soldiers, Spies & Statesmen

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. No Kimchi for Me Story Time with Aram Kim

    McCarren Park Greenmarket, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Greenwood Cemetery Halloween Hike

    500 25th Street, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. South Street Seaport Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Dinner with Entrepreneurs | Manhattan (Giving Back Edition)

    Restaurant of the Week, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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