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Thursday · Oct 29, 2026

27 events shown on this page

  1. Responding in Ink: Comic Books, Graphic Novels

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  2. Birding with NYC Bird Alliance

    Free
    Van Cortlandt Nature Center, The Bronx
    Free

  3. The Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors

    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  4. Clove Lakes Park

    By New York Mycological Society
    Cloves Lakes Park, Staten Island
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. American Astronomical Society Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting

    Spokane WA, USA
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. 1-on-1 ADHD-Friendly Math Session for Grades 4–9 | Catcher Academy

    37-18 Northern Blvd, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Holly EJ Black and Rob Swainston

  8. Spooky Nature Trivia

    Marsha P. Johnson State Park, Brooklyn

  9. Computer Basics

    Free
    Brower Park Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Mastering Fermentation - Food Preservation

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. NS Pharma Innovation Research Partnership Day

    MassBioHub

  12. STEM Club

    Queens Library Langston Hughes, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Ask-A-Tech

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  14. Ecology of the Bronx River Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Poetry Reading by J Brooke

    35-11 35th Ave, Queens

  16. ISS / U.S. EVA #100

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Zion and Bryce Hiking and Glamping

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Las Vegas Climbing and Paddling Weekend Adventure

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. 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

  21. Signs of Life

    Samuel Oschin Planetarium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. The Fly

    Ticketed
    The 3 Luxembourg
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. 32nd Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF 2026)

    Bangkok, Thailand
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Fall Session

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. AI Week Events

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Curbside Pick Up Aluminum/Tin Cans/Glass & Plastic - South/East

    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  5. Pumpkin Patch

    Free
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Thursday, 2026-10-29

Friday · Oct 30, 2026

58 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. Evening of astronomy

    JBENC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. West Harlem Forest Tree Club

    Outdoors - Open Spaces,Parks & Streets
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Amazing Conifers Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Bartending Academy Open House: Shake Your First Cocktail

    Coexist GameHouse, Manhattan

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

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan

  9. BioE Seminar: Dr. Millicent Sullivan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Forest Fridays

  11. New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  15. Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

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

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

    With Themis Sapsis
    Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

  18. Enid A. Haupt Garden Tour

    Free
    Smithsonian Gardens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Daffodil Bulb Giveaway & Volunteer Gardening Registration

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Central Park Woodland Walk: The Ramble

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. 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

  22. Multilingual Business Help

    Sunset Park Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. 5 Tips for Success in Entertainment, Media, and the Arts

    By Brooklyn College
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza

  25. Tech Help for Your Job Search

    Central Library, Business & Career Center, Room 7

  26. Multiscale Analysis of Wave Propagation in Random Media

    With Josselin Garnier
    Warren Weaver Hall 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Central Library, Business & Career Center

  28. Minimal hypersurfaces with variable asymptotic directions and the Bernstein problem

    With Jinxin Xue
    Warren Weaver Hall 512
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Dyker Library

  30. Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Short Story Discussion Group

    Central Library, Art Studio

  32. BCEats Farm Build

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

  33. Seasonal Highlights Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic GardenFree
    FreeHidden gem

  34. Resilient Jamaica Bay

    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

  35. The Sky Tonight

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. Iconic Views of Central Park Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  37. Open Day – CUNY Graduate Center Classics Department

    CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan

  38. Dominic Frank, PhD - Mount Sinai Neuroscience Seminars

    Hess Building
    Hidden gem

  39. The Tumultuous Lives of Luminous Stars: Mass Loss, Mass Transfer, and White Dwarf Kicks

    With Jim Fuller
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  40. Discovery Tank Guided Gallery

    Hudson River Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Branden Fitelson
    West Duke 202
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  42. Decoding Cellular Circuits in Intestinal Regeneration and Tumorigenesis

    With Eduardo Villablanca, Ph.D.
    CASPARY AUDITORIUM
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  44. Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn

  45. Make A Cutting Board

    With Cade DrummerTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  46. Public Stargazing

    Stull Observatory
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  47. Public Viewing Sessions

    Free
    UNM Campus Observatory
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Fall Garden Highlights Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Shenandoah Hiking, Winery, and Sunsets Weekend

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Free

  4. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Mother Goose Magic

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Whitridge Room
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Neuroscience WIP series: Dr. Oriol Basquets Figueras

    By montefioreeinstein.org
    Bronx- 1410 Pelham Parkway South
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Ask a Tech at the Sheepshead Bay Library

    Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Halloween in the Park: Magic Show, Science Show, Face Painting, Trick-or-Treating, & More

    With Chris Capehart and Crazy ScienceFree
    Lawn, Bryant Park, Manhattan
    Free

  10. Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind

    Time Out Market Union Square, Manhattan

  11. J-KURU NEW YORK Evening Japanese Conversation

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

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

15 events shown on this page

  1. Reading in Italian & Musicalinasce in Costume for Halloween

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York

  2. Spooktacular Girls in Business

    338 W 36th St., Manhattan

  3. Dia de los Muertos at the Queens Zoo

    Queens Zoo
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Japanese Maples Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Central Park Fall Bird Walk - Bluebirds

    Location to be announced to all who RSVP

  6. ILOA Galaxy Forum Jakarata, Indonesia

    Jakarta, Indonesia
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Halloween Bird "Tweets" in Green-wood Cemetery

    By Brooklyn Bird Club
    Green-wood Cemetery Main Gate

  8. Concrete to Trails: Hogencamp Mountain

    Appalachian Mountain Club New York-North Jersey

  9. Boston – Franklin Park – Scarboro Pond

    Boston – Franklin Park Tennis Courts (Meeting Spot)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Birding

    Pelham Bay Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Halloween Bird "Tweets" in Green-wood Cemetery

    By Brooklyn Bird Club
    Green-wood Cemetery Main Gate

  12. No Kimchi for Me Story Time with Aram Kim

    McCarren Park Greenmarket, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. East New York Farms Volunteer Days

    ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Fall Foliage Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. McGolrick Bird Club

    Free
    McGolrick Park, Brooklyn
    Free
Open Saturday, 2026-10-31
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