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96 events

Sunday · Nov 1, 2026

24 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. Masterpieces: An Experience of the Museo del Prado

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

  4. Intro to Printmaking

    Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. PONCIA

    Thalia Spanish Theatre, Queens
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  6. Ten Years of Brooklyn Lace Guild

    Textile Arts Center Gallery, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Digital Collage with Adobe CC and its Free Alternatives

    Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Stained Glass Art for Beginners

    Ticketed
    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn

  9. Mindful Pottery Wheel Throwing Class

    96 Bogart St, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Water Marbling Workshop

    The Arts Building, Manhattan

  13. Intro to Woodworking: Make a Custom Longboard

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Hands in Clay: A Pottery Workshop for Beginners

    Art Barrio, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    89 East 42nd Street, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Festival of Arts and Music

    Prospect Park Boathouse, Brooklyn

  18. Some Other (Note) Books: A Bookmaking Workshop

    Free
    Printed Matter, Manhattan
    Free

  19. The Shining: International Version with Garrett Brown and Michael Chaiken

    Museum of the Moving Image, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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    Día de los Muertos Celebration

    Morbid Anatomy, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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    The Walk Project: Umbilical City (Walk 1)

    Free
    Gantry Plaza State Park, Queens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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    Film - You Can See Everything

    AMC Loews 34th Street, Manhattan
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    Paint and Plaster

    With Allen Hansen, Elisa Lendvay and 2 more
    Incubator Studio Gallery, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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    Monthly Silent Vigil for Peace and Non-Violence

    Washington Square Arch, Manhattan
Open Sunday, 2026-11-01

Monday · Nov 2, 2026

16 events shown on this page

  1. Welding 101: Make a Rose out of Steel

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Explore a Major NYC Park

    Free
    Bryant Park Shop by the Fountain, Manhattan
    Free

  3. Bryant Park History Walking Tour

    Free
    Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art

    Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Cold Process Soap Making for Beginners

    By Brooklyn Brainery
    Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn

  6. Between Crown and Congress: New York's Jews During the American Revolution - Liberty 250® Lecture — Fraunces Tavern® Museum

    With Zachary Edinger
    Fraunces Tavern® Museum, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. The Wisdom Bar – Historical Migrations of Tacos in the USA: Taco Lovers

    By The Wisdom BarTicketed
    Room 52, Manhattan

  8. Truth on Trial: 80 Years After Nuremberg A Conversation

    By Center for Jewish History · with Natalie Livingstone, Nadav Eyal and 1 moreTicketed
    Center for Jewish History, Manhattan

  9. Hillbilly Allegedly: An Evening with the Vice President

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan
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  1. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Public Craft Night Mondays and Thursdays

    NYC Resistor, Brooklyn

  3. November Exhibitions

    Manhattan
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  4. Pay What You Wish admission

    Free
    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Bryant Park Movie Nights

    Free
    Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Geography of Success: Is the Game Rigged?

    By After 5 SocietyTicketed
    Broadway Comedy Club, Manhattan

  7. Lectures on Tap - "Jimi Hendrix in New York: The Making of a Legend"

    By Lectures on TapTicketed
    Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Open Monday, 2026-11-02

Tuesday · Nov 3, 2026

12 events shown on this page

  1. The Museum as Test Bed: Ann Neumann Building for Ideas That Don't Exist Yet

    The National Arts Club, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Moving the Millions

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Art Barrio, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Slash/Back (2022): Inuit Sci-Fi Film

    Free
    58th Street Library, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  5. Intro to Linocut

    With MICHELE GODWINTicketed
    EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Manhattan

  6. CB2 Transportation Committee Meeting

    Free
    Queens Community Board 2 Office, Queens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Law Across Two Countries

    By New York Hungarian Scientific SocietyTicketed
    Consulate General of Hungary, Manhattan

  8. 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

  9. The Diane Lewis Student Lecture Series | Manuel Bouzas: Reporting From the Field

    By The Cooper Union · with Manuel BouzasFree
    The Cooper Union, Manhattan
    FreeHidden gem

  10. Lectures on Tap - “Radical New York: From Anarchists to Occupy Wall Street”

    By Lectures on TapTicketed
    Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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  1. Nail Polish Party

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Tuesday, 2026-11-03

Wednesday · Nov 4, 2026

19 events shown on this page

  1. Transatlantic Policy Breakfast

    Penn Club, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Make and Race Your own Pinewood Car

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Ikebana Wednesdays: An Evening of Contemporary Ikebana

    36 E Broadway, Manhattan

  4. Free-Form Watercolor Paint & Sip

    Free
    58th Street Library, Manhattan
    Free

  5. Laser Cut Pins

    Cambria Heights, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Artistic Noise: Art & Care

    Studio Museum in Harlem, Manhattan

  7. The Invention of Park Avenue

    By The Skyscraper Museum · with Carol WillisFree
    The Skyscraper Museum, Manhattan
    Free

  8. At the Hearth: A Close Look at Helena Hernmarck's Tapestry

    With Susan Brown and Mae ColburnFree
    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan
    Free

  9. After-Hours Conservation Lab Tour

    Ticketed
    New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

  10. Oil Paint Stick Monotype

    With ALESSANDRO LEVATOTicketed
    EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Manhattan

  11. Listen to Your Earrings: Remaking…

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

  12. Knit, Hook & Stitch

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Intro to Fabric Painting

    By Brooklyn BraineryFree
    Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn
    Free

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

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

  15. 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

  16. Raise Your Voice: Curator-Led Tour

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

  17. Basic Mending Skillz

    With Andrea HerradaTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Body Snatching: The Dark Secret Behind Modern Medicine

    By After 5 SocietyTicketed
    Broadway Comedy Club, Manhattan
Open Wednesday, 2026-11-04

Thursday · Nov 5, 2026

15 events shown on this page

  1. Memento Mori in NYC

    RESOBOX, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan

  3. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Sketching & Bookbinding Workshop

    Liz's Book Bar, Brooklyn

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

    National Museum of the American Indian, Manhattan

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

    Chelsea Market, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Site Visit | Resilience Infrastructure: East Side Coastal Resiliency

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. MƒA Thursday Think: From Classrooms to Systems

    With Dr. Jose Vilson
    Math for America, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Art in the Garden

    By The Horticultural Society of New York
    The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Culture of Place: A conversation with Farida Abu-Bakare, Curry J. Hackett, and Tura Cousins Wilson

    By Van Alen Institute · with Farida Abu-Bakare, Curry J. Hackett and 1 moreFree
    Van Alen Institute, Brooklyn
    Free

  11. Art and AgriCulture

    By The Horticultural Society of New York
    The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park, Manhattan

  12. tender is the room - Macey Keung

    By partiful.comFree
    ISO 855 at Brooklyn Film Camera, Brooklyn
    Free
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  1. Bodies in Bloom: A Life Drawing Event

    Studio Sabek, Brooklyn

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

    153 Bowery, Manhattan

  3. After5NewYork - How Pop Culture Decides What History We Remember

    By After 5 SocietyTicketed
    Patrizia's Of Manhattan, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Thursday, 2026-11-05

Friday · Nov 6, 2026

3 events shown on this page
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  1. Mural & Mingle

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Wayward: A Professor's Search for Truth in Shanghai's Underground

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

  3. Humanist Happy Hour

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Elliott Library (507), Manhattan
Open Friday, 2026-11-06

Saturday · Nov 7, 2026

5 events shown on this page

  1. Fall Foliage Walk: Greenwood Cemetery to Prospect Park

    By Exploring NYC History and NeighborhoodsFree
    Green-Wood Cemetery Education & Welcome Center (opening), Brooklyn
    Free

  2. Mexican Gothic Event / Dia de los Muertos Market

    By partiful.comFree
    56 Bogart St, Brooklyn
    FreeHidden gem

  3. Tom D's Big New York Show

    By Caveat
    Caveat, Manhattan
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  1. Drunk Black History - New York Comedy Festival Edition

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

  2. Overnights

    By Intrepid Museum
    Intrepid Museum, Manhattan
Open Saturday, 2026-11-07

Sunday · Nov 8, 2026

2 events shown on this page

  1. Sunday Platform with Richard Koral + Activity Day

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), Manhattan
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  1. The Baby Decision and Beyond: Reimagining Family in an Unstable World

    By Climate Cafe NYC
    Culture Lab LIC, Queens
Open Sunday, 2026-11-08
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