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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. In Their Honor: 25 Years of Service

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. NYC Marathon: 50 Years Through the Five Boroughs

    Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

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

    Whitehall Terminal, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Halloween Decor Tour with Just Ask Christine

    Starbucks, Manhattan

  8. On this Day: Hurricane Sandy

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. After Hours: New York City School Construction Authority

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Compelling Perspectives Featuring President George W. Bush

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Spot P Opening Reception

    Free
    Dyckman House Museum, Manhattan
    Free

  14. The City That Raised Us: Three Memoirists on Brooklyn, Memory, and Survival

    By The New York Society Library · with Patrick Dougher, Katrina Brownlee and 2 moreFree
    Members' Room and Online
    FreeHidden gem

  15. Thinking Sex. Again. with Dr. Gayle Rubin

    East Duke 209
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  16. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. BQE Central Events

    Multiple Locations

  18. The Brooklyn Blueprint, Powered by JP Morgan Chase & Co

    Free
    BRIC House
    Free

  19. Lectures on Tap - "Why Are American Elections So Expensive?"

    By Lectures on TapTicketed
    Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan

  20. Lectures on Tap - "Founding Mothers: How Women Shaped American Politics"

    By Lectures on Tap · with Lindsey CormackTicketed
    Prospect Park South, Brooklyn

  21. Haunted History: The Age of the Witch Hunts

    By Brooklyn BraineryTicketed
    Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn

  22. Mansion Magic: A Houdini Halloween Evening

    With Professor Shreeyash PalshikarTicketed
    Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Chelsea Market, High Line & Hudson Yards Food & History Tour

    Chelsea Market, Manhattan

  2. Early Voting

    NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. What’s New in the NYS Energy Code

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture

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

    New York, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    The Obelisk, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Ruppert Park Capital Renovations

    Ruppert Park, Manhattan, New York, NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. DSA Tenant Organizing Karaoke for a Cause

    Starr Bar, Brooklyn

  8. Zelle picks up the fare: free ferry rides every Thursday in October, NYC

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. New Lawyer Reception

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Thursday, 2026-10-29

Friday · Oct 30, 2026

36 events shown on this page

  1. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    NYC Free Tours, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Brooklyn Bridge History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Transportation in NY Summit

    New York Law School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. The Venetian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire

    Amphitheater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. 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

  7. Voices of 1776

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    Free

  9. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. 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

  11. Jewish Brighton Beach Walking Tour

    With Svetlana Kershtein
    ★ Pick

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

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

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

    With Intan Suwandi
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Discover New York City's Jazz Age History

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Highlights of Brooklyn's Gravesend

    Neck Road Subway station, Brooklyn

  17. Halloween Prelude: Haunted Greenwich Village Tour

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

  18. Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn

    By Center for Brooklyn HistoryFree
    Center for Brooklyn History
    Free

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

    University of Washington
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn

  21. Damian White | Designing the Just Transition

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Brooklyn
    FreeHidden gem

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

    With Jenny Ni
    Columbia University

  23. Living History After Dark

    Fraunces Tavern® Museum, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  25. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Sina Najafi Talks About Genocide With Eyal Weizman

    With Eyal Weizman and Sina Najafi
    Giorno Poetry Systems
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  28. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  29. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  30. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  31. 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. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Weekly AFSC Action Hour for Palestine

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Bill Blyer Presents Long Island and The Civil War

    By Queens Historical Society · with Bill Blyer
    Kingsland
Open Friday, 2026-10-30

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

24 events shown on this page

  1. Highlights Tour

    Governors Island, Manhattan

  2. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Walking Tour of Historic Turtle Bay

    1st Avenue & East 47th Street, Manhattan

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

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Greenwood Cemetery Halloween Hike

    500 25th Street, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. DC | Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

    With Grupo los Tecuanes, David Amorozo and 1 moreFree
    American Indian Museum DC
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Magicians and Mediums Trolley Tour

    By The Green-Wood CemeteryTicketed
    Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn

  10. High Line Tour: From Freight to Flowers

  11. Current Events in Government & Politics

    Dyker Library

  12. Explore a Unique Pocket of NYC: A Look at History, Design, & Environment

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  13. Exhibition Workshop: Halloween Amulet Making

    With Carl Walsh and Leopoldo Fox-ZampiccoliFree
    Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
    Free★ Pick

  14. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

    With Cetiliztli NauhcampaFree
    National Museum of the American Indian Heye Center, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Dia de los Muertos Celebration at Brooklyn Army Terminal

    Free
    Brooklyn Army Terminal Arches
    Free

  16. Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    By New York Transit MuseumTicketed
    Off-Site
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Underground Manhattan: Exploring the History of the NYC Subway System

    Municipal Building — Subway Entrance (See Confirmation Email for Exact Meeting Location), Manhattan

  19. Northwest Bronx: Van Cortlandt Park Hike and the Fieldston Historic District

    By Exploring NYC History and NeighborhoodsFree
    Van Cortlandt House Museum, The Bronx
    Free

  20. Where Harlem Rests Trolley Tour

    Free
    Woodlawn Cemetery and Conservancy, The Bronx
    Free★ Pick
Show 4 more on Saturday · rated lower

  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

  4. Weekly Vigil for Yemen

    One Union Square South, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Saturday, 2026-10-31
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