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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

82 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. Birding with NYC Bird Alliance

    Free
    Van Cortlandt Nature Center, The Bronx
    Free

  6. The Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors

    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  7. Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Clove Lakes Park

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

  9. American Astronomical Society Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting

    Spokane WA, USA
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. NYC Marathon: 50 Years Through the Five Boroughs

    Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

  11. On this Day: Hurricane Sandy

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Zion and Bryce Hiking and Glamping

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Las Vegas Climbing and Paddling Weekend Adventure

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. 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

  16. Healing Leaders Book Tour

    220 Central Park South, Manhattan

  17. Stones in the Water

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

  18. Soulful Maximalism Book Tour

    Adanne Bookshop, Brooklyn

  19. Evening of astronomy

    JBENC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. West Harlem Forest Tree Club

    Outdoors - Open Spaces,Parks & Streets
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Amazing Conifers Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    NYC Free Tours, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Bartending Academy Open House: Shake Your First Cocktail

    Coexist GameHouse, Manhattan

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

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan

  26. Transportation in NY Summit

    New York Law School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. The Venetian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire

    Amphitheater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  30. Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

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

  31. Voices of 1776

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    Free

  33. BCEats Farm Build

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

  34. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Discover New York City's Jazz Age History

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. Resilient Jamaica Bay

    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

  37. The Sky Tonight

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  38. Highlights of Brooklyn's Gravesend

    Neck Road Subway station, Brooklyn

  39. Iconic Views of Central Park Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  40. Open Day – CUNY Graduate Center Classics Department

    CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan
  41. · Starts in 25 min

    Dominic Frank, PhD - Mount Sinai Neuroscience Seminars

    Hess Building
    Hidden gem
  42. · Starts in 25 min

    Halloween Prelude: Haunted Greenwich Village Tour

    By Exploring NYC History and NeighborhoodsFree
    Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Manhattan
    Free
  43. · Starts in 25 min

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

    With Jim Fuller
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  44. · Starts in 25 min

    Discovery Tank Guided Gallery

    Hudson River Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  45. · Starts in 25 min

    Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn

    By Center for Brooklyn HistoryFree
    Center for Brooklyn History
    Free
  46. · Starts in 45 min

    A 2-Dimensional Theory of Argument Strength with Applications

    With Branden Fitelson
    West Duke 202
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  47. · Starts in 55 min

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

    University of Washington
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  48. · Starts in 55 min

    Decoding Cellular Circuits in Intestinal Regeneration and Tumorigenesis

    With Eduardo Villablanca, Ph.D.
    CASPARY AUDITORIUM
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  49. · Starts in 1h 25m

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

    Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn
  50. · Starts in 1h 25m

    Damian White | Designing the Just Transition

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Brooklyn
    FreeHidden gem
  51. · Starts in 1h 35m

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

    With Jenny Ni
    Columbia University
  52. · Starts in 2h 55m

    Living History After Dark

    Fraunces Tavern® Museum, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  53. · Starts in 3h 25m

    Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
  54. · Starts in 3h 25m

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  55. · Starts in 3h 25m

    Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
  56. · Starts in 3h 25m

    Make A Cutting Board

    With Cade DrummerTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  57. · Starts in 3h 25m

    Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  58. · Starts in 3h 55m

    Sina Najafi Talks About Genocide With Eyal Weizman

    With Eyal Weizman and Sina Najafi
    Giorno Poetry Systems
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  59. · Starts in 3h 55m

    Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
  60. · Starts in 4h 25m

    Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
  61. · Starts in 4h 25m

    Public Stargazing

    Stull Observatory
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed
  62. · Starts in 4h 55m

    Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
  63. · Starts in 5h 25m

    Public Viewing Sessions

    Free
    UNM Campus Observatory
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  64. · Starts in 5h 25m

    Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
  65. · Starts in 5h 55m

    Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
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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. Ruppert Park Capital Renovations

    Ruppert Park, Manhattan, New York, NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Harlem Haunt: Early Trick-or-Treating

    Manhattan Borough President's Office

  7. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Fall Garden Highlights Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Shenandoah Hiking, Winery, and Sunsets Weekend

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Ask a Tech at the Sheepshead Bay Library

    Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  13. · Starts in 25 min

    Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  14. · Starts in 1h 25m

    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
  15. · Starts in 2h 25m

    Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind

    Time Out Market Union Square, Manhattan
  16. · Starts in 4h 25m

    Bill Blyer Presents Long Island and The Civil War

    By Queens Historical Society · with Bill Blyer
    Kingsland
  17. · Starts in 4h 25m

    J-KURU NEW YORK Evening Japanese Conversation

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

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

18 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. Dia de los Muertos at the Queens Zoo

    Queens Zoo
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Walking Tour of Historic Turtle Bay

    1st Avenue & East 47th Street, Manhattan

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

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Japanese Maples Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Central Park Fall Bird Walk - Bluebirds

    Location to be announced to all who RSVP

  11. ILOA Galaxy Forum Jakarata, Indonesia

    Jakarta, Indonesia
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    By Brooklyn Bird Club
    Green-wood Cemetery Main Gate

  13. Concrete to Trails: Hogencamp Mountain

    Appalachian Mountain Club New York-North Jersey
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  1. South Street Seaport Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. East New York Farms Volunteer Days

    ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Fall Foliage Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Restaurant of the Week, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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