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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

34 events shown on this page

  1. Homeroom: Artists Against the Bomb

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Taking Back Our Space: Photographic Perspectives

    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Hyundai Translocal Series: Ho Tzu Nyen

    New Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Masterpieces: An Experience of the Museo del Prado

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

  5. Intro to Printmaking

    Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Hopi Kachina Dolls: Blessings for a Balanced World

    Brooklyn Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Saturday Artist Wheel Throwing Class

    Bronx River Art Center, The Bronx

  8. Digital Collage with Adobe CC and its Free Alternatives

    Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Day of the Dead Workshop

    92 Ave. C, Manhattan

  10. Bone Sculpting Workshop

    255 McKibbin, Brooklyn

  11. Collagraphs with Tetra Pak

  12. Kids Create: Halloween

    Free
    Brower Park Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  13. Halloween Pottery: Pumpkin

    136 Bowery, Manhattan

  14. Open hours for "The Carver's Order"

    The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation, Manhattan
  15. · Starts in 2h 5m

    Fall First Discoveries

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
  16. · Starts in 2h 35m

    Taking Street Photography from Camera to Print

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  17. · Starts in 2h 35m

    Cempazúchitl: Mexico's Marigold Workshop

    Watson Education Building, The Bronx
  18. · Starts in 3h 35m

    Lunchtime workshop

    FA 218
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  19. · Starts in 3h 35m

    Sống: Photographs by Ocean Vuong

    ThinkChinatown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  20. · Starts in 3h 35m

    Creative Aging: Canvas of Memories with Natalie Del Villar

    With Natalie Del Villar
    Flatbush, Caribbean Literary & Cultural Center
  21. · Starts in 5h 5m

    Crafting Community: Work on Personal Projects & Make New Friends

    Free
    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, Manhattan
    Free
  22. · Starts in 5h 35m

    NY | Hands On: Lotería

    Free
    American Indian Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  23. · Starts in 6h 5m

    Collage Party

    Central Library, Info Commons Lab
  24. · Starts in 8h 5m

    Cool Kids Halloween Ice Cream Decorating Class

    Tipsy Scoop Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  25. · Starts in 8h 35m

    Visita Guiada en Español: Diseñados para ser Rojos

    Free
    Poster House
    Free
  26. · Starts in 9h 35m

    Red Hook Art Project: Adult Figure Drawing Night

    Red Hook Art Project Studio, Brooklyn
  27. · Starts in 9h 35m

    Halloween Movie Night: Honoring Tim Curry

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  28. · Starts in 9h 35m

    Kids Night Out: Haunted Houses 2 at Art Strong

    Art Strong NYC, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  29. · Starts in 10h 35m

    Halloween Screening: Train to Busan

    With Yeon Sang-hoFree
    Asian Art Museum
    FreeUnconfirmedNotable speaker
    Unconfirmed
  30. · Starts in 11h 35m

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Cast Spooktacular Tour

    With Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell and 1 more
    The Town Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Family Drop-in Mask Making

    Free
    MoMA, Manhattan
    Free
  2. · Starts in 7h 5m

    Wicked Walker Family Fun and Halloween Event

    Free
    Walker Park Field House
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  3. · Starts in 7h 35m

    Mad Monster Lab Haunted House & Fall Festival

    Free
    Bowne Park Field House in Bowne Park
    Free
  4. · Starts in 9h 35m

    Movies Under the Stars: Hoppers | PG

    Free
    Kissena Corridor Park, Manhattan
    Free
Open Friday, 2026-10-30

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

40 events shown on this page

  1. Halloween Pottery: Ghost Candleholders

    136 Bowery, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Art in the Park: Upcycled Bike Jewelry

    Shirley Chisholm State Park, Brooklyn

  3. Knifesmithing 101: Forge a Survival Knife

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Mixed Media Collage Workshop with Anthony Ciambella

  5. Woodworking for Beginners: Make a Side Table

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Intro to Leatherwork: Make a Leather Tote Bag

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. NYC Drawing the Dance Workshop

    Dixon Place, Manhattan

  8. Stained Glass Art for Beginners

    Ticketed
    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn

  9. Poughkeepsie, A Fall Photo-Walk

    Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

  10. Before-Hours Tours With an Art Historian

    MoMA, Manhattan

  11. Family Art Project: Day of the Dead

    By Wave HillFree
    Wave Hill, The Bronx
    Free

  12. Open Studio: Sculpture Garden Reimagined

    Free
    Hirshhorn Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Halloween Clay Class for Kids

    Ticketed
    BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Drawing in Nature

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Repurposeful Ancestry Lab Repair Walk: Flatbush to Courtelyou

    Flatbush Library

  16. Walking Tour: Downtown New York Architecture in 1776

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture · with William M. SingerTicketed
    Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House
    ★ Pick

  17. NY | Hands On: Lotería

    Free
    American Indian Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Family Farmacy: Harvest at The Greenhouse

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

  19. Drawing Session in Exhibit on Loss, Disappearance, & Identity (in Spanish & English)

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. ICP Photobook Club: Japanese Women Photographers x Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

    Free
    International Center of Photography
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Capturing the Scent of Time: Bilingual Bookmaking Workshop #2

    Adams Street Library

  22. Nyc Marathon Poster Making Marathon

    With Andrea HerradaTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Art Studio

    Free
    Portrait Gallery
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Zine Club x BPL

    Central Library, Art Studio

  25. Pumpkin Painting: Creative Minds

    Free
    Anacostia Community Museum
    Free

  26. Last Saturdays: Open Classroom

    By The Green-Wood CemeteryFree
    The Green-House at Green-Wood
    FreeHidden gem

  27. NYC Photo Walk: East Village | Halloween Spirit

    PlantShed Cafe, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Autumn Animal Crafts and Exploration

    Free
    Crotona Nature Center
    Free

  29. Gowanus Dredgers’ Members Exhibition

    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse, Brooklyn

  30. Chinese Brush Painting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Mini Clay Alebrijes

    New York Botanical Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Teen Studio: Sculpture Garden Opening

    Free
    Hirshhorn Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Sky Studio: Make a Zine

    Sky Room South

  34. BYOB Hand Building

    Ticketed
    BCI Studio - Buildin...
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Show 6 more on Saturday · rated lower

  1. Explore Schools Fall Festival

    Remsen Park, Brooklyn

  2. Parole danzanti

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York · with Arianna Stendardo Gamble

  3. ARTmobile @ Redemption Church Fall Festival

    Coffey Park

  4. Trick-or-Treat & Spooky Coloring

    Morbid Anatomy Library, Brooklyn

  5. Creation Station

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Children's Library
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Rocky Horror Movie Party

    Ticketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Saturday, 2026-10-31

Sunday · Nov 1, 2026

7 events shown on this page

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

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Walk-In Workshop: Fall Foodscapes

    Staten Island Children's Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Water Marbling Workshop

    The Arts Building, Manhattan

  4. Intro to Woodworking: Make a Custom Longboard

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Hands in Clay: A Pottery Workshop for Beginners

    Art Barrio, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Show 1 more on Sunday · rated lower

  1. Union Square Holiday Market

    Union Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Sunday, 2026-11-01
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