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Thursday · Oct 29, 2026

48 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. NS Pharma Innovation Research Partnership Day

    MassBioHub

  10. STEM Club

    Queens Library Langston Hughes, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Ecology of the Bronx River Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Poetry Reading by J Brooke

    35-11 35th Ave, Queens

  13. ISS / U.S. EVA #100

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Zion and Bryce Hiking and Glamping

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Las Vegas Climbing and Paddling Weekend Adventure

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  16. AI4Progress – Environment: Protecting the Planet, Secure our Future

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York · with Viviana Acquaviva and Marco Tedesco

  17. Stargazing: College Point

    Poppenhusen Library
    RescheduledUnconfirmed
    RescheduledUnconfirmed

  18. Sunset Park Book Discussion: The…

    Sunset Park Library

  19. Adams Street Book Club: “Gliff”

    Adams Street, Multipurpose Room

  20. Bodega Cats of New York with author Dan

    With Dan Rimada
    Central Library, Info Commons Lab

  21. Book Club Discussion: Agatha Christie

    Greenpoint Library

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Star Party with Amateur Astronomers Asso...

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Signs of Life

    Samuel Oschin Planetarium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture: Edward Said, Jonathan Swift, and the Demands of Literature

    Teatro, Columbia University, The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies (Casa Italiana)

  26. Other Worldly Words Book Discussion

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Stargazing on the Pier (Transmitter Park)

    Free
    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
    Free

  28. Interpreting the Designated Mourner

    Smack Mellon

  29. 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

  30. Mỹ Documents

    With Kevin Nguyen and Marie Myung-Ok Lee

  31. Sophia Bush Book Tour

    With Sophia Bush
    Strand Book Store - Union Square

  32. Itamar Vieira Junior: Saving the Fire w/ Radha Vatsal

    With Itamar Vieira Junior and Radha Vatsal
    Books Are Magic - Montague, Brooklyn

  33. Carnegie Science Spooky Social: Planet X, Killer Asteroids & Other Things Lurking in Space

    By Caveat · with John MulcaheyTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

  34. NeuroNYC Academic Panel + Happy Hour: From AI to Brain Repair and Back

    Free
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Math for Humans: Fruit Committee

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. Southern Book Prize Winner Shares His Latest Novel

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  37. · Starts in 8 min

    At Home in Space: Stories from ISS Astronauts (John H. Glenn Lecture in Space History)

    Free
    Air and Space Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  38. · Starts in 53 min

    Signs of Life

    Samuel Oschin Planetarium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  39. · Starts in 1h 38m

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

    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  4. Pumpkin Patch

    Free
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Sci Fi Book Club

    Clinton Hill Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Black Readers Meet Up

    By Lit Club NYCTicketed
    Cafe con Libros, Brooklyn

  7. Literary Dinner: On Dystopias

    By Lit Club NYCTicketed
    Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. BVS and Aquillius’ Biotech Halloween Party and Vendor Expo in San Diego

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Centered in the Universe

    Samuel Oschin Planetarium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Thursday, 2026-10-29

Friday · Oct 30, 2026

48 events shown on this page

  1. Stones in the Water

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

  2. Soulful Maximalism Book Tour

    Adanne Bookshop, Brooklyn

  3. Evening of astronomy

    JBENC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. West Harlem Forest Tree Club

    Outdoors - Open Spaces,Parks & Streets
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Amazing Conifers Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan

  7. BioE Seminar: Dr. Millicent Sullivan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Forest Fridays

  9. New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  13. Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

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

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

    With Themis Sapsis
    Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

  16. Enid A. Haupt Garden Tour

    Free
    Smithsonian Gardens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Daffodil Bulb Giveaway & Volunteer Gardening Registration

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Central Park Woodland Walk: The Ramble

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. 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

  20. Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza

  21. Multiscale Analysis of Wave Propagation in Random Media

    With Josselin Garnier
    Warren Weaver Hall 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Jinxin Xue
    Warren Weaver Hall 512
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Dyker Library

  24. Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Short Story Discussion Group

    Central Library, Art Studio

  26. BCEats Farm Build

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

  27. Seasonal Highlights Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic GardenFree
    FreeHidden gem

  28. Resilient Jamaica Bay

    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

  29. The Sky Tonight

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Iconic Views of Central Park Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Open Day – CUNY Graduate Center Classics Department

    CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan

  32. Dominic Frank, PhD - Mount Sinai Neuroscience Seminars

    Hess Building
    Hidden gem

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

    With Jim Fuller
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Discovery Tank Guided Gallery

    Hudson River Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Branden Fitelson
    West Duke 202
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. Decoding Cellular Circuits in Intestinal Regeneration and Tumorigenesis

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

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  38. Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn

  39. Public Stargazing

    Stull Observatory
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  40. 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. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Mother Goose Magic

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Whitridge Room
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Neuroscience WIP series: Dr. Oriol Basquets Figueras

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

  6. Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. 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

  8. J-KURU NEW YORK Evening Japanese Conversation

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

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

4 events shown on this page

  1. Reading in Italian & Musicalinasce in Costume for Halloween

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York

  2. Dia de los Muertos at the Queens Zoo

    Queens Zoo
    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
Open Saturday, 2026-10-31
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