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Thursday · Oct 29, 2026

36 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. You’re Hiring a CRO to Manage Your Trial, Who’s Managing Your CRO?

    MassBioHub
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. 1-on-1 ADHD-Friendly Math Session for Grades 4–9 | Catcher Academy

    37-18 Northern Blvd, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Book Discussion: The Story of Printmaking: A Global History of Art

    With Holly EJ Black and Rob Swainston

  9. Spooky Nature Trivia

    Marsha P. Johnson State Park, Brooklyn

  10. NS Pharma Innovation Research Partnership Day

    MassBioHub

  11. STEM Club

    Queens Library Langston Hughes, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Dance As If UCARE

    1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn

  13. Ecology of the Bronx River Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Poetry Reading by J Brooke

    35-11 35th Ave, Queens

  15. PODD: Partnership Opportunities in Drug Delivery

    Boston
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. ISS / U.S. EVA #100

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Zion and Bryce Hiking and Glamping

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Las Vegas Climbing and Paddling Weekend Adventure

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. 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

  21. Halloween Deadlift Competition

    Free
    Limitless Fitness
    Free

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

    By Caveat · with John MulcaheyTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

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

    Free
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Southern Book Prize Winner Shares His Latest Novel

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Air and Space Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  26. · Starts in 3 min

    Signs of Life

    Samuel Oschin Planetarium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  27. · Starts in 48 min

    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. Tai Chi

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  5. Ice Skating at Winter Village at Bryant Park

    Free
    Winter Village at Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Pumpkin Patch

    Free
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  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

64 events shown on this page

  1. Ice Skating at Wollman Rink

    Ticketed
    Wollman Rink, Central Park, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. The Fitness Mixer

    re-Creation Fitness

  3. Stones in the Water

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

  4. Soulful Maximalism Book Tour

    Adanne Bookshop, Brooklyn

  5. Evening of astronomy

    JBENC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. OncoHeart 2026 International Conference

    Marine Biological Laboratory
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. West Harlem Forest Tree Club

    Outdoors - Open Spaces,Parks & Streets
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Amazing Conifers Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. BU Health & Life Science Conference Featuring Big Tree ACORN Summit

    Rafik B. Hariri Building (Questrom School of Business), 9th Floor Ballroom & Kenmore Room
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan

  11. Medicine Grand Rounds: 2026 Clipp-Speer Lecture - Shared Values: Evidence, Compassion, and Fairness

    With Laura Svetkey, MD, MHS
    Duke North, Room 2002
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Chinese-American Planning Council and CaringKind to Provide Caregiver Workshop Series in Queens

    EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Tai Chi (Outdoors)

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  14. Morning Yoga on the Plaza

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Adult Mental Health First Aid Training

    Central Library, Dweck Center

  16. BioE Seminar: Dr. Millicent Sullivan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Nephrology Grand Rounds

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Forest Fridays

  19. New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  23. Brain & Behavior Research Foundation 2026 International Mental Health Research Symposium

    Free
    Free

  24. Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

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

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

    With Themis Sapsis
    Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Atlah World Ministries

    Atlah World Ministries 38 West 123rd Street New York NY 10027, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Older Adult Wellness Walk

    Free
    Prospect Park Boathouse + Audubon Center, Brooklyn
    Free

  28. The Cycle Alliance's Period Pantry at Saratoga

    Saratoga Library

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

  30. Enid A. Haupt Garden Tour

    Free
    Smithsonian Gardens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Daffodil Bulb Giveaway & Volunteer Gardening Registration

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Central Park Woodland Walk: The Ramble

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. 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

  34. Sit and Be Fit (Seated exercise for adults)

    Rugby, Meeting Room

  35. Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza

  36. Multiscale Analysis of Wave Propagation in Random Media

    With Josselin Garnier
    Warren Weaver Hall 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Jinxin Xue
    Warren Weaver Hall 512
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Dyker Library

  39. Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  40. Short Story Discussion Group

    Central Library, Art Studio

  41. BCEats Farm Build

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

  42. Seasonal Highlights Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic GardenFree
    FreeHidden gem

  43. Resilient Jamaica Bay

    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

  44. The Sky Tonight

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  45. Iconic Views of Central Park Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  46. Open Day – CUNY Graduate Center Classics Department

    CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan

  47. Dominic Frank, PhD - Mount Sinai Neuroscience Seminars

    Hess Building
    Hidden gem

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

    With Jim Fuller
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  49. Discovery Tank Guided Gallery

    Hudson River Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Branden Fitelson
    West Duke 202
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  51. Decoding Cellular Circuits in Intestinal Regeneration and Tumorigenesis

    With Eduardo Villablanca, Ph.D.
    CASPARY AUDITORIUM
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Tai Chi

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. OncoHeart 2026 International Conference

    JAHARIS FAMILY CENTER
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Fall Garden Highlights Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Shenandoah Hiking, Winery, and Sunsets Weekend

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. The Cycle Alliance's Period Pantry at Gerritsen Beach

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Library
    Free

  6. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. The Cycle Alliance's Period Pantry at McKinley Park

    McKinley Park Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Mother Goose Magic

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Whitridge Room
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Zumba Workout for All

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Chair Yoga for Everyone

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Adler Study (514), Manhattan

  11. Yoga with Shape Up NYC

    Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch, Brooklyn

  12. Neuroscience WIP series: Dr. Oriol Basquets Figueras

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

  13. Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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