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Thursday · Oct 29, 2026

45 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. Birding with NYC Bird Alliance

    Free
    Van Cortlandt Nature Center, The Bronx
    Free

  5. Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Clove Lakes Park

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

  7. American Astronomical Society Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting

    Spokane WA, USA
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. NYC Marathon: 50 Years Through the Five Boroughs

    Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

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

    MassBioHub
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Whitehall Terminal, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Halloween Decor Tour with Just Ask Christine

    Starbucks, Manhattan

  12. On this Day: Hurricane Sandy

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. After Hours: New York City School Construction Authority

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. 1-on-1 ADHD-Friendly Math Session for Grades 4–9 | Catcher Academy

    37-18 Northern Blvd, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Spooky Nature Trivia

    Marsha P. Johnson State Park, Brooklyn

  16. Compelling Perspectives Featuring President George W. Bush

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. NS Pharma Innovation Research Partnership Day

    MassBioHub

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

    NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. STEM Club

    Queens Library Langston Hughes, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Dance As If UCARE

    1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn

  22. Ecology of the Bronx River Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. PODD: Partnership Opportunities in Drug Delivery

    Boston
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. ISS / U.S. EVA #100

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Zion and Bryce Hiking and Glamping

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Las Vegas Climbing and Paddling Weekend Adventure

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  27. Halloween Deadlift Competition

    Free
    Limitless Fitness
    Free

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

    By Caveat · with John MulcaheyTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

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

    Free
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

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

    Signs of Life

    Samuel Oschin Planetarium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  32. · 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. Chelsea Market, High Line & Hudson Yards Food & History Tour

    Chelsea Market, Manhattan

  3. Tai Chi

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Early Voting

    NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  6. What’s New in the NYS Energy Code

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture

  7. Ice Skating at Winter Village at Bryant Park

    Free
    Winter Village at Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    New York, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    The Obelisk, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Ruppert Park Capital Renovations

    Ruppert Park, Manhattan, New York, NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Pumpkin Patch

    Free
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Centered in the Universe

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

Friday · Oct 30, 2026

55 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. Evening of astronomy

    JBENC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. OncoHeart 2026 International Conference

    Marine Biological Laboratory
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. West Harlem Forest Tree Club

    Outdoors - Open Spaces,Parks & Streets
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Amazing Conifers Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. 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

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

    NYC Free Tours, Manhattan
    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. Brooklyn Bridge History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. BioE Seminar: Dr. Millicent Sullivan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Nephrology Grand Rounds

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Transportation in NY Summit

    New York Law School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Forest Fridays

  21. New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. The Venetian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire

    Amphitheater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

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

    Free
    Free

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

    With Themis Sapsis
    Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Atlah World Ministries

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

  29. Older Adult Wellness Walk

    Free
    Prospect Park Boathouse + Audubon Center, Brooklyn
    Free

  30. 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

  31. Voices of 1776

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. The Cycle Alliance's Period Pantry at Saratoga

    Saratoga Library

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

  34. Enid A. Haupt Garden Tour

    Free
    Smithsonian Gardens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Daffodil Bulb Giveaway & Volunteer Gardening Registration

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. Central Park Woodland Walk: The Ramble

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  37. Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    Free

  38. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  39. 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

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

    Rugby, Meeting Room

  41. Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza

  42. Jewish Brighton Beach Walking Tour

    With Svetlana Kershtein

  43. Multiscale Analysis of Wave Propagation in Random Media

    With Josselin Garnier
    Warren Weaver Hall 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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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. Tai Chi

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. OncoHeart 2026 International Conference

    JAHARIS FAMILY CENTER
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Fall Garden Highlights Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Shenandoah Hiking, Winery, and Sunsets Weekend

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Library
    Free

  9. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    McKinley Park Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Zumba Workout for All

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Chair Yoga for Everyone

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Adler Study (514), Manhattan
Open Friday, 2026-10-30
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