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Thursday · Oct 29, 2026

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

    Whitehall Terminal, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Halloween Decor Tour with Just Ask Christine

    Starbucks, Manhattan

  11. On this Day: Hurricane Sandy

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. After Hours: New York City School Construction Authority

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. 1-on-1 ADHD-Friendly Math Session for Grades 4–9 | Catcher Academy

    37-18 Northern Blvd, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Spooky Nature Trivia

    Marsha P. Johnson State Park, Brooklyn

  15. Compelling Perspectives Featuring President George W. Bush

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. NS Pharma Innovation Research Partnership Day

    MassBioHub

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

    NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. STEM Club

    Queens Library Langston Hughes, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Ecology of the Bronx River Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. ISS / U.S. EVA #100

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Zion and Bryce Hiking and Glamping

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Las Vegas Climbing and Paddling Weekend Adventure

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

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

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

  25. Spot P Opening Reception

    Free
    Dyckman House Museum, Manhattan
    Free

  26. Stargazing: College Point

    Poppenhusen Library
    RescheduledUnconfirmed
    RescheduledUnconfirmed

  27. The City That Raised Us: Three Memoirists on Brooklyn, Memory, and Survival

    By The New York Society Library · with Patrick Dougher, Katrina Brownlee and 2 moreFree
    Members' Room and Online
    FreeHidden gem

  28. Thinking Sex. Again. with Dr. Gayle Rubin

    East Duke 209
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  29. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Star Party with Amateur Astronomers Asso...

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. BQE Central Events

    Multiple Locations

  32. The Brooklyn Blueprint, Powered by JP Morgan Chase & Co

    Free
    BRIC House
    Free

  33. Signs of Life

    Samuel Oschin Planetarium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Lectures on Tap - "Why Are American Elections So Expensive?"

    By Lectures on TapTicketed
    Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan

  35. Lectures on Tap - "Founding Mothers: How Women Shaped American Politics"

    By Lectures on Tap · with Lindsey CormackTicketed
    Prospect Park South, Brooklyn

  36. Stargazing on the Pier (Transmitter Park)

    Free
    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
    Free

  37. Haunted History: The Age of the Witch Hunts

    By Brooklyn BraineryTicketed
    Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn

  38. Mansion Magic: A Houdini Halloween Evening

    With Professor Shreeyash PalshikarTicketed
    Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

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

    By Caveat · with John MulcaheyTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

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

    Free
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  41. Math for Humans: Fruit Committee

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  42. · Starts in 7 min

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

    Free
    Air and Space Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  43. · Starts in 52 min

    Signs of Life

    Samuel Oschin Planetarium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  44. · Starts in 1h 37m

    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. Early Voting

    NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  5. What’s New in the NYS Energy Code

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture

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

    New York, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    The Obelisk, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Ruppert Park Capital Renovations

    Ruppert Park, Manhattan, New York, NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Pumpkin Patch

    Free
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. DSA Tenant Organizing Karaoke for a Cause

    Starr Bar, Brooklyn

  11. Zelle picks up the fare: free ferry rides every Thursday in October, NYC

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. New Lawyer Reception

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Centered in the Universe

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

Friday · Oct 30, 2026

42 events shown on this page

  1. Evening of astronomy

    JBENC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. West Harlem Forest Tree Club

    Outdoors - Open Spaces,Parks & Streets
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Amazing Conifers Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    NYC Free Tours, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan

  7. Brooklyn Bridge History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. BioE Seminar: Dr. Millicent Sullivan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Transportation in NY Summit

    New York Law School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Forest Fridays

  11. New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. The Venetian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire

    Amphitheater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

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

    With Themis Sapsis
    Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. 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

  18. Voices of 1776

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

  20. Enid A. Haupt Garden Tour

    Free
    Smithsonian Gardens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Daffodil Bulb Giveaway & Volunteer Gardening Registration

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Central Park Woodland Walk: The Ramble

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    Free

  24. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. 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

  26. Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza

  27. Jewish Brighton Beach Walking Tour

    With Svetlana Kershtein
    ★ Pick

  28. Multiscale Analysis of Wave Propagation in Random Media

    With Josselin Garnier
    Warren Weaver Hall 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Jinxin Xue
    Warren Weaver Hall 512
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Revolutionary Echoes: Chinese-Language Radio in the Cold War Era

    With Jie Li
    Columbia University, International Affairs Building (IAB)

  31. Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Indonesia in Global Value Chains: Understanding the New Economic Imperialism

    With Intan Suwandi
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. BCEats Farm Build

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

  34. Seasonal Highlights Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic GardenFree
    FreeHidden gem
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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. Fall Garden Highlights Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Shenandoah Hiking, Winery, and Sunsets Weekend

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Weekly AFSC Action Hour for Palestine

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Neuroscience WIP series: Dr. Oriol Basquets Figueras

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