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Thursday · Oct 29, 2026

48 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. The Event Planner Expo

    Ticketed
    LAVAN Midtown
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  9. NYC Marathon: 50 Years Through the Five Boroughs

    Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

  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. Computer Basics

    Free
    Brower Park Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Compelling Perspectives Featuring President George W. Bush

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Mastering Fermentation - Food Preservation

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. NS Pharma Innovation Research Partnership Day

    MassBioHub

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

    NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. STEM Club

    Queens Library Langston Hughes, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Ask-A-Tech

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  24. Ecology of the Bronx River Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. ISS / U.S. EVA #100

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Zion and Bryce Hiking and Glamping

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Las Vegas Climbing and Paddling Weekend Adventure

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  28. New York City Salon Dinner: Time, Energy & Intention with Jaime Deverall

    With Jaime DeverallFree
    Free

  29. Making Better Bets: A Field Guide to Product Strategy with Andrew Skotzko

    Manhattan

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

    By Caveat · with John MulcaheyTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

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

    Free
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Air and Space Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  33. · Starts in 6 min

    Signs of Life

    Samuel Oschin Planetarium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  34. · Starts in 51 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. Early Voting

    NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. AI Week Events

    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. New York City: The Battery Park Private Walking Tour

    New York, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    The Obelisk, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Ruppert Park Capital Renovations

    Ruppert Park, Manhattan, New York, NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Pumpkin Patch

    Free
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. NYC Tech Mixer

    The Williamsburg Hotel Bar, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. NYC Meetup

    Free
    Beer Authority
    Free

  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

52 events shown on this page

  1. Healing Leaders Book Tour

    220 Central Park South, Manhattan

  2. Evening of astronomy

    JBENC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

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

    NYC Free Tours, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Bartending Academy Open House: Shake Your First Cocktail

    Coexist GameHouse, Manhattan

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

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan

  9. Brooklyn Bridge History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. BioE Seminar: Dr. Millicent Sullivan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Transportation in NY Summit

    New York Law School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Forest Fridays

  13. New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. The Venetian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire

    Amphitheater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

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

    With Themis Sapsis
    Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. 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

  20. Voices of 1776

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

  22. Enid A. Haupt Garden Tour

    Free
    Smithsonian Gardens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Daffodil Bulb Giveaway & Volunteer Gardening Registration

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Central Park Woodland Walk: The Ramble

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    Free

  26. Multilingual Business Help

    Sunset Park Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. 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

  29. 5 Tips for Success in Entertainment, Media, and the Arts

    By Brooklyn College
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza

  31. Jewish Brighton Beach Walking Tour

    With Svetlana Kershtein

  32. Tech Help for Your Job Search

    Central Library, Business & Career Center, Room 7

  33. Multiscale Analysis of Wave Propagation in Random Media

    With Josselin Garnier
    Warren Weaver Hall 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Drop-In Resume & Career Help (Central Library)

    Central Library, Business & Career Center

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

    With Jinxin Xue
    Warren Weaver Hall 512
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

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

  37. Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Intan Suwandi
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  39. BCEats Farm Build

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

  40. Seasonal Highlights Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic GardenFree
    FreeHidden gem

  41. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  42. Discover New York City's Jazz Age History

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    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. Fall Garden Highlights Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Shenandoah Hiking, Winery, and Sunsets Weekend

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Info Session | M.S. Urban Data Science

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Free

  6. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Weekly AFSC Action Hour for Palestine

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Neuroscience WIP series: Dr. Oriol Basquets Figueras

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

  10. Ask a Tech at the Sheepshead Bay Library

    Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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