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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

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  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. Responding in Ink: Comic Books, Graphic Novels

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  4. In Their Honor: 25 Years of Service

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Birding with NYC Bird Alliance

    Free
    Van Cortlandt Nature Center, The Bronx
    Free

  6. The Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors

    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  7. Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Clove Lakes Park

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

  9. American Astronomical Society Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting

    Spokane WA, USA
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. NYC Marathon: 50 Years Through the Five Boroughs

    Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

  11. On this Day: Hurricane Sandy

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. PODD: Partnership Opportunities in Drug Delivery

    Boston
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. 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

  18. Healing Leaders Book Tour

    220 Central Park South, Manhattan

  19. Ice Skating at Wollman Rink

    Ticketed
    Wollman Rink, Central Park, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. The Fitness Mixer

    re-Creation Fitness

  21. Stones in the Water

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

  22. Soulful Maximalism Book Tour

    Adanne Bookshop, Brooklyn

  23. Evening of astronomy

    JBENC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. OncoHeart 2026 International Conference

    Marine Biological Laboratory
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. West Harlem Forest Tree Club

    Outdoors - Open Spaces,Parks & Streets
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Amazing Conifers Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. 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

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

    NYC Free Tours, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Bartending Academy Open House: Shake Your First Cocktail

    Coexist GameHouse, Manhattan
  31. · Starts in 7h 32m

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

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan
  32. · Starts in 7h 32m

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

    With Laura Svetkey, MD, MHS
    Duke North, Room 2002
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  33. · Starts in 7h 32m

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

    EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  34. · Starts in 8h 2m

    Tai Chi (Outdoors)

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free
  35. · Starts in 8h 2m

    Morning Yoga on the Plaza

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  36. · Starts in 8h 32m

    Adult Mental Health First Aid Training

    Central Library, Dweck Center
  37. · Starts in 8h 32m

    Brooklyn Bridge History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  38. · Starts in 8h 32m

    BioE Seminar: Dr. Millicent Sullivan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  39. · Starts in 8h 32m

    Nephrology Grand Rounds

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  40. · Starts in 8h 32m

    Transportation in NY Summit

    New York Law School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  41. · Starts in 8h 32m

    Forest Fridays

  42. · Starts in 8h 32m

    New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  43. · Starts in 8h 32m

    The Venetian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire

    Amphitheater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  44. · Starts in 8h 32m

    Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  45. · Starts in 8h 32m

    Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  46. · Starts in 9h 2m

    Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem
  47. · Starts in 9h 2m

    Brain & Behavior Research Foundation 2026 International Mental Health Research Symposium

    Free
    Free
  48. · Starts in 9h 2m

    Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

    With Bara Kolenc, Gregor Moder and 1 more
    Friedl 115
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  49. · Starts in 9h 32m

    Capturing previously un-seen extreme events in complex systems

    With Themis Sapsis
    Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  50. · Starts in 9h 32m

    Atlah World Ministries

    Atlah World Ministries 38 West 123rd Street New York NY 10027, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  51. · Starts in 9h 32m

    Older Adult Wellness Walk

    Free
    Prospect Park Boathouse + Audubon Center, Brooklyn
    Free
  52. · Starts in 9h 32m

    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
  53. · Starts in 9h 32m

    Voices of 1776

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  54. · Starts in 9h 32m

    The Cycle Alliance's Period Pantry at Saratoga

    Saratoga Library
  55. · Starts in 9h 32m

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

  56. · Starts in 9h 32m

    Enid A. Haupt Garden Tour

    Free
    Smithsonian Gardens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  57. · Starts in 9h 32m

    Daffodil Bulb Giveaway & Volunteer Gardening Registration

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  58. · Starts in 9h 32m

    Central Park Woodland Walk: The Ramble

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  59. · Starts in 10h 2m

    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
  60. · Starts in 10h 32m

    Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    Free
  61. · Starts in 10h 32m

    Multilingual Business Help

    Sunset Park Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  62. · Starts in 10h 32m

    Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  63. · Starts in 10h 32m

    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
  64. · Starts in 10h 32m

    Sit and Be Fit (Seated exercise for adults)

    Rugby, Meeting Room
  65. · Starts in 10h 32m

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

    By Brooklyn College
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  66. · Starts in 10h 32m

    Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza
  67. · Starts in 10h 32m

    Jewish Brighton Beach Walking Tour

    With Svetlana Kershtein
  68. · Starts in 10h 32m

    Tech Help for Your Job Search

    Central Library, Business & Career Center, Room 7
  69. · Starts in 10h 32m

    Multiscale Analysis of Wave Propagation in Random Media

    With Josselin Garnier
    Warren Weaver Hall 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  70. · Starts in 10h 32m

    Drop-In Resume & Career Help (Central Library)

    Central Library, Business & Career Center
  71. · Starts in 10h 32m

    Minimal hypersurfaces with variable asymptotic directions and the Bernstein problem

    With Jinxin Xue
    Warren Weaver Hall 512
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  72. · Starts in 11h 32m

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

    With Jie Li
    Columbia University, International Affairs Building (IAB)
  73. · Starts in 11h 47m

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

    Dyker Library
  74. · Starts in 12h

    Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  75. · Starts in 12h 32m

    Indonesia in Global Value Chains: Understanding the New Economic Imperialism

    With Intan Suwandi
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  76. · Starts in 12h 32m

    Short Story Discussion Group

    Central Library, Art Studio
  77. · Starts in 12h 32m

    BCEats Farm Build

    By Brooklyn College
    Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts
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  1. 32nd Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF 2026)

    Bangkok, Thailand
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Fall Session

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. AI Week Events

    Unconfirmed
    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. Ruppert Park Capital Renovations

    Ruppert Park, Manhattan, New York, NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Harlem Haunt: Early Trick-or-Treating

    Manhattan Borough President's Office

  8. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Tai Chi

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. OncoHeart 2026 International Conference

    JAHARIS FAMILY CENTER
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Fall Garden Highlights Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  12. · Starts in 6h 32m

    Shenandoah Hiking, Winery, and Sunsets Weekend

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  13. · Starts in 8h 2m

    Info Session | M.S. Urban Data Science

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Free
  14. · Starts in 8h 32m

    Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  15. · Starts in 9h 32m

    The Cycle Alliance's Period Pantry at Gerritsen Beach

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Library
    Free
  16. · Starts in 9h 32m

    American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  17. · Starts in 9h 32m

    The Cycle Alliance's Period Pantry at McKinley Park

    McKinley Park Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  18. · Starts in 9h 32m

    Mother Goose Magic

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Whitridge Room
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  19. · Starts in 10h 2m

    Zumba Workout for All

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  20. · Starts in 10h 32m

    Chair Yoga for Everyone

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Adler Study (514), Manhattan
  21. · Starts in 10h 32m

    Yoga with Shape Up NYC

    Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch, Brooklyn
  22. · Starts in 11h 32m

    Weekly AFSC Action Hour for Palestine

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  23. · Starts in 11h 47m

    Neuroscience WIP series: Dr. Oriol Basquets Figueras

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