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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

37 events shown on this page

  1. Homeroom: Artists Against the Bomb

    MoMA PS1
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Taking Back Our Space: Photographic Perspectives

    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Hyundai Translocal Series: Ho Tzu Nyen

    New Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Masterpieces: An Experience of the Museo del Prado

    Ticketed
    The Loft (3rd Fl) at Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Intro to Printmaking

    Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Hopi Kachina Dolls: Blessings for a Balanced World

    Brooklyn Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Saturday Artist Wheel Throwing Class

    Bronx River Art Center, The Bronx

  8. Digital Collage with Adobe CC and its Free Alternatives

    Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Day of the Dead Workshop

    92 Ave. C, Manhattan

  10. Bone Sculpting Workshop

    255 McKibbin, Brooklyn

  11. Collagraphs with Tetra Pak

  12. Halloween Pottery: Pumpkin

    136 Bowery, Manhattan

  13. Open hours for "The Carver's Order"

    The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation, Manhattan

  14. Bartending Academy Open House: Shake Your First Cocktail

    Coexist GameHouse, Manhattan
  15. · Starts in 3h 50m

    Forest Fridays

    Van Cortlandt Park Alliance
  16. · Starts in 3h 50m

    Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  17. · Starts in 4h 20m

    Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem
  18. · Starts in 4h 50m

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

  19. · Starts in 5h 50m

    Taking Street Photography from Camera to Print

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  20. · Starts in 5h 50m

    Cempazúchitl: Mexico's Marigold Workshop

    Watson Education Building, The Bronx
  21. · Starts in 6h 50m

    Lunchtime workshop

    FA 218
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  22. · Starts in 6h 50m

    Sống: Photographs by Ocean Vuong

    ThinkChinatown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  23. · Starts in 6h 50m

    Creative Aging: Canvas of Memories with Natalie Del Villar

    With Natalie Del Villar
    Flatbush, Caribbean Literary & Cultural Center
  24. · Starts in 7h 50m

    BCEats Farm Build

    By Brooklyn College
    Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts
  25. · Starts in 8h 20m

    Crafting Community: Work on Personal Projects & Make New Friends

    Free
    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, Manhattan
    Free
  26. · Starts in 8h 50m

    NY | Hands On: Lotería

    Free
    American Indian Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  27. · Starts in 9h 20m

    Collage Party

    Central Library, Info Commons Lab
  28. · Starts in 11h 50m

    Visita Guiada en Español: Diseñados para ser Rojos

    Free
    Poster House
    Free
  29. · Starts in 12h 50m

    Red Hook Art Project: Adult Figure Drawing Night

    Red Hook Art Project Studio, Brooklyn
  30. · Starts in 12h 50m

    Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
  31. · Starts in 12h 50m

    Halloween Movie Night: Honoring Tim Curry

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  32. · Starts in 13h 50m

    Halloween Screening: Train to Busan

    With Yeon Sang-hoFree
    Asian Art Museum
    FreeUnconfirmedNotable speaker
    Unconfirmed
  33. · Starts in 14h 50m

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Cast Spooktacular Tour

    With Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell and 1 more
    The Town Hall
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. · Starts in 9h 50m

    Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  2. · Starts in 10h 50m

    Halloween in the Park: Magic Show, Science Show, Face Painting, Trick-or-Treating, & More

    With Chris Capehart and Crazy ScienceFree
    Lawn, Bryant Park, Manhattan
    Free
  3. · Starts in 11h 50m

    Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind

    Time Out Market Union Square, Manhattan
  4. · Starts in 12h 50m

    Movies Under the Stars: Hoppers | PG

    Free
    Kissena Corridor Park, Manhattan
    Free
Open Friday, 2026-10-30

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

42 events shown on this page

  1. Halloween Pottery: Ghost Candleholders

    136 Bowery, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Art in the Park: Upcycled Bike Jewelry

    Shirley Chisholm State Park, Brooklyn

  3. Knifesmithing 101: Forge a Survival Knife

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Mixed Media Collage Workshop with Anthony Ciambella

  5. Woodworking for Beginners: Make a Side Table

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Intro to Leatherwork: Make a Leather Tote Bag

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. NYC Drawing the Dance Workshop

    Dixon Place, Manhattan

  8. Central Park Fall Bird Walk - Bluebirds

    Location to be announced to all who RSVP

  9. Concrete to Trails: Hogencamp Mountain

    Appalachian Mountain Club New York-North Jersey

  10. Stained Glass Art for Beginners

    Ticketed
    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn

  11. Poughkeepsie, A Fall Photo-Walk

    Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

  12. Before-Hours Tours With an Art Historian

    MoMA, Manhattan

  13. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  14. Daffodil Bulbs Giveaway and Volunteer Gardening

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Open Studio: Sculpture Garden Reimagined

    Free
    Hirshhorn Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Creepy Crawly Halloween

    Free
    Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park
    Free

  17. Drawing in Nature

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Forest Restoration

    Canarsie Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Repurposeful Ancestry Lab Repair Walk: Flatbush to Courtelyou

    Flatbush Library

  20. Walking Tour: Downtown New York Architecture in 1776

    By AIA New York / Center for Architecture · with William M. SingerTicketed
    Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House
    ★ Pick

  21. NY | Hands On: Lotería

    Free
    American Indian Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Drawing Session in Exhibit on Loss, Disappearance, & Identity (in Spanish & English)

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. ICP Photobook Club: Japanese Women Photographers x Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

    Free
    International Center of Photography
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Capturing the Scent of Time: Bilingual Bookmaking Workshop #2

    Adams Street Library

  25. Nyc Marathon Poster Making Marathon

    With Andrea HerradaTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Art Studio

    Free
    Portrait Gallery
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Catch the Fall Foliage

    New York LGBTQ+ Photographers
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Zine Club x BPL

    Central Library, Art Studio

  29. Pumpkin Painting: Creative Minds

    Free
    Anacostia Community Museum
    Free

  30. NYC Photo Walk: East Village | Halloween Spirit

    PlantShed Cafe, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Gowanus Dredgers’ Members Exhibition

    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse, Brooklyn

  32. Chinese Brush Painting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Bird Friendly Garden Management Workshop

    Free
    The Ramble
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Mini Clay Alebrijes

    New York Botanical Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Grow & Gather: Family Gardening Program

    Ticketed
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. Sky Studio: Make a Zine

    Sky Room South

  37. BYOB Hand Building

    Ticketed
    BCI Studio - Buildin...
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. How Not to Kill Your Houseplants

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  2. ARTmobile @ Redemption Church Fall Festival

    Coffey Park

  3. Creation Station

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Children's Library
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center (Weekends)

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Rocky Horror Movie Party

    Ticketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Saturday, 2026-10-31

Sunday · Nov 1, 2026

7 events shown on this page

  1. Welding and Metal Fabrication 101: Make a Steel Planter Box

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Walk-In Workshop: Fall Foodscapes

    Staten Island Children's Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Water Marbling Workshop

    The Arts Building, Manhattan

  4. Intro to Woodworking: Make a Custom Longboard

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Hands in Clay: A Pottery Workshop for Beginners

    Art Barrio, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Make Your Own Copper Lamp - Art Class by Classpop!TM

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Show 1 more on Sunday · rated lower

  1. Union Square Holiday Market

    Union Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Sunday, 2026-11-01
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