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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

30 events shown on this page

  1. In Their Honor: 25 Years of Service

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. NYC Marathon: 50 Years Through the Five Boroughs

    Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

  3. Soulful Maximalism Book Tour

    Adanne Bookshop, Brooklyn

  4. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Bartending Academy Open House: Shake Your First Cocktail

    Coexist GameHouse, Manhattan

  6. Transportation in NY Summit

    New York Law School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Forest Fridays

    Van Cortlandt Park Alliance

  8. Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  10. 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

  11. Voices of 1776

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

  13. 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

  14. Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    Free

  15. 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
  16. · Starts in 1h

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

    With Jie Li
    Columbia University, International Affairs Building (IAB)
  17. · Starts in 2h

    Short Story Discussion Group

    Central Library, Art Studio
  18. · Starts in 2h

    BCEats Farm Build

    By Brooklyn College
    Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts
  19. · Starts in 4h

    Halloween Prelude: Haunted Greenwich Village Tour

    By Exploring NYC History and NeighborhoodsFree
    Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Manhattan
    Free
  20. · Starts in 7h

    Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
  21. · Starts in 7h

    Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
  22. · Starts in 7h 30m

    Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
  23. · Starts in 8h

    Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
  24. · Starts in 8h 30m

    Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
  25. · Starts in 9h

    Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
  26. · Starts in 9h 30m

    Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
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  1. · Starts in 1h

    Weekly AFSC Action Hour for Palestine

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  2. · Starts in 4h

    Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  3. · Starts in 5h

    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
  4. · Starts in 6h

    Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind

    Time Out Market Union Square, Manhattan
Open Friday, 2026-10-30

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

26 events shown on this page

  1. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Central Park Fall Bird Walk - Bluebirds

    Location to be announced to all who RSVP

  3. Concrete to Trails: Hogencamp Mountain

    Appalachian Mountain Club New York-North Jersey

  4. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  5. Daffodil Bulbs Giveaway and Volunteer Gardening

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Empricism and the Philosophy of Mind Week 1

    By NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers CommunityFree
    Pier 57, Manhattan
    FreeHidden gem

  7. Creepy Crawly Halloween

    Free
    Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park
    Free

  8. Forest Restoration

    Canarsie Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Exhibition Workshop: Halloween Amulet Making

    With Carl Walsh and Leopoldo Fox-ZampiccoliFree
    Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
    Free★ Pick

  10. Northwest Bronx: Van Cortlandt Park Hike and the Fieldston Historic District

    By Exploring NYC History and NeighborhoodsFree
    Van Cortlandt House Museum, The Bronx
    Free

  11. Catch the Fall Foliage

    New York LGBTQ+ Photographers
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Story Time and Meet the Author: Suit Up For Launch with Shay

    With Sharon McDougleFree
    Air and Space Museum
    FreeUnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  13. Spooky Halloween Book Talk: Author Shares Her New Crime Thriller

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  14. Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum

    Free
    Conference House Park
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Macbeth by William Shakespeare (a Halloween reading)

    By NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers CommunityFree
    Pier 57, Manhattan
    FreeHidden gem

  16. Bird Friendly Garden Management Workshop

    Free
    The Ramble
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Grow & Gather: Family Gardening Program

    Ticketed
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Exploring the Ghosts of New York City's Elevated Railroads

    City Hall Park (Jacob Wrey Mould Fountain), Manhattan
    ★ Pick

  19. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  20. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  21. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  22. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  23. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  24. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
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  1. How Not to Kill Your Houseplants

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Saturday, 2026-10-31

Sunday · Nov 1, 2026

1 event shown on this page

  1. Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
Open Sunday, 2026-11-01
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