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Monday May 19, 2025

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6 – 9 pm

Karaoke con Estrellas de Broadway

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

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6 – 9 pm

Karaoke with Broadway Stars

Free
Music

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

Tuesday May 20

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

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All day

Above Ground Midtown: MCNY x DAZE – Live Graffiti Art at 550 Madison

Art
Free

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

11 am – 4 pm

Winky Lux Lemonade Stand in Soho

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Free

The Goods MartNY

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House Pottery

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

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4 – 5 pm

Discover Collectible Contemporary Design at Todd Merrill Studio

Todd Merrill StudioTribeca

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6 – 9 pm

CENSOR THIS! A Design Protest for the Loud, the Banned and the Unafraid

Thought Matter StudioFlatiron

6 – 8 pm

New Look, Same Nutrish™ A Brand Evolution

Animals
Free

Torch and CrownUnion Square

Adam Gabel at WSCC 2

8 – 9:30 pm

Not Ripe Bananas

Comedy
Free

West Side Comedy ClubUpper West Side

Open Mic and Open Tables Hosted by Simeon Goodson

8 – 11:59 pm

Open Mic and Open Tables Hosted by Simeon Goodson

Comedy
Free

Wednesday May 21

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

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All day

Above Ground Midtown: MCNY x DAZE – Live Graffiti Art at 550 Madison

Art
Free

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State Park

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House Pottery

3 – 5 pm

Wormy Wednesday

Free

Randall’s Island Park

4:20 – 11:30 pm

SuperFly Grand Opening Event

Superfly DispensaryUpper West Side

Thursday May 22

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

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All day

Above Ground Midtown: MCNY x DAZE – Live Graffiti Art at 550 Madison

Art
Free

8 am – 4:30 pm

Elizabeth Arden x Librae: Coffee with My Younger Self Pop-Up

Free

Librae

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State Park

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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