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Thursday May 8, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

Paley Event 4-3-25-108172 (1)

All day

The Legacy of The Handmaid’s Tale: June’s Evolution from Handmaid to Rebel

The Paley Museum

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

SPRING FORWARD22

All day

Spring is Blooming at Rockefeller Center by Van Cleef & Arpels

Free

The Summer Rink at Rockefeller Center

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7:30 – 10 am

30th Annual Leaders Breakfast®

Community

Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers

Harlem Ren 100 Vertical (45 1080 x 1350 px)

8 am – 5 pm

Harlem Renaissance 100’s Spring 2025 Calendar of Harlem-wide events include tributes to Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Maya Angelou, Celia Cruz, Gordon Parks & More

Harlem

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS The Lady at 100: Columbia Classics from the Locarno Film Festival APRIL 16 – MAY 24, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction APRIL 20 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause MAY 3 – JULY 6, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish History

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar

Art

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PosterHouseWP

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Fallout: Atoms for War & Peace

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

10 am – 9 pm

Macy’s Flower Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Macy’s Herald Square

Cool Off at Orchard Beach – PH

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Capsule Exhibition: From the Bronx to the Battery: The Subway Sun

The Flaming Lips – PH

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Capsule Exhibition: Copy/Paste/Print/Repeat: Mike King & the Art of the Gig Poster

10:30 am

Arts & Crafts for Toddlers

Ages: 12 and under
Craft & DIY
Family

Epiphany Library

© Nadav Havakook

11 am – 5 pm

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

11:30 am

Little Movers: Toddler Time

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings
Family

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11:30 am

Toddler Time: Little Movers

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

53rd Street Library

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Noon – 2 pm

Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Nasty Women of Fidi Walking Tour

Shrine to Elizabeth Ann SetonFinancial District

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

3 pm

DIY Retro Vase

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family

125th Street Library

3:30 pm

Mother's Day Sugar Scrub-making

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family

53rd Street Library

4 pm

Drawing and Coloring Characters

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family

96th Street Library

4 pm

Celebration Screening: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Film

St. Agnes Library

4 pm

A is for Artist

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family

Battery Park City Library

4 pm

May Craft Time

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family

Yorkville Library

4 pm

Button and Magnet Making

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family

New Amsterdam Library

4 pm

Pippi at 80: Paper Dolls

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family

Bloomingdale Library

4 pm

Teen Arts & Crafts: Make Chocolate Treats for Mother's Day

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family

Mulberry Street Library

4 pm

AANHPI Heritage Craft

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family

Webster Library

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