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Thursday May 8, 2025

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7:30 – 9 pm

Those Who Remained

Theater

La MaMaEast Village

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7:30 – 9 pm

Fat Cat Killers

Gene Frankel TheaterEast Village

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7:30 – 9 pm

A New York Evening With Chloe Flower

Music

The Greene Space at WNYC & WQXRSoho/Tribeca

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsBrooklyn

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8 pm

GIMS

Music

Terminal 5Hell’s Kitchen

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8 pm

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Music

Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan

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8 pm

The Nelsons

Music

Patchogue TheatrePatchogue

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8 – 9:30 pm

Thursday Night Jazz Harish Raghavan

Music

Jamaica Performing Arts CenterJamaica

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8 – 9:30 pm

Chucho Valdés: Irakere 50 feat. Emilio Frias

LGBTQ+
Music

Colden AuditoriumFlushing

Poster for 5 8 2025

8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingBrooklyn

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8:30 pm

The Devil Makes Three

Music

Music Hall of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg

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9 – 10:30 pm

QED Spotlight: Natan Badalov & Raj Belani Do 30!

QEDAstoria

Friday May 9

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS UNIQLO Friday Nights Fridays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

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

The Paley MuseumManhattan

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 LobbyManhattan

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All day

Made in NYC Week 2025

Festivals

CitywideCitywide

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All day

The Lot at Culture Lab LIC – Free Outdoor Concerts in May!

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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All day

Spring is Blooming at Rockefeller Center by Van Cleef & Arpels

Free

The Summer Rink at Rockefeller CenterNew Yoek

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 ArtManhattan

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 ArtManhattan

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 ArtManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 3:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish HistoryManhattan

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10 am – 6 pm

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

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

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

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

10 am – 10 pm

Macy’s Flower Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Macy’s Herald SquareManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Dinosaur Safari

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

Poster HouseManhattan

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

Poster HouseManhattan

Sail Away Dancing

10 – 11 am

Sail Away with Treehouse Shakers

Ages: 2 and under
Boating
Dance
Family

Ailey Citigroup TheaterHell’s Kitchen

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Spring First Discoveries

Ages: 4 and under
Family

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

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