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MANHATTAN✳BROOKLYN✳QUEENS✳THE BRONX✳STATEN ISLAND
SEVEN WAYS INTO THE CITY

What do you feel like doing?

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THE $30 EDIT

$30 & under

Free, or advertised at $30 or less. Check the source for fees and minimums.

ART + CURIOSITY

Art & curiosity

Gallery shows, openings, print fairs, museums and artist talks.

SOUND + NIGHT

Live music & nights

Live music and dance floors. Pick the room, bring your people.

FOOD + FINDS

Food & finds

Food happenings and markets worth making a little time for.

STAGE + SCREEN

Stage & screen

Comedy, theatre and film — shows with a curtain or a projector.

MAKE + LEARN

Make & learn

Workshops, classes, lessons and talks with something to learn.

OUTSIDE + MOVING

Outside & moving

Hikes, nature walks, birding, paddles, rides and cleanups — the listing says so.

CURATED, NOT ENDLESS

The NYC edit.

A little less searching.
A little more living.
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Queens County Parks Super Hike

Urban Park Rangers lead a 15-mile Queens hike that barely leaves park land.

Sat Nov 7
Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park)↗
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ManhattanPrice on source

Summer on the Hudson: Meet the Fleet

Meet the cars, trucks, and heavy equipment behind Riverside Park’s compost operation.

Sat Nov 7
95th St. Compost Compound (in Riverside Park)↗
gallery
NYCFree

MoMA PS1 Open House

PS1 throws open the doors — sound bath in the morning, stoop sale out front.

Sat Nov 7
MoMA PS1↗
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BrooklynPrice on source

Birding: Fall Migration

Warblers, raptors, and a ranger who knows where to look in Marine Park.

Sat Nov 7
Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park)↗
gallery
NYCPrice on source

Banksy Museum - Flexiticket

Banksy's work in a New York room, flexiticket so you can pick your own slot.

Sat Nov 7
Banksy Museum New York↗
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NYCPrice on source

Volunteer Workday at Preston Community Garden

Build raised beds, spread mulch, plant some greens. No experience needed, and the garden's first real growing season in years means your...

Sat Nov 7
Preston Community Garden↗
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ManhattanPrice on source

Guided Nature Walk

Ken Chaya knows every tree in Fort Tryon Park and will explain all of them while you walk it.

Sat Nov 7
Margaret Corbin Circle (in Fort Tryon Park)↗
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Staten IslandPrice on source

Staten Island North Shore Parks Super Hike

Four stops across the North Shore in one walk, with rangers pointing out the trail quirks and a couple of sights you can only reach on foot.

Sat Nov 7
Visitor Information Booth (in Snug Harbor Cultural Center)↗
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QueensPrice on source

Bulb Planting at Forest Park

Daffodil bulbs, muddy gloves, and a bag of extras — bring closed-toe shoes and go dig in the park's horticultural beds.

Sat Nov 7
George Seuffert, Sr. Bandshell (in Forest Park)↗
market
NYCPrice on source

Phoenix Community Garden Farm Stand

Phoenix Community Garden's Farm Stand is open for the season, every Saturday rain or shine until mid-November. Each bag contains local...

Sat Nov 7
Phoenix Community Garden↗
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NYCFree

Pumpkin Smash!

Bring your gourd to Pier 84 and watch it become compost.

Sat Nov 7
Hudson River Park's Pier 84↗
food
BronxPrice on source

5th Annual Community Banquet

The Bronx River Foodway team's annual feast at Concrete Plant Park: free tastings from foragers, herbalists and community chefs, plus...

Sat Nov 7
Concrete Plant Park↗
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NYCPrice on source

Historical Walking Tour

One block, a lot of history: garden member Jonathan Goldstein walks you from Native territory to the East 4th Street Community Garden.

Sat Nov 7
East Fourth Street Community Garden↗
market
NYCFrom $15

Mindful Matter Market

A market that happens on the sixth floor, which means you have to actually go up there to find out what's inside.

Sat Nov 7
327 W 36th St, 6th Floor↗
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ManhattanPrice on source

Discovery Hike: Waterfront Ecosystems

Walk out onto the salt marsh with a ranger and learn why the East River's tides feed more wildlife than you'd expect.

Sat Nov 7
Ward's Island Footbridge (in Randall's Island Park)↗
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Staten IslandPrice on source

Fall Foliage Tour

Follow the fall color from the Pond Garden to the Chinese Scholar’s Garden at Snug Harbor.

Sat Nov 7
Visitor Information Booth (in Snug Harbor Cultural Center)↗
other
BrooklynPrice on source

The Lott House

Marine Park's newest living museum, with the people actually running it walking you through what's changing and why.

Sat Nov 7
Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park)↗
gallery
BronxPrice on source

Public Gallery Tour

A gallery tour that treats the artworks and the landscape as one thing, at Wave Hill in the Bronx.

Sat Nov 7
Wave Hill↗
nightlife
BrooklynPrice on source

Jay Jurden

Jay Jurden, a new Hulu special, a sharp hour at the Bell House.

Sat Nov 7
The Bell House↗
other
NYCFrom $15

The 22nd New York City Short Film Festival

22nd edition, two screenings, $15 for students — the kind of festival programming you can actually walk into without a plan.

Sat Nov 7
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space↗
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ManhattanPrice on source

Strange Confessions: A New Play Reading

A staged reading of a new play about a writer who hasn't left her apartment in years, set in Riverside Park.

Sat Nov 7
102nd Street Field House (in Riverside Park)↗
music
NYCPrice on source

VOILÀ Presents: Moonbloom

VOILÀ brings Moonbloom to Irving Plaza, and a dollar off every ticket goes to Solving Kids' Cancer.

Sat Nov 7
Irving Plaza Powered By Verizon 5G↗
music
NYCPrice on source

Bryan Andrews

Mercury Lounge, two names on the bill, twenty dollars in advance. Small room, easy walk-up if you forget to buy ahead.

Sat Nov 7
Mercury Lounge↗
music
NYCFrom $23.18

BLACKOUT NYC

Live a cappella in Chelsea, no instruments, all voices.

Sat Nov 7
Chelsea Table & Stage↗
music
BrooklynPrice on source

Amble

Amble at Brooklyn Paramount, with a balcony that feels like its own little club.

Sat Nov 7
Brooklyn Paramount↗
other
BrooklynFrom $7.3

His Kind of Woman

Mitchum, Jane Russell and Vincent Price in a resort noir — one of three casino-noir picks at the Spectacle.

Sat Nov 7
Spectacle Theater↗
other
NYCPrice on source

Aladdin

Sherri's playing the Genie at New Amsterdam, and the listing actually tells you which shows she misses so you don't plan around a...

Sat Nov 7
New Amsterdam Theatre↗
music
BrooklynPrice on source

Assembly of Dust & Chuck Prophet

Donna the Buffalo bailed, so Chuck Prophet takes the Bowl — your original ticket still works.

Sat Nov 7
Brooklyn Bowl↗
music
NYCPrice on source

Oxis

Oxis with torr at Bowry Ballroom — twenty dollars in advance, and the room's small enough that you'll see them up close.

Sat Nov 7
Bowery Ballroom↗
other
NYCPrice on source

A Ghost in Your Ear

Headphone horror in a Minetta Lane theater — you put the headphones on and the story starts hunting you in the room.

Sat Nov 7
Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre↗
music
NYCPrice on source

Brothel in Belize

Doors at nine at Mercury Lounge, so you're going after the other set clears out. Worth it for the weird name alone.

Sat Nov 7
Mercury Lounge↗
other
BrooklynFrom $10

Johnny O'Clock

1947 noir, small theater, three casino films running as a set — the kind of double bill you only find in the Lower East Side.

Sat Nov 7
Spectacle Theater↗
music
NYCPrice on source

Kenyon Dixon

Kenyon Dixon at Blue Note, the set starts late so the night stays yours.

Sat Nov 7
Blue Note Jazz Club - NY↗
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BronxPrice on source

Fall Birding

Peak migration along the Hudson, and naturalist Gabriel Willow knows which trees to stand under.

Sun Nov 8
Wave Hill↗
other
NYCPrice on source

Pumpkin Smash!

Bring your pumpkin to the East Fourth Street garden and watch it get turned into compost.

Sun Nov 8
East Fourth Street Community Garden↗
other
ManhattanPrice on source

Kid Birding

Birding bingo through Fort Tryon Park, plus a hands-on lesson in spotting local birds with Alexandra Wang.

Sun Nov 8
Broadway and Dongan Place Entrance (in Fort Tryon Park)↗
music
NYCFree

Come + Sing: Broadway Finales

Two Broadway finales, one community choir, and a free sing-along dedicated to Gavin Creel.

Sun Nov 8
Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium↗
other
BrooklynPrice on source

Fantastic Fungi Mushroom ID Hike

Learn to spot mushrooms with a Prospect Park ranger, and finally understand what's growing under that log.

Sun Nov 8
Audubon Center at the Boathouse (in Prospect Park)↗
LESS “WE SHOULD.” MORE “SEE YOU THERE.”

Have your gang.
Make your plans.

A private little corner for your people. Collect the options, see who’s in, and settle on something good.

Get the gang together
A DIFFERENT KIND OF GUEST LIST

Smaller rooms.
Better conversations.

Community-hosted gatherings with room to actually meet. Request a place; the host makes the call. No velvet-rope theater.

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