9:30 am – 1 pm ASL-interpreted Rosh Hashanah Service Ages: AllCommunity Holiday Town & Village SynagogueEast Village
5:30 – 7 pm Opera Italiana is in the Air Ages: AllCommunity Free Central Park – Naumburg BandshellCentral Park
6:30 – 11 pm Illumination Light Art Festival Ages: 5 and upArt Attractions Wagner ParkBattery Park City
6:30 – 11 pm Illumination Light Art Festival Ages: 5 and upArt Attractions Wagner ParkBattery Park City
6:30 – 11 pm Illumination Light Art Festival Ages: 5 and upArt Attractions Wagner ParkBattery Park City
6 – 7 pm Sacred Resonance: A World of Faith Ages: AllCommunity Free The Brick Presbyterian ChurchManhattan
Noon – 1 pm Peacocks to Poodles: Marble Collegiate Church’s Annual Blessing of the Animals Ages: AllAnimals Community Marble Collegiate ChurchNOMAD
10 am – 3 pm Fall Festival/El Festival de Otono Ages: AllCommunity Festivals Dyckman Farmhouse MuseumManhattan
11 am – 2 pm High Line Halloween: Little Park of Horrors Ages: AllCommunity Free The High Line 14th Street PassageManhattan
2 – 3:30 pm Ephrat Asherie Dance with Arturo O’Farrill Ages: AllArt Community The Joyce TheaterChelsea
2 – 3:30 pm Compagnie Hervé KOUBI at The Joyce Theater Ages: AllArt Community The Joyce TheaterChelsea
Sept. 26, 7 pm Let’s Sing Taylor – An Unofficial Live Tribute Show with Special Guest Let’s Sing Katy St. George Theatre
Sept. 27, 11 am Celebrate the Equinox with Sisa Pakari National Museum of the American Indian New York
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