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Saturday Nov. 1, 2025

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All day

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron North Plaza

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

10 am – 8 pm

Halloween Hunt

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

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10 am – 9 pm

Mano Mano’s Día de Muertos at Flatiron NoMad

Ages: All
Art
Community

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron District

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Family Program: Skyscraper Monopoly

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Brutalism: Ugly or Cool?

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

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11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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11 am – 4:30 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Announces Free November Family Activity Weekends: Sailors Scrimshaw

Ages: 3 and up
Craft & DIY
Free

South Street Seaport MuseumSeaport

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018Manhattan

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Noon – 5 pm

Mano a Mano’s Day of the Dead at St. Mark’s Church

Ages: All
Art
Community

St. Mark’s Church in-the-BowerksEast Village

Noon – 6 pm

Super Sábado: Día De Los Muertos Celebration

El Museo del BarrioManhattan

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Noon – 3 pm

Pumpkin Smash at Hudson River Park

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Pier 84 Hudson River ParkManhattan

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Noon – 1 pm

Story time and craft with author Tess Thomas

Mcnally Jackson SeaportManhattan

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Noon – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

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3 – 4 pm

EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

5 – 8 pm

Inwood Pumpkin Pageant

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

isham parkInwood

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