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NYCFriday-Sunday, October 16-18, 10 AM-6 PMMostly free
Open House New York Weekend
More than 300 usually closed spaces open across all five boroughs.
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Things to Do in New York on Sunday, Oct 18
Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in New York City on Sunday, Oct 18: 80 picks, refreshed weekly.
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80 picks
NYC#1Friday-Sunday, October 16-18, 10 AM-6 PM · One Weekend Only
NYCOpen House New York Weekend
More than 300 usually closed spaces open across all five boroughs.
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NYCThursday-Sunday, October 15-18$95-$400 by event
New York City Wine & Food Festival
More than 50 tastings, dinners, brunches and demos take over the Seaport.
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#2Thursday-Sunday, October 15-18 · One Weekend Only
NYCNew York City Wine & Food Festival
More than 50 tastings, dinners, brunches and demos take over the Seaport.
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NYCFriday-Sunday, October 16-18$10 general admission
Fujikina NYC 2026
A three-day photography festival spreads talks, walks and galleries across the LES.
PhotographyFestivalLower East Side
#3Friday-Sunday, October 16-18 · One Weekend Only
NYCFujikina NYC 2026
A three-day photography festival spreads talks, walks and galleries across the LES.
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NewFest venues (announced in September), Various, ManhattanThursday, October 15 - Sunday, October 25, 2026Ticketed per screening
NewFest38: New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival
New York's largest LGBTQ+ film festival returns for an eleven-day 38th edition of premieres, shorts programmes and filmmaker Q&As.
LGBTQ+ film38th EditionEleven days
#4Thursday, October 15 - Sunday, October 25, 2026 · Limited Run
NewFest venues (announced in September), Various, ManhattanNewFest38: New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival
New York's largest LGBTQ+ film festival returns for an eleven-day 38th edition of premieres, shorts programmes and filmmaker Q&As.
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NYCOctober 15–18, 2026
One Bryant Park Opening Weekend
A new Japanese dining complex opens beside Bryant Park this weekend.
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#5October 15–18, 2026 · One Weekend Only
NYCOne Bryant Park Opening Weekend
A new Japanese dining complex opens beside Bryant Park this weekend.
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American Academy of Arts and Letters, Washington Heights, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsOn view Sep 26, 2026 – Feb 7, 2027Free admission
Yoshitaka Amano: Origins at the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The Final Fantasy artist's first New York institutional solo show: a Pandora frieze of drawings, free at Audubon Terrace from opening day.
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#6On view Sep 26, 2026 – Feb 7, 2027 · Limited Run
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Washington Heights, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsYoshitaka Amano: Origins at the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The Final Fantasy artist's first New York institutional solo show: a Pandora frieze of drawings, free at Audubon Terrace from opening day.
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NYCNew this October
Symone at MoMA PS1
DeVonn Francis brings a French-African café to MoMA PS1 this October.
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#7New this October · Limited Run
NYCSymone at MoMA PS1
DeVonn Francis brings a French-African café to MoMA PS1 this October.
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New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bedford Park, BronxOn view through mid-OctoberIncluded with garden admission
NYBG Flower Power
NYBG's Flower Power turns 250 acres groovy — psychedelic floral displays plus Warhol and Milton Glaser works channeling sixties counterculture in bloom.
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#8On view through mid-October · Limited Run
New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bedford Park, BronxNYBG Flower Power
NYBG's Flower Power turns 250 acres groovy — psychedelic floral displays plus Warhol and Milton Glaser works channeling sixties counterculture in bloom.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanSeries runs Sep 4 – Oct 18, 2026Ticketed
Don't Play with Fire: The Films of Tsui Hark
Zu, Don't Play with Fire, Knock Off and Time and Tide play Metrograph in an 11-film Tsui Hark survey — two of them on 35mm prints.
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#9Series runs Sep 4 – Oct 18, 2026 · Limited Run
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanDon't Play with Fire: The Films of Tsui Hark
Zu, Don't Play with Fire, Knock Off and Time and Tide play Metrograph in an 11-film Tsui Hark survey — two of them on 35mm prints.
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Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanThrough Oct 19Museum admission
Andy Warhol Family Album
Warhol's private Polaroids of friends, celebrities, travels and his dog Archie reach the Whitney.
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#10Through Oct 19 · Limited Run
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAndy Warhol Family Album
Warhol's private Polaroids of friends, celebrities, travels and his dog Archie reach the Whitney.
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Carnegie Deli, 834 Seventh Avenue, Midtown, ManhattanNew restaurant · open daily 11am–10pm
Carnegie Deli Reopens on Seventh Avenue
Carnegie Deli is back after 10 years, in the old Stage Deli space, with the Wall of Fame photos and pastrami piled high on rye.
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#11New restaurant · open daily 11am–10pm · Limited Run
Carnegie Deli, 834 Seventh Avenue, Midtown, ManhattanCarnegie Deli Reopens on Seventh Avenue
Carnegie Deli is back after 10 years, in the old Stage Deli space, with the Wall of Fame photos and pastrami piled high on rye.
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HERO at Rockefeller Center, Midtown, ManhattanOn view through Oct 18, 2026 · daily 11am–7pm (last entry 6:30pm)Ticketed (timed entry)
reSOUND New York at Hero, Rockefeller Center
Seventeen art projects across eight light-and-sound rooms below Rockefeller Center — the immersive show's final stretch before it closes.
ImmersiveClosing soonAll ages
#12On view through Oct 18, 2026 · daily 11am–7pm (last entry 6:30pm) · Limited Run
HERO at Rockefeller Center, Midtown, ManhattanreSOUND New York at Hero, Rockefeller Center
Seventeen art projects across eight light-and-sound rooms below Rockefeller Center — the immersive show's final stretch before it closes.
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Roxy Cinema, Tribeca, ManhattanOct 9–18, 2026Ticketed per screening
The Downtown Festival 2026 at Roxy Cinema
Ten days of one-night-only indie screenings with filmmaker Q&As in the Roxy Hotel's basement cinema, from world premieres to cult anniversaries.
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#13Oct 9–18, 2026 · Limited Run
Roxy Cinema, Tribeca, ManhattanThe Downtown Festival 2026 at Roxy Cinema
Ten days of one-night-only indie screenings with filmmaker Q&As in the Roxy Hotel's basement cinema, from world premieres to cult anniversaries.
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The Met Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park, ManhattanOn view May 18–Oct 18, 2026Free with Museum admission
Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas at The Met Cloisters
Fresco dragons, a Zapotec bat lord and a crocodile-headed Tairona gold pendant haunt The Met Cloisters in its final weeks.
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#14On view May 18–Oct 18, 2026 · Limited Run
The Met Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park, ManhattanCreatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas at The Met Cloisters
Fresco dragons, a Zapotec bat lord and a crocodile-headed Tairona gold pendant haunt The Met Cloisters in its final weeks.
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Bronx Zoo, Bronx Park, BronxWeekends Sep 26–Nov 1, 2026, plus Mon Oct 12; activities 11am–4pmIncluded with Bronx Zoo admis…
Boo at the Zoo
A new hay maze, costume parades with stilt walkers and a pumpkin garden take over the Bronx Zoo — opening weekend, included with admission.
Opening weekendCostumes welcomeAll ages
#15Weekends Sep 26–Nov 1, 2026, plus Mon Oct 12; activities 11am–4pm · Limited Run
Bronx Zoo, Bronx Park, BronxBoo at the Zoo
A new hay maze, costume parades with stilt walkers and a pumpkin garden take over the Bronx Zoo — opening weekend, included with admission.
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Film Forum, South Village, ManhattanOct 2–22, 2026Ticketed
Andrzej Wajda 100 at Film Forum
Film Forum's 25-film centennial for Poland's Andrzej Wajda includes new 4K restorations of Ashes and Diamonds, Kanal and Man of Iron.
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#16Oct 2–22, 2026 · Limited Run
Film Forum, South Village, ManhattanAndrzej Wajda 100 at Film Forum
Film Forum's 25-film centennial for Poland's Andrzej Wajda includes new 4K restorations of Ashes and Diamonds, Kanal and Man of Iron.
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Queens County Farm Museum, Floral Park, QueensSunday, October 18, 2026, 10am-5pmTicketed
Flavors of the World Festival
Queens is the most linguistically diverse place on earth and its county farm turns that into a one-day food festival.
Food festivalQueensOne day
#17Sunday, October 18, 2026, 10am-5pm · One Day Only
Queens County Farm Museum, Floral Park, QueensFlavors of the World Festival
Queens is the most linguistically diverse place on earth and its county farm turns that into a one-day food festival.
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James Earl Jones Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPreviews from October 15, opening November 8, 2026Balcony from $49
Wanted
Solea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine play outlaw twins passing for white in 1893 Texas, with Ledisi and Luke James in Angelica Chéri's new musical.
New this monthNew musicalOpening night
#18Previews from October 15, opening November 8, 2026 · Limited Run
James Earl Jones Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWanted
Solea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine play outlaw twins passing for white in 1893 Texas, with Ledisi and Luke James in Angelica Chéri's new musical.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanLate-night 35mm at MetrographTicketed — see box office
House in 35mm
Nobuhiko Obayashi's man-eating-piano haunted house plays on 35mm at Metrograph, right up against midnight.
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#19Late-night 35mm at Metrograph · Limited Run
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanHouse in 35mm
Nobuhiko Obayashi's man-eating-piano haunted house plays on 35mm at Metrograph, right up against midnight.
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Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanOn view September 9, 2026 – August 29, 2027Free
Camille Henrot: Dogs
Bronze, stone and concrete dogs on leashes take over the Central Park entrance at 60th and Fifth — Camille Henrot's first public show in New York.
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#20On view September 9, 2026 – August 29, 2027 · Limited Run
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanCamille Henrot: Dogs
Bronze, stone and concrete dogs on leashes take over the Central Park entrance at 60th and Fifth — Camille Henrot's first public show in New York.
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Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Hudson ValleySep 18–Nov 8, 2026 (select evenings; every night in October)Timed tickets from $24
The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze
More than 7,000 hand-carved jack o'lanterns light up an 18th-century manor, dinosaurs and a pumpkin carousel included — an easy train ride up
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#21Sep 18–Nov 8, 2026 (select evenings; every night in October) · Limited Run
Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Hudson ValleyThe Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze
More than 7,000 hand-carved jack o'lanterns light up an 18th-century manor, dinosaurs and a pumpkin carousel included — an easy train ride up
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Hauser & Wirth, 542 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanOn view through Oct 24, 2026Free
Lee Bul: The Anatomy of Every Setting Sun
Korean icon Lee Bul fills Hauser & Wirth with major new sculptures — cyborg bodies and glittering future ruins probing technology, nature and history.
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#22On view through Oct 24, 2026 · Limited Run
Hauser & Wirth, 542 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanLee Bul: The Anatomy of Every Setting Sun
Korean icon Lee Bul fills Hauser & Wirth with major new sculptures — cyborg bodies and glittering future ruins probing technology, nature and history.
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Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Bedford Park, BronxSunday, October 18, 2026Ticketed
Aida Cuevas & Flor de Toloache
Mexico's reigning ranchera singer shares a Bronx bill with Flor de Toloache, the Grammy-winning all-women mariachi band from New York.
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#23Sunday, October 18, 2026 · One Day Only
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Bedford Park, BronxAida Cuevas & Flor de Toloache
Mexico's reigning ranchera singer shares a Bronx bill with Flor de Toloache, the Grammy-winning all-women mariachi band from New York.
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NYCSunday, October 18, 2026, 11am–1pmFree with RSVP
Archtober Family Day
Build, create and decorate a free pumpkin at Flushing Town Hall's architecture day.
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#24Sunday, October 18, 2026, 11am–1pm · One Day Only
NYCArchtober Family Day
Build, create and decorate a free pumpkin at Flushing Town Hall's architecture day.
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