Things to Do in Manhattan on Sunday, Oct 25

Sunday, Oct 25 · 65 picks hand‑checked by Stumblday against organizer pages · updated Oct 5

The 10 best things to do in Manhattan on Sunday, Oct 25

  1. Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio — October 25 – February 27 · Midtown
  2. The New Yorker Festival 2026 — October 23–25 · Manhattan
  3. NewFest38: New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival — Thursday, October 15 - Sunday, October 25 · Various
  4. Proof — On Broadway · Tickets from ~$80 · Theater District
  5. Joe Turner's Come and Gone — On Broadway · Theater District
  6. Death Becomes Her — Through October 25 · From $89 · Theater District
  7. Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany — October 22 – February 7 · Upper East Side
  8. Archtober 2026: NYC Architecture and Design Month — Oct 1–31 · Citywide
  9. Other Desert Cities — Sep 29–Jan 17, 2027 · Theater District
  10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Oct 8–Nov 22 (opens Oct 21) · NoHo

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Taryn Simon: Father Country I Do Love You at the GuggenheimSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
On view Sep 18, 2026–Mar 14, 2027Included with museum admission

Taryn Simon: Father Country I Do Love You at the Guggenheim

Upper East Side, Manhattan

Taryn Simon fills the entire Guggenheim rotunda with 42 new works tracing one federal agent's life — the fall's biggest museum opening.

ArtNew this fallPhotography

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Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in Manhattan on Sunday, Oct 25: 65 picks, refreshed weekly.

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