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Bryant Park, ManhattanMonday · Nov 2Free
Park Tour
Bryant Park, Manhattan
Tour at Bryant Park November 2 at 11 AM. Listed on Bryant Park's official calendar.
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Free things to do in NYC on Monday, Nov 2
Stumblday's ranked list of the best things to do in New York City on Monday, November 2: 37 events, led by CITIZEN RUTH Post-film conversation with screenwriter Jim Taylor, Mark Twain Tonight! A Special One-night Only Performance and Jimmy Heath Big Band Centennial Celebration — each one checked against the organizer's own page. Below them, 24 exhibitions and shows running through the day.
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Bryant Park, Manhattan#1Monday · Nov 2 · Limited Run
Bryant Park, ManhattanPark Tour
Tour at Bryant Park November 2 at 11 AM. Listed on Bryant Park's official calendar.
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Outside The Shops at Columbus Circle, Columbus Circle, ManhattanMon, Nov 2, 2026 · 10am–4pmFree
Free OLAY Pop-Up – Bounce Back with OLAY Super
Columbus Circle, Manhattan
Celebrate Medal Monday with OLAY outside The Shops at Columbus Circle. Visitors can receive a free OLAY Super Serum, make a custom photo keychain and pick up a limited-edition NYC-themed bag charm made with.
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#2Mon, Nov 2, 2026 · 10am–4pm · One Day Only
Outside The Shops at Columbus Circle, Columbus Circle, ManhattanFree OLAY Pop-Up – Bounce Back with OLAY Super
Celebrate Medal Monday with OLAY outside The Shops at Columbus Circle. Visitors can receive a free OLAY Super Serum, make a custom photo keychain and pick up a limited-edition NYC-themed bag charm made with.
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Midtown, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsOctober 28, 2026 – February 28, 2027; daily from 8amFree rink admission with your…
Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park
Midtown, Manhattan
Bryant Park's free-admission rink and holiday shops open for the season.
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#3October 28, 2026 – February 28, 2027; daily from 8am · Limited Run
Midtown, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park
Bryant Park's free-admission rink and holiday shops open for the season.
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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
Washington Heights, Manhattan
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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#4On 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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David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street and 537 West 20th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanOctober 29 - December 12, 2026Free
Yoshitomo Nara
Chelsea, Manhattan
Yoshitomo Nara's first major New York solo in nearly a decade fills two Zwirner buildings with new paintings, sculptures and early works.
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#5October 29 - December 12, 2026 · Limited Run
David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street and 537 West 20th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanYoshitomo Nara
Yoshitomo Nara's first major New York solo in nearly a decade fills two Zwirner buildings with new paintings, sculptures and early works.
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Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsOn view September 9, 2026 – August 29, 2027Free
Camille Henrot: Dogs
Central Park, Manhattan
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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#6On view September 9, 2026 – August 29, 2027 · Limited Run
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsCamille 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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City Hall Park, Civic Center, ManhattanMomos · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsOn view through Nov 15, 2026Free
Genesis Belanger: Heads or Tails
Civic Center, Manhattan
Concrete birds pluck pennies from the City Hall Park fountain and two bronze Lady Justices preside — Genesis Belanger's first big public show.
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#7On view through Nov 15, 2026 · Limited Run
City Hall Park, Civic Center, ManhattanMomos · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsGenesis Belanger: Heads or Tails
Concrete birds pluck pennies from the City Hall Park fountain and two bronze Lady Justices preside — Genesis Belanger's first big public show.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanSeptember 27 – June 13, 2027Free
Full Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design
Midtown, Manhattan
Thirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
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#8September 27 – June 13, 2027 · Limited Run
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanFull Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design
Thirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
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MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSep 24, 2026–Feb 8, 2027Free admission for all at MoM…
Teresa Margolles: En el lugar de los hechos (At the Scene)
Long Island City, Queens
A 22-ton wall of rubble from a Ciudad Juárez home anchors Teresa Margolles's first large US museum show, free across PS1's third floor.
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#9Sep 24, 2026–Feb 8, 2027 · Limited Run
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTeresa Margolles: En el lugar de los hechos (At the Scene)
A 22-ton wall of rubble from a Ciudad Juárez home anchors Teresa Margolles's first large US museum show, free across PS1's third floor.
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