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The Shape of Music with The Metropolitan Opera

The Shape of Music with The Metropolitan Opera

October 25 at 4pm (This weekend)

Metropolitan Opera House · Manhattan

Who needs instruments? This hands-on workshop teaches kids to tell stories through sound, shape, and emotion, creating a graphic score inspired by Mozart's The Magic Flute.

Fall Sweat — Queer Erotica Writing Workshop with Christian Pan

Fall Sweat — Queer Erotica Writing Workshop with Christian Pan

October 27 at 6:30pm

Bureau of General Services—Queer Division · West Village • $15

Write what you dare not say out loud. Author Christian Pan leads a playful erotica workshop on "the forbidden," with prompts, craft talks, and a voluntary final reading. All levels welcome.

Art and AgriCulture

Art and AgriCulture

October 29 at 6pm +15

Greenhouse Education Center · Hamilton Heights

Explore the intersection of food and culture through this weekly series. Visiting artists lead hands-on workshops using techniques like bookmaking, printmaking, and natural-pigment painting to express our relationship to agricultural systems.

Create a Dreambook

Create a Dreambook

October 29 at 2pm

Center For Book Arts · Midtown

Turn your memories and wildest imaginings into a Surrealist dreambook. This hands-on workshop blends creative writing, drawing, and bookmaking into one collaborative, unfolding landscape of dreams.

Paint Like Yayoi Kusama

Paint Like Yayoi Kusama

October 30 at 6:30pm

ArtsClub · East Village

Pumpkins, dots, and infinite patterns guide participants through an art history lesson and painting session at ArtsClub, where professional artists lead a studio class inspired by the avant-garde work of Yayoi Kusama.

ACW Ad-Hoc Poetry Workshops

ACW Ad-Hoc Poetry Workshops

October 24 at 6pm (This weekend) +33

Torn Page · Manhattan

Join a circle of poets for a weekly generative workshop led by Daniel Kuriakose, editor of A Common Well Journal. Bring a notebook and leave with fresh lines at this intimate Chelsea arts space.

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Sat, Oct 24 · 7:00 PM

Girls Nights Out 2H Party

NYC Art Studio · Manhattan

Sat, Oct 24 · 9:00 PM

Intuitive Art

Unarthodox · Manhattan

Sat, Oct 24 · 9:00 PM

Upcycled Denim Flower Making Workshop

Claridge's · Manhattan

Sun, Oct 25 · 11:30 AM

The Signature Terrarium Workshop

New York City Center · Midtown

Sun, Oct 25 · 4:00 PM

The Pen Push

Abrons Arts Center · Manhattan

$80

Sun, Oct 25 · 4:30 PM

Terrarium Class

New York City Center · Midtown

Sun, Oct 25 · 12:30 PM

Zen Moss Wall Art Experience

New York City Center · Midtown

Sun, Oct 25 · 3:00 PM

Monthly Bookclub with Well Read Sistas (Virtual & In-Person)

Wells Editions · Manhattan

Sun, Oct 25 · 12:00 PM

Rug Tufting Workshop

New York City Center · Midtown

Sun, Oct 25 · 11:00 AM

Mango Craft Studio

477 Broadway · Manhattan

Sun, Oct 25 · 5:00 PM

Lincoln Center Open House: PLAZA

Josie Robertson Plaza · Upper West Side

Sun, Oct 25 · 4:00 PM

CWP Writing Workshop

St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church · Upper West Side

$10

Sun, Oct 25 · 3:00 PM

Sip N' Paint Class

Talea Beer Co. West Village · West Village

$$

Sun, Oct 25 · 1:30 PM

Create Moss Wall Art

New York City Center · Midtown

Mon, Oct 26 · 6:30 PM

Figure Drawing

Enoch's · Hell's Kitchen

$

Mon, Oct 26 · 6:30 PM

Figure Drawing at Enoch's

Enoch's · Manhattan

$

Mon, Oct 26 · 6:30 PM

Figure Drawing Mondays

Enoch's · Manhattan

$

Mon, Oct 26 · 6:30 PM

Writing Rhythms

Hotel Alameda · Chelsea

$32

Mon, Oct 26 · 5:00 PM

Bloomingdale Art Class: Object Live Drawing

Bloomingdale Library · Upper West Side

Tue, Oct 27 · 6:00 PM

Poetry for Playwrights

A.R.T./New York Studios · Manhattan

$150

Tue, Oct 27 · 4:00 PM

Make Your Own Movie

St Jeans Community Center · Manhattan

$1,495

Tue, Oct 27 · 1:00 PM

Introductory Laser Cutting and Engraving Class

New York City Center · Midtown

Tue, Oct 27 · 6:00 PM

Make It with Brini Maxwell

Club Cumming · Manhattan

Free

Tue, Oct 27 · 12:00 PM

Westbeth OAC: Activities and Monthly Highlights

Westbeth Artists Housing · Manhattan

Tue, Oct 27 · 8:00 PM

Community Writing Night

Blind Barber · East Village

$$

Tue, Oct 27 · 12:00 PM

Jackson Heights Art Club

St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery · Manhattan

Tue, Oct 27 · 5:15 PM

Intermediate Filmmaker Experience

St Jeans Community Center · Manhattan

$1,995

Tue, Oct 27 · 5:30 PM

DRAWING AND PAINTING PORTFOLIO ART CLASS

The Art Studio NY · Upper West Side

Free

Wed, Oct 28 · 6:00 PM

ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY: THE ART OF LANGUAGE w/ AIYAH SIBAY

The People's Forum · Hell's Kitchen

Wed, Oct 28 · 5:00 PM

Advanced Filmmaker Experience

St Jeans Community Center · Manhattan

$2,400

Thu, Oct 29 · 4:30 PM

Open Art Space

Cullman Education Center MoMA · Manhattan

Fri, Oct 30 · 6:30 PM

Friday Night INSTRUCTED Figure Drawing

Drawing New York · Gramercy

Fri, Oct 30 · 4:00 PM

PAINTING, DRAWING, AND CREATIVE CRAFTS ART CLASS

The Art Studio NY · Upper West Side

Free

Sat, Oct 31 · 10:00 AM

Reading in Italian

Italian Cultural Institute · Manhattan

Sat, Oct 31 · 2:00 PM

ACW Ad-Hoc Poetry Workshops (Weekly)

Torn Page · Manhattan

Sat, Oct 31 · 2:00 PM

ACW Ad-Hoc Poetry Workshop

Torn Page · Chelsea

Sat, Oct 31 · 11:00 AM

ICP Photobook Club: Japanese Women Photographers x Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

International Center of Photography Museum · Lower East Side

Free

Sun, Nov 1 · 2:00 PM

College Sundays | Letter-Writing Lounge

The Morgan Library & Museum · Manhattan

Mon, Nov 2 · 10:30 AM

Open House for New & Prospective Students

The Art Students League of New York · Manhattan

Tue, Nov 3 · 4:00 PM

Hudson Park Writers Workshop

Hudson Park Library · Manhattan

Free

Tue, Nov 3 · 7:00 PM

NYC's Funnest Stand-Up Comedy Class

Michiko Rehearsal Studios · Midtown

Fri, Nov 6 · 6:30 PM

Paint Like Mark Rothko

ArtsClub · East Village

Fri, Nov 6 · 5:00 PM

Drop-in Drawing

The Museum of Modern Art · Manhattan

Fri, Nov 6 · 10:00 AM

SENIOR DAY

Loisaida, Inc. · East Village

Free

Sat, Nov 7 · 5:30 PM

Artist Talk & Workshop with Jana Leo

Hispanic Society Museum & Library · Washington Heights

Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 AM

Point of View Creating a World Through Their Eyes

Irish Arts Center · Manhattan

$206

Sat, Nov 7 · 12:00 PM

Open [Block] House

Nolan Park · Governors Island

Sun, Nov 8 · 11:00 AM

Dig + Discover

The Jewish Museum · Upper East Side

$24

Wed, Nov 11 · 12:00 PM

Workshop | After Effects Basics

The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Manhattan

Thu, Nov 12 · 6:30 PM

Associate Printmaking Night

Pratt Institute Manhattan Campus · Manhattan

Sat, Nov 14 · 11:30 AM

Robinson's Readers: Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson

Jackie Robinson Museum · SoHo

Sat, Nov 14 · 11:30 AM

Robinson's Readers: Mamie on the Mound: A Women in Baseball’s Negro Leagues

Jackie Robinson Museum · SoHo

Sat, Nov 14 · 11:30 AM

Robinson's Readers: Story Time and Craft

Jackie Robinson Museum · SoHo

Sat, Nov 14 · 10:00 AM

PERCEPTUAL PAINTING: Field Activation with Kaitlin Zorah McDonough

Rare Medium · Flatiron District

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