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Wednesday Aug. 13, 2025

7 – 9 pm

Wig Out Wednesdays : Drag Queen Bingo in NYC

Recreation at The Moxy DowntownDowntown / FiDi

Thursday Aug. 14

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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6:30 – 8:30 pm

Summer LGBT Dance Social with Brooklyn Contra

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

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7 – 8 pm

Queens Jazz Trail Concert: High & Mighty Brass Band

Free
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George Seuffert, Sr. BandshellQueens

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8 – 10 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival — Lovebug

Chain TheatreHell’s Kitchen

Friday Aug. 15

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Noon – 5 pm

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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3 – 5 pm

It’s All About the (S)ex!

BACCA Arts CenterLindenhurst

IAAS

8 – 10 pm

It’s All About the (S)ex!

BACCA Arts CenterLindenhurst

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8 – 10 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival — Land of the Mustaches

Chain TheatreHell’s Kitchen

Saturday Aug. 16

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Noon – 5 pm

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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2 – 4 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival — LGBTQIA+ Block

Chain TheatreHell’s Kitchen

4 – 11:30 pm

Dia de Sol : End of Summer Brazilian Fest

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IAAS

8 – 10 pm

It’s All About the (S)ex!

BACCA Arts CenterLindenhurst

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9 – 11 pm

Brooklyn Musical Legends Reunite for One Night Show

Free
Music

Sunset StoopBrooklyn

Sunday Aug. 17

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Noon – 5 pm

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

IAAS

3 – 5 pm

It’s All About the (S)ex!

BACCA Arts CenterLindenhurst

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6 – 8 pm

Reproductive Freedom Summer 2025

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6:30 – 8 pm

U.S. Premiere of Campy, Queer Comedy UNSEX’d

Under St MarksManhattan

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7 – 9 pm

Verse4Verse: Drag Poetry Show

IAAS

8 – 10 pm

It’s All About the (S)ex!

BACCA Arts CenterLindenhurst

Monday Aug. 18

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Noon – 5 pm

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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8 – 10 pm

“Pizza and a Play”, The Cherry Picked Playreading Series

Arts Project of Cherry Grove Community House & TheatreCherry Grove

Tuesday Aug. 19

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

Wednesday Aug. 20

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

7 – 9 pm

Wig Out Wednesdays : Drag Queen Bingo in NYC

Recreation at The Moxy DowntownDowntown / FiDi

Thursday Aug. 21

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All day

Hearts of Men Workshop

Dance

Ailey ExtensionHell’s Kitchen

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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