Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

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Updated October 4, 2025 v. 10/3/2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Sunrise 6.53 am. Sunset 6.36 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 11 hours & 42 minutes of daylight or three hours and 24 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.

The photo above or at right, was taken on Sunday at the Tour de Bronx Bike Ride on the Grand Concourse at 161st Street just outside of the Bronx Borough Hall. About 4,000 cyclists signed up for the event, and based on what I saw on a beautiful, warm, sunny, dry morning, most of them showed up for the ride.

NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. Looks like a great weather weekend. No rain. The temperatures highs will be in the mid 70's Friday, rising to the low 80's on Saturday and Sunday. The temperature lows will be in the high 50's on Friday and the mid 60's on Saturday and Sunday. The winds will be a pretty steady 5 mph all weekend. And the humidity will swing wildly again this weekend, from about 95% to 45% Friday, and from 80% to 45% on Saturday and Sunday. The humidity rises when it's dark out, peaking around daybreak, and then falling during the day, bottoming between 3 and 5 pm.

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NYC-Wide Office Candidate Debates Begin Next Week

Thursday, October 9, 2025 beginning at 7 pm - the First NYC-Wide Candidate Debate - organized by the NYC Campaign Finance Board and rebroadcast on Sunday. Further details coming next week.

 

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We're starting with what we believe to be one of the biggest unreported stories of the casino competition in NYC and NYS. It's just one of many examples that will follow, demonstrating just how badly billionaire TV news outlets distract, mislead and leave their audiences in the dark.

Mets Eliminated from the MLB Playoffs & Casino Proposals Move Forward - but the Biggest Part of These Two Stories is Connected - and went Unreported by Billionaire TV News

Mets Owner, Billionaire Steve Cohen, was the Founder of a Securities Firm that was Involved in One of the Largest Insider Criminal Cases Against a Hedge Fund in U.S. History. Now Cohen is Vying for a Casino. Should Someone with Cohen's History be Allowed to Operate a Casino in NYC? And is Cohen Competing Fairly for a Casino License?

Sunday, September 28, 2025. Mets owner Steve Cohen has been preoccupied vying for a casino license in the CitiField parking lot. This is why Cohen didn't have much time this summer to find a 'black edge' equivalent to win a pennant for the Mets. Now the question is whether Cohen has found some 'black edge' equivalent to use to win a casino license, because someone convinced the board member appointee of former NYC mayoral candidate Jessica Ramos, to change their vote from valiantly advocating against the proposed casino, to voting for it.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/mets-eliminated-from-playoffs-as-humiliating-collapse-is-complete/ar-AA1NtKFL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Martoma

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cohen_(businessman)

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/30/citi-field-casino-queens-casino-steve-cohen/

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Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC

Korean Parade & Festival, Pulaski Parade, Nigerian Parade & Festival, Frenzy Film Fest and NY Film Festival at Lincoln Center continue & Next Week Comic Con & LGBTQ Film Fest

Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 2 - 5, 2025 at various times - Hellenic Film Festival - at varioius locations in Manhattan and Queens. For details see - https://hellenicfilmsociety.org

Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 1 pm / 3 pm / 4.30 pm & 7 pm - 2nd Annual B. Frank Film Festival - at SVA Theater in Manhattan. For details and $18 tickets see - https://www.bfrankfilmfestival.com

Ongoing _ Friday, September 26 - October 13, 2025 - Times Vary - NY Film Festival - At Lincoln Center at 65th Street and Columbus Avenue on the Upper West Side. A film festival including films from around the nation and around the world. Ticket prices range from $28 - $38 / film screening. For details and tickets - see https://www.filmlinc.org. Not an UWS street festival, but rather a film festival on the UWS.

In the photo above or at right, you can see some of the early Halloween house decorations this year. This little goblin looks like he's best kept at bay. Boo.

Ongoing _ Monday, September 15, 2025 to October 30, 2025 at various times - Frenzy Film Festival. At El Barrio's Art Space PS109 at 215 East 99th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues on the UES / Harlem. For details see - https://filmfreeway.com/FrenzyFest or https://bip-nyc.com/fest/

Friday & Saturday, October 3 & 4, 2025 from 10 am to 10 pm - Durga Puja in Times Square - This festival is celebrated from September 26 - October 5, 2025 at various locations throughout NYC, but most notably in the Woodside, Jackson Heights, Jamaica and Richmond Hill neighborhoods in Queens. Durga Puja celebrates the goddess Durga, who is a motherhood figure representing the victory of good over evil. The celebrations, which cover a week of activity, are also something of a Hindu harvest festival. See this Facebook page for a listing of Durga Puja events in NYC - https://www.facebook.com/pujaprogramme/

• Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 10 am to 5 pm - 66th Annual Nigerian Independence Day Parade & Carnival - I believe the parade begins at 11 am [unconfirmed] along 5th Avenue at 38th Street and marches south to 26th Street at Madison Square Park where they'll have their after party. Manhattan street fairs. For details see - INST - https://www.instagram.com/oan_nyc/ or FB - https://www.facebook.com/NIDPNYC/ or WS - http://oanweb.org
  • IN THE PAST - the parade began along 2nd Avenue beginning at East 54th Street ending at East 44th Street. There's usually an after parade celebration in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at 2nd Avenue and East 46th Street. The Nigerian parade also celebrates 40 African nations decades of independence. They moved the parade to Madison Avenue in 2024 and changed the time

Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 10 am to 6 pm - Korean Parade & Festival. The parade runs from 12 noon to 2 pm, beginning along 6th Avenue at 38th Street and marching down to 27th Street. The festival runs from 11 am - 6 pm along 32nd Street between Broadway and 5th Avenue [aka Koreatown]. There will be food, beverages, merchandise and cultural performances. Korean parades and festivals in Manhattan NYC. Organized by KAAGNY - https://kaagny.org

MOVED TO MANHATTAN FROM FOREST HILLS _ Saturday & Sunday, October 4 & 5, 2025 from 12 noon - 6 pm - EEEEEats Con - at Pier 76 in Hudson River Park at 408 West 12th Avenue in Washington Heights. A food festival featuring about 25 restaurateurs / food vendors from NYC and beyond. Tickets are $25, but it's unclear what's included. For details see - https://www.eeeeeatscon.com/

Sunday, October 5, 2025 beginning at 12.30 pm - The 88th Annual Pulaski Day Parade - begins at 39th Street and marches up 5th Avenue to 54th Street. There's a mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral on 5th Avenue at 50th Street at 9 am preceding the parade, followed by a breakfast at 10.15 am at 3 West Club. This is also the 1000th anniversary of the Kingdom of Poland. For details see - https://pulaskiparade.com

Thursday - Sunday, October 9 to 12, 2025 from 10 am to 7 pm daily except Sunday when it ends at 5 pm - Comic Con returns to the Javits in Manhattan. At the Javits Center at 655 West 34th / 36th Street at 11th Avenue in West Midtown. Comic Con is a convention of fans of comic book characters and has morphed to include movie characters. Note that this event frequently sells out in advance. For details and $90 tickets [selling out fast] see - https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/

Thursday, October 9 - Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at various times and at five locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn - New Fest NY LGBTQ Film Festival. The five locations are: SVA Theatre, the LGBTQ Community Center in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park Brooklyn. They also include a virtual option. For details and $14.50 tickets and up for festival passes see - https://newfest.org/

Gramercy Theater concerts - info coming but in the meantime - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows

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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in Queens NYC

Sunnyside Oktoberfest, EEEEEats.com in Manhattan, Maspeth Car Show, Moon Festival, Queens County Farm Maize Fest Continues & Qns Intntl Nite Mkt

Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 2 - 5, 2025 at various times - Hellenic Film Festival - at varioius locations in Manhattan and Queens. For details see - https://hellenicfilmsociety.org

The photo above or at right, was taken this week in one of the outer boroughs. It would seem the Halloween celebrations have begun. Halloween started in Ireland, way back when, as a harvest festival. It's definitely one of the more enthralling holidays, as is Thanksgiving - but in a different way.

Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 12 noon to 5 pm - Sunnyside Gardens Park Oktoberfest - At Sunnyside Gardens Park at 48-21 39th Avenue. Arts, crafts, pumpkin patch, games and biergarten with food and drinks open to public. St festivals in Sunnyside Queens NYC. Free, but registration is suggested at their website - https://sunnysidegardenspark.org/

MOVED TO MANHATTAN FROM FOREST HILLS _ Saturday & Sunday, October 4 & 5, 2025 from 12 noon - 6 pm - EEEEEats Con - at Pier 76 in Hudson River Park at 408 West 12th Avenue in Washington Heights. A food festival featuring about 25 restaurateurs / food vendors from NYC and beyond. Tickets are $25, but it's unclear what's included. For details see - https://www.eeeeeatscon.com/

Sunday, October 5, 2025 from 9 am to 3 pm - Maspeth Vintage Car Shows - The Vintage Car Show will be held at in the Maspeth Federal Savings Bank Parking Lot at 56-18 69th Street. Free to view & $20 to show a car. Street fairs in Maspeth NYC. For details see - https://eccatoysfortots.org

Sunday, October 5, 2025, from 12 noon to 4 pm - the Moon / Fall Festival - in Kissena Corridor Park at 45th Avenue and Colden Street in Flushing. There will be cultural performances and snacks. Organized by the Glow Cultural Center. Free. For details see - https://glownyc.org

Ongoing _ Saturdays & Sundays, September 6 - October 26, 2025 from 2 to 5.30 pm Fridays, and from 11 am to 4 pm Saturdays & Sundays - Corn Fest / the Amazing Maize Maze at the Queens County Farm at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. This is a chance to stroll through a maze made of corn in the field at Queens County Farm. For details and $16 / $10 tickets [kids age 3 and under free] see - https://www.queensfarm.org

Ongoing _ Saturdays, October 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2025 from 4 pm to 12 midnight - Queens International Night Market - see street fairs page for details.

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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in Brooklyn NYC

Cider Feast at Industry City, Zum Schneider Fest in Greenpoint, Bushwick Film Festival & Atlantic Avenue Antic in Boerum & Cobble Hills and Next Week Latin Cigar & Whiskey Night, BK Bridge Park Gala & LGBTQ Film Fest

Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 12 noon to 4 pm - Cider Feast - at Industry City Courtyard 1/2 Gate at 635 2nd Avenue in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. Sample various ciders and pair with various delectables. For details and $49 to $130 tickets see - https://ciderfeasthq.com

In the photo above or at right, you can see some two women out and about at the Atlantic Avenue Antic street fair in Brooklyn this Sunday. It's one of the more popular outdoor events, and this year was no exception. The weather made if feel like the summer had returned, as you can see by how folks are dressed.

Greenpoint _ Friday, September 26 to Sunday October 5, 2025 [excluding Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday] - Zum Schneider Fest - at 12 Franklin Street [the Northern Territory] in Greenpoint Brooklyn. The times are generally from 5 - 10 pm weekdays, Sunday from 12 noon - 8 pm, and on Saturday there are two seatings from 12 noon - 4.45 pm and from 5.15 - 10 pm. This is a traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest which for years had been held in Manhattan along the East River at 23rd Street. It moved to Brooklyn in 2022 and is hosted by an authentic Bavarian who brings a lot of personality, as well as food, drink and culture to the event. Tickets start at $15 and on up for groups, food and drinks. For details see - https://nyc.zumschneider.com/

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 1 - 5, 2025 beginning at various times - 18th Annual Bushwick Film Festival - at the Williamsburg Cinemas at 217 Grand Street near Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg in Brooklyn NYC. EXCEPT FOR OPENING NIGHT which runs from 7 pm to 12 midnight at Lot 45 at 411 Troutman. For details and $24 tickets see - https://www.bushwickfilmfestival.com/tickets

Sunday, October 5, 2025 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Atlantic Avenue Antic - Along Atlantic Avenue from 4th Avenue in Boerum Hill, to Hicks Street in Cobble Hill & Brooklyn Heights. This Brooklyn Street Fair is billed as the largest and oldest street festival in Brooklyn and has ethnic food, live entertainment and shopping. In the past they had approximately 500 food, drink and shopping vendors along with 11 stages of live entertainment. For details see - https://www.atlanticave.org OR - see MCAL link below for details.

Next Week.

October 8, 2025 beginning from 6 to 10 pm - Brooklyn Bridge Park Gala [in 2024 it was a black tie affair] - at Emily Warren Roebling Plaza in Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn Heights. Proceeds go to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. For details and $1,500 & up tickets see - https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/

Thursday, October 9 - Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at various times and at five locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn - New Fest NY LGBTQ Film Festival. The five locations are: SVA Theatre, the LGBTQ Community Center in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park Brooklyn. They also include a virtual option. For details and $14.50 tickets and up for festival passes see - https://newfest.org/

Friday, October 10, 2025 beginning at 6 pm - Fort Hamilton Community Club Latin Whiskey & Cigar Night - Prices range from $60 - $100 for 5 premium whiskey samplings and two cigars plus buffet. In Building 207 on Sterling Drive in Fort Hamilton, the military base, adjacent to the Bay Ridge neighborhood on Brooklyn. As this is on a still active U.S. military base at 404 Sterling Drive in Brooklyn, non-military personnel must register in advance [generally by about 3 weeks prior] to attend. For details copy & paste - https://hamilton.armymwr.com/calendar/event/cigar-and-whiskey-latin-nights/6987130/102545

Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.

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Thursday - Sunday, November 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2025 - The Other Art Fair - at ZeroSpace in Brooklyn. Three Brooklyn creative hubs : Clay Space, Dirtbag ArtHaus & the Textile Arts Center are presented by Saatchi Art and for sale at prices ranging from $100 plus.

November 11, 2025 from 6 to 8.30 pm - A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of Community and Connection - GRIOT Circle honors LGBTQ+ elders of color at the Loft in Downtown Brooklyn - see MCAL link above for details.

 

 

Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in the Bronx NYC

Annual Tour de Bronx Bike Ride, Mott Haven Film Festival & Performance of Dracula by the Monkey Theater Group

Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 1 pm to 8 pm - Mott Haven Film Festival - at the Bronx Music Hall at 438 East 163rd Street in Melrose in the Bronx. Screenings run at 2 pm, 5 pm and 8 pm. For details and $23 tickets see - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mott-haven-film-festival-2025-tickets-1685980315509?aff=oddtdtcreator

In the photo above or at right, you can see some of the early Halloween decorations this year, which we photographed last night.

Saturdays, Sundays, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 & 12, 2025 beginning at 4 pm Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays, 7 pm Thursday & Friday - Undead: A Dracula Story by Amy Frey - performed by The Monkey Theater Group at the Bartow Pell Mansion in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx. For details and $40 / $35 tickets see - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org

Concourse Village _ Sunday, October 5, 2025 - from 8 am to 4 pm - 31st Annual Tour de Bronx Bike Ride - begins at 161st Street and Grand Concourse and bicycles up to the New York Botanical Garden. The program includes 40 mile, 25 mile and 10 mile long rides which kick off at 10 am, 10.15 am & 10.30 am respectively. Free, but you check in before departing to obtain a numbered bib. For details see - https://www.ilovethebronx.com/tour-de-bronx

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Tuesday, October 14, 2025 beginning at 7 pm - District 13 Councilwoman Kristy Marmorato - at the Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association (PPNA) monthly meeting - see MCAL link above for details.

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from 6 to 7.30 pm - Civic Engagement is People Power: Bronx Edition - at the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning on Crotona Avenue. For details see MCAL link above or contact - academy@cityparksfoundation.org

Saturday, October 25, 2025 beginning at 12 noon - Bronx Halloween Parade - beginning at Simpson & 163rd Street - see MCAL link above for details which includes a link to one of the organizers website.

 

Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week on Staten Island NYC

Autumn Moon Festival at Snug Harbor, Staten Island Oktoberfest & Lighthouse Museum Point Fest

Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 12 noon to 3 pm - Moon Harvest Festival - in the Chinese Scholars Garden at Snug Harbor Cultural Center. A celebration of the Chinese Harvest Moon Festival. For details and $15 / $12 tickets see - https://snug-harbor.org

Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 12 noon to 8 pm - The Rolling Thunder / Staten Island Oktoberfest - at the SIUH Ballpark aka Ferry Hawks Stadium at 75 Richmond Terrace in St. George near the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. There will be food, beer, rides, games, shopping and live entertainment. Admission is $10. Proceeds go to Veterans in Need and it's organized by Rolling Thunder and the Rotary Clubs of Staten Island. For details and tickets see - https://sioktoberfest.com/

Sunday, October 5, 2025 from 1 to 6 pm - Lighthouse Point Fest - at The National Lighthouse Museum at 200 The Promenade in the St. George neighborhood. The festival includes live dance and music, local vendors of arts & crafts, food and programs for adults & kids. Entrance fee is $3 suggested donation & $7 with chowder sampling. Staten Island street fairs / festivals in St. George. For details see - https://lighthousemuseum.org.

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* Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

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Sunrise 7.02 / 6.53 am. Sunset 6.23 / 6.36 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 11 hours & 20 minutes of daylight or three hours and 46 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.

The photo above or at right, was taken last weekend near the Citibank Building in Long Island City in Queens. High winds are expected on Sunday and Monday, so I hope the NYC Department of Buildings is doing its job to make sure that construction sites in all five boroughs, have been properly fastened down.

NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. There's a 50% chance of about a half inch of rain Sunday, beginning mid afternoon. On Monday, the probability of about 3/4 inch of rain climbs from 50% overnight, to about 70% by 7 am, climbing further to 100% by 11 am. Tuesday, at present looks like little rain. Now this all said, let me inform you that just a day ago, the forecast was for almost double that amount of rain, so the weather system has shed a fair amount of precipitation - and given the drought - could continue to dry up as we move through the weekend. And while this is good news for the weekend weather, it's a dire warning about the lost of planetary H2O that should concern everyone who's contributing to the problem by pumping carbon into the atmosphere. 10.10.25 late afternoon update - the weekend shed another 1/4 inch of rain off the forecast.

The temperature highs will be in the mid 60's on Friday, climbing to the high 60's on Saturday, dropping back to the mid 60's on Sunday and the low 60's on Monday. The temperature lows fell into the high 40's Friday morning, but will climb to about 60 for the rest of the weekend. The humidity was 90% early Friday, and will fall to about 50% later today, and then climb back to 90%, where it will remain for the rest of the weekend. The winds will be 5 - 10 mph Friday, climbing to 10 - 15 mph Saturday and then rising to 20 - 25 mph plus on both Sunday and Monday - so it's a windy weekend.

 

Friday Late Afternoon Edition @ 4.45 pm. This is a solid draft with a tiny bit more to do, plus clean up of a few related pages. Should be done with clean up early Friday evening. It's a big, fun filled, three day holiday weekend. Please share with family & friends. Have a good weekend. I don't think the weather is going to be anything near as bad as the TV News folks portray it.

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And Then There were Three - NYC Mayoral Debates Begin Next Week

The Campaign Finance Board cancelled the NYC Comptroller and the NYC Public Advocate Debates because not enough candidates qualified to meet the threshhold [two]. The good news is that the two Mayoral Debates will continue as scheduled. Thus, on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 7 pm [WNBC] and on Wednesday , October 22, 2025 at 7 pm [NY1] there will be debates among the three remaining Mayoral candidates - Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa.

 

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We're starting with what we believe to be one of the biggest unreported stories of the casino competition in NYC and NYS. It's just one of many examples that will follow, demonstrating just how badly billionaire TV news outlets distract, mislead and leave their audiences in the dark.

 

Pam Bondi's DOJ Track Record and Testimony this Week

Adams Exit & Pam Bondi's DOJ Role in it. Incumbent mayor, Eric Adams, dropped out of the race on September 28, 2025, less than two weeks ago. Many believe Adams cut a deal with Trump regarding a obtaining a pardon for his corruption charges. A pardon had not been given earlier this year, but rather the case was withdrawn [enabling it to be brought up again]. Trump and Adams deny that they cut a deal, just as they denied cutting any sort of deal to withdraw the case earlier this year. It was alleged that Trump's seemingly corrupt Attorney General, Pam Bondi, withdrew the Adams corruption case, in exchange for Adams opening Rikers Island to ICE. Adams opened Rikers to ICE, not too coincidentally, right around the same time that Pam Bondi's Department of Justice withdrew the corruption case against Adams, in spite of objections from about a half dozen attorneys working for Bondi's DOJ, who decided to quit the DOJ, rather than withdraw the corruption case against Adams. It's nice to know that some DOJ personnel have integrity. But it's not nice to know that they're not the ones who stayed, and they are not the ones in charge.

Bondi testified on Capitol Hill earlier this week - Epstein Files & DOJ Weaponization. Many people believe Bondi's not being faithful to her Senate Confirmation Hearings Testimony not to turn the Department of Justice into Trump's personal attack dog law firm, to be used for whatever he wants. The Attorney General is responsible for enforcing the rule of law, per the oath taken to uphold the U.S. Constitution. Within the past month Bondi's DOJ dropped the FBI bribery case against ICE Director Tom Honan, who allegedly took a $50,000 bribe. And Bondi's DOJ brought two lawsuits against Trump's perceived enemies, which he ordered her to do in a post on 'Truth' Social.

As with the Adams corruption case, there appeared to be DOJ personnel shenanigans. Bondi's DOJ fired one attorney who refused to bring suit against former FBI Director James Comey, he because it was believed to be flimsy at best. So Bondi's DOJ hired another former personal Trump attorney, whose specialty is insurance, to file the suit. The other seemingly 'vengeance' lawsuit was brought against NYS Attorney General, Letitia James, regarding alleged fraud.

Earlier this year Bondi also reportedly ordered DOJ personnel to scour the Epstein files in search of Trump's name, wherein they reportedly found numerous references. Then Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, appeared to try to to a bait and switch on the conservative press and the American public to make the issue go away. But they were caught red handed. It is believed that one of the many contributing reasons for the U.S. government shutdown is that Trump and House Majority Leader Mike Johnson don't want to swear in a recently elected Democrat, who would enable a bipartisan majority in Congress to demand the release of the Epstein files. Stay tuned here, because billionaire controlled TV News is failing you.

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/07/nx-s1-5563934/bondi-senate-judiciary-committee-testify

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Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC

Comic Con & LGBTQ Film Fest, NYPD Hispanic Society Parade, Columbus Day Parade, Frenzy Film Fest, NY Film Festival at Lincoln Center continue & Next Week NYC Wine & Food Festival

Thursday - Sunday, October 9 to 12, 2025 from 10 am to 7 pm daily except Sunday when it ends at 5 pm - Comic Con returns to the Javits in Manhattan. At the Javits Center at 655 West 34th / 36th Street at 11th Avenue in West Midtown. Comic Con is a convention of fans of comic book characters and has morphed to include movie characters. Note that this event frequently sells out in advance. For details and $90 tickets [selling out fast] see - https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/

The photo above or at right was taken in Little Italy Manhattan in a prior year. Columbus Day weekend historically celebrated Italian culture.

Monday, October 13, 2025 from 12 noon to 3 pm - The Columbus Day Parade. The Manhattan Columbus Day Parade kicks off at Fifth Avenue at 44th Street and marching up to 72nd Street along the Upper East Side. There's a mass at St. Patricks Cathedral preceding the parade, at 9 am. Check the front page of this website for other things to do over the Columbus Day Weekend in Manhattan. For details and related Columbus Day Weekend events see - https://columbuscitizens.org

In the photo above or at right, you can see - coming.

• SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2025 - NYPD HISPANIC SOCIETY PARADE - ASSEMBLE 11 AM - KICK OFF 12 NOON - https://www.instagram.com/nypdhs/p/DPmdP5pERrs/
• * Midtown / UES _ Sunday, October 13, 2024 beginning at 12 noon, the Hispanic Day Parade begins marching up 5th Avenue from 44th to 77th Street. Hispanic parades and celebrations in Manhattan NYC. For details see - https://www.nuevayork.com

Ongoing _ Friday, September 26 - October 13, 2025 - Times Vary - NY Film Festival - At Lincoln Center at 65th Street and Columbus Avenue on the Upper West Side. A film festival including films from around the nation and around the world. Ticket prices range from $28 - $38 / film screening. For details and tickets - see https://www.filmlinc.org. Not an UWS street festival, but rather a film festival on the UWS.

Ongoing _ Monday, September 15, 2025 to October 30, 2025 at various times - Frenzy Film Festival. At El Barrio's Art Space PS109 at 215 East 99th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues on the UES / Harlem. For details see - https://filmfreeway.com/FrenzyFest or https://bip-nyc.com/fest/

Thursday, October 9 - Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at various times and at five locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn - New Fest NY LGBTQ Film Festival. The five locations are: SVA Theatre, the LGBTQ Community Center in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park Brooklyn. They also include a virtual option. For details and $14.50 tickets and up for festival passes see - https://newfest.org/

• Back in Manhattan at the Seaport et al 2025 _ Wednesday - Sunday, October 15 - 19, 2025 - The rest of this will be updated next week. SEAPORT
  • Needs to be Updated _ Times vary but generally in the evening between 6 pm - 11 pm - NYC Wine & Food Festival. This used to be a Manhattan-centric event, but this year they're mostly in Brooklyn. Locations, types of events and ticket prices vary. Talks by restaurateurs and culinary artists, food demonstrations and samplings & chow downs. Admissions vary from $75 on up. For details and tickets see - https://nycwff.org

Gramercy Theater concerts - info coming but in the meantime - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows

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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in Queens NYC

Taste of Sunnyside Restaurant Crawl, Columbus Day Parade, Queens County Farm Maize Fest Continues & Qns Intntl Nite Mkt

Sunnyside _ Sunday, October 12, 2025 from 1 to 7 pm - Taste of Sunnyside Restaurant Crawl - begins underneath the #7 subway line along Queens Blvd at 40th Street in Lowery Plaza or in Bliss Plaza along Queens Blvd at 46th Street in Sunnyside Queens. This year more than 60 restaurants and bars are participating. Also, there's a block party with live entertainment along 46th Street underneath the Sunnyside Arch between Queens Blvd and Greenpoint Avenue. This year tickets are $55. You're given a pass to enter about two dozen different participating restaurants for a 'taste'. For tickets and details see - https://sunnysideshines.org/

Saturday, October 11, 2025, assembly at 11 am and parade kicks off at 12 noon - 2 pm - 48th Annual Columbus Day Parade - Kicks off from Kaufman Astoria Studios at 34-12 36th Street, marches north on Steinway, west on 30th Avenue and then turns north on 33rd Street ending at Columbus Triangle at Astoria Blvd around 1 pm wherethere's an ending ceremony. Rainor shine. Organized by FIAO which is the Italian Federation of Queens. For details see - To participate or for more information please contact FIAO of Queens:
T: 718-204-2444 / E: italianfederation@gmail.com.

In the photo above or at right, you can see folks calmly waiting for the subway in Queens, on a warm sunny Sunday.

Ongoing _ Saturdays & Sundays, September 6 - October 26, 2025 from 2 to 5.30 pm Fridays, and from 11 am to 4 pm Saturdays & Sundays - Corn Fest / the Amazing Maize Maze at the Queens County Farm at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. This is a chance to stroll through a maze made of corn in the field at Queens County Farm. For details and $16 / $10 tickets [kids age 3 and under free] see - https://www.queensfarm.org

Ongoing _ Saturdays, October 11, 18 & 25, 2025 from 4 pm to 12 midnight - Queens International Night Market - see street fairs page for details.

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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in Brooklyn NYC

Latin Cigar & Whiskey Night, Columbus Day & Panamanian Parades & Festivals & LGBTQ Film Fest

Friday, October 10, 2025 beginning at 6 pm - Fort Hamilton Community Club Latin Whiskey & Cigar Night - Prices range from $60 - $100 for 5 premium whiskey samplings and two cigars plus buffet. In Building 207 on Sterling Drive in Fort Hamilton, the military base, adjacent to the Bay Ridge neighborhood on Brooklyn. As this is on a still active U.S. military base at 404 Sterling Drive in Brooklyn, non-military personnel must register in advance [generally by about 3 weeks prior] to attend. For details copy & paste - https://hamilton.armymwr.com/calendar/event/cigar-and-whiskey-latin-nights/6987130/102545

In the photo above or at right, in the foreground you can see two women out and about at the Atlantic Avenue Antic street fair in Brooklyn last Sunday. The Atlantic Avenue Antic is one of the more popular outdoor markets in Brooklyn, and this year was no exception. The weather made if feel like the summer had returned, as you can see by how folks are dressed.

Saturday, October 11, 2025 from 10 am to 5 pm - Annual Columbus Day Parade & Festival. The event starts with a 10 am Mass at St. Athanasius Church at Bay Parkway & [2154] 61st Street in Bensonhurst. The parade begins at 1 pm at 61st Street and 18th Avenue [aka Cristoforo Columbo Blvd] and ends at 18th and Benson Avenues where a street fair / festival runs along Benson Avenue between 18th Avenue and 19th Street [near the Il Centro Community Center] following the parade until early evening. Brooklyn street fairs in Bensonhurst. Parades in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of BK. For details see - https://fiaobrooklyn.org or specifically - https://fiaobrooklyn.org/event/43rd-annual-brooklyn-columbus-day-parade-2/

Saturday, October 11, 2025 from 10.30 am to 7 pm [end time unconfirmed - using 2024 info] - 30th Annual Panamanian Parade & Festival. The event opens with a ceremony at 10.30 am by or in Dr. Ronald McNair Park which is the triangle park next to the Brooklyn Museum at Classon Avenue and President Street. This spot is also where the parade ends and the after party. BUT the parade BEGINS at 12 noon starting at Bergen, heading down Franklin Avenue, turning west at President Street and then heading north along Classon Avenue. The parade ends near McNair Park by the Brooklyn Museum where the parade is followed by a festival with dance, music, food and shopping. Parades in Brooklyn. For details see - www.panamanianparade.org or FB https://www.facebook.com/DICPNYInc/

Thursday, October 9 - Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at various times and at five locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn - New Fest NY LGBTQ Film Festival. The five locations are: SVA Theatre, the LGBTQ Community Center in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park Brooklyn. They also include a virtual option. For details and $14.50 tickets and up for festival passes see - https://newfest.org/

Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.

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Thursday - Sunday, November 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2025 - The Other Art Fair - at ZeroSpace in Brooklyn. Three Brooklyn creative hubs : Clay Space, Dirtbag ArtHaus & the Textile Arts Center are presented by Saatchi Art and for sale at prices ranging from $100 plus.

November 11, 2025 from 6 to 8.30 pm - A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of Community and Connection - GRIOT Circle honors LGBTQ+ elders of color at the Loft in Downtown Brooklyn - see MCAL link above for details.

 

 

Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in the Bronx NYC

Columbus Day Parade, Indigenous Peoples' Celebration, Bronx Little Italy, Performance of Dracula by the Monkey Theater Group & Vegan Bazaar

Morris Park _ Sunday, October 12, 2025 assembly begins at 10.30 am and the parade kicks off at 12 noon - The 48th Annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade. The parade assembly forms along Morris Park Avenue at Matthews Avenue marching along Morris Park Avenue until it turns left [north] onto Williamsbridge Rd, and eventually ends at Lydig Avenue [one block shy of the Pelham Parkway]. The parade will be followed by a street fair that begins at 2 pm in the Loreto Playground which is three blocks south of the end of the parade, along Williamsbridge, and then one block southwest on Morris Park Avenue. The Loreto Playground is along the parade route in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx. Parades, street fairs & street festivals in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx. I believe this is organized with the help of the Morris Park Community Association at 1824 Bronxdale Avenue and supported by Local 79. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/groups/bxcb11/posts/10161210816437027 | https://morrisparkca.weebly.com/events.html and / or https://www.facebook.com/Laborers79/

In the photo above or at right, you can see Yankee Stadium in the Concourse neighborhood of the Bronx. After losing the first two games in the second round of the playoffs, the Yankees returned with gusto in the third ... only to fizzle out in the fourth. Both New York baseball teams are now officially in the off season.

Sunday & Monday, October 12 & 13, 2025 beginning at 10 am Sunday, drumming begins at 12 noon - Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration - on Randalls Island. They describe it as follows, "... 24 hours of Cultural Performances, Music, Vending, Food, Spoken word, Guest Speakers, Artist and an evening concert ... ". There's also a daylight water ceremony on Monday. Overnight camping is available. Admission to the event is free, but no drugs or alcohol and the camping may include a fee. For more information see - WS - https://ipdnyc.squarespace.com or INST - https://www.instagram.com/ipdnyc/

Little Italy, along Arthur Avenue in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx, near the Bronx Zoo, NY Botanical Garden and Fordham University, is a culturally simpatico locale to spend this Columbus Day / Italian cultural weekend.

Monday, October 13, 2025 from 12.30 to 3.30 pm - Columbus Day Celebration Bronx Little Italy - at East 186th Street at Arthur Avenue in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx. Italian musical performance by Pane & Cioccolato. Free. For details see - https://bronxlittleitaly.com/events/italian-heritage-month-celebration-2024/

Saturdays, Sundays, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 & 12, 2025 beginning at 4 pm Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays, 7 pm Thursday & Friday - Undead: A Dracula Story by Amy Frey - performed by The Monkey Theater Group at the Bartow Pell Mansion in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx. For details and $40 / $35 tickets see - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org

Wednesdays, October 15, November 17, & December 19, 2025 from 4 to 9 pm there's a Vegan Bazaar - at the Andrew Freeman Home - for details see street fairs page.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2025 beginning at 7 pm - District 13 Councilwoman Kristy Marmorato - at the Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association (PPNA) monthly meeting - see MCAL link above for details.

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from 6 to 7.30 pm - Civic Engagement is People Power: Bronx Edition - at the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning on Crotona Avenue. For details see MCAL link above or contact - academy@cityparksfoundation.org

Saturday, October 25, 2025 beginning at 12 noon - Bronx Halloween Parade - beginning at Simpson & 163rd Street - see MCAL link above for details which includes a link to one of the organizers website.

 

 

Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week on Staten Island NYC

Oktoberfest at Killmeyers, Fall Festival & Italian Exotic Car Show & Italian Festival on the Mount [Loretto]

Saturday, October 11, 2025 from 6 pm to 11 pm [Show starts 8 pm] - Oktoberfest at Killmeyers Tavern - at 4254 Arthur Kill Road in Clay Pits Pond State Park on Staten Island. A celebration of Bavarian food, music and culture at an old time Bavarian bar and biergarten. For details see - WS - https://killmeyers.com or FB - https://www.facebook.com/killmeyers

Saturday & Sunday, October 11 & 12, 2025 from 12 noon - 6 Saturday - 15th Anniversary Fall Festival and Italian Exotic Car Show - at Case Belvedere at 79 Howard Avenue in the Silver Lake neighborhood near Grymes Hill and just south of Tompkinsville on Staten Island. The event features luxurious, classic and performance Italian autos on the lawn, along with Italian food and drink, and live entertainment. This is a Staten Island festival more than a street fair in Silver Lake near the Grymes Hill and Tompkinsville neighborhoods of Staten Island. See Casa Belvedere Italian Cultural Foundation for details. Admission $10. Kids under 12 free. For details see - WS - https://casa-belvedere.org/ or FB - https://www.facebook.com/casabelvederesi

The photo above or at right was taken from Casa Belvedere in Silver Lake / Grymes Hill a few years ago at a prior classic car show. The car show returns this weekend.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday, October 10, 11, 12 & 13, 2025, opening from 6 to 11 pm Friday, 12 noon until 11 pm Saturday [fireworks show Saturday night], Sunday ending 9 pm & Monday ending 6 pm - Italian Festival at the Mount (Loretto) - at the CYO MIV Community Center at Mount Loretto at 6447 [near 6581] Hylan Blvd in the Charleston neighborhood of Staten Island [near Prince's Bay & Pleasant Plains]. Food, music, beer & sangria and vendors. Fireworks on Saturday evening October 11th, 2025. Kids age 10 and under are free. For $5 / person and $5 / car parking tickets and details see - WS - https://cc-si.org/ or FB - https://www.facebook.com/CatholicCharitiesOfSI

Editor's Note. There is also a Fall Festival on the Mount on Saturday & Sunday, October 25 & 26, 2025. Both events are held around the same location. This Staten Island Halloween party [10/25 & 10/26/25] includes Staten Island's largest pumpkin patch, DJ, food, rides, beer and sangria wine, and some entertainment. Donation Adults / Kids 10 & under free / Parking $5.

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Have a nice weekend.

 

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Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

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October 17, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Sunrise 7.09 am. Sunset 6.12 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 11 hours & 2 minutes of daylight or four hours and 4 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.

The photo above or at right, was taken yesterday in Manhattan in Rockefeller Center. Over time I've come to consider Rockefeller Center as Manhattan's Town Center. The Art Deco architecture - including Saks 5th Avenue in the background - as well as the public space behind me, including the skating rink which recently opened, were developed with consideration for the community as a whole, not just the property owners. The photo reminded me of how nice it is to get together with friends, and to enjoy their company through an evening of texting together.

 

Important - Vote No on Charter Revision Ballot Measures 2 - 6 / Click Link to See for Yourself

Charter Revision Ballot Measures. Eric Adams has floated 5 of the 6 Measures on the November 4th Ballot, which would strip you, the NYC voters, of most input into any billionaire funded real estate developments in your communities. I urge you to VOTE NO on the ballot measures. We will provide further details in the Weekly News Update coming over the weekend. But in the meantime, you can watch a half hour video by a community activist explaining why you should vote against the billionaire developer measures, which Eric Adams so dishonestly served up as an 'affordable housing fix'. And after you inform yourself, we ask you to tell your family and friends [aka We, The People] because the billionaire developers and international investors are likely to advertise false narratives about voting yes being good for you - when in fact it is not. And they will use the uninformative, disinformative and distracting TV News to pummel the electorate with the false, decades old 'this is good for 'affordable housing' pitch' to deceive NYC voters into giving up their rights. Why NYC should vote NO to the Charter Revision Ballot Questions November 2025.

 

NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. Essentially no rain, but some rain may come late Sunday evening, but more likely early Monday morning. The temperature highs will be in the high 60's Saturday, and low 70's Sunday. The temperature lows will be in the low 50's Saturday and the high 50's on Sunday. The humidity will range from about 50% to 75% on Saturday and from 70% to 90% on Sunday. Winds are 5 - 10 mph Saturday, rising to 10 - 15 mph Sunday.

Saturday Early Morning Edition @ 4.15 am. This is a solid draft with a bit more to do.

Ongoing. We started adding a bit more news and events two weeks ago. Scroll down the page for some enhanced local coverage and check out our local and other news section using the drop down button, on the main tool bar in the upper left corner under the header. This will evolve over time. Stay tuned and thanks for clicking in.

 

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NYC Mayoral Debates - Debate Report Coming & ...

The Campaign Finance Board scheduled two Mayoral Debates this month. The first was held on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 7 pm at NBC Studios at Rocefeller Center in Manhattan [aired on NBC], and next Wednesday , October 22, 2025 at 7 pm [NY1] there will be one more debate among the three remaining Mayoral candidates - Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa.

We covered the debate on Thursday night at NBC at Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan, as you can see in the photo above or at right. We'll post what we learned in the debate about all of the misinformation that's floating around, as well as our view on what the debate changed - if anything - over the weekend.

 

 

Things To Do This Weekend / Week in NYC

Saturday, October 18, 2025 - No Kings Day Protests Nationwide - see links below. Americans who are concerned that the Trump Administration is increasingly exercising fascist-like control of the U.S. federal government apparatus, are taking to the streets on Saturday in protests planned across the country, but also, out of concern for what's happening here, protests are planned around the globe.

The Reasons Why So Many are Expected to Participate in the No Kings Day Protests. Among the many concerns these protesters have with the Trump Administration are the following: 1) Trump is continually breaking the law by denying Americans and immigrants alike, their right to due process; 2) he's been withholding government funding to suppress freedom of speech at our colleges, universities [Columbia capitulated, MIT has stood tall and Harvard has too thus far] and many large influential law firms; 3) he's been attacking the press with what appear frivolous lawsuits [ABC, CBS, NYT, WSJ & more]; 4) his Secretary of Defense, Hegseth, has been trying to eliminate transparency about what's going on at the Department of Defense by trying to coerce media outlets to sign agreements / subservient oaths not to report anything without his authorization [reminds me of the Hitler loyalty oath], 5) he's been intimidating mass media companies by threatening them with their FCC licenses [eg. ABC Kimmel] or intimating the possibility of blocking mergers [CBS & Skydance], 6) he's been militarizing our city streets by using ICE agents who aren't well trained, nor experienced for the jobs they are being asked to perform [a Chicago judge ordered ICE agents to start wearing body cameras in Chicago], 7) he's been militarizing our streets by calling up the National Guard based on false pretences of non-existent emergencies in Democratically run cities [Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago], 8) he's been cutting funding for many Americans' essential food and healthcare [The Big Billionaire Bill], 9) he's been cutting taxes for the rich, by borrowing trillions on the backs of future generations of Americans, 10) he attempted to convince the Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger to 'find' him 11,780 votes so he could steal the 2020 presidential election, 11) he played a role in inciting the January 6, 2021 Insurrection to overthrow the results of the 2020 election, including delaying a call up of the National Guard even after the protesters started yelling 'hang Mike Pence' who was the Vice President at the time, 12) he's currently trying to rig the 2026 election results by having governors gerrymander their voting districts, so that in spite of whatever the popular vote may be, the Republicans will still retain a majority in the House and 13) he's begun using the Department of Justice as his own personal law firm wherein he's begun prosecuting anyone he doesn't like or who has stood up to him [John Bolton former National Security head, James Comey former FBI head & Letitia James NYS Attorney General].

Billionaire controlled TV News and mass media outlets have been amplifying the false statements that these peaceful protests are 'Hate America' rallies. TV News continually repeats these false statements, made by reckless politicians, over and over and over again. The careless politicians who say such things, appear to be trying to incite the ignorant and unstable, to do join them in doing stupid, immoral, possibly even violent, things in order to frighten 'We, The People'. The ultimate goal appears to be to muzzle Americans from standing up for our god-given "inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". Historically, America has been the home of the brave, and I hope this generation will not be the exception. There's a lot at stake.

So, I have a few PEACEFUL PROTEST recommendations: 1 ) Don't allow yourself to get into an argument with anyone about anything. If you find your blood is boiling, walk away. 2) If you can maintain your calmness, and have a fairly good grasp of what's going on, and good command of the facts, try to converse with some of the counter protesters as to why they are there. Try to listen to them for as long as you like or can, and try to leave them with the sense that they just spoke to someone who is their fellow American, who listened and who cares. Only love can conquer hate. 3) Take along an Amercan flag. It automatically proves that Speaker Johson Action was wrong about this being a Hate America rally. 4) Report to the police anyone who is creating a disturbance regardless of which side they are on. Democracy is a conversation, where we discuss things, find what we can agree on, compromise on what we can't agree on, and kick some of the cans down the road.

While you're out there channel the calm spirituality of many peaceful protesters who've gone before you. Siddhartha Buddha, Jesus Christ, David Thoreau, Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Joan Baez and Nelson Mandela - are a few of the great peaceful protesters that come to mind.

Links for the No Kings Protests in Each Borough. Copy & Paste into your browser bar.

For NYC, Yonkers & New Rochelle - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/?q=NYC

For Manhattan - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/?q=MANHATTAN

For Queens - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/?q=QUEENS

For the Bronx - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/?q=BRONX

For Brooklyn - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/?q=BROOKLYN

For Staten Island - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/?q=STATEN%20ISLAND

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 17, 18 & 19, 2025 - Open House NY - at various times and at 270 locations in all five boroughs. An opportunity to tour many of NYC's historic, architectural, arts and cultural destinations for free. For details see - https://ohny.org

 

 

Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Manhattan

Food & Wine Festival, Indigenous Peoples Parade, Halloween Howl & Harvest Fest at Carl Schurz Park, Frenzy & LGBTQ Film Fests

Wednesday - Sunday, October 15 - 19, 2025 - Times vary but generally in the evening between 6 pm - 11 pm - NYC Wine & Food Festival - at the South Street Seaport. This event has returned to Manhattan from Brooklyn where most events were held last year. They appear to have centralized most of the events at various at the Invesco QQQ Festival Campus at Pier 15 along the East River Esplanade, but also use the Tin Building for their opening night tasting, and the South Street Seaport Museum on Pier 15 for their Grand Tasting. Talks by restaurateurs and culinary artists, food demonstrations and samplings & chow downs range in price. Admissions vary from $75 on up. For details and tickets see - https://nycwff.org

Saturday, October 18, 2025 from 9 am to 3 pm - 4th Annual Indigenous People's Parade. Assembly begins at 9 am, there's a ceremony that begins at 10 am, and the parade begins at 12 noon marching south down Broadway from Madison Square Park at 26th Street to Union Square Park at 17th Street in south Midtown. There's likely to be after parade celebration in Union Square Park. For details see - https://calendar.powwows.com/events/the-annual-national-indigenous-peoples-of-the-americas-parade/

RESCHEDULED FROM PRIOR WEEK _ Sunday, October 19, 2025 from 1 to 3 pm - Harvest Festival at Carl Schurz Park - in the pumpkin patch at Gracie Oval at End End and East 88th Street. Live entertainment, scarecrow, pumpkin patch & pumpkin decorating. For details see - https://www.carlschurzparknyc.org. Free.

Sunday, October 19, 2025 from 11 am to 3 pm / Howl Starts at 1 pm - Halloween Howl & Healthy Hound Vendor Fair - in the sports courts at Carl Schurz Park at East End and 89th Street. Free. For details see - https://www.carlschurzparknyc.org

Ongoing _ Monday, September 15, 2025 to October 30, 2025 at various times - Frenzy Film Festival. At El Barrio's Art Space PS109 at 215 East 99th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues on the UES / Harlem. For details see - https://filmfreeway.com/FrenzyFest or https://bip-nyc.com/fest/

Thursday, October 9 - Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at various times and at five locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn - New Fest NY LGBTQ Film Festival. The five locations are: SVA Theatre, the LGBTQ Community Center in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park Brooklyn. They also include a virtual option. For details and $14.50 tickets and up for festival passes see - https://newfest.org/

Gramercy Theater concerts - info coming but in the meantime - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows

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Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Queens

Festival de las Flores Parade, Sunnyside Shorts Film Fest, Queens County Farm Maize Fest & Pumpkin Patch Continues, St Lukes Rummage & Qns International Night Market

Friday & Saturday, October 17 & 18, 2025 from 6 pm to 8.30 pm Preview Night & 10 am to 4.30 pm respectively - Annual St Lukes Rummage sale - click street fairs link below for details.

Sunnyside _ Saturday, October 18, 2025 from 6.30 to 10.30 pm - Sunnyside Shorts Film Festival - at Sunnyside Reformed Church at 48th Street and [48-03] Skillman Avenue in Sunnyside. Here are a couple of links of prior reports we did on the Sunnyside Short Film Festival in 2009, 2010 and 2016. For details and $25 / $20 / $15 tickets see - https://www.sunnysideshorts.com

Sunday, October 19, 2025 from 12 noon to 3 pm - The Festival de las Flores - A parade marches along 37th Avenue from 69th Street [in Jackson Heights] to 88th Street in Corona where there should be a nearby street fair that runs along [possibly 90th] Street to Roosevelt Avenue until about 6 pm.

Ongoing _ Saturdays & Sundays, September 6 - October 26, 2025 from 2 to 5.30 pm Fridays, and from 11 am to 4 pm Saturdays & Sundays - Corn Fest / the Amazing Maize Maze at the Queens County Farm at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. This is a chance to stroll through a maze made of corn in the field at Queens County Farm. For details and $16 / $10 tickets [kids age 3 and under free] see - https://www.queensfarm.org

Ongoing _ Daily September 30 to October 31, 2025 [there are a few days closed] from 12 noon to 4 pm weekdays and beginning 10 am on Saturday and Sunday - Queens County Farm Pumpkin Patch at 75-30 Little Neck Parkway in Queens. Free with admission. For details see - https://www.queensfarm.org

Ongoing _ Flushing _ Saturdays, October 18 & 25, 2025 from 4 pm to 12 midnight - Queens International Night Market - see street fairs page for details.

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Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Brooklyn

BRIC Jazz Fest & Gowanus Open Studios, LGBTQ Film Fest, NYC Wine & Food Fest Returned to Manhattan

• Friday & Saturday, October 17 & 18, 2025 at Bric House - details coming next week or use url below.
  • * beginning at 7 pm - 10th Annual BRIC Jazz Festival at BRIC Arts Media at 647 Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Last year they described the Jazz Fest as follows, "... the ninth annual BRIC Jazzfest ... This acclaimed marathon Jazz festival, which is one of BRIC’s premiere performing arts programs, will take place across three days and two stages ... JazzFest is a widely-known Jazz music festival that brings together legendary figures, groundbreaking artists and newcomers from across the genre ...". There are three performances on each of two stages each night. For details and $59 and up tickets see - https://bricartsmedia.org.

Saturday & Sunday, October 18 & 19, 2025 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Gowanus Open Studios - in the Gowanus neighborhood in Brooklyn. Stroll through the Gowanus neighborhood, stopping at artists studios along the way on Saturday and Sunday. For further details and a list and map of the over 300 artists participating in this weekend long events see - https://gowanusarts.org/.

Thursday, October 9 - Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at various times and at five locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn - New Fest NY LGBTQ Film Festival. The five locations are: SVA Theatre, the LGBTQ Community Center in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park Brooklyn. They also include a virtual option. For details and $14.50 tickets and up for festival passes see - https://newfest.org/

Back in Manhattan at the South Street Seaport et al 2025 _ Wednesday - Sunday, October 15 - 19, 2025- NYC Wine & Food Festival. See Manhattan Buzz for full description of event with details. Or for details and tickets see - https://nycwff.org

Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.

• Click here to view the Brooklyn Farmers Markets NYC.
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• Click here to view Brooklyn street fairs NYC 2025.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Brooklyn NYC.

• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Brooklyn BLVD - see top of this report under NYC, for the headlines of them.

MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Brooklyn BLVD New Member Sign Up. Click this link Brooklyn MCAL - Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.

Thursday - Sunday, November 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2025 - The Other Art Fair - at ZeroSpace in Brooklyn. Three Brooklyn creative hubs : Clay Space, Dirtbag ArtHaus & the Textile Arts Center are presented by Saatchi Art and for sale at prices ranging from $100 plus.

November 11, 2025 from 6 to 8.30 pm - A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of Community and Connection - GRIOT Circle honors LGBTQ+ elders of color at the Loft in Downtown Brooklyn - see MCAL link above for details.

 

 

Things To Do This Weekend / Week in the Bronx

Performance at the Bartow Pell Mansion, Flip Circus Begins at Bay Plaza Mall Parking Lot & Bronx Halloween Parade Next Week

Saturdays, Sundays, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 & 12, 2025 beginning at 4 pm Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays, 7 pm Thursday & Friday - Undead: A Dracula Story by Amy Frey - performed by The Monkey Theater Group at the Bartow Pell Mansion in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx. For details and $40 / $35 tickets see - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org

Saturday - Tuesday, October 18 to November 4, 2025 at various times - Flip Circus in the Bronx. In the Mall at Bay Plaza in the parking lot. For details and tickets ranging from $104 for two and up, see - https://www.flipcircus.com

Saturday, October 25, 2025 beginning at 12 noon - Bronx Halloween Parade - beginning at Simpson & 163rd Street - see MCAL link below for details which includes a link to one of the organizers' website.

Wednesdays, November 17, & December 19, 2025 from 4 to 9 pm there's a Vegan Bazaar - at the Andrew Freeman Home - for details see street fairs page.

• Click here to view the Bronx Farmers Markets NYC.
• Click here for Bronx Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
• Click here to see Bronx street fairs & festivals NYC 2025.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in the Bronx NYC.

• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Bronx Buzz - see top of this report under NYC, for the headlines of them.

MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Bronx Buzz New Member Sign Up. Click this link Bronx MCAL Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 beginning at 7 pm - District 13 Councilwoman Kristy Marmorato - at the Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association (PPNA) monthly meeting - see MCAL link above for details.

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from 6 to 7.30 pm - Civic Engagement is People Power: Bronx Edition - at the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning on Crotona Avenue. For details see MCAL link above or contact - academy@cityparksfoundation.org

 

 

Things To Do This Weekend / Week on Staten Island

Cottage Row Curiosities at Snug Harbor & Next Week Fall Festival on Mount Loretto

Saturday, October 18, 2025 from 12 noon to 5 pm - Cottage Row Curiosities at Snug Harbor Cultural Center at 1000 Richmond Terrace Street in the Randall Manor neighborhood of Staten Island. There will be over 40 local vendors selling artisanal goods, food, music, entertainment and information. For details, copy & paste - https://snug-harbor.org

Editor's Note. There is also a Fall Festival on the Mount on Saturday & Sunday, October 25 & 26, 2025. Both events are held around the same location. This Staten Island Halloween party [10/25 & 10/26/25] includes Staten Island's largest pumpkin patch, DJ, food, rides, beer and sangria wine, and some entertainment. Donation Adults / Kids 10 & under free / Parking $5.

• Click here to view the Staten Island Farmers Markets NYC.
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Have a nice weekend.

 

 

Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

Scroll Down to see Each Boro's Headline Events & Things to Do: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island - NEXT WEEK - Halloween, NYC Marathon & DST

October 24, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Sunrise 7.17 am. Sunset 6.02 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 10 hours & 44 minutes of daylight or four hours and 22 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.

The photo above or at right, was taken Wednesday at the Spectrum News NY1 NYC Mayoral Debate at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, in Queens. From left to right are Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa. The debate was suprisingly spirited and interesting. We'll provide details over the weekend, or early next week.

NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. No rain all weekend, continuing an extremely dry Fall, and year in NYC & NYS, due to climate change. The temperature highs will be in the 60's all weekend and the temperature lows will be around 50 all weekend. The humidity will range from about 50% to 80% all weekend with the humidity highs peaking each morning around 8 or 9 am and the humidity lows bottoming out mid to late afternoon between 2 and 4 pm. The winds will range from 5 - 10 mph all weekend. Looks like a very nice Fall Weekend. Enjoy.

Saturday Early Morning Edition @ 3 am. Done with the Front Page Weekend Post of events and attendant pages. Weekly News Updates coming later in the weekend, so stay tuned.

New. Note the Changes Below. In late September we started adding a weekly new segment with multiple stories with links to deeper reports. Scroll down the page for some enhanced local news coverage and check out our local news section using the drop down button, on the main tool bar in the upper left corner under the header. This will continue evolving over time. Stay tuned and thanks for clicking in.

 

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EARLY VOTING STARTS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2025

Saturday - Sunday, October 25 to November 2, 2025 - Early Voting Municipal Elections - This election the following government offices are up for election - Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, City Council and Borough Presidents. Also there are six Ballot Referendums, five of which were engineered by Mayor Adams and his campaign funders.

Read the following paragraphs to inform yourself of the details, because the 'affordable housing' ads you'll see by the billionaires are deceitful - unless you're making between $100,000 to $250,000 per year. And the community control you'd be voting to give up, would be somewhere close to impossible to claw back from them. The same is true of the billionaire Mamdani attack ads [deceitful], which are distortions of the truth reflecting the billionaires's desire to manipulate voters' perceptions, so that voters will vote for the candidates that will serve the billionaire class - like Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo have - and not work for you, the working and middle class citizens of NYC.

Scroll down to the ads with red white and blue coloring, that include the statement '2025 General Election / Early Voting' for details about where to find your poll site, their early voting hours, as well as other election related information.

 

Eric Adams' Charter Revision Ballot Measures 2 - 6: IMPORTANT - VOTE NO

Click Links that Follow to See for Yourself

Charter Revision Ballot Measures / One Last Betrayal of Voters by Eric Adams. Eric Adams has floated five of the six measures [#'s 2 - 6] on the November 4th Ballot, in one last service to the billionaires and real estate developers who funded his campaigns and corruption legal bills. The donors have already received numerous Adams' favors including zoning changes, tax breaks, financing and / or even public land at what appears super discount prices.

Here's what the NYC Council thought of Adams ballot proposals.

https://council.nyc.gov/press/2025/09/02/2955/

TV News is Failing you. Reasons to Vote NO on Ballot Measures 2 - 6. These ballot measures will strip you, the NYC voters, of most of your rights to legally object to any billionaire funded real estate developments in your communities. I urge you to VOTE NO on the ballot measures in order for you to maintain some sort of community control / legal rights, at a time when international money and billionaire real estate investors are hiking up the rents and cost of living here.

The graphic above or at right, was taken from the Village Preservation website, as they would like us and anyone else who's interested to help spread the word about how Eric Adams Ballot measures. Adams' Charter Ballot Revisions represent one of Eric Adams' last major efforts to aid and abet NYC and international billionaire investors and developers in being able to bulldoze through any community in NYC without obtaining much - if any - input from the community before they begin demolition and construction. Use the links below to view half hour videos, by various non profit community groups, opposing the measure.

Use One of Links Below to Learn Why You Should VOTE NO. But you don't need to trust me on this, as you can watch one of these half hour videos by different community groups explaining why you should vote against the pro billionaire developer measures, which 'working class' Mayor Eric Adams served up as an 'affordable housing fix'. To Adams 'affordable housing' usually means affordable to folks making between $100,000 and $250,000 per year.

And then Tell / Email / Text Your Family & Friends the Links. And after you inform yourself, make sure you inform your family and friends [aka We, The People] because the billionaire developers and international investors are already advertising deceitful narratives about how voting yes will be good for you - when in fact it is not. And they will use the uninformative, disinformative and distracting TV News to pummel the NYC electorate with the very dishonest, decades-old 'this is good for 'affordable housing' pitch' to convince NYC voters into giving up their rights. Why NYC should vote NO to the Charter Revision Ballot Questions November 2025.

https://www.villagepreservation.org/campaign/the-2025-charter-revision-proposal/

Click to access a City Club video presentation regarding their take on Eric Adams Ballot proposals which rescind communities' rights vis-a-vis real estate development by billionaires and international investors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w5oEIPR__Y

An OpEd by a former NYC Councilmember and retired Supreme Court Justice urging Voters to protect their rights and VOTE NO to Eric Adams' pro billionaire real estate and international investor / anti community rights charter changes.

https://eastriverparkaction.org/2025/10/22/adams-vs-adams-family-values-nyc-style/

NYC Council Leadership Calls on Board of Elections to Reject Three of Mayor Adams’ Ballot Proposals for Using Language That Seeks to Deceive Voters by Concealing Their Effect, Violating State Law

https://council.nyc.gov/press/2025/09/02/2955/

Scroll down to the ads with red white and blue coloring, that include the statement '2025 General Election / Early Voting' for details about where to find your poll site, their early voting hours, as well as other election related information.

 

Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Manhattan

Taste of the Seaport & Next Week NYC West Village Halloween Parade

Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 12 noon to 4 pm [this time is from 2024/ 2025 time hasn't been confirmed but it should be close] - Taste of the Seaport - At Piers 16 & 17 at 89 South Street along the East River at the South Street Seaport. Entertainment, kids activities and about 40 food & beverage purveyors with proceeds going to "seaport public schools" which in the past they had specified as PS 343 Peck Slip School & PS 397 Spruce Street School. For details and $50 [6 tastes] / $120 [6 tastes & 3 drinks] tickets see - https://www.tasteoftheseaport.org/

Monday, September 15, 2025 to October 30, 2025 at various times - Frenzy Film Festival. At El Barrio's Art Space PS109 at 215 East 99th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues on the UES / Harlem. For details see - https://filmfreeway.com/FrenzyFest or https://bip-nyc.com/fest/

The photo above or at right, was taken a week ago in Grand Central Station where the 'Dear New York' exhibit is on display on the walls of the main hall in the middle of the station.

NEXT WEEK.

Friday, October 31, 2025 beginning at 7 pm & ending around 10.30 pm - NYC Halloween Parade. The 52nd Annual Manhattan Halloween Parade NYC in the West Village begins at Spring Street / Canal and 6th Avenue and marches north along 6th Avenue to 15th Street in the West Village neighborhood. The parade runs for three to four hours with the official end time at 10.30 pm. There are 50 bands and an innumerable showing of creative costumes. The theme is Imagine All the People / Potluck / What do you Bring to the Table. The official after party is at Webster Hall in the East Village and it begins at 8 pm with the late night show beginning at 11 pm. West Village Halloween parade in Manhattan NYC. For details see - https://halloween-nyc.com/

Click this link for Manhattan Halloween parties & events - Manhattan Halloween Parties and Events NYC.

Gramercy Theater concerts - info coming but in the meantime - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows

• Click here to view the Manhattan Farmers Markets NYC.
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MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS - Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Manhattan Buzz New Member Sign Up. Click this link Manhattan Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.

November 2025 _ Purefinder is hosting a couple of tours each week in Manhattan thru late November - see MCAL link above for details and links.

 

Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Queens

Museum of Moving Image Halloween Party, Halloween on the Farm, Queens Fiber Arts Fest, Queens County Farm Maize Fest & Pumpkin Patch Continues & Qns International Night Market

Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 8 to 11 pm - MoMI Halloween Party - at the Museum of the Moving Image at 36-01 35th Avenue in Astoria / LIC. It's free but you must rsvp. Tickets are likely to go fast. For details and tickets see - https://movingimage.org

Floral Park _ Saturday & Sunday, October 25 & 26, 2025 from 10 am to 5 pm - Halloween on the Farm - at the Queens County Farm at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. For details and $24 tickets see - https://www.queensfarm.org

The photo above or at right, was taken this weekend in Queens, of a residential Halloween display in the front yard. Halloween brings out the artist in some of us, as well as providing an opportunity to try on a different persona for the day.

Jamaica _ Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 11 am to 4 pm - Queens Fiber Arts Festival - At King Manor Museum at 150-05 Jamaica Avenue at 153rd Street in Jamaica. This year Queens Fiber Arts is hosting the event using the King Manor Museum as their event space for the day. There will be numerous vendors selling arts and crafts, and doing demonstrations, in tandem with other activities. The Museum will be open for visits and tours as well. Halloween / Fall festivals in Jamaica Queens NYC. Free admission. Not a street fair per se, but rather an arts & crafts festival.

Ongoing _ Saturdays & Sundays, September 6 - October 26, 2025 from 2 to 5.30 pm Fridays, and from 11 am to 4 pm Saturdays & Sundays - Corn Fest / the Amazing Maize Maze at the Queens County Farm at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. This is a chance to stroll through a maze made of corn in the field at Queens County Farm. For details and $16 / $10 tickets [kids age 3 and under free] see - https://www.queensfarm.org

Ongoing _ Daily September 30 to October 31, 2025 [there are a few days closed] from 12 noon to 4 pm weekdays and beginning 10 am on Saturday and Sunday - Queens County Farm Pumpkin Patch at 75-30 Little Neck Parkway in Queens. Free with admission. For details see - https://www.queensfarm.org

Ongoing _ Flushing _ Saturdays, October 25, 2025 from 4 pm to 12 midnight - Queens International Night Market - see street fairs page for details.

NEXT WEEK.

Jackson Heights _ Friday, October 31, 2025 beginning at 5 pm - Kids Halloween Parade in Jackson Heights Queens. The parade begins at 89th Street and marches down 37th Avenue to PS 69 at 76th Street. At the end of the parade, goodie bags have historically been handed out.

* Click this link for Queens Halloween parties & events - Queens Halloween parties, parades & events Qns NYC.

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• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Queens NYC.

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Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Veterans Day Parade, Brooklyn Festival of Arts & Music and Court Street Spectacular

Saturday, October 25, 2025 beginning at 12 noon - 3rd Annual Brooklyn Veterans Day Parade - details coming next week. Steps off at Rogers Avenue and Eastern Parkway marching to Grand Army Plaza in Crown Heights. A resource fair will follow the parade [in 2024 it was] at the Central Brooklyn Public Library. Organized by the Veterans Action Group Buffalo Soldiers of America.

The photo above or at right, was taken this earlier this week at the Green Room bar and restaurant in Crown Heights. The dining and drinking destination is only a year old and has caught on as one of the neighborhood favorites.

Sunday, October 26, 2025 from 10 am to 3 pm - 5th Annual Brooklyn Festival of Arts & Music - at the Audubon Center near the Prospect Park Boathouse on East Drive in Prospect Park Brooklyn. In 2025 they describe the event as follows, " ... This year’s festival celebrates our African and Asian diasporic voices on the theme of “Nourish ... Experience participatory puppet theatre, music, dance, community music-making, mixed media crafting, Malian & Japanese indigo dyeing, aromatherapy, and lots of giveaways—from limited-edition picnic blankets and event tote bags to *nourishing* snacks and aromatherapy rollerballs ...". Free. For details see - https://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/events/brooklyn-fam-2025

Sunday, October 26, 2025 from 11 am to 6 pm - Court Street Spectacular - along Court Street between Atlantic Avenue and Joralemon. Street fairs in Downtown Brooklyn NYC.

Ongoing _ Thursday, October 9 - Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at various times and at five locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn - New Fest NY LGBTQ Film Festival. The five locations are: SVA Theatre, the LGBTQ Community Center in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park Brooklyn. They also include a virtual option. For details and $14.50 tickets and up for festival passes see - https://newfest.org/

Click this link for Brooklyn Halloween parties & events - Brooklyn Halloween Parties and Events NYC. Still updating.

Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.

• Click here to view the Brooklyn Farmers Markets NYC.
• Click here for Brooklyn Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
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• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Brooklyn NYC.

• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Brooklyn BLVD - see top of this report under NYC, for the headlines of them.

MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Brooklyn BLVD New Member Sign Up. Click this link Brooklyn MCAL - Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.

Thursday - Sunday, November 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2025 - The Other Art Fair - at ZeroSpace in Brooklyn. Three Brooklyn creative hubs : Clay Space, Dirtbag ArtHaus & the Textile Arts Center are presented by Saatchi Art and for sale at prices ranging from $100 plus.

November 11, 2025 from 6 to 8.30 pm - A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of Community and Connection - GRIOT Circle honors LGBTQ+ elders of color at the Loft in Downtown Brooklyn - see MCAL link above for details.

 

 

Things To Do This Weekend / Week in the Bronx

Bronx Halloween Parade, Flip Circus in the Bay Plaza Mall Parking Lot, Bronx Night Market & Jerome Avenue / Gun Hill BID Fall Festival

Saturday, October 25, 2025 beginning at 12 noon - 40th Annual Bronx Halloween Parade - beginning at Simpson & 163rd Street. Click this link Bronx Halloween Parade for details which includes a link to the organizers website.

Saturday - Tuesday, October 18 to November 4, 2025 at various times - Flip Circus in the Bronx. In the Mall at Bay Plaza in the parking lot. For details and tickets ranging from $104 for two and up, see - https://www.flipcircus.com

The photo above or at right, was taken earlier this month at the Bronx Music Hall in the Bronx. In mid October [17th or 18th I think], the Hall passed its one year anniversary.

Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 12 noon to 7 pm - Bronx Night Market - at 1 Fordham Plaza just south of the train station. A diversified food fest which on this day last year had an Oktoberfest theme - Bronxtoberfest. For details see their much improved website - https://www.maschospitalitygroup.com/bronx-night-market

Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 11 am to 5 pm - Jerome Avenue / Gun Hill BID Fall Festival in the Bronx - along Jerome Avenue from East Mosholu Parkway North to East Gun Hill Road in the Bronx. This street fair in the Norwood neighborhood of the Bronx will have food, shopping, arts & crafts, music, games, pumpkins and pet adoption. For details see - https://www.jeromegunhillbid.org

Click this link for Bronx Halloween parties & events - Bronx Halloween Parties and Events NYC.

Wednesdays, November 17, & December 19, 2025 from 4 to 9 pm there's a Vegan Bazaar - at the Andrew Freeman Home - for details see street fairs page.

Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.

• Click here to view the Brooklyn Farmers Markets NYC.
• Click here for Brooklyn Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
• Click here to view Brooklyn street fairs NYC 2025.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Brooklyn NYC.

• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Brooklyn BLVD - see top of this report under NYC, for the headlines of them.

MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Brooklyn BLVD New Member Sign Up. Click this link Brooklyn MCAL - Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.

Thursday - Sunday, November 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2025 - The Other Art Fair - at ZeroSpace in Brooklyn. Three Brooklyn creative hubs : Clay Space, Dirtbag ArtHaus & the Textile Arts Center are presented by Saatchi Art and for sale at prices ranging from $100 plus.

November 11, 2025 from 6 to 8.30 pm - A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of Community and Connection - GRIOT Circle honors LGBTQ+ elders of color at the Loft in Downtown Brooklyn - see MCAL link above for details.

 

 

Things To Do This Weekend / Week on Staten Island

Expanded Fall Festival on Mount Loretto Begins Friday

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 24, 25 & 26, 2025 from 6 pm to 11 pm, Friday, and 12 noon to 11 pm & until 6 pm, Saturday & Sunday respectively - Fall Festival on the Mount - at the CYO MIV Community Center at Mount Loretto at 6447 [near 6581] Hylan Blvd in the Charleston neighborhood of Staten Island [near Prince's Bay & Pleasant Plains]. This Staten Island Halloween party [10/25 & 10/26/25] includes Staten Island's largest pumpkin patch, DJ, food, rides, beer and sangria wine, and some entertainment. For ticketed donations Adults $5 plus / Kids 10 & under free / Parking $5 and details see - WS - https://cc-si.org/ or FB - https://www.facebook.com/CatholicCharitiesOfSI

The photo above or at right, was taken earlier this year from the Staten Island Ferry. Some Americans are standing strong and tall like her and for what she represents, while many others are not.

• Click here to view the Staten Island Farmers Markets NYC.
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• Click here to see Staten Island street fairs & festivals NYC 2024.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend on Staten Island NYC.

• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Staten Buzz - see top of this report under NYC, for the headlines of them.

MCAL _ MEMBER EVENTS CALENDAR. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Staten Buzz New Member Sign Up. Click this link Staten Island Events - Member Events to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. This month includes TBD.

Have a nice weekend.