This weekend · Oct 24–25

Things to Do in NYC This Weekend (Oct 24–25): 8 Picks — Sugimoto's last days, pastries, puppets, lookalikes

This weekend in New York, many Chelsea gallery shows close on Saturday, which makes it the last chance for Hiroshi Sugimoto. Around that, we picked mostly free plans: a pre-marathon pastry table in Greenpoint, an outdoor Coco screening in Brooklyn, a lookalike contest in Washington Square, a jazz tribute in Queens and monarch puppets at the Botanical Garden.

Saturday

  1. Unnatural Habitat

    Unnatural Habitat

    Lisson Gallery, Chelsea · 2026-09-15–2026-10-24

    Hiroshi Sugimoto's Unnatural Habitat closes Saturday at Lisson Gallery on West 24th Street in Chelsea. It centers on his Diorama series, begun in 1975, with new 2025 photographs and washi-paper screens.

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  2. In Greenpoint, NYC: The Longest Pastry Table Fills Driggs Ave Before the Marathon

    In Greenpoint, NYC: The Longest Pastry Table Fills Driggs Ave Before the Marathon

    Driggs Avenue, near McCarren Park · 2026-10-24–2026-10-24

    On the Saturday before the NYC Marathon, run clubs share a free carb potluck at one long table on Driggs Ave beside McCarren Park, Greenpoint. Noon to 2 p.m.; RSVP required.

  3. Movie Under the Stars: Coco (2017)

    Herbert Von King Park Herbert Von King Park · 2026-10-24

    Pixar's Coco screens free at Herbert Von King Park in Brooklyn, a fitting Day of the Dead-season film night. A sugar skull art workshop in the park comes earlier that day.

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Sunday

  1. In Greenwich Village, NYC: Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes Lookalike Contest Comes to Washington Square Park

    In Greenwich Village, NYC: Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes Lookalike Contest Comes to Washington Square Park

    Washington Square Park, Manhattan · 2026-10-25–2026-10-25

    At 1 p.m. Sunday, Washington Square Park hosts a free dual lookalike contest for Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes. Contestants must RSVP; a ticketed afterparty follows at The Alligator in Williamsburg.

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  2. Wayne Tucker and the Bad Mothas - Tribute to Marshal and Ernie Royal

    Forest Park Oak Ridge (in Forest Park) · 2026-10-25

    Trumpeter Wayne Tucker, who has played with Taylor Swift and The Roots, leads his band in a jazz-soul tribute to Marshal and Ernie Royal at Forest Park Oak Ridge in Queens on Sunday. Check the park listing for the time.

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All weekend

  1. Giant Monarch Puppets Parade Through the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, Oct. 24–25

    New York Botanical Garden (Everett Children's Adventure Garden), The Bronx · 2026-10-24–2026-10-25

    Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., giant monarch puppets roam the Everett Children's Adventure Garden at NYBG in the Bronx. Part of its first Día de los Muertos; covered by the All-Garden Pass.

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  2. I'm So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now at ICP

    I'm So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now at ICP

    International Center of Photography, Lower East Side · 2026-10-15–2027-01-11

    ICP on the Lower East Side surveys Japanese women photographers from the 1950s to today, through January 11, 2027. Admission is $18, or $5 on Thursday evenings, so weekend visitors pay full price.

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  3. Light and Stone: Revisiting Noguchi's 1986 Venice Biennale

    Light and Stone: Revisiting Noguchi's 1986 Venice Biennale

    The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City · 2026-05-06–2027-05-09

    The Noguchi Museum in Long Island City marks 40 years since Isamu Noguchi's 1986 Venice Biennale with archive photographs, sketches, a Slide Mantra model and Akari lights. Through May 9, 2027.

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