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Things to do in NYC: Culture, dining and neighborhood plans

For things to do in NYC, build your day around one cultural destination and explore the neighborhood around it. Browse our reporting on exhibitions, dining and design, then follow the official venue links for admission and reservations. The daily agenda and weekend guide handle date specific plans.

Culture and exhibitions

Small rounded Tiffany glass vase with a narrow neck and flowing blue, green and purple color — Tiffany Favrile glass vase, 1893 to 1896. A separate collection stop in Gallery 454, not an object identified with the drawing exhibition. Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0. Image details

Culture

At The Met, Tiffany begins with a drawing

A new exhibition puts the studio’s working ideas in focus. A small glass vessel offers a second way to look.

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Constantin Brancusi seated in his Paris studio among sculptures including Fish and Leda around 1934 — Constantin Brancusi in his Paris studio with Endless Columns I through IV, Fish and Leda, around 1934. Image source: Centre Pompidou, Paris, Constantin Brancusi Bequest, digital image CNAC MNAM, Dist. RMN Grand Palais, Art Resource, NY. Succession Brancusi. All rights reserved. Used under MoMA press image terms for current exhibition publicity. Image details

Art and culture

Brancusi turns MoMA’s sixth floor into a studio

A newly opened exhibition brings rare loans from the artist’s Paris workshop into conversation with MoMA’s own collection.

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Dark curling marks surround dense green foliage, a winding path and a wooden structure beneath a yellow sky — Charles Burchfield’s Cricket Chorus in the Arbor, 1917. Whitney Museum of American Art, gift of Anne and John Straus. Photo: Charles Burchfield · Public domain in the United States. Image details

Art and culture

At the Whitney, a small exhibition makes room for the weather

Ten watercolors offer a focused autumn museum plan, with an opening this Thursday and a ticketed free evening on Friday.

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Visitors seated before a wall of Roy Lichtenstein paintings in the Like New exhibition at the Whitney Museum — Roy Lichtenstein: Like New during the Whitney’s October 2026 opening events. Photo: Yvonne Tnt and Jason Lowrie, BFA.com · Whitney press image for editorial coverage. Image details

Culture

The Whitney looks at Lichtenstein again, and then again

A career spanning exhibition turns repetition, copying and handmade precision into a reason to slow down.

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Food and drink

Historic townhouses and storefronts at West 14th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan — West 14th Street at Ninth Avenue in February 2022. Neighborhood setting, not the finished restaurant. Photo: Tdorante10 · CC BY SA 4.0. Image details

Dining

Lady Delilah sets a Nov. 3 opening on West 14th Street

The announced American bistro is taking reservations for early November, with late evening hours near Ninth Avenue.

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Overhead photograph of pasta plates, sliced tomatoes and greens from House of Pasta’s official ordering page — Food pictured by House of Pasta, Casa Serra’s sister restaurant. Image source: House of Pasta. Copyright retained by the respective rights holders. Image details

Dining and design

Casa Serra plans a winter table on Front Street

House of Pasta’s sister restaurant is planned for the Seaport, with skylights, greenery and a familiar Italian menu shaping the proposal.

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Historic wood storefront and entrance at 97 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side — The historic frontage at 97 Orchard Street, photographed in August 2025. Lower East Side context, not the Softville storefront. Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0. Image details

Dining and design

Softville makes dessert a little stranger on Orchard Street

Gelato Messina’s new Lower East Side shop pairs made from scratch soft serve with a roomful of Studio Jeremyville art.

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Celeriac cooking above an open fire. Photo: City Foodsters · CC BY 2.0. Image details

Dining

The West Village has a new room for Daniel Humm

HUMM is scheduled to open Oct. 10 at 435 Hudson Street, with dinner shaped by the grill, the martini cart and a distinctly personal point of view.

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Shopping and design

Illuminated Manhattan buildings along West 45th Street at night — West 45th Street in 2006. Licensed Midtown neighborhood setting, not Bryant Park or the current Holiday Shops. Photo: Paulo Barcellos Jr. · CC BY SA 2.0. Image details

Fashion and design

Bryant Park opens the holiday shopping season

The seasonal market is open. A little preparation can turn a circuit of kiosks into a more thoughtful search.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art facade on Fifth Avenue with stone columns and an American flag — The Met on Fifth Avenue in 2010. Upper East Side context, not the Etro boutique or exhibition. Photo: Sailko · CC BY SA 3.0. Image details

Fashion and design

Etro makes time for its archive on Madison Avenue

A temporary presentation at the house’s Madison Avenue boutique offers a different way to approach a fashion afternoon.

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Historic storefront on Orchard Street near the new Eckhaus Latta store on the Lower East Side — Orchard Street on the Lower East Side, photographed in August 2025. Neighborhood setting near the new store. Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0. Image details

Fashion and design

Eckhaus Latta opens a new Lower East Side epicenter

The independent label has joined its New York shop, design studio, archive and photography space under one Ludlow Street roof.

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Dining and design

Casa Serra plans a winter table on Front Street

House of Pasta’s sister restaurant is planned for the Seaport, with skylights, greenery and a familiar Italian menu shaping the proposal.

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Plan your time in the city

Where are the plans for a specific day?

Use the daily agenda for dated events and recent ideas, or the weekend guide for Friday through Sunday. Older weekend editions remain in the archive with their original dates.

Do I need a reservation or ticket?

Each reported story links to the venue or organizer. Check that official page for current admission, reservations and opening hours before traveling. A restaurant opening announcement does not guarantee that a table is available.

Things to do in NYC: Culture, dining and neighborhood plans

Culture and exhibitions

Food and drink

Shopping and design

Plan your time in the city

Where are the plans for a specific day?

Do I need a reservation or ticket?

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