Explore Manhattan’s NoMad, from neighborhood favorites to unique curated events. Start with the best-known things to do, then check out "What's happening" for upcoming limited events in NoMad.
These special events are sourced from the web and social media, then carefully curated based on cool and unique events you might enjoy doing in NoMad.
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Readers interested in photography, fashion or architecture have plenty to leaf through at Rizzoli Bookstore on Broadway. You can open a large illustrated volume and spend time with the pictures without having a particular title in mind. Art, interiors and design are specialties, alongside cookery books that bring another visual subject to the shelves.
A date or a visit with friends takes a particular turn at the Museum of Sex, just east of Rizzoli on Fifth Avenue. You’ll encounter sexuality through art, history, science and culture, with changing exhibitions shaping the visit. The subject is explicit, so this pairing suits people comfortable exploring sexual material together.
Dusty Co Ceramic brings couples and friends into a community pottery studio on West 27th Street. You can try wheel throwing or hand-building in separate introductory classes, with materials, tools and instruction included. On the wheel, you shape clay as it turns; in hand-building, you form the piece by hand.
Friends can put a little competition at the center of a bar outing at Electric Shuffle NYC, farther north on West 30th Street. You send pucks down a shuffleboard table while the system handles the scoring. Four game modes vary the play, and replays let the group revisit a turn without anyone having to keep a score sheet.
Emerging musicians develop original work alongside established artists at The Jazz Gallery on Broadway, south of Electric Shuffle. You can hear contemporary jazz shaped by a nonprofit whose purpose includes experimentation and collaboration. Dale Fitzgerald, Lezlie Harrison and Roy Hargrove founded the venue, and its support for developing artists remains central to its programming.
Find upcoming street fairs, performances and other unique events in NoMad.
7 things worth doing in the next 7 days · Friday, October 16th – Thursday, October 22nd
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 Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025 | Fri, Oct 16 | Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)NoMad · Manhattan | opening reception Thu 6-8pm |
 Pushcart Prize-Winning Novelist Shares His Latest Book, Passengers | Fri, Oct 16 | 1133 Broadway, btwn 5th Ave & 6th Ave, NoMad, Manhattan, 10010NoMad · Manhattan | 6pm |
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 Bestselling Author Shares Her New Book, The Florios of Sicily | Sat, Oct 17 | 1133 Broadway, btwn 5th Ave & 6th Ave, NoMad, Manhattan, 10010NoMad · Manhattan | 5pm |
| Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025 | Sat, Oct 17 | Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)NoMad · Manhattan | opening reception Thu 6-8pm |
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| Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025 | Sun, Oct 18 | Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)NoMad · Manhattan | opening reception Thu 6-8pm |
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| Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025 | Mon, Oct 19 | Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)NoMad · Manhattan | opening reception Thu 6-8pm |
 Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman Discuss New Monograph, Brilliant: Unexpected Art from Everywhere (+ Signing) | Mon, Oct 19 | 1133 Broadway, btwn 5th Ave & 6th Ave, NoMad, Manhattan, 10010NoMad · Manhattan | 7pm |
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 Historian & Curator Discusses His New Book, A Story of Gastronomy & Wine, with the Prince of Luxembourg (+ Signing) | Tue, Oct 20 | 1133 Broadway, btwn 5th Ave & 6th Ave, NoMad, Manhattan, 10010NoMad · Manhattan | 6pm |
| Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025 | Tue, Oct 20 | Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)NoMad · Manhattan | opening reception Thu 6-8pm |
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
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 Nw York Times-Featured Author Shares Her New Book, A Dead White: An Argument Against White Paint (+ Signing) | Wed, Oct 21 | 1133 Broadway, btwn 5th Ave & 6th Ave, NoMad, Manhattan, 10010NoMad · Manhattan | 6pm |
| Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025 | Wed, Oct 21 | Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)NoMad · Manhattan | opening reception Thu 6-8pm |
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
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 MoMA-Featured Avant-Garde Artist Shares a New Monograph of Her Work, The Weather and Other Stories (+ Signing) | Thu, Oct 22 | 1133 Broadway, btwn 5th Ave & 6th Ave, NoMad, Manhattan, 10010NoMad · Manhattan | 6pm |
| Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025 | Thu, Oct 22 | Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)NoMad · Manhattan | opening reception Thu 6-8pm |
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Explore 25 years of U.S. independent publishing through an exhibition of zines and small-press publications.
🚇 28 St (R W) · 2 min walk
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Hear Alexander Maksik discuss Passengers with Michael Reynolds, followed by a book signing.
🚇 28 St (R W) · 3 min walk
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Stefania Auci and journalist Simona Siri discuss the research and family history behind Auci’s Florio novels.
🚇 28 St (R W) · 3 min walk
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Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman discuss creativity and the theme of endings, then follow the conversation with a book signing.
🚇 28 St (R W) · 3 min walk
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Pedro Corrêa do Lago and Prince Robert of Luxembourg discuss the culinary history preserved in Château Haut-Brion’s library.
🚇 28 St (R W) · 3 min walk
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Wendy S. Walters and Margo Jefferson discuss the cultural meanings of white paint, with a book signing after their conversation.
🚇 28 St (R W) · 3 min walk
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Hear Laurie Anderson discuss more than forty years of her work with poet Paul Muldoon, followed by a signing of her new monograph.
🚇 28 St (R W) · 3 min walk
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A small museum devoted to how human sexuality has changed over time.
4.4★ from 6,092 Google reviews
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Indoor mini-golf with more than one course to play through, plus a bar and a food court on site.
4.4★ from 1,314 Google reviews
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Shuffleboard is the draw, played in a neon-heavy room.
4.8★ from 360 Google reviews
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A non-profit performance space and cultural centre built around progressive jazz.
4.7★ from 246 Google reviews
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A bar and lounge in NoMad with private karaoke rooms and Korean and Japanese influenced food.
4.5★ from 234 Google reviews
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A small shop selling candles, scented soaps, jewelry and bathrobes.
4.9★ from 111 Google reviews
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A 4,000 square foot ceramics studio where you can book a one-time try class to get your hands in the clay with no experience needed, or do a pottery painting session.
4.9★ from 107 Google reviews
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You can pair a drink with skyline views at Nubeluz or try the glass-floor Sky Walk at ART NoMad.
You can take home chocolate creations from Dominique Ansel Workshop or sit down for coffee and pastries at Patent Coffee.
In Madison Square Park, you can explore Roberto Lugo’s walk-through sculpture and a nineteenth-century naval monument.
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