saturday
10am: santacon! hundreds of santas take over manhattan, bar hopping and bringing cheer to the masses. meet location will be posted on event site friday night. >>
12-6pm: 100+ crafters, artisans and culinary masters sell their gifty goods @ 3rd ward's handmade holiday craft fair. free coffee, plus the first 300 people score a gift bag! >>
1-7pm: the music slut (one of our fave free music sites) throws a holiday party with bands galore @ brooklyn bowl, free >>
7pm: bring your boombox and parade through the village with the hundreds of other participants of the 18th annual walking sonic soundscape 'unsilent night.' meet in washington square park >>
7pm: julliard's axiom new-music ensemble performs a program of steve reich, john adams, others, with adams giving a pre-concert talk. lpr, $15 >>
7pm: opening reception for solo exhibit of original works by brooklyn-based artist katie sparaco, bergen street comics, free >>
7pm: no gelt, no glory! get your twirling fingers in shape for the 2009 major league spin the dreidel tournament at the knitting factory. $10 >>
7:30pm: 20th anniversary screening of 'metropolitan' w. director whit stillman in person + holiday mixer @ 92yt, $12 >>
8pm: celebrate hanukkah burlesque style with the schlep sisters and thirsty girl productions' 3rd annual menorah horah @ southpaw. $12 advance ($16 day of show) >>
8pm (thru 12/12): doubles trapeze, acrobatics, hula hooping, more @ the montessori christmas show, bushwick starr, $10 >>
8pm: singer/songwriter john munnelly sings the 'unemployment blues' @ 169 bar (chinatown), free >>
9pm: atlanta’s kaki king brings her experimental gee-tar prowess to mhow, $17 adv ($20 door) >>
10pm: jim henson + frank oz's 'the dark crystal' was the first live-action feature without a human actor in view. see it @ 92yt, $10 >>
10:30pm: 'friends of dorothy: a wizard of bras burlesque-tacular!' galapagos, $6 with discount code 'oz' (use all caps), $15 at door. >>
sunday
every sun thru 12/27: take a ride on one of the 1930's subway cars and 1950's busses this holiday season >>
11am-8pm: recession art's bull and bear market, features affordable art and crafts, a rock band competition, cookie and gingerbread shantytown decorating, more. bonus: stock market representatives greet guests and make apologies! the invisible dog gallery. >>
3pm: 300 tuba players converge on rockefeller center for the 36th annual tuba christmas concert >>
7:30pm: julliard's axiom new-music ensemble continues it's lpr residency with a program feat. stockhausen, bjarnason, solo works, more. $15 >>
+ all weekend
starts 8am: old navy provides the hot chocolate and foots the skate-rental bill for the first 3,000 skaters at the pond at bryant park. >>
10am-5pm: the first 1,000 folks at central park's wollman rink skate for free >>
11am: ifc's tennessee williams on film tribute concludes with 'cat on a hot tin roof' and 'the fugitive kind,' $12.50 >>
11am, 3pm (weekends thru 12/27): watch as baboons, meerkats, other creatures tear into ‘presents’ stuffed with junglebait holiday treats at the prospect park zoo. $7 admission >>
11am-6pm (thru 12/20): the archive of contemporary music holiday record + cd sale: thousands of lps, cds, more dirt cheap. 54 white st. >>
7pm (thru 12/20): pig brooch theatre co. presents ‘a charlie brown christmas - live’ accompanied by a jazz trio performing vince guaraldi’s classic score. brooklyn lyceum, $10 or $30/four >>
7:30pm (thru 12/12): we couldn't be more excited to see chunky move's 'mortal engine' @ bam. watch this video to see why. $20+ >>
bam celebrates the 40th anniversary of sesame street with a weekend of films and clips from your fave childhood program. $7-11 >>
