since fewer events are happening this holiday week, the skint will be taking some time off and returning next week. we’ll be sending out our new year’s eve roundup in a few days, so stay tuned!

tuesday

tues 7:30pm: best christmas-eve-eve ever: be merry, jolly, and bright with host jenny gorelick and a christmas eve eve lineup of comedians including brittany carney, michael cruz kayne, missy mcintosh, camden garcia, josh nasser, jared goldstein, and amber singletary. union hall (park slope), $12 adv, $15 door. >>

tues 8pm: the drunk texts: a christmas carol: random access theatre’s annual intoxicated performances of a christmas carol are back with drinking games, carols, and drunk puppets. the rat nyc (dumbo), $12. >>

tues 8pm: cinema smootaphilia: eyes wide shut: ensemble erotic (ann courtney on vocals, dave smoota smith on casio, jerome jordan on guitar, and jeremy kay on bass) perform a live, original soundtrack to a ‘hyper-libidinal’ 90-minute cut of stanley kubrick’s eyes wide shut (1999). tv eye (ridgewood), $15. >>

wednesday

weds 5pm: washington square christmas eve caroling: ring in the holiday with a sing-along beneath the washington square arch. led by the rob susman brass quartet, this annual greenwich village christmas eve tradition invites all to belt out familiar carols. songbooks provided. free admission. >>

weds 8pm: brooklyn horror society: gremlins: brooklyn horror society’s december tribute to little dudes in cinema wraps with a christmas eve screening of gremlins at gowanus metal bar lucky 13. free admission. >>

thursday

thurs 1pm: annual christmas day jewish lower east side tour: take a walk through more than 150 years of nyc’s jewish history during big onion’s annual christmas day walking tour. $30 general, $20 seniors/students. >>

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THE U.S. PREMIERE OF BELLOW IS AT IRISH ARTS CENTER FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY!

Photo by Ste Murray

“An ingenious odd couple. The pairing of a traditional musician with a maker of contemporary theater…occupies a rarified zone.”—Irish Times

Irish Arts Center starts the new year with Bellow, a surprising theatrical rendering of the extraordinary real-life story of one of Ireland’s foremost accordionists, Danny O’Mahony, a man who has dedicated his life to the preservation of traditional Irish music.

Alongside Danny’s sublime live playing, this production from Dublin-based theatre company Brokentalkers—described as “one of Ireland’s most fearless and path-breaking theatre companies” (Irish Times)—features an original electronic composition by Valgeir Sigurðsson and contemporary dance by Emily Kilkenny Roddy, resulting in an arresting, astonishingly beautiful theatre performance exploring the weight of tradition, the capriciousness of memory, and the artist’s need to express their true self.

Join us for this North American premiere, presented January 7 through 18 only, as part of Under the Radar, a citywide festival of more than 20 leading NYC cultural institutions convening provocative, groundbreaking international and U.S. artists to celebrate risk-taking art and ideas.

Bellow
JL Greene Theatre
at Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC

TICKETS AND MORE INFO

friday

fri 10pm: misfit christmas: get weird and wild and embrace your misfit brilliance with your chosen family at house of yes’ misfit christmas party. suggested looks: holiday glam, angels and snow devils, sexy santa, everything garland, silver and gold. bonus: bring a non-perishable item to benefit city harvest, get a half-priced cocktail (limit one per person). house of yes (bushwick), $11. >>

saturday

sat 9:30pm: story-oke: sing and tell: part karaoke, part confessional. story-oke invites performers and audience members alike to share a true story about their connection to a song – or the song itself – and then sing the hell out of it. tonight’s show features stories about first grown-up relationships, winning at six flags, singing karaoke with a partner’s parents, and more. plus, whatever you, the audience, want to bring to the stage. hosted by shyaporn theerakulstit. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $18.76-20). >>

sat 10pm: sandwich comedy: comedians serve up slices of freshly assembled material at gastor almonte and jess salomon’s sandwich comedy show. featuring lizzy cassidy, darius dinkins, tatiana frank, and jim search. union hall (park slope), $10 adv, $15 door. >>

sunday

sun 10am-5pm (last chance!): holiday nostalgia train rides: next stop, 1930! once again, the mta is rolling out its restored 1930s-era subway cars for holiday trips back in time. every sunday this month, the train will make stops between 2nd avenue – houston street on the uptown f line and 96th street – 2nd avenue on the q line. ride for the price of a normal swipe/tap (no extra fare required). >>

sun 12pm-1pm: times square’s good riddance day: make room for a positive 2026 as you say goodbye to your unpleasant, unhappy, and unwanted memories of 2025 at times square’s annual good riddance day, a symbolic event for disposing of memories you can write down on provided good riddance day forms. broadway plaza between 45th + 46th sts. free. >>

sun 5pm: astoria burlesque open stage: six newbie burlesque performers take the q.e.d. stage to test out their new acts. q.e.d. (astoria), $9 admission (tipping performers is encouraged). >>

monday

mon 7pm: gravid water: at stephen ruddy’s gravid water show, actors perform scenes from classic and contemporary plays—with a twist: their scene partners are improvisers who have no prior knowledge of the script and react to them for the first time on stage. ucb (east village), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

mon 9:15pm: the thing: keep those snow storm vibes going at syndicated’s screening of john carpenter’s 1982 horror classic, the thing. syndicated (bushwick), $10. >>

ongoing

our roundup of 40+ ongoing events: holiday markets, ice skating, art shows, and more. >>

stay safe and healthy
– the skint

Theatre for a New Audience Presents
THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Ash K. Tata

GET A NEW DEAL TICKET TO ANY PERFORMANCE FOR JUST $20!*
If you are 30 years old or under OR a full-time student of any age, you can purchase a $20 New Deal ticket (up to $95 value). Choose your seat, choose ticket type New Deal (change from Standard), and use promo code NEWDEALSKINT. ONE ID PER TICKET, FOR OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS – SEE BELOW.

YOU’RE INVITED TO OUR NEW DEAL NIGHT!
If you’re eligible for the New Deal, join us at New Deal Night on Thursday, February 19! Buy your $20 New Deal ticket for the 7:00PM performance of The Tragedy of Coriolanus and stay for a free post-show talkback followed by a party at Fulton Hall with complimentary food and drinks and wonderful opportunities to connect with other artists and theatregoers.

SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE FOR $65** WITH CODE SKINT65!

GET TICKETS AT TFANA.ORG

Time: Just After Now. Setting: Rome and Antium

Who should lead in a land where the political rules are rapidly shifting and reordering, class revolt is raging, and basic food has become unaffordable? Is there a place for Coriolanus (McKinley Belcher III), a noble war hero and uncompromising aristocrat, both admirable and detestable, who refuses to hide his contempt for the newly empowered plebeian citizens?

In 2020, during the pandemic, Ash K. Tata created a streaming version of Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest. Now, Tata stages The Tragedy of Coriolanus incorporating live performance and a media-saturated landscape where the alienation of gaming violence and screen combat are contrasted with the intensity of IRL battles, and the relationship of Volumnia (Roslyn Ruff) and her son Coriolanus gives human shape to the political drama.

Company: Barzin Akhavan (Cominius), Kevin Alicea (Adrian), McKinley Belcher III (Caius Martius Coriolanus), Jack Berenholtz (Nicanor), William DeMeritt (Sicinius Velutus), Meredith Garretson (Virgilia), Pomme Koch (Senator/Lieutenant/Aedile), Merlin McCormick (Young Martius), Jason O’Connell (Menenius Agrippa), Emma Ramos (Valeria), Roslyn Ruff (Volumnia), Mickey Sumner (Tullus Aufidius), Zuzanna Szadkowski (Junius Brutus), Sarin Monae West (Titus Lartius).

Polonsky Shakespeare Center: 262 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217

* Each New Deal ticket holder must be 30 years of age and under, or a full-time student. A valid ID proving eligibility must be presented for each ticket purchased. IDs must be presented at entry beginning two hours prior to curtain. Failure to show proof of age or student ID will result in a surcharge for a full price ticket.

** $65 ticket discount offer expires 3/1/2026. Full price up to $95. Subject to availability. All internet and phone orders are subject to a handling fee. The offer may be discontinued at any time. Not valid for previous purchases.

Box Office hours are Monday–Saturday, 1–7pm and it can be reached at 646-553-3880 or tickets@TFANA.org.

Face masks are encouraged, but not required.

Click here to learn more about our policy on refunds and exchanges.

Design by Paul Davis Studio / Paige Restaino

Endowment support for the production of The Tragedy of Coriolanus is provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation Fund for Classic Drama.

The production is also supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Deloitte and Bloomberg Philanthropies are the 2025-2026 Season Sponsors.

Principal support for Theatre for a New Audience’s season and programs is provided by Alan Beller and Stephanie Neville, The Jerome and Marlène Brody Foundation, Robert E. Buckholz and Lizanne Fontaine, The Charina Endowment Fund, Constance Christensen, The Hearst Foundations, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Jerome L. Greene Foundation Fund at the New York Community Trust, The Polonsky Foundation, The SHS Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, and The Thompson Family Foundation.

Theatre for a New Audience’s season and programs are also made possible, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom; Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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markets / pop-ups / shopping events (free admission, unless noted otherwise):

► sat 3-7pm: harlem night market at marqueta: under the park avenue viaduct at 112th street. >>

► sat 6-10pm: nyc resistor flat market: nyc resistor hacker collective space (boerum hill). >>

► sat + sun (11am-6pm): fad market holiday pop-up: 51 bergen street and st. paul’s church (boerum hill/cobble hill) >>

► sat + sun (11am-6pm): brooklyn pop-up x dumbo holiday market: smack mellon gallery (dumbo). >>

► sat + sun (11am-6pm): japanese holiday market: japan village 2nd floor ‘loft’ (industry city). >>

► sat + sun (12-5pm): thx it’s thrifted vintage holiday attire sale: 53 bridge street, dumbo. >>

► sat + sun (12-6pm): brooklyn pop-up x red hook holiday market: vivid kid studios (red hook). >>

► sat + sun (12-6pm): fly-0-art + carla holiday art market at morus: museum of reclaimed urban space (alphabet city). >>

► sun 10am-5pm: grand holiday bazaar at grand bazaar nyc: indoors and outdoors at 100 w 77th st at columbus ave (uws). >>

► sun 11-5pm: lavender market: winter solstice lesbian marketplace: boyfriend co-op café + bar (bed-stuy/bushwick). >>

sponsored

THE U.S. PREMIERE OF BELLOW IS AT IRISH ARTS CENTER FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY!

Photo by Ste Murray

“An ingenious odd couple. The pairing of a traditional musician with a maker of contemporary theater…occupies a rarified zone.”—Irish Times

Irish Arts Center starts the new year with Bellow, a surprising theatrical rendering of the extraordinary real-life story of one of Ireland’s foremost accordionists, Danny O’Mahony, a man who has dedicated his life to the preservation of traditional Irish music.

Alongside Danny’s sublime live playing, this production from Dublin-based theatre company Brokentalkers—described as “one of Ireland’s most fearless and path-breaking theatre companies” (Irish Times)—features an original electronic composition by Valgeir Sigurðsson and contemporary dance by Emily Kilkenny Roddy, resulting in an arresting, astonishingly beautiful theatre performance exploring the weight of tradition, the capriciousness of memory, and the artist’s need to express their true self.

Join us for this North American premiere, presented January 7 through 18 only, as part of Under the Radar, a citywide festival of more than 20 leading NYC cultural institutions convening provocative, groundbreaking international and U.S. artists to celebrate risk-taking art and ideas.

Bellow
JL Greene Theatre
at Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC

TICKETS AND MORE INFO

friday

thru 1/8: wonderful and strange: the complete twin peaks: spend the holiday season in a town where a yellow light still means slow down’ as ifc center (greenwich village) screens the original 30-episode, two-season run of twin peaks, 2017’s twin peaks: the return, and 1992’s twin peaks: fire walk with me. $18 general, $15 seniors. >>

thru 1/4: the holidays at metrograph: settle in with holiday classics, festive chestnuts, and wintry tales at metrograph (les): 2046, a muppet christmas carol, an affair to remember, blast of silence, carol, eyes wide shut, fantastic mr. fox, gremlins, the shop around the corner, ikiru, tokyo godfathers, and more. $18. >>

fri-sun: when harry met sally: village east by angelika honors the memory of rob reiner and michele singer reiner with screenings of when harry met sally this weekend. $19. >>

sponsored: fri + sat: flop house comedy club: nyc’s friendliest indie comedy club—with great comics, a cozy atmosphere, and no drink minimums—has some incredible lineups this weekend! save 33% with promo code ‘skint’ on tickets to these shows at 362 grand street in williamsburg – demetrius fields, liz miele, bryan vogt-nilsen, karthik raj, and grace lobo (friday 8pm + 9:30pm); alex asifo, sandi benton, liz miele, grace lobo, karthik raj, and judah friedlander (saturday 8pm + 9:30pm). >>

fri 6pm, 8:30pm: free elf and gremlins: crown hill theatre (crown heights) presents a free double feature screening of elf and gremlins. rsvp does not guarantee admission. first come, first served, and subject to venue capacity. >>

fri 7pm (monthly): kweendom: come out for the kweendom lgbtq+ comedy and storytelling show, featuring performances by elsa eli waithe, eddie estrada, glo butler, and molly zalman. hosted by bobby hankinson. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission (donations are welcome and will benefit the here to pee tour). >>

fri 7pm: nyc magic ensemble: expect the unexpected as the nyc magic ensemble presents a night of magicians and mentalists at young ethel’s (south slope). $10 (a limited number of 2-for-$15 tickets are also available). >>

fri 7:30pm (+ 12/23 8pm at the rat nyc): the drunk texts: a christmas carol: random access theatre’s annual intoxicated performances of a christmas carol are back with drinking games, carols, and drunk puppets. q.e.d. astoria, $12. >>

fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: this women-produced and-hosted comedy show conjures up big laughs in the back room of halyards (gowanus). tonight’s performers include pat burtscher (comedy central), gastor almonte (don’t tell comedy), blair dawson (vulture), sally ann hall (one liner madness winner 2025), and chris condren. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>

fri 9:30pm: yesterday’s horoscope: the stars are aligned for yesterday’s horoscope, a cosmic comedy show hosted by kristina gustovich (earth scientist, performer, and educator) and jane mitchell (yesterday’s horoscope’s substack creator). $15.67 with promo code ‘mamalovesskint’ (reg $24-25). >>

saturday

sat + sun (12pm, 2:30pm, 5pm): a charlie brown christmas: live!: the wild oat theatrical company returns with its 16th annual family-friendly staging of a charlie brown christmas, performed verbatim and backed by a live jazz trio playing vince guaraldi’s iconic score. shapeshifter lab (park slope), $25. >>

sat 2pm: 51st annual greenwich village caroling walk: join the west village chorale for a festive sing-along stroll through the historic west village, filling the streets with the sounds of holiday classics. free (donations welcome). >>

sponsored: sat 3:30pm: a christmas carol: an interactive one-man performance: actor and writer jeffries thaiss brings ebenezer scrooge and 20 other characters to life in this intimate one-person adaptation of charles dickens’ holiday classic. thaiss sets the adaptation in the context of the world dickens lived in and the world we live in now, inviting the audience to join him in telling the story by providing sound effects and saying some familiar lines (participation optional). presented by new york adventure club. a.a. thomson + co. building at south street seaport museum. $28.37 with promo code ‘theskint20’ (reg. $34.70). >>

sat 6pm (monthly): the astigmatism comedy show: a book-ish standup comedy show highlighting diversity in laughter and literature: comedians alexis bradby, kristal adams, and isabelle pierre bring together underrepresented voices in comedy and literature for ‘the tiny desk of comedy’ at p+t knitwear bookstore (les). $15 admission includes $5 that can be applied towards any purchase in the bookstore or café. >>

sat 7:30pm: open to work: an unemployed comedy show: laugh at linkedin, layoffs, and late-stage-capitalism at amanda melhuish and cat montesi’s open to work comedy show. tonight’s lineup includes matt goldich (seth meyers), gabi shiner (reductress), natalie wall (awkward sex…and the city), chika (do it live), elle roch, and adrienne hunter. friends and lovers (crown heights), $10. >>

sat 7:30pm: night riot: punk + punchlines: night riot brings together punk acts comics for a night of joyful anarchy. featuring music by the sleepaways, mothr, and beeyotch, with comedy by chris gethard (the chris gethard show), sarah tollemache (last comic standing), and boris khaykin (comedy central). littlefield (gowanus), $8.84 with promo code ‘riot5’ for $5 off (reg. $15). >>

sat 8pm: fun gutter: a party, show, and general check-in hosted by sasha von didkovsky and lilly marinelli, featuring standup from keegan tindall, maggie crane, and grace johnson, music by jazz duo bada swing, and more. a bar crawl follows the show. the cobra club (bushwick), free admission ($5 suggested donation at the door). >>

sat 10:30pm (+ 12/29 9:15pm): the thing: keep those snow storm vibes going at syndicated’s screenings of john carpenter’s 1982 horror classic, the thing. syndicated (bushwick), $10. >>

sat 11:59pm: triplet threat with dj mariko: dance to lady gaga, charli xcx, chappell roan, and more spun by dj mariko at union hall (park slope). free admission. >>

sunday

sun (various times): 15th annual make music winter festival: the free, outdoor music festival returns on the winter solstice to celebrate the shortest day of the year with music performances and activities throughout the five boroughs. more than a dozen events are planned, including a soundwalk on the high line, a flafooting parade in flatbush, and a participatory hand bell concert at astor place. >>

sun 10am-5pm (sundays thru 12/28): holiday nostalgia train rides: next stop, 1930! once again, the mta is rolling out its restored 1930s-era subway cars for holiday trips back in time. every sunday this month, the train will make stops between 2nd avenue – houston street on the uptown f line and 96th street – 2nd avenue on the q line. ride for the price of a normal swipe/tap (no extra fare required). >>

sun 5pm: fireside mystery theatre: fireside mystery theatre, a bi-monthly old-time radio-styled audio drama and podcast taping, presents its second annual haunted holiday show, featuring a mix of humor and horror recorded live and performed with a full cast, sound effects, and an improvised musical score. the slipper room (les), $20. >>

sun 6pm: night of 1000 ozzys: food pantry benefit: dress as your favorite ozzy and rock out as the union pool all-star band tears through ozzy and black sabbath classics at this fundraiser benefit for the st john’s bread + life food pantry. union pool (williamsburg), $20 suggested donation. >>

sun 7pm (monthly): new tricks storytelling show: good tales don’t age at this storytelling show where all of the performers are over 40. hosted by adrianne frost (the moth storyslam champion), with adam selbst, tracey starin, sandi marx, rhonda hansome, and michele carlo. tonight’s theme: ‘presents!’ q.e.d. (astoria), $12. >>

sun 7pm: left-handed girl with q+a: the paris theater presents a screening of left-handed girl, followed by q+a with shih-ching tsou (director, co-writer, producer) and sean baker (co-writer, editor, producer), moderated by filmmaker tamara jenkins (slums of beverly hills. the paris theater (midtown), $17 general, $15 seniors/students. >>

sun 7:30pm (monthly): good god comedy show: audience members can anonymously share their craziest, cringiest, most scandalous secrets for the hosts to read aloud at this stand-up comedy variety show. tonight’s lineup: usama siddique, isabel hagen, marcus monroe, jared goldstein, and kate willett. hosted by brittany carney, caitlin cook, naomi karavani, and shane torres. union hall (park slope), $10 adv, $15 door. >>

sun 8pm (monthly): beanie babe comedy: the standups and the stuffed animals are full of beans at this comedy show, where a donation will get you a vintage beanie baby to take home. featuring sandeep sen (laughs), helen wildy (siriusxm), clare donaher (comedy fight club), arielle dundas, and humzah choudry. young ethel’s (south slope), free admission (donations optional). >>

monday

mon 7pm (monthly): movie musical mondays: white christmas: a series of iconic movie musicals hits the big screen at village east by angelika, celebrating the holiday season with michael curtiz’s white christmas (1954), starring bing crosby, danny kaye, rosemary clooney, and vera-ellen. $19. >>

ongoing

our roundup of 40+ ongoing events: holiday markets, ice skating, art shows, and more. >>

stay safe and healthy
– the skint