ice skating! lace up and get your skate on at these outdoor rinks. various prices.

► domino park (williamsburg) >>

► gottesman rink at the davis center (central park’s north end) >>

► lefrack center at lakeside in prospect park >>

► roebling rink at brooklyn bridge park: note: nyc residents can claim limited free tickets in-person during sessions 1, 2, and 3 mondays thru thursdays and sessions 2, 3, and 4 on fridays (must show nyc id). >>

► the rink at bryant park’s winter village >>

► the rink at brookfield place (fidi) >>

► the rink at rockefeller center (midtown) >>

► wollman rink in central park >>

holiday markets:

► thru 12/21 (fri-sun 12-6pm): chinatown holiday market: kam man market, 2nd floor (chinatown). >>

► thru 12/21 (weds-sat 12-6pm, sun 12:30-4pm): the christmas shop at the church of sweden (midtown) >>

► thru 12/24 (closed thanksgiving): union square holiday market: union square park >>

► thru 12/24: grand central holiday fair: grand central terminal’s vanderbilt hall (midtown east) >>

► thru 12/28 (11am-7pm): pop-up collective nyc holiday marketplace: 57 bond st. (noho). >>

► thru 12/31 (closed christmas day): columbus circle holiday market: southwest corner of central park. >>

► thru 1/3/2026: macy’s holiday square outdoor market: herald square and greeley square >>

film fests / series:

► thru 12/31: $5 holiday movies at regal: score $5 movie tickets (plus fees) to see gremlins, elf, the polar express, the holiday, national lampoon’s christmas vacation, and more during regal’s seasonal promotion. various locations. >>

► thru 12/31: ‘hell is a teenage girl’ + ‘ sweet child o’ mine’ series: child’s play, the exorcist, the omen, carrie, ginger snaps, the craft, and more. syndicated (bushwick). >>

► thru 1/1/2026: whoa! keanu reeves before the matrix: bram stoker’s dracula, bill + ted’s excellent adventure, my own private idaho, speed, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 1/1/2026: screen deco: commemorating the 100th anniversary of the art deco movement, film forum presents over 25 films from the 1920s and 1930s, including grand hotel, our dancing daughters, the black cat, girls about town, metropolis, pandora’s box, and more. film forum (south village), $17. >>

► thru 1/5/2026: american woman: reframing ’70s cinema: a woman under the influence, claudine, diary of a mad housewife, harlan county u.s.a., klute, paper moon, the way we were, 3 women, and more. museum of the moving image (astoria). >>

► thru 1/7/2026: the contenders 2025: 20+ films from the past year that are predicted to stand the test of time. museum of modern art (midtown), $14 general, $12 seniors, $10 students. >>

► thru 2/24/2026: monsters and makers: the gothic visions of guillermo del toro: to celebrate the release of guillermo del toro’s frankenstein, the paris theater presents a complete retrospective of del toro’s feature films alongside works that inspired him. the paris theater (midtown), $17 general, $15 seniors. >>

thru 12/13: the book show at sva: school of visual arts’s annual book show exhibition features original graphic novels, children’s books, and more created by first year mfa illustration as visual essay students. opening reception 11/24 5-8pm. sva gramercy gallery, free admission. >>

thru 12/13 (tues-sat 10am-6pm): downtown/uptown: new york in the eighties: lévy gorvy gallery (ues) presents an exhibition featuring paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper created in (and in response to) 1980s nyc, featuring works by jean-michel basquiat, guerrilla girls, keith haring, barbara kruger, sally mann, robert mapplethorpe, richard prince, cindy sherman, andy warhol, and many others. free admission. >>

sponsored: thru 12/14: primary stages presents: laowang: a chinatown king lear at 59e59 theaters: don’t mess with a chinese grandma. when a high-rise developer threatens to buy out a-poh’s chinatown restaurant, the martyr-complex matriarch gathers her grandchildren to plan their attack. what follows is a chaotic journey through reality, myth, and magic to preserve what’s left of her family, legacy, and sanity. a caustic and imaginative spin on king lear that explores the changing face of america’s chinatowns and the fight to preserve a fading cultural memory. use code ‘skint’ to snag $26 tickets (incl. $6 fee – reg. $66-$86)! >>

thru 12/20: liana finck + katayoun hosseinrad: lyles + king gallery (chinatown, two bridges) presents an exhibition featuring works by cartoonist liana finck (the new yorker, how to baby) and painter katayoun hosseinrad. opening reception 12/2 6-8pm. >>

thru 12/21 (10am-5pm weekends): brooklyn flea: dumbo’s outdoor flea market returns for its 17th season under the manhattan bridge archway with vintage, antique, handcrafted, and local design vendors, as well as food and drink offerings. free admission. >>

thru 12/24: small works at fountain house gallery + studio: fountain house gallery + studio, a nonprofit that supports the careers of contemporary artists living with mental illness, hosts its annual small works show, where you can browse hundreds of pieces of original art, sized 5×7 inches or smaller, and priced at $100 or less. free admission. >>

thru 12/25: it’s a wonderful life with mary owen: frank capra’s holiday classic returns to ifc center (greenwich village) for a three-week run, featuring special introductions by mary owen, daughter of star donna reed, at the 6:45pm shows 12/16-19. $18 general, $15 seniors. >>

thru 12/28 (closed christmas day): times square new year’s eve wishing wall: send your wishes soaring over times square! each year, people from around the world can add their hopes and dreams—digitally or in person—to the official times square new year’s eve confetti. ways to make your wish: in person at the mobile wishing wall, timesquarenyc’s online form, or use #confettiwish on twitter or instagram. free. >>

thru 12/28 (weds-sun 1-6pm): westbeth winter show: westbeth resident visual artists present new works at their annual winter show. opening reception 11/21 6-8pm. westbeth gallery (west village), free admission. >>

thru december (tues-sun 12-10pm; closed mon): autophoto analog photobooth gallery + museum: ‘the world’s first dedicated, female-founded museum + gallery space for vintage photobooths ‘ opens in the lower east side. part archive, part gallery, part portrait-making palace—featuring a rotating collection of six restored photobooths and exhibitions from artists who work within four frames. grand opening 10/11. free admission, photos range from $8-12. >>

thru the season: new york transit museum’s grand central gallery + store holiday train show: new york transit museum’s annual holiday model train exhibit returns to grand central terminal for the season. lionel model trains, including metro-north, the polar express, and vintage subway sets travel a 34-foot, two-level layout that begins at a miniature grand central terminal and winds past new york landmarks on the way to the north pole. free admission. >>

thru the season (weekends at 2pm + 4pm): bargemusic: bargemusic’s chamber music concerts return to brooklyn bridge park, now hosted at pier 5’s boathouse, where floor-to-ceiling windows offer views of the river and lower manhattan. free admission (doors open 20 minutes before the concert. no reservations). >>

thru 1/3/2026 (weds thru sat): something else entirely: the illustration art of edward gorey: society of illustrators presents the first exhibition devoted exclusively to edward gorey’s art for publications outside his own written body of work, featuring many pieces that have never been publicly exhibited before. society of illustrators (ues), $18 general, $12 seniors/students. >>

thru 1/4/2026: the annual lightscape at brooklyn botanic garden: go on a nighttime stroll through brooklyn botanic garden’s landscape, encountering lighted sculptures, colorful effects on trees, architecture, and water features along the way. holiday-inspired food and drink will be available for purchase. $29-44 adults, $15-28 kids. >>

thru 1/4/2026: holiday under the stars @ the shops at columbus circle: the shops at columbus circle’s holiday installation returns, featuring 300,000 twinkling lights and illuminated, color-changing stars with a light show every 30 minutes from 5pm to midnight. free admission. >>

thru 1/6/2026 (10am-10pm): double-decker christmas carousel: take in 360-degree views as you spin ’round on an outdoor double-decker carousel, located across from macy’s holiday square outdoor market. 33rd st + broadway in greeley square park (midtown). $7. >>

thru 1/7/2026: the annual shine bright and vessel lighting ceremony at hudson yards: the holiday season arrives at hudson yards with the sixth annual ‘shine bright,’ a neighborhood display of more than 2 million lights, 725 evergreen trees, and a 32-foot hot air balloon suspended in the shops. >>

thru 1/11 (closed mondays, thanksgiving, christmas, and new year’s day): charles dickens’s a christmas carol at the morgan: the ghosts of christmas return to the morgan library + museum (murray hill), where charles dickens’s original 1843 manuscript of a christmas carol will be on display thru the holiday season. included with regular admission ($25 general, $17 seniors, $13 students, free admission fridays 5-8pm with rsvp). >>

thru 1/19/2026: the fourth annual gingerbread nyc: the great borough bake-off at mcny: the museum of the city of new york (east harlem) invited bakers from across the five boroughs to design edible gingerbread displays that celebrate the city’s iconic places, buildings, and spirit. see the sugary results on display, and cast your vote for ‘people’s choice.’ pay-what-you-can admission for nyc residents (reg. $23 general, $18 seniors, $14 students, free for everyone on wednesdays). >>

thru 1/19/2026: sixties surreal at the whitney: a new exhibition at the whitney museum (meatpacking district) explores how artists in 1960s america used surrealism to respond to the era’s social and political changes. the show features works by more than 100 artists, including diane arbus, romare bearden, lee bontecou, louise bourgeois, mel casas, judy chicago, nancy grossman, david hammons, linda lomahaftewa, yayoi kusama, and franklin williams. whitney museum of american art (meatpacking district), $30 general, $24 seniors/students, free for 25 and under, free to all every friday 5-10pm, free to all every second sunday. >>

thru the season (9am-midnight): the rink at rockefeller center: skating season returns to rockefeller center’s world-famous rink, a new york tradition since 1936. $22+ (skate rental extra, or byo). >>

extended thru 2/1/2026 (closed saturdays): anne frank: the exhibition: for the first time in history, anne frank house presents an experience outside of amsterdam to immerse visitors in a full-scale recreation of the rooms where anne frank, her parents and sister, and four other jewish inhabitants spent two years hiding to evade nazi capture. opening on international holocaust remembrance day to mark the 80th commemoration of the liberation of auschwitz, anne frank: the exhibition explores her life as a girl, a writer, and a symbol of resilience through over 100 original artifacts. programming and educational initiatives will be announced. center for jewish history (flatiron), $24-31. >>

thru 2/21/2026: a century of the new yorker: coinciding with the 100th birthday of the new yorker, a new exhibition at the new york public library brings to life the people, stories, and ideas that made the magazine. drawing primarily from the library’s collections, the exhibition features typewriters used by editor william shawn and writer lillian ross; manuscripts and drafts by celebrated authors, from hannah arendt to sapphire; correspondence between new yorker editors and j. d. salinger, annie proulx, and vladimir nabokov; and original art by charles addams and kara walker. nypl stephen a. schwarzman building (midtown), free admission. >>

thru 3/15/2026: new exhibitions open at museum of arts and design: designing motherhood: things that make and break our births and douriean fletcher: jewelry of the afrofuture. museum of arts and design (midtown west), $20 general, $16 seniors, $14 students. >>

thru 4/19/2026: the mad mad world of jonathan adler: in his first curatorial role, ceramicist and designer jonathan adler presents more than 60 works from the museum of arts and design’s permanent collection alongside his own designs. the exhibition installation was designed by author, window dresser, former barneys new york creative director — and adler’s husband — simon doonan. museum of arts and design (midtown west). $20 general, $16 seniors, $14 students. >>

thru spring 2026: new highline art: dinosaur: the highline unveils its latest plinth commission, iván argote’s dinosaur, a giant 21-foot-tall hyper-realistic sculpture of a pigeon. on the high line at the spur on 30th street and 10th avenue, free admission. >>

misc.

nine old-fashioned soda fountains in nyc: enjoy a taste of old new york at these spots rounded up by untapped cities. >>

10 old-fashioned candy stores in nyc: get your sweet treats at these shoppes, rounded up by untapped new york. >>

where to find manhattan’s passageways named after theatre stars: find yourself walking on a street dedicated to leonard bernstein, humphrey bogart, katherine hepburn, jerry orbach, paul robeson, cecily tyson, and others whose work has graced the new york stage. >>

eight places to see art by keith haring in nyc >>

24 exceptional subway artworks to see in nyc: the folks at hyperallergic highlight some of the most interesting subway art installations across the boroughs. >>

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