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Tuesday Dec. 16, 2025

Manhattan Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah

5:30 pm

Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Grand Army Plaza – Fifth Avenue

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5:30 – 8 pm

Chanukah Gelt Together + Mini Arts Market

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

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Blue Dreidel Mascot skating in ice rink

6 – 9 pm

Chanukah On Ice NYC

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Family
Festivals

Central Park Wollman Rink

6 – 8 pm

Grand Holiday Illumination 2025

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Untermyer GardensYonkers

2024 Nordstrom NYC Holiday

6 pm

Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Nordstrom NYC Flagship

Wreath-making workshop

6 – 7 pm

Holiday Wreath-Making Workshops

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Shops at Columbus CircleUpper West Side

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6 – 9 pm

50 Years of PUNK at Ki Smith Gallery

Art
Free

Ki Smith GalleryLower East Side

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6 – 7 pm

Character Spotlight Series featuring Captain Underpants!

Ages: 5 – 12
Family

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

Largest Menorah picture with partial crowd

6 pm

Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn

6 pm

Menorah Lighting – Menorah Chapels

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Menorah ChaplesStaten Island

6 pm

Cedarhurst Menorah Lightings

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Andrew J. Parise ParkCedarhurst

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6:30 – 9 pm

Bowling league – Tuesday nights

bowl 360 BrooklynBrooklyn

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6:30 – 8:30 pm

92NY Presents The Bang Group’s Nut/Cracked

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance
Family

92 St Y

Paint Nite Snow Dusted Daisy

7 – 9 pm

Paint Nite: Snow Dusted Daisy

The Heritage Bar & RestaurantYonkers

Manhattan Holiday Harbor Lights

7 pm

Holiday Harbor Lights

Pier 83

Brooklyn Dyker Heights Walking Christmas Lights Tour

7 pm

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking TourBrooklyn

7 – 8:30 pm

The Jewish Dating Game!

CaveatLower East Side

Linda Russell 12th Night 2 (1)

7 – 9 pm

Sing We All Merrily: An Early American Christmas

St. Michael’s ChurchUpper West Side

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7 – 8 pm

Hamptons Holiday Zumba 2025 with Top Long Island Zumba Dancers

Beach FitnessSpeonk

December Author Graphic

7 – 9 pm

Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomBrooklyn

7 – 9 pm

Chanukah Doughnut Duel

Moxy Brooklyn WilliamsburgBrooklyn

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7:30 – 9 pm

Truman vs. Israel: Abzug and the Undressing of Truman

Theater

Theater at St. ClementsTheater District

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7:30 – 9 pm

Juilliard Drama Presents “Agamemnon’s Return” from “Oresteia: This Restless House” by Zinnie Harris

Theater

Stephanie P. McClelland TheaterUpper West Side

Adam Gabel at WSCC 2

8 – 9:30 pm

Not Ripe Bananas

Comedy
Free

West Side Comedy ClubUpper West Side

8 – 10 pm

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy

Free
LGBTQ+

good judyBrooklyn

Wednesday Dec. 17

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All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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Various

Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterUpper West Side

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

Festival of Trees 2023 Flyer (2)

All day

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Holiday

Port Jefferson Village CenterPort Jefferson

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Various

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

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Various

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Holiday Show

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Holiday
Theater

Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side

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