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 >>

film fests / series:

► thru 2/8: animation first 2026: l’alliance new york (ues). >>

► thru 2/8: touch me with your eyes: blow-up, blue velvet, rear window, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 2/14: tokyo 199x: cure, tokyo fist, audition, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 2/15: days of being maggie cheung: metrograph (les) presents a 10-film maggie cheung retrospective, including as tears go by, comrades: an almost love story, days of being wild, police story, and a new 4k restoration of green snake. $18. >>

► thru 2/15: the year begins in silence: solaris, mouchette, paris, texas, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 2/16: the films of kathryn bigelow: a house of dynamite, near dark, point break, strange days, the hurt locker, zero dark thirty, and more. the paris theater (midtown). >>

► thru 2/24: 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 2/26: the cold front: fargo, chilly scenes of a winter, the great silence, and the thing. quad cinema (greenwich village). >>

► thru 2/27: romancing the dead: nitehawk cinema presents a screening series devoted to love stories ‘where passion survives decay, where longing outlives the body, and where love is powerful enough to cross the ultimate divide’: blithe spirit, bride of frankenstein, frankenhooker, ghost, let the right one in, only lovers left alive, return of the living dead iii, the ghost and mrs. muir, the hunger, thirst, and more. williamsburg and prospect park locations. various prices. >>

► thru 3/3: doc nyc selects: winter 2026: ifc center (greenwich village). >>

2-for-1 off-broadway week tickets: two seats, one price. 2-for-1 tickets are now on sale for a selection of off-broadway shows running 2/16-3/12. >>

thru 2/7: master drawings new york: celebrating its 20th anniversary, the master drawings new york festival brings together 36 international exhibitors presenting works on paper from the 15th century to today, plus paintings, photographs, and sculpture at more than two dozen galleries on the upper east side. additional programming includes behind-the-scenes tours, lectures, and workshops. free admission. >>

thru 2/12: nyc winter outing reservations are now open: enjoy cool savings on dining, broadway shows, attractions, and more during the annual nyc winter outing. running thru 2/12, this season’s promotions include restaurant week (prix-fixe meals at hundreds of restaurants across all five boroughs), broadway week (2-for-1 tickets to select broadway shows), and nyc must-see week (2-for-1 tickets to attractions, museums, performing arts, and tours across all five boroughs). >>

sponsored: thru 2/15: the disappear at audible’s minetta lane theatre: don’t miss an all-star cast in a new comedy about love, art and other endangered species. power couple benjamin braxton (midnight mass‘ hamish linklater) and mira blair (tony winner miriam silverman) see their picture-perfect life go gloriously off script—taking their friends, flings, and daughter along for the ride. featuring an ensemble cast that includes emmy nominee dylan baker (the good wife), emmy nominee madeline brewer (the handmaid’s tale), kelvin harrison jr. (elvis) and anna mirodin (priscilla), don’t miss this smoldering new comedy from writer/director erica schmidt (lucy)! book now for special discounted prices. >>

thru 2/21: free black history month events: tours of the louis armstrong house museum and central park’s seneca village, a conversation with blk mkt vintage and blackarchives.co, a 5k community run, and more from gothamist. >>

thru 2/21: dan flavin: grids: david zwirner gallery hosts an exhibition of works by minimalist artist dan flavin (1933–1996). david zwirner gallery w 20th street, free admission. >>

thru 2/21: 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 2/22: lunar new year at hudson yards: hudson yards celebrates the year of the horse with traditional lion and silk ribbon dances, kung fu performances, lantern making workshops, and more. free admission. >>

thru 2/23: fourth annual books that changed my life festival: join in conversations with authors, artists, and thinkers as they share the books that have guided, challenged, and transformed their paths at the marlene meyerson jcc manhattan’s annual books that changed my life festival. opening party 1/8 at 5:30pm. various prices. >>

thru 2/28: chain winter one-act festival: chain theatre’s annual winter festival returns with 90 new one-act plays from both emerging and established playwrights. highlights include the jesse eisenberg-directed debut of jeryl brunner’s sweet tart, starring father-daughter duo ralph macchio and julia macchio; lyle kessler’s shit kickers, starring carol kane and margaret ladd; josé rivera’s look what crashed through the portal and ended up in brooklyn; and diego aguirre’s stalled, starring aguirre, joseph russo, and jacob lumet cannavale. chain theatre (hell’s kitchen), $24+. >>

thru 2/28: elisheva biernoff: elsewhere: david zwirner gallery hosts an exhibition of san francisco–based painter elisheva biernoff’s detailed depictions of anonymous photographs, which she sources from antique stores and online marketplaces. opening reception 1/8 6-8pm. david zwirner gallery e 69th street, free admission. >>

thru february: 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 3/13: scny’s 142nd annual members exhibition: the salmagundi club opens its doors for its annual members exhibition, filling the skylight gallery of its historic greenwich village townhouse with works of art in all media – oil, watercolor, pastel, graphics, sculpture, photography and mixed media. receptions 2/19 + 3/5 (rsvp required). free admission. >>

thru 3/15: 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 3/22: weave in, weave out: a disability socially engaged art exhibition: step into a growing fiber-art installation created by disabled artists from intertwine arts, then add your own thread. this participatory exhibition invites visitors to sit at the loom, try their hand at weaving, and become part of an evolving artwork celebrating creativity and community. no experience needed; guidance provided. opening reception 1/23 6-8pm. positive exposure gallery (fidi), free admission. >>

thru 4/19: 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 4/27 (closed tuesdays + wednesdays): pat oleszko: fool disclosure: sculpture center (lic) presents the first nyc solo exhibition in over 35 years of pat oleszko. the show fills both floors of the space with dozens of large-scale inflatable works, costumes, films, and more. opening reception 1/29 6-8pm. free admission. >>

thru spring: 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. >>

thru 5/31: 45 years of pac-man exhibit: the paley center celebrates 45 years of chasing ghosts and chomping dots with a new exhibition filled with arcade cabinets, installations, rare artifacts, and fun facts that trace the history of pac-man in the arcade and pop culture. the paley center for media (midtown), included with regular museum admission ($20 general, $16 seniors/students/teachers/veterans/first responders). >>

thru 6/29: the bronx museum’s seventh annual aim biennial: ‘forms of connection’: 28 emerging artists from the 2024-2025 cycles of the bronx museum’s artist in the marketplace (aim) fellowship program unveil new works. opening party 1/23 6-8pm. 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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