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 1/25: amos poe and no wave cinema: downtown 81, smithereens, the blank generation, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 1/25: the year begins in silence: solaris, mouchette, paris, texas, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 1/25: tokyo 199x: cure, tokyo fist, audition, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 1/25: touch me with your eyes: blow-up, blue velvet, rear window, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 1/28: new york jewish film festival 2026: lincoln center’s walter reade theatre (uws), $19 general, $16 seniors/students. >>

► thru 1/31: greetings from twin peaks: get lost in the woods at alamo drafthouse’s curated journey through key episodes of david lynch and mark frost’s classic tv series. alamo drafthouse (lower manhattan, downtown brooklyn, and staten island), various prices. >>

► thru 2/2: to save and project: the museum of modern art’s 22nd international festival of film preservation: moma presents more than 75 newly preserved features and shorts from 23 countries, many screening in the u.s. for the first time in decades. spanning over a century of cinema, the festival opens with a new restoration of russ meyer’s vixen! (1968) and closes with a program of previously unseen andy warhol films from the 1960s. museum of modern art (midtown west), $14 general, $12 seniors, $10 students. >>

► 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. >>

nyc winter outing reservations are now open: enjoy cool savings on dining, broadway shows, attractions, and more during the annual nyc winter outing. running 1/20-2/12, 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). >>

thru 1/19: 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: 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 1/22: labyrinth 40th anniversary screenings: jim henson’s 1986 musical fantasy film, starring david bowie and jennifer connelly, returns to select theaters for a limited engagement. various prices. >>

thru 1/22: sunset boulevard: get ready for your close-up at film forum. the greenwich village art-house cinema is presenting the u.s. premiere of a new 4k restoration of billy wilder’s sunset boulevard (1950), starring william holden, gloria swanson, and erich von stroheim. film forum (south village), $17. >>

thru 1/23: children’s book drive: in anticipation of its children’s book fair on january 25, the marlene meyerson jcc manhattan (uws) is accepting donations of new and gently used books for children up to age 13. >>

sponsored: thru 1/25: juxtapose | a theatrical shadow box at 59e59 theaters: inspired by the shadow boxes of joseph cornell, the films of jean-pierre jeunet (amélie), and mon oncle by jacques tati. eccentric characters trying to coexist in a magical-realist tenement building during the sixth mass extinction have their lives interrupted and illuminated by a human shooting star who crash-lands through their roof. as humanity teeters on the edge of the frame, we remember that our shared mortality, the ability to laugh at fear, and the limitless hope of imagination might save us from the despair of ending. use code ‘skint’ to snag $19 tickets (reg. $44). >>

sponsored: thru 1/25: andy jordan productions + hindsight productions present: dreamscape at 59e59 theaters: inspired by the true story of tyisha miller, a 19 year-old african american girl who was shot by police while she lay unconscious in a car, rickerby hinds’s dreamscape uses beatboxin’, spoken word, and hip-hop dance to reimagine the innocent pleasures of tyisha’s life and hopes for the future with the sweetness and humor of a teenager’s insight. part of soho playhouse’s international fringe encore series. use code ‘skint’ to snag $19 tickets (reg. $32). >>

thru 1/25: janartsnyc: discover new works in theater, dance, opera, music, and performance during janartsnyc, an annual collection of festivals scheduled around the association of performing arts presenters (apap) conference: out-front! festival (1/3-11), jazz at lincoln center’s jazz congress + unity festival (1/7-9), new york live arts’ live artery festival (1/7-17), prototype festival (1/7-18), under the radar festival (1/7-25), nyc winter jazzfest (1/8-13), physfestnyc (1/8-18), works + process underground uptown dance festival (1/9-13), and globalfest (1/11). various locations and prices. >>

thru 1/25 (thurs-sun): gallery players 29th annual black box new play festival: gallery players’ annual playwright-focused festival returns with seven new short plays across two programs. a talk back with the artists will follow the sunday performances. gallery players (south slope), $25 general, $20 seniors. >>

thru 1/29: the lord of the rings trilogy 25th anniversary screenings: peter jackson’s trilogy, based on j.r.r. tolkien’s books and starring elijah wood, sean astin, ian mckellen, and viggo mortensen, returns for a limited engagement at select theaters. various prices. >>

thru 1/31: happy 80th birthday, dolly!: nitehawk cinema and alamo drafthouse celebrate dolly parton’s 80th birthday with screenings of 9 to 5, the best little whorehouse in texas, rhinestone, and steel magnolias, with limited book giveaways and themed performances before select shows. various prices.

extended thru 2/1 (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. >>

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: 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 2/23: 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: 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 3/15: 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 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 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). >>

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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