ice skating:

► thru 3/30: the rink at rockefeller center: rockefeller center’s renowned rink is open for another season of skating fun in an iconic setting. $21+ (skate rental extra, or byo). >>

► thru 4/6: prospect park ice skating: skating season returns to prospect park’s lakeside’s rink. $10.60-15.25 admission, $10.35 skate rental (or byo), $5.45-14.15 locker rental/bag check. >>

film fests / series (various prices):

► thru 3/30: ‘take a walk on the wild side’ at metrograph: beauty and the beast, cat people, district 9, the fly, the lobster, and more. >>

► thru 3/30: ‘the body between us’ at metrograph: diabolique, la femme nikita, the trouble with harry, river’s edge, and more. >>

► thru 3/30: ‘welcome to suburbia’ at metrograph: ghost world, the virgin suicides, welcome to the dollhouse, and more. >>

extended thru 3/29: nick cave amalgams and graphts: jack shainman gallery presents amalgams and graphts, an exhibition of new work by nick cave, inaugurating its 20,000 square-foot flagship tribeca location. the show is anchored by three large-scale bronze sculptures (amalgams) along with mixed-media needlepoint portraits of the artist (graphts). opening reception 1/10 6-8pm. free admission. >>

thru 3/30: 10am-5pm: loved. at brooklyn botanic garden: to commemorate the fifth anniversary of nyc’s pandemic shutdown, brooklyn botanic garden reprises loved., composer michael gordon’s site-specific sound installation to honor those we have lost and reflect on the impact of the pandemic on nyc. the meditative composition for seven vibraphones plays every hour on the hour on cherry esplanade and runs 5 minutes, 31 seconds. on saturday, march 22, 42-piece ensemble mantra percussion will perform a live rendition. free with garden admission ($22 general, $16 seniors/students, free community tickets may also be available). >>

thru 3/30: futura 2000: breaking out: the bronx museum presents a retrospecive of graffiti pioneer futura 2000 (leonard mcgurr), featuring five decades of sculptures, drawings, prints, collaborations, and archival paraphernalia. opening celebration with music, performances, and activities 9/8 12-3pm. free admission. >>

thru 4/6: julian lennon: reminiscence: fremin gallery (chelsea) presents a new photography exhibition by artist, musician, and humanitarian julian lennon. opening reception with the artist 3/6 6-8pm. >>

thru 4/10 (closed mondays): pets and the city: a new exhibition at the new-york historical society museum + library (uws) explores the visual history of new yorkers and their animal companions over the last two and a half centuries. filled with works of art, objects, documents, memorabilia, and clips from film and television, the exhibition also investigates the reasons for the soaring pet population, especially after 9/11 and during the covid-19 crisis, as well as issues surrounding pet adoption, the trafficking of exotic animals, and service animals. $24 general, $19 seniors, $13 students, pay-what-you-wish fridays 5-8pm. >>

thru 4/23: franz kafka: the morgan library + museum (murray hill) presents, for the first time in the united states, the bodleian library’s holdings of literary manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, and photographs related to writer franz kafka (1883-1924). highlights include the original manuscript of the metamorphosis, original drawings, and andy warhol’s portrait of kafka. $25 general, $17 seniors, $13 students, free admission fridays 5-8pm with rsvp. >>

thru 4/26 (saturdays at 10:15am): taproom yoga at talea beer co.: spirit meets spiritual at female-founded taproom and brewery talea beer co. (cobble hill), where you can take a 60-minute yoga class and enjoy a post-class beverage as you wind down. $20 admission includes $5 off a drink (non-alcoholic options are also available). >>

thru 4/30 (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), $21-27. >>

thru 5/5 (closed tuesdays): winter exhibitions at the international center of photography: weegee: society of the spectacle, to conjure: new archives in recent photography, and american job: 1940-2011. international center of photography (les), $18 general, $14 seniors, $12 students, $5 thursdays 5-8pm, free every third thursday from 5-8pm. >>

thru 6/22 (closed mondays): real clothes, real lives: 200 years of what women wore, the smith college historic clothing collection: tracing how women’s roles have changed and evolved dramatically over the decades across the spectrum of race and class, a new exhibition at the new-york historical society museum + library (uws) examines the everyday clothing of ordinary women, from hard-worn house dresses to psychedelic micro minis and modern suits to fast-food workers’ uniforms. $24 general, $19 seniors, $13 students, pay-what-you-wish fridays 5-8pm. >>

thru 7/6 (closed mondays): the year of flaco: the new york historoical pays tribute to flaco, the eurasian eagle-owl that captured our attention when he escaped from the central park zoo in 2023, with an exhibition featuring photographs, video, letters, drawings, and more. the show also examines the dangers birds face in urban environments, the legislation inspired by flaco’s death, and what we can do to be better neighbors to the animals in our midst. the new york historoical (uws), $24 general, $19 seniors, $13 students, pay-as-you-wish fridays 5-8pm. >>

thru 8/10: making home—smithsonian design triennial: featuring 25 site-specific, newly commissioned installations, the smithsonian design triennial explores design’s role in shaping the physical and emotional realities of home across the united states, us territories, and tribal nations. presented in collaboration with smithsonian’s national musuem of african american history and culture. cooper hewitt, smithsonian design museum (ues), $22 general, $16 seniors, $10 students, pay-what-you-wish 5-6pm daily. >>

thru 10/5: three new exhibitions at queens museum: queens museum (flushing meadows corona park) presents three new spring exhibitions: ‘the panorama’ on its 60th anniversary, abang-guard makibaka, and umber majeed: jy tech. opening celebration 3/16 2-5pm with artist led exhibition walkthroughs, performances, and a reception. pay-what-you-wish admission. >>

thru 10/18: pirouette: turning points in design: a new exhibition at the museum of modern art showcases designs that have influenced both the field and the world, from the i ♥️ ny logo to post-its, the walkman, spanx, and the bushwick birkin. included with regular admission ($30 general, $22 seniors, $17 students, free for new york state residents friday evenings from 5:30-8:30pm with reservation in advance). >>

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 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 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 citites. >>

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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