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

► gottesman rink at the davis center (central park’s north end) thru 3/8 >>

► lefrack center at lakeside in prospect park >>

► the rink at bryant park’s winter village thru 3/1 >>

► the rink at brookfield place (fidi) thru 2/28 >>

► the rink at rockefeller center (midtown) thru 3/30 >>

film fests / series:

► 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). >>

► thru 3/4: ‘amour fou’ valentine’s screening series: mala noche, possession, punch-drunk love, the lovers on the bridge. the metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 3/4: touch me with your eyes: peeping rom, klute, re-wind, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 3/5: tenement stories: from immigrants to bohemians: film forum and the tenement museum present a festival of over 50 films from the silent era to the 21st century, spotlighting life in the tenement buildings and neighborhoods of nyc. selections include a tree grows in brooklyn, dead end, hester street, mean streets, once upon a time in america, take out, the kid, the landlord, the window, italianamerican, west side story, and many more. running thru 3/5, the festival also features guest introductions before select screenings, and live piano accompaniment during 14 silent films. bonus: ticket-buyers can get buy-one-get-one-free tickets to the tenement museum. film forum (south village), $17. >>

► thru 3/5: tokyo 199x: cure, tokyo fist, audition, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 3/8: the year begins in silence: solaris, mouchette, paris, texas, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 3/8: 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 3/12: doc fortnight 2026: the museum of modern art’s annual festival of international nonfiction film and media marks its 25th year with screenings of 33 new nonfiction films by both emerging and established directors. museum of modern art (midtown west), $14 general, $12 seniors, $10 students. >>

► thru 4/5: 2001: the year, not the movie: museum of the moving image celebrates the year 2001 with an anniversary series featuring 36 screenings, including films, a television series, and three episodes. the series kicks off with moulin rouge with ewan mcgregor in person, and also includes a spotlight on the third season of the sopranos with creator david chase and cast members steven van zandt, dominic chianese, edie falco, and annabella sciorra. museum of the moving image (astoria), $17.50-20 general, $12 seniors/students. >>

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. >>

sponsored: thru 3/1: not nobody at 59e59 theaters: twilight theatre co. presents not nobody, by brian dykstra. if you’re not guilty, what are you afraid of? mcalester daily is a professor of ethics who finds himself accidentally entangled with the police. after saving an officer’s life, mcalester is hailed as a hero—but as questions mount and his refusal to conform raises red flags, the system begins to see him as something else. in a society quick to judge and slow to understand, not nobody is an intriguing, funny and powerful portrait of one man trying to be heard on his own terms. use code ‘skint’ to snag $19 tickets (reg. $44!). >>

thru 3/1: seventh annual black women in comedy laff fest: founded by joanna m. briley in response to the lack of representation in major comedy festivals, this year’s black women in comedy laff fest returns during black history month with 27 shows over 5 days. various locations and prices (note: some events require a drink minimum). >>

thru 3/12: 2-for-1 off-broadway week tickets: two seats, one price. grab 2-for-1 tickets to 29 of off-broadway shows, including bigfoot: the musical, heathers: the musical, silver manhattan, what we did before our moth days, and more. >>

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 3/14: level up: a video game inspired group exhibition: pixelated nostalgia meets gallery walls at spoke art’s first-ever video game–themed group show. artists from around the country and beyond pay tribute to their favorite titles with paintings, sculptures, prints, and more, spanning every era from 8-bit classics to current hits. opening reception 2/21 6-8pm. spoke art (les), 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 3/28: claudia bitrán: titanic, a deep emotion: christin tierney gallery (tribeca) presents claudia bitrán’s recreation of james cameron’s titanic, created scene by scene over more than a decade using cardboard sets, painted backdrops, animation, performance, and a cast of more than 1,400 volunteers (bitrán plays both rose and cameron, while jack is portrayed by 40 different actors). the project is presented as a three-channel film installation, surrounded by props, paintings, and storyboards that reveal its construction. bitrán will be present at the opening reception 2/20. free admission. >>

thru 4/19: art x fashion: is fashion art? runway meets gallery wall at art x fashion, a new exhibition at the museum at fit (chelsea) exploring the ways that fashion has been a partner, not a follower, of fine art. more than 140 objects are featured, including garments, accessories, textiles, photographs, and original artworks drawn from mfit’s permanent collection. 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 5/23 (mon-sat 11am-6pm): ‘ruglife’: a traveling contemporary art exhibition reimagines the rug as a platform for social, political, and cultural commentary, using unconventional materials and techniques to tackle topics like environmentalism, identity, and conflict. curated by ginger gregg duggan and judith hoos fox (c2–curatorsquared), the show features work by 14 international artists, including ai weiwei, andrea zittel, nicholas galanin, and slavs + tatars. pratt manhattan gallery (chelsea), free admission. >>

thru 5/31: stories and set designs for the sopranos: drawing from creator david chase’s personal archive, museum of the moving image opens a new exhibition featuring scripts, notes, and research material from the sopranos that document story arcs and character trajectories as the show moved from a pilot into the first season. museum of the moving image (astoria), $20 general, $12 seniors/students, free thursdays 2-6pm. >>

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. >>

thru 7/11: mystery and wonder: a legacy of golden age magicians in new york city: step behind the curtain at the new york public library for the performing arts (uws) with an exhibition devoted to the city’s golden age of magic. drawing from rare archival materials, the show explores how turn-of-the-century magicians blurred the lines between spiritualism, vaudeville, circus, and theater, alongside emerging science and technology. photographs, posters, and artifacts trace the careers of legendary figures like harry houdini, harry kellar, alexander and adelaide herrmann, and others. the exhibition is accompanied by a series of free public programs, including magic performances, conversations, and film screenings. free admission. >>

thru 8/16: art of noise: a new exhibition at cooper hewitt celebrates the groundbreaking designs that have shaped how people experience music over the past century. organized by the san francisco museum of modern art and adapted to the history of the new york music scene for its east coast presentation, the exhibition features over 300 works from concert posters to record albums, phonographs to digital music players, handheld radios to sound systems, plus immersive audio installations by teenage engineering and devon turnbull. cooper hewitt (ues), $22 general, $16 seniors, $10 students, pay-what-you-wish 5-6pm daily. >>

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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