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 >>

holiday markets:

► thru 12/31 (closed christmas day): columbus circle holiday market: southwest corner of central park. >>

► thru 1/3: macy’s holiday square outdoor market: herald square and greeley square >>

film fests / series:

► thru 12/31: $5 holiday movies at regal: score $5 movie tickets (plus fees) to see gremlins, elf, the polar express, the holiday, national lampoon’s christmas vacation, and more during regal’s seasonal promotion. various locations. >>

► thru 1/1: screen deco: commemorating the 100th anniversary of the art deco movement, film forum presents over 25 films from the 1920s and 1930s, including grand hotel, our dancing daughters, the black cat, girls about town, metropolis, pandora’s box, and more. film forum (south village), $17. >>

► thru 1/5: american woman: reframing ’70s cinema: a woman under the influence, claudine, diary of a mad housewife, harlan county u.s.a., klute, paper moon, the way we were, 3 women, and more. museum of the moving image (astoria). >>

► thru 1/6: whoa! keanu reeves before the matrix: bram stoker’s dracula, bill + ted’s excellent adventure, my own private idaho, speed, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 1/7: the contenders 2025: 20+ films from the past year that are predicted to stand the test of time. museum of modern art (midtown), $14 general, $12 seniors, $10 students. >>

► thru 1/8: wonderful and strange: the complete twin peaks: spend the holiday season in a town where a yellow light still means slow down’ as ifc center (greenwich village) screens the original 30-episode, two-season run of twin peaks, 2017’s twin peaks: the return, and 1992’s twin peaks: fire walk with me. $18 general, $15 seniors. >>

► thru 1/8: the holidays at metrograph: settle in with holiday classics, festive chestnuts, and wintry tales at metrograph (les): 2046, a muppet christmas carol, an affair to remember, blast of silence, carol, eyes wide shut, fantastic mr. fox, gremlins, the shop around the corner, ikiru, tokyo godfathers, and more. $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 1/3 (weds thru sat): something else entirely: the illustration art of edward gorey: society of illustrators presents the first exhibition devoted exclusively to edward gorey’s art for publications outside his own written body of work, featuring many pieces that have never been publicly exhibited before. society of illustrators (ues), $18 general, $12 seniors/students. >>

thru 1/4: the annual lightscape at brooklyn botanic garden: go on a nighttime stroll through brooklyn botanic garden’s landscape, encountering lighted sculptures, colorful effects on trees, architecture, and water features along the way. holiday-inspired food and drink will be available for purchase. $29-44 adults, $15-28 kids. >>

thru 1/4: holiday under the stars @ the shops at columbus circle: the shops at columbus circle’s holiday installation returns, featuring 300,000 twinkling lights and illuminated, color-changing stars with a light show every 30 minutes from 5pm to midnight. free admission. >>

thru 1/6 (10am-10pm): double-decker christmas carousel: take in 360-degree views as you spin ’round on an outdoor double-decker carousel, located across from macy’s holiday square outdoor market. 33rd st + broadway in greeley square park (midtown). $7. >>

thru 1/7: the annual shine bright and vessel lighting ceremony at hudson yards: the holiday season arrives at hudson yards with the sixth annual ‘shine bright,’ a neighborhood display of more than 2 million lights, 725 evergreen trees, and a 32-foot hot air balloon suspended in the shops. >>

thru 1/11 (closed mondays, thanksgiving, christmas, and new year’s day): charles dickens’s a christmas carol at the morgan: the ghosts of christmas return to the morgan library + museum (murray hill), where charles dickens’s original 1843 manuscript of a christmas carol will be on display thru the holiday season. included with regular admission ($25 general, $17 seniors, $13 students, free admission fridays 5-8pm with rsvp). >>

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. >>

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. >>

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 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. >>

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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