winter lights and pop-ups:

► thru february: moongarden light installation: fulton street + seaport square. >>

► thru 3/23 (weds-sun 5-10pm): lektrik: a festival of lights at queens botanical garden: walk through a trail illuminated by over 100 large-scale light sculptures at queens botanical garden (flushing). $30.51+ general, $26.01 seniors/students. >>

ice skating:

► thru the season: 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. >>

► thru the season (early 2025): 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 the season: the rooftop at pier 17 ice rink: $13-40. >>

► thru 3/1: domino park’s waterfront ice rink (williamsburg): $16 for nyc residents, $22 otherwise, $12 skate rental (or byo). >>

► thru 3/2: the rink at brookfield place: $15-20 admission, $5-7 skate rental (or byo). >>

► thru march: wollman rink: act out serendipity scenes at central park’s iconic ice skating rink, now open for the season. $15-38 admission, $12 skate rental (or byo), $8 locker rental. >>

film fests / series (various prices):

► thru 1/23: ai from metropolis to ex machina… or how the movies have been warning us for nearly 100 years: film forum (south village) presents a three-week festival of 30+ movies that helped introduce the world to the concept of ‘artificial intelligence,’ most of which offer a dystopian view: 2001: a space odyssey, alien, alphaville, blade runner, dr. strangelove, forbidden planet, ghost in the shell, robocop, the matrix, the stepford wives, the terminator, wargames, and many more. $17. >>

► thru 1/24: see it big: let it snow edition: supersize your moviegoing experience at museum of the moving image’s 14-film series celebrating winter in cinema: doctor zhivago, little women, mccabe + mrs. miller, the empire strikes back, the gold rush, the shining, the thing, and more. museum of the moving image (astoria), $17.50 general, $12 seniors/students. >>

► thru 1/26: skipped a beat: emilia pérez and musicals on the edge at the paris theater (midtown): hedwig and the angry inch, moulin rouge!, la la land, dancer in the dark, and more. >>

thru 1/12 (tues-sun 11am-7pm): starscape: step into an immersive light installation celebrating korean winter solstice at genesis house (meatpacking district). created by ethan tobman, creative director of taylor swift’s eras tour, the installation recreates the constellations found throughout the skies of new york and seoul during the longest night of the year. free admission. >>

thru 1/12: 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 create gingerbread displays on the theme of ‘iconic new york’—creating distinctive buildings, places, or things that represent their neighborhood, community, or borough. see the sugary results on display, and vote for your favorite. included with museum admission ($23 general, $18 seniors, $14 students, free wednesdays). >>

thru 1/13: new exhibitions at salmagundi: the salmagundi club opens three new exhibitions and sales at its historic greenwich village townhouse: ‘the 116th thumb box small works,’ the illustrators,’ and ‘unique impressions.’ reception 12/19 6-8pm. free admission. >>

thru 1/19: janartsnyc: discover new works in theater, dance, opera, music, and performance during janartsnyc, an annual series of festivals scheduled around the association of performing arts presenters (apap) conference: under the radar festival (1/4-19), out-front! festival (1/7-13), jazz at lincoln center’s jazz congress + unity festival (1/8-11), new york live arts | live artery (1/8-8), nyc winter jazzfest (1/9-15), physfestnyc (1/9-19), prototype festival (1/9-19), and works + process underground uptown dance festival (1/9-13). various locations and prices. >>

thru 1/19: the way i see it: selections from the kaws collection: the drawing center (soho) presents an exhibition featuring more than 350 works on paper from artist kaws’s personal collection, including pieces by willem de kooning, henry darger, r. crumb, susan te kahurangi king, futura 2000, and many others. opening reception 10/9 6-8pm. >>

thru 1/19: acky bright: studio infinity: conceived as acky bright’s design studio, a new exhibition at japan society (midtown east) showcases the japanese artist’s kawakakkoii (cute and cool) style of illustration and product design, with opportunities to meet the artist, watch freestyle live drawing sessions, and participate in making a series of manga-style murals. $12 general, $10 seniors/students, free first fridays 7-9pm >>

thru 1/19: elizabeth catlett: a black revolutionary artist and all that it implies: the brooklyn museum, in partnership with the national gallery of art, presents an exhibition of over 200 works by black sculptor, printmaker, feminist, and social justice advocate elizabeth catlett (1915–2012). brooklyn museum (prospect heights), free with museum admission ($14-20 suggested). >>

thru 1/20: 11th annual grand street restaurant week: for two weeks, 11 east williamsburg restaurants located along grand street are offering prix fixe dinner meunus for $21 to $35 (tax and tip not included). >>

thru 1/26: the brooklyn artists exhibition: as part of brooklyn museum’s 200th anniversary celebration, a new major group show highlights local talent by bringing together works by more than 200 artists who’ve lived or maintained a studio in brooklyn during the last five years. participants represent a full range of disciplines, from drawing and painting to sculpture, video, installation, and beyond. free with regular admission (suggested: $20 general, $14 seniors/students; free first saturdays 5-11pm). >>

thru 1/26: recording the ride: the rise of street-style skate videos: museum of the moving image (astoria) pays tribute to the late 1980s and ’90s-era of diy filmmaking and skater culture with a new exhibition featuring videos and artifacts, with a focus on releases by h-street, plan b, world industries, girl, zoo york, 411, birdhouse, and others. $20 general, $12 seniors/students, free thursdays 2-6pm. >>

thru 1/28 (tuesdays at 7pm): union pool: free tuesdays: williamsburg’s union pool presents its third annual free tuesdays winter concert series, kicking off with marlon dubois, f.g.s., and patch. >>

thru 1/30: to save and project: the museum of modern art’s 21st international festival of film preservation celebrates more than 25 newly preserved or restored features and shorts from around the world. with selections dating from 1912 to 1988, this year’s festival will open with frank borzage’s 7th heaven (1927) and close with charles chaplin’s shoulder arms (1918). museum of modern art (midtown west), $14 general, $12 seniors, $10 students. >>

thru 2/9: flow states – la trienal 2024: el museo del barrio’s second large-scale survey of latinx contemporary art showcases work by 33 artists from the us, puerto rico, the americas, the caribbean, europe, and asia. el museo del barrio (east harlem), pay-what-you-wish (suggested: $9 general, $5 seniors/students). >>

thru 2/27: third annual books that changed my life festival: the marlene meyerson jcc manhattan’s books that changed my life festival returns for a two-month celebration of books that have left an indelible mark on their readers. with conversations, performances, family events, and more, this year’s festival features author-in-residence maya arad and writers gregg hurwitz, chloe sorvino, yael van der wouden, ann napolitano, and others. opening party 1/9 at 5pm. various prices. >>

thru 2/28: kenny scharf exhibition: the brant foundation presents a major survey of artist kenny scharf, bringing together over 70 paintings, sculptures, and objects created from the late 1970s to the present. the brant foundation (east village), $20 general, $18 seniors, $15 students, $10 wednesdays 2-6pm. >>

thru 3/2: bryant park’s winter village: 170 holiday shops curated by urbanspace markets, food and drinks at the lodge bar + food hall and curling café + bar, and a 17,000 square foot ice skating rink (free admission. skate rental starts at $20.32, bag-check rates are tba). >>

thru 3/12: drawn from the new yorker: a centennial celebration: society of illustrators presents an exhibit showcasing over 100 cartoons from the pages of the new yorker created by artists like roz chast, charles addams, barbara shermund, and others. free opening reception 1/16 5-9pm. society of illustrators (ues), $15 general, $10 seniors/students. >>

thru 3/16: barbie: a cultural icon exhibition: think pink! museum of arts and design hosts barbie: a cultural icon, a traveling exhibition that charts the 65-year history of barbie and the doll’s impact on fashion and popular culture through a display of more than 250 vintage dolls, life-size fashion designs, advertisements and other ephemera, video interviews with the doll’s designers, and more. museum of arts and design (midtown west). $20 general, $16 seniors, $14 students. >>

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 4/10 (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 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 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 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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