with fewer events this week due to the thanksgiving holiday, the skint will be taking a few days off and returning next week. have a safe and happy holiday!
winter lights and pop-ups:
► thru 1/5/2025: john lovitch’s gingerbread lane village: the shops at columbus circle – 2nd floor. >>
► weds thru february 2025: moongarden light installation: fulton street + seaport square. >>
► thanksgiving weekend thru the season: dyker heights christmas lights >>
markets / pop-ups / shopping events (free admission, unless noted otherwise):
► fri: record store day: various participating locations. >>
► sat 12-5pm: metal merchants market: tv eye (ridgewood). >>
► sat 12-5pm (+ 12/14): queens craft brigade market: katch gastropub (astoria). >>
► sat thru 12/15 (weekends 11am-7pm):african restaurant week’s holiday pop-up market: bon bonbon (little haiti/east flatbush). >>
► sat thru 12/22 (weekends 11am-6pm): hester street fair holiday pop-up: essex market (les). >>
► sat thru 12/22 (weekends 11am-7pm): the holiday makers show at city point: city point’s 1st floor atrium (downtown brooklyn). >>
► sun 12-6pm:woodbine holiday market: two locations: woodbine and banatul folklore + soccer club (ridgewood). >>
► sun thru 12/22 (sundays 10am-5pm): grand holiday bazaar at grand bazaar nyc: indoors and outdoors at 100 w 77th st at columbus ave (uws). >>
► sun thru 12/29 (sundays 12-6pm): brooklyn holiday market pop-up: industry city (sunset park). >>
new skating rink openings:
► thru 3/1/2025: domino park’s waterfront ice rink (williamsburg): $16 for nyc residents, $22 otherwise, $12 skate rental (or byo). >>
► thru the season: the rooftop at pier 17 ice rink: $13-40. >>
our next event
The Fifth Annual Loving The Alien: A Bowie Tribute Dance Party
Calling all Heroes and Space Oddities!
It’s been eight years since David Bowie left us and returned to his home planet, and we’ve been feeling Under Pressure ever since.
On Friday, January 10, Let’s Dance through these Changes as DJ Steve Reynolds (Party Like It’s 1999) keeps the Stardust alive with a night of Bowie’s biggest hits and deep cuts from his 50-year career.
the skint presents:
The Fifth Annual Loving The Alien: A Bowie Tribute Dance Party
Friday, January 10 at 10:30pm
littlefield
635 Sackett Street, Brooklyn 11217
Tickets are $7 in advance*, $12 at the door.
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*plus Eventbrite fee
tuesday
thru 1/9: star light star bright: make a wish at downtown alliance’s new participatory art installation, ‘star light star bright.’ add your own hopes and dreams to the piece by tying a colorful ‘wish ribbon’ to one of 75,000 links attached to a brightly-lit, star-shaped structure at the plaza at 140 broadway. pre-printed wishes are available at local partners, while blank ones can be picked up at lunchtime events happening from 12-2pm on 12/4, 12/11, and 12/18. free. >>
thru 1/5/2025 (closed mondays, thanksgiving, christmas, and new year’s day): charles dickens’s a christmas carol at the morgan: through the holiday season, charles dickens’s original manuscript of a christmas carol will be on display at the morgan library + museum (murray hill). included with regular admission ($25 general, $17 seniors, $13 students, free admission fridays 5-8pm with rsvp). >>
thru 12/14: the book show at sva: school of visual arts’s annual book show exhibition features original graphic novels, children’s books, and more created by 20 mfa illustration as visual essay students. opening reception 12/3 6-8pm. sva gramercy gallery, free admission. >>
wednesday
weds 1-6pm: macy’s thanksgiving day parade balloon inflation: watch the macy’s thanksgiving day parade’s giant balloons, novelty balloons, and balloonicles take shape in preparation for tomorrow’s big day. expect crowds. enter at w 72nd st and columbus ave (uws). free admission. >>
weds 7:30pm: ambush comedy show: josh johnson, lucas connolly, and brittany cardwell’s ambush comedy show returns to ebbs brewing co (williamsburg) with stand-up sets by sureni weerasekera (netflix), gastor almonte (comedy central), steven rogers (colbert), sarah hennessey, and luis lopez. bonus: arrive early to be entered into a raffle for a free 6-pack. free admission. >>
weds 8pm: glamdammit 20th anniversary: the glamdammit party celebrates 20 years of fist-pumping rock n roll, punk anthems, and glittery glam rock with a night of live tributes to bowie, the clash, blondie, and t. rex, plus music spun by twig the wonderkid. bowery electric (east village). $15-20. >>
weds 8pm-2am: bratsgiving: party with your chosen fam at house of yes’s annual thanksgiving eve party. bring a non-perishable item in exchange for a half-priced cocktail (limit 1 per person). house of yes (bushwick), $15-20 admission. >>
thursday
thurs 8:30am-12pm: 98th annual macy’s thanksgiving day parade: the iconic nyc holiday tradition returns with 22 giant balloons, 34 floats, 11 marching bands, 11 performance groups, 28 performers, and more making the 2.5 mile journey from west 77th street + central park west to macy’s herald square. this year’s parade’s featured performers include cole escola, jennifer hudson, idina menzel, kylie minogue, t-pain, the temptations, and many others. can’t (don’t want to) make it? nbc and peacock will air it live. free admission. >>
thurs 10pm: planet yes: it’s giving! party: move from the table to the dancefloor at house of yes’s annual thanksgiving party. bring a non-perishable item in exchange for a half-priced cocktail (limit 1 per person). house of yes (bushwick), free before midnight with rsvp, $10+ otherwise. >>
friday
fri thru 12/15: 32nd annual african diaspora international film festival: this year’s celebration of african cinema and culture highlights 62 comedies, dramas, romances, and documentaries from 32 countries. cinema village, teachers college columbia university, and sympohony space. $13+. >>
fri (various times): post-thanksgiving day hikes and a walking tour: stroll off the stuffing while soaking in the sights at post-thanksgiving day hikes held in parks across the boroughs (free) and at historic <green-wood cemetery ($25).
fri 8pm: and every one a witch: stop by for a spell (and a song) at ‘and every one awitch,’ an evening of piano karaoke, open mic performances, and musical rituals hosted by good witch lauren maul at club cumming (east village). free admission (one drink min). >>
fri 8pm: annual hanksgiving: tip your hat and tap your toes at the owl music parlor’s annual hank williams tribute show. the owl music parlor (prosepct lefferts gardens). bonus: pumpkin pie after the show. $15 suggested donation. >>
fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: see what all the brew-ha-ha is about at this women-produced and-hosted comedy show, returning to the back room at halyards (gowanus) with stand-up by jamie shriner (the onion), seaton smith (seth meyers), jamie wolf, bria hiebert, and lisa curry. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>
saturday
sat 6pm: awkward family dinner presents: thanksgiving dinner: awkward family dinner, a monthly improv show at the peoples improv theater, performs a fully-improvised 45-minute play based on thanksgiving dinner. the peoples improv theater (chelsea), $9.99. >>
sat 7pm (monthly): live dubbed sitcoms: comedians improvise new dialogue and plotlines over muted episodes of classic tv sitcoms at the live dubbed sitcoms show. tonight edition: thanksgiving with golden girls and alf. caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘sitcom’ (reg. $22+). >>
sat 7:30pm: alison leiby and friends: comedian, writer, and producer alison leiby (the marvelous mrs. maisel, oh god, a show about abortion) hosts an evening of laughs with some help from comics dan perlman, kevin mccaffrey, anthony devito, julia shiplett, courtney maginnis, and casey james salengo at union hall (park slope). $12 adv, $15 day of. >>
sunday
sun thru 12/29 (sundays 10am-5pm): holiday nostalgia train rides: take a ride back in time! each sunday this month, vintage subway cars from the 1930s adorned with rattan seats, paddle ceiling fans, incandescent light bulbs, roll signs, and period advertisements will be making stops between 2nd avenue – houston street on the uptown f line and 96th street – 2nd avenue on the q line. free with a metrocard swipe or omny tap. >>
sun thru 12/22 (various saturdays + sundays): $5 holiday movies at regal: regal’s seasonal promotion returns with screenings of elf, a christmas story, the polar express, and national lampoon’s christmas vacation for just $5: various locations. >>
sun + mon: world aids day at new york city aids memorial: the new york city aids memorial hosts two days of free and public events commemorating world aids day. this year’s observance begins with the 33rd annual out of the darkness candlelight vigil and gathering (sun 6pm) and continues with a reading of names of new yorkers lost to aids (mon 10am-6pm) and a queer soup night fundraiser (mon 11am-1pm). >>
sun 5pm: some fun lines: johnathan appel (john oliver), chandler dean (mcsweeneys), and maeve dunigan (the new yorker) fill your sunday with satire and humor readings with some help from guests talib babb (the new yorker), lana schwartz (the new yorker), henry block (the onion), ginny hogan (comedy central), amanda lehr (mcsweeney’s), and moss perricone (snl). $13.61 with promo code ‘somefunskint’ (reg. $18 adv, $23 door). >>
sun 5pm: mess with marie faustin and sydnee washington: podcast hosts marie faustin and sydnee washington invite guests to unpack some of their personal mess, large or small, and decide if the situation presented qualifies as ‘mess’ or just ‘living’. union hall (park slope), $15. >>
sun 7pm: movie surfers presents: our little secret: watch along and play trivia and drinking games with a trio of comedians as they dive into a screening of our little secret (2024), starring lindsay lohan, ian harding, and kristin chenoweth, at crystal lake brooklyn (williamsburg). $5 admission. >>
sun 7pm doors: film for good: carol with fish hunt: film for good, a film club dedicated to fundraising for important causes, brings folks together for a movie night and a stripped down musical performance at purgatory (bushwick). tonight: carol (2015) and fish hunt, plus a holiday card making session with citymeals. $17 admission benefits women in need new york, an organization that provides safe housing and critical services to help homeless women and their children rebuild their lives. >>
monday
mon thru 12/28 (11am-8pm): times square new year’s eve wishing wall: share your new year’s wish with the world at times square’s wishing wall! write your dream on a piece of confetti that will float down onto the midnight revelers during the annual nye celebration. submit in-person at times square plaza (broadway bet. 45th + 46th sts) or online. free. >>
mon 7pm (monthly): biology on tap: bio and beer blend at the biology on tap speaker series, featuring talks, trivia, and prizes for participants. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission ($5 suggested donation). >>
mon 7pm (monthly): the iron mule short comedy film festival: join hosts jay stern and victor varnado for a collection of short comedy films about a magic boy who loses his powers, senior citizen dating, victorian ladies, and more, including the annual seasonal favorite white blood cell saves christmas. the slipper room (les), $20. >>
mon 7:30pm (monthly): miss manhattan non-fiction reading series x black lipstick magazine: elyssa goodman and r.c. gstaad iii’s monthly showcase for nonfiction writers returns with an evening of readings by black lipstick founder and editor mila jaroniec along with sophia june (the new york times), rachel gilman (bullshit lit), joseph lezza (i’m never fine), and elizabeth burch-hudson (forever mag). niagara bar (east village), free admission. >>
mon 8:30pm (monthly): no monopoly allowed game night: an eviction-free board game night with one rule- no monopoly. bring pals, make pals. bring games, or use theirs. bonus: free drink giveaways for those who renounce monopoly paraphernalia. hosted by darby and micah. pinebox rockshop (bushwick), free admission. >>
ongoing
our roundup of 40+ ongoing events and attractions: ice skating, holiday markets, art exhibits, and more. >>
stay safe and healthy
– the skint
