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Tuesday Dec. 9, 2025

4 – 7 pm

Pet photos with Santa at Staten Island Mall

Staten Island MallStaten Island

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5 – 8 pm

Here Comes Santa Claus

Ages: All
Family
Free

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

25 Days Santa Sighting

5 – 8 pm

Santa Claus at the New York Marriott Marquis

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

New York Marriott MarquisManhattan

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5 – 8 pm

Here Comes Santa

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Hudson YardsHudson Yards

5:30 pm

My First Nutcracker

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Theatre RowNew York City

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5:30 – 7:30 pm

Juggling Classes

Ages: All
Classes
Family
Free

Bryant ParkMidtown Manhattan

2024 Nordstrom NYC Holiday

6 pm

Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Nordstrom NYC FlagshipManhattan

Wreath-making workshop

6 – 7 pm

Holiday Wreath-Making Workshops

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Shops at Columbus CircleUpper West Side

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6 – 9 pm

50 Years of PUNK at Ki Smith Gallery

Art
Free

Ki Smith GalleryLower East Side

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6:30 – 9 pm

Bowling league – Tuesday nights

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

Domestic Newborn Adoption Free Information Session

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Virtual via ZoomVirtual

6:30 pm

Borough Hall Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free

Staten Island Borough HallStaten Island

6:30 – 8 pm

Bum Bum or, This Farce has Autism

Art

Nahre Sol Israel

7 – 9 pm

Genre-Defying Artist Nahre Sol To Perform Live at Marble Collegiate Church

Music

Marble Collegiate ChurchNoMad

Manhattan Holiday Harbor Lights

7 pm

Holiday Harbor Lights

Pier 83Manhattan

Brooklyn Dyker Heights Walking Christmas Lights Tour

7 pm

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking TourBrooklyn

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7 – 9 pm

“Boy’s Night” Gay Speed Dating for Gay Men 25 & Over

LGBTQ+

Olly Olly MarketChelsea

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7 – 10 pm

7th Annual International Human Rights Art Festival

The Tank NYCManhattan

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7 pm

Circus Vazquez

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Citi FieldQueens

7 – 8:30 pm

Sketches from the Edge of Flamenco

Dance
Film

Rodney’s Comedy ClubEastside

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7:30 – 9 pm

Truman vs. Israel: Abzug and the Undressing of Truman

Theater

Theater at St. ClementsTheater District

Adam Gabel at WSCC 2

8 – 9:30 pm

Not Ripe Bananas

Comedy
Free

West Side Comedy ClubUpper West Side

8 – 10 pm

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy

Free
LGBTQ+

good judyBrooklyn

Wednesday Dec. 10

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All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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Various

Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterUpper West Side

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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Various

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

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Various

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Holiday Show

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Holiday
Theater

Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side

Various

Santa Photos at The Mall at Bay Plaza

The Mall at Bay PlazaBronx

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All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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