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Saturday Dec. 27, 2025

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

WA MNH Pottery (S)

5 – 7:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Met Scavenger Hunt

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

Watson Adventures

5 – 7:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Met Scavenger Hunt

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpstate NY

DoNYC – 4×5

5 – 11 pm

Bar Après Ski Holiday Pop-up

Olly Olly MarketChelsea

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5 – 6:15 pm

Merry Mayhem

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Comedy
Family

The New Victory TheaterMidtown

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6 – 9 pm

50 Years of PUNK at Ki Smith Gallery

Art
Free

Ki Smith GalleryLower East Side

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

The Centuries Trio

Art
Music

Steel Wig Music,NYC

7 – 8 pm

A Christmas Carol the Musical

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Family
Holiday

The Players TheatreNew York City

7 – 9 pm

‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance
Family

The Theater at MSGMidtown

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7:30 – 10 pm

The Glenn Crytzer Quartet at Festival Café (UES)

Upper East Side (UES)

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7:30 – 9 pm

Truman vs. Israel: Abzug and the Undressing of Truman

Theater

Theater at St. ClementsTheater District

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7:30 – 10 pm

Speakeasy, Die Softly: Immersive Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at Carmine’s

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City

8 – 11 pm

Christmas Night Opera Gala

Art
Holiday

Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman StageManhattan

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10 – 11:30 pm

CLASSY VIBES Stand Up Comedy in Astoria Queens w/ Late Night Happy Hour

Tootles & FrenchAstoria

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10 – 11 pm

Sandwich

Comedy

Union HallPark Slope

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