Noon – 6 pm The Calling: The Transformative Power of African American Doll and Puppet Making Ages: AllArt Family Free City LoreEast Village
Noon – 6 pm Winter Wanderland: Presented by theSkimm X Brookfield Place Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Brookfield PlaceTribeca
Noon – 2 pm Celebrate the Creative Spirit at Marble Church’s Artisans’ Boutique Community Free Marble Collegiate ChurchNoMad
Noon – 3 pm Chanukah Festival at Commonpoint Queens Central Queens Ages: AllFamily Festivals Free Commonpoint Queens Central QueensForest Hills
Noon – 5 pm 2023 BrickHouse Ceramics Holiday Market Art Christmas BrickHouse Ceramic Art CenterLong Island City
Noon – 6 pm Holiday Open Streets on Fifth Avenue Ages: AllAttractions Community Family Fifth Avenue, from 48th to 59th StreetManhattan
1 – 2 pm Hibernation Hike Ages: AllAnimals Family Free Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical GardenStaten Island
1 – 6 pm Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists Winter Salon at BWAC Art Free BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn
1 – 6 pm Red Hook Holiday Market Ages: AllArt Attractions Family BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn
1:30 – 3:30 pm B J C Hosts Community Chanukah Concert and Party Ages: AllCommunity Concert Family Bronx Jewish CenterBronx
3 – 5:30 pm La Biblioteca Pública De Queens Ofrece STACKS En Español Free Queens Public LibraryJamaica
3 – 5 pm Seaport Chanukah Menorah Lighting & Celebration Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday The Heineken Riverdeck at Pier 17Manhattan
3 – 3:45 pm 50th Annual Tuba Christmas at Rockefeller Center® Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Rockefeller CenterManhattan
3 – 5 pm Brooklyn Book Bodega @ Red Hook Art Project (Book Giveaway All Ages) Ages: AllBooks & Readings Family Free Red Hook Art ProjectBrooklyn
3:30 – 6:30 pm FREE Live Jazz Jam & Open Mic Books & Readings Food & Drink Sour Mouse NYCLower East Side
4 – 5:30 pm Chanukah Spectacular Ages: AllCommunity Family Free Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City
4 pm Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale Giant Menorah Lighting Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkBronx
5 – 7 pm 1st Night Chanukah Concert @ The Largest Menorah Ages: AllConcert Family Free Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn
5:30 – 7 pm Winter Celebration — Tree Lighting and Festive Fare Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Lower Brust ParkBronx
6:30 – 8:30 pm Listen to Carolers While Shopping the Neighborhood Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Bronx Little ItalyBronx
All day The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Bryant ParkNew York City
All day Shine Bright Only at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsManhattan
10 – 11 am Assistance for SNAP recipients seeking job Classes Community Cypress Hills ENY Community CenterBrooklyn
10 am – 5 pm PAINTED POP AT ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES PANEL DISCUSSION Art Free Acquavella GalleriesManhattan
10 am – 8 pm Winter Wanderland: Presented by theSkimm X Brookfield Place Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Brookfield PlaceTribeca
Dec. 17, noon Sing of the Season With Live Caroling on the Fifth Avenue Steps of Marble Church Marble Collegiate Church
Brooklyn Paper PHOTOS: Brooklynites celebrate first night of Hanukkah and ‘light over darkness’ by lighting boro’s largest menorah