Noon – 6 pm Meet Santa and Other Beloved Holiday Characters at PaleyLand Ages: AllAttractions Christmas Family The Paley Museum
12:30 – 1:30 pm In Motion Workshops: For children ages 8-12 Ages: 9 – 12Dance Family New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios Samuel B. & David Rose BuildingUpper West Side
2 – 4:30 pm The Murder at the Museum of Natural History Scavenger Hunt American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NY
4 – 5 pm HOW TO DRAW EVERYTHING: UNICORNS, ANIMALS, SUPERHEROES, FAIRIES AND MORE Ages: AllArt Family Free The Art Studio NY
4:45 – 9:15 pm ES DEVLIN: CONGREGATION AT PAC NYC Art History & Culture Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC)FiDi
5 – 8 pm Here Comes Santa Claus Ages: AllFamily Free The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City
6 – 8 pm MAD Talk – On the Couch with Jonathan Adler and Rachel Federman Art Talks Museum of Arts and Design
6 – 7 pm 2025 Washington Square Tree Lighting Ceremony Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Washington Square Park Arch
6 – 9 pm Screening of new film ‘Don Q’ and a talk by its lead actor Armand Assante Film History & Culture Italian American MuseumLittle Italy
6 – 9 pm Late Night Holiday Shopping Event on the Lower East Side Ages: AllCommunity Family Holiday Small Businesses along Orchard Street
6 – 8 pm Book Signing: ‘Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850s –1950s’ Books & Readings Free Rizzoli BookstoreNomad
7 – 8 pm Craig Harris & the Harlem Nightsongs Big Band Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian ChurchHarlem
7 – 8 pm A Christmas Carol the Musical Ages: 5 and upChristmas Family Holiday The Players TheatreNew York City
7 – 9:30 pm Dances Patrelle Presents Francis Patrelle’s The Yorkville Nutcracker Ages: AllChristmas Dance Family The Kaye PlayhouseUpper East Side
7 – 9:30 pm OUT/PLAY presents “Uncommon Women and Others” by Wendy Wasserstein LGBTQ+ Theater Matthew Corozine Acting Studio & Theatre (MCS)
7 – 9 pm JAPAN SOCIETY & THE TOWN HALL PRESENT MURAKAMI MIXTAPE Books & Readings Music The Town HallMidtown
7 – 8:30 pm TRADING SPACES’ Paige Davis to star in The Randy Andys Holiday Spectacular 2025 Christmas Holiday The Green Room 42Hell’s Kitchen
7 – 9 pm ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil Ages: AllChristmas Dance Family The Theater at MSGMidtown
Dec. 20, 7 pm A Box of Chocolates presents “Holiday Concert and Singalong” Dec 20th @7pm Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Bay Shore
Feb. 22, 2026, 2 pm The True Story of the Culper Spy Ring Village of Babylon Historical & Preservation Society
Gay City News Lola Flash’s ‘Believable’ inaugurates a new art collaboration and sees a New York future