NYC Things to do in November in All 5 Boros of NYC
November Events in NYC by Week
Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
NYC Marathon & Daylight Savings Time Sunday, Dia de los Muertos in Times Square Thurs Nite, Comedy Festival, Park Avenue Art Show, Washington Heights Jazz Fest, NY Comedy Fest & Bryant Park Winter Village Shops & Baltic Film Fest [Nxt Wk] in Manhattan; Diwali Festival in Jackson Heights, Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair and International Food Expo Next Week in Queens; Brooklyn Folk Music Festival and FAD Holiday Market in Brooklyn; Veterans Memoral Event in Van Cortlant Park & Universoul Circus at Orchard Beach in the Bronx; Holiday Market, Cranberry Festival & Fall Retreat on Staten Island
November 3, 2023 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather. The temperature highs will be in the low 50's on Thursday, rising to the low 60's for the rest of the weekend. The temperature lows will be in the low 40's on Thursday, rising to the high 40's for the rest of the weekend. The winds will be about 4 - 6 mph all weekend. The humidity will be 40% - 60% on Thursday, rising to 50% - 60% on Friday and Saturday, and rising again to 60% - 70% on Sunday. No rain is in the forecast this weekend ... finally.
Sunrise / Sunset Times. On Thursday 11/2/23 the sun rose at 7.27 am & the sun set at 5.51 pm. But note that because of Daylight Savings Time, this Sunday, 10/5/23 the sun will rise at 6.31 am and the sun will set at 4.48 pm.
The photo at right was taken at the 2011 NYC Marathon as the marathoners were coming across the Pulaski Bridge which connects Greenpoint in Brooklyn to Long Island City in Queens.
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Things To Do This Weekend in NYC
- Central Park _ Friday, November 3, 2023 from 5.30 - 9 pm - The Parade of Nations in Central Park will be followed by fireworks tonight as part of the NYC Marathon Festivities. This will be free and viewable from the finish line in Central Park which is located in the southwest corner of the park. For details see - https://www.nyrr.org/tcsnycmarathon/raceweek/opening-ceremony
- Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 2 am - Daylight Savings Time. This is where we will 'fall back' by moving our clocks back one hour starting at 2 am Sunday, or before going to bed Saturday night.
- Sunday, November 5, 2023 from 8 am - 5 pm - The NYC Marathon runners begin congregating at Fort Wadsworth at the foot of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge on Staten Island beginning at 7 am. The Professional Wheelchairs take off at 8 am, the Handcyclists at 8.22 am, the Professional Women at 8.40 am, and the Professional Men at 9.05 am, with the last wave at 11.40 am. Staten Island is the starting poinit, while Brooklyn is the first leg, the Queens segment of the course is around the midpoint before heading into Manhattan, then north to the Bronx over the Willis Avenue Bridge, where they do a U turn by heading west over the Madison Avenue Bridge before turning south into Manhattan and Central Park. Use the link to the front page below to view a map of the Marathon course for 2022.
- So you can do some math to figure out when to greet them in your borough. The fastest men complete the race in a bit more than two hours, while the average is 4 hours and 40 minutes. The midpoint is in Queens. The biggest wave of runners travel through Queens around 11 am, so you can figure out the rest. The weather is expected to be pleasant. Enjoy.
- Tuesday, November 7, 2023 from 6 am to 9 pm - Midterm Election Voting. For details see - https://www.nycvotes.org
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
Washington Heights _ Thursday - Sunday, November 2 - 5, 2023 - Washington Heights Jazz Festival. Four days of live jazz by 65 musicians from the neighborhood. At various locations, but the primary one appears to be Le Cheile at 839 West 181st Street in Washington Heights.Tickets are $20 / $15. For details see https://jazzwahi.com
November 2, 2023 from 4 to 10 pm, Dia de los Muertos in Times Square. A series of performances in Times Square organized by the Department of Transportation and Mecenas. Mecenas is a Mexican cultural organiztion. For details see - https://www.mecenasusa.org/
Friday, October 27, 2023 thru Tuesday, January 2, 2024 daily from 11 am to 8 pm, except Saturday & Sunday when they open at 10 am - Bryant Park Winter Village. Approximately 180 mostly local vendors of unique arts and crafts. For details see - https://bryantpark.org
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Thursday - Sunday, November 2 - 5, 2023 from 12 noon to 7 pm, except Sunday when it ends at 5 pm - Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory. Works by top galleries are on exhibit and for sale. Proceeds go to the Henry Street Settlement. For details and $30 tickets see - https://theartshow.org/
Friday, November 3, 2023 thru Sunday, November 12, 2023 at various times and at various locations - New York Comedy Festival. This happens at locations around Manhattan including Madison Square Garden, the Beacon Theatre and Gotham Comedy - among others. For details and tickets [prices vary by show] see - https://nycomedyfestival.com/
Midtown _ Wednesday thru Sunday, November 8 - 12, 2023 at various times - The Baltic Film Festival. At Scandinavia House at 58 Park Avenue in Midtown just south of Grand Central Station. Tickets are $60 for a five movie pass or $125 to see all films. For details see - https://www.scandinaviahouse.org
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 12 noon to 2.30 pm - Diwali Celebration in the Auditorium at IS 230 at 73-10 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights. Free, but rsvp recommended at - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-celebration-tickets-714865220117. The event is organized in tandem with the NYC Comptroller.
Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 6 to 9 pm - Opening Reception for Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair. Over 100 local Long Island City Artists [aka LICA] feature their works for sale at Culture Lab LIC at 5-25 46th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. The fair continues thru December 17th.
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 from 6 to 9 pm, the International Food Expo will be held at the NY Hall of Science at 47-01 11th Street in Corona [in FMC Park]. Proceeds benefit the Queens Together Food Pantry. For details and $100 tickets see - https://expo.queenstogether.org
COMING SOON. Sunday, November 19, 2023 beginning at 12 noon - Diwali Celebration at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing. Folk dance and musical performances, as well as exhibits of Indian clothing, decoration and food. For details and $10 - $22 tickets see - https://www.flushingtownhall.org.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
Saturday & Sunday, November 4 & 5, 2023 from 11 am to 6 pm - FAD Holiday Market at Empire Stores at 55 Water Street in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn.
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November 10 - 12, 2023 at various times - Brooklyn Folk Festival at St. Anns & the Holy Trinity Church at 157 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. For details and $35 / $17 [kids] tickets see - https://www.brooklynfolkfest.com/ or https://www.jalopytheatre.org
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The photo at right shows marathoners in 2019 passing the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Fulton Street near Flatbush Avenue in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
- October 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 & 31 and November 2, 3, 4, 5, 2023 - weekdays at 7 pm, Saturday at 11.30 am, 3.30 pm and 7.30 pm, Sunday at 11 am, 2.30 pm & 6.30 pm - Universoul Circus. At Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx. For details and $23 opening weekend or $37 tickets [family rates available] see - https://www.universoulcircus.com/. First Weekend they were opened as follows: Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 12 to 15, 2023 from 1 to 6 pm Thurs, from 11 am to 8 pm Fri, 9 am to 8.30 pm Sat, and 9 am to 7.30 pm Sunday.
- Van Cortlandt Park _ Sunday, November 5, 2023 from 12 noon - 1 pm - Veterans Day Memorial Event. A procession and flag raising ceremony with remarks. Color guard units from SUNY Maritime College will participate. Organized by the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and Community Board 8 in collaboration with the NYC Parks Department. It's to be held in Memorial Grove which is just north of the southwest corner of the park. For details see - https://vancortlandt.org
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MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. 11/14/23 Human Rights Talk at the Bronx House. See the Bronx Member Events Calendar for free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. The new member sign up function is currently broken. We're working to fix it.
Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 10 am to 4 pm - St John's Holiday Fair at St. John's Episcopal Church at 1333 Bay Street on Staten Island. Vendors, crafts, raffles and likely food and beverages. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/stjohnssiny/ or https://www.stjohnssi.org/
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 8 am to 3 pm - Cranberry Festival. At Bethel United Methodist Church at 7033 Amboy Road in the Tottenville neighborhood of Staten Island. Breakfast begins at 8 am, lunch is served at 12.30 pm, there's a flea market in between and a bake sale in the afternoon. For details see - https://www.bethelumcsi.com/cranberry-festival.html
Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 9 am to 5 pm - Fall Retreat at Jacques Marchais Tibetan Museum at 338 Lighthouse Avenue in the Lighthouse Hill neighborhood of Staten Island. They describe it as a journey to self - healing. For details and $155 tickets see - https://www.tibetanmuseum.org/
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Have a Happy Marathon weekend.
Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Veterans Day Parades & Commemorations, Comedy Festival, Baltic Film Fest & Bryant Park Winter Village Shops in Manhattan; Vets Parade & Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair in Queens; Folk Music Festival in Brooklyn; Vets Parade on City Island in the Bronx; Vet Commemoration, Holiday Markets & Events begin on Staten Island ... more coming later today
November 10, 2023 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather. The temperature highs will be in the low 50's on Friday and Saturday, descending to the high 40's on Sunday. The temperature lows will be in the low 40's on Friday, dropping into the mid 30's on Saturday and Sunday. The humidity will fall from 50% - 70% on Friday to 50% - 60% on Saturday and Sunday. The winds will range from 3 - 9 mph all weekend. No rain is expected after 9 am Friday. Sunrise is at 6.37 am and Sunset is at 4.47 pm.
We're still working on adding holiday markets and things to do this weekened [and future weekends] which will be added to the pages for which the links are provided below for each borough.
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
- Flatiron District / Midtown _ Saturday, November 11, 2023 from 9.30 am - 12.30 pm [NOTE the earlier time this year 2023] - The Veterans' Day Parade & ceremonies commence prior to the parade, ending with a wreath laying at the Eternal Light Monument in Madison Square Park at 5th Avenue at 24th Street. Then the parade steps off at 9.30 am marching up 5th Avenue to 47th Street, ending about 12.30 pm. Midtown Manhattan parades & street fairs Manhattan NYC.
- South Street Seaport _ Saturday, November 11, 2023 from 12 noon to 4 pm - Taste of the Seaport - At Piers 16 & 17 at 89 South Street along the East River at the South Street Seaport. Entertainment, kids activities and about 40 food & beverage purveyors with proceeds going to "seaport public schools" which in the past they had specified as PS 343 Peck Slip School & PS 397 Spruce Street School - but it wasn't specified this year. For details and $10 tickets for a student taste / $55 for six tastes at https://www.tasteoftheseaport.org/.
- Friday, November 3, 2023 thru Sunday, November 12, 2023 at various times and at various locations - New York Comedy Festival. This happens at locations around Manhattan including Madison Square Garden, the Beacon Theatre and Gotham Comedy - among others. For details and tickets [prices vary by show] see - https://nycomedyfestival.com/
- Midtown _ Wednesday thru Sunday, November 8 - 12, 2023 at various times - The Baltic Film Festival. At Scandinavia House at 58 Park Avenue in Midtown just south of Grand Central Station. Tickets are $60 for a five movie pass or $125 to see all films. For details see - https://www.scandinaviahouse.org
- Friday, October 27, 2023 thru Tuesday, January 2, 2024 daily from 11 am to 8 pm, except Saturday & Sunday when they open at 10 am - Bryant Park Winter Village. Approximately 180 mostly local vendors of unique arts and crafts. For details see - https://bryantpark.org
- There are also two more holiday markets in Manhattan this weekend only - Grace Church in the West Village and Renegade Craft Fair in Chelsea. CLICK this link to view this and other current & upcoming Manhattan holiday markets & shops MHTN NYC. WORK IN PROGRESS.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
- Sunday, November 12, 2023 from 12 noon - 3 pm - There's a Veterans' Day Parade beginning at 80th and marching down Metropolitan Avenue to Christ the King Church at 69th Street in Middle Village, where there will be a commemorative ceremony ending at 3 pm.
- From Saturday, November 4 - December 17, 2023 - Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair. Over 100 local Long Island City Artists [aka LICA] feature their works for sale at Culture Lab LIC at 5-25 46th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens.
NEXT WEEK
- Saturday, November 18, 2023 beginning at 7 pm - Queens World Film Festival Listening Tour. Described as follows, " ... The Listening Tour is a program of Queens World Film Festival that brings small groups together to video tape their thoughts on Hope and Resilience. The program launched in September 2021 and has produced 46 segments featuring school children, the kitchen staff of local diners, artists, teachers, community organizers, 8th grade environmental activists and many other of our Queens neighbors. Join us as we share segments featuring community members from Rockaway to Flushing...". At the Local 1302 44th Avenue in Long Island City. Free w/ popcorn and chocolate while supplies last. To rsvp [required for admittance] see - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1e534qAdZojy7dzMiSFlpO77AardRWiZdydbbI7cImUBXtQ/viewform.
- Sunday, November 19, 2023 beginning at 12 noon - Diwali Celebration at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing. Folk dance and musical performances, as well as exhibits of Indian clothing, decoration and food. For details and $10 - $22 tickets see - https://www.flushingtownhall.org.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
November 10 - 12, 2023 at various times - Brooklyn Folk Festival at St. Anns & the Holy Trinity Church at 157 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. For details and $35 / $17 [kids] tickets see - https://www.brooklynfolkfest.com/ or https://www.jalopytheatre.org
The Brooklyn Veterans Day Parade was held in Crown Heights on October 28th.
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
- Sunday, November 12, 2023 beginning at 12 noon there's a Veterans Day Parade that steps off from East Tremont and Lafayette Avenues, marching to Veterans Memorial Park in Throggs Neck. Veterans Day parades in the Bronx NYC.
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MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. 11/14/23 Human Rights Talk at the Bronx House and November 19 Turkey Giveaway while supplies last. See the Bronx Member Events Calendar for free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. The new member sign up function is currently broken. We're working to fix it.
Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
- Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 11 am, Veterans will gather at Ocean Breeze Cemetery to pay honor to those who served our nation in the military services. Speeches, taps and a rifle volley are part of the program. Last year the group then proceeded over to Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, which is the only African American cemetery in NYC, to pay their respects to a member who is buried there.
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Have a nice weekend.
Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Irish Arts Gala, Anime NYC at Javits, Holiday Markets begin in NYC at Grand Central, Union Square & Bryant Park, Metrograph Film on LES, Concert at Park Ave Armory & Art Exhibits & Pasteles Contest at El Barrio in Manhattan; New Play at LPAC, Modern Dance in LIC, Diwali in Flushing, Queens World Film Fest Screening in Astoria / LIC, Thalia Spanish Theatre Xmas in Colombia and Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair in Queens; Taste of Mijagi Japan in Sunset Park, Climate in Crisis Exhibit ending at the Brooklyn Museum and Waiting for Godot Performances in Brooklyn; Ancestral Foods / Family Feast at Bronx Art Space and BlaKtinX performances at BAAD in the Bronx; WestFest 16 Folk Festival, Rogers & Hammerstein's A Grand Night of Singing at Wagner College on Staten Island, and more ... Next Week Thanksgiving & the Macy's Parade
November 17, 2023 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather. The temperature highs will be nearly 70 degrees [briefly] Friday, descending to about 60 by night, on Saturday the high will be nearly 60, descending into the mid 40's in the evening, and on Sunday, the high will be in the mid 50's descending to the high 30's. Generally it's a dry weekend. There's less than a 50% chance of less than a quarter inch of rain on Saturday morning, ending by 10 am. The winds kick up from 7 mph on Friday, to 10 - 14 mph on Saturday, before settling in at 10 mph on Sunday. The humidity descends from 70 - 80% on Friday, to 50% - 60% for the rest of the weekend. Not too bad for this time of year.
The photo at right was taken on the Upper West Side on Thanksgiving Eve in a prior year. The balloons that fly in the parade on Thanksgiving, are all inflated and staged along Central Park West by the American Museum of Natural History, the day / night preceding Thanksgiving. It's a free event to see the balloons the night before the parade and a great NYC tradition. As of Friday, November 17, 2023 - the forecast for Thanksgiving Eve - is a high of nearly 60 during the day and a low of about 30 by midnight, with rain ending by about noon. So beware as, currently, the forecast is predicting a sharp drop in temperature that day.
FYI - We're working on and will continue to work on the Holiday events and Holiday markets through the weekend.
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
Friday, November 17, 2023 - Spirit of Ireland Gala. At Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan NYC. Honoring Stephen Colbert and Kathleen Lynch. They say that Liam Neeson, Gabrielle Byrne and Loah will be in attendance. Tickets available at the url below. Individual ticket is $1250. The arts center is located at 726 11th Avenue between 51st and 52nd Streets in Midtown West Manhattan NYC. For details and tickets see - https://irishartscenter.org/
Friday, November 17, 2023 at 8 pm - Walton Ford Selects. At Metrograph Theater at 7 Ludlow Street between Canal and Hester on the Lower East Side. There are five films being shown this weekend which were selected by Walton Ford. He will be there Friday evening with Waris Ahluwalia to discuss Early Cinema and the films he selected. Tickets are $17 for the film and the talk after. For details see - https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999003520
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 17, 18 & 19, 2023 - Anime NYC at the Javits Center at West 34th Street and 11th Avenue in West Midtown. The convention is described as follows, " ... Anime NYC is New York City’s anime convention! A showcase of the best of Japanese pop culture in the biggest city in America, Anime NYC brings anime fans together for three days of unique exhibits, exclusive screenings, and appearances by some of the biggest creators in Japan ...". For details and tickets starting at $68 and up, see - https://animenyc.com.
Artist Studio. Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 7 & 9 pm - Reggie Nicholson - Percussion Concept - a percussion musical performance. The Park Avenue Armory is located at 643 Park Avenue at 67th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan NYC. For details and $45 tickets see - https://www.armoryonpark.org
Saturday, November 18, 2023 from 2 to 9 pm - Pasteles Contest. At El Barrio Art Space at 215 East 99th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues on the UES of Manhattan. Music, food & beverages and free admission. Pasteles are a Caribbean dish, which are a breaded packet filled with various kinds of foods.
- Friday, October 27, 2023 thru Tuesday, January 2, 2024 daily from 11 am to 8 pm, except Saturday & Sunday when they open at 10 am - Bryant Park Winter Village. Approximately 180 mostly local vendors of unique arts and crafts. For details see - https://bryantpark.org
- Monday, November 13 to Sunday, December 24, 2023 - The Grand Central Holiday Market. At Grand Central Station located at 89 East 42nd Street at Park Avenue [between 42nd and 44th Streets] in Midtown Manhattan NYC. For hours and details see - https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/
- Thursday, November 16 through Saturday, December 24, 2023 - Union Square Holiday Market. Along 14th Street between Park Avenue and Broadway in Union Square Park. For hours and details see - http://www.usqholiday.nyc/
- NEXT WEEK. Thursday, November 23, 2023 from 8.30 am to 12 noon - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. This year there will be seven performance groups, 29 clown crews, 17 performers, eleven marching bands, six balloonicles, and 25 huge floating balloons. They start at the American Museum of Natural History at 80th Street, marching south at Central Park West, turning east onto 59th Street, before turning south on 6th Avenue. Finally they turn west on 34th Street, ending at Macy's in Herald Square. See the front page for a weather report.
- CLICK this link to view this and other current & upcoming Manhattan holiday markets & shops. Times Square to open next week and many more beginning Thanksgiving Weekend.
- CLICK this link to view our report on Manhattan holiday events & things to do NYC. This coming week 11/20 the Origami tree will be lit at the AMNH on the UWS and the Thanksgiving Day Parade will commence.
- CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Manhattan NYC. We're now updating this weekly. Not shown on this post are the Frick Museum exhibit, quite a number of Museum of Modern Art exhibits, a number of Guggenheim exhibits, three exhibits at the International Center of Photography, a couple of exhibits at the Whitney, a ton of exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the food and fashion exhibit at the Fashion Institute of Technolgy, three current / upcoming performances at the Joyce Theater, the upcoming performances by the Alvin Ailey Dance Group at City Theater, upcoming events at the Irish Arts Center, ...
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, November 15, 17 & 18, 2023 at 2.30 & 7.30 pm - Everybody. Also, Monday, November 20, 2023 at 12 noon. They describe the production as follows, " ... Inspired by the 15th century morality play Everyman, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play follows Everybody as they travel down a road toward life's greatest mystery and confront the inevitable (their death). An unpredictable, hilarious, and inventive inquiry into the ways we cope with our own mortality...". At the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center at 31-10 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City Queens. For details and free tickets [dress rehearsal Wednesday 11/15 at 2.30 pm only] or $10 / $15 other days see - https://www.lpac.nyc/.
Saturday & Sunday, November 17 & 18, 2023 beginning at 8 pm - Take Root with Grazia Capri & Fadi J Khoury - FJK Dance Company. Modern dance performance featuring local dancers & choreographers [$20 / $25 Admission]. Sunday, November 19, 2023 beginning at 7 pm Fertile Ground featuring Emily Tarrier, MadSol - Solange Rodrigues Madison Lynch, James Barrett, Baggy Pants Dance, Harper Foote & Chris Ferris & Dancers. Modern dance performances - New Works Showcase. Admission $18. At 37-24 24th Street in Long Island City Queens. For details and tickets see - https://www.greenspacestudio.org
November 17, 2023 - December 17, 2023 - Friday & Saturday at 8 pm and at 4 pm on Sunday - Christmas in Colombia / Navidad en Colombia. Colombian music and dance performances. At Thalia Theatre at 41-17 Greenpoint Avenue in Sunnyside. For details and $40 / $42 / $45 tickets see - https://thaliatheatre.org/.
The photo at right, taken at a Thanksgiving Day Parade in a prior year, shows a very famous native New Yorker dressed in costume, floating above the crowd ... like he always does. The parade returns next Thursday.
- Saturday, November 4 - December 17, 2023 - Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair. Over 100 local Long Island City Artists [aka LICA] feature their works for sale at Culture Lab LIC at 5-25 46th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens.
- Saturday, November 18, 2023 beginning at 7 pm - Queens World Film Festival Listening Tour. Described as follows, " ... The Listening Tour is a program of Queens World Film Festival that brings small groups together to video tape their thoughts on Hope and Resilience. The program launched in September 2021 and has produced 46 segments featuring school children, the kitchen staff of local diners, artists, teachers, community organizers, 8th grade environmental activists and many other of our Queens neighbors. Join us as we share segments featuring community members from Rockaway to Flushing...". At the Local 1302 44th Avenue in Long Island City. Free w/ popcorn and chocolate while supplies last. To rsvp [required for admittance] see - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1e534qAdZojy7dzMiSFlpO77AardRWiZdydbbI7cImUBXtQ/viewform.
- Sunday, November 19, 2023 beginning at 12 noon - Diwali Celebration at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing. Folk dance and musical performances, as well as exhibits of Indian clothing, decoration and food. For details and $10 - $22 tickets see - https://www.flushingtownhall.org.
- CLICK this link to view details of this and other current & upcoming Queens holiday markets & shops QNS NYC.
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- CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Queens NYC. We're now updating this weekly. Not shown on this post are the Noguchi exhibit, the upcoming JCAL reading of a new work [art], two PS1 MoMA exhibits that opened 11/16/23, the upcoming Chocolate Factory performances and more ... like Ubuhle Women Beadwork.
- CLICK this link to view the Queens Parades & large cultural events in NYC throughout the year.
- Click here to view Queens street fairs & festivals NYC 2023.
MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS - See the Queens Member Events Calendar for free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. The new member sign up function has been fixed by providing this link - Queens Buzz New Member Sign Up. See the calendar for details on a 12/3 Holiday Festival in Astoria Park, and on 1/15/24 an MLK program at the Queens Botanical Garden.
Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
Friday, Saturay & Sunday, November 17, 18 & 19, 2023 from 4 to 7 pm - Taste of Miyagi Fair. Taste the sake & cuisine of Miyagi at Kuraichi at 267 36th Street in Sunset Park in Brooklyn. Free admission. For details see - https://www.japanculture-nyc.com.
Ending November 19, 2023 - Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas on the 5th floor in the Americas Galleries. The Brooklyn Museum is located at 200 Eastern Parkway in the Park Slope / Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. For details and tickets see - https://www.brooklynmuseum.org
November 4 - December 3, 2023 DAILY except Mondays at 7.30 pm & 2 pm matinees on Saturdays & Sundays [closed Thanksgiving Day] - Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. At Theater for a New Audience at Polonsky Shakespeare Center at 262 Ashland Place between Fulton and Lafayette in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. For details and $97 - 132 tickets, see - https://www.tfana.org/ *** Also note that on November 19th it's a Pay What You Will entrance fee.
The photo at right, taken in a prior year, provides some perspective on what's involved in being the human anchors for these huge balloons as they parade down Central Park West and Midtown.
- CLICK this link to view this and other current & upcoming Brooklyn holiday markets & shops BK NYC. The Makers Market Show begins next week 11/24 at City Point in Downtown Brooklyn.
- CLICK this link to view upcoming Brooklyn Holiday Events & Things to do NYC. The Atlantic Avenue Tree Lighting 11/21, the Brooklyn Commons Tree Lighting 11/29.
- CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Brooklyn NYC. We're now updating this weekly.
- CLICK this link to view the Brooklyn Parades & large cultural events in NYC throughout the year.
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
October 12 to November 18, 2023 - Ancestral Foods: Family Feasts. Group exhibit - Opening reception 10/12 from 6 to 8 pm and Closing reception on 11/18 from 6 to 8 pm. The Bronx Art Space is located at 700 Manida Street off Spofford Avenue in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx. FYI - During the pandemic they moved from 140th Street in Mott Haven. For details see - http://www.bronxartspace.com
Friday & Saturday, November 17 & 18, 2023 at 8 pm - BlakTinX Performance Series - Interludes. They describe the performance as follows, "... Dancing Futures Resident CocoMotion and Movement Collaborators, Marcus Braggs, Muriel Peterson, Ze Motion and Luffy present a performance about relationships and the vicissitudes of life. Presented by Pepatián with support from the Jerome Foundation...". At 2474 Westchester Avenue in the Westchester neighborhood of the East Bronx. For details and $20 tickets see - https://www.baadbronx.org
The photo at right, taken in a prior year, shows the variety of characters in the shape of balloons at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade visual feast.
- CLICK this link to view this and other current & upcoming Bronx holiday markets & shops BX NYC.
- CLICKthis link to view this and other current & upcoming Bronx holiday events and things to do Bx NYC. This weekend 11/17 & 18/ 23 there's a tree lighting and Holiday Shows at Bay Plaza Mall. Also the NY Botanical Garden Train Show and Glow, and the Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights events have begun their holiday festivities, which run through the holidays.
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- CLICK this link to view the Bronx Parades & large cultural events in NYC throughout the year.
- Click here to see Bronx street fairs & festivals NYC 2023.
MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. 11/14/23 Human Rights Talk at the Bronx House and November 19 Turkey Giveaway while supplies last. See the Bronx Member Events Calendar for free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. The new member sign up function has been fixed by providing this link - Bronx Buzz New Member Sign Up.
Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays, November 16, 17 & 18 and 30, and December 1 & 2, 2023 beginning at 8 pm & 2 pm matinees on Saturdays and the last Sunday 12/3 - Rodgers and Hammerstein’s A Grand Night of Singing. Wagner College is located at 1 Campus Road off Howard Avenue in the Grymes Hill neighborhood of Staten Island NYC. For details and $18, $23 & $25 tickets see - https://wagner.edu/performing-arts/theatre-season-2-2-4-2/
Sunday, November 19, 2023 from 12 noon to 5 pm - Westerleigh Folk Festival aka West Fest 16. A popular neighborhood folk music festival featuring a number of talented local artists. There's also crafts vendors, face painting, food and beverage. Free admission. At Immanuel Union Church at 693 Jewett Avenue in the Westerleigh / Castleton Corners Neighborhoods of Staten Island.
The photo at right, taken in a prior year, shows that there's a lot more than balloons to watch. Various performance groups participate in the parade. As of Friday, November 17, 2023, the weather forecast for Thanksgiving Day is dry, with a high below 40 and the lows in the high 20's.
- CLICK this link to view this and other current & upcoming Staten Island holiday markets & shops SI NYC. This weekend St. John's Lutheran Church and Great Kills Moravian Church Holiday Fairs.
- CLICK this link to view upcoming Staten Island Holiday Events & Things to do NYC. Updates this week include for the National Lighthouse Museum and Monsignor Farrell High School holiday events.
- CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend on Staten Island NYC. We're now updating weekly.
- CLICK this link for the Staten Island parades & cultural events throughout the year.
- Click here to see Staten Island street fairs & festivals NYC 2023.
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Have a nice weekend.
Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Holiday Markets, Holiday Events & Cultural things to do this Weekend in NYC ...
November 24, 2023 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather. The temperature highs will be in the low 50's on Friday and Sunday, dipping into the mid 40's on Saturday. The temperature lows will be in the mid 30's on Friday and Saturday, rising into the mid 40's on Sunday. About an inch of rain is expected Sunday, beginning sometime between 4 pm and 7 pm. The humidity will rise from 50% on Friday to 60% on Saturday to 70% - 85% on Sunday.
The photo at right shows the Holiday Market in Grand Central Station this weekend, providing commuters with a very convenient shopping opportunity. Many holiday markets are already well underway, but there are even more to come.
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
- CLICK this link to view this and other current & upcoming Manhattan holiday markets & shops. Times Square to open next week and many more beginning Thanksgiving Weekend.
- CLICK this link to view our report on Manhattan holiday events & things to do NYC. This coming week 11/20 the Origami tree will be lit at the AMNH on the UWS and the Thanksgiving Day Parade will commence.
- CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Manhattan NYC. We're now updating this weekly. Not shown on this post are the Frick Museum exhibit, quite a number of Museum of Modern Art exhibits, a number of Guggenheim exhibits, three exhibits at the International Center of Photography, a couple of exhibits at the Whitney, a ton of exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the food and fashion exhibit at the Fashion Institute of Technolgy, three current / upcoming performances at the Joyce Theater, the upcoming performances by the Alvin Ailey Dance Group at City Theater, upcoming events at the Irish Arts Center, ...
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
- CLICK this link to view details of this and other current & upcoming Queens holiday markets & shops QNS NYC.
- CLICK this link to view upcoming Queens Holiday Events & Things to do NYC.
- CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Queens NYC. We're now updating this weekly. Not shown on this post are the Noguchi exhibit, the upcoming JCAL reading of a new work [art], two PS1 MoMA exhibits that opened 11/16/23, the upcoming Chocolate Factory performances and more ... like Ubuhle Women Beadwork.
- CLICK this link to view the Queens Parades & large cultural events in NYC throughout the year.
- Click here to view Queens street fairs & festivals NYC 2023.
The photo at right shows one of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade floats as it passes Columbus Circle on Thanksgiving Day. This year, due to fairly windy weather, they held the floats closer to the ground than in prior years, as you can see above. The low flying floats made watching the parade a bit less exciting than usual.
MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS - See the Queens Member Events Calendar for free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. The new member sign up function has been fixed by providing this link - Queens Buzz New Member Sign Up. See the calendar for details on a 12/3 Holiday Festival in Astoria Park, and on 1/15/24 an MLK program at the Queens Botanical Garden.
Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
- CLICK this link to view this and other current & upcoming Brooklyn holiday markets & shops BK NYC. The Makers Market Show begins next week 11/24 at City Point in Downtown Brooklyn.
- CLICK this link to view upcoming Brooklyn Holiday Events & Things to do NYC. The Atlantic Avenue Tree Lighting 11/21, the Brooklyn Commons Tree Lighting 11/29.
- CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Brooklyn NYC. We're now updating this weekly.
- CLICK this link to view the Brooklyn Parades & large cultural events in NYC throughout the year.
- Click here to view Brooklyn street fairs NYC 2023.
The photo at right shows one of the many Christmas tree sales stands which are starting to dot all five boros in anticipation of the holidays. This particular one is in Manhattan on the northern section of Midtown West, only a few blocks west and south of Columbus Circle.
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
- CLICK this link to view this and other current & upcoming Bronx holiday markets & shops BX NYC.
- CLICKthis link to view this and other current & upcoming Bronx holiday events and things to do Bx NYC. This weekend 11/17 & 18/ 23 there's a tree lighting and Holiday Shows at Bay Plaza Mall. Also the NY Botanical Garden Train Show and Glow, and the Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights events have begun their holiday festivities, which run through the holidays.
- CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in the Bronx NYC. We're now updating this weekly.
- CLICK this link to view the Bronx Parades & large cultural events in NYC throughout the year.
- Click here to see Bronx street fairs & festivals NYC 2023.
MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. 11/14/23 Human Rights Talk at the Bronx House and November 19 Turkey Giveaway while supplies last. See the Bronx Member Events Calendar for free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. The new member sign up function has been fixed by providing this link - Bronx Buzz New Member Sign Up.
Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
- CLICK this link to view this and other current & upcoming Staten Island holiday markets & shops SI NYC. This weekend St. John's Lutheran Church and Great Kills Moravian Church Holiday Fairs.
- CLICK this link to view upcoming Staten Island Holiday Events & Things to do NYC. Updates this week include for the National Lighthouse Museum and Monsignor Farrell High School holiday events.
- CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend on Staten Island NYC. We're now updating weekly.
- CLICK this link for the Staten Island parades & cultural events throughout the year.
- Click here to see Staten Island street fairs & festivals NYC 2023.
The photo at right shows what turned out to be the beginning of a lovely and delicious Thanksgiving Dinner in the tristate area. I hope you had a good one with plenty of leftovers.
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Have a nice weekend.