** Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

Thanksgiving Ends and Black Friday Begins (see holiday market links for each boro), Holiday Markets, Vintage Subway Car Rides Begin and Toy Train Show in Manhattan; Affordable Art Fair in Queens; Park Slope BID Tree Lighting, Dyker Heights Neighborhood Christmas Lights, Frost Fest @ Coney Isle, Lightscape Show @ BBG, Brooklyn Flea & Flip Circus in Brooklyn; NYBG Holiday Train Show, Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights & Yankee Stadium Tours in the Bronx; and Holiday Markets on Staten Island

Updated _ December 3, 2024 vs 11.29.24 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.

NYC Weather Forecast as of 11.29.24. But first - Sunrise 6.59 am & Sunset at 4.29 pm. The drought continues with no precipitation in the forecast. The temperature highs will be in the high 40's on Friday, and then about 40 for Saturday and Sunday. The temperature lows will be in the mid to low 30's all weekend. The winds will be 5 - 10 mph all weekend. It's going to be a very dry weekend with the humidity generally ranging from 20% - 30%.

The photo at right shows pedestrian traffic in Grand Central Terminal in November around the Thanksgiving holiday. This year Americans are expected to break Thanksgiving travel records again, with some 71 million traveling more the 50 miles from home by car, and an additional 18 million Americans flying over the holiday. Thanksgiving is the busiest travel holiday of the year.

Saturday Afternoon Edition around 2 pm. We're mostly done for this weekend, but then again, we're never really done as this is an ongoing continuous work in process ... kind of like life itself. It looks to be another busy and good, but back to seasonal, weather weekend. Enjoy.

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Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan

Click here for the Manhattan holiday markets this weekend nyc. And click here for the Manhattan holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. These are many of the events.

• Sundays ONLY, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024 from 10 am - 5 pm - Vintage Subway Car / Nostalgia Subway Holiday Train Rides

• Monday, December 2, 2024 at 5.30 - 8 pm [time unconfirmed for 2024] - Tavern on the Green Tree Lighting Event.

• Tuesday, December 3, 2024 beginning at 6 pm / Line starts forming at 4 pm - Bryant Park Holiday Tree Lighting Event.

• Tuesday, December 3, 2024 begins at 3 pm - South Street Seaport Holiday Tree Lighting Event.

• Tuesday, December 3, 2024 from 4.30 to 5.45pm - Madison Square Park Holiday Tree Lighting Event

• Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from 7 - 9 pm - Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Event.

• Thursday, December 4, 2024 from 3 pm to 7 pm - NYSE 101st Annual NYSE Tree Lighting Event

• Thursday, December 5, 2024 from 5.30 - 6.30 pm - Dana Discovery Center Tree Lighting Event

Manhattan Holiday Markets this weekend are too numerous to recite here, so please use the link above to browse through all the options, many of which stay open until Christmas or the end of the year.

Sundays ONLY, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024 from 10 am - 5 pm - Vintage Subway Car / Nostalgia Subway Holiday Train Rides - along the F and Q subway lines in Manhattan. Uptown ridges begin on the even hours and downtown rides begin on the odd hours. Holiday events / things to do in Midtown Manhattan NYC. Ride in older subway cars for the normal subway line ticket price. Many folks dress up in vintage outfits for kicks. For details, times, route and subway station stops, see - https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/holidaynostalgiarides/

Thursday, November 14, 2024 - February 2025 - The 20th Annual Holiday Toy Train Show at Grand Central Terminal. Midtown. For details see Midtown events below or https://grandcentralterminal.com/event/new-york-transit-museums-holiday-train-show/

Gramercy Theater concerts - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows

• Click here for Manhattan Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
• CLICK here to view Manhattan street fairs and festivals NYC 2024. There are Mom's Day gift markets.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Manhattan NYC.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC

Click here for the Queens holiday markets this weekend nyc. And click here for the Queens holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

• Saturday, November 30, 2024 - the Queens Craft Brigade - at Katch Astoria - see holiday markets.

• Sunday, December 1, 2024 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Woodbine 5th Annual Holiday Market - see holiday markets.

• Thursday, December 5, 2024 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://expo2024.queenstogether.org

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. These are many of the events.

• Sunday, December 1, 2024 from 5 to 7 pm - Annual tree lighting at Poppenhusen Institute

• Sunday, December 1, 2024 from 11 am to 1 pm - Wreath Making Workshop - at the Ridgewood Historical Society & Onderdonk House

• Sunday & Tuesday, December 1 & 3, 2024 from 12 noon to 2 pm & from 6 to 8 pm - Steinway Street Holiday Caroling

• * Thursday, December 5, 2024 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://expo2024.queenstogether.org

The photo above or at right shows some holiday decorations adorning a local home. The Christmas season wastes no time in following on the heels of the non-commercialized Thanksgiving holiday.

Thursday, November 7, 2024 to January 12, 2025 - open Thurs thru Sat from 10 am to 6 pm - Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair. Opening Reception 11.23.24 from 7 to 10 pm. 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 January 12th, with an art talk event on January 11th from 2 to 3 pm. All art work priced under $999. For details see - https://www.culturelablic.org OR https://www.licartists.org/off-the-wall-2

• Click here for Queens Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
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• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Queens NYC.
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MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS - Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Queens Buzz New Member Sign Up. Click this link Queens Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.

In December, the Member Calendar MCAL events include a Sunday, December 15, 2024 concert beginning at 4 pm by the Queens College Choral Society performing Haydn's Nelson Mass in a Concert for Unity and Peace [$6 - $18]. Also on two Saturdays, December 7 & 21, 2024 there will be a breakfast at Applebee's with Santa [$15 including photos w/ Santa]. Aromatherapy with Annie Dec 7, Intro to Vet Techs Dec 14, Furry Friends Dec 15, Programs Animal Adventures: Animal Meet & Greet Dec 26 & Winter Wildlife - Seasonal Changes Dec 26 - All at Alley Pond Environmental Center. Click the MCAL link above for details.

 

Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC

The holiday markets and events are too numerous to list on the front page, so use these links to peruse all of them. Click here for the Brooklyn holiday market this weekend nyc. And click here for Brooklyn holiday events nyc.

• Sunday, December 1, 2024 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Woodbine 5th Annual Holiday Market - see holiday markets.

• Friday, December 6, 2024 beginning at 4 pm - The Fort Hamilton Tree Lighting and Holiday Market.

• Brooklyn Flea in Dumbo [under the arch] is now open Saturdays & Sundays 8 am to 5 pm thru 12/22. Details coming shortly. For details see - https://brooklynflea.com

The photo above or at right shows the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in the Fall, just prior to getting all it up for the holidays.

Likely more holiday events coming later today or early Saturday morning. Use links above to view both holiday markets and events.

• Friday, November 29, 2024 - January 2, 2025 - Dyker Heights Neighborhood Christmas Lights. - in Dyker Heights with the epicenter generally between 11th - 13th Avenues and 83rd - 86th Streets. Free holiday things to do in South & West Brooklyn NYC. There isn't any official website for this organic holiday lights competition among neighbors.

• Saturday, November 30, 2024 beginning at 4.30 pm / lighting at 5.15 pm - Park Slope 5th Avenue BID Holiday Tree Lighting at the Old Stone House - located at 336 3rd Street in Central Brooklyn NYC. For details scroll down or see - INST https://www.instagram.com/oldstonehousebklyn/ OR https://theoldstonehouse.org

• Friday November 22, 2024 through January 5, 2025 from 4.30 to 8.15 pm - Lightscape Show - at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden at 990 Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights. Holiday things to do in Brooklyn. For details see - https://www.bbg.org

• Friday, December 6, 2024 beginning at 4 pm - The Fort Hamilton Tree Lighting and Holiday Market.

• Coney Island _ Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, November 23 to January 7, 2025 [also Holidays except Thanksgiving & Xmas and Weekdays from 12/25/ 24 - 1/1/2025] - 2nd Annual Frost Fest - at Luna Park on Coney Island. This event includes select rides, holiday lights and décor, seasonal food and a holiday market. For details and tickets see - https://lunaparknyc.com/

• Friday, November 29 to December 15, 2024 at various times - Flip Circus in Brooklyn. At the main field in McCarren Park on the south side of the park. For details and tickets ranging from $30 for kids to $60 / $65 for adults, see - https://www.flipcircus.com

Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.

• Click here for Brooklyn Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
• Click here to view Brooklyn street fairs NYC 2024.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Brooklyn NYC.
• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Brooklyn BLVD.

MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Brooklyn BLVD New Member Sign Up. Click this link Brooklyn Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. This month includes x.

 

Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC

Click here for the Bronx holiday market this weekend nyc. And click here for the Bronx holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

At right or above is a photo of the Dollar Savings Bank building along the Grand Concourse at Fordham Road in the Bronx. The building was first erected in 1932 - 1933 and modified periodically over the following decade. It was built in the Art Deco style, which was architecturally consistent with most of the other buildings of the time which ran along the Grand Concourse.

Likely more holiday events coming later today or early Saturday morning. Use link above to view the holiday markets.

• Bedford Park / Belmont _ Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, November 22, 2024 to January 5, 2025 from 3 to 9 pm - Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights - turn on at dusk at 4.30 pm, and you have between 3 and 4 pm to visit the animals in the buildings before they close at 4 pm. Holiday lights and events near the Belmont and Bedford Park neighborhoods in the Central Bronx. For details and $57 / $52 / $42 [kids] tickets, see - https://bronxzoo.com/holiday-lights

• Saturday, November 16 - 30, 2024 [Ends January 20, 2025] from 10 am - 6 pm [closed holidays] - NYBG Holiday Train Show - at the New York Botanical Garden at 2900 Southern Blvd in the Belmont Neighborhood. Bronx holiday events & things to do nyc. Central Bronx. For details see below or - https://www.nybg.org

• November & December 2024 on various days and at multiple times - Yankee Stadium Tours - at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. See the Yankees Museum, the ball park including both the dugout a press box or VIP suite for $41 / adult and $30 / child. For details and online tickets [only] see - https://www.mlb.com/yankees/ballpark/tours/public/classic-tours-tickets

• Thursday, December 5, 2024 from 5 to 9 pm - Bronx Borough Presidents Office Winter Wonderland Extravaganza - use the holiday events link above for details and a url.

• The Bartow Pell Mansion Holiday Events & Market - Holiday Luncheon 11/26, Jazzy Holiday First Friday 12/6, Holiday Party 12/7, Holiday Gift Fair 12/8, Selfies w/ Santa 12/14, BAE Holiday Concert w/ Robbie Pat 12/15, A Christmas Carol 12/11 & 12/17 and Holiday Cookies & Crafts 12/21. The details to all of these are posted in our Member Calendar as well as on their website - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/events-2/

Click here for Bronx Halloween parties, parades & events Bx NYC.

• Click here for Bronx Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
• Click here to see Bronx street fairs & festivals NYC 2024.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in the Bronx NYC.
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In the December MCAL - The Bartow Pell Mansion Holiday Events & Market - Holiday Luncheon 11/26, Jazzy Holiday First Friday 12/6, Holiday Party 12/7, Holiday Gift Fair 12/8, Selfies w/ Santa 12/14, BAE Holiday Concert w/ Robbie Pat 12/15, A Christmas Carol 12/11 & 12/17 and Holiday Cookies & Crafts 12/21. And Sunday, December 8, 2024 there's a Holiday Gift Fair at the Riverdale Y. On Sunday, December 22, 2024 there will be a breakfast at Applebee's with Santa [$15 including photos w/ Santa] near Fordham Plaza. Click the MCAL link above for details.

 

Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC

Click here for the Staten Island holiday markets this weekend nyc. And click here for the Staten Island holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs.

• Sundays, December 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2024 from 11 am to 2 pm - Holiday Sunday Brunch with Santa - at The Historic Old Bermuda Inn.

• Monday, December 2, 2024 from 5 - 7 pm - Victory Blvd Holiday Tree Lighting Event

• Wednesday, December 3, 2024 from 6.30 to 8 pm - SI Borough President Vito Fossella's Christmas Tree Lighting.

• Thursday, December 5, 2024 from 6 to 10 pm - Christmas Tree Lighting at Monsignor Farrell.

• Friday, December 6, 2024 beginning at 11.30 am - Holiday Golf Outing - National Lighthouse Museum Holiday Golf Outing - at Grand Oaks Country Club.

• Friday & Saturday, December 6 & 7, 2024 - from 6 to 9 pm, and 9 am to 3 pm respectively - Christmas Tree & Wreath Sale and Vendor Craft Fair.

• Historic Richmond Town _ Friday, Saturday & Sunday, December 6, 7 & 8, 2024 from 4 to 5 on Friday and from 12 noon to 5 pm Saturday & Sunday - Christmas in Historic Richmond Town.

• Sunday, December 1, 2024 from 11 am to 4 pm - National Lighthouse Museum Holiday Market - at 400 The Promenade in the St. George neighborhood of SI. Staten Island holiday fairs and markets nyc. North SI. For details see below or - https://lighthousemuseum.org/events/

The photo at right shows one of the sea worthy steeds that ferry Staten Islanders to and fro the Big Apple daily.

• Click here for Staten Island Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
• Click here to see Staten Island street fairs & festivals NYC 2024.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend on Staten Island NYC.
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MCAL _ MEMBER EVENTS CALENDAR. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Staten Buzz New Member Sign Up. Click this link Staten Island Events - Member Events to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. This month includes Saturday, November 16, 2024 there's a Happy Play Day Thanksgiving Family event at JCC.

Have another great November weekend.

 

 

* Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

Holiday Events & Markets in all Boros, Vintage Subway Car Rides & Toy Train Show in Manhattan; Affordable Art Fair in Queens; Dyker Heights Neighborhood Christmas Lights, Frost Fest @ Coney Isle, Lightscape Show @ BBG, Brooklyn Flea & Flip Circus in Brooklyn; NYBG Holiday Train Show, Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights & Yankee Stadium Tours in the Bronx; and Holiday Events & Markets on Staten Island

Updated December 8, 2024 vs 12.6.24 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.

NYC Weather Forecast as of 12.6.24. Sunrise 7.06 am & Sunset at 4.28 pm. The temperature highs will be in the low 30's on Friday, rising to about 40 on Saturday and then nearing 50 on Sunday. The temperature lows will rise from the low 30's to the mid 30's to the high 30's over the weekend. We will tend to experience windy weather on Friday when the winds will range from 10 mph to 20 mph, and then settling down a bit at between 10 - 15 mph for the rest of the weekend. The humidity will rise through the weekend starting at 35% - 45% on Friday, settling at 45% on Saturday and then rising again to between 45% - 60% on Sunday. There isn't any precipitation in the forecast until Monday through Wednesday next week.

The photo above or at right was taken in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday evening on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral looking south along 5th Avenue toward Rockefeller Center. The streets were packed and the holiday influx has begun. Oh, joy?

Sunday Afternoon Edition around 2.45 pm. This is fairly good draft of the weekend, with still a tiny bit more work to do in the Bronx, Brooklyn & Queens. We'll finish this up Sunday morning. It looks to be another seasonal, good weather weekend. Enjoy.

 

Things To Do This Weekend in NYC

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from 1 to 8.30 pm - Art Demonstration & Rally to Save NYCHA Section 9 - at the Fulton Elliott-Chelsea Houses at 119 9th Avenue in Chelsea. The art effort runs from 1 - 4 pm, there's a development walk through from 4 - 6 pm, press conference at 6 pm, followed by the Illuminator from 6.30 - 8.30 pm. For details see - https://www.savesection9.org

 

Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan

Click here for the Manhattan holiday markets this weekend nyc. And click here for the Manhattan holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

Manhattan Holiday Markets this weekend are too numerous to recite here, so please use the link above to browse through all the options, many of which stay open until Christmas or the end of the year.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page. Few of the many holiday markets are shown here, so I highly recommend you click into the markets page.

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 4 to 5.30 pm - Ukrainian Folk Art & Alexandra Exte

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 4.30 – 6 pm - Holiday on the Hudson Christmas Tree Lighting - in Riverside Park

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 beginning at 5 pm - Carl Schurz Park Holiday Tree Lighting Event

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 4.30 to 7 pm - Park Avenue Holiday Tree Lighting - at Brick Presbyterian

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 between 12 noon and 6 pm - Open Street along Fifth Avenue

• Sundays ONLY, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024 from 10 am - 5 pm - Vintage Subway Car / Nostalgia Subway Holiday Train Rides

Sundays ONLY, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024 from 10 am - 5 pm - Vintage Subway Car / Nostalgia Subway Holiday Train Rides - along the F and Q subway lines in Manhattan. Uptown ridges begin on the even hours and downtown rides begin on the odd hours. Holiday events / things to do in Midtown Manhattan NYC. Ride in older subway cars for the normal subway line ticket price. Many folks dress up in vintage outfits for kicks. For details, times, route and subway station stops, see - https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/holidaynostalgiarides/

Thursday, November 14, 2024 - February 2025 - The 20th Annual Holiday Toy Train Show at Grand Central Terminal. Midtown. For details see Midtown events below or https://grandcentralterminal.com/event/new-york-transit-museums-holiday-train-show/

Gramercy Theater concerts - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows

• Click here for Manhattan Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
• CLICK here to view Manhattan street fairs and festivals NYC 2024. There are Mom's Day gift markets.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Manhattan NYC.
• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Manhattan Buzz NYC.

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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC

Click here for the Queens holiday markets this weekend nyc. And click here for the Queens holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

The photo above or at right was taken in Sunnyside less than three weeks ago. The City of Yes zoning changes, now allow property owners to erect buildings in a neighborhood with little or no input from the community. The changes could be startling.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page.

• Saturday December 7, 2024 beginning at 6 pm - Parish Tree Lighting at Our Lady of Grace Church

• Friday, December 6, 2024 from 6 to 7 pm - Whitestone Holiday tree lighting

• Saturday December 7, 2024 beginning at 6 pm - Parish Tree Lighting at Our Lady of Grace Church

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 10 am to 4 pm - All Saints Episcopal Holly Bazaar

• Saturday December 7, 2024 from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm - Sunnyside Artists Crafts Fair

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 10 am to 3.30 pm - Christmas Fair

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 4 to 5 pm followed by caroling, hot cocoa and treats - Jackson Heights Beautification Group Holiday Tree Lighting

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 with the market beginning at 5.30 pm and the Concert beginning at 7 pm - Braata Productions Holiday Market & Concert

• Saturday & Sunday, December 7, 8 & 14, 2024 from 12 noon to 2 pm - Ditmars Street & Broadway & Steinway Street Holiday Caroling, each street with each dates respectively

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm - Woodside on the Move Holiday Tree Lighting

• December 8 & 15, 2024 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Astoria Market Holiday Market - at Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 12 noon - 4 pm Queens St. Nicholas Day at Ridgewood Historical Society - at the Vande Ende-Onderdonk House

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 beginning at 4 pm - Astoria Park Holiday Festival and Tree Lighting

• Sundays, December 8, 15 & 22, 2024 from 2 to 5 pm - Photos with Sanata Event

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 12 noon to 4 pm - Historic Holiday House Trolley Tour

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 3.30 to 5.30 pm - Bayside Village Annual Holiday Party & Tree Lighting Event

• Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from 3 to 6 pm - 82nd Street Winter Festival in Jackson Heights

• Wednesday, December 11, 2024 beginning at 7.30 pm - Jackson Heights Orchestra Holiday Concert

• Thursday, December 12, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm - Kwanzaa Celebration - at Rufus King Manor

• Sundays & Wednesday, December 8, 11 & 15, 2024 from 1 to 3 pm, 7.30 to 9 pm & 2 to 5 pm - Bayside Historical Society Quilting, Concert & Crafting

Thursday, November 7, 2024 to January 12, 2025 - open Thurs thru Sat from 10 am to 6 pm - Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair. Opening Reception 11.23.24 from 7 to 10 pm. 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 January 12th, with an art talk event on January 11th from 2 to 3 pm. All art work priced under $999. For details see - https://www.culturelablic.org OR https://www.licartists.org/off-the-wall-2

• Click here for Queens Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
• Click here to view Queens street fairs & festivals NYC 2024.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Queens NYC.
• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Queens Buzz NYC.

MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS - Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Queens Buzz New Member Sign Up. Click this link Queens Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.

In December, the Member Calendar MCAL events include a Sunday, December 15, 2024 concert beginning at 4 pm by the Queens College Choral Society performing Haydn's Nelson Mass in a Concert for Unity and Peace [$6 - $18]. Also on two Saturdays, December 7 & 21, 2024 there will be a breakfast at Applebee's with Santa [$15 including photos w/ Santa]. Aromatherapy with Annie Dec 7, Intro to Vet Techs Dec 14, Furry Friends Dec 15, Programs Animal Adventures: Animal Meet & Greet Dec 26 & Winter Wildlife - Seasonal Changes Dec 26 - All at Alley Pond Environmental Center. Click the MCAL link above for details.

 

Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC

The holiday markets and events are too numerous to list on the front page, so use these links to peruse all of them. Click here for the Brooklyn holiday market this weekend nyc. And click here for Brooklyn holiday events nyc.

The photo above or at right was taken in Bay Ridge a few months back. The City of Yes zoning changes, now allow property owners to erect buildings in a neighborhood with little or no input from the community.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page. Few of the many holiday markets are shown here, so I highly recommend you click into the markets page.

• Friday, December 6, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm - Tree Lighting with Sinterklaas at the Lott House

• Friday, December 6, 2024 beginning at 4 pm - The Fort Hamilton Tree Lighting and Holiday Market.

• Friday, December 6, 2024 from 3 to 6 pm - Holiday Tree Lighting Event - at Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

• Friday, Saturday & Sunday, December 6, 7 & 8, 2024 beginning at 7 pm on Friday & Saturday and at 2 pm on Saturday & Sunday - Narrows Community Theater Performance of 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever'

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 4 to 5 pm - Fort Greene Park Holiday Tree Lighting

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 2 - 4+ pm - 22nd Annual Meet St. Nicholas on Horseback - at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museu

• Saturday & Sunday, December 7 & 8, 14 & 15 and 21 & 22, 2024 - Walk the Windows Along Atlantic Avenue

• For this & Other Holiday Markets see the Holiday Markets Page _ Brooklyn Navy Yard _ Saturday & Sunday, December 7 & 8, 2024 from 12 noon to 5 pm - 7th Annual Brooklyn Navy Yard Wallabout Holiday Market

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 12 noon to 4 pm _ St. Nicholas Day at Ridgewood Historical Society - at the Vande Ende-Onderdonk House

• Saturday & Sunday, December 7 & 8, 2024 from 9 am to 3.30 pm and from 10 am to 1 pm respectively - Bay Ridge Ballet Nutcracker Bake Sale

• Friday, December 13, 2024 from 5 to 7 pm - Christmas Tree Lighting at Grand Army Plaza

• Friday, November 29, 2024 - January 2, 2025 - Dyker Heights Neighborhood Christmas Lights. - in Dyker Heights with the epicenter generally between 11th - 13th Avenues and 83rd - 86th Streets. Free holiday things to do in South & West Brooklyn NYC. There isn't any official website for this organic holiday lights competition among neighbors.

• Friday November 22, 2024 through January 5, 2025 from 4.30 to 8.15 pm - Lightscape Show - at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden at 990 Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights. Holiday things to do in Brooklyn. For details see - https://www.bbg.org

• Coney Island _ Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, November 23 to January 7, 2025 [also Holidays except Thanksgiving & Xmas and Weekdays from 12/25/ 24 - 1/1/2025] - 2nd Annual Frost Fest - at Luna Park on Coney Island. This event includes select rides, holiday lights and décor, seasonal food and a holiday market. For details and tickets see - https://lunaparknyc.com/

• Friday, November 29 to December 15, 2024 at various times - Flip Circus in Brooklyn. At the main field in McCarren Park on the south side of the park. For details and tickets ranging from $30 for kids to $60 / $65 for adults, see - https://www.flipcircus.com

Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.

• Click here for Brooklyn Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
• Click here to view Brooklyn street fairs NYC 2024.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Brooklyn NYC.
• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Brooklyn BLVD.

MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Brooklyn BLVD New Member Sign Up. Click this link Brooklyn Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. This month includes x.

 

Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC

Click here for the Bronx holiday market this weekend nyc. And click here for the Bronx holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

In the photo at right, taken this week, you see a night time subway car reasonably full of rail riders, like myself.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page.

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 4 pm - 6 pm - Arthur Avenue / Bronx Little Italy Christmas Tree Lighting

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 1 to 3.30 pm - Winter Wonderland - at the Bronx Terminal Market

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 3.30 to 5 pm - Christmas Tree Lighting Holiday Event in Morris Park.

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 11 am to 4 pm - Winter Haven Opening Weekend Holiday Events & Holiday Market - at Wave Hill.

• * Coop City _ Sunday, December 8, 2024 - Braata Productions Holiday Market & Concert in Coop City.

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 9 am to 2 pm - Riverdale Y Temple Holiday Gift Fair

• Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 6 pm - Bronx Holiday Tree Lighting Event by CB7 Norwood Bx & Friends of Mosholu Parkland

• 12/7/24 & 12/8 & 12/15 & 12/17/24 _ Updates coming next week by 12/6/24 _ Saturday, December 2, 2023 from 7.30 to 8.30 pm Bronx Arts Ensemble Performs the Holiday

• 12/12 & 12/13/24 Nutcracker at Lehman College.

• Bedford Park / Belmont _ Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, November 22, 2024 to January 5, 2025 from 3 to 9 pm - Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights - turn on at dusk at 4.30 pm, and you have between 3 and 4 pm to visit the animals in the buildings before they close at 4 pm. Holiday lights and events near the Belmont and Bedford Park neighborhoods in the Central Bronx. For details and $57 / $52 / $42 [kids] tickets, see - https://bronxzoo.com/holiday-lights

• Saturday, November 16 - 30, 2024 [Ends January 20, 2025] from 10 am - 6 pm [closed holidays] - NYBG Holiday Train Show - at the New York Botanical Garden at 2900 Southern Blvd in the Belmont Neighborhood. Bronx holiday events & things to do nyc. Central Bronx. For details see below or - https://www.nybg.org

• November & December 2024 on various days and at multiple times - Yankee Stadium Tours - at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. See the Yankees Museum, the ball park including both the dugout a press box or VIP suite for $41 / adult and $30 / child. For details and online tickets [only] see - https://www.mlb.com/yankees/ballpark/tours/public/classic-tours-tickets

• The Bartow Pell Mansion Holiday Events & Market - Holiday Luncheon 11/26, Jazzy Holiday First Friday 12/6, Holiday Party 12/7, Holiday Gift Fair 12/8, Selfies w/ Santa 12/14, BAE Holiday Concert w/ Robbie Pat 12/15, A Christmas Carol 12/11 & 12/17 and Holiday Cookies & Crafts 12/21. The details to all of these are posted in our Member Calendar as well as on their website - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/events-2/

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In the December MCAL - The Bartow Pell Mansion Holiday Events & Market - Holiday Luncheon 11/26, Jazzy Holiday First Friday 12/6, Holiday Party 12/7, Holiday Gift Fair 12/8, Selfies w/ Santa 12/14, BAE Holiday Concert w/ Robbie Pat 12/15, A Christmas Carol 12/11 & 12/17 and Holiday Cookies & Crafts 12/21. And Sunday, December 8, 2024 there's a Holiday Gift Fair at the Riverdale Y. On Sunday, December 22, 2024 there will be a breakfast at Applebee's with Santa [$15 including photos w/ Santa] near Fordham Plaza. Click the MCAL link above for details.

 

Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC

Click here for the Staten Island holiday markets this weekend nyc. And click here for the Staten Island holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

In the photo above or at right is one of the buildings of Historic Richmond Town, where the past comes alive. This weekend they are hosting a number of Christmas holiday related events.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page.

• Sundays, December 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2024 from 11 am to 2 pm - Holiday Sunday Brunch with Santa - at The Historic Old Bermuda Inn.

• Friday & Saturday, December 6 & 7, 2024 - from 6 to 9 pm, and 9 am to 3 pm respectively - Christmas Tree & Wreath Sale and Vendor Craft Fair.

• Historic Richmond Town _ Friday, Saturday & Sunday, December 6, 7 & 8, 2024 from 4 to 5 on Friday and from 12 noon to 5 pm Saturday & Sunday - Christmas in Historic Richmond Town.

• Friday, December 6, 2024 beginning at 11.30 am - Holiday Golf Outing - National Lighthouse Museum Holiday Golf Outing

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 9 am to 3 pm - Holiday Fair at Immanuel Union Church

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 beginning at 1 pm - Holiday Performances of A Christmas Carol - by Sundog Theatre Company

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 beginning at 2.30 pm, tree lighting at 5.15 pm and ending at 7 pm - Westerleigh Park Christmas Tree Lighting

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 beginning at 6.30 pm - Holiday Tree Lighting at Empire Outlets Mall

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 12 noon to 3 pm - Unwrapping Yule Log Traditions at the Conference House

• Saturday & Sunday, December 7 & 8, 2024 from 11 am to 4 pm - Holiday Hop Holiday Market at Snug Harbor

• Saturday, December 7, 2024 beginning at 7.30 pm - Holiday Concert in New Brighton

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 11 am to 4 pm Holiday Market & at 4.30 pm the Grand Illumination at the Conference House

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 10 am to 4 pm - JCC Holiday Gift Fair

• Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 9.30 t0 4.30 pm - Christmas Fair / Market at Monsignor Farrell

• Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from 5 to 7 pm - Christmas Tree Lighting & Celebration

• Friday, Saturday & Sunday, December 13 - 15, 2024 beginning at 7 pm Friday, and at 2 pm and 6 pm on Saturday & Sunday - 21st Annual Christmas Show - at the St. George Theatre

The photo at right shows one of the sea worthy steeds that ferry Staten Islanders to and fro the Big Apple daily.

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Have a nice first full weekend of December.

 

 

Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

Holiday Events & Markets in all Boros - see each Borough Below including Manhattan; Queens; Brooklyn; Bronx; and Staten Island

December 14, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.

NYC Weather Forecast as of 12.13.24. Sunrise 7.11 am & Sunset at 4.29 pm. The temperature highs will be in the mid 30's on Friday and Saturday, rising to about 40 on Sunday. The temperature lows will climb from the mid 20's on Friday, to the high 20's on Saturday to the high 30's on Sunday. The humidity will rise from 40% to 50% on Friday, to 50% to 60% on Saturday to 60% to 70% on Sunday. The winds will die down on Friday from 10 mph to 5 mph where they will remain for the rest of the weekend. No precipitation is expected until Monday.

The photo at right shows a daughter and mother [relationship not confirmed] skating at Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan. The rink is open daily through the winter months. See details on the Manhattan holiday events page [link below].

Saturday Afternoon 4th Edition at 2.15 pm. This is a pretty solid draft of the weekend. We'll be adding a few new events that are happening next week, during the weekdays, by Sunday noon. It looks to be another seasonal, good weather weekend. Enjoy.

 

Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan

Click here for the Manhattan holiday markets this weekend nyc. And click here for the Manhattan holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

The photo at right was taken at the opening reception of the Winter Show at the National Art Club at 15 Gramercy Park South. The show began December 3, 2024 and continues until January 31, 2025 and admittance is free on weekends. For details see - https://www.nationalartsclub.org or visit the monthly events calendar by clicking the Manhattan weekend events link below.

Manhattan Holiday Markets this weekend are too numerous to recite here, so please use the link above to browse through all the holiday markets [about a dozen and a half of them], many of which stay open until Christmas or the end of the year. The following are limited time markets that just opened and will close this week / weekend.

• Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, December 11, 12 & 13, 2024 from 10 am - 5 pm - NY Trunk Show: Native American Jewelry of the American Southwest

• Saturday & Sunday, December 14 & 15, 2024 from 11 am to 5 pm - Renegade Craft Fair

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page. Few of the many holiday markets are shown here, so I highly recommend you click into the markets page.

• Sundays ONLY, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024 from 10 am - 5 pm - Vintage Subway Car / Nostalgia Subway Holiday Train Rides

• Saturdays, December 7, 14 & 21, 2024 from 3 to 7 pm - La Marqueta Night Market in East Harlem.

• Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, December 11, 12 & 13, 2024 from 7 to 10 pm - Handel's Messiah Holiday Concert - at Trinity Church

• Fridays, December 13 & 27, 2024 from 5.30 - 7 pm - Birdland Big Band Jazz - at the Birdland Jazz Club

• Friday, Saturday & Sunday, December 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 & 22, 2024 beginning at 3 pm & 7 pm - Home for the Holidays theatrical performance - at Harlem School of the Arts

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 10 am to 5 pm - St. Nick on St. Nick's Extravaganza

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 4 to 5.30 pm respectively - Holiday Concert - at St. John the Divine

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 10 am - 8 pm - Santa Con Costume Party / Bar Hopping Event

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm - An Evening of Holiday Classics, Gospel and Jazz Celebrating the Holidays - at the Salvation Army

• Sunday, December 15, 2024 from 4 to 6.30 pm - The Riverside Church Candlelight Carol Service

Sundays ONLY, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024 from 10 am - 5 pm - Vintage Subway Car / Nostalgia Subway Holiday Train Rides - along the F and Q subway lines in Manhattan. Uptown ridges begin on the even hours and downtown rides begin on the odd hours. Holiday events / things to do in Midtown Manhattan NYC. Ride in older subway cars for the normal subway line ticket price. Many folks dress up in vintage outfits for kicks. For details, times, route and subway station stops, see - https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/holidaynostalgiarides/

Thursday, November 14, 2024 - February 2025 - The 20th Annual Holiday Toy Train Show at Grand Central Terminal. Midtown. For details see Midtown events below or https://grandcentralterminal.com/event/new-york-transit-museums-holiday-train-show/

Gramercy Theater concerts - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows

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• CLICK here to view Manhattan street fairs and festivals NYC 2024. There are Mom's Day gift markets.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC

Click here for the Queens holiday markets this weekend nyc. And click here for the Queens holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page.

• Saturday & Sunday, December 7, 8 & 14, 2024 from 12 noon to 2 pm - Ditmars Street & Broadway & Steinway Street Holiday Caroling, each street with each dates respectively

• December 8 & 15, 2024 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Astoria Market Holiday Market - at Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden

• Sundays & Wednesday, December 8, 11 & 15, 2024 from 1 to 3 pm, 7.30 to 9 pm & 2 to 5 pm - Bayside Historical Society Quilting, Concert & Crafting

• Thursday, Friday, Saturdays & Sundays, December 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21 & 22, 2024 - It's a Wonderful Life Radio Play - at Queens Theatre

• Friday, Saturday & Sunday, December 13, 14 & 15, 2024 from 5 to 9 pm, 11 am to 7 pm & 12 noon to 5 pm respectively - 15th Annual Holiday Craft Show - at LIC Brickhouse Ceramics

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 11 am to 4 pm - Comics & Crafts Holiday Market - at Flushing Town Hall

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 12 noon to 4 pm - 7th Annual Douglaston Winter Festival - at 235th Street and 41st Avenue in Douglaston.

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 1 to 3 pm - Mariachi Performance on Steinway Street in Astoria

• Sunday, December 14, 2024 beginning at 2 pm - Scrooge - at Black Spectrum Theatre in Jamaica.

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 1 to 2.30 pm - Gift of the Magi Reading - at the Queens County Farm

• Sunday, December 15, 2024 from 4 to 6.30 pm - The Nutcracker by the Joffrey Ballet - at The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 beginning at 9.30 am - Kwanzaa Celebration at the Langston Hughes Library & Cultural Center

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 beginning at 6 pm - Closing Reception for Trickle Down - at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 7 - 10 pm [UNCONFIRMED] - A Queens Holiday Caroling / Sing-Along tradition that begins at Cassidy's Ale House

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 beginning at 6 / 7 / 8 pm - Burstin' Boots in Queens by Jalopy Theatre - at Flushing Town Hall

• Saturday & Sunday, December 14 & 15, 2024 beginning at 7.30 pm - Reenactment of the Nativity Scene - at Redeemer Church

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 10 am to 4 pm - 1st Annual Holiday Craft Market at the Queens County Farm

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 12 noon to 5 pm - Queens Craft Brigade - at Katch Astoria

• Sunday, December 15, 2024 beginning at 4 pm - Queens College Choral Society performing Haydn's Nelson Mass in a Concert for Unity and Peace - at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts

• Sunday, December 15, 2024 beginning at 2 pm - Poppenhusen Holiday Concert - at Poppenhusen Institute

• Thursday, December 19, 2024 beginning at 8 pm - Meet the Playwright of Pansy Craze - at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning

Thursday, November 7, 2024 to January 12, 2025 - open Thurs thru Sat from 10 am to 6 pm - Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair. Opening Reception 11.23.24 from 7 to 10 pm. 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 January 12th, with an art talk event on January 11th from 2 to 3 pm. All art work priced under $999. For details see - https://www.culturelablic.org OR https://www.licartists.org/off-the-wall-2

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• Sunday, December 15, 2024 concert beginning at 4 pm by the Queens College Choral Society performing Haydn's Nelson Mass in a Concert for Unity and Peace [$6 - $18]. Click the MCAL link above for details.
• Saturdays, December 7 & 21, 2024 there will be a breakfast at Applebee's with Santa [$15 including photos w/ Santa]. Click the MCAL link above for details.
• Aromatherapy with Annie Dec 7, Intro to Vet Techs Dec 14, Furry Friends Dec 15, Programs Animal Adventures: Animal Meet & Greet Dec 26 & Winter Wildlife - Seasonal Changes Dec 26 - All at Alley Pond Environmental Center. Click the MCAL link above for details.

 

Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC

The holiday markets and events are too numerous to list on the front page, so use these links to peruse all of them.Click here for the Brooklyn holiday market this weekend nyc. And click here for Brooklyn holiday events nyc.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page. Few of the many RECURRING holiday markets are shown here, so I highly recommend you click into the markets page, as there are at least 10 of them.

• Friday, December 13, 2024 from 5 to 7 pm - Christmas Tree Lighting at Grand Army Plaza

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 1 - 6 pm - Tents of Kedar Holiday Market

• Saturday & Sunday, December 14 & 15, 2024 from 12 noon to 7 pm - 8th Annual Give Back Holiday Market - at the Textile Arts Center - in Gowanus - see photo at right

• Saturday & Sunday, December 7 & 8, 14 & 15 and 21 & 22, 2024 - Walk the Windows Along Atlantic Avenue

• Daily, Thursday - Sunday, December 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2024 at 7 pm and at 2 pm on Saturday & Sunday - Brooklyn Ballet Nutcracker

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 11 am to 6 pm - PowerHouse Arts x Brooklyn Pop Up Holiday Market

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 7.30 to 9 pm - A Very Merry Brooklyn - Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra Christmas Concert

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 1 to 3 pm - Green - Wood Cemetery Trolley Tour

• Sunday, December 15, 2024 beginning at 11 am and 4.30 pm - Bay Ridge Ballet Performs the Nutcracker - at Our Lady of Angels Parish

• Saturday December 15, 2024 from 3 to 5 pm - Multi-cultural Holiday Extravaganza - at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music

• Sunday, December 15, 2024 from 2 to 3.30 pm - the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert

• Friday, November 29, 2024 - January 2, 2025 - Dyker Heights Neighborhood Christmas Lights. - in Dyker Heights with the epicenter generally between 11th - 13th Avenues and 83rd - 86th Streets. Free holiday things to do in South & West Brooklyn NYC. There isn't any official website for this organic holiday lights competition among neighbors.

• Friday November 22, 2024 through January 5, 2025 from 4.30 to 8.15 pm - Lightscape Show - at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden at 990 Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights. Holiday things to do in Brooklyn. For details see - https://www.bbg.org

• Coney Island _ Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, November 23 to January 7, 2025 [also Holidays except Thanksgiving & Xmas and Weekdays from 12/25/ 24 - 1/1/2025] - 2nd Annual Frost Fest - at Luna Park on Coney Island. This event includes select rides, holiday lights and décor, seasonal food and a holiday market. For details and tickets see - https://lunaparknyc.com/

• Friday, November 29 to December 15, 2024 at various times - Flip Circus in Brooklyn. At the main field in McCarren Park on the south side of the park. For details and tickets ranging from $30 for kids to $60 / $65 for adults, see - https://www.flipcircus.com

Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.

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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC

Click here for the Bronx holiday market this weekend nyc. And click here for the Bronx holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page.

• 12/7/24 & 12/8 & 12/15 & 12/17/24 _ Updates coming next week by 12/6/24 _ Saturday, December 2, 2023 from 7.30 to 8.30 pm Bronx Arts Ensemble Performs the Holiday

• December 12 & 13, 2024 at 10.30 am both days and at 2 pm Thursday only - Nutcracker Ballet - by the Westchester Ballet Company at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

• Friday, December 13, 2024 beginning at 3 pm - Winter Wonderland - in the Great Hall at Yankee Stadium

• Sundays, December 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2024 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Bronx Holiday Market

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 11 am to 2 pm - Wreath Making Workshop at the Van Cortlandt Golf Lake House

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 beginning at 2.30 pm - Bronx Concert Singers 43rd Holiday Concert - at St. Helena's Church

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 10 am to 1 pm - Veterans & Family Toy Giveaway - at the Bronx Zoo

• Sundays, December 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2024 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Bronx Holiday Market

• Bedford Park / Belmont _ Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, November 22, 2024 to January 5, 2025 from 3 to 9 pm - Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights - turn on at dusk at 4.30 pm, and you have between 3 and 4 pm to visit the animals in the buildings before they close at 4 pm. Holiday lights and events near the Belmont and Bedford Park neighborhoods in the Central Bronx. For details and $57 / $52 / $42 [kids] tickets, see - https://bronxzoo.com/holiday-lights

• Saturday, November 16 - 30, 2024 [Ends January 20, 2025] from 10 am - 6 pm [closed holidays] - NYBG Holiday Train Show - at the New York Botanical Garden at 2900 Southern Blvd in the Belmont Neighborhood. Bronx holiday events & things to do nyc. Central Bronx. For details see below or - https://www.nybg.org

• November & December 2024 on various days and at multiple times - Yankee Stadium Tours - at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. See the Yankees Museum, the ball park including both the dugout a press box or VIP suite for $41 / adult and $30 / child. For details and online tickets [only] see - https://www.mlb.com/yankees/ballpark/tours/public/classic-tours-tickets

• The Bartow Pell Mansion Holiday Events & Market - Holiday Luncheon 11/26, Jazzy Holiday First Friday 12/6, Holiday Party 12/7, Holiday Gift Fair 12/8, Selfies w/ Santa 12/14, BAE Holiday Concert w/ Robbie Pat 12/15, A Christmas Carol 12/11 & 12/17 and Holiday Cookies & Crafts 12/21. The details to all of these are posted in our Member Calendar as well as on their website - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/events-2/

Click here for Bronx Halloween parties, parades & events Bx NYC.

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In the December MCAL - The Bartow Pell Mansion Holiday Events & Market - Holiday Luncheon 11/26, Jazzy Holiday First Friday 12/6, Holiday Party 12/7, Holiday Gift Fair 12/8, Selfies w/ Santa 12/14, BAE Holiday Concert w/ Robbie Pat 12/15, A Christmas Carol 12/11 & 12/17 and Holiday Cookies & Crafts 12/21. And Sunday, December 8, 2024 there's a Holiday Gift Fair at the Riverdale Y. On Sunday, December 22, 2024 there will be a breakfast at Applebee's with Santa [$15 including photos w/ Santa] near Fordham Plaza. Click the MCAL link above for details.

 

Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC

Click here for the Staten Island holiday markets this weekend nyc. And click here for the Staten Island holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page.

• Friday, Saturday & Sunday, December 13 - 15, 2024 beginning at 7 pm Friday, and at 2 pm and 6 pm on Saturday & Sunday - 21st Annual Christmas Show - at the St. George Theatre

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 12 noon to 3 pm - Conference House Holiday Splendor Tour

• Saturday & Sunday, December 14 & 15, 2024 beginning at 2 pm, 5 pm, & 2 pm respectively - Suessical Kids performed by the Spotlight Repertory Theatre - at Empire Outlets

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 beginning at 10 am and 12 noon - Holiday Wreath Making Workshop - at the Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve

• Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 12 noon to 3 pm - ‘Aura Photos' Day - at the Alice Austen House Museum

• Sundays, December 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2024 from 11 am to 2 pm - Holiday Sunday Brunch with Santa - at The Historic Old Bermuda Inn

• New Springville / Heartland Village _ Daily, mid November - December 24, 2024 - Pictures with Santa & extended hours - at the Staten Island Mall

• Monday & Tuesday, December 16 & 17, 2024 from 6.30 to 10 pm and from 6 to 10 pm respectively - Christmas Concert and Christmas Tree Lighting - at Monsignor Farrell High School

• Friday, December 20, 2024 beginning at 7 pm [doors open at 6 pm] - Universal Temple of the Arts & the 36th Staten Island Jazz Festival

The photo at right shows one of the sea worthy steeds that ferry Staten Islanders to and fro the Big Apple daily.

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Have a nice December weekend.

 

 

Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

Winter Solstice Saturday 12/21/24, Holiday Events & Markets in all Boros - see each Borough Below including Manhattan; Queens; Brooklyn; Bronx; and Staten Island

December 20, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.

NYC Weather Forecast as of 12.20.24. Sunrise 7.16 am & Sunset at 4.31 pm. There's a chance of snow or rain between Friday evening and Saturday morning at 8 am. Thereafter the rest of the weekend is dry. The temperature highs will be in the mid 30's on Friday and Saturday, descending to the high 20's on Sunday. The temperature lows will be in the low 30's on Friday, descending into the mid to high teens on Saturday and Sunday. The humidity is 60 - 90% on Friday, descending to 50% - 80% on Saturday and then 30% - 50% on Sunday. The winds will be 10 mph on Friday and Sunday, climbing to between 10 - 20 mph on Saturday. So wear something warm that shields you from the wind, including a hat and gloves, to best enjoy your time outside.

The photo above or at right, taken in a prior year, shows the Christmas tree all lit up at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. The tree was lit up this week and will remain so, in the evening, thru Christmas.

 

Saturday AM Edition at 10.15 am. Done, but added a couple of photos Saturday evening. It looks to be another seasonal, but generally good weather weekend. Enjoy.

 

Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan

Click here for the Manhattan holiday markets this weekend nyc. And click here for the Manhattan holiday events nyc. These are also simultaneously a work in progress.

In the photo above or at right, taken earlier this month, you can see visitors to St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC make offerings to honor / remember their loved ones. This year Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa all occur in the middle of the coming week.

Manhattan Holiday Markets this weekend are too numerous to recite here, so please use the link above to browse through all the holiday markets [about a dozen and a half of them], many of which stay open until Christmas or the end of the year. The following are limited time markets that just opened and will close this week / weekend.

• Click the link above to view one and a half dozen different holiday markets operating in Manhattan this weekend.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page. Few of the many holiday markets are shown here, so if you're looking for a holiday market, I highly recommend you click into the markets page.

• Sundays ONLY, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024 from 10 am - 5 pm - Vintage Subway Car / Nostalgia Subway Holiday Train Rides

• Saturdays, December 7, 14 & 21, 2024 from 3 to 7 pm - La Marqueta Night Market in East Harlem.

• Fridays, December 13 & 27, 2024 from 5.30 - 7 pm - Birdland Big Band Jazz - at the Birdland Jazz Club

• Friday, Saturday & Sunday, December 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 & 22, 2024 beginning at 3 pm & 7 pm - Home for the Holidays theatrical performance - at Harlem School of the Arts

• Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, December 19, 20, 21 & 22, 2024 beginning at 7 pm on Thursday, Friday & Saturday, also at 2 pm Saturday, and at 12 noon and 5 pm on Sunday - Dances Patrelle Yorkville Nutcracker - at the Gerald Lynch Theatre at John Jay College

• Monday, December 23, 2024 beginning at 7 pm - Handell's Messiah - at Carnegie Hall

• Tuesday Night / Wednesday Morning, December 24 / 25, 2024 - St. Patrick's Cathedral Midnight Mass

• Saturday, December 21 - Thursday, December 26, 2024 - Yiddish Festival at the 14th Street Y and Hebrew College

Sundays ONLY, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024 from 10 am - 5 pm - Vintage Subway Car / Nostalgia Subway Holiday Train Rides - along the F and Q subway lines in Manhattan. Uptown ridges begin on the even hours and downtown rides begin on the odd hours. Holiday events / things to do in Midtown Manhattan NYC. Ride in older subway cars for the normal subway line ticket price. Many folks dress up in vintage outfits for kicks. For details, times, route and subway station stops, see - https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/holidaynostalgiarides/

Thursday, November 14, 2024 - February 2025 - The 20th Annual Holiday Toy Train Show at Grand Central Terminal. Midtown. For details see Midtown events below or https://grandcentralterminal.com/event/new-york-transit-museums-holiday-train-show/

Gramercy Theater concerts - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows

• Click here for Manhattan Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
• CLICK here to view Manhattan street fairs and festivals NYC 2024. There are Mom's Day gift markets.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Manhattan NYC.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC

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The photo above or at right was taken in Flushing this week. Near the end of January, the Chinese New Year celebrations begin. And Flushing is perhaps the most Chinese neighborhood in Queens, rivaling the Chinatown in Manhattan, and still eclipsing the Chinatown in Brooklyn. Although it's worth noting that the Chinatown in Brooklyn has grown significantly in stature over the past decade.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page.

• Thursday, Friday, Saturdays & Sundays, December 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21 & 22, 2024 - It's a Wonderful Life Radio Play - at Queens Theatre

• Sundays, December 8, 15 & 22, 2024 from 2 to 5 pm - Photos with Santa Event - at the Tangram Mall

• Tuesday, December 24, 2024 beginning at 7.30 pm - Christmas Carols - at Redeemer Church at 36-01 Bell Blvd in Bayside

• Wednesday thru Sunday, December 25, 2024 thru March 23, 2025 from 5 to 9 pm - Lektrik Festival of Lights - at the Queens Botanical Garden

• Thursday, December 26, 2024 - Animal Meet & Greet & Winter Wildlife - Seasonal Changes - at Alley Pond Environmental Center. For details see - https://www.alleypond.org or use the MCAL link below.

Thursday, November 7, 2024 to January 12, 2025 - open Thurs thru Sat from 10 am to 6 pm - Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair. Opening Reception 11.23.24 from 7 to 10 pm. 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 January 12th, with an art talk event on January 11th from 2 to 3 pm. All art work priced under $999. For details see - https://www.culturelablic.org OR https://www.licartists.org/off-the-wall-2

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• Sunday, December 15, 2024 concert beginning at 4 pm by the Queens College Choral Society performing Haydn's Nelson Mass in a Concert for Unity and Peace [$6 - $18]. Click the MCAL link above for details.
• Saturdays, December 7 & 21, 2024 there will be a breakfast at Applebee's with Santa [$15 including photos w/ Santa]. Click the MCAL link above for details.
• Aromatherapy with Annie Dec 7, Intro to Vet Techs Dec 14, Furry Friends Dec 15, Programs Animal Adventures: Animal Meet & Greet Dec 26 & Winter Wildlife - Seasonal Changes Dec 26 - All at Alley Pond Environmental Center. Click the MCAL link above for details.

 

Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC

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Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page. Only one of the numerous RECURRING holiday markets are shown here, so if you're interested in finding holiday markets I highly recommend you click into the markets page, as there are at least 10 of them.

Here's the latest market addition.

Fridays, November 29 & December 27, 2024 from 4 to 10 pm - DeKalb Night Market at DeKalb Market Hall - at 445 Albee Square

And here are the most recent events.

• Friday, Saturday & Sunday, December 20, 21 & 22, 2024 beginning at 7.30 pm Friday, 3 pm on Saturday & Sunday & also at 12 noon Sunday - The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

• Saturday December 21, 2024 from 2 to 3.15 pm - Caroling with the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music - meeting at the Old Stone House

• Sunday, December 22, 2024 beginning at 4 pm - Handel's Messiah with Grace Chorale of Brooklyn - at St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church

• Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 9 pm - Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Concert - at All Saints Episcopal Church

• Daily beginning Wednesday, December 25, 2024 thru January 1, 2025 - beginning at 4 pm the 1st night & 6 pm all other nights except Friday 3.30 pm, Saturday 7.15 pm & Sunday 5 pm - Lighting of the Largest Menorah in Brooklyn - at Grand Army Plaza

• Saturday & Sunday, December 7 & 8, 14 & 15 and 21 & 22, 2024 - Walk the Windows Along Atlantic Avenue

• Friday, November 29, 2024 - January 2, 2025 - Dyker Heights Neighborhood Christmas Lights. - in Dyker Heights with the epicenter generally between 11th - 13th Avenues and 83rd - 86th Streets. Free holiday things to do in South & West Brooklyn NYC. There isn't any official website for this organic holiday lights competition among neighbors.

• Friday November 22, 2024 through January 5, 2025 from 4.30 to 8.15 pm - Lightscape Show - at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden at 990 Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights. Holiday things to do in Brooklyn. For details see - https://www.bbg.org

• Coney Island _ Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, November 23 to January 7, 2025 [also Holidays except Thanksgiving & Xmas and Weekdays from 12/25/ 24 - 1/1/2025] - 2nd Annual Frost Fest - at Luna Park on Coney Island. This event includes select rides, holiday lights and décor, seasonal food and a holiday market. For details and tickets see - https://lunaparknyc.com/

Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.

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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC

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In the photo above or at right, taken earlier this week, you can see NYC subway riders all bundled up, as they carry on with their lives, not letting a bit of cold weather slow them down.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page.

• Saturday, December 21, 2024 from 5.30 to 8.30 pm - Winter Solstice Pub Night - at Wave Hill at 4900 Independence Avenue in Riverdale

• Saturdays, December 14 & 21, 2024 from 4 to 7 pm - Self Guided Candlelit Tours - at the Van Cortlandt House Museum

• Sundays, December 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2024 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Bronx Holiday Market at Fordham Plaza.

• Bedford Park / Belmont _ Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, November 22, 2024 to January 5, 2025 from 3 to 9 pm - Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights - turn on at dusk at 4.30 pm, and you have between 3 and 4 pm to visit the animals in the buildings before they close at 4 pm. Holiday lights and events near the Belmont and Bedford Park neighborhoods in the Central Bronx. For details and $57 / $52 / $42 [kids] tickets, see - https://bronxzoo.com/holiday-lights

• Saturday, November 16 - 30, 2024 [Ends January 20, 2025] from 10 am - 6 pm [closed holidays] - NYBG Holiday Train Show - at the New York Botanical Garden at 2900 Southern Blvd in the Belmont Neighborhood. Bronx holiday events & things to do nyc. Central Bronx. For details see below or - https://www.nybg.org

• November & December 2024 on various days and at multiple times - Yankee Stadium Tours - at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. See the Yankees Museum, the ball park including both the dugout a press box or VIP suite for $41 / adult and $30 / child. For details and online tickets [only] see - https://www.mlb.com/yankees/ballpark/tours/public/classic-tours-tickets

• The Bartow Pell Mansion Holiday Events & Market - Holiday Luncheon 11/26, Jazzy Holiday First Friday 12/6, Holiday Party 12/7, Holiday Gift Fair 12/8, Selfies w/ Santa 12/14, BAE Holiday Concert w/ Robbie Pat 12/15, A Christmas Carol 12/11 & 12/17 and Holiday Cookies & Crafts 12/21. The details to all of these are posted in our Member Calendar as well as on their website - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/events-2/

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In the December MCAL - The Bartow Pell Mansion Holiday Events & Market - Holiday Luncheon 11/26, Jazzy Holiday First Friday 12/6, Holiday Party 12/7, Holiday Gift Fair 12/8, Selfies w/ Santa 12/14, BAE Holiday Concert w/ Robbie Pat 12/15, A Christmas Carol 12/11 & 12/17 and Holiday Cookies & Crafts 12/21. And Sunday, December 8, 2024 there's a Holiday Gift Fair at the Riverdale Y. On Sunday, December 22, 2024 there will be a breakfast at Applebee's with Santa [$15 including photos w/ Santa] near Fordham Plaza. Click the MCAL link above for details.

 

Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC

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The photo above or at right, taken earlier this year, shows the entrance to the Staten Island Ferry, on the north shore in St. George.

Click into the holiday events link above for details on the following holiday events this weekend and coming week. And click into the holiday markets link for the holiday fairs. TO SEE ALL EVENTS or MARKETS, click into that page.

• Friday, December 20, 2024 beginning at 7 pm [doors open at 6 pm] - Universal Temple of the Arts & the 36th Staten Island Jazz Festival - at the St. George Theatre

• Saturday, December 21, 2024 from 3 to 6 pm - Holiday Tree Lighting and Celebration - at William H. Pouch Scout Camp

• December 21 & 22, 2024 beginning at 2 pm & 5 pm both days - the Nutcracker by the Staten Island Ballet Dancers - at the Williamson Theater at the College of Staten Island

• Sundays, December 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2024 from 11 am to 2 pm - Holiday Sunday Brunch with Santa - at The Historic Old Bermuda Inn

• Sunday, December 22, 2024 from 1 to 5.30 pm - The Miracle of Christmas - at Fellowship Baptist Church at 3036 Richmond Terrace in Mariners Harbor

• New Springville / Heartland Village _ Daily, mid November - December 24, 2024 - Pictures with Santa & extended hours - at the Staten Island Mall

• Thursday, December 26, 2024 from 6.30 to 10.30 pm - 3rd Annual Kwanzaa & Community Celebration - at the Central Family Life Center at 50 Wright Street in Stapleton

The photo at right shows one of the sea worthy steeds that ferry Staten Islanders to and fro the Big Apple daily.

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Have a nice December weekend.