December 22, 2022
Thursday

Headliners

7:00 pmNew York Rangers vs. New York Islanders Madison Square Garden. NHL Hockey Game. 212-465-6073
8:15 pmNew York Jets vs. Jacksonville Jaguars MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford. National Football League professional football game.

Festivals

8:00 am-
10:00 pm
Bank of America Winter Village - The Lodge at Bryant Park Bryant Park. Winter Village's rinkside bar and food hall. The Lodge features a festive cocktail bar surrounded by a full range of eateries...
3:00 pmHoliday Lights The Bronx Zoo. The park comes to life with holiday cheer with immersive light displays, custom-designed animal lanterns & animated light...
4:30 pmLightscape Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Celebrate the beauty of nature in winter with family and friends on an enchanting trail featuring over a million...
5:00 pm-
9:00 pm
Holiday in the Park Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson. Millions of glittering lights, dazzling holiday entertainment, delicious seasonal treats, Santa's...
7:00 pmA Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House Charles Dickens in New York, 1867 Merchant's House Museum. Join Mr. Dickens, portrayed by John Kevin Jones, as he tells his timeless Christmas tale in the elegant intact Greek...
Korean Film Series Korean Cultural Service New York. The Korean Cultural Service New York hosts a twice-monthly film series on Thursdays. Films screened...

The Arts

9:30 am-
8:00 pm
Madame Tussauds New York Madame Tussauds New York. Participate in the action. Mix Music with R&B Megastar Usher, Sing for Simon on American Idol (R)... 800-246-8872
11:00 am-
5:45 pm
Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey The Jewish Museum. The acclaimed permanent exhibition tells the unfolding story of Jewish culture and identity through 800... 212-423-3337
11:00 amRadio City Christmas Spectacular: Radio City Rockettes Radio City Music Hall. Dance theatrical performance.
1:00 pmHarry Potter and The Cursed Child - Parts 1 and 2 Lyric Theatre. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of...
2:00 pmThe Phantom Of The Opera Majestic Theatre. Broadway performance.
2:00 pmKinky Boots Stage 42. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmFiddler on The Roof - Performed in Yiddish with English Supertitles New World Stages - Stage 1. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
5:00 pmBlue Man Group Astor Place Theatre. Opened on Boradway in 1991. Three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 800-BLUE-MAN
7:00 pmChicago - The Musical Ambassador Theatre. This Tony-Award winning musical tells a story of two showgirls who kill their lovers and how their smooth lawyer propels...
7:00 pmWicked Gershwin Theatre. Opened on Broadway in 2003, The story of two girls born in the Land of Oz. One has green skin as is fiery and misunderstood... 212-307-4100
7:00 pmThe Book of Mormon Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical! A hilarious Broadway musical about a pair of mismatched... 212-239-6200
7:00 pmAladdin New Amsterdam Theatre. Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that the evil has other plans for...
7:00 pmHamilton Richard Rodgers Theatre. A musical story about the life and very interesting times of Alexander Hamilton.
7:00 pmNew York City Ballet: The Nutcracker David H. Koch Theater. Celebrate the joy and wonder of the holidays with George Balanchine's The Nutcracker as Tschaikovsky's iconic score...
7:00 pmCome From Away Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. In a heartbeat, 38 planes with 6,579 passengers were stranded in a remote town in Newfoundland. The locals opened...
7:00 pmMoulin Rouge - The Musical Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmThe Play That Goes Wrong New World Stages - Stage 4. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmHadestown Walter Kerr Theater. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmKatsura Sunshine's Rakugo New World Stages - Stage 2. A minimalistic performance art that features a lone storyteller dressed in kimono, kneeling on a cushion, who...
7:00 pmLittle Shop of Horrors Westside Theatre - Upstairs. This Broadway smash is a story about a man-eating plant named Audrey and the people who care for her...
7:00 pmThe Book of Mormon Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmMJ - The Life Story of Michael Jackson Neil Simon Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSix The Musical Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmBeetlejuice - The Musical Marquis Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmFunny Girl August Wilson Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmA Strange Loop Lyceum Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmKPOP - The Musical Circle in the Square Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSome Like It Hot Shubert Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Piano Lesson St. James Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Piano Lesson The Barrymore Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmAin't No Mo' Belasco Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmAlmost Famous - The Musical Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSuzan-Lori Park's Topdog/Underdog John Golden Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmDeath of a Salesman Millennium Hotel Hudson Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pm1776 - The Musical American Airlines Theater. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmKimberly Akimbo Booth Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmA Beautiful Noise - The Neil Diamond Musical Broadhurst Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmLeopoldstadt Longacre Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmA Christmas Carol McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmNew Jersey Ballet's Nutcracker Mayo Center For The Performing Arts, Morristown. Ballet theatrical performance.
7:30 pmMetropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute - Holiday Presentation Metropolitan Opera House. Operatic theatrical performance.
7:30 pmDrunk Shakespeare Green Fig. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmNew York Philharmonic: Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets In Concert David Geffen Hall. Classical concert.
8:00 pmChicago - The Musical Ambassador Theatre. This Tony-Award winning musical tells a story of two showgirls who kill their lovers and how their smooth lawyer propels...
8:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Disney's Tony Award winning musical about Simba, a young cub, and his journey from childhood to adulthood and eventually...
8:00 pmWicked Gershwin Theatre. Opened on Broadway in 2003, The story of two girls born in the Land of Oz. One has green skin as is fiery and misunderstood... 212-307-4100
8:00 pmStomp Orpheum Theatre. This international percussion ensemble used everyday objects to create amazing sounds and rhythms. Listing may not include...
8:00 pmTom Cotter Levity Live Comedy Club, West Nyack. Comedic performance live.
8:00 pmBecky Nurse of Salem Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pm& Juliet Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmThe Power of Music - A Selection of Works by Andrew James Safioleas Weill Recital Hall. Classical concert.
8:00 pmSuzanne Vega The Loft at City Winery - NYC. Alternative music performance.
10:00 pm-
12:00 am
Starshine Burlesque The Fortune Cookie Cabaret. Starshine Burlesque takes it off every single Thursday night and features some of the best in burlesque entertainment...
here: remembering 9/11 Ground Zero. "here: remembering 9/11" features a selection of photographs from the "here is new york: a democracy of photographs" exhibition...

Retail Events

11:00 am-
8:00 pm
Bank of America Winter Village - Holiday Shops at Bryant Park Bryant Park. The Holiday Shops include boutique-like shops offering exquisite gift ideas from distinctive apparel to jewelry, decorative...

Sports

8:00 am-
10:00 pm
Bank of America Winter Village - The Rink at Bryant Park Bryant Park. The Rink is the centerpiece of Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park. The 170' x 100' rink features free admission ice skating...
7:00 pmNew York Rangers vs. New York Islanders Madison Square Garden. NHL Hockey Game. 212-465-6073
8:15 pmNew York Jets vs. Jacksonville Jaguars MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford. National Football League professional football game.

For Children

11:30 am-
12:30 pm
The Story Museum Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Preschool children up to age 5. Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories... 718-351-1611
3:30 pmAfter School Book Club Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Junior High School students. Read and discuss selected books covering major periods... 718-351-1611

Community

11:00 am-
3:00 pm
Ground Zero Museum Workshop "Images & Artifacts from the Recovery" Ground Zero Museum. 5-star rated exhibit displays 100 of Gary Marlon Suson's most notable photographs as well as artifacts... 212-920-4264
4:30 pm-
5:30 pm
OSLIC Voice Spa Oslic Voice Spa. Learn to use a voice that seduces and words that charm from certified OSLIC Instructors. Get what you need just using your speech...
8:00 pm-
9:30 pm
Amma's Satsang Dharmakaya Meditation Center. Satsang has power to transform your mind. It is a time to cleanse the mind and allow the spirit... 212-306-0534
New York Pole Dancing New York Pole Dancing, White Plains. Intro to Pole Dancing classes. Also $5, $10, & $20 class packages available. Classes... 917-628-7449
Made on Staten Island Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Made on Staten Island presents a wide variety of objects crafted and produced on the... 718-351-1611
Toys! Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. The exhibition features more than 200 of the best-loved and most fondly remembered... 718-351-1611

Miscellaneous

11:00 amNew York TV & Movie Tour On Location Tours. Lights, Camera, Action! Take a bus tour to the sites of your favorite movies and TV shows. Over 40 sites from... 212-209-3370
11:00 amSex & the City Hotspots Tour On Location Tours. Follow in the footsteps of Carrie & Co. as they conquer New York City! See where they drank, shopped and gossip... 212-209-3370
3:00 pmSex & the City Hotspots Tour On Location Tours. Follow in the footsteps of Carrie & Co. as they conquer New York City! See where they drank, shopped and gossip... 212-209-3370
5:30 pm-
11:30 pm
Past Rock Star Silkscreen Exhibit Providence. George H. Potter's current exhibition is a tribute series honoring the legendary entertainers who recorded landmark albums there...

Nightlife

6:00 pmAfter Work Thursdays at Proof Proof Bar and Lounge. Join us for happy hour every Thursday with drink specials.
7:30 pm-
10:30 pm
Copacabana Night! Affairs Afloat. Join the Copacabana Party Cruise with a Live DJ spinning the hottest salsa, merengue, bachata and Latin favorites... 212-987-9200
8:30 pm-
11:00 pm
Comedy Soap Box Nevada Smith's. Comedy Soap Box has been producing some of the best standup in New York for four years. Comedians from Leno, Letterman, HBO...
8:30 pm-
10:30 pm
Comedy Hurts Joe Franklin's Comedy Club. A variety of TV credited comedians perform in an intimate room where you can eat, drink while you enjoy the show...
9:00 pmCelebrity Thursdays at Rubber Monkey Rubber Monkey. Resident DJ's Eric Tomasini, David Vasquez and John Creamer spinning on-the-edge house with the once-famous and would be supermodels...
9:00 pmComedy Showcase New York Comedy Club. Comics at the New York Comedy Club have appeared on the Tonight Show, Letterman, MTV, Comedy Central... 212-696-5233
9:00 pm-
2:30 am
Live Funk/R&B at Club Groove Club Groove. Features live music seven nights a week.
10:00 pmStand Up Comedy Broadway Comedy Club. Every night The Broadway Comedy Club features comics who have appeared on Letterman, The Tonight Show... 212-757-2323
10:00 pm-
2:00 am
Salsa Night Club Cache. Come out every Thursday night to NYC's most exciting and only underground Salsa party 4 years and still going strong... 646-591-2772
11:00 pm-
4:00 am
Say Word Thursday Nolia. This is a sexy, sexy, sexy, intimate Senegalese/French spot in the East Village. Beautiful decor, great staff, great sound, great location...
Virtual Thursdays at SBNY SBNY Splash Bar New York.
Ladies Night at Webster Hall Webster Hall. Don't miss out on the explosive Male Revue from 10pm to midnight for the ladies only.
Blues, Jazz, & Rock Jazz, Blues & Rock Club Crawl in Greenwich Village. Call for reservations & meeting place. $20 includes admission to all clubs (1... 212-696-6617
All the Drag with the Asian Dragdolls Lucky Cheng's. Witty drag queens from New York team up with Asian "dragdolls" from Singapore, Japan, India, China, Hawaii, Indonesia... 212-861-2438