2:30 – 3 pm Peter & the Wolf: Works & Process at Guggenheim New York Ages: 5 – 8Art Family Music Works & Process at the GuggenheimMidtown
3 – 4:30 pm Truman vs. Israel: Abzug and the Undressing of Truman Theater Theater at St. ClementsTheater District
3 – 4:30 pm Annual Christmas Concert: Gloria! Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday Church of St. Ignatius LoyolaUpper East Side
3 – 4:30 pm Killing Mrs. Claus: A new inappropriate holiday comedy LGBTQ+ Theater Theater for the New City
3 – 5 pm New Dances: Edition 2025 Art Dance Peter Jay Sharp Theater at The Juilliard SchoolUpper West Side
3 – 4:30 pm The Dark Christmas Walking Tour (Lower Manhattan) Christmas History & Culture Lower ManhattanLower Manhattan
3 – 6 pm ’Twas the Night Before Christmas: Carols & A Reading Ages: AllFamily Free The Church of the Intercession and Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum
3 – 5 pm Chanukah Menorah Lighting & Celebration Ages: AllCommunity Family Free the SeaportDowntown Manhattan
3:30 – 5:30 pm ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil Ages: AllChristmas Dance Family The Theater at MSGMidtown
4 pm Westchester Ballet Company’s “The Nutcracker” Ages: 5 and upArt Dance Family Lehman Center for the Performing ArtsKingsbridge Heights
4 pm The Nutcracker & Visit to Santa’s Toyland Ages: AllChristmas Dance Family LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
4 – 5 pm Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!” Ages: 3 – 8Books & Readings Family Music Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea
4 pm Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahPark Slope
4 pm Riverdale Menorah Lighting Ages: AllCommunity Family Free The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkRiverdale
5 – 7:30 pm Dances Patrelle Presents Francis Patrelle’s The Yorkville Nutcracker Ages: AllChristmas Dance Family The Kaye PlayhouseUpper East Side
5 – 7 pm Menorah Lighting Ceremony at Kings Plaza Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Kings Plaza Shopping Center
5:30 – 7 pm The Grandest Princess Ball Ever! Ages: 8 and underFamily Music Theater Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareTimes Square
5:30 pm Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Grand Army Plaza – Fifth Avenue
Today, 10:30 am Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi Derfner Judaica Museum
AMNY Op-Ed | The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will shrink New York’s legal workforce and damage the economy — Albany must act now
Brooklyn Paper We’ll be BWAC: After fire, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition launches search for new home