June 1, 2006

December 2009 calendar of events for New York City

Wednesday, December 2
Tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center (on display through Jan. 7)
NYC traffic gridlock alert day
Phish at Madison Square Garden (through Dec. 4)
Patrice Chéreau’s production of Janácek’s “From the House of the Dead” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch at Jim Caruso’s “Cast Party” at Birdland (through Dec. 5)
New-York Historical Society panel discussion on Roosevelt’s Advisors at 6:30 p.m.
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self-Destruction at Town Hall at 8 p.m.
Too Marvelous for Words: The Music of Johnny Mercer at the Paley Center for Media at 6:30 p.m.
Howie Mandel at 7:30 p.m. at 92Y
A Concert To End Polio with Itzhak Perlman and the NY Philharmonic at 7:30 p.m.
The Donmar Warehouse production of Four Quartets, Beethoven and Eliot at 8 p.m. at the Baryshnikov Arts Center on W. 37th
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on City Center mainstage (through Jan. 3)
Concert Version of Bellini’s Norma at Carnegie Hall at 8 p.m
Free Central Park walking tour: Manhattan Adirondacks at 1 p.m.
Free Central Park walking tour: Views From the Past at noon
Museum of American Finance brown-bag lunch: Tom Fleming on “Washington and Hamilton: The Troubled Friendship that Transformed America from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Constantine Maroulis plays Joe’s Pub at 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 3
Mike Daisey’s “The Last Cargo Cult” begins performances at the Public Theater (through Dec. 13)
New York Philharmonic: Salonen, Ravel & Debussy’s La Mer at Avery Fisher Hall
Chanticleer Christmas in the Met Museum’s Medieval Sculpture Hall at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.
Free 1st Thursdays Dumbo Gallery Walk
Carnegie Hall: Hiromi, Kenny Barron, Roger Kellaway at Zankel Hall at 8:30 p.m.; and Mendelssohn String Quartet at 7:30 p.m. at Weill Recital Hall
New Production Gala for “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” at 8 p.m.
They Might be Giants performance at Barnes & Noble Union Square at 6 p.m.
Zara Lawler, flute plays Trinity Church’s free Concerts at One from 1 to 2 p.m.
NY Philharmonic: Salonen, Ravel & Debussy’s “La Mer” at 7:30 p.m.
Municipal Art Society walking tour: Ladies’ Mile: The Carriage Trade at 10 a.m.
NY Philharmonic open rehearsal at 9:45 a.m.: Salonen, Ravel & Debussy’s La Mer
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self-Destruction at Town Hall at 8 p.m.
Mannheim Steamroller at the Beacon Theatre at 8 p.m.
Jim Cramer: Wall Street Confidential at 8 p.m. at 92Y
Free Aaron White & Shawn Wyckoff performance at the new David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (Broadway between 62nd & 63rd Streets) at 8:30 p.m.
The Donmar Warehouse production of Four Quartets, Beethoven and Eliot at 8 p.m. at the Baryshnikov Arts Center on W. 37th
Museum of American Finance screening of “Floored” at 5:30 p.m.
Tenement Museum panel discussion: Becoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing with Ilan Stavans, Pete Hamill and Lucette Lagnado at 6:30 p.m.
Swann Galleries auction: Maps & Atlases, Books with Plates, Historical Prints, Travel Books & Ephemera
Friday, December 4
NYC traffic gridlock alert day
29th Annual John Lennon Tribute at Symphony Space at 7:30 p.m.
The 4th Annual Romanian Film Festival in New York (through Dec. 7)
“Throne of Blood” (“Macbeth” set in medieval Japan) screens as part of the Classic Samurai Cinema: Three by Kurosawa series at the Met Museum at 6 p.m.
Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion live at Town Hall at 8 p.m.
Art After Dark at the Guggenheim from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
“Le Nozze di Figaro” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Carnegie Hall: Vladimir Feltsman at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage; and Christian Svarfvar with Anders Kilström on Weill Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Bernard Shaw’s comedy “Misalliance” staged at City Center (through Jan. 24)
Composers and Choreographers With Guests From the Conservatoire de Paris at 8 p.m. at Peter Jay Sharp Theater - free
Brendan Benson at Le Poisson Rouge at 7 p.m.
Worst Laid Plans: True Stories of Terrible Sex at Upright Citizens Brigade at 7 p.m.
First Fridays at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. with Bronx Seaside Trolley, Holiday Candlelight Tour Preview and music by the Metropolitones
Half-off
Fridays reduced ice skating admission at Prospect Park’s Wollman Rink until 9 p.m.
Big Onion walking tour: Revolutionary New York at 11 a.m.
NY Philharmonic: Salonen, Ravel & Debussy’s “La Mer” at 11 a.m.
Empire State Building lights up all blue for Cambridge in America’s celebration of Cambridge University’s 800th Anniversary (through Dec. 6)

Saturday, December 5
Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion live at Town Hall at 5:45 p.m.
Patrice Chéreau’s production of Janácek’s “From the House of the Dead” at the Met Opera at 1 p.m.
“Il Trittico” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
NY Philharmonic: Salonen, Ravel & Debussy’s “La Mer” at 8 p.m.
Carnegie Hall: Dorothea Röschmann and Malcolm Martineau at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall at 7:30 p.m.; and Orpheus at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at 8 p.m.
Free Neighborhood Concert at the Bronx Library Center: Chris Washburne and the SYOTOS Band at 2:30 p.m.
Free candlelight tour of Belvedere Castle in Central Park at 6 p.m.
Municipal Art Society walking tour: The Public Schools of C. B. J. Snyder: Stuyvesant to Gramercy Squares at 11 a.m.
New-York Historical Society’s Heroes of Liberty Walking Tour at 11 a.m.
Free Central Park walking tours: Amble Through the Ramble at 11 a.m.; Waterways & Vistas at noon; The Castle & its Kingdom at 1 p.m.; and A Road Once Traveled at 2 p.m.
Free Kettle Ponds tour on Staten Island at 1 p.m.
Museum of American Finance walking tour: Holidays on the Street at 1 p.m.
Holiday Open House at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at 1 p.m.
Free lecture by Bronx Borough Historian Lloyd Ultan on Henry Hudson – The Man at the City Island Branch of the NY Public Library at 2 p.m.
Diaghilev’s World lecture at the Met Museum with art historian Marian Burleigh-Motley at 6 p.m.
Greater Astoria Historical Society hosts a free screening of “It Happened on 5th Avenue” at 1 p.m.
Adults-ony candlelight tours at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (reservations required)
St. Nicholas Day at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum from noon to 4 p.m.
Annual Winter Family Day at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Mikulas – Children’s Holiday Event at the Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden at 3 p.m.
Wild Holiday Party: Presents to the Animals at the Central Park Zoo
Crystal Winter activities at the New York Hall of Science (weekends through Jan. 3)
House of Kids: The Sippy Cups at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza at 10 a.m.
Breakfast with Santa at The Rink at Rockefeller Center
Hot Tuna at the Beacon Theatre at 8 p.m.
Navidad Para el Pueblo with “El Topo” Antonio Caban Vale, Yomo Toro and Zon del Barrio at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
Worst Laid Plans: True Stories of Terrible Sex at Upright Citizens Brigade at 7 p.m.
Free First Saturdays events at the Brooklyn Museum from 5:30 to 11 p.m. including two Dutch musical acts, a screening of “A Hard Day’s Night,” and Brooklyn’s Soul Summit dance party
Big Apple Classic at Madison Square Garden at 4 p.m.
NYC Transit Museum tour of the Old City Hall station (reservations required)

Sunday, December 6
Opening night on Broadway for David Mamet’s “Race” (open-ended run)
92Y Excursion: Grand Central Terminal at 11 a.m.
Free admission at Historic Richmond Town for the Tree Lighting
Adults-ony candlelight tours at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (reservations required)
Lionheart, Il Laudario di Cortona: Christmas in Medieval Italy concert at The Cloisters at 1 and 3 p.m.
NY Rangers home game vs. Red Wings
NY Giants home game vs. Dallas
NY Knicks vs NJ Nets at Madison Square Garden at noon
Lecture on the 1875 Pesach Rubenstein Murder Trial at the Museum at Eldridge Street at 11 a.m.
Municipal Art Society walking tour: Washington Irving’s New York (and the Origins of the Modern Christmas) at 2 p.m.
Breakfast with Santa at The Rink at Rockefeller Center
ASSSSCAT 3000 comedy shows at Upright Citizens Brigade at 7:30 ($10) and 9:30 p.m. (free)
Free Nocturnal Hike at 6 p.m. at Fort Totten Park
Wild Holiday Party: Presents to the Animals at the Central Park Zoo
Polygraph Lounge plays a free neighborhood Concert at Gershwin Hall, Brooklyn College at 2 p.m.
The MET Chamber Ensemble with James Levine plays at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall at 5 p.m.
Vienna Boys Choir at 2 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Free Central Park walking tour at noon of the site of Seneca Village, Manhattan’s first known community of African-American property owners
Free Central Park walking tour: Cross-Park Promenade
Stress - Sex - Music lecture at the Guggenheim Museum at 7:30 p.m.
NYRR Joe Kleinerman 10K in Central Park at 8 a.m.
Songs of the Season with the Brooklyn Philharmonia Chorus from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park
Pinetum Festival at 2 p.m. in Central Park

Monday, December 7
Greater Astoria Historical Society hosts History of Astoria Park & Holiday Party at 7 p.m.
“Les Contes d’Hoffmann ” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
The Two T’s: Theater and Television panel at the Paley Center for Media with Elaine Stritch, Frances Sternhagen, Tyne Daly, Michael Cristofer and Tom Fontana at 7 p.m.
Gypsy of the Year Competition at Broadway’s PalaceTheatre at 4:30 p.m.
Gavin Creel and Robbie Roth at Symphony Space at 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Classic Stage Company’s Open Rehearsal Series: Much Ado with Mandy Patinkin
Celebrity Autobiography at the Triad Theater at 7 and 9:30 p.m. with Scott Adsit, Rachel Dratch, Carol Kane, Eugene Pack, Rhea Perlman (9:30 only), Dayle Reyfel, Ryan Reynolds, Steve Schirripa, Martin Short, Rita Wilson and Alan Zweibel
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julia Roberts, John Krasinski, Kristen Wiig and others in LAByrinth Theater Company’s Celebrity Charades at 8 p.m. at St. Paul of the Apostle Church Hall
Huntington’s Disease Society of America’s Curtains Up for a Cure concert at Playwrights Horizons with Meredith Patterson, Chad Kimball, Julia Murney, Max von Essen, Donna Lynne Champlin, Billy Stritch, Betsy Wolfe, Tom Deckman, April Boyett and Jeremy Schonfeld
Explorers Club’s 2nd Ocean Forum, Panel and Discussion on State of the Oceans hosted by Dr. Susan Shaw, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Dr. Nancy Knowlton, Dr. David Gallo, Dr. David Guggenheim and Mr. Jim Fowler
NY Knicks vs Portland Trail Blazers at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m.
Normally closed on Mondays, the Intrepid Museum opens today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and hosts a Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony at 11 a.m.
Scott Alan at Birdland at 7 p.m.
Les Paul Tribute Mondays with Les Paul Trio, Pat Martino and Eldar at Iridium Jazz Club at 8 and 10 p.m.

Tuesday, December 8
Gypsy of the Year Competition at Broadway’s Palace Theatre at 2 p.m.
A Winter’s Night: Sting in Concert at 8 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
The Magic of Christmas concert at 8 p.m. with Andy Cooney, Crystal Gayle, Eileen Ivers and The Fordham University Choir at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium
Madison Square Park holiday tree lighting festivities from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Free Central Park walking tour: The Castle & its Kingdom at noon
Global Kitchen: The Silk Road through Spices lecture at the American Museum of Natural History at 6:30 p.m.
New-York Historical Society panel discussion on William F. Buckley, Jr.: Right Time, Right Place at 6:30 p.m.
Rachael Ray book event at Barnes & Noble Union Square at 6 p.m.
New York Philharmonic: Salonen, Ravel & Debussy’s La Mer at Avery Fisher Hall at 7:30 p.m.
“Le Nozze di Figaro” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden at 7 p.m.
Timbaland in-store at J&R at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, December 9
Panel Discussion: Alice + Carlos (heart) Havana - New York at 6:30 p.m. at El Museo
Municipal Art Society lecture: Leon Krier: The Architecture of Community at 6:30 p.m.
Amy Asch, editor of The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II will introduce the 6:20 p.m. screening of “Show Boat” at Film Forum
Free screening of “When the Spirits Dance Mambo” at Hansborough Recreation Center, 35 W. 134th Street
Zero Hour tribute performance for Zero Mostel at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle
19th-Century Holiday Party at the Merchant’s House Museum at 6:30 p.m.
Capture the Imagination: Original Illustration & Fine Illustrated Books auction a 2 p.m. at Bloomsbury
A Winter’s Night: Sting in Concert at 8 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
An Evening of Vocal and Chamber Music at 7 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall
New York Choral Society at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
“Il Trittico” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
SEC vs. Big East at Madison Square Garden at 7 p.m.
Free Central Park walking tours: Cross-Park Promenade and Waterways & Vistas

Thursday, December 10
Talk, reading and book signing with David Henry Hwang, Edward Albee and Francis Jue at the Drama Book Shop at 5:30 p.m.
Malcolm Gladwell book event at Barnes & Noble Union Square at 7 p.m.
Sting in-store at 5 p.m. at Best Buy Columbus Circle (wristbands at 9 a.m.)
A Special Celebration of the Life of Senator Edward M. Kennedy with Vicki Reggie Kennedy and Ted Kennedy Jr. at 8 p.m. at 92Y
Lecture Comic Books after WWII at 7 p.m. at 92Y Tribeca
Tenement Museum event: My Red Blood with Alix Dobkin at 6:30 p.m.
Municipal Art Society walking tour: Ladies’ Mile: Populist Places at 10 a.m.
Free Central Park walking tour: Amble Through the Ramble at noon
“Elektra” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
NY Philharmonic open rehearsal at 9:45 a.m.: Dohnányi, Dicterow, Phelps & Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante
New York Philharmonic: Dohnányi, Dicterow, Phelps & Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante at Avery Fisher Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Peter Serkin at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall at 7:30 p.m.
St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium
Guggenheim Museum presents Isaac Mizrahi narrating Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter & the Wolf as New York City Opera’s George Manahan conducts the New Juilliard Ensemble at 4 and 5:30 p.m.
Ute Lemper a Joe’s Pub (through Dec. 13)
The Caravel Quartet plays the Museum of Biblical Art at 6:30 p.m.
That Time of the Year musical performance at 6 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle
Performance by Stuyvesant High School’s A Capella Choir and Jazz Choir at Barnes & Noble Tribeca at 4 p.m.
Dino Risi: Comedy with a Twist screenings at the Museum of Modern Art (through Dec. 17)
Municipal Art Society holiday party and farewell to the Villard Houses as its headquarters
An Irish Christmas at the Irish Arts Center (through Dec. 20)
Friday, December 11
New York Philharmonic: Dohnányi, Dicterow, Phelps & Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante at Avery Fisher Hall at 8 p.m.
Visions of the Cosmos opens at the Rubin Museum of Art (through May 10)
92Y Food Outing: Extreme Chocolate Walking Tour at 1 p.m.
Kids candlelight tour of the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum at 4:30 p.m. (reservations required)
Z100’s Jingle Ball 2009 at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m.
An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe and His Cottage at the National Arts Club at 6 p.m.
“Les Contes d’Hoffmann ” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion live at Town Hall at 8 p.m.
NYC traffic gridlock alert day
Les Violons du Roy play Handel’s “Messiah” at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium
Empire State Building lights up blue and white for Chanukah (through Dec. 20)
El Museo’s Holiday Posada and Parranda Party at El Museo from 7 to 9 p.m.
Free Caroling at the Morgan from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
One of a Kind Show and Sale NY at Pier 94 at 55th Street on the Hudson River (through Dec. 13)
Saturday, December 12
SantaCon from 10 a.m.
Unsilent Night procession from 7 p.m. at Washington Square Park
“Le Nozze di Figaro” at the Met Opera at 8:30 p.m.
“Il Trittico” at the Met Opera at 12:30 p.m.
Opera at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site at 2 p.m. with the Bronx Opera Company at the edge of the Bronx
New York Philharmonic’s Young People’s Concert for families with children, 6 to 12 years of age: Claude Debussy La Mer at Avery Fisher Hall
New York Philharmonic: Dohnányi, Dicterow, Phelps & Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante at Avery Fisher Hall
All-ages Candlelight Tours of Historic Richmond Town (pre-paid reservation required)
Adults-ony candlelight tours at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (reservations required)
NY Rangers home game vs. Sabres
Dickens of a Christmas at the Staten Island Zoo
Municipal Art Society walking tour: Midtown: Beyond Mies at 11 a.m.
Bronx walking tour at 10 a.m.: An Urban Archaeology Trek of the Original Bronx River Parkway
Breakfast with Santa at The Rink at Rockefeller Center
Santa Cruise on Circle Line Sightseeing at 11 a.m.
Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion live at Town Hall at 5:45 p.m.
Music for St. Nicholas at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum at 1 and 3 p.m.
Holiday Candlelight Tours at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum from 6 to 8 p.m.
Wild Holiday Party: Presents to the Animals at the Central Park Zoo
A Cathedral Christmas Concert at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine at 7:30 p.m.
Les Violons du Roy at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Free neighborhood concert at The Schomburg Center Community Sing with The Songs of Solomon at 2 p.m.
Shelby Lynne at 8:30 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall
Free Central Park walking tour: The Castle & its Kingdom
Free Central Park walking tour: Manhattan Adirondacks
Free Central Park walking tour at noon of the site of Seneca Village, Manhattan’s first known community of African-American property owners
Free Central Park walking tour: Views From the Past
NYC Transit Museum tour of the Grand Avenue Bus Depot at 11 a.m.
Vertep Christmas display and annual Christmas tree at the Ukrainian Museum (through Jan. 24)
Ice Sculpting Weekend at the Bronx Zoo
Sunday, December 13
Opening night on Broadway for “A Little Night Music” with with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury (open-ended run)
Tuba Christmas at Rockefeller Center at 3:30 p.m.
Gabriel Orozco exhibition opens at the Museum of Modern Art (through March 1)
New York Philharmonic: Holiday Brass at Avery Fisher Hall at 3 p.m.
A Bronx “Messiah” at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx at 3 p.m. with the Bronx Opera Chorus
Augustin Hadelich, Rohan De Silva concert at The Frick Collection at 5 p.m.
They Might Be Giants play benefit shows at the New York Hall of Science at 1 and 3:15 p.m.
NY Giants home game vs. Philadelphia at 8:20 p.m.
Adults-ony candlelight tours at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum at 4:30 p.m. (reservations required)
Municipal Art Society walking tour: Jewish Harlem at 11 a.m.
Kate Baldwin: “Let’s See What Happens” at 8:30 p.m. at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
Breakfast with Santa at The Rink at Rockefeller Center
Canadian Brass Christmas Concert at Town Hall at 3 p.m.
Gwar at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza at 8 p.m.
Thomas Friedman in Conversation with Dov Seidman at 8 p.m. at 92Y
Music for St. Nicholas at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum at 1 and 3 p.m.
ASSSSCAT 3000 comedy shows at Upright Citizens Brigade at 7:30 ($10) and 9:30 p.m. (free)
Wild Holiday Party: Presents to the Animals at the Central Park Zoo
ShiraLaLa Hanukkah Concert at 2 p.m. at the Jewish Museum
Orchestra of St. Luke’s at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Family Music Day with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Ensemble at 10 a.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall
Ensemble ACJW at 7:30 p.m. at Le Poisson Rouge
Free Central Park walking tours: Amble Through the Ramble at noon; Waterways & Vistas at 1 p.m.; and Views From the Past at 2 p.m.
Darlene Love at BB King at 8 p.m.
Someone Talked! musical performance with William Bolcom and Joan Morris at 3 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle
Astronomy: Geminids Meteor Shower viewing at Fort Totten Park in Queens at 7 p.m.
Monday, December 14
Project Shaw reading of “Why She Would Not” (Shaw’s unfinished last play) at The Player’s Club at 7 p.m.
Screening and panel discussion of “Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist ” at BAM at 7 p.m.
NY Rangers home game vs. Thrashers at 7 p.m.
“Hansel and Gretel” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Liv Ullmann Takes On A Streetcar Named Desire discussion and screening at the Paley Center for Media at 6:30 p.m. with Liv Ullmann, Kirk Simon and Karen Goodman
National Scrabble champion Joe Edley at 92Y at 7 p.m.
Classic Stage Company’s Open Rehearsal Series: Much Ado with Mandy Patinkin
Matthew Rushing at City Center at 6:30 p.m.
Oratorio Society of New York performs Handel’s “Messiah” at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
The Slits play The Highline Ballroom at 9 p.m.
Les Paul Tribute Mondays with Les Paul Trio, Pat Martino and Eldar at Iridium Jazz Club at 8 and 10 p.m.
Christmas Sing-Along with Bob McGrath at 5 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle
New York City Christmas benefit performance at Joe’s Pub at 9:30 p.m. featuring Sherie Rene Scott, Raul Esparza and others
Jason Robert Brown: Solo at Birdland at 9 p.m.
Presale begins for the 2010 US Open tennis championship (Aug. 30 through Sept. 12)
Tuesday, December 15
Eugene O’Neill’s “The Emperor Jones” staged at the SoHo Playhouse (through Jan. 31)
“Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace” exhibition opens at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (through April 30)
New York Philharmonic: Handel’s “Messiah” at Avery Fisher Hall at 7:30 p.m.
“Elektra” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Il Divo with Kristin Chenoweth at the Beacon Theatre at 8 p.m. (through Dec. 17)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays Ravel and Brahms on piano at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium
Rock the Ballet at the Joyce Theater (through Jan. 3)
Lecture: Weeksville: The Second Largest Independent African-American Community in Pre-Civil War America at the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen at 6:30 p.m.
Lewis Black’s Black Red Wine event at City Winery at 6 p.m.
CD signing and performance of Handel’s Messiah Rocks at 5 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle with LaChanze and J. Robert Spencer
New time: Robin Thicke in-store at J&R at 12:30 p.m.
Bill of Rights program at 10 a.m., marking the 217th anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights, at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site at the edge of the Bronx
NY Philharmonic open rehearsal at 9:45 a.m.: Handel’s “Messiah”
Wednesday, December 16
NYC traffic gridlock alert day
Heiner Goebbels’ “Stifters Dinge” makes it US premiere at the Park Avenue Armory (though Dec. 20)
“To All, Wassail”: 19th-Century Holiday Concert at the Merchant’s House Museum at 7 p.m.
New York Philharmonic: Handel’s “Messiah” at Avery Fisher Hall at 7:30 p.m.
In Memory of concert with Yale Strom at the Museum at Eldridge Street at 7 p.m.
“Les Contes d’Hoffmann ” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Maurice Bourgue & Friends at 8 p.m. at 92Y
NY Rangers home game vs. Islanders at 7 p.m.
The Gift of Art: Major Gift of Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn Paintings opens at the Ukrainian Museum (through March 7)
Swann Galleries’ annual auction of Rare & Important Art Nouveau Posters at 1:30 p.m.
Free Central Park walking tours: Views From the Past at noon; and Cross-Park Promenade at 1 p.m.

Thursday, December 17
NYC traffic gridlock alert day
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center opens to the public, with a free performance by Stephanie Winters and Dina Richardson at 8:30 p.m.
Paul Winter’s 30th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine at 8 p.m.
“Hansel and Gretel” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
New York Philharmonic: Handel’s “Messiah” at Avery Fisher Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Songs of the Season - featuring music by Vaughan Williams, Saint-Saëns, Vivaldi, Handel — at 7:30 p.m. at Weill Recital Hall
Tenement Museum event: LES Stories: Holidays in the City hosted by HR Britton at 6:30 p.m.
Lecture: Function, Symbol, Access: Sacred Spaces through History at the Museum of Biblical Art at 6:30 p.m.
Nerd Nite at 8 p.m. at Galapagos Art Space, including WWII code breaking
Morley Safer with Budd Mishkin at 8:15 p.m. at 92Y
Borders Columbus Circle in-store with Gene Simmons of KISS at 12:30 p.m.
Loser’s Lounge tribute show to Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 at Joe’s Pub (through Dec. 19)
Antibalas (from Broadway’s “Fela!”) play a late show at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn at 11:30 p.m.
Blip Festival begins at the Bell House (through Dec. 19)
Contact! new music series at Symphony Space at 8 p.m.
Municipal Art Society walking tour: On the Avenue at 10 a.m.
Free Central Park walking tour: Cross-Park Promenade at noon
Friday, December 18
New York Philharmonic: Handel’s “Messiah” at Avery Fisher Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Kids candlelight tour of the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (reservations required)
Paul Winter’s 30th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine at 8 p.m.
“Elektra” at the Met Opera
Breakfast with Santa at The Rink at Rockefeller Center (daily through Dec. 24)
Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion live at Town Hall at 8 p.m.
NYC traffic gridlock alert day
Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life screens at the IFC Center (through Dec. 25)
New York Pops with Sandi Patty at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Bardo Pond and White Out with Thurston Moore at Le Poisson Rouge at 7 p.m.
Free Solstice Celebration in Central Park from 2 to 4 p.m.
Free Caroling at the Morgan from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
NY Knicks vs LA Clippers at Madison Square Garden at 8 p.m.
Rat Pack tribute at BB King Blues Club at 8 p.m.
Performance 7: Mirage by Joan Jonas opens at the Museum of Modern Art (through May 31)
Jacques Tati screenings at the Museum of Modern Art (through Jan. 2)
New 35mm print of “The Third Man” at Film Forum (through Dec. 29)
Pedro Almodóvar introduces his film “Broken Embraces” at 6:40 p.m. at BAM

Saturday, December 19
Carnegie Hall Family Concert at 2 p.m. with the New York Pops: “The Polar Express”
New York Pops with Sandi Patty at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium
New York Philharmonic: Handel’s “Messiah” at Avery Fisher Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Paul Winter’s 30th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine at 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Met Opera: “Les Contes d’Hoffmann ” at 1 p.m.; “Hansel and Gretel” at 8 p.m.
Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion live at Town Hall at 5:45 p.m.
Christmas with Aaron Neville at The Highline Ballroom at 8 p.m.
Ronnie Spector Xmas Party at 9 p.m. at BB King Blues Club (and Dec. 20)
“This is Spinal Tap” Sing-a-long at 11 p.m. at 92Y Tribeca
Super Sábado!: Target Free Third Saturdays at El Museo from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with the Coquito Master Qualifier Series 2009 at El Museo’s café at 6 p.m. and Coquito Cabaret: Holiday Extravaganza with Marga Gomez & Carmelita Tropicana at 7:30 p.m.
Municipal Art Society walking tour: Keeping Off the Streets: East Side at 10 a.m.
Santa in Central Park at Belvedere Castle from noon to 2:45 p.m. - free
Ice Sculpting Weekend, Clydesdale Carriage Rides - and reindeer at the Bronx Zoo
Breakfast with the Beasts- Holiday Breakfast at the Staten Island Zoo from 8:30 to 10 a.m.
Wild Holiday Party: Presents to the Animals at the Central Park Zoo throughout the day
All-ages Candlelight Tours of Historic Richmond Town (pre-paid reservation required)
Adults-ony candlelight tours at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (reservations required)
Christmastide in the Colonies candlelight tour of Van Cortlandt House Museum in the Bronx from 4 to 7 p.m.
Free Central Park walking tours: Views From the Past at 11 a.m.; Amble Through the Ramble at noon; and Cross-Park Promenade at 1 p.m.
Christmas Bird Count at Prospect Park at noon and 3 p.m. (and Dec. 20)
Sunday, December 20
New Amsterdam Market monthly Public Market on South Street from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cookie Takedown at Bell House at 6:30 p.m.
Hot Chocolate Crawl at 3 p.m., starting in Washington Square Park
Snow Day with free sleds and hot chocolate in five city parks
Santa in Cenral Park at Belvedere Castle from noon to 2:45 p.m. - free
New York City Gay Men’s Chorus at Town Hall at 3 and 8 p.m.
Basically Brandenburg with the Symphony Space All-Stars at Symphony Space at 7 p.m.
Bending Toward The Light: A Jazz Nativity at Birdland at 6 p.m. (through Dec. 25)
The Met Orchestra with James Levine plays Elgar and Mahler at 3 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Free holiday concert at 6 p.m. at the Guggenheim Museum rotunda with the Vox Vocal Ensemble and the Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble
Ronnie Spector Xmas Party at 9 p.m. at BB King Blues Club
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Holiday Show at The Highline Ballroom at 8 p.m. - and Mos Def at 12:30 a.m. Update: rescheduled to Jan. 17 due to snow.
Richard C. Holbrooke, Kati Marton and Moderator Jim Hoge at 7:30 p.m. at 92Y
92Y Excursion: Brooklyn Bus Tours, Holiday Lights and Cannoli Tour at 6 p.m.
Free Central Park walking tours: The Castle & its Kingdom at noon; Manhattan Adirondacks at 1 p.m.
Wild Holiday Party: Presents to the Animals at the Central Park Zoo throughout the day
Free Solstice Stargazing in Central Park from 6 to 8 p.m. at Belvedere Castle
Christmas Bird Count at Prospect Park at noon and 3 p.m.
Tour of the Atlantic Avenue train tunnel (reservations required)
ASSSSCAT 3000 comedy shows at Upright Citizens Brigade at 7:30 ($10) and 9:30 p.m. (free)
NY Knicks vs Charlotte Bobcats at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m.
NY Jets home game vs. Atlanta at 1 p.m.
New date: Holiday Organ Concert on the historic 1833 pipe organ at 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site at the edge of the Bronx
Monday, December 21
Big Onion walking tour: Winter Solstice Tour of Central Park at 1 p.m.
Author @ the Library event, free at 6:30 p.m. at NYPL’s Mid-Manhattan branch on “Knickerbocker: The Myth Behind New York,” with Elizabeth Lee Bradley, the Deputy Director of the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library
Free Solstice Candle lighting and early-night walk up the Putnam Trail at Van Cortlandt Park from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
“Hansel and Gretel” at the Met Opera at 11 a.m.
Free holiday concert at 6 p.m. at the Guggenheim Museum rotunda with the Vox Vocal Ensemble and the Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble
Handel’s “Messiah” performed by Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
East Village Opera Core-Tet presents “The Hills Are Alive!!”, a Rodgers and Hammerstein Classic at The Highline Ballroom at 8 p.m.
Les Paul Guitar Tribute Mondays with Jose Feliciano and the Les Paul Trio at Iridium Jazz Club at 8 and 10 p.m.
True Colors Cabaret at at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency at 8 and 10:30 p.m.
The Venn Diagrams stage “Julian” at 7:30 p.m. at Dixon Place
Tuesday, December 22
Free Christmas Carol Sing at St. Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue at 12:30 p.m.
Family Holiday Programs at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site at the edge of the Bronx from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The National Chorale-Handel Messiah Sing-In at 8 p.m. at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center
A John Waters Christmas at BB King Blues Club at 8 p.m.
New York City Ballet dances George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” at 2 and 6 p.m.
Cast of Off-Broadway’s “The Toxic Avenger” performance at The Pond at Bryant Park at noon
Handel’s “Messiah” performed by Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
“Elektra” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Museum of American Finance walking tour: Holidays on the Street at 1 p.m.
Free Central Park walking tour: Cross-Park Promenade at noon
Author @ the Library event with Michael Gross, free at 6:30 p.m. at NYPL’s Mid-Manhattan branch on Rogues’ Gallery: The Secret History of the Moguls and the Money that Made the Metropolitan”
NY Knicks vs Chicago Bulls at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 23
NYC traffic gridlock alert day
The New Typography opens at the Museum of Modern Art (through July 12)
“Les Contes d’Hoffmann” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Family Holiday Programs at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site at the edge of the Bronx from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
NY Rangers home game vs. Panthers at 7 p.m.
Handel’s “Messiah” performed by Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Hip Hop Legends concert at 10 p.m. at BB King Blues Club with Method Man, Doug E. Fresh and others
Free Central Park walking tours: Cross-Park Promenade at noon; and Views From the Past at 1 p.m.
New York City Ballet dances George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” at 2 and 6 p.m.
Empire State Building lights up red and green for Christmas (through Jan. 6)

Thursday, December 24
Christmas Eve Caroling from 5 to 6 p.m. in Washington Square Park
Candlelight Caroling at Stuyvesant Park from 6 to 8 p.m.
Christmas Eve Eucharist at Trinity Wall Street at 3 and 6 p.m.; and at St.Paul’s Chapel at 4 p.m. and midnight
Free performance by the Ted Rosenthal Trio at 8:30 p.m. at Lincoln Center’s new David Rubenstein Atrium
Christmas Eve concert at Bargemusic at 8 p.m.
“Hansel and Gretel” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
New York City Ballet dances George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” at 3 p.m.
New York String Orchestra at 7 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Big Onion walking tour: Christmas Stroll in Greenwich Village at 1 p.m.
Municipal Art Society walking tour: New York’s Rue de la Paix: West 57th Street at 10 a.m.
Free Central Park walking tour: Views From the Past at 11 a.m.
Rockefeller Center’s Top of the Rock observation decks close early at 9 p.m.; last elevator up at 8:10 p.m.
Note: Many other venues will close early on Christmas Eve.

Friday, December 25
Events and places that will be open on Christmas Day in NYC

Sunday, December 27
The MTA runs subway cars from the 1930s on the V line for the last holiday run of the season for the Nostalgia Train
Big Onion walking tour: The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour at 1 p.m.
Municipal Art Society walking tour: Rockefeller Center: Art Deco Masterwork from 10 a.m. to noon
Free tour 10,000 B.C.E.: The Remnants of the Wisconsin Glacier in Staten Island’s High Rock Park at 11 a.m.
Free 11 a.m. Owl Prowl at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx
NY Giants home game vs. Carolina at 1 p.m.
Kwanzaa Celebration at the American Museum of Natural History
Gogol Bordello plays Webster Hall at 7 p.m. (through Dec. 29)
ASSSSCAT 3000 comedy shows at Upright Citizens Brigade at 7:30 ($10) and 9:30 p.m. (free)
Free Central Park walking tours: Cross-Park Promenade at noon; and A Road Once Traveled at 1 p.m.
NY Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden at 6 p.m.
Free Holiday Open House at the Queens County Farm Museum from noon to 4 p.m.
Monday, December 28
Good Riddance Day public-participation shredding event at noon in Times Square
Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge” with Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson begins previews on Broadway (Jan 24 opening night; through April 4)
Les Paul Guitar Tribute Mondays with Jose Feliciano and the Les Paul Trio at Iridium Jazz Club at 8 and 10 p.m.
Free, staged reading at at 6:30 p.m. at NYPL’s Mid-Manhattan branch of “The Neighbors,” a new play by Dimitri Michalakis
“Hansel and Gretel” at the Met Opera at 11 a.m.
New York String Orchestra at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium
Three Bears Holiday Bash at The Swedish Cottage in Central Park at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Family Holiday Programs at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site at the edge of the Bronx from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free Holiday Open House at the Queens County Farm Museum from noon to 4 p.m.
Tuesday, December 29
New York Philharmonic: Andsnes Performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 at Avery Fisher Hall at 7:30 p.m. - with an open rehearsal at 9:45 a.m.
“Elektra ” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
David Johansen plays City Winery at 9 p.m.
Patti Smith and Her Band at Bowery Ballroom
Filmmaker @ the Library event, free at 6:30 p.m. at NYPL’s Mid-Manhattan branch on “Clearwater Nation; Pete Seeger introduces Clearwater’s ‘Next Generation Legacy Project,”’ with Pamela Timmins
Family Holiday Programs at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site at the edge of the Bronx from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Three Bears Holiday Bash at The Swedish Cottage in Central Park at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Free Central Park walking tour: Views From the Past at noon

Wednesday, December 30
“Hansel and Gretel” at the Met Opera at 11 a.m.
“Les Contes d’Hoffmann” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
New York Philharmonic: Andsnes Performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 at Avery Fisher Hall at 7:30 p.m.
NY Rangers home game vs. Flyers at 7 p.m.
Gov’t Mule at the Beacon Theatre at 7 :30 p.m.
David Johansen plays City Winery at 9 p.m.
Patti Smith and Her Band at Bowery Ballroom at 8 p.m.
Free Central Park walking tours: Cross-Park Promenade at noon and Views From the Past at 1 p.m.
Doll and Teddy Bear Party at 1:30 p.m. at Historic Richmond Town on Staten Island
Three Bears Holiday Bash at The Swedish Cottage in Central Park at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Family Holiday Programs at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site at the edge of the Bronx

Thursday, December 31
Big Onion walking tour: Historic Lower Manhattan - New York in a New Year at 1 p.m.
Watson Adventures’ The Grand Central Scramble Family Scavenger Hunt at 10:30 a.m.
Family Holiday Programs at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site at the edge of the Bronx from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Ghosts of NY walking tour at 9 p.m. : Ghosts of the Greenwich Village Pub Crawl
New Year’s Eve in Times Square events begin at 6 p.m. with the raising of the New Year’s Eve Ball atop One Times Square, followed later by performances by Jennifer Lopez, Chris Daughtry and others
New Year’s Eve Gala with “Carmen” at the Met Opera at 6:30 p.m.
New York Philharmonic: New Year’s Eve: Hampson, Gershwin, Copland & Broadway at Avery Fisher Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Free New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine at 7 p.m.
Free organ concert to usher in the New Year at St. Bartholonew’s Church on Park Avenue at 11 p.m. featuring works by Bach, Böhm, Langlais and Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” at midnight
NYGASP Champagne Gala Gilbert & Sullivan Favorites at Symphony Space at 8 p.m.
Groove Lily performs “Striking 12” at Merkin Hall at 8 p.m.
Chuck Berry at 8 and 11 p.m. at BB King Blues Club
Michael Feinstein & Barbara Cook New Years Eve 2009 shows at 6 and 9 p.m.
New Year’s Eve with Steve Tyrell at The Carlyle
New Year’s Eve at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
Liz Callaway plays the Metropolitan Room at 8 and 10:30 p.m.
New Year’s Eve Celebration at Bargemusic with Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos at 7:30 p.m.
100th Anniversary Celebration at the Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden
Patti Smith and Her Band at Bowery Ballroom
Los Lobos at City Winery at 7:30 and 11 p.m.
Antibalas play the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn at 10 p.m.
Gov’t Mule at the Beacon Theatre at 9 p.m.
Fischerspooner at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza at 10 p.m.
Gaelic Storm at Gramercy Theatre at 10 p.m.
The Bad Plus play the Village Vanguard at 9 p.m.
BAD BUKA with a performace by Coney Island Circus Side Show at midnight at Radegast Hall
New Year’s Eve Ball at Webster Hall
New Year’s Eve 2010 concert at The Highline Ballroom with Playboy Playmates
Emerald Nuts Midnight Run in Central Park
New Year’s Eve Fun Run in Prospect Park at 11:15 p.m.
New Year’s Fireworks in Prospect Park at midnight near Grand Army Plaza
Bell ringing: New Year’s Peal from midnight at 1 a.m. at Trinity Wall Street
New Year’s Eve fireworks cruise with Statue Cruises
NY Waterways’ New Year’s Harbor Cruises
CircleLine42 cruise boards at 9 p.m.
The Rink at Rockefeller Center closes early, at 9 p.m.
Empire State Building observatories close early, at 10 p.m.
Final day in business for Tavern on the Green

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