Weds 8pm (wednesdays thru 12/15, + 12/16): cinépolis handpicked holiday screenings: cinépolis chelsea celebrates the most wonderful time of the year with a selection of holiday flicks for just $5: elf, national lampoon’s christmas vacation, and the polar express. the tree will be lit daily from 6am-midnight, for 24 hours on christmas day, and from 6am-9pm on nye. appearances and performances are scheduled from carrie underwood, mickey guyton, harry connick, jr., alessia cara, norah jones, the radio city rockettes, and more.
Weds 8pm (thru ): rockefeller center christmas tree lighting: the un-fir-gettable 79-foot-tall norway spruce comes to life with more than 50,000 multicolored led lights during a ceremony hosted by today anchors savannah guthrie, hoda kotb, al roker, and craig melvin. Weds 7:30pm (weekly): we have fun: a stand-up show: hosts zach sims (comedy central) and dan wilbur (the onion) bring the fun-ny to young ethel’s (park slope), with stand-up by comedians myq kaplan (netflix), chloe radcliffe ( fallon), ophira eisenberg (npr), and gordon baker-bone (axs tv). Weds 7:30pm: the odd rock comedy hour: rock on at rob paravonian’s comedy and music variety show, featuring guests lauren logiudice, alex castle, julia hladkowicz, and will carey. Weds (various times): west side story 60th anniversary: keep cool and feel pretty (oh so pretty) at 60th anniversary screenings of west side story, presented by turner classic movies. 5pm: an installation, readings, and candlelight vigil at the new york city aids memorial (greenwich village).8:30am-5pm: the national aids memorial virtual forum and ceremonial reading of names.various times: day with(out) art: enduring care screenings at various locations throughout nyc.Weds: world aids day: commemorate world aids day with these virtual and in-person events: free admission (food/drink purchase required).
Weds thru 12/23 (6:30pm + 9:15pm): syndicated sidewalk cinema: syndicated bar and restaurant (bushwick) continues its outdoor screening series with a month of holiday-themed movies, including scrooged, a christmas story, home alone, the muppet christmas carol, elf, die hard, it’s a wonderful life, and more.
submit online or in-person at times square plaza. Weds thru 12/28: times square nye wishing wall: cast your new year’s wish into the air by writing it on a piece of actual confetti that’ll be released in times square at the stroke of midnight on nye.