The weekend is here! Some great Saturday and Sunday events listed below!

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TOP EVENTS FOR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16TH

Check Website  Christmas Bird Count - Citizen Science in Action Free

The Audubon Christmas Bird Count, a tradition first proposed by ornithologist Frank M. Chapman on Christmas Day 1900, is the nation's longest-running citizen-science bird project. New York City Audubon plays its part in this annual bird population survey, which is now conducted across North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Bermuda, and the Pacific Islands. The data collected by observers over the past century allow researchers, conservation biologists, and other interested individuals to study the long-term health and status of bird populations across North America.Free

10:00am-9:00pm     Fashion Hub " Beauty & fashion Expo " $

FashionHub in NYC is for fashion and beauty lovers to discover and buy the latest new products from fashion brands and beauty brands ranging from fragrance, cosmetics, skin care, hair care, nail care, and beauty devices.

11:00am-4:00pm Ho-Ho-Hoboken SantaCon 2017 Free

We are happy to announce that this year's Ho-Ho-Hoboken SantaCon will take place on Saturday, 12/16!! Similar to last year we will not be selling or distributing any wristbands of any kind and the event is totally free to attend if you're participating in just the bar crawl (Note: be wary of imitators - if someone tries to sell you a wristband to participate in the bar crawl, you are being scammed!!!).

11/30-1/2     Exhibition of 150 Menorahs $

Everything is illuminated at the museum at eldridge street’s exhibition of more than 150 menorahs from the collection of the lori + david moore family, including traditional, unconventional and whimsical designs. museum at eldridge street

Check Website     Spiked Mug Fest & Holiday Market $

Head to the Spiked Mug Fest at The Ravel Hotel for a kickin' holiday party and one of a kind gift shopping! Friday night December 15th and Saturday December 16th. Enjoy unlimited craft cocktails created by the Ravel Hotel Mixologist in your own souvenir mug. Hot and cold cocktails like...

12:00pm-7:00pm     Sneaker Con $

Get your kicks at the annual sneaker con, returning with 300 vendors open to selling, buying, and trading. 

Day Hours     Thrillist Holiday Hideaway Free

Eat, Drink, Feast & Make Merry At Thrillist Holiday Hideaway

12:00pm-4:30pm     What the Dickens? Eighth Annual "A Christmas Carol" Marathon Reading Free

Join dozens of terrific writers and performers for a reading of Charles Dickens’s holiday classic, "A Christmas Carol", sponsored by Penguin Classics. Drop in early and often to catch a few surprise performers, or linger through the afternoon for the whole, spirited tale.

12:00pm      Holiday Classic Screenings: National Lampoons Christmas Vacations $

Each week in December check out some of the best Holiday movie classics on the big screen! 

1:00pm-3:00pm     Going Way Back! An Afternoon with Big Daddy Kane Donate

Big Daddy Kane will kick-off the 30th-anniversary celebration of his debut album Long Live The Kane. He'll discuss Afro-masculinity and his novel and influential Dark Gable persona. The event will celebrate the legacy of hip-hop culture with artists that introduced the genre to the masses and offer a rare opportunity to fresh insight into to the origins of Hip Hop music.

2:00pm-5:00pm Holiday Fair With Mini Wellness Sessions Free

Dabble In Wellness Treatments & Shop For Holiday Gifts On The UWS

Through 1/15     Star Wars Pop Up Bar $

Given all of the sparkly Christmas trees and holiday windows popping up across the city, the universe summoned an equal and opposite reaction downtown: a Soho pop-up bar dedicated to the literal Dark Side. Reservations for the spot, dubbed The DarkSide Bar, are $33 per person (and include two signature cocktails per person).

6:00pm-8:30pm     2017 Coquito Masters Finals $

Come be a tasting judge at the 2017 Coquito Masters Finals where finalists from around the state compete for the title of NYS Couqito Master. Coquito is the tradtional Puerto Rican holiday drink that is made with coconut,

8:00pm     Bob Ross Party! Painting Happy Trees $20

For the best painting party of the year, come spend an evening painting along to Bob Ross with Michelle Montes, certified Ross Instructor (CRI) in the well known techniques promoted by the late Bob Ross himself.  

8:00pm-12:00am      Morbid Anatomy Annual Krampus Party with Ghoul A Go Go $20

Join Morbid Anatomy and Ghoul A Go-Go as we gather yet again to celebrate Krampus, St. Nicholas’ cloven-hooved, chain-swinging, lolling-toungued, child-punishing Eastern-European sidekick!

8:30pm Tinder Live $15

Tinder LIVE! is truly addictive entertainment…[it’s] ingenious. Moore transforms the banter on a dating app into compelling long-form improvisation. Ms. Moore, a cagey and humane performer, has developed an instinct for turning the raw materials of sexually charged chat with ordinary strangers into honed and generous jokes

9:00pm Ugly Sweater Contest and Party Free

Bierhaus NYC is hosting their 3rd annual Ugly Sweater Contest on Saturday, December 16th from 9-11pm. Judging will begin around 10PM and the winner will be select by 1030. At 11pm Santa will hand out free beer for ALL

TOP EVENTS FOR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16TH

Day Hours     Thrillist Holiday Hideaway Free

Eat, Drink, Feast & Make Merry At Thrillist Holiday Hideaway

Check Website     Spiked Mug Fest & Holiday Market $

Head to the Spiked Mug Fest at The Ravel Hotel for a kickin' holiday party and one of a kind gift shopping! Friday night December 15th and Saturday December 16th. Enjoy unlimited craft cocktails created by the Ravel Hotel Mixologist in your own souvenir mug. Hot and cold cocktails like...

12:00pm-7:00pm     Sneaker Con $

Get your kicks at the annual sneaker con, returning with 300 vendors open to selling, buying, and trading.

11/30-1/2     Exhibition of 150 Menorahs $

Everything is illuminated at the museum at eldridge street’s exhibition of more than 150 menorahs from the collection of the lori + david moore family, including traditional, unconventional and whimsical designs. museum at eldridge street

9:00am–5:00pm     NY Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles Tailgate Party $

We are dedicated to providing you with an ALL INCLUSIVE and WORRY FREE EXPERIENCE, allowing you to simply click a few buttons and let us handle the transportation, the tailgate party and the ticket to the game!

10:00am-4:00pm     Vintage Holiday Nostalgia Subway Train Swipe

Catch the Holiday Nostalgia Train on Sunday, November 26th, December 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th! In celebration of the one year anniversary of the Second Avenue Subway, this year’s Holiday Nostalgia Train will run along the F line between 2nd Av and Lexington Avenue / 63rd Street and via the Q line between Lexington Avenue / 63rd Street and 96th Street on the Upper East Side. The Holiday Nostalgia Train departs from the 2nd Av subway station on the F line at 10am, 12pm, 2pm, and 4pm and from the 96th Street subway station on the Q line at 11am, 1pm, 3pm, and 5pm.
The special eight-car subway train of R1-9 cars from the 1930s is complete with rattan seats, ceiling fans, incandescent bulb lighting, drop-sash style windows, vintage roll signs, and original advertisements.

12:00pm-2:00pm     Holiday Vision Board & Cocktails Free

Set Your Intentions For 2018 With Vision Boarding Led By Krista Martins And RaVal Davis

12:00pm-2:00pm     Holiday Cookie Cookie Cookie Takedown 2017 $

Holiday cookies comin out your ears!!! Enjoy this holiday cookie massacre with your loved ones, and a bajillion of the finest cookies!!! Literally, a bajillion

Sun 12/17 Trampoline Park Holiday Party!

It's NYC Dodgeball's 5th birthday party!  Exclamation marks!!!!  And we're inviting everybody - friends, strangers, never-used-a-trampoline-before-ers - everybody!  Open to the public! Because we're busing out to Bounce On It indoor trampoline park.  The whole day will cost less than an LIRR trip out to the end of the island!  Ho ho ho!

1:00pm-6:00pm     Sugar x Spice Holiday Makers Market Free

Shop Small While Enjoying Performances, Flash Tattoos, Tarot, And Live Music At Brooklyn Bazaar

Through 1/15     Star Wars Pop Up Bar $

Given all of the sparkly Christmas trees and holiday windows popping up across the city, the universe summoned an equal and opposite reaction downtown: a Soho pop-up bar dedicated to the literal Dark Side. Reservations for the spot, dubbed The DarkSide Bar, are $33 per person (and include two signature cocktails per person).

3:00pm-6:00pm     December Make-Along: Stamp Carving & Holiday Cards $15

This is not your typical craft class. Make-Along is a self-guided craft workshop where participants learn new skills, explore new materials, and make great things! 

3:00pm-7:00pm      Victorian Holiday Party $

What better way to celebrate the holidays than in a beautiful Victorian home? Enjoy offerings of hot spiced wine, apple cider and cookies while singing along to some traditional Christmas carols! Starting at 5pm, there will be a special radio performance by the Fireside Mystery Theatre. Victorian regalia welcomed! Tickets are $10, $8 Members/Students. 

3:30pm     44th Annual Tuba Christmas Free Show/Concert Free

Hundreds of tenor and bass tuba players will congregate on The Rink at Rockefeller Center, 49th and 50th streets between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, on Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:30pm to play Christmas carols and other crowd favorites. Tubists of all ages will line up under the famous Christmas tree and fill the plaza with the organ-line sound of low brass. Spectators are encouraged to sing along with the Christmas carols and holiday favorites

4:00pm-10:00pm       Salsa Relief Fundraiser Part 2 Free

Save the date BM entertainment presents another fundraiser for Puerto Rico more info on the venue this time a toy drive with 5 live entertainment band Dec 17 you think the first one was big wait till you see what I have lined up for the second one you do not want to miss this 

4:00pm     Stranger Things Season 2 Viewing Free

The second season is set a year later, starting in October 1984. Will had been rescued, but few know of the details of the events. When Will is found to be still influenced by entities from the Upside Down, his friends and family learn there is a larger threat to their universe from the Upside Down.

6:00pm–8:00pm     NYC Violin Studio Winter Concert $10

Please join us for the 2nd annual Student's Winter Concert!  

6:00pm-10:00pm    The Windup Circus Secret Speakeasy Free

The Museum Of Interesting Things Presents: The Windup Circus Secret Speakeasy

6:00pm     Phil Kline's Unsilent Night Free

Composer Phil Kline will lead a massive chorus of boomboxes from the West Village to the East Village in the 26th annual holiday presentation of UNSILENT NIGHT. People gather at the arch in Washington Square Park, and less than an hour and mile later, end up in Tompkins Square Park. 

7:00pm     An Evening of Art and Astrology $20

PopRally presents an evening of art, astrology, and Tarot inspired by Charles White—Leonardo da Vinci. Curated by David Hammons, an exhibition that explores the artistic and astrological connections between two artists born over 450 years apart

7:00pm–10:00pm     Comedy Nights to Fight Hunger at Greenwich Village Comedy Club $20

Come see some of NYC's funniest up and coming comedians! $20

***** HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

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Sun 12/17 Trampoline Park Holiday Party!

It's NYC Dodgeball's 5th birthday party!  Exclamation marks!!!!  And we're inviting everybody - friends, strangers, never-used-a-trampoline-before-ers - everybody!  Open to the public! Because we're busing out to Bounce On It indoor trampoline park.  The whole day will cost less than an LIRR trip out to the end of the island!  Ho ho ho!

Nov-Jan     Afterglow: A New Play by S. Asher Gelman (The Climax is just the beginning!)

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“Afterglow” is a raw, one-act play exploring the emotional, intellectual, and physical connections between three men and the broader implications within their relationships.

Through 12/24      New Show of the Season: Oy Vey in a Manger (Starring the Kinsey Sticks)

Touring the US & the world for 24 years, The Kinsey Sicks return Off-Broadway with a deliciously blasphemous holiday musical, as they try to sell their 2000-year-old manger before it's foreclosed. Crises arise, Jewish-Gentile tensions surface & mayhem ensues - in outrageous drag & glorious 4-part harmony.

1/19-1/21     Club Getaway SNOW TRIP 2018

Enjoy an amazing combination of live music, unforgettable parties, delicious food and your favorite winter activities. Skiers and non skiers welcome!

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