The Best Local Community Events in NYC

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Saturday Dec. 13, 2025

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2 – 3:30 pm

A Very SW!NG OUT Holiday

Ages: All
Art
Christmas

The Joyce TheaterChelsea

2 – 3 pm

Sundog Theatre Presents: A Christmas Carol

New Dorp Moravian Church – Parish HouseStaten Island

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3 – 4 pm

EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

5 – 7 pm

Patchogue-Medford Library 125th Anniversary Celebration

Ages: All
Community
Free

Main Branch, Patchogue-Medford LibraryPatchogue

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7:30 – 9 pm

The Nutcracker

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Ajkun Ballet Company at Ballet Arts Rudolf Nureyev Studio in the historic landmark The City CenterNew York City

Sunday Dec. 14

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

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9 am – 2 pm

Riverdale Y Sunday Market

Riverdale TempleBronx

10 am – 5:30 pm

Chanukah Family Fest

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community

Empire StoresBrooklyn

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Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Ages: All
Art
Community

St. PaulCobble Hill

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11 am – 3 pm

Bklyn Holiday-Topia at City Point

Ages: All
Community
Free

City Point BKLYNBrooklyn

11 am – 1 pm

The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays Music of Bruce Springsteen

Ages: All
Community
Music

Brooklyn BowlBrooklyn

11:30 am – 1 pm

Breakfast with Santa at The Roslyn Hotel

Ages: 12 and under
Christmas
Community

The Roslyn, Tapestry Collection by HiltonRoslyn

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Brooklyn

3 – 5 pm

Chanukah Menorah Lighting & Celebration

Ages: All
Community
Free

the SeaportDowntown Manhattan

3:30 pm

Chanukah Experience

Ages: All
Community
Free

Chabad Center for Jewish Life of Merrick-Bellmore-WantaghMerrick

4 pm

Riverdale Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Free

The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkBronx

4:30 pm

Shelter Island Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Free

Shelter Island Police DepartmentShelter Island

5 pm

Cedarhurst Menorah Lightings

Ages: All
Community
Free

Andrew J. Parise ParkCedarhurst

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7:30 – 9 pm

The Nutcracker

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Ajkun Ballet Company at Ballet Arts Rudolf Nureyev Studio in the historic landmark The City CenterNew York City

Monday Dec. 15

10 am – 5 pm

Chanukah Family Fest

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community

Empire StoresBrooklyn

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Brooklyn

December 15 2025 – FB, Twitter and LinkedIn – Peconic Bay Medical Caregivers Center

Noon – 1 pm

A Caregiver’s Guide to Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts

Ages: All
Classes
Community

Peconic Bay Caregivers CenerRiverhead

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3 – 6 pm

Jennifer’s Playground Free Afterschool Program

Ages: 5 – 12
Community
Free

Jennifer’s PlaygroundStaten Island

4 pm

Riverdale Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Free

The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkBronx

4:30 pm

Town of Islip Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Free

Islip Town HallIslip

EVC Holiday Caroling at The Forum 2025 Square

6 – 7 pm

Holiday Caroling at The Forum 2025

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

The Forum at Columbia UniversityManhattanville

6 pm

Menorah Lighting – VCP Financial 5786

Ages: All
Community
Free

VCP FinancialStaten Island

6 pm

Cedarhurst Menorah Lightings

Ages: All
Community
Free

Andrew J. Parise ParkCedarhurst

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