For Kids
Winter’s Eve buzzes with music, activities and FREE entertainment for children of all ages! Be sure to bring the whole family for a memorable experience!Neighborhood Tree Lighting Ceremony with Arlo Guthrie
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Winter’s Eve will kick off at 5:30pm with a neighborhood holiday tree lighting ceremony at Dante Park – Broadway & 63rd Street. Join legendary folk artist Arlo Guthrie, the Newark Boys Chorus, Mayor Ed Koch, WABC-TV Sade Baderinwa and others as we welcome the holiday season and light up the Upper West Side.
Thanks to a partnership with the American Folk Art Museum and Folk Arts Rajasthan, this year’s tree ornaments come all the way from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan India. The circular ornaments, called Phul or flower in Hindi, are made from recycled candy wrappers sewn together and are typically used to embellish Thar Desert homes. Joining these gleaming decorations of recycled packaging are ornaments by Artist Katharine Watson. Folk Arts Rajasthan is a non-profit committed to the empowerment of the Merasi community in Jaisalmer, India through education and cultural preservation of the Merasi traditional artistic legacy. This year’s 25 foot Norway Spruce was installed with the help of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. The tree will be on display through January 2012.
Location: Dante Park – Broadway between 63rd and 64th Streets
Time: 5:30pm
Joanie Leeds & the Nightlights at Kids’ Central
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Joanie Leeds & the Nightlights will bring their joyful sense of adventure to Winter’s Eve as they rock Kids’ Central at the American Bible Society on Broadway and 61st Street!
Children of all ages and their families and friends will jam together as Joanie belts out some parent-pleasing tunes and the Nightlights rock their electric guitars. Called a “rock star” by Time Out New York Kids, Joanie surely has earned her place on the Kindie music scene with a Parents Choice Award and three TELLY Awards for her full length DVD, City Kids Live.
Kids’ Central will also have some activities from some great Upper West Side organizations, including the West Side Y, New York Society for Ethical Culture and bite-sized cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery and lots of fun. Click here for more information.
Location: Kids’ Central at the American Bible Society – Broadway & 61st Street
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
New Children’s Book Reading & Signing with the Honorable Ed Koch
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Ed Koch, former New York City Mayor and local celebrity, will join in on the Winter’s Eve festivities at Kids’ Central at the American Bible Society, Broadway and 61st. He will read from his latest children book, “Eddie Shapes Up,” written in partnership with his sister Pat Koch Thaler and published by Zagat Survey. The book, which tells the story of a boy named Eddie, who with the support of his friends and family, decides to change his lifestyle in order to make his life happier and healthier. With a forward from President Bill Clinton and illustrations by Jonathan Hoefer, this fun book will inspire readers of all ages to eat right, exercise regularly and always join in on the fun! Mr. Koch will host a meet-and-greet immediately following the reading, where he will sign copies of the book, which will be on sale at the venue.
Location: Kids’ Central at the American Bible Society – Broadway & 61st Street
Time: 6:30pm
Arm of the Sea Theater
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With a crew of four puppeteers and two or three musicians, Arm-of-the-Sea Theater will present four different roving scenes throughout the evening. Each scene will involve larger-than-life mask characters and puppet figures together with live music.
For over twenty years, Arm-of-the-Sea has been developing a style of magical realism that marries the mythic and the everyday, humanity and the earth, visual arts and natural science, poetry and politics.
Location: Broadway from 60th – 63rd Streets
Time: All evening
Okamoto Ice Sculpting
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This Winter’s Eve, Okamoto Studio will once again create ice sculpture figures. Okamoto Studio is a New York-based artist collective best known for their design, production, and consultation of everything made of crystal clear ice. From the most delicate ice wares to life-like sculptures to live performance carvings, Okamoto Studio delivers the perfect ice experience. Father-son team Takeo and Shintaro Okamoto make up the founding core of the group, which was formed in 2003 with a mission of showcasing the full beauty and potential of handcrafted ice. Custom sculpted ice by Okamoto Studio is precise, effective and mesmerizing.
Locations: Time Warner Center (outside) and Columbus Avenue between 64th and 65th Streets (outside)
Time: All Evening
World Dance presented by Dance Parade, Inc.
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Dance Parade, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting dance as an expressive and unifying art form. They celebrate diversity and educate the public about the opportunities to experience dance in New York City. On Winter’s Eve, Dance Parade will present the following: Bolivian Tinkus Dance with Incallajta New York , Brazilian Samba Dance with Manhattan Samba , the New York City Stilt Walkers, and Asian Indian Bhangra Dance from NYC Bhangra (pictured).
Location: Broadway at 66th Street in front of Alice Tully Hall
Time: All Evening
Big Apple Circus’ Boughs and Holly: Entertainers Extraordinaire
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Big Apple Circus’ Circus To Go clowns Joel Jeske and Shereen Hickman are “Boughs and Holly: Entertainers Extraordinaire” and they LOVE the holidays. Their holiday show: “BOUGHS AND HOLLY: A Singing, Swinging Holiday Season!” celebrates the holiday with music, comedy, magic, and circus to a bouncing mambo beat and emphasis on the FUN! Full to the brim with interactive activities and audience participation, this fast-paced family entertainment will have you dancing on your feet. Exciting, thrilling, moving, suspenseful and breathtaking are just a few of the words that have been used to describe Big Apple Circus performances. From the big top to the back yard, Big Apple Circus’ Circus to Go Clowns combine side-splitting comedy, mesmerizing magic, stupendous skills and amazing audience participation to create a good old fashioned fun filled family show.
Location: Time Warner Center, 2nd Floor
Time: 6:30pm & 7:00pm
Student Showcase
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From 5:30 – 7:30pm, Kaufman Center presents student chamber groups, ages 8-18, from Special Music School and Lucy Moses School performing classical and holiday music at TD Bank at 68th Street and Broadway. Enjoy holiday cookies and drinks courtesy of TD Bank.
Visit Samsung Experience on the third floor of Time Warner Center for a musical treat featuring some of New York City’s most talented students, including: La Guardia High School’s Show Choir (6:00pm), jazz violinist Jonathan Russell and soprano He Ho Son from the Professional Children’s School (6:30pm) and Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Chamber Singers (7:00pm).
New York Institute of Technology’s Festival of Lights is going to be held at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway between 61st and 62nd Street from 6:30pm – 9:30pm. The Festival of Lights is an event where the students of NYIT come together to educate and celebrate their different cultures. The holidays that will be represented are: Hanukkah, Christmas, Eid, Diwali and Kwanzaa. There will be performances representing each holiday ranging from singers, dancers, musicians, and poetry. Each holiday represented will be passing out items that represent the culture. Come and enjoy food, entertainment, and culture with the NYIT family!
At the Professional Children’s School, located just west of Columbus Avenue on 60th Street, student singers, dancers and instrumentalists will delight all with a Classical and Popular sampling at 6:00pm.
Arts, Crafts & More Family Fun!
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Take a break from all the entertainment to celebrate your creativity with these family-friendly activities!
On the second floor of Time Warner Center, have fun with Big Apple Circus performers and celebrate the season of giving with DOROT by making holiday cards for seniors in the community.
At Kids’ Central at the American Bible Society (Broadway and 61st Street), don’t miss the face-painting and tattoo station hosted by the West Side YMCA, a seed-planting activity courtesy of the New York Society for Ethical Culture, and a cross cultural craft activity with Folk Arts Rajasthan. Plus, at MOBIA, children of all ages will have the opportunity to participate in a bookmaking activity.
Meet a surprise costumed character in front of the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center, on Broadway and 66th Street!
There will also be storytelling and small gifts for kids at the New York Public Library’s Riverside Branch, 66th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
Finally, we are lucky enough to have three Santas visiting Lincoln Square during Winter’s Eve- say hi to Santa at Gracious Home (1992 Broadway at 67th Street), take a professional picture with Santa at Brooks Brothers (1934 Broadway at 65th Street), and meet St. Nicholas at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle (Columbus Avenue at 60th Street). St. Paul’s will also be hosting a special screening of Charlie Brown’s Christmas.
