Manhattan Happenings
SHOWS
Judy Frank’s solo-show “Notes to
Wherever” through Sat., Dec. 22, at
the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce
St. Actor and playwright Judy
Frank has been a member of the Actors
Fund since 1969. Frank’s show is
a funny, heartfelt story about letting go,
particularly about getting through the
holidays when you’ve lost your life partner.
Proceeds go toward The Actors
Fund. Tickets, $40. For more information,
visit www.cherrylanetheatre.org/
onstage/notes-to-wherever/.
Bears Ears & Detour through Sat.,
Dec. 22, at New York Live Arts, 219 W.
19th St. Zvi Gotheiner, artistic director
of ZviDance, presents contemporary
dance theater in a show to raise awareness
about Bears Ears, a national monument
in Utah which had its acreage drastically
reduced last year, and a second
show refl ecting on the “longer, less direct
way to get where you’re going.” Tickets,
$25; students and seniors, $20. For more
information, visit www.newyorklivearts.
org/event/bears-ears-detour/.
HOLIDAY
East Village Stand Holiday Market,
through Mon., Dec. 24: At the corner
of E. Seventh St. and Avenue C. The
market features various vendors selling
glassware, picture frames, smoked sea
salt, chocolates and cookies, jewelry and
ornaments and more. Food and refreshments
provided. For more information,
contact eastvillagemarket@juno.com.
Holiday Market at the Oculus,
through Mon., Dec. 31: Westfi eld
World Trade Center features the Holiday
Market at the Oculus, turning
Lower Manhattan into a “winter wonderland.”
The market will feature specialty
shops, live performances through
Dec. 9, and happy-hour specials and
eateries. For more information on the
full holiday program, visit www.westfi
eld.com/wtc/holiday.
Union Square Holiday Market,
through Mon., Dec. 24, at the South
Plaza in Union Square Park. Hours
Monday to Friday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information,
visit www.urbanspacenyc.com/unionsquare
holiday-market.
MOVIES
Movies at 53rd: “Love, Actually”:
The New York Public Library’s 53rd St.
Library at 18 W. 53rd St. will screen the
2003 Christmas-themed rom-com on
Fri., Dec. 21, at 2 p.m. in the community
A two-step twofer, “Bears Ears & Detour” is a dance performance with
an environmental message.
room. Rated R. 130 minutes. For more
information, visit www.nypl.org/events/
programs/2018/12/21/clone-clone-movies
53rd-movie-name-year. FREE
BOOKS
Storyworthy: Matthew Dicks with
Erin Barker at the New York Public Library’s
Mid-Manhattan brand at 42nd
St. at 476 Fifth Ave. in the program
room, elementary school teacher and
award-winning Moth storyteller Matthew
Dicks and director of science
storytelling organization The Story
Collider Erin Barker will discuss telling
stories — how we communicate
them to family and friends, and how
we narrate our own personal feelings.
Registration does not guarantee admission.
Doors open at 6 p.m. Fore
more information, visit www.nypl.
org/events/programs/2018/12/26/
storyworthy-matthew-dicks-with-erinbarker?
nref=370068. FREE
MUSEUM
Astronomy Live: Winter Solstice and
the Year Ahead, York College CUNY
physics professor Irene Pease and president
of the Rittenhouse Astronomical
Society Ted Williams present astronomical
and scientifi c happenings for the upcoming
year at the American Museum of
Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium
PHOTO BY XIMENA BRUNETTE
Space Theater on Thurs., Dec. 20. Enter
at 81st St. Doors, 6:30 p.m., presentation,
7 p.m. Tickets, $15; seniors and students,
$13.50; museum members, $12.
For more information, visit www.amnh.
org/calendar/astronomy-live-winter-solstice
and-the-year-ahead.
PRECINCT COUNCIL
First Precinct Community Council
meeting at 16 Ericcson Pl.: Will not
meet in December.
Fifth Precinct Community Council
meeting at 19 Elizabeth St., Wed., Dec.
26, 7 p.m.
25th Precinct Community Council
meeting at 120 E 119th St., Thurs.,
Dec. 20, 6:30 p.m.
30th Precinct Community Council
meeting at 451 W. 151st. St., Thurs.,
Dec. 20, 7 p.m.
32nd Precinct Community Council
meeting at the community center at 34
W. 134th St., Thurs., Dec. 20, 7 p.m.
Midtown South Precinct Community
Council meeting in the lobby of the
New Yorker Hotel at 481 Eighth Ave.,
Thurs., Dec. 20, 7 p.m.
COMMUNITY BOARD
Community Board 2 monthly full
board meeting at Greenwich Village Elementary
School, P.S. 41, 116 W. 11th
St., Thurs., Dec. 20, 6:30 p.m.
Community Board 3 monthly full
board meeting at P.S. 20, 116 Essex St.
between E. Houston and Stanton Sts.,
Thurs., Dec. 20, 6:30 p.m.
Community Board 9 monthly full
board meeting at Castle Gardens, 625 W.
140th St., Thurs., Dec. 20, 6:30 p.m.
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