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THIS WEEK’S EVENTS Events for the week beginning December 18th, 2017 Check out our list of events in the neighborhood this week. Email us at “info at westsiderag dot com” to tell us about any upcoming events or events we’ve missed. Events will be updated every Sunday night with the following week’s schedule. Please double-check times and prices with the event producer. Many venues offer special pricing for students, seniors and members.
Monday, December 18th
10 a.m. until 9 p.m. 15th Annual Columbus Circle Holiday Market The Columbus Circle Holiday Market is internationally known as one of the most elegant and beautiful places for holiday shopping. Visitors lose themselves in glittering aisles of art, jewelry, home goods and delicious eats from local artisans and designers. Columbus Circle, 59th Street and Central Park West. 12 p.m. until 7 p.m. 1st Annual Turnstyle Holiday Market This holiday pop up section will showcase 18 of the city’s best independent merchants, who will welcome holiday shoppers and sell alongside Turnstyle’s 38 permanent tenants. Columbus Circle in the subway corridor between 57th Street and 8th Avenue. 4:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. The St. Agnes Book Discussion Group: Oryx And Crake by Margaret Atwood St. Agnes Library. FREE. 5:45 p.m. until 6:45 p.m. Meditation Gifted meditation instructors lead a session and Q&A in the beautiful Makom space. JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue. FREE for all; $5 suggested donation. 6:30 p.m. Community Board 7: Parks & Environment Committee Meeting 250 West 87th Street (between Broadway & West End Avenue).
Tuesday, December 19th 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. Meditation Gifted meditation instructors lead a session and Q&A in the beautiful Makom space. JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue. FREE for all; $5 suggested donation. 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. 15th Annual Columbus Circle Holiday Market The Columbus Circle Holiday Market is internationally known as one of the most elegant and beautiful places for holiday shopping. Visitors lose themselves in glittering aisles of art, jewelry, home goods and delicious eats from local artisans and designers. Columbus Circle, 59th Street and Central Park West. 12 p.m. until 7 p.m. 1st Annual Turnstyle Holiday Market This holiday pop up section will showcase 18 of the city’s best independent merchants, who will welcome holiday shoppers and sell alongside Turnstyle’s 38 permanent tenants. Columbus Circle in the subway corridor between 57th Street and 8th Avenue. 5 p.m. Meditation: Blast Open Your Heart This meditation is an amazing healing tool for loneliness, breakups, depression. Stand-alone classes led by rotating instructors. St. Agnes Library. FREE. 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Athleta Girls: Gratitude Graffiti In this class, we will delve into the meaning of gratitude through movement and writing. We will breathe, sweat, glide, jump, groove, stretch, and open our bodies and minds. After a fun dance inspired class we will focus our creative energy on what we are #gratefulfor this season with a graffiti art letter activity! Athleta UWS, 216 Columbus Avenue (at 70th St). FREE. 7 p.m. Film: The Last Poker Game In his final film performance, Martin Landau plays Abe Mandelbaum, a doctor who moves into Cliffside Manor nursing home with his deteriorating wife and forms an improbable friendship with gambler and womanizer Phil Nicoletti (Paul Sorvino). Dir. Howard L. Weiner. JCC, 334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th Street. $9/$12. 7:30 p.m. Loud Laughs Comedy at Whispers Free admission and drink specials. They have an amazing group of comics who will deliver laughs all night. Featuring Noah Gardenswartz: Conan, Comedy Central, MTV / Kenny Ortega: Metro TV, Stand Up NY / Marie Faustin: Oxygen, MTV / Phil Hunt: Carolines Funniest Finalist, NY Comedy Club / Jaron Young: Cinderblock Comedy Festival, NY Comedy Club Produced by Stewie Vill & Lee Valentin. Whispers Restaurant & Bar, 210 West 94th Street (1/2/3 trains to 96th Street). FREE
Wednesday, December 20th
10 a.m. until 9 p.m. 15th Annual Columbus Circle Holiday Market The Columbus Circle Holiday Market is internationally known as one of the most elegant and beautiful places for holiday shopping. Visitors lose themselves in glittering aisles of art, jewelry, home goods and delicious eats from local artisans and designers. Columbus Circle, 59th Street and Central Park West. 12 p.m. until 7 p.m. 1st Annual Turnstyle Holiday Market This holiday pop up section will showcase 18 of the city’s best independent merchants, who will welcome holiday shoppers and sell alongside Turnstyle’s 38 permanent tenants. Columbus Circle in the subway corridor between 57th Street and 8th Avenue. 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. Jazz+Wednesdays The Bill Wurtzel Trio play standards from the American Songbook. American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square, (Columbus Avenue between 65th and 66th Streets). FREE. 5 pm Kenan Fellow Performance: WOMBmanWARs Anita Hill’s testimony in 1991 ignited a conversation around sexual harassment that echoed across America. This production of Judith Alexa Jackson’s WOMBmanWARs is an exploration of that 72-hour media frenzy, womanhood, and the complexities of the African-American experience. There are battles that women wage within themselves—in this life and before life even begins. Reservations required. Clark Studio Theater. FREE. 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. The W Connection Widows Helping Widows Rebuild Their Lives UWS Chapter Meeting Join us to discuss topics and issues to help widows rebuild their lives after the loss of a spouse. These groups are for widows and run by widows. Please RSVP to
[email protected] if you are interested in attending a complimentary trial meeting on UWS. If you would like to join after your trial meeting, membership in The W Connection is $40 annually which gives you access to all our chapter and programs. 6:30 p.m. Kenan Fellow Performance: Last Man in the Moon Last Man in the Moon follows an ensemble of lonely clowns who discover their innocence and receive a mysterious invitation to an unexplored place of their dreams: the moon. When a journey into outer space becomes a trip deep inside themselves, the clowns must question how far they will go to find where they belong. Reservations required. Clark Studio Theater. FREE. 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Critical Walk-through: Hank Willis Thomas on Transforming Uniforms Contemporary artist Hank Willis Thomas will discuss his We the People series in which he transforms prison uniforms into handmade quilts, exploring how they relate to the works on view in the War and Pieced exhibition. American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square, (Columbus Avenue between 65th and 66th Streets). $5 members, students, seniors; $8 non-members. 7 p.m. Community Board 7: Land Use Committee Meeting 250 West 87th Street (between Broadway & West End Avenue) 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. Open Mic Night Join in the fun at this UWS jazz venue. With Les Kurtz Trio. Cleopatra’s Needle, 2483-2485 Broadway and 92nd Street. No Cover, $10 Minimum. 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. 350NYC Holiday Party Potluck with Guest Speaker Samara Swanston We are delighted to welcome a special guest speaker for our end of year event: Samara Swanston, Legislative Counsel to the NYC Environment Committee, will speak about climate related legislative items coming up in NY City Council for 2018 and related issues. We will also be celebrating all the great work 350NYC has done in the past year. Please bring a dish or drink to share for the potluck. New York Society For Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street (at CPW). FREE. 8 p.m. Kenan Fellow Performance: F1RST In their solo cabaret debut, actress Chessa Metz and music director Eli Kaynor take an unapologetic stab at the traditional one-person show. With a powerhouse voice and a pulls-no-punches persona, Metz gives a darkly humorous deconstruction of 22 years of her “first” experiences, set to Kaynor’s unconventional soundtrack of reimagined favorites. RSVP required. Clark Studio Theater. FREE.
Thursday, December 21st 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tucker Greenmarket Local farmers sell a wide range of items including: seasonal vegetables, berries, stone fruit, over 80 varieties of apples, farmstead cheeses, fresh seafood, grass fed beef, duck, eggs, baked goods and New York’s only sorghum and maple syrup. West 66th Street and Columbus Avenue. 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Columbia Greenmarket Shoppers will find milk and yogurt, fruit and cider, baked goods, preserved fruits and vegetables, eggs, cheese, smoked meats, pickled vegetables, maple syrup, honey, fish, and focaccia topped with locally sourced fruit vegetables, herbs and cheeses, a lunch time favorite. Located in front of the gates of Columbia University; Broadway between 114th and 116th Streets. 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. 15th Annual Columbus Circle Holiday Market The Columbus Circle Holiday Market is internationally known as one of the most elegant and beautiful places for holiday shopping. Visitors lose themselves in glittering aisles of art, jewelry, home goods and delicious eats from local artisans and designers. Columbus Circle, 59th Street and Central Park West. 12 p.m. until 7 p.m. 1st Annual Turnstyle Holiday Market This holiday pop up section will showcase 18 of the city’s best independent merchants, who will welcome holiday shoppers and sell alongside Turnstyle’s 38 permanent tenants. Columbus Circle in the subway corridor between 57th Street and 8th Avenue. 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. Closer-Look Tour A tour of War and Pieced: The Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics, led by museum gallery guides. American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square, (Columbus Avenue between 65th and 66th Streets). FREE. 3 p.m. until 4 p.m. Delivery Cyclist Forum Do you operate a business that employs delivery cyclists? Please join my office and the Department of Transportation for a Delivery Cyclist Forum. DOT officials will review commercial bicyclist rules and regulations to help businesses comply with the law and keep cyclists and pedestrians safe. Free bike lights will be distributed for commercial cyclists. Rutgers Presbyterian Church, 236 West 73rd Street (at Broadway). FREE. 5 p.m. Kenan Fellow Performance: Red Sun, Blue City Red Sun, Blue City is a multimedia concert of works by composer and singer-songwriter Nia Imani Franklin. Through original music and striking visuals, this piece explores ideas and imagery around the movement of the sun. Reservations required. Clark Studio Theater. FREE. 5:30 p.m. Cookbook Club: Comfort Food Month Come one, Come all Foodies and everyone who loves excellent cuisine. You are cordially invited to our cookbook club where we will swap favorite recipes obtained from cookbooks, from grandma or family traditions and from the media. The Cold Weather invites delicious soothing soups and stews. St. Agnes Library, Community Program Room. FREE. 6:30 p.m. Kenan Fellow Performance: Mine Mine is a thought-provoking multimedia project exploring patterns of domestic violence that are all too prevalent in today’s world. Through contemporary music, movement, and abstract video and images, this piece reflects on episodic violence as well as the subtle, continual behaviors exhibited in abusive relationships. Reservations required. 7:30 p.m. ¡VAYA! 63: Tipico Urbano Hit the dance floor with this young New York band that infuses traditional Dominican merengue rhythms with youthful lyrics and exciting new musical concepts. David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. FREE. 8 p.m. Kenan Fellow Performance: WOMBmanWARs Anita Hill’s testimony in 1991 ignited a conversation around sexual harassment that echoed across America. This production of Judith Alexa Jackson’s WOMBmanWARs is an exploration of that 72-hour media frenzy, womanhood, and the complexities of the African-American experience. There are battles that women wage within themselves—in this life and before life even begins. Reservations required. Clark Studio Theater. FREE.
Friday, December 22nd 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. 97th Street Greenmarket This year-round market features produce from southern New Jersey, Orange County, NY, and the Hudson Valley, as well as eggs, grass-fed meat, fish, cheese, and more. 97th St between Columbus & Amsterdam. FREE. 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. 15th Annual Columbus Circle Holiday Market The Columbus Circle Holiday Market is internationally known as one of the most elegant and beautiful places for holiday shopping. Visitors lose themselves in glittering aisles of art, jewelry, home goods and delicious eats from local artisans and designers. Columbus Circle, 59th Street and Central Park West. 12 p.m. until 7 p.m. 1st Annual Turnstyle Holiday Market This holiday pop up section will showcase 18 of the city’s best independent merchants, who will welcome holiday shoppers and sell alongside Turnstyle’s 38 permanent tenants. Columbus Circle in the subway corridor between 57th Street and 8th Avenue. 11:15 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. Stay Well Exercise for Seniors Stay Well volunteers are certified by the NYC’s Department for the aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. St. Agnes Library, Community Program Room. FREE. 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. Gallery Talk: New Perspectives with Teaching Fellows The gallery tour will focus on the current exhibition War and Pieced: The Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics, by selecting works that convey the creators’ sense of geographic identity. American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square, (Columbus Avenue between 65th and 66th Streets). FREE. 5 p.m. Kenan Fellow Performance: F1RST In their solo cabaret debut, actress Chessa Metz and music director Eli Kaynor take an unapologetic stab at the traditional one-person show. With a powerhouse voice and a pulls-no-punches persona, Metz gives a darkly humorous deconstruction of 22 years of her “first” experiences, set to Kaynor’s unconventional soundtrack of reimagined favorites. RSVP required. Clark Studio Theater. FREE. 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Exhibitions at NY Historical Society A magical wonderland awaits visitors with the return of this holiday tradition. Featuring hundreds of toy trains, figurines, and miniature models from the renowned Jerni Collection, Holiday Express: Toys and Trains’s immersive scenes and displays transport young and old alike to a bygone era. Also on exhibit is Hotbed, which explores the vibrant political and artistic scene of Greenwich Village in the early 20th century, where men and women joined forces across the boundaries of class and race to fight for a better world. Click here for a full list of current exhibitions. The Robert H. Smith Auditorium, New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West (at 77th St). Payas-you-wish. 6:30 p.m. Kenan Fellow Performance: Red Sun, Blue City Red Sun, Blue City is a multimedia concert of works by composer and singer-songwriter Nia Imani Franklin. Through original music and striking visuals, this piece explores ideas and imagery around the movement of the sun. Reservations required. Clark Studio Theater. FREE. 8:30 p.m. Kenan Fellow Performance: Mine Mine is a thought-provoking multimedia project exploring patterns of domestic violence that are all too prevalent in today’s world. Through contemporary music, movement, and abstract video and images, this piece reflects on episodic violence as well as the subtle, continual behaviors exhibited in abusive relationships. Reservations required. 10 p.m. Kenan Fellow Performance: Last Man in the Moon Last Man in the Moon follows an ensemble of lonely clowns who discover their innocence and receive a mysterious invitation to an unexplored place of their dreams: the moon. When a journey into outer space becomes a trip deep inside themselves, the clowns must question how far they will go to find where they belong. Reservations required. Clark Studio Theater. FREE.
Saturday, December 23rd
8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tucker Greenmarket Local farmers sell a wide range of items including: seasonal vegetables, berries, stone fruit, over 80 varieties of apples, farmstead cheeses, fresh seafood, grass fed beef, duck, eggs, baked goods and New York’s only sorghum and maple syrup. West 66th Street and Columbus Avenue. 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Morningside Park’s Down to Earth Farmer’s Market Local farmers sell a wide range of items including: seasonal vegetables, fruits, plants and flowers, baked goods, fresh fish and seafood, beef, poultry, eggs, cheese, yogurt, honey, pickles and pantry staples such as cornmeal polenta, wheat flour, roasted nuts and dried pasta. Corner of 110th St. & Manhattan Ave. 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. 15th Annual Columbus Circle Holiday Market The Columbus Circle Holiday Market is internationally known as one of the most elegant and beautiful places for holiday shopping. Visitors lose themselves in glittering aisles of art, jewelry, home goods and delicious eats from local artisans and designers. Columbus Circle, 59th Street and Central Park West. 11 a.m. Santa’s Magic Key Storytime In this unforgettable holiday story, a boy realizes on Christmas Eve that his new house does not have a chimney. With the post office closed and Santa coming by the end of the night, he has no way of telling Santa. But when the boy finds a mysterious key, he’ll soon discover just how this key will solve his problem. Activities to follow. Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway (82nd & Broadway). FREE. 12 p.m. until 7 p.m. 1st Annual Turnstyle Holiday Market This holiday pop up section will showcase 18 of the city’s best independent merchants, who will welcome holiday shoppers and sell alongside Turnstyle’s 38 permanent tenants. Columbus Circle in the subway corridor between 57th Street and 8th Avenue.
Sunday, December 24th
8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Columbia Greenmarket Shoppers will find milk and yogurt, fruit and cider, baked goods, preserved fruits and vegetables, eggs, cheese, smoked meats, pickled vegetables, maple syrup, honey, fish, and focaccia topped with locally sourced fruit vegetables, herbs and cheeses, a lunch time favorite. Located in front of the gates of Columbia University; Broadway between 114th and 116th Streets. 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. 79th Street Greenmarket Located on beautiful, tree-lined Columbus Avenue, this year-round market stretches from 77th St. to 80th St. each Sunday. Just behind the American Museum of Natural History, shoppers will find grass-fed beef, goat cheese, fresh flowers, eggs, honey, baked goods, apple cider, and a large variety of fruit and vegetables. Columbus Avenue between 78th & 81st Streets. 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. 15th Annual Columbus Circle Holiday Market The Columbus Circle Holiday Market is internationally known as one of the most elegant and beautiful places for holiday shopping. Visitors lose themselves in glittering aisles of art, jewelry, home goods and delicious eats from local artisans and designers. Columbus Circle, 59th Street and Central Park West. 11 a.m. Sunday Meeting – Anne Klaeysen: Remembrance Sunday All of us are touched by loss. So it is that on this last Sunday of the year we set aside time to reflect before embarking upon a new year. We remember our dead, honor those who have profoundly touched our lives, and immortalize them in the ways we choose to conduct our lives. We face tomorrow with hope made stronger by the lessons we have learned and the love we have shared. Light refreshments will follow. New York Society For Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street (at CPW). FREE. 12 p.m. until 7 p.m. 1st Annual Turnstyle Holiday Market This holiday pop up section will showcase 18 of the city’s best independent merchants, who will welcome holiday shoppers and sell alongside Turnstyle’s 38 permanent tenants. Columbus Circle in the subway corridor between 57th Street and 8th Avenue. 12 p.m. until 12:45 p.m. Kids Irish Step Dance with McManus Irish dance (ages 4 & up) This class is for dancers who are any level from brand new thru having some basic steps in Irish dance. Dancers will be able to recognize Irish dance tunes and execute basic Irish dance movements such as skip 2-3s, sevens, back 2-3s, jump 2-3s, and jig movements. Must RSVP:
[email protected]. Ripley Grier studios, 131 west 72 street (between Columbus & Amsterdam Aves). FREE trial for all first time dancers. 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Open Mic Night Join in the fun at this UWS jazz venue. With Keith Ingham. Cleopatra’s Needle, 2483-2485 Broadway and 92nd Street. No Cover, $10 Minimum. 4 p.m. until 5 p.m. Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols The Cathedral Choristers are joined by members of the Cathedral Choir in this family-friendly service, featuring readings, Christmas carols, and larger-than-life puppets to tell the Christmas story. Kent Tritle and Associate Choirmaster Bryan Zaros lead the Choristers. No passes are needed to attend! Saint John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (112th Street). SHARE THIS
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