Saturday, December 25, 2010

It should come as no surprise that much of New York City stays open for business on Christmas Day. Here’s the list of the major museums, restaurants, clubs, ice rinks, zoos and shows open on Christmas in 2010:

Shows
Broadway’s Christmas Day shows: “The Addams Family,” “American Idiot,” Billy Elliot,” “Chicago,” “Colin Quinn: Long Story Short,” “Elf,” “Donny and Marie: A Broadway Christmas,” “Fela!,” “A Free Man of Color,” “In the Heights,” “Jersey Boys,” “La Bête,” “La Cage aux Folles,” A Little Night Music,” “Lombardi,” “Mamma Mia!,” “Memphis,” “Million Dollar Quartet,” “Next to Normal,” “Pee-wee Herman Show,” “Phantom of the Opera,” “Promises, Promises,” “Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles,” “Rock of Ages,” Scottsboro Boys,” “West Side Story,” “Wicked” and “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”

TKTS - open at Times Square from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; the Seaport 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Brooklyn 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Radio City Spectacular - shows at 1, 4 and 7 p.m.

Live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, Ian Frazier, Sharon Olds, Paul Rudnick and Rob Fisher at Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center - 5:45 p.m.

Big Apple Circus - performances at 12:30 and 4:30 p.m.

Bending Toward The Light: A Jazz Nativity with Hilary Kole, Jim Caruso, Billy Stritch, Aaron Weinstein at Birdland - 6 p.m.

Freddy Cole at Birdland - 9 and 11 p.m.

Chris Botti plays the Blue Note - 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Melissa Nadel plays the Blue Note - 12:30 a.m. (early Dec.26)

4 Generations of Miles- Mike Stern, Sonny Fortune, Buster Williams, Jimmy Cobb at Iridium Jazz Club - 8:30 and 10:30 p.m.

Cedar Walton Quartet at the Village Vanguard at 9 and 11 p.m.

Beatles tribute band Strawberry Fields plays BB Kings Blues Club - noon

AllStarz James Brown-tribute band plays BB Kings at 7:30 p.m.

“Swing in’ The Holidays ” with Michael Feinstein and his Winter Wonderland Big Band at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency - 8 p.m.

Jolly Bowl show at Brooklyn Bowl - 8:30 p.m.

Chrisette Michele presents a Red, White and Blue Christmas at the Highline Ballroom - 10 p.m.

Floating Kabarette at Galapagos Art Space - 10:30 p.m.

Bollywood Disco and I Love Vinyl dance parties at Le Poisson Rouge - 10 p.m.

230 Fifth rooftop lounge - 4 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Webster Hall club night

Museums
Jewish Museum - open with free admission 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Socrates Sculpture Park - 10 a.m. to sunset

Madame Tussauds wax museum - 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

King Tut exhibition open in Times Square from 9 a.m. to 11 8 p.m., with the last entry at 6:30 p.m.

Ripley’s Believe It or Not Odditorium - 9 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Zoos
Prospect Park Zoo - open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with presents to the animals — Hamadryas baboons and meerkats — at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Queens Zoo - open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with presents for the animals at 1 p.m. for the coyotes; 2:15 p.m. for the pumas; and 2:45 p.m. for the Andean bears

Central Park Zoo - open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

New York Aquarium - open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Observation decks
Rockefeller Center’s Top of the Rock - 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; last elevator up at 9:10 p.m.

Empire State Building - 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Skating rinks
Citi Pond ice rink at Bryant Park - 8 a.m. to midnight

The Rink at Rockefeller Center - 8:30 a.m. to midnight

Wollman Rink in southern Central Park - 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Trump Lasker Skating Rink on north end of Central Park - 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Standard Hotel ice rink - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Aviator Sports ice rink at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn - 11 a.m to 3 p.m.; 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.; 7 to 9 p.m.

New Aviator Queens Community Ice Rink across from the shops at Atlas Park - 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers - noon to 5:20 p.m.

City Ice Pavilion in Long Island City - noon to 4:50 p.m.
Movie theaters
Chinese & a Movie: “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun” at 92YTribeca

Film Forum screens “Nenette” and “Cluny Brown.”

IFC Center screens “Bon Voyage” and “Winter Wondershorts,” plus “Clueless” at midnight

Symphony Space screens “Hugo and the Dragon” at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Midnight screening of “Die Hard” at Sunshine Cinemas, plus “The Illusionist” screenings from 11 a.m. to 11:15 p.m.

Paris Theater screens “The Illusionist.”

Angelika screens “Casino Jack,” “The Tempest,” “Fair Game,” “Inside Job” and “Somewhere.”

Quad Cinema screens “Waiting on Superman,” “Queen of the Lot,” “Shutter Island,” “The Social Network” and “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger”

Tron: Legacy: An IMAX 3D Experience” screens at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13

BAM screens “Black Swan,” “The King’s Speech,” “The Fighter” and “True Grit”

Other NYC theater listings (via Fandango)
Walking tours
Big Onion’s 20th Annual Christmas Day Jewish East Side Tour walking tour - 1 p.m.

Free Winter Wonderland walk with the Urban Park Rangers at the Alley Pond Park Adventure Center - 10 a.m.

Free Fort Greene walking tour with a peek inside the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument - 11 a.m.

Ghosts of New York walking tours: Jewish Ghosts and Other Spirits of the Lower East Side at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; Ghosts of Christmas Day at 2 p.m.; and The Ghosts of Grand Central at 7:30 p.m.
Restaurants and markets
Restaurants open Christmas Day - (via Open Table)

NYC Christmas Day and Christmas Eve dining guide from Eater.com

Christmas breakfast buffet and brunch at The Carlyle

Joe the Art of Coffee - open until 3 p.m.

Carnegie Deli - 6:30 a.m. to 4 a.m.

Russ & Daughters - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Zabar’s - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

(Brooklyn and Harlem locations closed) Fairway Upper West Side - 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sports
NY Knicks vs Chicago Bulls at Madison Square Garden - noon

The Ashes televised live from Melbourne at The Australian and Eight Mile Creek

Bowlmor Times Square - 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Religious services and concerts
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Christmas Day mass - celebrated at 7, 8, 9, 10:15 a.m., noon, 1 and 5:30 p.m. (midnight mass requires a ticket)

Christmas Day Choral Eucharist at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine at 10:30 a.m.

Choral Eucharist with Carols at St. Bart’s - 11 a.m.

Early Music New York presents Christmas Quilt- Colonial Fuguing Tunes, Jigs & Reels at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine at 2 p.m.

Christmas Day Liturgy at Trinity Wall Street at 11:15 a.m.
Shops, spas and more
Many of the Holiday Shops at Bryant Park - 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Free Holiday Nature Crafts at Inwood Hill Nature Center - noon

Free Inwood Astronomy Program in Inwood Hill Park - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Spa Castle in Queens - 6 a.m. to midnight

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stays lit 24 hours on Christmas Day.

Holiday closings - a list from the New York Times

Places that were open on Christmas 2009 but have not yet been confirmed for 2010:

Central Park carousel

Picture credit: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
November 27, 2010 6:55 PM in Sightsology


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