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Friday Jan. 9, 2026

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All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa–Less Is Morbid

The Museum of Modern Art

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All day

Gift of Making: A Whimsical Celebration of Art, Design, and Creativity at FIT

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

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All day

Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain Visits Heckscher Park Through Immersive AR Experience

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

All day

PhysFest NYC – Physical Theater Family Shows & Free Kids Workshops

Ages: All
Comedy
Family
Theater

Stella Adler Center for the ArtsFinancial District

All day

To Save and Project: The 22nd MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation

Film

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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3 am – 4:30 pm

My First Ex-Husband by Joy Behar

Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side

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8 am – 5 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

A Drinking Game NYC Legally Blonde

8 am – 10 pm

A Drinking Game NYC: Legally Blonde

Music

The Bell HouseGowanus

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8 am – 5 pm

Saucony and Barry’s Week-Long Residency

Classes

9 am

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

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9 am – 5 pm

Evolution: Fashion Design AAS

Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Intrepid Museum

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

10 am – 6 pm

Holiday Train Show

New York Botanical GardenBronx

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

10 am – 9:30 pm

Bear Mountain Ice Rink

Bear Mountain Ice RinkTomkins Cove

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10 – 11 am

Mommy & Me: Animals & Nature

Ages: 4 and under
Animals
Classes
Family

Westmoreland SanctuaryMount Kisco

10 am – 10 pm

Ice Skating at Roebling Rink

Roebling RinkBrooklyn

10 am – 4 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield presents the Fifth Annual Middle and High School Student Artists Juried Show exhibiting February 12th through March 12th, 2026

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

Strausfeld – Poster House

10 am – 6 pm

Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld

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10 am – 5 pm

Space Glide at the New York Hall of Science

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

New York Hall of ScienceCorona

Face Value

10:30 am – 8:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

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10:30 am – 8:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

Playtime Storytime

10:30 – 11:15 am

Playtime Storytime

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

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11 am – 5 pm

Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island

Art

El Museo del Barrio

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