Monday December 30 and Tuesday December 31, 2019: No Events
Wednesday January 1, 2020
Manhattan
2-5pm $20: New Year’s Day 2020 Celebration at Merchant’s House Museum. Paying social calls on friends and family on New Year’s Day was one of Old New York’s most cherished customs. Join us for good cheer for the New Year and learn how New Yorkers like the Tredwells celebrated the day in the 1850s. Guided tours of the house throughout the afternoon, walking tours of the NoHo neighborhood, and hot cider and cookies in the cozy 19th century kitchen. More info. [HISTORY]
Thursday January 2, 2020
Brooklyn
8-11pm Free: Yo! MTV Bingo. Score a Rock N Roll Bingo and win vintage LPs, fabulous prizes, and free booze at the Alligator Lounge in Brooklyn. Musical selections by Major Jack Celliers. More info. [GEEK]
Friday January 3, 2020
Manhattan
6-7:30pm $35: Inside the Museum of the American Gangster and 1920s Speakeasy Remnants. Ascend a flight of stairs to a former East Village brothel to learn about the rise (and fall) of the American Gangster, before descending into the basement to see remnants of a 1920s speakeasy that entertained politicians, Police Department leaders, and even Al Capone. Join New York Adventure Club for an after-hours tour of the Museum of the American Gangster — located in one of NYC’s most notorious Prohibition-era speakeasies (known as Scheib’s Place), the goal of the museum is to objectively present the role that crime has played in shaping the politics, culture, myth and lore of New York City — and beyond. More info. [TOUR]
Saturday January 4, 2020
Manhattan
6-7:30pm $32: After-Hours Vertical Tour at St. John the Divine, World’s Largest Cathedral. Get ready for some high-altitude exploring as we ascend 10 stories up the world’s largest cathedral after its doors close to the public. Join New York Adventure Club for an exclusive, after-hours vertical tour of The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and the Seat of its Bishop. More info. [TOUR]
Brooklyn
7pm $10: Nerd Nite. Nerd Nite NYC rings-in a new decade by looking at our vices – Nerd Nite Vice Nite! Enjoy three fun-yet-smart presentations about cannabis, illegal pinball, and sex workers. And just as importantly, trivia is back again, so bring some pals, form a team, and literally win hundreds of dollars of prizes. More info. [GEEK]
Sunday January 5, 2020
Manhattan
1pm Free: Stories Survive Speaker Series: Maritza Shelley. At the Museum of Jewish Heritage’s monthly Stories Survive Speaker Series, hear Holocaust survivors share their life stories in their own words. This month’s speaker: Maritza Shelley. More info. [HISTORY]
3-4:30pm $15: Women in Power and Powerful Women in the Bible. The Bible is full of stories involving women – in battle, in peril, in moral quandaries. Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky has dedicated her scholarship to powerful woman of the Bible, their legacies in our culture and their impact on our lives today. Deeply committed to fostering learning, Dr. Kalmanofsky helps people understand and appreciate the Bible’s complex beauty and meaning so that you, too, can become a careful and creative interpreter of its text. More info. [CULTURE]