Manhattan Happenings
Eat, drink and be merry at these great
BY HAEVEN GIBBONS
THURSDAY, NOV. 18
Jazzmeia Horn’s
Performance at Joe’s
Pub
Enjoy a performance by Jazzmeia Horn
as she performs her fi rst big-band effort,
Dear Love. Horn is an award-winning
vocalist known for songs of personal
relevance and social message. She has
released two albums including A Social
Call and Love and Liberation. Both received
a Grammy nomination. She is one
of the few black female vocalists who have
written and fronted a big band album in
its entirety.
Visit Greg’s Trees first
and largest Christmas
tree stand
Greg’s Trees has been providing New
Yorkers with Christmas trees for 36 years.
Every year, Greg’s transforms parks and
beer gardens into winter wonderlands
with decorations, hand-painted holiday
character cutouts, wreath-making stations
and a giant sleigh. This year, Greg’s
Trees can be found at Domino Park. This
new location will be his largest ever with
thousands of trees coming in to be sold to
families across the boroughs. Stands will
also open on the Lower East Side at ABC
Playground, in Park Slope at Greenwood
Beer Garden, McCarren Park and at The
Springs in Greenpoint starting on Thanksgiving
Eve. For more information, visit
www.gregstrees.com
You’ll be able to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in person once again this year, after spectators were kept
away last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FRIDAY, NOV. 19
THEATERLAB
presents MOTHERS
MYTHS MONSTERS:
Matrophobia
Enjoy a performance from Theaterlab
as it presents the 2021 edition of its series
MOTHERS MYTHS MONSTERS, a female
artist-led residency presenting short works
focused on the fi gure of the Mother. This
year’s project, curated by dancer-choreographer
Stefanie Nelson, addresses the fear of
becoming like one’s own mother, featuring
pieces by Maya Orchin, Boris Willis, and
Maria Takeuchi (ÉMU). $10. 6 p.m. 357 W
36th St., 3rd fl oor, NYC, 10018. Shows run
through Nov. 21.
Visit the IT’SUGAR pop-up
IT’SUGAR, one of the largest specialty
candy retailers in North America, set up
shop in Macy’s fl agship store in New York
City. Customers will fi nd thousands of
confections, over-the-top indulgences and
fun candy themed gifts. The IT’SUGAR
pop up store is located inside Macy’s Herald
Square, next to the Starbucks on the mezzanine
fl oor of the department store. 151 W.
34th St., New York, NY. For store hours visit:
https://l.macys.com/new-york-ny.
SATURDAY NOV. 20
Dine at Aperitivo
Dine at Italy’s Aperitivo, a new Upper East
Side restaurant. Between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
the restaurant transforms into a bar with a
signature bar menu and samples of complimentary
food. Signature dishes include appetizers
such as fritto miso and baked clams,
oven-baked, thin-crust pizzas and signature
house-made pastas. Hours vary. 14 E 60th
St., New York, New York.
CAITLIN OCHS
NYC art exhibit ‘Sensory
Play: Please Do Touch
The Art’
Visit this exhibition by artist Dan Lam.
It’s made of kinetic sand and invites guests
to touch, feel, play and mold the installations.
The exhibit showcases the aspects of
sensory play, both as a creative outlet and
stress-reliever. The exhibit is open through
Nov. 21. Free to the public and open to
all ages with ticket reservation. Waterfall
Mansion and Gallery / 170 E. 80th St.
SUNDAY, NOV 21
Visit two new
exhibitions at MoMA
View Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living
Abstraction which explores the artist’s
interdisciplinary approach to abstraction
through 300 works assembled from over
50 public and private collections in Europe
and the U.S. The works include textiles,
beadwork, polychrome marionettes, architectural
and interior designs, stained
glass windows, works on paper, paintings,
and relief sculptures. This exhibition is on
view through March 12. Also on display is
Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw, an exhibition
composed of over 100 idiosyncratic
and poetic landscape drawings by Yoakum
that depict the places the artist travelled to
over the course of his life. This exhibition
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE STANDARD, EAST VILLAGE
Thanksgiving meal at The Standard.
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