Manhattan Happenings
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BY HAEVEN GIBBONS
THURSDAY, DEC. 2
Visit annual #CHALKFIT
Display by FIT
Illustration Students
Illustration BFA students from the Fashion
Institute of the Technology/State University
of New York sketched and painted
“The New Normal” on FIT’s expansive
façade, expressing through art how the
pandemic has impacted and changed their
lives. The mural depicts a range of emotions
and experiences covering vaccination,
self-refl ection, balancing schoolwork and
personal life and sorting through emotions.
The mural consists of 100 panels created by
about 80 students, as well as 15–20 alumni
from the class of 2021 who didn’t get to
participate last year due to the pandemic.
Free to view. 7th Avenue between 26th and
27th Streets.
Cricket’s Candy
Creations launches
a unique, delicious
crafting experience
Cricket Azima’s brand-new pop-up in
lower Manhattan, Cricket’s Candy Creations,
is open. Guests can craft edible
candy art while immersed in multisensory
candy-themed activities.The pop-up
includes an edible slime studio, a candy
kitchen, a lickable fi nger-paint gallery, a
chocolate chamber, an accessories arcade
and more. Hours and prices vary. 200
Hudson St.
FRIDAY, DEC. 3
Attend “Stilettos to
Sneakers: A Virtual
Shoe Symposium”
Families visited the Union Square Holiday market.
Stilettos to Sneakers: A Virtual Shoe Symposium,
presented by The Museum at FIT,
showcases new research on the social and
cultural signifi cance of shoes. Shoes have
played an important role in human society
for millennia, with interest in them growing
exponentially over the past few decades.
Americans—especially women—are buying
more shoes than ever before, while sneaker
collecting has grown popular. The symposium
will explore the evolution of shoes
and how signifi cant shoes are to a person’s
identity. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register at https://
museumatfi t.secure.force.com/ticket/#/
Join the live Q&A during
the YouTube premieres
of these pre-recorded
Moliere in the Park co-founders Garth Belcon and Lucie Tiberghien.
fashion events
Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator,
MFIT, and Colleen Hill, curator, costume
and accessories, MFIT will examine 25 pairs
of shoes from Shoes: The Collection of The
Museum at FIT and share what makes them
iconic in fashion and pop culture from 11
-11:30 a.m. Then, MFIT co-curators of the
exhibition, Head to Toe, will discuss the
signifi cance of women’s accessories and how
they were worn to showcase everything from
being courted by a suitor in the 1800s to
the hippie culture of the 1960s and beyond
from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Other Q&A’s
will discuss He Wore/She Wore: The Short
History of High Heels and The First Pair:
A Look into Sneaker Culture.
SATURDAY, DEC. 4
35th Annual Miracle on
Madison Avenue
For 35 years, Madison Avenue has celebrated
the holidays by organizing Miracle
on Madison Avenue. Miracle Saturday has
become a New York holiday shopping tradition
that uniquely combines philanthropy
for children-in-need with in-store programming.
Flagship boutiques and businesses
on Madison Avenue will donate 20% of
the day’s sales to benefi t The Society of
Memorial Sloan Kettering pediatric initiatives.
There will be holiday street activities,
featuring the sounds and styles of the fi rst
“Miracle Saturday” 35 years ago, for the
whole family of shoppers to enjoy. 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Madison Avenue, NYC, between
57th & 86th Streets.
PAZ Lifestyle
sustainable pop-up
PAZ Lifestyle, the multi-brand e-commerce
platform founded by the Peruvian
Isabella Montoya, will open a pop-up boutique
again during the month of December.
Customers will be able to shop over 40
brands and many sustainable products
that go beyond fashion, and partake in an
exclusive virtual reality experience. The
pop-up will be open through Dec. 22. 27
Greene St.
SUNDAY, DEC. 5
Empire Circus
Interactive Circus
Spectacular
The all-new, family-friendly, interactive
circus-meets-carnival makes its world
premiere this fall. Empire Circus spans
throughout fi ve fl oors of Empire Stores and
its courtyard between the Brooklyn and
Manhattan Bridges. Empire Circus will
open on Sunday, Dec. 5, for a limited engagement,
through Jan. 30, 2022. Location- the
Brooklyn landmark Empire Stores (53 Water
St). Prices and hours vary. Get tickets here:
https://www.empirecircus.com/
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