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L E H A V R E
N E W S
D E C E M B E R OUT & ABOUT
BY JILL DAVIS
Hanukkah started early this year and
winds up on December 6. Christmas falls on
a Saturday this year, which means most people
will get the whole day off on Christmas
Eve. Yay! New Year’s Eve falls on a Friday,
which will provide heavy-duty partygoers
two whole days to recover before they head
back to work the next week.
We all know how horrible 2020 was and
we wished it good riddance. But 2021 hasn’t
been a day at the beach either, so here are a
few quotes to make you smile and look forward
to ’22.
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see
the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make
sure the old year leaves.” — Bill Vaughn
“May the New Year bring you courage to
break your resolutions early! My own plan is
to swear off every kind of virtue, so that I triumph
even when I fall.” — Aleister Crowley
“This New Year’s I was going to make a
resolution never to be late again, but I didn’t
wake up until January 2nd.” — Melanie
White
“The bad news is time flies. The good news
is you’re the pilot.” — Micheal Altshuler
“I would quit all my bad habits for the New
Year, but then I remembered that nobody
likes a quitter.” — Unknown
BIG APPLE CIRCUS
Now through January 30
Lincoln Center, Manhattan
bigapplecircus.com
The Big Apple Circus debuted in 1977.
Things eventually got rocky and it filed
for bankruptcy in 2016, reopened in
2018 to much fanfare, but was shut
down last year due to the pandemic.
The circus hopes to be flying high again
with an all-new production featuring
Guinness world record high wire walker
Nik Wallenda. There are morning, afternoon
and evening performances; check
the website for specifics. Tickets start
at $25.
SONGS WITHOUT
WORDS: THE ART
OF MUSIC
Now through March 6,
2022
Nassau County Museum
of Art, Roslyn Harbor
Nassaumuseum.org
The museum claims
“There is something for
everybody in this chorus
of sight and sound,”
and they may be right.
Instruments from famed guitarists Les Paul and Keith
Richards to Paganini’s “Cannon” violin are among memorabilia
from Tony Bennett, Frank Zappa and others are part
of this installation. Works by Matisse, Degas and others
are on display as well. Tickets are $10 for seniors; $15 for
adults and$5 for children and students. Check out the website
for more information.
FESTIVAL OF GAMES
Saturday, December 11,
10 am – 9 pm
Cradle of Aviation
Museum, Garden City
cradleofaviation.org
This is a first! Cradle-Con
and Long Island Retro
Gaming Expo are getting
together to present their
first annual Festival of
Games, a holiday-themed combo of shopping and gaming
to support the Museum’s Preservation and Education
Programs. Admission is $20 for Adults/$15 for kids 2-12
and seniors 62+. The fee includes free unlimited gameplay
in the Arcade Age Exhibit, which features more than 70
arcade classics. While you’re there, you can check out the
museum’s eight galleries that span over 100 years of air
and space history (everything from kites to outer space
exploration).
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HAPPENINGS AT THE QUEENS
FARM MUSEUM
Little Neck
Parkway, Floral
Park
queensfarm.org
There’s a lot going
on in December at
the Farm.
First up: the Food Drive is going on now
through December 31. This year’s drive
supports CUNY students who are food
insecure. Donated food (packaged and
non-perishable) will be delivered to the
Queens College Food Pantry for distribution.
You can drop off your donation every
day except December 25 between 10 am
and 5 pm.
Meanwhile, the
Farm is transformed
in its Winter
Lantern Festival,
now through
January 9. Visit the
Farm between 4:30
pm and 9:30 pm to
enjoy an immersive
display of holiday
lights and lanterns. New this year is the
“Wish Lantern,” where you can choose
your own lantern, decorate it at the Farm
and then take it home as a keepsake.
General admission to the festival is $24.99
for teens and adults and $16.99 for kids
age 3 through 12. Onsite VIP parking will
cost you $10 and each Wish Lantern is an
extra $5.
THE
NUTRCRACKER
Saturday, December
18, 2 pm & 7pm
Sunday, December
19, 2pm
Tilles Center,
Brookville
tillescenter.org
We know it’s the
holidays when The
Nutcracker is around,
and it’s a great introduction to ballet for kids (grown-ups
like it too!). This production features choreography by
Maurice Brandon Curry to Tchaikovsky’s beautiful score
performed by Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. Unity
Phelan, soloist with New York City Ballet, will star as the
Sugar Plum Fairy. Tickets start at $60.
DISNEY ON
ICE
Wednesday,
January 5 –
Sunday, January
9
UBS Arena,
Belmont Park
ubsarena.com
Disney on Ice
tours the country
with a variety
of different shows. The local edition,
“Let’s Celebrate,” arrives at the UBS
Arena early next month. This one should
be really popular with Disney-obsessed
kids—it features 14 different Disney stories
and 50 Disney characters, including
Ariel and Ilsa (if you can stand hearing
“Let It Go” one more time!). Show times
vary so check the website for details.
Tickets start at $20.
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