teaming up with neighborhood  
 oasis Bathhouse to bring guests  
 a spa experience. When guests  
 book the package, they’ll  
 receive two day passes to the  
 Bathhouse which allow access  
 to their three thermal pools,  
 two saunas, their starlight  
 steam room with a replica of  
 the night sky in the overhead  
 lighting design and heated  
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 marble hammams. Guests will  
 also receive a 10% discount on  
 any additional spa treatments,  
 including massages, scrubs and  
 facials. Prices vary. 80 Wythe  
 Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11249. Visit  
 https://www.wythehotel.com/  
 for more information. 
 Above: The Nutcracker at New York City Ballet (see Dec. 24).  
 Left: Petunia’s Playhouse Life at the New Ohio Theatre (see  
 Dec. 22).   
 TUESDAY, DEC. 21 
 Winter Solstice Celebration  
 with MoMath: Join the  
 Flatiron Partnership and  
 the National Museum of  
 Mathematics (MoMath) to  
 experience the refl ection of a  
 life-sized kaleidoscope. Snap  
 your own unique holiday selfi e  
 next to the Flatiron Building  
 and Interwoven. 3:00 p.m. to  
 5:00 p.m. 
 Visit Equinox Après Equinox: 
  Après Equinox is a limited  
 winter-only offering where  
 club members and hotel guests  
 can enjoy the outdoor pool,  
 heated to 85-90°F, two unique  
 barrel saunas, heated to a max  
 of 120°F with a 360-view of  
 New York City and regeneration  
 offerings with Equinox’s  
 HeadStrong meditation on the  
 Equinox+ app. Prices vary.  
 35 Hudson Yards, 32 Hudson  
 Yards, New York, NY 10001. 
 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22 
 A Family Musical PETUNIA’S  
 PLAYHOUSE LIVE at the  
 New Ohio Theatre: Enjoy this  
 interactive musical about self-care  
 for family audiences. This musical  
 puppetry experience is based on  
 the award-winning web series  
 Petunia’s Playhouse, conceived  
 during the COVID lockdown as  
 a tool to help children cope with  
 the mental health challenges of  
 our new reality. 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.  
 The show runs through January  
 1, 2022. Tickets ($25; $18 for  
 groups of four or more). 154  
 Christopher St. #1E, New York,  
 NY 10014. 
 Holiday Cocktail Creation  
 With Good Time Mixology:  
 Learn how to create a perfect  
 holiday cocktail with Good  
 Time Mixology’s expert  
 mixologists. Spots in the class  
 are limited. 8 p.m. $40. Moxy  
 Times Square, Legasea. 
 THURSDAY, DEC. 23 
 Dine at Cucina 8 1/2 in the  
 iconic The Solow Building:  
 The new menu will celebrate  
 old New York charm with an  
 elevated Italian-American menu  
 with thoughtful yet simplistic  
 preparations to enhance the  
 natural fl avors in each dish. The  
 menu will feature housemade  
 pastas with a rotating Italian  
 regional menu, as well as  
 Italian-American classics with  
 many tableside presentations.  
 Hours vary. 9 W 57th St., New  
 York, NY 10019. 
 St. Patrick’s Cathedral  
 Audio Tour: Narrated by  
 Cardinal Timothy Dolan,  
 visitors will be guided around  
 the 160-year-old Cathedral  
 while hearing personal stories  
 from the archbishop about  
 what makes St. Patrick’s  
 America’s favorite cathedral  
 while enjoying the harmonious  
 sounds of live carolers inside  
 the cathedral every half hour.  
 Tickets start at $25. Times  
 Vary. Audio tours run through  
 Jan. 6, 2022. 
 FRIDAY, DEC. 24 
 New York City Ballet do  
 George Balanchine’s The  
 Nutcracker: Enjoy an afternoon  
 at the ballet with George  
 Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.  
 The classic ballet, composed by  
 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, provides  
 an unforgettable spark to  
 everyone’s holiday season. Show  
 begins at 2 p.m. Ticket prices  
 vary. Live at David H. Koch  
 Theater in New York. 
 Holiday’s at Kimika  
 Christmas Eve: Enjoy  
 Christmas Eve with a dine-inmeal  
 from Kimika, a Japanese- 
 Italian restaurant in Nolita. The  
 menu includes: Small plates  
 like smoked baccala mantecato,  
 pickled mackerel with shaved  
 red onion, giardiniera, and  
 perilla pesto; and kakiage fritto  
 misto; Pasta & rice dishes like  
 saffron malloredus, sticky rice  
 risotto with unagi, matsutake  
 and uni salsa; Large plates like  
 grilled hamachi collar, grilled  
 prawns and chawan mushi  
 with crab, lobster, octopus and  
 ponzu-shiso ankake; Yuzu  
 meringue tart for dessert.  
 Holiday kits and Christmas  
 What’s going on in your neighborhood?  
 Tell us! Email your events for our calendar to  
 news@villager.com 
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