NOVEMBER 18–DECEMBER 18
Naima Rauam is showing her paintings of the Fulton Fish Market and South Street Seaport at 210 Front St.: “This is a fond look back at the Fulton Fish Market on the 6th anniversary of its move from South Street. Naima Rauam spent decades documenting market life and is still inspired by it. For a few weeks, the spirit of the Fulton Fish Market returns to South Street through Naima’s watercolors and drawings.”

DECEMBER 3
Annie gets the sing-along treatment at 92YTribeca. It’s at 10 p.m., so probably not for kids.

DECEMBER 4
At the Museum of Jewish Heritage’s free New Families, New Traditions program: Writer and mom Julie Wiener has experienced and written about many of the challenges that come from being in an interfaith marriage. With insight and humor, she’ll share some of her tips for navigating the holiday season with a minimum of stress. Also, the program will begin with gentle music and songs for parents and babies, led by singer/songwriter/mom Vered.”

DECEMBER 5
420 Funk MOB—with special guest George Clinton!—at City Winery.

DECEMBER 7
The Scarlett Empress (1934), directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, is screened at 92YTribeca: “Flamboyant, over-the-top, alternately funny and unsettling, The Scarlet Empress dares to depict history as grotesque erotic black comedy.” I encourage you to watch this video: This is how I will be making exits until further notice.

DECEMBER 10
From Friends of Washington Market Park: “Santa is the guest of honor at our annual Christmas party! Santa takes requests from children on his throne stationed at the gazebo. Teachers from the Church Street School for Music and Art will help children crafts ornaments for the park’s Christmas tree. This year, the Trinity Youth Chorus will perform carols while homemade cookies and hot apple cider will keep everyone feeling warm and jolly. We will be collecting new, unwrapped toys for the Toys for Tots organization.”

DECEMBER 10
At 92YTribeca: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Is there any film they won’t screen?

DECEMBER 17
92YTribeca‘s “Meet the Lady” series celebrated Louise Lasser.

DECEMBER 17
Dan Zanes & Friends play a Christmas show at City Winery.

DECEMBER 25
At 92YTribeca‘s annual “Chinese and a Movie” on Christmas night: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park.

JANUARY 11–MARCH 10
At Apexart: “A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance is an attempt to envisage a state and culture that is shrouded in secrecy, being both the producer and victim of oppositional propaganda mechanisms. The project brings together new and recent works by a selection of international artists attempting to develop a picture of what the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea might be, in the absence of reliable, unbiased information of a nation that operates in exile from the international community.”