Broadway from 59th to 66th Sts.
Monday, November 29, 5:30
Admission: free but please bring can of food to Dante Park for City Harvest
www.winterseve.org
The Lincoln Square Business Improvement District’s eleventh annual Winter’s Eve party takes place on Monday, November 29, featuring live performances, food tastings, children’s activities, ice sculptures, street musicians, holiday singalongs, and much more. The festivities begin at 5:30 in Dante Park with the tree-lighting ceremony, with John Pizzarelli handling the honors this year. Chia’s Dance Party will get booties shaking in Dante Park at 6:00, 7:00, and 8:00, the Brazilian percussion ensemble Harlem Samba will do the same in Richard Tucker Park at the same times, violinist supreme Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul will be playing in the Winter’s Eve Dance Tent at 6:15 and 7:30, the Anat Cohen Quartet with Avishai Cohen will be joined by Pizzarelli for shows at 6:45 and 7:45 at the American Folk Art Museum, the David Rubenstein Atrium will host a Holiday Bhangra Party featuring Red Baraat at 7:00, Jane Seymour will sign copies of AMONG ANGELS at the Borders in the Time Warner Center at 7:00, Naturally 7 will highlight a cappella holiday songs at the Apple Store at 7:00, the Rose Rutledge Trio will play in the Time Warner Center at 7:30, and the Alice Farley Dance Theater will create site-specific pieces in front of Alice Tully Hall all night long, in addition to performances by the Hungry March Band, Mariachi Real de Mexico, Arm-of-the-Sea, the Raya Brass Band, the West Side Y’s Kids, the Youth Pride Chorus, and others. And the New York Institute of Technology will present the multimedia Festival of Lights in its auditorium. All events are free, although the food tastings will require small payments; however, the Lincoln Square BID asks that everyone bring a can of food to donate to City Harvest in exchange for all of the free fun.