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Jan 2
Eighth Annual Bicarbonate of Bukowski Tribute; Cornelia Street Café, West Village, 6pm. $12 (includes one drink).
Charles Bukowski wrote, “If nothing happens you drink to make something happen.” So what better place to celebrate the writer than in a bar with an invigorating beverage?
Jan 3
Bar Car Nights at the Holiday Train Show; The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, 7pm. $35.
The New York Botanical Garden transforms into a wintry landscape for after-dark holiday train shows, live jazz performances and ice-sculpture demonstrations.
Isaac Tichauer + No Regular Play (live/DJ) + Slow Hands (live); Le Bain, Meatpacking District, 11pm. $20.
The Autobrennt gang hosts a high-in-the-sky shindig on the top floor of the Standard, complete with its stellar view of downtown Manhattan and the Hudson.
Jan 4
This is Our Youth; Cort Theatre, Midtown West, 7pm. $35–$135.
It's your last chance to see Michael Cera live in this Kenneth Lonergan's play about a couple of late adolescents mixed up in stolen money and cocaine, courtesy of Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; New York City Center, Midtown West, 7:30pm. $25–$135.
The company performs its season finale with a special performance of Caught and Revelations.
The Holiday Shops at Bryant Park; Bryant Park, Midtown West, 11am. Free.
The pop-up market closes today so get in on the more than 125 winter-y kiosks before it's too late.
Lonesome George; American Museum of Natural History,Suggested donation $22, seniors/students with ID, $17; children 2-12, $12.50
When the Pinta Island tortoise known as Lonesome George died in 2012, his species of giant reptiles—native to the Galápagos Islands—became extinct. Preserved as experts believed he looked when he roamed the earth, the tortoise is on display through today.
Comedy at the Knitting Factory; Williamsburg, 9pm. Free.
The smooth and delightfully understated Hannibal Buress introduces fellow stand-ups.
"Classical Nudes and the Making of Queer History"; Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, Soho, 12pm. Free.
In an ambitious exhibit that's as sexy as it is educational, Leslie-Lohman traces queer art from antiquity and the Renaissance (think sculptures of Sappho and muscleman drawings by Michelangelo) to the modern era (including work by boundary-pushing artists like Del LaGrace Volcano and Robert Mapplethorpe).
Kornfeld & Andrews; Magnet Theater, Chelsea, 9pm. $7.
Two Magnet improv teachers team up and guide audiences through made-up worlds while playing made-up characters, leaving everyone laughing and rethinking the world as we know it.