Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in Midtown on Columbus Day Monday, Oct 12: 21 picks, refreshed weekly.
21 picks · checked Sep 17
Fifth Avenue, Midtown to Upper East Side, ManhattanMarching bands, floats and a sea of red, white and green take over Fifth Avenue for the city's big Italian-American heritage parade.
Fifth Avenue, Midtown to Upper East Side, ManhattanMarching bands, floats and a sea of red, white and green take over Fifth Avenue for the city's big Italian-American heritage parade.
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Carnegie Deli, 834 Seventh Avenue, Midtown, ManhattanCarnegie Deli is back after 10 years, in the old Stage Deli space, with the Wall of Fame photos and pastrami piled high on rye.
Carnegie Deli, 834 Seventh Avenue, Midtown, ManhattanCarnegie Deli is back after 10 years, in the old Stage Deli space, with the Wall of Fame photos and pastrami piled high on rye.
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Madison Square Garden, Midtown / Penn District, ManhattanHarry Styles' 30-night Garden residency, his only US shows this year, rolls on with two more nights at MSG this weekend — Harryween is coming.
Madison Square Garden, Midtown / Penn District, ManhattanHarry Styles' 30-night Garden residency, his only US shows this year, rolls on with two more nights at MSG this weekend — Harryween is coming.
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The Paley Museum, 25 West 52nd Street, Midtown, ManhattanBilly Crystal tells stories from a career that runs from SNL to the Oscars stage, celebrating his new Broadway solo show 860.
The Paley Museum, 25 West 52nd Street, Midtown, ManhattanBilly Crystal tells stories from a career that runs from SNL to the Oscars stage, celebrating his new Broadway solo show 860.
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Madison Square Garden, Midtown (above Penn Station), ManhattanThe Knicks host the Timberwolves at the Garden in a holiday-Monday preseason tune-up before the new NBA season tips off.
Madison Square Garden, Midtown (above Penn Station), ManhattanThe Knicks host the Timberwolves at the Garden in a holiday-Monday preseason tune-up before the new NBA season tips off.
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Laura Pels Theatre, Midtown / Theater District, ManhattanRoundabout's new Off-Broadway musical follows one beating heart, two families and a transplant team through 24 hours. Kait Kerrigan wrote the book and Anne and Ian Eisendrath wrote the score.
Laura Pels Theatre, Midtown / Theater District, ManhattanRoundabout's new Off-Broadway musical follows one beating heart, two families and a transplant team through 24 hours. Kait Kerrigan wrote the book and Anne and Ian Eisendrath wrote the score.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanRare Surrealist artists' books by Andre Breton, Claude Cahun, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Toyen, drawn from MoMA's holdings.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanRare Surrealist artists' books by Andre Breton, Claude Cahun, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Toyen, drawn from MoMA's holdings.
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HERO at Rockefeller Center, Midtown, ManhattanSeventeen art projects across eight light-and-sound rooms below Rockefeller Center — the immersive show's final stretch before it closes.
HERO at Rockefeller Center, Midtown, ManhattanSeventeen art projects across eight light-and-sound rooms below Rockefeller Center — the immersive show's final stretch before it closes.
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Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's Yuen Woo-ping survey hits its best weekend: Kung Fu Hustle, both Once Upon a Time in China films and The Grandmaster in its Hong Kong cut.
Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's Yuen Woo-ping survey hits its best weekend: Kung Fu Hustle, both Once Upon a Time in China films and The Grandmaster in its Hong Kong cut.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanMarianne Wex's 1977 body-language study meets Nona Faustine, Martine Gutierrez and Wendy Red Star in MoMA's new photo show.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanMarianne Wex's 1977 body-language study meets Nona Faustine, Martine Gutierrez and Wendy Red Star in MoMA's new photo show.
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanBerlin's lost swamps become a singing digital landscape, made with the musician Arca, on MoMA's Garden Lobby wall starting the holiday Monday.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanBerlin's lost swamps become a singing digital landscape, made with the musician Arca, on MoMA's Garden Lobby wall starting the holiday Monday.
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Howard Greenberg Gallery, Midtown, ManhattanEmpty 1970s Manhattan streets shot at dawn on a 4x5 camera by a Chinatown-raised Walker Evans student, shown for the first time.
Howard Greenberg Gallery, Midtown, ManhattanEmpty 1970s Manhattan streets shot at dawn on a 4x5 camera by a Chinatown-raised Walker Evans student, shown for the first time.
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The Rutherford, Midtown (Penn Station), ManhattanLiter steins, warm pretzels and bratwurst on a rooftop beer hall across from Madison Square Garden — Midtown's Saturday Oktoberfest.
The Rutherford, Midtown (Penn Station), ManhattanLiter steins, warm pretzels and bratwurst on a rooftop beer hall across from Madison Square Garden — Midtown's Saturday Oktoberfest.
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New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, ManhattanThe library behind the lions marks 250 years of the Declaration with founding documents, free to walk in and see.
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, ManhattanThe library behind the lions marks 250 years of the Declaration with founding documents, free to walk in and see.
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Masquerade NYC, Midtown West, ManhattanAndrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Paulus rebuilt a West 57th Street mansion into a walk-through Phantom of the Opera for about sixty guests at a time.
Masquerade NYC, Midtown West, ManhattanAndrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Paulus rebuilt a West 57th Street mansion into a walk-through Phantom of the Opera for about sixty guests at a time.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA opens a century of animation from its own collection, from early hand-drawn cells to contemporary experiments.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA opens a century of animation from its own collection, from early hand-drawn cells to contemporary experiments.
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Lever House, Midtown East, ManhattanFree sculpture, models and Akari lanterns fill the lobby and plaza of Bunshaft's 1952 landmark.
Lever House, Midtown East, ManhattanFree sculpture, models and Akari lanterns fill the lobby and plaza of Bunshaft's 1952 landmark.
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) — Floor 1 lobby, Midtown, ManhattanOdili Donald Odita's floor-to-ceiling, music-inspired color wall turns MoMA's lobby into a cascading kaleidoscope of stripes and angles.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) — Floor 1 lobby, Midtown, ManhattanOdili Donald Odita's floor-to-ceiling, music-inspired color wall turns MoMA's lobby into a cascading kaleidoscope of stripes and angles.
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New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, Manhattan(vincent desjardins) from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWinnie-the-Pooh's original stuffed animals, a Gutenberg Bible and Jefferson's handwriting, free inside the Fifth Avenue library.
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, Manhattan(vincent desjardins) from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWinnie-the-Pooh's original stuffed animals, a Gutenberg Bible and Jefferson's handwriting, free inside the Fifth Avenue library.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanThe Indian painter's first solo show in New York - five decades of work on displacement, memory and Kashmir, co-organized with KNMA.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanThe Indian painter's first solo show in New York - five decades of work on displacement, memory and Kashmir, co-organized with KNMA.
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