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    Gothamist Winter Guide: 16 Fun Things To Do In NYC This January

    by Scott Heins
    Published January 3, 2017
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    Somehow, finally, against all odds, 2017 has arrived! And while the weather is bound to be cold, dark, and inhospitable for pretty much the entire foreseeable future, the five boroughs are already set to pop off like that $5 bottle of Andre you shook up and guzzled on the train. We're talking late night jazz shows, surreal hotel parties, tributes to Bukowski, low-grade dynamite, and world-class cinema. Let's make some plans.

    <br/><br/>Somehow, finally, against all odds, 2017 has arrived! And while the weather is bound to be cold, dark, and inhospitable for pretty much the entire foreseeable future, the five boroughs are already set to pop off like that $5 bottle of Andre you shook up and guzzled on the train. We're talking late night jazz shows, surreal hotel parties, tributes to Bukowski, low-grade dynamite, and world-class cinema. Let's make some plans.

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    <br/><br/>Somehow, finally, against all odds, 2017 has arrived! And while the weather is bound to be cold, dark, and inhospitable for pretty much the entire foreseeable future, the five boroughs are already set to pop off like that $5 bottle of Andre you shook up and guzzled on the train. We're talking late night jazz shows, surreal hotel parties, tributes to Bukowski, low-grade dynamite, and world-class cinema. Let's make some plans.
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    Somehow, finally, against all odds, 2017 has arrived! And while the weather is bound to be cold, dark, and inhospitable for pretty much the entire foreseeable future, the five boroughs are already set to pop off like that $5 bottle of Andre you shook up and guzzled on the train. We're talking late night jazz shows, surreal hotel parties, tributes to Bukowski, low-grade dynamite, and world-class cinema. Let's make some plans.
    Nowhere does it say you have to wait until summer or wear silly and revealing costumes to enjoy a music festival. Now in its 13th year, the NYC Winter Jazzfest has grown into a six-day jazz celebration with over 140 acts performing on 13 stages that will not only inject some much-needed improvisation into the monotony of cold commute season, but preview where jazz is headed in 2017. This year's edition will celebrate Thelonious Monk's 100th birthday, as well as pay tribute to social justice and Black Lives Matter in both performances and scheduled talks. A show by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders with opener Shabaka and The Ancestors kicks off the festival at Le Poisson Rouge Thursday night. But Friday and Saturday's Jazzfest Marathon anchors the schedule, with dozens of performances throughout lower Manhattan, including the festival's artist-in-residence, avant-garde drummer and composer Andrew Cyrille, performing Friday with tenor saxophonist Bill McHenry. (Joshua Keefe)Thursday, January 5th - Tuesday, January 10th // Downtown Manhattan (locations vary) // Tickets: $20-160
    Maybe you've been to House of Yes for a dinner sex party, a robot sex party or poetry sex party. The Bushwick DIY-space-gone-legit regularly invites fetishists and voyeurs to come in and get it on, but the truth is that each month, their best party is all about giving back. House of Yes's regular Thank You For Everything  night will feature aerialists, pumping beats, wild crowds, no cover, inventive drinks, bright streamers, balloons, and other random party favors as the venue's staff celebrates their one year anniversary of opening on Wyckoff Avenue. Nothing will be too serious (or too out there); the only agenda is a nonstop dance party with no need for harnesses or safewords. If you've never been to House of Yes, this is most definitely the night for you.Friday, January 6th, 10 p.m. - 4 a.m. // House of Yes, 2 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn // Free with RSVP
    The ICP Museum's brilliant first exhibition is soon coming to a close, and your image-obsessed, media-addled brain needs to see it. Dubbed Public, Private, Secret, the show is made up of photography, posters, and video pieces that showcase how technology has led us down a dark path of capturing, editing, sharing, and deleting our images and ourselves. From self-made Snapchats to unsanctioned CCTV footage, the pieces here are both seductive and deeply dark. You'll see gorgeous celebrities at parties, nameless lovers in cramped apartments, and everyday people spilling their guts out at home in front of webcams. As ICP's curator-in-residence told us, "People are going to come in here and see parts of themselves they wouldn't want others to know about." It's a powerful, unsettling, and beautiful display. Show ends Sunday, January 8th // ICP Museum, 250 Bowery, Manhattan // Tickets $10-14
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