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Holiday chaos, sub-zero temps, and never-ending snowfall have arrived in the Big Apple. Though East Coast winters can be notoriously bleak, you don't have to stay chained to your Netflix account until April. Instead, check out these 50 free things to do in New York City that won't cost you a dime.
Ice Skate at Bryant Park
Date: Monday - Sunday until Mar. 1
Time: 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Location: Between 40th and 42nd Street, and 5th and 6th Avenue
Perfect for: Michelle Kwan wannabe's
Website: bryantpark.org
The Bank of America's Winter Village at Bryant park features a massive rink with the only free admission in the city. Rent a pair of skates, or kick back and watch a specialty skating show. If you still have holiday shopping to catch up on, check out the nearby pop-up holiday shops featuring 125 retail vendors that will cover all of your gift-related needs. Bag check and lockers are additionally free.
Lighting of the World's Largest Menorah
Date: Dec. 16 - 23
Time: Various
Location: Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
Perfect for: Getting #lit
Website: chabadparkslope.com
This enormous 32-foot-tall menorah has been glowing in Brooklyn since 1985. Hot latkes, live music, and free gifts for kids in attendance are all available at this huge Chanukah celebration. Jews and non-Jews alike are welcome to watch NYC community leaders and Rabbi Shamon Hecht light the menorah via a cherry picker.
Artists & Fleas at Chelsea Market
Date: Daily
Time: Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: 75 Ninth Avenue
Perfect for: Holiday shopping
Website: artistsandfleas.com
Sitting directly under the High Line, Chelsea Market contains dozens of restaurants and shops. Artists and Fleas, an artist, designer, and vintage market, has staked its claim in the market since April 2013, bringing in different vendors every other week. Check out Glitterlimes' food jewelry, or just sip an organic smoothie from Zugo Liquitarian.
Union Square Holiday Market
Date: Through Dec. 24
Time: Weekdays 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Saturdays 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Sundays 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Location: Union Square
Perfect for: Last-minute holiday gifts
Website: urbanspacenyc.om
If you're down to brave an outdoor market when it's freezing outside, the Union Square Holiday Market might be your Mecca. The holly-lined red and white striped vendor tents lining the square have artwork, home goods, and tons of fresh baked goods that will get you into the traditional holiday buying spirit.
Free Fridays at the Knitting Factory
Date: Every Friday
Time: Various
Location: 361 Metropolitan Avenue
Perfect for: Spending the money that you saved on tickets on booze
Website: bk.knittingfactory.com
Brooklyn venue The Knitting Factory has a rotating lineup of free shows available every Friday. Hannibal Buress will be introducing stand-up comics on December 21 and 28, but it's usually a smattering of up-and-coming bands playing. Most shows are 21+ and first come, first serve. They tend to sell out fast, so get there early to nab a spot.
Prospect Park Fireworks
Date: Dec. 31
Time: 11 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Location: Prospect Park
Perfect for: A scenic New Years smooch
Website: prospectpark.org
Live entertainment and an amazing 15-minute fireworks display are the main events this New Years at Prospect Park. The park on West Drive at Grand Army Plaza and along Prospect Park West are allegedly the best places to be, so grab a hot chocolate and head to the park early to catch a good spot to ring in 2015.
UCB Theatre Open Mic Thursdays
Date: Every first and second Thursday of the month
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: 153 East 3rd Street
Perfect for: Comedy buffs
Website: ucbtheatre.com
Ever wanted to give stand-up comedy a shot? Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in East Village gives you a chance to show your chops. Names are thrown in a bucket, and the fourteen lucky people that are drawn have four minutes on stage to tell their jokes. Spectator bonus: There's no drink minimum to fulfill.
Holiday Windows at Macy's
Date: Dec. 20 - 31
Time: 9 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Location: 151 West 34th Street
Perfect for: Getting into the Christmas spirit
Website: macys.com
The six windows on the Broadway side of Macy's have been lit up with beautiful Christmas scenes for decades. This year's theme is "Santa's Journey to the Stars." Join the throngs of tourists and crowd in to check out the visually and technically stunning display—it's definitely worth it.
Picasso & Jacqueline: The Evolution of Style
Date: Through Jan. 10
Time: Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Location: 32 East 57th Street
Perfect for: Art snobs
Website: pacegallery.com
The Pace Gallery is hosting a temporary exhibit of Pablo Picasso's artwork in the last two decades of his career, with 140 pieces produced while he was living with his muse (and subsequent second wife), Jacqueline Roque. Put on your nice clothes and see the paintings, ceramics, drawings, and sculptures that were all inspired by one woman. Take a few friends, or go solo and reflect on the art as long as you want.
Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
Date: Tuesday - Sunday through Jan. 4
Time: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Location: 26 Wooster Street
Perfect for: LGBTQ history lessons
Website: leslielohman.org
The first dedicated LGBTQ museum in the world, the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art offers a great variety of temporary exhibits. The latest one, Classical Nudes and the Making of Queer History, investigates same-sex representation in artwork over four major periods and the shifting cultures that defined LGBTQ history. Admission is free, but donations are welcomed.
Movement Research at the Judson Church
Date: Every Monday
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: 55 Washington Square South
Perfect for: Scoping up-and-coming dancers
Website: movementresearch.org
Watch a night of contemporary and experimental dance in Greenwich City performed by artists-in-residence and dancers from across the world in the beautiful Judson Church. The lineup changes weekly, ensuring that every show has something new to offer. Seating is limited, so get there early to nab a spot up front.
Party Like It's 1999 at The Bell House
Date: Jan. 3
Time: 10 p.m.
Location: 149 Seventh Street
Perfect for: Breaking out your favorite Cobain-esque flannel
Website: thebellhouseny.com
The upcoming New Year marks 20 years since 1995, so The Bell House will be hosting a dance party playing songs from that year exclusively. I mean, who doesn't want to get drunk off PBR and flail around to "Gangster's Paradise" for a night? Admission is free, and the event is 21+.
Twin Peaks Bingo at Videology
Date: Jan. 7 & 14
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Location: 308 Bedford Avenue
Perfect for: David Lynch fanatics
Website: videology.info
Low-key Brooklyn culture bar Videology offers a bingo night based on the cult-classic TV show Twin Peaks. If you know who killed Laura Palmer, head over and order an Agent Cooper cocktail, gorge yourself on donuts, and compete with other TP obsessives.
Neue Galerie
Date: First Friday of the month
Time: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: 1048 Fifth Avenue
Perfect for: Exploring Museum Mile
Website: neuegalerie.org
Neue Galerie displays early 20th century German and Austrian art in it's beautiful halls. It's one of the newest additions to Museum Mile (established in 2001), and also contains two cafes that serve Viennese cuisine. Austrian Portraiture is one of the featured exhibits of the moment, with painting by Gustave Klimt and his peers.
Live from Outer Space
Date: Every Friday
Time: 9 p.m.
Location: 6 Wyckoff Avenue
Perfect for: A two-for-one weekend event
Website: cobraclubbk.com
There's no cover charge at The Cobra Club's stand-up comedy show Live from Outer Space, which features a variety of local talent hosted by Ben Kronberg and Erik Bergstrom. The show is followed by live karaoke until 4 a.m., so stick around after to belt your terrible rendition of "Tiny Dancer" for all to hear.
The Kings of Karaoke
Date: Every Friday
Time: 11:00 p.m.
Location: 702 Union Hall
Perfect for: Showing off your vocal range
Website: unionhallny.com
Choose from Union Hall's endless request-built song selection and belt out your favorite Mariah Carey jam in front of the Park Slope crowd at Union Hall. Karaoke is serious business here, so gargle some saltwater, down a PBR or three, and get the audience pumped.
Big Pony Show Comedy
Date: Mondays
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: 87 Ludlow Street
Perfect for: Checking out local talent
Website: bigponyshow.tumblr.com
"We laughin', We ridin'," is the motto of sketch/stand-up/music production Big Pony Show, hosted by Molly Austin, Mike Brown, Rojo Perez, and Shak Standley on the Lower East Side. Admission's free, drinks are cheap, and the main acts have occasionally moved onto Comedy Central, MTV, Late Night, and more.
Winter Jam NYC
Date: Jan. 24
Time: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Central Park, Bandshell Area
Perfect for: Active types
Website: nycgovparks.org
Winter Jam NYC is a free winter sports festival where all equipment is provided for absolutely free. People from Gore Mountain will show up with snow machines to ensure that the area is covered in fresh snow. Snowboarding, snowshoeing, and both downhill and cross-country skiing are all available, as well as lessons for all.
Columbus Circle Holiday Market
Date: Daily until Dec. 24
Time: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: Columbus Circle
Perfect for: Killing an hour or two
Website: urbanspacenyc.com
Located near the Southwest entrance of Central Park outside of 59th Street and Central Park West, the Columbus Circle Holiday Market is the perfect place to grab a bite or pick up a gift. Artisan jewelry, knitted accessories, and a ton of great food vendors are just a few examples of what the market has to offer. It tends to be the most crowded on Saturdays; weekday planning will do you well.
Chinese New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival
Date: Feb. 19
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Sarah D. Roosevelt Park
Perfect for: Celebrating the Year of the Goat (or Sheep)
Website: betterchinatown.com
In celebration of the traditional Chinese New Year, the Better Chinatown Society will be setting off 500,000 fireworks to ward off evil spirits and usher in the Year of the Goat. Craft booths, food vendors, pyrotechnics, and parades will all be happening. Come prepared with confetti, red envelopes, and decorations to celebrate the New Year.
Wave Hill Cultural Center
Date: Tuesdays and Saturdays
Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: West 249th Street and Independence Avenue
Perfect for: Getting away from the city for a day
Website: wavehill.org
Admission to Wave Hill is usually $8, but Target Free Days let you in for a few hours twice a week without charge. Pretty cool, right? Check out the Japanese Red Pine, Oriental Spruce, Swiss Stone Pine, and White Pine at the Conifer Garden, which is best viewed after a fresh snowfall.
"Casual Encounters" by Sam Lewitt
Date: Wednesday through Sunday until Jan. 11
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Location: 36 Orchard Street
Perfect for: Culture vultures
Website: miguelabreugallery.com
Young artist Sam Lewitt is filling both Miguel Abreu galleries with his current show, "Casual Encounters," which consist of wall-mounted coppers sculptures built from hard drives, wall routers, and other pieces of technology. The exhibit is clean and compelling—a great place to unwind from the working technologies in your life to focus on Lewitt's gutted, re-constructed ones.
Museum of Maritime Navigation and Communication
Date: Monday - Saturday through Jan 31
Time: Weekdays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturdays 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: 298 Satterlee Street
Perfect for: Nautical nonsense
Website: mmncny.com
If you're the kind of person who's interested in the pre-iPhone era, stop by Staten Island's Museum of Maritime Communication and Navigation to see "Riding The Waves," a collection of over 500 nautical pieces of technology collected by museum founder Samir Farag. Depth finders, satellite navigators, weather maps, radar, and other technology dating back to 75 years ago are on display. The visual timeline of the nautical shipping industry is historically cool, especially for tech buffs.
Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Swim
Date: Jan. 1
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Surf Avenue and Stillwell Avenue
Perfect for: Forgetting your New Year's Eve hangover
Website: polarbearclub.org
The Coney Island Polar Bear Club, a group that swims in the freezing cold Atlantic November through April, is hosting its annual New Year's Day polar plunge. Wear sneakers and warm clothes to ward off hypothermia, and join hundreds of other crazies stampeding into the ocean. The event is free, but donations benefit Camp Sunshine, an organization that helps kids with life-threatening illnesses, so throw in a couple bones if you can.
Holiday Under the Stars
Date: Until Jan. 3
Time: 5 p.m. - midnight
Location: 10 Columbus Circle
Perfect for: A much-needed shopping break
Website: theshopsatcolumbuscircle.com
The Time Warner Center's Holiday Under the Stars show features twelve 14-foot stars hanging from a 150-foot ceiling illuminated with a changing array of colors in sync with a 13-track holiday playlist. The cool display makes for a good date spot, or for impressing out-of-state family members that are visiting.
Mmuseumm
Date: Saturdays and Sundays
Time: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Location: 4 Cortlandt Alley
Perfect for: A quick excursion
Website: mmuseumm.com
Want to visit a museum that'll take 10 minutes to get through, max? Mmuseumm is your Mecca. The tiny Tribeca museum is set up in a carpeted remodeled elevator shaft, with tons of tiny historically relevant artifacts crammed into it's glass walls. Mmuseum is on it's third season, with displays that include a 3D-printed skull, various New Delhi mosquitoes preserved in glass, and censored Saudi Arabian pool toys, among others.
Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade and Festival
Date: Feb. 22
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Various
Perfect for: Experiencing awesome Chinatown culture
Website: betterchinatown.com
Traditional lion and dragon dances, colorful costumes, and a metric ton of confetti will all be present to celebrate Chinatown's 16th annual Lunar New Year Parade. Tons of entertainers will be performing, and the food vendor options are endless. Be sure to try some niango, a tasty Chinese New Year cake, and eat a few mandarin oranges for good luck.
New Museum
Date: Every Thursday
Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Location: 235 Bowery
Perfect for: Contemporary art know-how
Website: newmuseum.org
New Museum is Manhattan's only contemporary art museum, dedicated to showcasing cool contemporary art from around the world. The museum's three main galleries are all currently occupied by England native Chris Ofili's exhibit "Night and Day," spanning the artist's career through his vibrant paintings, sculptures, and drawings. His '90s paintings are known for their layering of paint, resin, glitter, and, weirdly, elephant dung collected on a trip to Zimbabwe.
Light Over Time Exhibit
Date: Daily
Time: Any
Location: MetroTech Commons
Perfect for: Experiencing art in real time
Website: publicartfund.org
L.A. native Sam Falls has created an interactive light exhibit in Downtown Brooklyn's MetroTech Commons. The sculptural works in the exhibit are audience-activated, and the heat-generated colors change over time. Wind chimes, light rooms, a pendulum, and a maze consisting of modular panels are just a few parts of this trippy display.
Museum of Modern Art
Date: Every Friday
Time: 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: 11 West 53rd Street
Perfect for: Art aficionados
Website: moma.org
Every Friday night, UNIQLO hosts Free Fridays at MoMA for four hours—enough time for you to explore a big chunk of the legendary museum. The current featured exhibit (through February 8) is "Henry Matisse: The Cut-Outs," which features the largest selection of the French artists's paper cut-outs. The line for free admission tends to fill up fast, so get there a little early to make sure that you get in.
New York Aquarium
Date: Every Friday
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: 602 Surf Avenue
Perfect for: A cool date
Website: nyaquarium.com
This is the oldest continually operating aquarium in the U.S. In terms of animals, it include walrus, penguins, sea otter, piranhas, and sea lions. Admission is free after 3 p.m. on Fridays, so head over to the Coney Island Boardwalk and check it out. You can get a snorkeler's view going through the conservation hall tunnel, where fish and rays swim all around you.
Ladies Night at Mercury Bar
Date: Every Wednesday
Time: 8 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Location: 493 Third Avenue
Perfect for: Free drinks
Website: mercurybareast.com
Mercury Bar offers complimentary select drinks every Wednesday night for an hour, so grab your girls and head over to drink gratis. It's probably well-quality alcohol, but hey, it's free.
New York Hall of Science
Date: Every Friday
Time: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: 47-01 111th Street
Perfect for: Nerding out
Website: nysci.org
The New York Hall of Science has over 450 scientific exhibits, demonstrations, and workshops that are great for families and kids. Right now, it's housing the world's largest gingerbread village. If you're searching for a cheap place to take your family, this place has something for everyone. It also features a ton of cool speakers, which, in the past, have included Niki Werkheiser, NASA's "3-D Printing in Zero G" project manager.
El Museo del Barrio
Date: Third Saturday of the month
Time: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Perfect for: Art enthusiasts
Website: elmuseo.org
El Museo del Barrio opens its doors for free every third Saturday of the month for Super Sabado, so take advantage of it and visit NY's leading Latino cultural institution. Latino, Carribean, and Latin American artistic landscapes are on display in the museums. Check out the current ones here.
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Date: Thursdays - Sundays
Time: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Location: 1040 Grand Concourse
Perfect for: Innovative local art
Website: bronxmuseum.org
Bronx houses a contemporary art museum that's free of charge all year. A current exhibition, "Bosco Sodi: Untitled," uses the skeletons of bronze sculptures damaged during Hurricane Sandy to create new, durable artwork. Drop in and give it a look until February.
New York Holiday Lights Tour
Date: Various
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: 1889 Broadway Street
Perfect for: Seeing the best lights in the city
Website: freetoursbyfoot.com
Midtown Manhattan's holiday displays are some of the best in the city, and this walking tour will take you to the brightest ones out there. Lincoln Center, Saks 5th Avenue, Lord and Taylor, and FAO Schwarz are just a few of the stops along the way. The tour takes around two and a half hours, and reservations are required. Make them here.
Chelsea Market
Date: Daily
Time: Monday - Saturday 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: 75 9th Avenue
Perfect for: Prime window shopping
Website: chelseamarket.com
Located in Manhattan's Meatpacking District, the block-long Chelsea Market is a foodie's paradise. With over 35 restaurants and specialty food stores, this is the ultimate gastronomical destination. In addition to food, the market hosts a regular smattering of pop-up fashion and art shops in it's open-air brick rooms. It's the perfect place to gawk over oil drum-sized sacks of spices, or browse through used books for a few hours.
Socrates Sculpture Park
Date: Daily
Time: 10 a.m. - Sunset
Location: 32-01 Vernon Boulevard
Perfect for: Taking advantage of an unusually warm winter day
Website: socratessculpturepark.org
Socrates Sculpture Park is built on a five-acre former landfill site, and now contains large-scale sculptures and multimedia art installations. The waterfront view of the city is stunning, and the park allows dogs. The Emerging Artists Fellowship Exhibition is currently on display, featuring works from fifteen different up-and-coming artists.
Bronx Zoo
Every Wednesday is pay-what-you-wish donations at the Bronx Zoo. Polar bears, bison, grizzly bears, anacondas, giraffes, and bald eagles are just a few of the animals that call the zoo home. Pro tip: most of the animals snooze around 2 p.m., so get there early to see the animals at peak activity.
Location: 2300 Southern Boulevard
Date: Wednesdays
Time: 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Perfect For: Animal lovers
Website: bronxzoo.com
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Date: Tuesdays - Fridays
Time: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: 990 Washington Avenue
Perfect for: Taking a break from the city
Website: bbg.org
It might be cold and snowy outside, but Brooklyn Botanic Garden's indoor plant conservatory complex is bursting with green life. The tropical pavilion contains 65-foot trees, streams, and waterfalls, the bonsai complex has a super zen 350-tree display, and the desert pavilion is filled with eight-foot tall cacti. It's the perfect mini-vacation to heal your winter blues.
Free Food at The Mark Bar
Date: Daily
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: 1025 Manhattan Avenue
Perfect for: Freeloading
Website: @themarkbar
The Mark Bar is the dive-iest of dive bars, and it's willing to feed you for free. Fresh pizza is served every night. They usually go pretty quickly, so get there and take advantage of the cheap happy hour before the pies roll out. Pizza is retired on Sundays, with bagels, cream cheese, and coffee served instead.
Dyker Heights Christmas Lights
Date: Daily
Time: After dark
Location: Various
Perfect for: The best non-corporate Christmas lights
Website: facebook.com/dykerheights
Neighborly competition goes to the extreme in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Dyker Heights, where homeowners work feverishly to out-do one another with millions of Christmas lights, inflatable characters, motorized displays, and more. The homes are beautiful and are lavishly decorated within an inch of their lives. Lights are up until New Years.
Williamsburg Spelling Bee
Date: First Monday of every month
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Pete's Candy Store
Perfect for: Grammar nazi's
Website: petescandystore.com
Do you correct the grammar of high school acquaintances on Facebook on the reg? Then channel your abilities in a healthier way and compete in the Brooklyn-wide Williamsburg Spelling Bee. There's no cover charge, and the first fifteen people to sign up get to duel vocabularies onstage in Pete's backroom.
Stargazing at the Intrepid Museum
Date: Dec. 20
Time: 6:45 p.m.
Location: Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum
Perfect for: Science buffs
Website: intrepidmuseum.com
Astronomy Nights at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum are some of the coolest educational events that you can attend. Dr. Denton Ebel, curator of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the American Museum of Natural History, will be speaking on the recent Orion space launch, and what it means to the Moon, Mars, and near-Earth asteroids. The event is free, but reservations are required. Register here.
Be in a Live Studio Audience
Date: Various
Time: Various
Location: Various
Perfect for: Meeting your favorite TV personality in person
Website: newyork.com
With careful, advanced planning and a little luck, you can find yourself in the studio audience of your favorite show. The Daily Show, SNL, Good Morning America, and the Late Show with David Letterman are just a few shows that need an audience every day. Stay posted and you can get your hands on a ticket.
Win Broadway Tickets
Date: Various
Time: Various
Location: Various
Perfect for: Testing your luck
Website: nytix.com
The Broadway Ticket Lottery gives away pairs of tickets for shows like The Lion King, Rent, Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, and dozens more. Free tickets are given out daily, and no purchase or entry fee is required. Winners are chosen at random from their email list. Sign up here.
Visit The Met
Date: Daily
Time: Sunday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Location: 1000 5th Avenue
Perfect for: Killing an afternoon
Website: metmuseum.org
The Met is the largest museum in the U.S., with millions of works of art from all over the world. Choose a few departments to get through, or just get lost for the day in the massive two million-foot building. Go full goth and tour "Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire," a historical look at how we've dealt with death fashionably. It's up through February 1.
Gary Marcus at The Bell House
Date: Dec. 15
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: The Bell House
Perfect for: Recovering psych majors
Website: thebellhouseny.com
Secret Science Club is bringing NYU psych professor Gary Marcus, best-selling author of "The Future of the Brain," to the stage for a talk for zero cover charge. If you stick around for the post-show Q&A, you might snag a signed book. Sip a Brain Alcohol Interface and nerd out over a little neurology.
Times Square Ball Drop
Date: Dec. 31
Time: 6 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Location: Times Square
Perfect for: Shameless tourist activities
Website: timessquarenyc.org
If you really love being around huge groups of people, then this is the perfect NYE activity for you. You'll be encased in a huge throng of drunk non-city dwellers with no access to a bathroom for six hours! Maybe take these peoples' advice and don an adult diaper!
Live Jazz at Garage
Date: Nightly
Time: Various
Location: 99 7th Avenue South
Perfect for: Checking out local talent
Website: garagerest.com
NYC is known for its great jazz scene, but the cover charge for one night will usually set you back a few bucks. Garage Bar and Restaurant host jazz musicians and groups every night of the week, with no cover or drink minimum required. The former 1920's garage has a rotating lineup that won't disappoint.