Lincoln Square
65th St and Broadway
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Winter's Eve
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Monday Nov 30, 2009 (5:30pm)
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The brag: it's the largest outdoor holiday festival in a city where magnitude matters. The backup: a varied and vibrant program that includes brassy Afrobeat orchestra Antibalas (currently seen on Broadway with Fela!), a Neil Young birthday tribute by jazz bassist Ben Allison, and two-dozen-plus food tastings. Indeed, Lincoln Square is utterly transformed for the rah-rah festivities of this tenth Winter's Eve, one that commences with the lighting of the ceremonial Balsam Fir tree. Beside in-store happenings, area sidewalks transform into a circus of jugglers, stilt-walkers, choral groups, and acts like Harlem Samba and the mirthful Hungry March Band.
