HOLIDAY LIGHTS

Holiday Lights is a seasonal evening walk that turns the Bronx Zoo’s paths into a field of light sculptures and projected scenes, set alongside the rhythms of an active wildlife park. It sits in a long New York tradition of winter lantern displays that use public institutions to gather the city after dark, especially in the outer boroughs. The setting matters: the lights read differently against quiet enclosures, trees, and service roads that are usually daytime territory. At times, the spectacle threatens to eclipse the zoo itself, which is also the point.