art
Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction
- Whitney Museum of American Art
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More than 130 paintings, drawings, watercolors, and sculptures by one of the most famous female painters of the twentieth century, as well as selected examples from Alfred Stieglitz's famous photographic portrait series of an often naked O'Keeffe. More »
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movie
The Invention of Lying
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High-concept comedy about an alternate reality in which lying--even the notion of a lie--does not exist, and everyone speaks nothing but the truth. More »
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art
Auste
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A magical elixir of a show of the almost totally overlooked punk diva drawer-painter. More »
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movie
Coco Before Chanel
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Biopic about iconic designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. More »
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community
The New York Film Festival
- Alice Tully Hall
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The eagerly anticipated annual film bonanza. More »
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theater
A Boy and His Soul
- Vineyard Theatre
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Written and performed by Colman Domingo ("Passing Strange"), this new play looks back on his upbringing in Philadelphia and the importance of soul music in his and his family's lives. More »
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art
The Bichon Frise in Art
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Reproductions of the little white breed in works by Goya and Monet, as well as Fragonard and Courbet, both of whom portray women in sexually suggestive poses with the little white canines. More »
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classical
- Emanuel Ax
- Avery Fisher Hall
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Iconic pianist Emanuel Ax joins the orchestra for Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto, on a concert also featuring the world premiere of composer-in-residence Magnus Lindberg's EXPO and Ives's Symphony No. 2 and "The Unanswered Question." More »
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art
- Tauba Auerbach
- Deitch Projects
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The anagram title, "Here And Now/And Nowhere," reflects the intricately--yet often randomly--coded paintings that look like something between wedding invitations commissioned by the rich and famous, and the artistic renderings of the inside of a mathematical genius's brain. More »
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nightlife
- Amazing Baby
- Bowery Ballroom
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The newish local crew's poppy, dreamy sounds might be explained by their friendship with MGMT. More »
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nightlife
- Sufjan Stevens
- Bowery Ballroom
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Indie America's killer-voiced sweetheart brings four sold-out shows to town. Start scalping! More »
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nightlife
- Everclear
- HighLine Ballroom
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The multiplatinum Portland, Oregon, outfit that shot to fame in the mid-nineties then conquered the New York club scene is entering its next phase by taking a look back at their biggest grunge-punk hits. More »
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reading
- Andrew Solomon
- KGB Bar
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An evening with the award-winning author of "The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression." More »
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reading
- Michael Chabon
- Barnes & Noble
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Highbrow popular fiction's leading man reads from his collection of essays, "Manhood for Amateurs," about his thoughts on being a man. More »
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art
- Jefferson R. Burdick: Baseball Cards
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A display of bubblegum prizes may seem a little out of place alongside antique furniture and silverware, but, really, what's more American for the American Wing than mementos of the national pastime? More »
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movie
- A Serious Man
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A midwestern professor's perfect life starts falling apart. More »
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nightlife
- The Jaguar Club
- Cake Shop
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A whole night's lineup of newbie Brooklyn talent (plus one band, Raise High the Roof Beam, from Chicago). More »
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movie
- Capitalism: A Love Story
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Moore's latest goes after corporate greed and the roots of the global economic meltdown. More »
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reading
- Joseph O'Neill and Rabih Alameddine
- 92nd Street Y
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PEN/Faulkner-winning Irish author of "Netherland" in discussion with Lebanese-American novelist Rabih Alameddine, whose "The Hakawati" is "one of the finest novels" Junot Diaz has read in years More »
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reading
- Poems & Pints
- Fraunces Tavern
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Drinks and poetry with seasoned poets Susan Wheeler, Jill Bialosky, and a bunch of literary folk who like drinks and poetry. More »
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reading
- Are You Ready For Life?
- 92nd Street Y
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Group therapy for today's fit, happy baby-boomers who are scheduled for the next stage of life. More »
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