Art
- Elliot Erwitt: Personal Best
- ICP
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A major retrospective for the filmmaker and Magnum photographer, whose work includes portraiture and scenes from everyday life. More »
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Classical
- Ballet Hispanico
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The acclaimed local company dances in excerpts of four works by Cuban choreographers, followed by a discussion with the artists about how their Cuban heritage informed the work (part of the !Si Cuba! festival). More »
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Nightlife
- "Our Band Could Be Your Life"
- Bowery Ballroom
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A night of covers marking the tenth birthday of Michael Azerrad's book of the same name, which chronicles the career of thirteen underground bands. More »
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Nightlife
- Jackie Five-Oh!
- Joe's Pub
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The comic actress is witty with just the subheading of the show: "A celebration of Jackie Hoffman's first 50th birthday." More »
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Reading
- Anthony Bourdain
- Barnes & Noble
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The chef and No Reservations host reads from the sequel to his hit memoir "Kitchen Confidential." More »
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Reading
- "Edna OâBrien: Saints and Sinners"
- Symphony Space
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The Irish writer presents stories from her first new collection in ten years. More »
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Art
- Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Holy Mountain
- P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
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Screenings of the 1973 cult film by the Chilean director--who was also the composer, set designer, and costume designer--known for his artistic elaborations of the occult. More »
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Theater
- How and Why I Robbed My First Cheese Store
- La MaMa E.T.C.
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A homeless playwright tries to turn the tables on a downtown theater's patronizing artistic director and pull off an absurd heist. More »
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Kids
- Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
- Museum of the Moving Image
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Astoria's Museum of the Moving Image kicks off its season of literary adaptations with an advance screening of the new movie based on Megan McDonald's kids' series More »
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Art
- Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Early twentieth-century reproductions of now-famous artworks from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece. More »
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Art
- The Hugo Boss Prize 2010: Hans-Peter Feldmann
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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The German conceptual artist explores more than four decades of his work, from his late-sixties series of artists books to his recent sculptural assemblages of household items. More »
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Nightlife
- Mr. Coconuts
- Union Hall
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A new monthly comedy show by the folks behind the website Videogum, with a stellar inaugural lineup including Jenny Slate, Joe Mande, and Larry Murphy. More »
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Art
- In a New Light: Belliniâs "St. Francis in the Desert"
- The Frick Collection
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An in-depth analysis of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's technical investigation of one the Frick's most beloved and enigmatic works. More »
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Theater
- I Plead Guilty
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A terrorist and a journalist find common bonds in this drama based on the 2002 siege of a Moscow theater by an Islamist group. More »
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Nightlife
- Thurston Moore
- Music Hall of Williamsburg
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The Sonic Youth stalwart's latest solo effort, the brooding Demolished Thoughts , was produced by longtime friend Beck, and is out May 24. More »
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Nightlife
- Tune-Yards
- Music Hall of Williamsburg
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With her sophomore album w h o k i l l , recorded in a studio and exhibiting strong vocals over spacious synths and saxophones, the lady otherwise known as Merrill Garbus has transformed that ripple into splash. More »
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Theater
- Knickerbocker
- The Public Theater
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Jonathan Marc Sherman's new play centers on a nervous father-to-be coming to terms with his forthcoming life changes as his wife's due date approaches. More »
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Reading
- Rob Sheffield
- BookCourt
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The "Rolling Stone" contributor reads from his book "Talking to Girls About Duran Duran." More »
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Art
- Jim Dine: The Glyptotek Drawings
- The Morgan Library and Museum
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The painter, sculptor, poet, and draftsman meditates on the ancient world through works inspired by his visit to Munich's Glyptothek, a museum of Greek and Roman sculpture. More »
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Classical
- "Keys to the Future"
- Abrons Arts Center
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The wide-reaching annual festival of contemporary solo piano music this year features 27 recent works and three premieres by nineteen different composers, performed by ten enterprising pianists. More »
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Art
- Nick Zinner
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Photographer and Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Zinner turns his camera on his eager audiences. More »
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