Events on Friday, May 23

Subtle w/ Black Moth Super Rainbow, Jel, and DJ Thanksgiving Brown

Music: Hip-Hop

Subtle

Friday 5/23 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

With apologies to Why?, Subtle might be the most consistently rewarding band to emerge from the Anticon collective. Imagine TV on... 

Ongoing Events

Eighth International Toy Theater Festival

Theatre

Toy Theater Festival

Friday 5/23 @ St. Ann's Warehouse

Theatre company Great Small Works proves that tiny can be just as powerful as massive. For just over a week, little... 

David Ford: <em>White Like Me</em>

Art

White Like Me

Friday 5/23 @ Jack the Pelican

David Ford's multimedia installation White Like Me incorporates the florid magic realism of his large-scale paintings, the incisive wit of his... 

<em>The Judgment of Paris</em>

Dance

The Judgment of Paris

Friday 5/23 @ 303 Bond Street

Young gun (and award-winning choreographer) Austin McCormick's Judgment of Paris uniquely fuses 17th-century Baroque dance technique (ballet's precursor) with contemporary choreography... 

DanceAfrica 2008

Dance

DanceAfrica 2008

Friday 5/23 @ BAM

BAM's annual DanceAfrica festival is a beloved Memorial Day blowout that brings together traditional dance, film, and art, as well as... 

Darina Karpov: <em>Infinitely Small Disasters</em>

Art

Darina Karpov

Friday 5/23 @ Pierogi

Darina Karpov's almost-sculptural ink drawings contain the pent-up tumult of a developing storm, gathering energy from the blank page and erupting... 

<em>&copy; MURAKAMI</em>

Art

© MURAKAMI

Friday 5/23 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

Japanese neo-pop artist Takashi Murakami once said that Andy Warhol — to whom he's often compared — made art in order... 

<em>Birthright</em>

Theatre

Birthright

Friday 5/23 @ Billie Holiday Theater

Jackie Alexander's Birthright is a startlingly realistic story about an African-American family in post-Katrina Louisiana. Set in 2006, the play investigates...