Film: Shorts

Chronic + Flat is Beautiful

Today @ Light Industry

In Chronic, Jennifer Reeves's short 16mm film based on episodes from her own life, presents the story of punk Midwestern teenager... 

Books: Release Party/Signing

Granta NYC Launch

Today @ BookCourt

For Granta's latest issue, Exit Strategies, Alice Munro presents a character who explores the terrain of her deteriorating mind, Daniel Alarcon's... 

Art: Discussion

Muse Fuse: Monika Wuhrer

Tomorrow @ NURTUREart Gallery

Monika Wuhrer is the Austrian artist who founded Open Source, an experimental community art space in Brooklyn. Wuhrer comes to NURTUREart's... 

Workshop/Class: Food/Wine

Winter Soups

Tomorrow @ 3rd Ward

On a freezing day, nothing beats a hearty bowl of warm soup. It's comforting. It's heathful. It's delicious. The culinary staff... 

Music: Folk

American Songbook: Bill Callahan

Tomorrow @ Lincoln Center

We would be happy campers if Bill Callahan's baritone was the last thing we heard before we went to bed at... 

Fashion/Style: Fashion Show

Vice Fashion Issue Party

Tomorrow @ Westway

Vice, the magazine that's not afraid to flick a middle finger Anna Wintour's way, has literally gone to the dogs for... 

Music: Hip-Hop

Theophilus London @ Webster Hall

Thursday 2/ 9 @ The Bowery Presents

After joining Gorillaz man Damon Albarn in the studio to record his debut, Brooklyn rapper Theophilus London is building serious buzz of his own as... 

Party

Serenade

Thursday 2/ 9 @ Hiro Ballroom

Whispering sweet nothings is all well and good, but Heineken is taking things up a notch. Its new Facebook app allows... 

Books: Reading

Everything I Know About Love I Learned at this Reading

Thursday 2/ 9 @ Pete's Candy Store

If you're anxious about Valentine's Day, an event hosted by Nerve is probably a good antidote to your heart-shaped-box-of-chocolate blues. Tonight,... 

Performing Arts: Dance

Rehearsal: Tara Willis

Thursday 2/ 9 @ The Invisible Dog Art Center

The Rehearsal series — a works-in-progress showcase — presents dancer and choreographer Tara Willis. Willis stages a short work and, as... 

Music: Experimental

American Songbook: tUnE-yArDs

Thursday 2/ 9 @ Lincoln Center

tUnE-yArDs is a chore to type out and only slightly simpler to listen to, the music similarly riddled with jolting ups... 

Art: Group Show

First Truth

Friday 2/10 @ Camel Art Space

The artists in this group show explore the problems that arise when an artist realizes that what she wants to achieve... 

Art: Multimedia

Martin Bromirski, Rachel LaBine, & Elizabeth Riley

Friday 2/10 @ Storefront Bushwick

Martin Bromirski, Rachel LaBine, and Elizabeth Riley look to contemporary reality, and the nature of our experience in it, as a... 

Art: Photography

Juergen Teller

Friday 2/10 @ Lehmann Maupin

German-born photographer Juergen Teller is most known for his cheeky refusal to keep his commercial fashion photography distinct from his most... 

Music: Electronic

Analog Fire Release Party

Friday 2/10 @ Santos Party House

Analog Fire is the rare-these-days electronic band with a live show that actually blows away any and all pre-conceived expectations. Tonight,... 

Books: Discussion

The Case of Nicolas Chauvin: An Evening with the White Review

Friday 2/10 @ Cabinet Magazine Space

Cabinet Magazine gathers a group of great writers and intellectuals to present yet another one of its unusual investigations, this one... 

Books: Release Party/Signing

Just Working on My Breakup

Friday 2/10 @ Word

Commiserate with hip hop artist Jean Grae who hosts this special installment of Just Working On My Novel, in honor of... 

Books: Discussion

Adam Gopnick and the Creative Process

Friday 2/10 @ New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

One of our favorite New Yorker contributors, Adam Gopnik, visits with Dr. Lois Oppenheim, discussing his creative process and career thus far.... 

Music: DJ

FIXED w/ special guest Aeroplane (Belgium) w/ JDH & DAVE P

Saturday 2/11 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Aeroplane is the vehicle for Belgium's Vito de Luca and his explorations into Giorgio Moroder-inspired nu-disco. Initially gaining notoriety with lauded... 

Film: Experimental

We Are Cinema: 50 Years of the Film-Makers' Coop

Saturday 2/11 @ Microscope Gallery

This month-long exhibition and screening series, We Are Cinema, celebrates the "oldest and largest artist-run cooperative in the world," the Filmmakers'... 

Music: Experimental

Title TK w/ Cory Arcangel Architeuthis Walks on Land

Saturday 2/11 @ Issue Project Room

You may have caught Cory Arcangel's multi-media installation ProTools at the Whitney last year. Well now, you can hear the artist... 

Party: Valentine's Day

The Brokenhearted Ball

Saturday 2/11 @ Bar Matchless

The same party people that had you sweatin' to the ('05) oldies at their MySpace party and crying in your whiskey... 

Music

The Kills 10th Anniversary

Saturday 2/11 @ Terminal 5

For Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince, what started out as a songwriting pen-pal-ship has blossomed into something obsessive and claustrophobic. At... 

Film: Documentary

Crazy Wisdom

Sunday 2/12 @ Rubin Museum of Art

How much do you really know about Buddhism? Just what your hippie roommate espouses? Yeah, that's not gonna cut it. Get... 

Film

The Wild Party

Sunday 2/12 @ Walter Reade Theatre

The Film Society of Lincoln Center picked a great time to hold a Raquel Welch retrospective. Not only has she been... 

Special Event: Benefit

Tibet House US Benefit Concert

Monday 2/13 @ Carnegie Hall

Supporting the preservation of the endangered Tibetan culture, this yearly musical extravaganza is famed for bringing together and sparking collaborations among...