Events on Tuesday, November 6

 Oliver Sacks: <I>Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain</I>

Books: Reading

Oliver Sacks

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Barnes & Noble

Everybody's favorite neurologist, Oliver Sacks has been crowned the "poet laureate of medicine" for his empathetic, often humorous chronicles of his... 

Todd P presents Casiotone for the Painfully Alone w/ To Bad Catholics

Music

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Death by Audio

The heartbroken masses gather tonight for a dose of tear-stained synth pop. Having recently expanded his signature electronic sound to include... 

Ongoing Events

The Crown Point Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

The Crown Point Festival

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Abrons Arts Center

The Crown Point Festival returns to the Lower East Side, having expanded over the years from a fledgling short-film series into... 

<i>1001</i>

Theatre

1001

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Baruch Center for the Performing Arts, Nagelberg Theatre

In this postmodern production of Scheherazade's tales of One Thousand and One Nights, the old world of Arabian markets and palaces... 

Neck Face: <i>Closed Casket</i>

Art

Neck Face

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Dactyl

Neck Face and his ubiquitous demons — scrawled all over both coasts' downtowns — have entered the gallery and the full-bodied... 

Wolfgang Tillmans: <i>Atair</i>

Art

Wolfgang Tillmans

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Andrea Rosen Gallery

Since bursting onto the art scene in the '90s, German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans has resuscitated several major genres of photography with... 

New York Comedy Festival

Comedy

New York Comedy Festival

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Various locations

The fourth-annual New York Comedy Festival features both vintage humor from Rosie O'Donnell, Bob Saget, and Robin Williams (making two special... 

<i>The Misanthrope</i>

Theatre

The Misanthrope

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ New York Theatre Workshop

Molière's most celebrated play, The Misanthrope has never ceased to be relevant, with its profound... 

Jay Heikes

Art

Jay Heikes

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Marianne Boesky Gallery

Jay Heikes' recent sculptures are based on a joke that begins "So there's this pirate..."... 

Folkert de Jong: <i>Les Saltimbanques</i>

Art

Folkert de Jong

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ James Cohan Gallery

Insulation foam may be the defining sculptural material of the current generation, and Dutch artist Folkert de Jong is its maestro,... 

PERFORMA 07

Festival: Performing Arts

PERFORMA 07

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Various locations

Unrivaled by any other event in the world (so far), PERFORMA is a biennial of performance art by more than 90... 

<i>Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York</i>

Art

Making a Home

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Japan Society

Though New York's Japan Society hosts only two exhibitions a year, they're reliably terrific. This fall, young curator Eric C. Shiner... 

Karen Yasinsky: <i>L'Atalante</i>

Art

L'Atalante

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Mireille Mosler Ltd.

Karen Yasinsky's exhibition is inspired by Jean Vigo's classic 1934 film L'Atalante, which follows ill-suited... 

<i>The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece</i>

Art

Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Having won the 1401 door-design competition for Florence's Battistero di San Giovanni's (Baptistry of St. John) northern portal, native Florentine Lorenzo... 

Ryuji Sawa: <i>The Return</i>

Theatre

Ryuji Sawa: The Return

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Theater for the New City

A scant 90 minutes of The Return, Ryuji Sawa's mesmerizing popular theatre revue, just isn't enough. The audience leaves wanting more... 

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Hispanic Society of America

While Dia searches for a new home, the arts org has teamed up with Washington Heights' Hispanic Society on a three-year... 

Isaac Julien:  <i>Western Union: Small Boats</i>

Art: Photography

Isaac Julien

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Metro Pictures

Experimental filmmaker Isaac Julien is known both for his eerie, meditative explorations of the postcolonial condition and for his lucid, confrontational... 

<i>Spain</i>

Theatre

Spain

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

Sometimes it's necessary to seek solace inside your head when confronted with unwelcome problems — so why not have some fun... 

 <i>Interference</i>

Art

Interference

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Eyebeam

The second of three exhibitions lauding a decade of tech-art patronage by Eyebeam, Interference brings... 

Richard Prince:<i> Spiritual America</i>

Art

Richard Prince: Spiritual America

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ Guggenheim Museum

Richard Prince's re-photographed pictures of fashion models, luxury goods, and cowboys — culled from advertisements in national magazines — set off... 

Fabian Marcaccio: <I>Draftants</I>

Art

Fabian Marcaccio

Tuesday 11/ 6 @ BravinLee Programs

Fabian Marcaccio's new black-and-white drawings are made from all kinds of materials, from ink and plaster to string and water pumps....