Events on Wednesday, November 7

Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival

Film

Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Various locations

Celebrating its seventh year with a selection of 50 films from the new wave of Indian cinema (from India, Kuwait, France,... 

Selected Shorts presents Strange But True: Aimee Bender and Etgar Keret

Books: Reading

Aimee Bender and Etgar Keret

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Symphony Space

Selected Shorts, the classic New York short-story reading series, has a sterling formula that never disappoints: great actors read great stories.... 

Todd P presents Casiotone for the Painfully Alone w/ High Places and Bad Catholics

Music

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone w/ High Places

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

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

<i>Massin: Letters and Images</i>

Special Event

Robert Massin

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Lang Student Center, Parsons School of Design

Though his name is relatively new to the States, French book publishers largely recognize 82-year-old Robert Massin as their first and... 

<b>[SOLD OUT]</B> Sarah Silverman w/ Doug Benson and Todd Barry

Comedy

[SOLD OUT] Sarah Silverman

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Carnegie Hall

The Warrior Princess of Offense and Depravity and Generally Inappropriate Sharing arrives in New York on a rolling wave of publicity.... 

Stan Douglas

Special Event

Stan Douglas

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ The New School

Like that of many of the Vancouver-based conceptual photographers and filmmakers of his generation (such as Jeff Wall, Rodney Graham, and... 

Soulgasm NYC 2nd Anniversary

Party

Soulgasm NYC 2nd Anniversary

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Sin Sin

Celebrating two years of funky, soulful house music and an unadulterated love for the mid-week dance session, Soulgasm takes over the... 

Ongoing Events

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

Theatre

Ryuji Sawa: The Return

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

The Crown Point Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

The Crown Point Festival

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Neck Face

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Dactyl

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

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Folkert de Jong

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ James Cohan Gallery

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

<i>1001</i>

Theatre

1001

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

New York Comedy Festival

Comedy

New York Comedy Festival

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Margaret Cho's <i>The Sensuous Woman</i>

Performing Arts

Margaret Cho

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Zipper Theater

Margaret Cho is back in style with her latest burlesque variety show, The Sensuous Woman. The comedienne is at her best... 

Mark Bradford: <i>Neither New nor Correct</i>

Art

Mark Bradford

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

As winner of the 2006 Bucksbaum Award — given to a Whitney Biennial star — Mark Bradford was granted a future... 

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

Art

L'Atalante

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Mireille Mosler Ltd.

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

<i>Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art</i>

Art

Infinite Island

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

The Brooklyn Museum's exhibition of contemporary Caribbean art gathers works from 14... 

<i>The Chaos Theories</i>

Theatre

The Chaos Theories

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ McGinn Cazale Theatre

Set in an unnamed New York City hot spot on the coldest night of the year, Alexander Dinelaris' new play,... 

PERFORMA 07

Festival: Performing Arts

PERFORMA 07

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Various locations

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

 <i>Interference</i>

Art

Interference

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Eyebeam

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

Martin Puryear

Art

Martin Puryear

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

On the heels of Richard Serra's steel behemoths comes MoMA's full-scale retrospective of the great American sculptor Martin Puryear, who works... 

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

Art: Photography

Isaac Julien

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Metro Pictures

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

<i>The Misanthrope</i>

Theatre

The Misanthrope

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ New York Theatre Workshop

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

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

Art

Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

<i>Shirley at the Tropicana</i>

Theatre

Shirley at the Tropicana

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Access Theater

Shirley Johnson is a clueless carrot-top with a hopeless crush on her boss. Upstaged by a hotsy-totsy temp and embarrassed at... 

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

Art

Making a Home

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Jay Heikes

Art

Jay Heikes

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Marianne Boesky Gallery

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

Fabian Marcaccio: <I>Draftants</I>

Art

Fabian Marcaccio

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ 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.... 

<i>Things We Want</i>

Theatre

Things We Want

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ The Acorn at Theatre Row

Three brothers find themselves living together, once again, in their childhood home. Both of their parents committed suicide, two of the... 

<i>Spain</i>

Theatre

Spain

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

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

Keith Edmier: 1991-2007

Getaways

Keith Edmier

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ CCS Bard Hessel Museum

Sculptor Keith Edmier learned his trade in a Tinseltown special-effects studio; like Oscar-winning films, Edmier's meticulous sculptures traffic in grandiose sentimentality,... 

Kara Walker: <em>My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love</em>

Art

Kara Walker

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

Employing iconic black-paper silhouettes, Kara Walker — who was named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People" earlier this year —... 

Wolfgang Tillmans: <i>Atair</i>

Art

Wolfgang Tillmans

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Andrea Rosen Gallery

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

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

Art

Richard Prince: Spiritual America

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Guggenheim Museum

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