Events on Monday, December 3

Shalom Auslander: <I>Foreskin's Lament</I>

Books: Reading

Shalom Auslander

Monday 12/ 3 @ McNally Robinson Booksellers

Proverbial funnyman Shalom Auslander has serious qualms with his creator. In his memoir Foreskin's Lament, Auslander lays out the charges against... 

An Evening with Lida Abdul

Art

Lida Abdul

Monday 12/ 3 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Central Asia is home to a vibrant, emerging art scene as countries transition from Soviet intimidation to self-rule. Video and performance... 

Amon Amarth

Music

Amon Amarth

Monday 12/ 3 @ Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza

Amon Amarth aren't too fond of their shirts, even in December. Being Vikings from Sweden, they're used to the... 

Ongoing Events

<i>The Puppetmaster of Lodz</i>

Theatre

The Puppetmaster of Lodz

Monday 12/ 3 @ ArcLight Theatre

Though the war has been over for five years, puppeteer and concentration-camp escapee Samuel Finkelbaum still refuses to leave his attic... 

P.S.1 Fall Exhibitions: <i>Fassbinder: Berlin Alexanderplatz</i>, <i>Senso Unico</i>, Kris Martin and Adel Adbessemed

Art

P.S.1 Fall Exhibitions

Monday 12/ 3 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

P.S.1 curators have devised the best way to watch (or skim) all 15 hours and... 

Martin Puryear

Art

Martin Puryear

Monday 12/ 3 @ 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... 

Sprinkle Brigade

Art

Sprinkle Brigade

Monday 12/ 3 @ Riviera

Addressing the problem of unattended doggy doo on city sidewalks, Sprinkle Brigade began its own twist on urban beautification. By adding... 

<i>Things We Want</i>

Theatre

Things We Want

Monday 12/ 3 @ 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... 

Luv-able and Hug-able

Art

Luv-able and Hug-able

Monday 12/ 3 @ gallery hanahou

In the place where cockeyed monsters do battle with grumpy tomatoes and gold-lamé hearts rule, Soho's illustrator-friendly gallery hanahou brings in... 

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Monday 12/ 3 @ Museum of Art and Design

Following the success of its Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting exhibition, the Museum of Arts and Design again draws glares from... 

A Question of Impeachment

Special Event

A Question of Impeachment

Monday 12/ 3 @ Culture Project

  With its ambitious series of performances, screenings, and lectures entitled A Question of Impeachment, the Culture Project builds a solid... 

Jen Corace: <i>Told You So</i>

Art

Jen Corace

Monday 12/ 3 @ Giant Robot New York

Jen Corace's illustrations of melancholic little girls hew to the particularly enchanting strain of cute-with-claws art popularized by Yoshitomo Nara and... 

<i>New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006</i>

Art

New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006

Monday 12/ 3 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

With New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006, MoMA rolls out more than 200 recently acquired works by Latin American artists,... 

Francesca Woodman

Art: Photography

Francesca Woodman

Monday 12/ 3 @ Marian Goodman Gallery

Francesca Woodman's evocative black-and-white photographs garner acclaim among popular audiences and feminist scholars alike. In this exhibition at Marian Goodman, 40-odd... 

Paul McCarthy: <I>Peter Paul Chocolates</I>

Art

Paul McCarthy

Monday 12/ 3 @ Maccarone Gallery

LA performance artist Paul McCarthy has lathered himself with condiments, crammed his orifices full of hot dogs, and positioned inflatable, phallus-for-nose... 

<i>Projects 86</i>: Gert & Uwe Tobias

Art

Gert & Uwe Tobias

Monday 12/ 3 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

The colorful woodcuts of Gert and Uwe Tobias are the stuff of Grimm fairy tales — narrow paths worn through the... 

Ballet Hispanico

Dance

Ballet Hispanico

Monday 12/ 3 @ The Joyce Theater

Celebrating a vibrant 20 years at the Joyce Theatre, Ballet Hispanico returns with two fiery programs. Palladium Nights is the troupe's... 

<i>Censorship</i>: An Exhibition Benefiting Artists in Distress

Art

Censorship: An Exhibition Benefiting Artists in Distress

Monday 12/ 3 @ Brecht Forum

With the Chelsea-fication of New York's art scene, art as a pure form of political expression isn't easy to find these... 

<i>Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now</i>

Art

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now

Monday 12/ 3 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

MoMA's permanent collection gobbles up so many artworks that many aren't ever seen again, which is why Multiplex: Directions in Art,... 

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

Art

Richard Prince: Spiritual America

Monday 12/ 3 @ Guggenheim Museum

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