Events on Sunday, December 30

Stephane Wrembel w/ Flutterbox

Music

Stephane Wrembel w/ Flutterbox

Sunday 12/30 @ Barbès

Guitar virtuoso Stephane Wrembel learned to play from French Gypsies, but has cultivated his "gypsy jam" from a mélange of African,... 

Ongoing Events

Keith Edmier: 1991-2007

Getaways

Keith Edmier

Sunday 12/30 @ 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,... 

All That Fosse

Film

All That Fosse

Sunday 12/30 @ The Film Society of Lincoln Center

All That Fosse is a visual feast showcasing the legendary choreographer's range, from the stunning dance sequences that enliven musicals Cabaret... 

<I>Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century</I>

Art

Unmonumental

Sunday 12/30 @ New Museum of Contemporary Art

The new New Museum inaugurates its faux-gritty emporium with three-part exhibition Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century. An ace curatorial... 

Beth Campbell: <I>Following Room</I>

Art

Beth Campbell

Sunday 12/30 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

In 2000, Beth Campbell first exhibited in New York with her installations of two identical, but otherwise nondescript, bedrooms.... 

Martin Puryear

Art

Martin Puryear

Sunday 12/30 @ 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... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Sunday 12/30 @ Imperial Theatre

Set in present-day Oklahoma, Tracy Letts' August: Osage County has a bad case of "the plains," as... 

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

Art

Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece

Sunday 12/30 @ 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... 

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

Sunday 12/30 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

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

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

Art

Making a Home

Sunday 12/30 @ 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... 

Lucian Freud: <em>The Painter's Etchings</em>

Art

Lucian Freud

Sunday 12/30 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Known for mountainous, fleshy portraits, like the painting of Leigh Bowery's backside at the Met, Lucian Freud (grandson of Sigmund) seemingly... 

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Sunday 12/30 @ 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... 

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Sunday 12/30 @ 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... 

Noche Flamenca

Dance

Noche Flamenca

Sunday 12/30 @ Joe's Pub

Founded in Madrid in 1993, song-and-dance troupe Noche Flamenca distill their form to its fiery essence; they're professionally impassioned, and that... 

Jaishri Abichandani: <I>Reconciliations</I>

Art

Jaishri Abichandani

Sunday 12/30 @ Queens Museum of Art

Born in Bombay (now Mumbai), Jaishri Abichandani immigrated to Queens when she was 14 and has since become both an accomplished... 

Lawrence Weiner: <I>AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE</I>

Art

Lawrence Weiner

Sunday 12/30 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

Wordsmith/conceptualist Lawrence Weiner is best known for all the things he doesn't do with his visually ascetic artwork. In his gigantic,... 

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

Art

New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006

Sunday 12/30 @ 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,... 

<i>No Dice</i>

Theatre

No Dice

Sunday 12/30 @ Sydney's Playground

With a script culled from hours of recorded phone conversations on subjects ranging from Hollywood to addiction to dinner... 

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Sunday 12/30 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bringing new meaning to the term "pack rat," sculptor Tara Donovan accumulates everyday objects such as Styrofoam cups and drinking straws... 

<em>The Art of Marvin Franklin</em>

Art

Marvin Franklin

Sunday 12/30 @ New York Transit Museum

Marvin Franklin spent more than two decades of his life working as a night-shift track inspector for the MTA. This may... 

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

Art

Infinite Island

Sunday 12/30 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

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

The Spiritual Art of Salvador Dalí

Art

Salvador Dalí

Sunday 12/30 @ William Bennett Gallery

If your knowledge of Salvador Dalí stops at melting clocks, head to Soho's Bennett Gallery, which exhibits two divine collections that... 

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

Art

Gert & Uwe Tobias

Sunday 12/30 @ 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... 

<I>Behind the Seen</I>

Art

Behind the Seen

Sunday 12/30 @ Ad Hoc Art

Michael de Feo (best known as the "flower guy") wants the world to know that street art ain't all aerosol and... 

<I>blog.mode: addressing fashion</I>

Special Event

blog.mode

Sunday 12/30 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fashion is a relative newcomer to the reputable Metropolitan, but now the Upper East Side institution is stepping into the fracas... 

<I>New York States of Mind</I>

Art

New York States of Mind

Sunday 12/30 @ Queens Museum of Art

Possibly a veiled reference to the Billy Joel song, New York States of Mind is curator Shaheen Merali's look at what... 

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

Art

Kara Walker

Sunday 12/30 @ 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 —... 

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

Art

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now

Sunday 12/30 @ 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,... 

ASSSSCAT 3000 Improv

Comedy

ASSSSCAT 3000

Sunday 12/30 @ UCB Theatre

OG Upright Citizens Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh lead the UCB's ASSSSCAT team on a month's worth... 

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

Art

Richard Prince: Spiritual America

Sunday 12/30 @ Guggenheim Museum

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