Events on Monday, December 31

ALMA Brazilian New Year's Eve White Party

Party: New Year's Eve

Brazilian New Year's Eve White Party

Monday 12/31 @ Sullivan Room

If you're not afraid to spill cranberry and vodka on that kickin' new outfit, then celebrate New Year's Eve Brazilian style... 

The Bunker presents Blood & Thunder II

Music: DJ

The Bunker presents Blood & Thunder II

Monday 12/31 @ Public Assembly

Yes, you read that correctly: this party ends at 4pm. Several of NYC's best and brightest techno DJs and producers —... 

Mr. Brownstone: A Tribute to Guns N' Roses

Party: New Year's Eve

Mr. Brownstone: A Tribute to Guns N' Roses

Monday 12/31 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Since the real Slash and Axl are probably spending NYE procuring new haberdashery and/or plastic surgery, you're better off rocking to... 

Gogol Bordello

Party: New Year's Eve

Gogol Bordello

Monday 12/31 @ Terminal 5

For all their purple-pushing, aggro gypsy punks Gogol Bordello throw just about the sweatiest soiree this side of Slovenia. Mustachioed frontman... 

Dresden Dolls w/ Luminescent Orchestrii and Meow Meow

Music

Dresden Dolls

Monday 12/31 @ Grand Ballroom

Bunny Rabbit w/ the Durty Nanas and DJ Kingdom

Party: New Year's Eve

Bunny Rabbit

Monday 12/31 @ Monkey Town

Oddly classed as an art-rapper (perhaps because of her signage with CocoRosie's Voodoo-EROS label), Bunny Rabbit unleashes outrageous effrontery with the... 

A Good Olde Fashioned Future

Party: New Year's Eve

A Good Olde Fashioned Future

Monday 12/31 @ 37 36th St

Given the luxury condominiums sprouting like weeds in Long Island City, you'd think the nouveau-chic neighborhood is banking... 

[SOLD OUT] Patti Smith and Her Band

Party: New Year's Eve

[SOLD OUT] Patti Smith

Monday 12/31 @ The Bowery Ballroom

The Rub New Year's Eve

Party: New Year's Eve

The Rub New Year's Eve

Monday 12/31 @ Southpaw

Closing out a solid year of radio shows, world tours, and spinning in every dance-worthy venue in the boroughs, Cosmo Baker,... 

Les Savy Fav

Party: New Year's Eve

Les Savy Fav

Monday 12/31 @ The Bowery Ballroom

Is that a bonfire in your solar plexus or just the burning desire for a good post-hardcore pummeling? Whatever it is,... 

Wurst New Year's Eve

Party: New Year's Eve

Wurst New Year's Eve

Monday 12/31 @ APT

With a party that's quickly established itself as the NYC hub for forward-thinking disco, the Wurst DJs host APT's New Year's... 

Ongoing Events

All That Fosse

Film

All That Fosse

Monday 12/31 @ 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>New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006</i>

Art

New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006

Monday 12/31 @ 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 12/31 @ 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... 

The Spiritual Art of Salvador Dalí

Art

Salvador Dalí

Monday 12/31 @ 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

Monday 12/31 @ 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... 

Noche Flamenca

Dance

Noche Flamenca

Monday 12/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now

Monday 12/31 @ 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 12/31 @ Guggenheim Museum

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

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 12/31 @ 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 12/31 @ 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>blog.mode: addressing fashion</I>

Special Event

blog.mode

Monday 12/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Lucian Freud

Monday 12/31 @ 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

Monday 12/31 @ 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...