Events on Thursday, January 17

The FSG Reading Series presents Sam Lipsyte and Richard Price

Books: Reading

Sam Lipsyte and Richard Price

Thursday 1/17 @ The Russian Samovar

Farrar, Straus & Giroux editors Lorin Stein and Gena Hamshaw kick off their monthly reading series at the Russian Samovar with... 

James Cotton

Music

James Cotton

Thursday 1/17 @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill

Legendary harp man James Cotton breathes the blues. After getting his start at the tender age of nine under the wing... 

Editors w/ Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV

Music

Editors

Thursday 1/17 @ Terminal 5

Inevitable Interpol comparisons aside, Editors' Mercury Prize-nominated debut, The Back Room, was a Lunesta-level sleeper chock full of post-punk-revisionist ballads and... 

Ongoing Events

Keith Edmier: 1991-2007

Getaways

Keith Edmier

Thursday 1/17 @ 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,... 

Diana Thater: <em>Here is a text about the world... </em>

Art

Diana Thater

Thursday 1/17 @ David Zwirner

Taking her cue from W.B. Yeats' "The Second Coming," Diana Thater presents a two-room video installation depicting the bond between falconers... 

<em>The 39 Steps</em>

Theatre

The 39 Steps 

Thursday 1/17 @ American Airlines Theater

Throughout The 39 Steps, Patrick Barlow's quick-witted adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's classic spy movie (originally a 1915 novel by John Buchan),... 

Donelle Woolford

Art

Donelle Woolford

Thursday 1/17 @ Wallspace

Donelle Woolford is a young African-American artist, currently living and working in Harlem, who fashions handsome, cubist-inspired assemblages from lumber scraps.... 

Hans Haacke

Art

Hans Haacke

Thursday 1/17 @ Paula Cooper Gallery

The venerable Paula Cooper hosts a miniretrospective of Hans Haacke. Haacke was an early practitioner of "institutional critique," an offshoot of... 

<em>The (Self) Promotion Show</em>

Art

The (Self) Promotion Show

Thursday 1/17 @ Apex Art

Apex Art blurs the boundary between art and advertising in The (Self) Promotion Show. The 19 publicly submitted commercials on view... 

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Thursday 1/17 @ 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... 

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

Art

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now

Thursday 1/17 @ 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,... 

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

Special Event

blog.mode

Thursday 1/17 @ 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... 

<em>Jump</em>

Theatre

Jump

Thursday 1/17 @ Union Square Theatre

After achieving worldwide success, Korean phenomenon Jump has landed at Union Square — and it's easy to see what makes its... 

Do Ho Suh: <I>Reflection</I>

Art

Do-Ho Suh

Thursday 1/17 @ Lehmann Maupin

Korean artist Do Ho Suh inaugurates Lehmann Maupin's new Chrystie Street space — located in the shadow of the new New... 

Otto Preminger

Film

Otto Preminger

Thursday 1/17 @ Film Forum

Director Otto Preminger was a Jewish refugee of Austrian origin whose unflinching independence led to innovations in both storytelling and social... 

Charles Ray

Art

Charles Ray

Thursday 1/17 @ Matthew Marks Gallery

The most influential sculptors in contemporary art aren't the formal purists of MoMA's recent exhibitions (Serra and Puryear), they're a coterie... 

Anne Collier

Art: Photography

Anne Collier

Thursday 1/17 @ Anton Kern Gallery

It takes more than a first glance at Anne Collier's photographs to understand what you're looking at. Books, magazines, and other... 

Amanda Ross-Ho &amp; Kirsten Stoltmann: <em>Vaginal Rejuvenation</em>

Art

Amanda Ross-Ho & Kirsten Stoltmann

Thursday 1/17 @ Guild & Greyshkul

Friends and LA-studio neighbors Amanda Ross-Ho and Kirsten Stoltmann team up for this collaborative exhibition at Guild & Greyshkul. Both artists... 

Dawoud Bey: <em>Class Pictures</em>

Art: Photography

Dawoud Bey

Thursday 1/17 @ Aperture Gallery

Chicago-based photographer Dawoud Bey's series Class Pictures depicts teenagers from a high school on Chicago's South Side, a New England prep... 

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

Art

Lawrence Weiner

Thursday 1/17 @ 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,... 

Jaishri Abichandani: <I>Reconciliations</I>

Art

Jaishri Abichandani

Thursday 1/17 @ 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... 

<em>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Thursday 1/17 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

Avid fans of spectacular spectacle De La Guarda are rejoicing with the arrival of Fuerza Bruta: Look Up, a sort of... 

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

Art

Gert & Uwe Tobias

Thursday 1/17 @ 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... 

<em>Regurgitophagy</em>

Theatre

Regurgitophagy

Thursday 1/17 @ The Public Theater

After seeing Brazilian performance artist Michel Melamed's one-man show Regurgitophagy, the phrase "feeding off the audience" will never be the same.... 

<I>Behind the Seen</I>

Art

Behind the Seen

Thursday 1/17 @ 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... 

Santiago Cucullu: <em>CriKCity &amp; The Walls That Scour Us</em>

Art

Santiago Cucullu

Thursday 1/17 @ Perry Rubenstein Gallery

Argentinean artist Santiago Cucullu's chaotic cut-out vinyl works dominate gallery walls and museum hallways wherever they're shown. At one of Perry... 

<em>Terminus</em>

Theatre

Terminus

Thursday 1/17 @ The Public Theater

The realization that the three actors facing the audience and taking turns telling a story is not just a prologue, but... 

Michael Bell-Smith: <em>Bouncing Lights Forever</em>

Art

Michael Bell-Smith

Thursday 1/17 @ Foxy Production

Even with all the new technology available, the grand arc of Western art continue to hold sway over young artists. Michael... 

<em>Atsuko Tanaka and Akira Kanayama</em>

Art

Atsuko Tanaka and Akira Kanayama

Thursday 1/17 @ Paula Cooper Gallery

Two of Japan's best-known artists, Atsuko Tanaka and Akira Kanayama, passed away in recent years. Original members of the Osaka-based avant-garde... 

<em>New Prints: Winter 2008</em>

Art

New Prints: Winter 2008

Thursday 1/17 @ International Print Center New York

Elevating fine-art printing beyond the standard three-color poster, the International Print Center's new-season highlights include rodent-infested Victorian wallpaper, silhouettes of million-dollar... 

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

Art

Infinite Island

Thursday 1/17 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

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

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

Art

Lucian Freud

Thursday 1/17 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Thursday 1/17 @ Paragraph

Joy Parisi and Lila Cecil understand the importance of having a room of one's own. At Paragraph, their Union Square writing... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Thursday 1/17 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Jason Rhoades: <I>Black Pussy</I>

Art

Jason Rhoades

Thursday 1/17 @ David Zwirner

The late Jason Rhoades was out of control in the best and worst ways, often at the same time. Rumor has... 

<em>Disinformation</em>

Theatre

Disinformation

Thursday 1/17 @ The Public Theater

A freakish blend of standup, music, and drama, Reggie Watts' Disinformation is pretty much tailor-made for the new-theatre vibe of the... 

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

Art

Unmonumental

Thursday 1/17 @ 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... 

Luis Gispert: <em>El Mundo Es Tuyo (the world is yours)</em>

Art

Luis Gispert

Thursday 1/17 @ Zach Feuer Gallery

Miami-born artist Luis Gispert takes over West 24th Street with works in film, sculpture, and photography. At Zach Feuer, the artist... 

Katy Grannan: <em>Lady into Fox</em>

Art

Katy Grannan

Thursday 1/17 @ Salon 94 Freemans

Katy Grannan's series Lady into Fox at Salon 94 Freemans depicts a pair of middle-aged transsexuals, Gail and Dale, living their... 

<em>The Masked Portrait</em>

Art

The Masked Portrait

Thursday 1/17 @ Marianne Boesky Gallery

The Masked Portrait is a snapshot of postwar Japanese art, featuring work by 30 artists from the late '40s to the... 

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

Art

Kara Walker

Thursday 1/17 @ 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>New York States of Mind</I>

Art

New York States of Mind

Thursday 1/17 @ 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... 

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

Art

New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006

Thursday 1/17 @ 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,... 

Rotozaza: <em>Etiquette</em>

Theatre

Etiquette

Thursday 1/17 @ Veselka

In Rotozaza's latest offering, all the world's a stage; if, by "all the world," we mean "a small table at Veselka."... 

<em>Frankenstein (Mortal Toys)</em>

Theatre

Frankenstein (Mortal Toys)

Thursday 1/17 @ HERE Arts Center

Faithfully adapted from Mary Shelley's masterpiece, this puppet show miraculously conveys the somber Victorian mood of the original Frankenstein. With beautifully... 

AA Bronson

Art

AA Bronson

Thursday 1/17 @ John Connelly Presents

Godfather to queer artists everywhere, AA Bronson has made all varieties of artworks during his decades-long practice, focusing on a poetic... 

[SOLD OUT]<em> Almost an Evening: Three Short Plays by Ethan Coen</em>

Theatre

Almost an Evening

Thursday 1/17 @ Atlantic Stage Two

Taking his first shot at writing for the stage, cinematic colossus Ethan Coen tells tales of anxiety, identity, and of God... 

Poul Kjærholm: <I>Structures and Surfaces</I>

Art

Poul Kjærholm

Thursday 1/17 @ Sean Kelly Gallery

Born in a tiny Danish village, Poul Kjærholm rose rapidly from skilled teenage cabinetmaker to icon of international design with his... 

Mark Bradford: <em>Nobody Jones</em>

Art

Mark Bradford

Thursday 1/17 @ Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

Mark Bradford scours LA, collecting the billboard advertisements that make up his massive paper collages. Bradford layers the posters on top... 

<I>And Who Are You?: Work from Saatchi Online</I>

Art

And Who Are You?

Thursday 1/17 @ Sara Tecchia Roma

Saatchi's online gallery boasts 50 million daily hits in the US alone. Now, young curator Ana Finel Honigman has pulled together... 

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

Art

Marvin Franklin

Thursday 1/17 @ 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... 

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

Art

Beth Campbell

Thursday 1/17 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

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

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Thursday 1/17 @ 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 Fall and Rise of the Rising Fallen</em>

Theatre

The Fall and Rise of the Rising Fallen

Thursday 1/17 @ P.S. 122

Experimental-theatre troupe Banana Bag & Bodice is back for another dose of trash-punk with their alter ego band, the Rising Fallen.... 

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Thursday 1/17 @ 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... 

<em>Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea</em>

Theatre

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Thursday 1/17 @ P.S. 122

Today, the art of storytelling seems as quaint as silent film, a lumbering anachronism in a sea of ADD-paced narratives. Enter...