Events on Thursday, January 31

The Boys' Club of New York Writing Series presents Percival Everett

Books: Reading

Percival Everett

Thursday 1/31 @ Gerry Clubhouse

Like other experimental "writer's writers," Percival Everett is largely unknown outside of literary circles and tremendously important within them. Unlike other... 

Robert Glasper Trio

Music

Robert Glasper Trio

Thursday 1/31 @ Iridium Jazz Club

Don't let Robert Glasper's baby face fool you; the young singer and pianist is a regular on the jazz circuit, having... 

An Evening with Alex Borstein and Seth MacFarlane: A Benefit for the Writers Guild of America Strike Fund

Comedy

Alex Borstein and Seth MacFarlane

Thursday 1/31 @ Carnegie Hall

Employing their comedic and musical talents, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein (the voice behind the feisty Lois Griffin)... 

Pure Fire feat. Geko Jones and DJ Wonder

Music: DJ

Pure Fire

Thursday 1/31 @ APT

Tonight, the Pure Fire party takes place at the ever-swanky APT with special guests that include Brooklyn's own Geko Jones as... 

NYXNY presents Karaoke Relapse feat. the Thermals w/ the Whitest Kids U' Know

Party

NYXNY's Karaoke Relapse feat. the Thermals

Thursday 1/31 @ Studio B

After last year's wildly succesful (if wildly disorganized) Indie Rock Karaoke — starring everyone's favorite cross-dressing melodramatists, Of Montreal — NYXNY... 

Cheeky Bastard presents the Teenagers

Music

The Teenagers

Thursday 1/31 @ Hiro Ballroom

With trademark Parisian pouts and Zoolander-like stage presence, these fashionable Frenchies sing catchy, often X-rated electro-pop in tongue-in-cheek accented Franglais. Their... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Unmonumental

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

Dan Perjovschi: <em>You Remember My Pin?</em>

Art

Dan Perjovschi

Thursday 1/31 @ Lombard-Freid Gallery

Dan Perjovschi recently took over one of MoMA's massive interior-courtyard walls. Working on a mechanical lift during open hours, the Romanian... 

<em>The 39 Steps</em>

Theatre

The 39 Steps 

Thursday 1/31 @ 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),... 

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

Art

Michael Bell-Smith

Thursday 1/31 @ Foxy Production

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

Anne Collier

Art: Photography

Anne Collier

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

The (Self) Promotion Show

Thursday 1/31 @ Apex Art

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

Hans Haacke

Art

Hans Haacke

Thursday 1/31 @ 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>Grace</em>

Theatre

Grace

Thursday 1/31 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

Playwright Mick Gordon calls his plays "theatre essays" because they analyze a specific subject in hand, while portraying the lives of... 

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

Art

Gert & Uwe Tobias

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

blog.mode

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Thursday 1/31 @ Imperial Theatre

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

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

Art

Do-Ho Suh

Thursday 1/31 @ Lehmann Maupin

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

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

Theatre

Almost an Evening

Thursday 1/31 @ Atlantic Stage Two

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

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

Art

Lawrence Weiner

Thursday 1/31 @ 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,... 

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

Art

Santiago Cucullu

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Katy Grannan

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Thursday 1/31 @ Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

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

<em>North</em>

Theatre

North

Thursday 1/31 @ La MaMa E.T.C.

For her performance piece North, Heather Christian dresses her "tiny orchestra," the Arbornauts, in all white, creating an otherworldly, tabula rasa-like... 

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

Art

Lucian Freud

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Dawoud Bey

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

<em>Hunting and Gathering</em>

Theatre

Hunting and Gathering

Thursday 1/31 @ 59E59 Theaters

Hunting and Gathering's simple, sweet appeal lies in its hyper-real portrait of young NYC. Ruth is a thirtysomething who keeps her... 

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

Art

Marvin Franklin

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

<em>Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz</em>

Theatre

Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz

Thursday 1/31 @ Urban Stages Theatre

Through its cast of expressive marionettes (and their fine-tailored manipulators), Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz tells the story of Moritz,... 

Keith Edmier: 1991-2007

Getaways

Keith Edmier

Thursday 1/31 @ 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,... 

Jaishri Abichandani: <I>Reconciliations</I>

Art

Jaishri Abichandani

Thursday 1/31 @ 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>Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art </em>

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Thursday 1/31 @ International Center of Photography

Exploring identity and memory through archived imagery, curator Okwui Enwezor has collected over 20 artists to explore the often formal institution... 

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

Art

Poul Kjærholm

Thursday 1/31 @ Sean Kelly Gallery

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

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

Art

Luis Gispert

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

New Prints: Winter 2008

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

Irving Penn: <em>Close Encounters: Portraits of Artists and Writers</em>

Art: Photography

Irving Penn

Thursday 1/31 @ The Morgan Library

Although photographer Irving Penn has worked in a variety of styles (including fashion spreads and early forays into painting), he is... 

<em>Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters</em>

Theatre

Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters

Thursday 1/31 @ Studio Dante

Russell Barr wrote and stars in this emotionally charged monologue directed by Michael Imperoli (of Christopher Moltisanti Sopranos fame). The cluttered,... 

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

Art

New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006

Thursday 1/31 @ 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,... 

Lee Friedlander: <em>A Ramble in Olmsted Parks</em>

Art

Lee Friedlander

Thursday 1/31 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lee Friedlander made his name wandering across the US in the '50s and '60s, taking pictures of motel television sets, shop... 

<em>The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower</em>

Theatre

The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island

Thursday 1/31 @ Vineyard Theatre

Ben Katchor's epic indie-rock musical The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower returns, upgrading to the... 

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Thursday 1/31 @ 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>The Silence Before Bach</em>

Film

The Silence Before Bach

Thursday 1/31 @ Film Forum

A guide, fully decked-out as Bach, leads tours of Leipzig. Two truck drivers bang out a melody. A subway car rings... 

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

Art

Kara Walker

Thursday 1/31 @ 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 —... 

AA Bronson

Art

AA Bronson

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

Donelle Woolford

Art

Donelle Woolford

Thursday 1/31 @ Wallspace

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

Shirin Neshat

Art

Shirin Neshat

Thursday 1/31 @ Gladstone Gallery

Iran-born, US-educated photographer Shirin Neshat takes stirring, subversive pictures of Muslim women, forcefully engaging the troubling boundaries that separate men and... 

<em>The Sartorialist</em>

Art: Photography

The Sartorialist

Thursday 1/31 @ Danziger Projects

Scott Schuman is the August Sander of contemporary cool. Usually known by his blog handle, "the Sartorialist," the fashion photographer captures... 

<em>The Masked Portrait</em>

Art

The Masked Portrait

Thursday 1/31 @ Marianne Boesky Gallery

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

<em>Save the World</em>

Theatre

Save the World

Thursday 1/31 @ The American Theatre of Actors

Low-tech superhero-action-dramedy Save the World is a theatrical escapist treat. A crew of five superheroes and one superheroine (with super armor,... 

Jan de Cock: <em>Denkmal 11</em>

Art

Jan de Cock

Thursday 1/31 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

A relentless photographer and image archiver, Jan de Cock collects his findings in hefty books dubbed denkmals (German for "monument"). The... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Thursday 1/31 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Jump</em>

Theatre

Jump

Thursday 1/31 @ Union Square Theatre

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

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

Art

New York States of Mind

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

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Film

Last Year at Marienbad

Thursday 1/31 @ Film Forum

Stanley Kubrick, Michel Gondry, and even George Romero owe a debt to Alain Resnais' new-wave classic, Last Year at Marienbad. The... 

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

Art

Beth Campbell

Thursday 1/31 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

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

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

Art

Diana Thater

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Amanda Ross-Ho & Kirsten Stoltmann

Thursday 1/31 @ Guild & Greyshkul

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

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

Art

Atsuko Tanaka and Akira Kanayama

Thursday 1/31 @ 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>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Thursday 1/31 @ 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>Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now</i>

Art

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now

Thursday 1/31 @ 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,... 

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Thursday 1/31 @ 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>Apt 3A</em>

Theatre

Apt 3A

Thursday 1/31 @ The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row

In this tale of love, God, and the sex lives of polar bears, writer Jeff Daniels (yes, that Jeff Daniels) brings... 

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

Envisioning Russia: A Century of Filmmaking

Film

Envisioning Russia

Thursday 1/31 @ The Film Society of Lincoln Center

Few Americans really grasp the breadth of Russian film in existence: we tend to treat film imports from that country as...