Events on Friday, January 4

Lonnie Smith Trio

Music

Lonnie Smith Trio

Friday 1/ 4 @ Iridium Jazz Club

Eccentric, turban-wearing organist Dr. Lonnie Smith has a joy for creating music unmatched in the jazz world. Smith began playing the... 

Bear Hands w/ J.A.C.K., She Keeps Bees, and Bottle Up & Go

Music

Bear Hands

Friday 1/ 4 @ Cake Shop

We've said this before, but we never say it lightly: if you're craving a jump on the Next Big Thing, tonight's... 

People Don't Dance No More feat. Metro Area

Music: DJ

People Don't Dance No More feat. Metro Area

Friday 1/ 4 @ Studio B

This noted monthly ups the ante from its usual Manhattan-based venue to a hometown lineup at the cavernous Studio B. Veteran... 

El Anatsui: <em>Zebra Crossing</em>

Art

El Anatsui

Friday 1/ 4 @ Jack Shainman Gallery

2007 Venice Biennale standout El Anatsui draws on his Ghanaian heritage in this collection, forming bottle tops into a singularly pliable... 

Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu w/ Mary Pearson and Disaster

Music

Jamie Stewart

Friday 1/ 4 @ Lutheran Church of the Messiah

Fronting the most disturbingly skewed avant-pop act in a mule's age would turn any man into a bit of a monster.... 

<I>L'Âge d'or</I> (1930)

Film

L'Âge d'or

Friday 1/ 4 @ Anthology Film Archives

Luis Buñuel's surrealist masterpiece L'Âge d'or so incensed the French right-wing movement when it was first shown in 1930 that, one... 

Man in Gray w/ the XYZ Affair, Pale Nimbus, and General Miggs

Music

The XYZ Affair

Friday 1/ 4 @ The Mercury Lounge

  While tonight's audience probably won't feature the stellar '90s-flashback cameos of the XYZ Affair's vid for "All My Friends" (yes,... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Making a Home

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

<em>The 39 Steps</em>

Theatre

The 39 Steps 

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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),... 

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

Art

Gert & Uwe Tobias

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

Professional Bull Riders: 2008 Versus International

Sports

Professional Bull Riders

Friday 1/ 4 @ Madison Square Garden

It's man vs beast this weekend as Madison Square Garden makes its annual transformation into a Wild West rodeo pit. Every... 

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

Art

Do-Ho Suh

Friday 1/ 4 @ Lehmann Maupin

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

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

Art

Lawrence Weiner

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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 York States of Mind</I>

Art

New York States of Mind

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

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

Art

Poul Kjærholm

Friday 1/ 4 @ Sean Kelly Gallery

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

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

Special Event

blog.mode

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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>Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now</i>

Art

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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,... 

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

<I>Behind the Seen</I>

Art

Behind the Seen

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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>Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art</i>

Art

Infinite Island

Friday 1/ 4 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

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

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

Friday 1/ 4 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

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

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

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

Art

And Who Are You?

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

Still Moving: Special New Year's Edition, 2008

Film

Still Moving: Special New Year's Edition, 2008

Friday 1/ 4 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Because any film worth its salt has already been released in order to achieve 2008 Oscar consideration, the first week of... 

Martin Puryear

Art

Martin Puryear

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

<em>Jump</em>

Theatre

Jump

Friday 1/ 4 @ Union Square Theatre

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

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

Art

Jason Rhoades

Friday 1/ 4 @ David Zwirner

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

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

Art

Kara Walker

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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 —... 

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

Art

Richard Prince: Spiritual America

Friday 1/ 4 @ Guggenheim Museum

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

Charles Ray

Art

Charles Ray

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Friday 1/ 4 @ Paragraph

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

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

Art

Lucian Freud

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

Bridget Riley: <i>Recent Paintings and Gouaches</i>

Art

Bridget Riley

Friday 1/ 4 @ PaceWildenstein

In the mid-'60s, Time magazine's review of a MoMA exhibition brought the term "op art" into the public consciousness; since then,... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Friday 1/ 4 @ Imperial Theatre

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

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

Art

Marvin Franklin

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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

Friday 1/ 4 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

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

Jaishri Abichandani: <I>Reconciliations</I>

Art

Jaishri Abichandani

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

The Spiritual Art of Salvador Dalí

Art

Salvador Dalí

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

Otto Preminger

Film

Otto Preminger

Friday 1/ 4 @ Film Forum

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

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

Art

New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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,... 

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Friday 1/ 4 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

Francesca Woodman

Art: Photography

Francesca Woodman

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

Keith Edmier: 1991-2007

Getaways

Keith Edmier

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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,... 

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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>Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century</I>

Art

Unmonumental

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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... 

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

Art

Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece

Friday 1/ 4 @ 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...