Events on Thursday, February 21

Steven Holl

Special Event

Steven Holl

Thursday 2/21 @ The Great Hall at Cooper Union

Steven Holl is an international titan of contemporary architecture, but unlike some of his peers, he doesn't strive for celebrity. His... 

Ongoing Events

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Thursday 2/21 @ Imperial Theatre

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

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Thursday 2/21 @ 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... 

<em>The 39 Steps</em>

Theatre

The 39 Steps 

Thursday 2/21 @ 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),... 

<em>Pop Subversion</em>

Art

Pop Subversion

Thursday 2/21 @ Ad Hoc Art

Over 30 artists fill Ad Hoc's walls with twisted fairy-tale imagery, tortured visages, and disemboweled beauties in Pop Subversion. Some confront... 

Anne Collier

Art: Photography

Anne Collier

Thursday 2/21 @ 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>Open House</em>

Theatre

Open House

Thursday 2/21 @ Various locations

Seeing other people's apartments in the city is pleasingly voyeuristic, a sanctioned invasion of space. How clever, then, that the Foundry... 

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

Art

Beth Campbell

Thursday 2/21 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

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

Luc Tuymans: <em>Forever</em>

Art

Luc Tuymans

Thursday 2/21 @ David Zwirner

Belgian painter Luc Tuymans makes every effort to stymie easy interpretation of his blurry, photo-derived paintings. A history painter in a... 

Blue Coyote Theater Group: <em>Happy Endings</em>

Theatre

Happy Endings

Thursday 2/21 @ Access Theater

In a revolt against love-story banality, Blue Coyote Theater Group commissioned nine playwrights to write shorts based on the lives of... 

Matt Leines: <em>The Righteous Age</em>

Art

Matt Leines

Thursday 2/21 @ Clementine Gallery

Matt Leines' New York solo debut features his signature drawings, an installation, and a new, limited-edition series of flags. Leines, who... 

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

Art

Lee Friedlander

Thursday 2/21 @ 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>Paradise Park</em>

Theatre

Paradise Park

Thursday 2/21 @ Signature Theatre

Charles Mee's work might not be terribly straightforward, but his collage-like storytelling should suit the multitasking, ADD-prone masses. Paradise Park, the... 

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

Art

Gert & Uwe Tobias

Thursday 2/21 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Thursday 2/21 @ 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 2/21 @ 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 2/21 @ 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... 

A Week of Strings

Music: Classical

A Week of Strings

Thursday 2/21 @ Issue Project Room

Math-minded composer and new-media artist Zach Layton guest-curates a week of chamber music gone awry in a series of sound installations... 

Michel Gondry: <em>Be Kind Rewind</em>

Art

Be Kind Rewind

Thursday 2/21 @ Deitch Projects

In his newest film, Be Kind Rewind, Michel Gondry tells the story of two childhood friends who work to recreate a... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Thursday 2/21 @ 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>Grace</em>

Theatre

Grace

Thursday 2/21 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

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

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

Art

New Prints: Winter 2008

Thursday 2/21 @ 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... 

<em>The Vision and Art of  Shinjo Ito</em>

Art

The Vision and Art of Shinjo Ito

Thursday 2/21 @ Milk Studios

Master sculptor, calligrapher, engraver, and photographer Shinjo Ito was a devout Buddhist who founded his own branch of the religion that... 

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

Theatre

The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island

Thursday 2/21 @ 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... 

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

Art

Lucian Freud

Thursday 2/21 @ 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>Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions</em>

Art

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions

Thursday 2/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

France's first superstar painter, Nicolas Poussin trained in Rome during the baroque era, at the height of Italy's artistic dominance. His... 

<em>Sunday in the Park with George</em>

Theatre

Sunday in the Park with George

Thursday 2/21 @ Studio 54

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park with George is a concept musical based on the beyond-famous Georges Seurat... 

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

Art

Marvin Franklin

Thursday 2/21 @ 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... 

Jasper Johns: <em>Drawings 1997-2007</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Thursday 2/21 @ Matthew Marks Gallery

While the Met hosts a survey of Jasper Johns' gray-hued works, Matthew Marks shows 40 of the artist's drawings from the... 

New Sounds Live: <em>The Battleship Potemkin</em> (1925) feat. David Krakauer and Socalled

Film

The Battleship Potemkin feat. David Krakauer and Socalled

Thursday 2/21 @ World Financial Center

Though The Battleship Potemkin has long been considered a cinematic masterpiece, Sergei Eisenstein's dramatic retelling of the historic uprising at sea... 

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

Art

Dan Perjovschi

Thursday 2/21 @ 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>Adding Machine</em>

Theatre

Adding Machine

Thursday 2/21 @ Minetta Lane Theatre

After 25 years of tedious number crunching, Mr. Zero finds out that he is being replaced by an adding machine. Driven... 

Jen DeNike: <em>Thirteen</em>

Art

Jen DeNike

Thursday 2/21 @ Smith-Stewart

At the LES' cozy Amy Smith Stewart gallery, Jen DeNike presents two new videos and a photo series, disparate projects united... 

Xu Zhen:<em> Just Did It </em>

Art

Xu Zhen

Thursday 2/21 @ James Cohan Gallery

A masterful obfuscator of facts and images, Xu Zhen (in his artworks, at least) has waged armed assaults on China's neighboring... 

<em>Hunting and Gathering</em>

Theatre

Hunting and Gathering

Thursday 2/21 @ 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... 

Robert Mapplethorpe: <em>Certain People</em>

Art: Photography

Robert Mapplethorpe

Thursday 2/21 @ Sean Kelly Gallery

Famous for his sensual photographs of flowers and notorious for his S&M images, Robert Mapplethorpe also took excellent portraits. Sean Kelly... 

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Thursday 2/21 @ 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... 

Theatre

Cherubina

Thursday 2/21 @ Sanford Meisner Theater

Set in pre-revolutionary Russia, Cherubina follows the true tale of Elisa Ivanovna, a frustrated poetess and disabled schoolmarm. Ivanovna becomes convinced... 

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

Art

New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006

Thursday 2/21 @ 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,... 

Milos Forman Retrospective

Film

Milos Forman Retrospective

Thursday 2/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Given the terrific contribution he's made to cinema, it's surprising that director Milos Forman isn't more of a household name. His... 

Theatre

Rum & Coke

Thursday 2/21 @ June Havoc Theatre

In Carmen Peláez's one-woman show Rum & Coke, the protagonist begins a search for beauty and a forgotten Cuba after finding... 

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Thursday 2/21 @ 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>Life in a Marital Institution</em>

Theatre

Life in a Marital Institution

Thursday 2/21 @ 59E59 Theaters

In the funniest, most bizarre scene in James Braly's Life in a Marital Institution, Braly's wife Susan drags him to a... 

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

Art

Unmonumental

Thursday 2/21 @ 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... 

Shirin Neshat

Art

Shirin Neshat

Thursday 2/21 @ 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>Betrayed</em>

Theatre

Betrayed

Thursday 2/21 @ Culture Project

George Packer's complex and devastating new play draws on extensive interviews with Iraqi interpreters for US forces over the past five... 

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

Art

Katy Grannan

Thursday 2/21 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Dawoud Bey

Thursday 2/21 @ 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>Looking Up</em>

Theatre

Looking Up

Thursday 2/21 @ Theater for the New City

Trapeze-theatre piece Looking Up seamlessly combines two unlikely mediums into a surprisingly nice little love story. Solo trapeze artist Wendy and... 

<em>The Sartorialist</em>

Art: Photography

The Sartorialist

Thursday 2/21 @ Danziger Projects

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

Jasper Johns: <em>Gray</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Thursday 2/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In Jasper Johns' Gray, the Met culls a rigorous collection of work from the mid-'50s to the present. Johns, a pop... 

<em>Gray Area</em>

Theatre

Gray Area

Thursday 2/21 @ Barrow Group Theatre

When a jaded New York City theatre critic berates Civil War re-enactors on the radio, his cruel jests reach the ears... 

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

Art

Jan de Cock

Thursday 2/21 @ 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... 

<em>Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art </em>

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Thursday 2/21 @ 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... 

Thicker Than Water 2008

Theatre

Thicker Than Water 2008

Thursday 2/21 @ Ensemble Studio Theatre

Showcasing the young and the talented is Ensemble Studio Theatre's Thicker Than Water, a collection of one-acts from the company's ensemble... 

Jaishri Abichandani: <I>Reconciliations</I>

Art

Jaishri Abichandani

Thursday 2/21 @ 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 2/21 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

<em>WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution</em>

Art

WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution

Thursday 2/21 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

With Hillary Clinton in the political limelight, WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution couldn't be more timely. A survey of 120... 

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

Art: Photography

Irving Penn

Thursday 2/21 @ The Morgan Library

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

The Apple Sisters

Comedy

The Apple Sisters

Thursday 2/21 @ The People's Improv Theater

1940s Americana isn't typical sketch-comedy fodder, but that doesn't deter the Apple Sisters, who lovingly recreate the radio era onstage with... 

Nayland Blake: <em>What the Whiskey Said, What the Sun Is Saying </em>

Art

Nayland Blake

Thursday 2/21 @ Matthew Marks Gallery

For many years, Nayland Blake's surrogate was a big white bunny that showed up in his drawings and sculptures. But in... 

Carrie Mae Weems: <em>A Survey</em>

Art: Photography

Carrie Mae Weems

Thursday 2/21 @ Jack Shainman Gallery

  African American photographer Carrie Mae Weems marks her return to New York with a mini-retrospective at Chelsea's... 

<em>Welcome to Nowhere (bullet hole road)</em>

Theatre

Welcome to Nowhere

Thursday 2/21 @ P.S. 122

Temporary Distortion's Welcome to Nowhere (bullet hole road) finds a suitable home at the claustrophobic space within P.S. 122. The nightmarish... 

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

Art

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now

Thursday 2/21 @ 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 2/21 @ 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...