Events on Monday, February 25

<em>Loves of a Blonde</em> (1965)

Film

Loves of a Blonde

Monday 2/25 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

It's difficult to reconcile the giggling "Wolfie" of Milos Forman's Amadeus with the director's staid, cucumber-coolness in Loves of a Blonde.... 

D&auml;lek w/ Russian Circles

Music: Hip-Hop

Dälek

Monday 2/25 @ The Mercury Lounge

To tag Dälek as a hip-hop act alone is a major (if all-too-common) mistake. Yes, their discordant, squalling compositions do sometimes... 

Travis Sullivan's Bj&ouml;rkestra

Music

Björkestra

Monday 2/25 @ Blue Smoke Jazz Standard

A jazz tribute to Björk's idiosyncratic oeuvre may sound tantamount to heresy, but Björkestra treats each song with reverence. The 18-piece... 

Monday Night Burlesque presents Smells Like Tease Spirit!

Performing Arts

Smells Like Tease Spirit!

Monday 2/25 @ Public Assembly

They're not often discussed, but the anarchist cheerleaders in Nirvana's video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" left an indelible mark on... 

Little Johnny and the LP All Stars Tribute to Carlos "Patato" Valdez

Music: Global

Little Johnny and the LP All Stars

Monday 2/25 @ S.O.B.'s

Little Johnny Rivero has been one of the city's most sought-after percussionists over the last few decades, holding his own with... 

Ongoing Events

<em>The 39 Steps</em>

Theatre

The 39 Steps 

Monday 2/25 @ 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>Betrayed</em>

Theatre

Betrayed

Monday 2/25 @ Culture Project

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

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

Art

Lucian Freud

Monday 2/25 @ 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>Design and the Elastic Mind</em>

Art

Design and the Elastic Mind

Monday 2/25 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

As technology slowly stretches past the limits of sci-fi fantasy, designers must work within the rapidly evolving space between scientific innovation... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Monday 2/25 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Gray Area</em>

Theatre

Gray Area

Monday 2/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006

Monday 2/25 @ 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,... 

Cai Guo-Qiang: <em>I Want to Believe</em>

Art

Cai Guo-Qiang

Monday 2/25 @ Guggenheim Museum

Inopportune: Stage One is characteristic of Cai Guo-Qiang's grand ambitions and themes — a cascade of nine upended cars exploding with... 

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

Art

Jasper Johns

Monday 2/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution

Monday 2/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

Jan de Cock

Monday 2/25 @ 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... 

Milos Forman Retrospective

Film

Milos Forman Retrospective

Monday 2/25 @ 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... 

<em>Questa</em>

Theatre

Questa

Monday 2/25 @ Wings Theatre

Victor Bumbalo's new play, Questa, focuses on Paul, a young victim of an attempted gay-bashing, who accidentally kills his attacker in... 

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

Art

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now

Monday 2/25 @ 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,... 

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Monday 2/25 @ 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>Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art </em>

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Monday 2/25 @ 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... 

<em>The Play About the Naked Guy</em>

Theatre

The Play About the Naked Guy

Monday 2/25 @ Baruch Center for the Performing Arts, Nagelberg Theatre

Fast-paced and exuberantly profane, The Play About the Naked Guy skewers Off-Broadway's longstanding "art vs commerce" debate. Christopher Borg's Eddie saves... 

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

Art

Gert & Uwe Tobias

Monday 2/25 @ 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

Monday 2/25 @ 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...