Events on Tuesday, February 26

George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars

Music

George Clinton

Tuesday 2/26 @ Warsaw

Love him or hate him, dread-headed Dr. Seuss surrogate George Clinton is still the funkiest cat this side of the freaky-deaky... 

[SOLD OUT] Tribute to Chinua Achebe

Special Event: Tribute

[SOLD OUT] Tribute to Chinua Achebe

Tuesday 2/26 @ Town Hall

Chinua Achebe, a father of modern African literature and winner of the Man Booker International Prize in 2007, gets some adoration... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

Robert Mapplethorpe

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

CineKink

Film

CineKink

Tuesday 2/26 @ Various locations

For the fifth year running, CineKink showcases screen-legal perversions — legal, at least, in this city — with nearly a week... 

Sterling Ruby: <em>CHRON</em>

Art

Sterling Ruby

Tuesday 2/26 @ The Drawing Center

Soho's venerable Drawing Center hosts a broad range of 2-D works by LA-based sculptor Sterling Ruby in its Drawing Room project... 

Slavic Soul Party!

Music: Global

Slavic Soul Party!

Tuesday 2/26 @ Barbès

While punk outfits like Devotchka and Gogol Bordello boldly appropriate traditional Eastern European music, their gypsy-inspired mosh pits lack a certain... 

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Tuesday 2/26 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Jasper Johns: <em>Gray</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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>Paradise Park</em>

Theatre

Paradise Park

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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 Vision and Art of  Shinjo Ito</em>

Art

The Vision and Art of Shinjo Ito

Tuesday 2/26 @ Milk Studios

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

<em>Life in a Marital Institution</em>

Theatre

Life in a Marital Institution

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Irving Penn

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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>Grace</em>

Theatre

Grace

Tuesday 2/26 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

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

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

Art

Jasper Johns

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

Nayland Blake

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Milos Forman Retrospective

Film

Milos Forman Retrospective

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Luc Tuymans: <em>Forever</em>

Art

Luc Tuymans

Tuesday 2/26 @ David Zwirner

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

Afrika Bambaataa

Music: DJ

Afrika Bambaataa

Tuesday 2/26 @ APT

Legendary godfather of the block party, pioneer of electro-funk, and originator of the Universal Zulu Nation, Afrika Bambaataa lends his guidance... 

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

Art

Marvin Franklin

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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>Sunday in the Park with George</em>

Theatre

Sunday in the Park with George

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

Lee Friedlander

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

blog.mode

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

Matt Leines

Tuesday 2/26 @ Clementine Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Dawoud Bey

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Happy Endings

Tuesday 2/26 @ Access Theater

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

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

Art

Cai Guo-Qiang

Tuesday 2/26 @ Guggenheim Museum

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

Theatre

Rum & Coke

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

<em>Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions</em>

Art

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

Be Kind Rewind

Tuesday 2/26 @ Deitch Projects

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

<em>The 39 Steps</em>

Theatre

The 39 Steps 

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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),... 

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

Art

Xu Zhen

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Carrie Mae Weems

Tuesday 2/26 @ Jack Shainman Gallery

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

<em>Adding Machine</em>

Theatre

Adding Machine

Tuesday 2/26 @ Minetta Lane Theatre

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

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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>Hunting and Gathering</em>

Theatre

Hunting and Gathering

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Tuesday 2/26 @ Paragraph

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