Events on Tuesday, February 5

An Evening with Katha Pollitt

Special Event

An Evening with Katha Pollitt

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ The New School

Katha Pollitt has been writing for the Nation since 1980, focusing on the intersection of gender and politics. Although she's best... 

[SOLD OUT] Robyn

Music

[SOLD OUT] Robyn

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Highline Ballroom

Swedish singer Robyn may be familiar to late-'90s pop fans for her Max Martin-glossed hit "Show Me Love" — rumored, incidentally,... 

Join the Party: Election Results Viewing Party

Party

Join the Party

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Chinatown Brasserie

Politics works best as a party, especially on Super Tuesday. Tonight, watch election returns from 24 states with open-bar vodka cocktails,... 

The Pack w/ TYGA and Pittsburgh Slim

Music: Hip-Hop

The Pack

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

If we had a hip-hop crystal ball, NorCal post-hyphy outfit the Pack and Compton baller TYGA would emerge from its depths.... 

Ongoing Events

Slavic Soul Party!

Music: Global

Slavic Soul Party!

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Barbès

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

Shirin Neshat

Art

Shirin Neshat

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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 39 Steps</em>

Theatre

The 39 Steps 

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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),... 

Theatre

Rum & Coke

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Xu Zhen

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Michael Bell-Smith

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Foxy Production

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

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Nayland Blake

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

blog.mode

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Diana Thater

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Almost an Evening

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Atlantic Stage Two

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

<em>Iodine [YOD] </em>

Dance

Iodine [YOD]

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ P.S. 122

A veteran of the Israeli army, choreographer Deganit Shemy spent four months in an intensive, all-female medical course — and this... 

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

Art

Atsuko Tanaka and Akira Kanayama

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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>Hunting and Gathering</em>

Theatre

Hunting and Gathering

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Amanda Ross-Ho & Kirsten Stoltmann

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Guild & Greyshkul

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

Jasper Johns: <em>Gray</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Dan Perjovschi

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

Envisioning Russia: A Century of Filmmaking

Film

Envisioning Russia

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

Afrika Bambaataa

Music: DJ

Afrika Bambaataa

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ APT

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

Anne Collier

Art: Photography

Anne Collier

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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>Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness </em>

Film

Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Anthology Film Archives

As lonesome visionary Vincent, Magnus Aronson is a bit of a holy fool. The star and cowriter of shaggy musical travelogue... 

Trisha Brown Dance Company

Dance

Trisha Brown Dance Company

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ The Joyce Theater

Experimentalist Trisha Brown is one of America's most revered contemporary choreographers; at first, she worked with mostly untrained dancers and presented... 

<em>The Masked Portrait</em>

Art

The Masked Portrait

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Marianne Boesky Gallery

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

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

Art

Katy Grannan

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Irving Penn

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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>The (Self) Promotion Show</em>

Art

The (Self) Promotion Show

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Apex Art

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

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Paragraph

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

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

Art

Santiago Cucullu

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

<em>The Silence Before Bach</em>

Film

The Silence Before Bach

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Film Forum

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

<em>Apt 3A</em>

Theatre

Apt 3A

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

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

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

Art: Photography

Dawoud Bey

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

Donelle Woolford

Art

Donelle Woolford

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Wallspace

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

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

Art

Lee Friedlander

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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>Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz</em>

Theatre

Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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,... 

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

Art

Luis Gispert

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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>Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art </em>

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Hans Haacke

Art

Hans Haacke

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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>The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower</em>

Theatre

The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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>New Prints: Winter 2008</em>

Art

New Prints: Winter 2008

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Jasper Johns

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

AA Bronson

Art

AA Bronson

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ 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... 

Oscar's Docs: 1941&ndash;1945, Bravery and Bias

Film: Documentary

Oscar's Docs: 1941–1945, Bravery and Bias

Tuesday 2/ 5 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

By declaring February "docs month," MoMA deserves the 2008 award for successfully curing the annual slim-pickings-in-cinema blues. This week's program highlights...