Events on Saturday, March 1

Roky Erickson & the Explosives w/ Thurston Moore

Music

Roky Erickson

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Webster Hall

As a founding member of '60s psych legends 13th Floor Elevators, singer/guitarist Roky Erickson wasn't shy about experimenting with drugs (he... 

Genghis Tron w/ Aa and Ponytail

Music

Genghis Tron

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Market Hotel

Genghis Tron take black metal's chalice-hoisting bombast and grindcore's furiously blasting squall, and trick it all out with synths and danceable... 

Women's History Month Carnival

Party

Women's History Month Carnival

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

Tonight's Brooklyn Museum fête presents a carnaval-themed take on Women's History Month, bringing together hands-on partiers for interactive exhibits that honor... 

PopRally presents DFA Dance Party

Music: DJ

DFA Dance Party

Saturday 3/ 1 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

If you're as keen as we are on the whole museum-party thing, throw on a rainbow ensemble and head uptown for... 

Ongoing Events

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Imperial Theatre

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

<em>Design and the Elastic Mind</em>

Art

Design and the Elastic Mind

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

CineKink

Film

CineKink

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Various locations

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

<em>Paradise Park</em>

Theatre

Paradise Park

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Xu Zhen

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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>Open House</em>

Theatre

Open House

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Various locations

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

<I>New York States of Mind</I>

Art

New York States of Mind

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

Jen DeNike: <em>Thirteen</em>

Art

Jen DeNike

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Smith-Stewart

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

<em>It's a Free World... </em>

Film

It's a Free World...

Saturday 3/ 1 @ BAM Rose Cinemas

British director Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes the Barley, 2006) just may be the reigning king of cinematic socialist realism.... 

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

Theatre

The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Jasper Johns

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Theatre

Rum & Coke

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Sunday in the Park with George

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Luc Tuymans: <em>Forever</em>

Art

Luc Tuymans

Saturday 3/ 1 @ David Zwirner

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

<em>Looking Up</em>

Theatre

Looking Up

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Unmonumental

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Jasper Johns: <em>Gray</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Thicker Than Water 2008

Theatre

Thicker Than Water 2008

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Sterling Ruby: <em>CHRON</em>

Art

Sterling Ruby

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Passing Strange</em>

Theatre

Passing Strange

Saturday 3/ 1 @ The Belasco Theatre

The loose autobiography-in-song of one Mark Stewart (aka Stew), Passing Strange tells the story of a restless Youth (the excellent Daniel... 

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

Art

Jan de Cock

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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>The 39 Steps</em>

Theatre

The 39 Steps 

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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>Hunting and Gathering</em>

Theatre

Hunting and Gathering

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Irving Penn

Saturday 3/ 1 @ The Morgan Library

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

John Zorn: <em>The Dreamers</em> and <em>Essential Cinema</em>

Music: Classical

John Zorn

Saturday 3/ 1 @ St. Ann's Warehouse

Tzadik impresario, East Village-composer kingpin, and MacArthur Grant recipient John Zorn can rustle up a fine racket, but... 

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

Art

Marvin Franklin

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Carrie Mae Weems

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Jack Shainman Gallery

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

Yanira Castro + Company: <em>Center of Sleep</em>

Dance

Center of Sleep

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Dance Theater Workshop

Blurring the lines between dance and installation art, Yanira Castro + Company's new Center of Sleep is an immersive multimedia experience.... 

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

Art

WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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>Betrayed</em>

Theatre

Betrayed

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Culture Project

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

Cao Fei: <em>RMB City</em>

Art

Cao Fei

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Lombard-Freid Gallery

Chinese artist Cao Fei's RMB City is a virtual metropolis designed for the online world Second Life, and Lombard-Freid Gallery is... 

The Black Comedy Experiment

Comedy

The Black Comedy Experiment

Saturday 3/ 1 @ The Tank

Formulaic 'hood classics and Def Comedy Jam reruns wither and die in the face of this weekend's lineup of local standup... 

<em>Jump</em>

Theatre

Jump

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Union Square Theatre

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

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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>Gray Area</em>

Theatre

Gray Area

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Robert Mapplethorpe

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Happy Endings

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Access Theater

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

Jaishri Abichandani: <I>Reconciliations</I>

Art

Jaishri Abichandani

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Lee Friedlander

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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 Play About the Naked Guy</em>

Theatre

The Play About the Naked Guy

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Nayland Blake

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Richard Rodgers Theatre

There's a lot more color and zing on the Great White Way with the addition of In the Heights, an ebullient... 

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

Art

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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>The Unforeseen</em>

Film: Documentary

The Unforeseen

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Angelika Film Center

For a treatise on suburban sprawl and its impact on the environment, The Unforeseen is surprisingly soft-spoken. Maybe that's because this... 

<em>Grace</em>

Theatre

Grace

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

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

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

Art

Cai Guo-Qiang

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Guggenheim Museum

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

Dance

AHOY!

Saturday 3/ 1 @ S.L.A.M.

If pirates being devoured by a giant octopus 20 feet above your head is the sort of thing that floats your... 

<em>Pop Subversion</em>

Art

Pop Subversion

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Vision and Art of Shinjo Ito

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Milk Studios

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

<em>Questa</em>

Theatre

Questa

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Be Kind Rewind

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Deitch Projects

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

Gustave Courbet

Art

Gustave Courbet

Saturday 3/ 1 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gustave Courbet was the Damien Hirst of his day, never shying away from controversy; he was also a terrific artist, making... 

<em>Adding Machine</em>

Theatre

Adding Machine

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Minetta Lane Theatre

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

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

Art

Matt Leines

Saturday 3/ 1 @ Clementine Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Saturday 3/ 1 @ 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...