Events on Thursday, March 13

Wilderness

Music

Wilderness

Thursday 3/13 @ Union Pool

On Wilderness' self-titled Jagjaguwar debut, the band's unassuming rhythm section wisely surrenders the spotlight to Colin McCann's deep-echo guitar. His Chameleons-style... 

Underground Resistance feat. Los Hermanos

Music: DJ

Underground Resistance

Thursday 3/13 @ APT

Founded in the late '80s by electronic-music pioneers Jeff Mills and Mike Banks, Underground Resistance is a long-running, Detroit-based collective pushing... 

Matthew Dear's Big Hands w/ Junior Boys DJs

Music: Electronic

Matthew Dear's Big Hands

Thursday 3/13 @ Hiro Ballroom

Right now, Matthew Dear is arguably one of electronic music's most versatile artists. He's made stripped-down, fluid constructions as False, rough,... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Open House</em>

Theatre

Open House

Thursday 3/13 @ Various locations

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

Luc Tuymans: <em>Forever</em>

Art

Luc Tuymans

Thursday 3/13 @ David Zwirner

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

Theatre

Romeo and Juliet

Thursday 3/13 @ The Kirk at Theatre Row

In this updated, witty interpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, familiar tropes clash with contemporary archetypes. The four-actor cast stays true... 

<em>Paradise Park</em>

Theatre

Paradise Park

Thursday 3/13 @ 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>The Art of Marvin Franklin</em>

Art

Marvin Franklin

Thursday 3/13 @ 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>The Four of Us</em>

Theatre

The Four of Us

Thursday 3/13 @ New York City Center

Itamar Moses is a young, successful playwright who happens to be best friends with a young, incredibly successful novelist named Jonathan... 

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

Art

Lee Friedlander

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

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

Art

Unmonumental

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Thursday 3/13 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Thursday 3/13 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

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

Art

Jan de Cock

Thursday 3/13 @ 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 

Thursday 3/13 @ 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),... 

The Apple Sisters

Comedy

The Apple Sisters

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Vision and Art of Shinjo Ito

Thursday 3/13 @ Milk Studios

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

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

Theatre

Sunday in the Park with George

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

Jaishri Abichandani: <I>Reconciliations</I>

Art

Jaishri Abichandani

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

Housing Works Thrift Shops: Annual Spring Preview Sales

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Housing Works Thrift Sales

Thursday 3/13 @ Various locations

Shopping for spring-fashion essentials at Manhattan prices ain't easy, but Housing Works' city-wide shopping extravaganza eases the pain with discounts on... 

Gustave Courbet

Art

Gustave Courbet

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Robert Mapplethorpe

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Thursday 3/13 @ 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>Adding Machine</em>

Theatre

Adding Machine

Thursday 3/13 @ Minetta Lane Theatre

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

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Thursday 3/13 @ 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>J'entends plus la guitare </em>(1991)

Film

J'entends plus la guitare

Thursday 3/13 @ Cinema Village

J'entends plus la guitare is Philippe Garrel's tribute to art-rock muse Nico. Though most famous for her recordings with the Velvet... 

<em>Fight Girl Battle World</em>

Theatre

Fight Girl Battle World

Thursday 3/13 @ Center Stage

Now that graphic novels and sci-fi movies possess some geek-chic caché, Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company has translated that aesthetic to the... 

Subodh Gupta: <em>Still steal steel</em>

Art

Subodh Gupta

Thursday 3/13 @ Jack Shainman Gallery

Subodh Gupta traverses painting, sculpture, and video with tightly thematic stories from Indian history, told in the dialect of household utensils... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Thursday 3/13 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

Jen DeNike: <em>Thirteen</em>

Art

Jen DeNike

Thursday 3/13 @ Smith-Stewart

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

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

Art

Jasper Johns

Thursday 3/13 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Thursday 3/13 @ 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

Thursday 3/13 @ 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

Thursday 3/13 @ 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>Betrayed</em>

Theatre

Betrayed

Thursday 3/13 @ Culture Project

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

Sterling Ruby: <em>CHRON</em>

Art

Sterling Ruby

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

<em>Gray Area</em>

Theatre

Gray Area

Thursday 3/13 @ 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 York States of Mind</I>

Art

New York States of Mind

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

<em>Jump</em>

Theatre

Jump

Thursday 3/13 @ Union Square Theatre

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

Jasper Johns: <em>Gray</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Thursday 3/13 @ 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>WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution</em>

Art

WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

blog.mode

Thursday 3/13 @ 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>Passing Strange</em>

Theatre

Passing Strange

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

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

Art

Design and the Elastic Mind

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

<em>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</em>

Theatre

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Thursday 3/13 @ Broadhurst Theatre

Hopelessness and self-loathing are frequent players in Tennessee Williams' work, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is no exception. The... 

<em>Questa</em>

Theatre

Questa

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

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

Art

Cao Fei

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

Tim Minchin

Comedy

Tim Minchin

Thursday 3/13 @ New World Stages

Australian comic Tim Minchin — dubbed Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival — gives Off-Broadway audiences a sampling of his... 

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

Art: Photography

Irving Penn

Thursday 3/13 @ The Morgan Library

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

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

Art

Be Kind Rewind

Thursday 3/13 @ Deitch Projects

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

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

Art

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions

Thursday 3/13 @ 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>Life in a Marital Institution</em>

Theatre

Life in a Marital Institution

Thursday 3/13 @ 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... 

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

Art

Matt Leines

Thursday 3/13 @ Clementine Gallery

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

Whitney Biennial 2008

Art

Whitney Biennial

Thursday 3/13 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

For its 74th installment, the Whitney Biennial expands its exhibition space and (lightly) trims its list of contributors. Through March, the...