All events on Thursday March 27
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- Brother Ali
- Thursday Mar 27 (8pm) @ Bowery Ballroom
- Giveaway
- Brother Ali tells The Undisputed Truth tonight. Spitting eloquent white-boy anger, the albino super-rapper addresses childhood alienation and politics, stressing how hard he hustles every... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Caribou
- Thursday Mar 27 (9pm) @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
- Algebra fanatic Dan Snaith finds time outside of his busy PhD schedule to come back to the county of Kings and wield his mathematical, whimsical... View details »
- Film: Documentary
- The Rising Tide
- Thursday Mar 27 (7:30pm) @ Monkey Town
- Giveaway
- Although artists in rapidly developing China enjoy more freedom than they ever have before, they also face problems they never anticipated. In Robert Adanto's documentary... View details »
- Music: DJ
- Institubes Paris Terror Club
- Thursday Mar 27 (10pm) @ Studio B
- Giveaway
- Paris' Institubes imprint expands upon the usual "French touch" dance-music hallmarks. The label showcases a broad spectrum of artists, including future hip-hop trio TTC, Drop... View details »
- Music: DJ
- Âme
- Thursday Mar 27 (10pm) @ Cielo
- Giveaway
- In theory, Berlin-based duo Âme (Kristian Beyer and Frank Wiedemann) are considered a deep-house production team. But outside of the pair's soulful grooves on the... View details »
- Film
- Red Peony Gambler
- Thursday Mar 27 (7–9pm) @ Asia Society
- Giveaway
- Red Peony Gambler is the archetypal yakuza film — with one significant difference. Although it's set in the violent Japanese underworld and underpinned by codes... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Sunset Rubdown w/ Ecstatic Sunshine
- Thursday Mar 27 (8pm) @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
- Spencer Krug, Canadian indie superstar extraordinaire, brings Sunset Rubdown back to Brooklyn — an impressive feat, given that he also keeps busy playing in Wolf... View details »
- Art: Fair
- Art Now Fair
- Thursday Mar 27 (11am–8pm) @ Hotel 30/30 More times »
- Free
- In four days, six art fairs open their doors within a few square miles of each other — all the better for gorging. Art Now... View details »
- Art: Fair
- Bridge Art Fair
- Thursday Mar 27 @ The Waterfront More times »
- Giveaway
- Hot on the heels of Asian Contemporary Art Week and just in time for the Armory Show comes a hybrid of the two: Bridge Art... View details »
- Art: Fair
- LA Art in New York
- Thursday Mar 27 (1–8pm) @ Altman Building More times »
- LA Art in New York brings together a small, proud band of the West Coast's most dynamic contemporary-art galleries. Although the sheer number of contributors... View details »
- Art: Fair
- The Armory Show
- Thursday Mar 27 (noon–8pm) @ Pier 94 More times »
- The Armory Show is the epicenter of art-fair mania. In one of the art world's most opulent displays, artists from 21 countries squeeze their best... View details »
- Art: Fair
- PULSE
- Thursday Mar 27 (noon–8pm) @ Pier 40 More times »
- For its third year in New York, PULSE allocates two new spaces: the first for high-stress PERFORMANCE, and the second for taking PAUSE. In the... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Street Limbo Blues
- Thursday Mar 27 (7–9:30pm) @ Café Pick Me Up More times »
- Upon arriving at Café Pick Me Up, you're handed a coffee, a prop to wear, and a piece of paper outlining your character in Street... View details »
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- Art
- Tara Donovan
- Thursday Mar 27 (9:30am–5:30pm) @ Metropolitan Museum of Art More times »
- Bringing new meaning to the term "pack rat," sculptor Tara Donovan accumulates everyday objects such as Styrofoam cups and drinking straws and uses the material... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- August: Osage County
- Thursday Mar 27 (7:30pm) @ Imperial Theatre More times »
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- Art
- Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now
- Thursday Mar 27 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ MoMA More times »
- MoMA's permanent collection gobbles up so many artworks that many aren't ever seen again, which is why Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now is... View details »
- Art
- Francis Alÿs
- Thursday Mar 27 (10am–4pm) @ Hispanic Society of America More times »
- Free
- While Dia searches for a new home, the arts org has teamed up with Washington Heights' Hispanic Society on a three-year collaboration. The first showcase... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Fuerzabruta
- Thursday Mar 27 (8pm) @ Daryl Roth Theatre More times »
- Avid fans of spectacular spectacle De La Guarda are rejoicing with the arrival of Fuerzabruta, a sort of a follow-up to the Argentine smash hit... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Jump
- Thursday Mar 27 (7pm) @ Union Square Theatre More times »
- After achieving worldwide success, Korean phenomenon Jump has landed at Union Square — and it's easy to see what makes its appeal so universal. Almost... View details »
- More Flavor: Exhibition
- blog.mode
- Thursday Mar 27 @ Metropolitan Museum of Art More times »
- Fashion is a relative newcomer to the reputable Metropolitan, but now the Upper East Side institution is stepping into the fracas of the fashion blogosphere.... View details »
- Art
- Lee Friedlander
- Thursday Mar 27 (9:30am–5:30pm) @ Metropolitan Museum of Art More times »
- Lee Friedlander made his name wandering across the US in the '50s and '60s, taking pictures of motel television sets, shop window reflections, and odd... View details »
- Art
- Jasper Johns
- Thursday Mar 27 (9:30am–5:30pm) @ Metropolitan Museum of Art More times »
- In Jasper Johns' Gray, the Met culls a rigorous collection of work from the mid-'50s to the present. Johns, a pop artist for his use... View details »
- Art
- Jan de Cock
- Thursday Mar 27 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ MoMA More times »
- A relentless photographer and image archiver, Jan de Cock collects his findings in hefty books dubbed denkmals (German for "monument"). The Belgian artist brings his... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Adding Machine
- Thursday Mar 27 (8pm) @ Minetta Lane Theatre More times »
- After 25 years of tedious number crunching, Mr. Zero finds out that he is being replaced by an adding machine. Driven by rage — and... View details »
- Art
- Marvin Franklin
- Thursday Mar 27 (10am–4pm) @ New York Transit Museum More times »
- Marvin Franklin spent more than two decades of his life working as a night-shift track inspector for the MTA. This may not seem like a... View details »
- Art
- Lady Pink and Aiko
- Thursday Mar 27 (1–8pm) @ Ad Hoc Art More times »
- Free
- Brick Ladies of NYC celebrates Lady Pink and Aiko Nakagawa, longstanding heavy hitters in both the street-art scene and the modern-art collections of the Brooklyn... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Archive Fever
- Thursday Mar 27 @ International Center of Photography More times »
- Exploring identity and memory through archived imagery, curator Okwui Enwezor has collected over 20 artists to explore the often formal institution with a creative eye.... View details »
- Art
- Whitney Biennial
- Thursday Mar 27 @ Whitney Museum of American Art More times »
- Giveaway
- For its 74th installment, the Whitney Biennial expands its exhibition space and (lightly) trims its list of contributors. Through March, the Seventh Regiment Armory hosts... View details »
- Art
- Gustave Courbet
- Thursday Mar 27 (9:30am–5:30pm) @ Metropolitan Museum of Art More times »
- Gustave Courbet was the Damien Hirst of his day, never shying away from controversy; he was also a terrific artist, making modern paintings before the... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- The Apple Sisters
- Thursday Mar 27 (8pm) @ The People's Improv Theater More times »
- Giveaway
- 1940s Americana isn't typical sketch-comedy fodder, but that doesn't deter the Apple Sisters, who lovingly recreate the radio era onstage with endearing chemistry and a... View details »
- Art
- Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions
- Thursday Mar 27 (9:30am–5:30pm) @ Metropolitan Museum of Art More times »
- France's first superstar painter, Nicolas Poussin trained in Rome during the baroque era, at the height of Italy's artistic dominance. His intellectual classicism didn't find... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Irving Penn
- Thursday Mar 27 (10am–5pm) @ The Morgan Library More times »
- Although photographer Irving Penn has worked in a variety of styles (including fashion spreads and early forays into painting), he is best known for iconic,... View details »
- Art
- Jasper Johns
- Thursday Mar 27 @ Matthew Marks Gallery More times »
- Free
- While the Met hosts a survey of Jasper Johns' gray-hued works, Matthew Marks shows 40 of the artist's drawings from the last decade. Johns, now... View details »
- Art
- WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution
- Thursday Mar 27 (noon–6pm) @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center More times »
- With Hillary Clinton in the political limelight, WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution couldn't be more timely. A survey of 120 international female artists working... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Design and the Elastic Mind
- Thursday Mar 27 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ MoMA More times »
- As technology slowly stretches past the limits of sci-fi fantasy, designers must work within the rapidly evolving space between scientific innovation and consumer culture. In... View details »
- Art
- Sterling Ruby
- Thursday Mar 27 (10am–6pm) @ The Drawing Center More times »
- Free
- Soho's venerable Drawing Center hosts a broad range of 2-D works by LA-based sculptor Sterling Ruby in its Drawing Room project space. In addition to... View details »
- Art
- Matt Leines
- Thursday Mar 27 (11am–6pm) @ Clementine Gallery More times »
- Free
- Matt Leines' New York solo debut features his signature drawings, an installation, and a new, limited-edition series of flags. Leines, who studied illustration at RISD,... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- In the Heights
- Thursday Mar 27 (8pm) @ Richard Rodgers Theatre More times »
- There's a lot more color and zing on the Great White Way with the addition of In the Heights, an ebullient musical that eschews certain... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Thursday Mar 27 @ Broadhurst Theatre More times »
- Hopelessness and self-loathing are frequent players in Tennessee Williams' work, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is no exception. The weighty issues on display... View details »
- Art
- The Vision and Art of Shinjo Ito
- Thursday Mar 27 (10am–9pm) @ Milk Gallery More times »
- Free
- Master sculptor, calligrapher, engraver, and photographer Shinjo Ito was a devout Buddhist who founded his own branch of the religion that reached out to people... View details »
- Film
- J'entends plus la guitare
- Thursday Mar 27 @ Cinema Village More times »
- J'entends plus la guitare is Philippe Garrel's tribute to art-rock muse Nico. Though most famous for her recordings with the Velvet Underground, the German-born icon... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Passing Strange
- Thursday Mar 27 (8pm) @ The Belasco Theatre More times »
- The loose autobiography-in-song of one Mark Stewart (aka Stew), Passing Strange tells the story of a restless Youth (the excellent Daniel Breaker) who flees his... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Fight Girl Battle World
- Thursday Mar 27 (8pm) @ Center Stage More times »
- Now that graphic novels and sci-fi movies possess some geek-chic caché, Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company has translated that aesthetic to the stage with its newest... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Paradise Park
- Thursday Mar 27 (8pm) @ Signature Theatre More times »
- Charles Mee's work might not be terribly straightforward, but his collage-like storytelling should suit the multitasking, ADD-prone masses. Paradise Park, the playwright's third and final... View details »
- Film
- New Directors/New Films
- Thursday Mar 27 @ Various locations More times »
- There's never a shortage of good film festivals and programs in New York, but the annual New Directors/New Films consistently emerges as the showcase with... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Sunday in the Park with George
- Thursday Mar 27 (8pm) @ Studio 54 More times »
- Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park with George is a concept musical based on the beyond-famous Georges Seurat painting A Sunday Afternoon... View details »
- Art
- Cao Fei
- Thursday Mar 27 (10am–6pm) @ Lombard-Freid Gallery More times »
- Free
- Chinese artist Cao Fei's RMB City is a virtual metropolis designed for the online world Second Life, and Lombard-Freid Gallery is exhibiting a scale model... View details »
- Art
- Subodh Gupta
- Thursday Mar 27 (10am–6pm) @ Jack Shainman Gallery More times »
- Free
- Subodh Gupta traverses painting, sculpture, and video with tightly thematic stories from Indian history, told in the dialect of household utensils and clichéd scenes of... View details »
- Art
- Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh
- Thursday Mar 27 (10am–6pm) @ Tina Kim Gallery More times »
- Free
- Works by Iranian artist Reza Farkhondeh don't appear often outside of collaborations like these with Ghada Amer. Her nature scenes and wallpaper-like patterns are prim... View details »
- Art
- Martin McMurray
- Thursday Mar 27 (11am–6pm) @ Jeff Bailey Gallery More times »
- Free
- In his second solo exhibition at Jeff Bailey Gallery, Martin McMurray presents The Unreliable Narrator, a series of subtle-toned, soft-focus acrylics. The pieces set up... View details »
- Art
- Jeremy Boyle
- Thursday Mar 27 (11am–6pm) @ Hudson Franklin Gallery More times »
- Free
- Like Sol Lewitt trapped in RadioShack, Jeremy Boyle surrenders his artistic role to mechanical gizmos. The latest version of his Self-Playing Guitar replaces the musician... View details »
- Art
- Kanishka Raja
- Thursday Mar 27 (10am–6pm) @ Envoy Gallery More times »
- Free
- Kanishka Raja's immersive installation Indian Yellow, which tackles India's Gujarat carnage of 2002, greets viewers at the door with figures from an idyllic British colonial... View details »
- Art
- Peter Coffin
- Thursday Mar 27 (10am–6pm) @ Andrew Kreps Gallery More times »
- Free
- In Peter Coffin's latest solo show, 30 video screens play archival footage of frolicking animals, while a motorized, roller coaster-like contraption pulls balloons through the... View details »
- Art
- Beka Goedde and David Meanix
- Thursday Mar 27 (11am–7pm) @ Leo Kesting Gallery More times »
- Free
- In two separate exhibitions, Beka Goedde and David Meanix present the fractured beauty of cityscapes and human faces, exploring in tandem the relationships between people... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Romeo and Juliet
- Thursday Mar 27 @ The Kirk at Theatre Row More times »
- In this updated, witty interpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, familiar tropes clash with contemporary archetypes. The four-actor cast stays true to the bard's words... View details »
- Art
- Georganne Deen
- Thursday Mar 27 (noon–6pm) @ Amy Smith Stewart More times »
- Free
- Los Angeles painter Georganne Deen is an icon among West Coast post-punk aesthetes, and well-known to readers of Juxtapoz magazine as a proponent of lyrical... View details »
- Art
- ABC No Rio 5th Bi-Annual: Ides of March
- Thursday Mar 27 (6–8pm) @ ABC No Rio More times »
- Free
- ABC No Rio has been a hub for LES radicals and artists for over a quarter of a century, and now it's set for demolition... View details »
- Art: Fair
- SCOPE New York
- Thursday Mar 27 (10am–8pm) @ Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts More times »
- The SCOPE fair brings together the beauty, violence, and humor of emerging artists in the global community. Exhibitors from Brooklyn to Oslo contribute installations, including... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- The Four of Us
- Thursday Mar 27 (7:30pm) @ New York City Center More times »
- Itamar Moses is a young, successful playwright who happens to be best friends with a young, incredibly successful novelist named Jonathan Safran Foer. A fictionalized... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Rutlemania
- Thursday Mar 27 (8pm) @ Blender Theater at Gramercy More times »
- Giveaway
- According to esteemed commentator Stanley J. Krammerhead III, the Rutles were "essentially imperical malengistes of a rhythmically radical yet verbally passé and temporally transcended lyrically... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- Tim Minchin
- Thursday Mar 27 (8pm) @ New World Stages More times »
- Australian comic Tim Minchin — dubbed Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival — gives Off-Broadway audiences a sampling of his self-deprecating, raunchy humor. Armed... View details »
- Art: Fair
- DiVA
- Thursday Mar 27 (noon–8pm) @ West Chelsea, Gallery District More times »
- Free
- Now in its fourth year, DiVA provides an apt visual expression for the week's artistic traffic jam, as the gallery district resorts to curbside shipping... View details »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Paragraph
- Thursday Mar 27 @ Paragraph More times »
- Joy Parisi and Lila Cecil understand the importance of having a room of one's own. At Paragraph, their Union Square writing center, the proverbial room... View details »
