Events on Friday, March 7

Hey Hey My My w/ the Epochs and the Subjects

Music

Hey Hey My My

Friday 3/ 7 @ Southpaw

French music's got a few (not entirely unwarranted) stereotypes: there's house à la Daft Punk, '60s yé-yé pop, and, in light... 

Faux Punk w/ Low B, Afrobots, and Roxy Cottontail

Music: DJ

Faux Punk w/ Low B

Friday 3/ 7 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Not all of us procured the precious tickets necessary to catch Daft Punk at Keyspan Park last summer, so we're digging... 

Sub Swara feat. Ghislain Poirier

Music: DJ

Ghislain Poirier

Friday 3/ 7 @ Love

Riding the cold north winds from Montreal comes Ghislain Poirier, global-beat ambassador and founder of the hugely successful Bounce le Gros... 

The Bunker feat. Vladislav Delay w/ Seth Troxler, and Kate Simko

Music: Electronic

Vladislav Delay w/ Seth Troxler

Friday 3/ 7 @ Public Assembly

Finland's Sasu Ripatti always opts for quality over quantity, whether he's penning slick vocal-house gems as Luomo, pumping out experimental click... 

Sally Shapiro and Johan Agebjörn

Music: DJ

Sally Shapiro

Friday 3/ 7 @ The Mercury Lounge

Sally Shapiro's 2006 record Disco Romance was recently re-issued on Paper Bag Records, and continues to convert jaded... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Betrayed</em>

Theatre

Betrayed

Friday 3/ 7 @ Culture Project

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

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

Theatre

Romeo and Juliet

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Gray Area</em>

Theatre

Gray Area

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

Luc Tuymans: <em>Forever</em>

Art

Luc Tuymans

Friday 3/ 7 @ David Zwirner

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

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

Art

Be Kind Rewind

Friday 3/ 7 @ Deitch Projects

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

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

Tim Minchin

Comedy

Tim Minchin

Friday 3/ 7 @ New World Stages

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

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

Art

Matt Leines

Friday 3/ 7 @ Clementine Gallery

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

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

Special Event

blog.mode

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Jump</em>

Theatre

Jump

Friday 3/ 7 @ Union Square Theatre

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

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

Art: Photography

Irving Penn

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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 39 Steps</em>

Theatre

The 39 Steps 

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Questa</em>

Theatre

Questa

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

Jaishri Abichandani: <I>Reconciliations</I>

Art

Jaishri Abichandani

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Friday 3/ 7 @ Imperial Theatre

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

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

Art

The Vision and Art of Shinjo Ito

Friday 3/ 7 @ Milk Studios

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

Jen DeNike: <em>Thirteen</em>

Art

Jen DeNike

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Gray</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art </em>

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Open House</em>

Theatre

Open House

Friday 3/ 7 @ Various locations

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

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>J'entends plus la guitare </em>(1991)

Film

J'entends plus la guitare

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Paradise Park</em>

Theatre

Paradise Park

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Unmonumental

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Cao Fei

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Robert Mapplethorpe

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions</em>

Art

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Passing Strange</em>

Theatre

Passing Strange

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>The Unforeseen</em>

Film: Documentary

The Unforeseen

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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

Friday 3/ 7 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

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

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

Art

New York States of Mind

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Sunday in the Park with George</em>

Theatre

Sunday in the Park with George

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

Sterling Ruby: <em>CHRON</em>

Art

Sterling Ruby

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution</em>

Art

WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Lee Friedlander

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Life in a Marital Institution</em>

Theatre

Life in a Marital Institution

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

Lucian Freud: <em>The Painter's Etchings</em>

Art

Lucian Freud

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Friday 3/ 7 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Adding Machine</em>

Theatre

Adding Machine

Friday 3/ 7 @ Minetta Lane Theatre

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

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

Art

Marvin Franklin

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</em>

Theatre

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Fight Girl Battle World</em>

Theatre

Fight Girl Battle World

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Cai Guo-Qiang

Friday 3/ 7 @ Guggenheim Museum

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

<em>The Four of Us</em>

Theatre

The Four of Us

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Carrie Mae Weems

Friday 3/ 7 @ Jack Shainman Gallery

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

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

Art

Nayland Blake

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

Gustave Courbet

Art

Gustave Courbet

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Jasper Johns

Friday 3/ 7 @ 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...