Events on Tuesday, April 15

Dead Meadow w/ the Parlor Mob and Ancient Sky

Music

Dead Meadow

Tuesday 4/15 @ Maxwell's

Thousands of bands imitate Black Sabbath and Blue Cheer, but few do so with the finesse of Dead Meadow. The power... 

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone w/ the Urxed, Clue to Kalo, and Fiasco

Music

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Tuesday 4/15 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

This year Owen Ashworth, the SF-based film-school dropout and master of melancholy, celebrates ten years of his aptly named musical project,... 

My Favorite Things feat. Daz-I-Kue and Osborne

Music: DJ

Daz-I-Kue and Osborne

Tuesday 4/15 @ APT

The monthly My Favorite Things party welcomes broken-beat maestro Daz-I-Kue (of West London's Bugz in the Attic crew) and Ghostly International's... 

Ongoing Events

Martin McMurray: <em>The Unreliable Narrator</em>

Art

Martin McMurray

Tuesday 4/15 @ Jeff Bailey Gallery

In his second solo exhibition at Jeff Bailey Gallery, Martin McMurray presents The Unreliable Narrator, a series of subtle-toned, soft-focus acrylics.... 

Eliot Feld's Mandance Project

Dance

Mandance Project

Tuesday 4/15 @ The Joyce Theater

Eliot Feld's Mandance Project returns for its fourth Joyce season. The first program includes solos for two lovely ladies: former Martha... 

Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung: <em>Residential Erection</em>

Art

Residential Erection

Tuesday 4/15 @ Postmasters

In his new show Residential Erection, Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung lifts the veil on American politics with the biting wit of a... 

Etta James

Music

Etta James

Tuesday 4/15 @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill

Blessed with a voice both brassy and bluesy, and admired by present-day belters such as the Gossip's Beth Ditto, Etta James... 

Tseng Kwong Chi: <em>Self Portraits 1979-1989</em>

Art

Tseng Kwong Chi

Tuesday 4/15 @ Paul Kasmin Gallery

Without newlyweds or a bus-load of septuagenarians, photographs of "picture-perfect" places like the Taj Mahal, Niagara Falls, and Cinderella's Castle are... 

<em>Untitiled Mars (This Title May Change)</em>

Theatre

Untitiled Mars

Tuesday 4/15 @ P.S. 122

Jay Scheib's experimental play, Untitled Mars (This Title May Change), attempts to answer David Bowie's age-old question, "Is there life on... 

Gustave Courbet

Art

Gustave Courbet

Tuesday 4/15 @ 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>God's Ear</em>

Theatre

God's Ear

Tuesday 4/15 @ Vineyard Theatre

Playwright Jenny Schwartz made a downtown splash last year with her breakout play God's Ear, and now the Vineyard Theatre revives... 

15th Annual New York African Film Festival<em> </em>

Film

New York African Film Festival

Tuesday 4/15 @ Various locations

Given their stakes and scope, it's no wonder that even the weakest of African films tend to pack a visceral punch.... 

Dave Eggers curates <em>Lots of Things Like This</em>

Art

Lots of Things Like This

Tuesday 4/15 @ Apex Art

Author and McSweeney's founder Dave Eggers curates this show of whip-smart, witty one-liners, selected for their playful mix of text and... 

Slavic Soul Party!

Music: Global

Slavic Soul Party!

Tuesday 4/15 @ Barbès

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

Kanishka Raja: <em>Indian Yellow</em>

Art

Kanishka Raja

Tuesday 4/15 @ Envoy Gallery

Kanishka Raja's immersive installation Indian Yellow, which tackles India's Gujarat carnage of 2002, greets viewers at the door with figures from... 

<em>Adding Machine</em>

Theatre

Adding Machine

Tuesday 4/15 @ Minetta Lane Theatre

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

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Tuesday 4/15 @ 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>The Four of Us</em>

Theatre

The Four of Us

Tuesday 4/15 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Tuesday 4/15 @ Paragraph

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

<em>After the Reality 2 </em>

Art

After the Reality 2

Tuesday 4/15 @ Deitch Projects

Tokyo gallerist Hiromi Yoshii revisits Japan's post-superflat art scene with After the Reality 2, a group exhibition featuring several first-time exhibitors... 

<em>The Visitor</em>

Film

The Visitor

Tuesday 4/15 @ Landmark Sunshine

Some character actors should never really be leading men (Jude Law), and some just haven't been given the chance. Richard Jenkins... 

The Date Farmers: <em>The Crying Playboy</em>

Art

The Date Farmers

Tuesday 4/15 @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Armando Lerma and Carlos Ramirez — collectively known as the multimedia-art team the Date Farmers — mash up art history with... 

<em>Passing Strange</em>

Theatre

Passing Strange

Tuesday 4/15 @ 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... 

Gregory Crewdson

Art: Photography

Gregory Crewdson

Tuesday 4/15 @ Luhring Augustine Gallery

For his latest show, Gregory Crewdson churns out a new line of epic photo tableaux. Shot on a blockbuster budget with... 

Bobby Previte's <em>April in New York 2008</em>

Music

Bobby Previte

Tuesday 4/15 @ South Street Seaport

Rare is the drummer whose compositions attract as much praise as his timekeeping; Bobby Previte is one of the few. For... 

Jasper Johns: <em>Gray</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Tuesday 4/15 @ 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>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Tuesday 4/15 @ Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center Theater's revival of Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific is one of those rare, magical experiences that makes musical theater... 

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

Theatre

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Tuesday 4/15 @ Broadhurst Theatre

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

Jeremy Boyle

Art

Jeremy Boyle

Tuesday 4/15 @ Hudson Franklin Gallery

Like Sol Lewitt trapped in RadioShack, Jeremy Boyle surrenders his artistic role to mechanical gizmos. The latest version of his Self-Playing... 

Afrika Bambaataa

Music: DJ

Afrika Bambaataa

Tuesday 4/15 @ APT

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

<em>Darger</em>ism<em>: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger</em>

Art

Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger

Tuesday 4/15 @ American Folk Art Museum

The American Folk Art Museum is home to the world's largest collection of work by Henry Darger, the Chicago recluse and... 

<em>Macbeth</em>

Theatre

Macbeth

Tuesday 4/15 @ Lyceum Theatre

Director Rupert Goold switches out Scottish castles for Soviet regalia in his modern revamping of Macbeth. Patrick Stewart returns to the... 

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

Art

Cai Guo-Qiang

Tuesday 4/15 @ Guggenheim Museum

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

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Tuesday 4/15 @ Imperial Theatre

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

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

Art

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions

Tuesday 4/15 @ 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... 

Anne Hardy

Art

Anne Hardy

Tuesday 4/15 @ Bellwether Gallery

Photographer Anne Hardy could just as easily have succeeded as an installation artist or set dresser. Her elaborately staged photographs —... 

Women Center Stage Festival

Theatre

Women Center Stage Festival

Tuesday 4/15 @ Culture Project

Progressive downtown stalwart Culture Project has announced a promising lineup for its annual Women Center Stage festival. Highlights include a conversation... 

Lucas Reiner: <em>Envoi</em>

Art

Lucas Reiner

Tuesday 4/15 @ Kips Gallery

Los Angeles painter Lucas Reiner may be related by blood to some of the funniest men in America, but when it... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Tuesday 4/15 @ 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... 

Peter Coffin: <em>You Are Me</em>

Art

Peter Coffin

Tuesday 4/15 @ Andrew Kreps Gallery

In Peter Coffin's latest solo show, 30 video screens play archival footage of frolicking animals, while a motorized, roller coaster-like contraption... 

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

Theatre

Sunday in the Park with George

Tuesday 4/15 @ 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... 

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

Art

Lee Friedlander

Tuesday 4/15 @ 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>Another Vermeer</em>

Theatre

Another Vermeer

Tuesday 4/15 @ Dorothy Strelsin Theatre

In historical drama Another Vermeer, notorious art forger Han van Meegeren sells his own painting — claiming it a crecently discovered... 

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

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Tuesday 4/15 @ 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...