Events on Saturday, April 19

Sustainability Action Day: Toxic Tours & Urban Gardening

Special Event

Sustainability Action Day

Saturday 4/19 @ Eyebeam

The fertile minds at Eyebeam conclude their Feedback eco-exhibition with a green focus on NYC's gray areas. Natalie Jeremijenko stages a... 

Dubwise Sessions 17 feat. Sammy Dread w/ DRM, Erik the Red, and Lenky Don

Music: DJ

Sammy Dread

Saturday 4/19 @ Studio BPM

New dub-only specialty venue Studio BPM welcomes Jamaican old-head Sammy Dread tonight, sparking a little chaos in south Williamsburg. One of... 

Jammin' on the One feat. 9th Wonder w/ DJ MeLo-X

Music: DJ

9th Wonder

Saturday 4/19 @ Love

North Carolina was 9th Wonder's stomping ground way back when he used to make beats on FruityLoops in his college dorm... 

Salt & Samovar

Music

Salt & Samovar

Saturday 4/19 @ Joe's Pub

There's something classic about Salt & Samovar, and it's not just the old-timey lettering they use on handbills and album covers.... 

Verboten: SebastiAn & Kavinsky

Music: DJ

SebastiAn & Kavinsky

Saturday 4/19 @ Studio B

After touring with Daft Punk, reigning supreme on any number of indie blogs, and helping put France back on the dance-music... 

Ongoing Events

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Saturday 4/19 @ 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 4/19 @ 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... 

Eliot Feld's Mandance Project

Dance

Mandance Project

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

<em>Satyagraha</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Satyagraha

Saturday 4/19 @ Metropolitan Opera House

Satyagraha comes to the Met following an acclaimed run in London. This new production of Philip Glass' 1979 opera about Gandhi's... 

Gregory Crewdson

Art: Photography

Gregory Crewdson

Saturday 4/19 @ Luhring Augustine Gallery

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

Guillermo E. Brown: <em>Shuffle Mode</em>

Music

Guillermo E. Brown

Saturday 4/19 @ Apollo Theater

Since replacing Susie Ibarra as the drummer in David S. Ware's free-jazz quartet, Guillermo E. Brown has explored the idea that... 

<em>After the Reality 2 </em>

Art

After the Reality 2

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

EATfest

Theatre

EATfest

Saturday 4/19 @ Roy Arias Theatre Center

On TV, Dr. Phil commands us to lose weight and our politicians beg us to trust them. Emerging Artist Theatre's EATfest... 

Jeremy Boyle

Art

Jeremy Boyle

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Saturday 4/19 @ Paragraph

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

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Residential Erection

Saturday 4/19 @ Postmasters

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

<em>Constantine's Sword</em>

Film: Documentary

Constantine's Sword

Saturday 4/19 @ Quad Cinema

Too often, "essay films" — documentaries arguing a specific point of view — are made by those antipathetic to their subjects.... 

<em>Macbeth</em>

Theatre

Macbeth

Saturday 4/19 @ 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

Saturday 4/19 @ Guggenheim Museum

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

Earth Day Expo 2008

Festival: Performing Arts

Earth Day Expo 2008

Saturday 4/19 @ Habana Outpost

It's all too easy to get guilted into going green, with freegan friends and Al Gore cheerleaders pushing us into dangerously... 

New York Comic Con

Conferences

New York Comic Con

Saturday 4/19 @ Jacob K. Javits Center

New York Comic Con features a who's-who lineup of illustrators, writers, filmmakers, artists, and actors. With celebrities like postmodern author Neil... 

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Saturday 4/19 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

Paul Chan: <em>The 7 Lights</em>

Art

Paul Chan

Saturday 4/19 @ New Museum of Contemporary Art

Paul Chan's series of seven digital projections recounts the story of Genesis in light and shadow. Silhouettes of familiar objects drift... 

Jasper Johns: <em>Gray</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Saturday 4/19 @ 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>Adding Machine</em>

Theatre

Adding Machine

Saturday 4/19 @ Minetta Lane Theatre

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

Tamara Kostianovsky: <em>The Proper Animal, Part II</em>

Art

Tamara Kostianovsky

Saturday 4/19 @ Black & White Gallery

Tamara Kostianovsky's debut solo exhibition, Actus Reus, is the second part of a three-part series, titled The Proper Animal and hosted... 

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

Theatre

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Saturday 4/19 @ 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>Passing Strange</em>

Theatre

Passing Strange

Saturday 4/19 @ 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 4/19 @ 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>A Hard Day's Night</em> (1964) and <em>The Knack, and How to Get It </em>(1965)

Film

A Hard Day's Night and The Knack, and How to Get It

Saturday 4/19 @ Film Forum

A Hard Day's Night may be the first music video ever made. After all, Richard Lester's black-and-white montage of Beatlemania is... 

<em>Another Vermeer</em>

Theatre

Another Vermeer

Saturday 4/19 @ Dorothy Strelsin Theatre

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

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

Art

Peter Coffin

Saturday 4/19 @ 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>Hostage Song</em>

Theatre

Hostage Song

Saturday 4/19 @ Kraine Theater

The new indie-rock musical Hostage Song offers a glimpse into the dark, hallucinatory experiences of two bound and blindfolded American civilians.... 

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

Art

WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

Anne Hardy

Art

Anne Hardy

Saturday 4/19 @ Bellwether Gallery

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

Theatre

Fire Island

Saturday 4/19 @ 3LD Art & Technology Center

Sitting on floor cushions and deck chairs, the audience provides the stage here, playing an integral role in recreating the relaxed,... 

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

Art

Martin McMurray

Saturday 4/19 @ 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.... 

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

Art

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions

Saturday 4/19 @ 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>The Four of Us</em>

Theatre

The Four of Us

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Date Farmers

Saturday 4/19 @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery

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

Women Center Stage Festival

Theatre

Women Center Stage Festival

Saturday 4/19 @ Culture Project

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

<em>Jump</em>

Theatre

Jump

Saturday 4/19 @ 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>Darger</em>ism<em>: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger</em>

Art

Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

Lady Pink and Aiko: <em>Brick Ladies of NYC</em>

Art

Lady Pink and Aiko

Saturday 4/19 @ Ad Hoc Art

Brick Ladies of NYC celebrates Lady Pink and Aiko Nakagawa, longstanding heavy hitters in both the street-art scene and the modern-art... 

Ralph Bakshi

Art

Ralph Bakshi

Saturday 4/19 @ Animazing Gallery

With his controversial adult animation, Ralph Bakshi paved the way for Ren & Stimpy and South Park. Throughout his career, Bakshi's... 

Theatre

Emancipation

Saturday 4/19 @ Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center

The Classical Theatre of Harlem presents Emancipation, a brand-new play by longtime company member Ty Jones. Emancipation tells the story of... 

Georganne Deen: <em>The Love that Has No Opposite</em>

Art

Georganne Deen

Saturday 4/19 @ Smith-Stewart

Los Angeles painter Georganne Deen is an icon among West Coast post-punk aesthetes, and well-known to readers of Juxtapoz magazine as... 

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

Art

Lee Friedlander

Saturday 4/19 @ 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>Untitiled Mars (This Title May Change)</em>

Theatre

Untitiled Mars

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Lots of Things Like This

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Saturday 4/19 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Saturday 4/19 @ 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 4/19 @ 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 Visitor</em>

Film

The Visitor

Saturday 4/19 @ Landmark Sunshine

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

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

Theatre

Sunday in the Park with George

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Kanishka Raja

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

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

Music

Bobby Previte

Saturday 4/19 @ South Street Seaport

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

<em>Big Kids Little Kids </em>

Art

Big Kids Little Kids

Saturday 4/19 @ Cinders Gallery

There have been a lot of cheap shots volleyed between the youths of New York and Philadelphia. But regardless of who's... 

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

Art

Tseng Kwong Chi

Saturday 4/19 @ 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... 

The Kids in the Hall

Comedy

The Kids in the Hall

Saturday 4/19 @ Best Buy Theatre

Not everyone "gets" the Kids in the Hall's humor (it helps if you prefer a good deal of absurdity peppering your... 

<em>&copy; MURAKAMI</em>

Art

© MURAKAMI

Saturday 4/19 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

Japanese neo-pop artist Takashi Murakami once said that Andy Warhol — to whom he's often compared — made art in order... 

Gustave Courbet

Art

Gustave Courbet

Saturday 4/19 @ 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

Saturday 4/19 @ Vineyard Theatre

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

Lucas Reiner: <em>Envoi</em>

Art

Lucas Reiner

Saturday 4/19 @ Kips Gallery

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

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

Film

New York African Film Festival

Saturday 4/19 @ Various locations

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