Events on Wednesday, April 30

Public Art Fund presents Paul Chan

Special Event

Public Art Fund presents Paul Chan

Wednesday 4/30 @ The New School

Paul Chan's work is practically a meteorological occasion, and tonight the Public Art Fund plays storm chaser. His 7 Lights series,... 

Jason Anderson

Music

Jason Anderson

Wednesday 4/30 @ Pete's Candy Store

Jason Anderson is disarmingly sincere. In the past, his tunes, both as a solo artist and the slightly more abrasive Wolf... 

Gordon Ramsay

Food/Wine

Gordon Ramsay

Wednesday 4/30 @ Borders Park Ave

Frozen, prepackaged food makes Gordon Ramsay say the f-word a lot. Actually, lots of things make him say the f-word a... 

Dave Hill's Festival of Sight and Sound and Other Stuff feat. Dave Hill and a couple of other people!

Comedy

Dave Hill's Festival of Sight and Sound and Other Stuff

Wednesday 4/30 @ Comix

Dave Hill knows suits (pinstriped ones, specifically) and music — he's the frontman for local rock band Valley Lodge, plays guitar... 

Ongoing Events

Theatre

Fire Island

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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,... 

Ralph Bakshi

Art

Ralph Bakshi

Wednesday 4/30 @ Animazing Gallery

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

UniverSoul Circus presents <em>Jabulani: Joy, Happiness, and Laughter</em>

Performing Arts

UniverSoul Circus

Wednesday 4/30 @ Various locations

Step right up to behold ghetto-fabulous pachyderms, comedic acrobats, and hip-hop in the big top! Based out of Atlanta and inspired... 

<em>Passing Strange</em>

Theatre

Passing Strange

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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... 

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

Art

Cai Guo-Qiang

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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... 

<em>After the Reality 2 </em>

Art

After the Reality 2

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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>Jeff Koons on the Roof</em>

Art

Jeff Koons on the Roof

Wednesday 4/30 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

It's difficult to reconcile the Jeff Koons of topiary puppies, pool floaties, ornamental hearts, and oversized choo-choo trains with the man... 

<em>Steve & Idi</em>

Theatre

Steve & Idi

Wednesday 4/30 @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Aspiring playwright Steve's life is becoming bleaker and bleaker — his boyfriend dumps him, his agent drops him — and then,... 

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

Art

The Date Farmers

Wednesday 4/30 @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery

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

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

Theatre

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Wednesday 4/30 @ Broadhurst Theatre

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

123 Festival

Dance

123 Festival

Wednesday 4/30 @ The Joyce Theater

ABT II, Ailey II, and Taylor 2 — the second companies of American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and... 

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

Art

Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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>The Visitor</em>

Film

The Visitor

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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>Big Kids Little Kids </em>

Art

Big Kids Little Kids

Wednesday 4/30 @ Cinders Gallery

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

Anne Hardy

Art

Anne Hardy

Wednesday 4/30 @ Bellwether Gallery

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

<em>Macbeth</em>

Theatre

Macbeth

Wednesday 4/30 @ Lyceum Theatre

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

Jasper Johns: <em>Gray</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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... 

[SOLD OUT] Feist

Music

[SOLD OUT] Feist

Wednesday 4/30 @ Hammerstein Ballroom

No one could have foreseen Leslie Feist's slingshot rise to indie stardom. Actually, on second thought, wasn't it always kind of... 

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

Art

Lots of Things Like This

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Wednesday 4/30 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Port Authority</em>

Theatre

Port Authority

Wednesday 4/30 @ Linda Gross Theater

"I never thought about myself," claims senior citizen Joe (Jim Norton) in playwright Conor McPherson's Port Authority. Yet he does. A... 

<i>Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now</i>

Art

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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,... 

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

Film

New York African Film Festival

Wednesday 4/30 @ Various locations

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

EATfest

Theatre

EATfest

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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... 

Gregory Crewdson

Art: Photography

Gregory Crewdson

Wednesday 4/30 @ Luhring Augustine Gallery

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

<em>Up the Yangtze </em>

Film: Documentary

Up the Yangtze

Wednesday 4/30 @ IFC Center

Earthquakes and social protest make headlines, but a far more complex and subtle catastrophe is taking shape in the shadow of... 

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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>&copy; MURAKAMI</em>

Art

© MURAKAMI

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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... 

<em>Yellow Moon: The Ballad of Leila and Lee</em>

Theatre

Yellow Moon

Wednesday 4/30 @ 59E59 Theaters

Ah, to be 17 again! Leila and Lee are two teens from a dead-end Scottish town who, while marinating in several... 

<em>Stuff and Dough</em>

Film

Stuff and Dough

Wednesday 4/30 @ Film Forum

Suffused in natural light and crackling with background noise, Romania's latest film import brims with the clatter of everyday life —... 

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

Art

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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>God's Ear</em>

Theatre

God's Ear

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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

Wednesday 4/30 @ Kips Gallery

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

Tribeca Film Festival

Film

Tribeca Film Festival

Wednesday 4/30 @ Various locations

The Tribeca Film Festival always heaps on the glitz and glamor with its high-profile mainstream films (Tina Fey's Baby Mama kicks... 

Theatre

Emancipation

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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... 

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

Art

Design and the Elastic Mind

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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>Constantine's Sword</em>

Film: Documentary

Constantine's Sword

Wednesday 4/30 @ Quad Cinema

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

<em>The Four of Us</em>

Theatre

The Four of Us

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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... 

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

Art

Tseng Kwong Chi

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Wednesday 4/30 @ Imperial Theatre

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

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

Art

Lee Friedlander

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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... 

Tribeca Film Festival and Apple

Workshop/Class

Tribeca Film Festival and Apple

Wednesday 4/30 @ The Apple Store, Soho

For the fourth year running, the Apple Store teams up with the Tribeca Film Festival for a series of free filmmaking... 

<em>The Sound and The Fury (April Seventh, 1928)</em>

Theatre

The Sound and the Fury

Wednesday 4/30 @ New York Theatre Workshop

Elevator Repair Service's inventive adaptation of the opening chapter of The Sound and the Fury delivers the soul of Faulkner's novel... 

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

Art

Residential Erection

Wednesday 4/30 @ Postmasters

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

<em>Then She Found Me</em>

Film

Then She Found Me

Wednesday 4/30 @ Various locations

Ever since Mad About You made Helen Hunt a household name, she's never been able to shake the distinct scent of... 

<em>Jump</em>

Theatre

Jump

Wednesday 4/30 @ Union Square Theatre

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

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

Art

Kanishka Raja

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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>Roman de Gare</em>

Film

Roman de Gare

Wednesday 4/30 @ Angelika Film Center

Roman de Gare takes its name from the French term for popular novels sold in train stations, and, indeed, this film's... 

<em>The New Normal </em>

Art

The New Normal

Wednesday 4/30 @ Artists Space

Dick Cheney's deliciously/terrifyingly Orwellian phrase "the New Normal" — referring to the newly shifted line between the private and the public... 

The Bruce High Quality Foundation: <em>The Retrospective </em>

Art

The Bruce High Quality Foundation

Wednesday 4/30 @ Susan Inglett Gallery

The Bruce High Quality Foundation's motto is "Professional problems, amateur solutions" — a perfect summary of its invigorating handmade aesthetic and... 

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

Theatre

Sunday in the Park with George

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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... 

Gustave Courbet

Art

Gustave Courbet

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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>Adding Machine</em>

Theatre

Adding Machine

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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>Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art </em>

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Wednesday 4/30 @ 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>Endgame</em>

Theatre

Endgame

Wednesday 4/30 @ BAM

In Beckett's Endgame, the past is contained in garbage cans, the future is crippled, and the present is blind — but... 

Olafur Eliasson: <em>Take your time</em>

Art

Olafur Eliasson

Wednesday 4/30 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Olafur Eliasson works beyond gallery and exhibition spaces, dictating every aspect of the viewer's experience to create environments that are worthy... 

PEN World Voices: Public Lives/Private Lives

Conferences

PEN World Voices

Wednesday 4/30 @ Various locations

The PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature is, as the name suggests, an annual celebration of language, writing, and free...