Events on Monday, April 7
Blackface: Examining the Minstrel Tradition
Monday 4/ 7 @ CUNY Graduate Center
Many historically beloved films — like, say, 1942's Holiday Inn starring Fred Astaire — featured embarrassingly non-ironic blackface routines. But as...
Monday 4/ 7 @ Japan Society
Keralino Sandorovich has conquered just about every artistic medium there is. In addition to founding indie-rock band Uchoten and directing theatre...
Monday 4/ 7 @ The Bowery Ballroom
NYC-based singer/songwriter Nina Nastasia has long been a cult favorite, with high-profile fans like late BBC tastemaker John Peel and uber-producer...
Ongoing Events
New York Underground Film Festival
Monday 4/ 7 @ Anthology Film Archives
For 15 years, the New York Underground Film Festival has showcased overlooked, unexpected, and experimental gems. Due to restructuring efforts, however,...
Monday 4/ 7 @ New World Stages
Australian comic Tim Minchin — dubbed Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival — gives Off-Broadway audiences a sampling of his...
Monday 4/ 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...
Monday 4/ 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...
WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution
Monday 4/ 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...
Monday 4/ 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...
Monday 4/ 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...
Monday 4/ 7 @ Judson Memorial Church
Movement Research's eclectic Monday-night performances at Judson Church provide equal stimulation for trained and untrained eyes. Those familiar with contemporary modern...
Monday 4/ 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...
Monday 4/ 7 @ BAM
The Saragossa Manuscript is a labyrinthine film that plays like a Napoleonic-era Arabian Nights. Based on a novel, the film follows...
Monday 4/ 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...
Monday 4/ 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...
Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now
Monday 4/ 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,...
