Events on Thursday, August 21

Art and Music in Popular Culture

Film: Shorts

Art and Music in Popular Culture

Thursday 8/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Tonight's experimental-film program feels like an hour-long look into the wrong end of a telescope, as visual experiments hit the eye... 

Oxford Collapse Record Release Show w/ Italian Ice, Seance, and Skiing

Music

Oxford Collapse

Thursday 8/21 @ Glasslands Gallery

After a few albums of post-punk manqué, Brooklyn trio Oxford Collapse shattered expectations with 2006's Remember the Night Parties. Sounding more... 

In the Flesh Erotic Reading Series

Books: Reading

In the Flesh Erotic Reading Series

Thursday 8/21 @ Happy Ending

Former Village Voice "lusty lady" Rachel Kramer Bussel hosts this popular monthly series in an equally racy setting: Happy Ending, a... 

AM Gold: The Softest Rock, the Smoothest Burlesque

Performing Arts

AM Gold

Thursday 8/21 @ Coney Island Museum

The Coney Island Museum's Burlesque at the Beach series continues with steamy, no-holds-barred renditions of your parents' favorite yacht-rock gems. And... 

<em>Being There </em>(1979)

Film

Being There

Thursday 8/21 @ Brooklyn Bridge Park

Being There, director Hal Ashby's odd stab at political satire, revived Peter Sellers' curious career before his death. The plot orbits... 

Let It Roll feat. DJ Stunna w/ Christian Bruna

Music: DJ

Let It Roll

Thursday 8/21 @ Sullivan Room

Drum 'n bass DJ Place42, the mastermind behind the well-curated Secret Night of Science parties at Love, has parlayed his success... 

Ongoing Events

Le Jean De, Respect Is Burning, and Made Event present &Eacute;t&eacute; d'Amour

Music: DJ

Été d'Amour

Thursday 8/21 @ Santos Party House

Respect, the newest entry in the deluge of summer parties, was originally founded in Paris by three Frenchmen who booked everyone... 

<em>Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling</em>

Art

Home Delivery

Thursday 8/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Prefab living typically calls to mind nightmarish suburban communities with impossibly pastoral names like "Autumnal Spring." But MoMA's Chief Curator of... 

<em>American Teen</em>

Film: Documentary

American Teen

Thursday 8/21 @ Various locations

The tired teen-movie genre is re-envisioned by Nanette Burstein in her documentary American Teen, which depicts the experiences of five high-school... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Thursday 8/21 @ Imperial Theatre

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

<em>Jeff Koons on the Roof</em>

Art

Jeff Koons on the Roof

Thursday 8/21 @ 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... 

The Science Barge

Special Event

The Science Barge

Thursday 8/21 @ Riverside Park South

Take a 45-minute guided tour of the city's only functioning, large-scale sustainable farm: the Science Barge boasts a vegetable garden grown... 

<em>The Wackness </em>

Film

The Wackness

Thursday 8/21 @ Various locations

The Wackness is the sort of movie whose most redeeming qualities are least likely to be advertised in its trailers. About... 

<em>A Day in Dig Nation</em>

Theatre

A Day in Dig Nation

Thursday 8/21 @ P.S. 122

Flying Carpet Theatre's A Day in Dig Nation is the type of genre-defying show that is supposed to be thriving in... 

Kehinde Wiley: <em>The World Stage: Africa, Lagos ~ Dakar</em>

Art

Kehinde Wiley

Thursday 8/21 @ Studio Museum in Harlem

Borrowing the poise and posture once reserved for 18th-century royalty, Kehinde Wiley's portraits feature young, African-American men — from anonymous neighborhood... 

<em>Baghead</em>

Film

Baghead

Thursday 8/21 @ Various locations

Directed and written by mumblecore hotshots (if such a concept isn't a total oxymoron) the Duplass Brothers, Baghead is a meta-movie... 

<em>Adding Machine</em>

Theatre

Adding Machine

Thursday 8/21 @ 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>Darger</em>ism<em>: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger</em>

Art

Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger

Thursday 8/21 @ 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>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</em>

Film

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Thursday 8/21 @ Various locations

Some die-hard Woody Allen fans may insist the poster-child for neurotic, narcissistic New Yorkers has still got it in him, but... 

<em>Gunnin' for That #1 Spot</em>

Film: Documentary

Gunnin' for That #1 Spot

Thursday 8/21 @ Maysles Cinema

Harlem's Rucker Park is a holy land for basketball pilgrims everywhere, not to mention the end-of-argument reference on any streetballer's resume.... 

Phoebe Washburn: <em>Tickle the Shitstem</em>

Art

Tickle the Shitstem

Thursday 8/21 @ Zach Feuer Gallery

Phoebe Washburn's installation for the 2008 Whitney Biennial was a Gatorade-fueled nursery of raw two-by-fours. Its title — While Enhancing a... 

<em>Jump</em>

Theatre

Jump

Thursday 8/21 @ Union Square Theatre

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

Olafur Eliasson: <em>The New York City Waterfalls</em>

City Gems

Olafur Eliasson: Waterfalls

Thursday 8/21 @ Various locations in the East River

Known for his stunning meteorological installations at the Tate Modern and, more recently, MoMA and P.S.1, Danish-born artist Olafur Eliasson returns... 

<em>Artist as Publisher</em>

Art

Artist as Publisher

Thursday 8/21 @ Center for Book Arts

In response to art-world elitism, or simply for lack of a better option, many young, independently minded artists have taken to... 

<em>Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet </em>(2005)<em>
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Film: Documentary

Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet

Thursday 8/21 @ Film Forum

American minimalist sculptor Richard Serra gets the documentary treatment in Maria Anna Tappeiner's film Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet. Serra... 

<em>Brideshead Revisited</em>

Film

Brideshead Revisited

Thursday 8/21 @ Various locations

For fans of the book and miniseries, it's hard to imagine how Brideshead Revisited could conform to a two-hour feature-film format.... 

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Thursday 8/21 @ 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... 

2008 US Open Qualifying Tournament

Sports

2008 US Open Qualifying Tournament

Thursday 8/21 @ USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center

Cash-strapped tennis fans can catch the first week of the US Open for free. Over the course of four days, hundreds... 

<em>Bottle Shock</em>

Film

Bottle Shock

Thursday 8/21 @ Various locations

In 1976, British oenophile Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman) hosted a much-ballyhooed blind tasting between France's finest wine and California's — including... 

<em>BASH'd </em>

Theatre

BASH'd

Thursday 8/21 @ Zipper Factory Theater

The struggle for marriage equality in Canada ultimately succeeded, but the heated debate provoked a spike in hate crimes in 2005,... 

<em>Dal&iacute;: Painting and Film</em>

Art

Dalí: Painting and Film

Thursday 8/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Comprising more than 130 works by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí, Painting and Film explores the artist's passionate relationship with cinema. For... 

Lindsay Anderson: Revolutionary Romantic

Film

Lindsay Anderson

Thursday 8/21 @ The Film Society of Lincoln Center

The bedrock figure of Britain's influential Free Cinema movement, director Lindsay Anderson clinched his fame with the anarchic end to If.... 

<em>What to Do When You Hate All Your Friends</em>

Theatre

What to Do When You Hate All Your Friends

Thursday 8/21 @ Lion Theatre at Theatre Row

The strange but affecting comedy What to Do When You Hate All Your Friends captures the awkward reality of relationships through... 

<em>Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy</em>

Fashion/Style

Superheroes

Thursday 8/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In association with Giorgio Armani and Vogue's Anna Wintour, curator Harold Koda of the Costume Institute investigates the distinction between costume... 

Cedar Lake Dance: <em>The Copier</em>

Dance

The Copier

Thursday 8/21 @ Cedar Lake Theater

Cedar Lake Dance continues to change the way dance is viewed with its new production, The Copier. For this performance, all... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Thursday 8/21 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Absinthe</em>

Performing Arts

Absinthe

Thursday 8/21 @ Spiegelworld

This is your last week to catch the nouveau vaudevillians of Absinthe. Jammed in between the East River and uh, a... 

<em>Arctic Hysteria: New Art from Finland</em>

Art

Arctic Hysteria

Thursday 8/21 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

In Arctic Hysteria: New Art from Finland, the magical, the surreal, and the completely outlandish reign supreme. Tea Mäkipää's 60-foot collage... 

<em>The Order of Myths </em>(2008)

Film: Documentary

The Order of Myths

Thursday 8/21 @ IFC Center

Taking its title from the name of an actual Mobile, Alabama, secret society, The Order of Myths eyeballs that town's still-racially... 

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Thursday 8/21 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

Sol LeWitt at Storm King

Getaways

Sol LeWitt

Thursday 8/21 @ Storm King Art Center

In the laboratory of conceptual art, Sol LeWitt is the mad scientist. Engineered from instructions, his hard-lined geometric sculptures are austere,... 

New York International Fringe Festival

Theatre

NY International Fringe Festival

Thursday 8/21 @ Various locations

With more than 200 shows crammed into roughly two weeks, the Fringe is a feat of endurance. Urinetown, 21 Dog Years,... 

The Apple Sisters

Comedy

The Apple Sisters

Thursday 8/21 @ The People's Improv Theater

Fireside chats ain't got nothing on the Apple Sisters. Spoofing WWII-era radio programs, the Apple girls sing and dance their way... 

<em>I Won't Grow Up</em>

Art

I Won't Grow Up

Thursday 8/21 @ Cheim & Read

The solidly enjoyable summer show I Won't Grow Up presents on-the-radar artists at their most childlike. Mark Fox's video Nutzilla catches... 

<em>Misalliance</em>

Theatre

Misalliance

Thursday 8/21 @ Central Park

With its roving outdoor staging, lack of sets, and mobile audience, New York Classical Theatre creates anything but traditional productions. This... 

J.M.W. Turner

Art

J.M.W. Turner

Thursday 8/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Featuring powerful works such as 1794's Tintern Abbey and 1835's The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, the Metropolitan... 

<em>2008 Vice </em><em>Photo Show</em>

Art: Photography

Vice Photo Show

Thursday 8/21 @ Vice Gallery

In addition to its publications on the newstands and booksheves, its web TV channel, and record label — Vice now unleashes... 

<em>Tell No One</em>

Film

Tell No One

Thursday 8/21 @ Various locations

Herein lies living proof that the French can spin a gorgeous existentialist drama in any genre. Pediatrician Alex (Francois Cluzet) has... 

Shakespeare in the Park presents <em>Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical</em>

Theatre

Hair

Thursday 8/21 @ Delacorte Theater

As you sing Hair's infectious songs on your way out of Central Park, you'll encounter other ecstatic fans. Impromptu dance sessions... 

<em>Eminent Domain: Contemporary Photography and the City</em>

Art: Photography

Eminent Domain

Thursday 8/21 @ LIVE from the NYPL

When, in 2007, the New York City government considered requiring permits to photograph in public, officials were met with cries of... 

<em>Sixty Six</em>

Film

Sixty Six

Thursday 8/21 @ Various locations

It's the summer of '66 and all of England is agog about the World Cup. That is, all except for 12-year-old,... 

<em>Boeing Boeing </em>

Theatre

Boeing Boeing

Thursday 8/21 @ Longacre Theatre

It takes an exceptional director and a brilliant cast to transform a frivolous film with an old-fashioned plot into a satisfying... 

Bernd and Hilla Becher: <em>Landscape/Typology</em>

Art

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Thursday 8/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

From the 1950s on, Bernd and Hilla Becher traversed the United States and Europe photographing silos, factories, mills, processing plants, and... 

<em>Elegy</em>

Film

Elegy

Thursday 8/21 @ Various locations

Elegy is what happens when a female Spanish director (Isabel Coixet, My Life Without Me) adapts, of all things, a Philip... 

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Theatre

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Thursday 8/21 @ Lyceum Theatre

This meta-musical about four friends trying to write a musical about four friends trying to write a musical is at once... 

<em>Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan </em>

Art: Photography

Recent Photography and Video from Japan

Thursday 8/21 @ International Center of Photography

Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan features 13 contemporary Japanese artists whose funny, evocative, and startling images penetrate Japanese... 

Ice Factory 2008

Theatre

Ice Factory

Thursday 8/21 @ Ohio Theatre

Amid the summer heat and the flurry of theatre festivals, Soho Think Tank's Ice Factory is a standout. Seven new performance... 

<em>Twelve Ophelias</em>

Theatre

Twelve Ophelias

Thursday 8/21 @ McCarren Park Pool

Twelve Ophelias picks up where Hamlet left off: Ophelia re-emerges from the water after her suicidal drowning and sets off to... 

Deprogram

Music: DJ

Deprogram

Thursday 8/21 @ Love

Chris Alker and Sushi Steve, responsible for the Lower East Side's weekly Stereo-Type parties, DJ and host this new monthly jam... 

<em>After Nature</em>

Art

After Nature

Thursday 8/21 @ New Museum of Contemporary Art

The After Nature exhibition evokes a nightmare/fantasy of humankind's impending self-destruction and its aftermath. Sculptor Maurizio Cattelan imagines a horse's deadly... 

Hot!: The NYC Celebration of Queer Culture

Performing Arts

Hot!

Thursday 8/21 @ Dixon Place

Now in its 17th year, Hot! is a summer-long exploration of queer issues through the performing arts, including dance, theatre, burlesque,... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Thursday 8/21 @ 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... 

Max Beckmann: <em>Self-Portrait with Horn</em>

Art

Max Beckmann

Thursday 8/21 @ Neue Galerie

With his wooden figures and unsettling portraits of Weimar Germany's luxuriant high society, Max Beckmann classified his own work as a... 

<em>Fela!</em>

Theatre

Fela!

Thursday 8/21 @ 37 Arts

Choreographer Bill T. Jones' directorial foray into the life of Afrobeat legend and political activist Fela Kuti hits all the right...