Events on Sunday, September 14

Superstar DJ Record Fair

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Superstar DJ Record Fair

Sunday 9/14 @ Brooklyn Flea

With the recent addition of a Wafels & Dinges outpost, we didn't think the Brooklyn Flea could get any better. But... 

2008 Brooklyn Book Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Brooklyn Book Festival

Sunday 9/14 @ Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza

Lit lovers in Brooklyn get treated to a book festival featuring both emerging and established authors. Chuck Klosterman (Sex, Drugs, and... 

FIXED presents Digitalism w/ JDH and Dave P

Music: DJ

Digitalism

Sunday 9/14 @ Santos Party House

Digitalism's rework of the Cure's classic "Fire in Cairo" seemed to have mystical forecasting powers when an actual fire broke out... 

Ongoing Events

Artists and Fleas

City Gems

Artists and Fleas

Sunday 9/14 @ Artists and Fleas

The independent vendors at Artists and Fleas supply the essentials — jewelry, vintage clothing, fashion, crafts, books, and vinyl — to... 

Circus Amok presents <em>Sub-Prime Sublime</em>

Special Event

Circus Amok

Sunday 9/14 @ Various NYC parks

After nearly two decades of daring, New York's own Circus Amok still overwhelms the senses with its boisterous take on traditional... 

<em>American Teen</em>

Film: Documentary

American Teen

Sunday 9/14 @ 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... 

<em>After Nature</em>

Art

After Nature

Sunday 9/14 @ 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... 

<em>Mister Foe</em>

Film

Mister Foe

Sunday 9/14 @ Angelika Film Center

Seventeen-year-old Hallam Foe (Jamie Bell) is a troubled lad. Clad in warpaint and animal furs, he prowls around his family's enormous... 

ASSSSCAT 3000

Comedy: Improv

ASSSSCAT 3000

Sunday 9/14 @ Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

Upright Citizens Brigade's Sunday-night improv extravaganza ASSSSCAT 3000 features permanent cast members Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz, with guest performers from... 

Sol LeWitt at Storm King

Getaways

Sol LeWitt

Sunday 9/14 @ 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,... 

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

Film: Documentary

The Order of Myths

Sunday 9/14 @ 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... 

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Theatre

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Sunday 9/14 @ 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>Louise Bourgeois</em>

Art

Louise Bourgeois

Sunday 9/14 @ Guggenheim Museum

After persevering through relative obscurity during the first half of her career, artist Louise Bourgeois has been at the forefront of... 

Conflux Festival

Art

Conflux Festival

Sunday 9/14 @ Center for Architecture

Flâneurs, city explorers, artists, musicians, and writers congregate this weekend to celebrate urban psychogeography. Now in its fifth year, the Conflux... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Sunday 9/14 @ 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>The Pool</em>

Film

The Pool

Sunday 9/14 @ Film Forum

A portrait of class disparities and seemingly unattainable aspirations, The Pool — the latest from Chris Smith (American Movie) — follows... 

<em>Traitor</em>

Film

Traitor

Sunday 9/14 @ Various locations

Traitor is really two films in one. The first, a spinning, white-knuckled thriller about an FBI investigator (Guy Pearce) pursuing terrorist... 

Kevin Bewersdorf: <em>Monuments to the INFOspirit</em>

Art

Kevin Bewersdorf

Sunday 9/14 @ V&A

Artist/musician/CEO Kevin Bewersdorf is all pitch and no product. Bewersdorf, who some might recognize from a handful of mumblecore films, sells... 

<em>A Secret</em>

Film

A Secret

Sunday 9/14 @ Various locations

This epic about a 15-year-old boy alienated from his parents in post-WWII France is, refreshingly, a Holocaust movie that is not... 

<em>Able Danger</em>

Film

Able Danger

Sunday 9/14 @ Two Boots Pioneer Theater

On this anniversary of September 11, revisit the tragic events of 2001 through the lens of fiction and conspiracy theory. Able... 

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

Art

Kehinde Wiley

Sunday 9/14 @ 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>Year of the Fish</em>

Film

Year of the Fish

Sunday 9/14 @ Angelika Film Center

Year of the Fish could be called an adult fairy tale — but really, it exposes the phrase as an oxymoron.... 

Theatre

Lady

Sunday 9/14 @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Theatrical parables about our nation's state of affairs aren't uncommon, but few draw as many subtle parallels as Lady. In the... 

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

Art

Home Delivery

Sunday 9/14 @ 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>Sixty Six</em>

Film

Sixty Six

Sunday 9/14 @ 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>The Glass Cage</em>

Theatre

The Glass Cage

Sunday 9/14 @ The Mint Theater

The Mint Theater Company's production of J.B. Priestley's The Glass Cage is a powerful reminder of the many good plays that... 

J.M.W. Turner

Art

J.M.W. Turner

Sunday 9/14 @ 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>I Served the King of England</em>

Film

I Served the King of England

Sunday 9/14 @ Various locations

How this novel about a Czech waiter working through both the Nazi and communist regimes translates into an engaging, balletic comedy... 

James & Karla Murray: <em>Counter/Culture: The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn's Storefronts</em>

Art: Photography

Counter/Culture: The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn's Storefronts

Sunday 9/14 @ Brooklyn Historical Society

From its sprawling industrial dead zones and rusty shipyards to its rolling parks and sought-after blocks of brownstones, Brooklyn wears many... 

The Festival of New Trumpet Music

Festival: Performing Arts

The Festival of New Trumpet Music

Sunday 9/14 @ Various locations

In feudal times, the shrill sound of the trumpet heralded noteworthy arrivals — recently crowned royalty or new seasons, for instance.... 

Celebrate M&eacute;xico Now 2008

Festival: Performing Arts

Celebrate México Now

Sunday 9/14 @ Various locations

Hot on the sparkling heels of the West Indian Day Parade and Carnival comes another celebration of culture. In its fifth... 

The Science Barge

Special Event

The Science Barge

Sunday 9/14 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Sunday 9/14 @ 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

Sunday 9/14 @ Spiegelworld

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

Martin Boyce and Ugo Rondinone: <em>We Burn, We Shiver</em>

Art

We Burn, We Shiver

Sunday 9/14 @ SculptureCenter

In the main space of Long Island City's SculptureCenter, Ugo Rondinone — the artist who lent the New Museum its affirmative,... 

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

City Gems

Olafur Eliasson: Waterfalls

Sunday 9/14 @ 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>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Sunday 9/14 @ 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... 

GreenFlea Market

City Gems

GreenFlea Market

Sunday 9/14 @ William J. O'Shea Junior High School

As its name suggests, GreenFlea combines two ecologically sound practices — eating locally and buying used items — into one big... 

<em>Bottle Shock</em>

Film

Bottle Shock

Sunday 9/14 @ 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>A Man for All Seasons</em>

Theatre

A Man for All Seasons

Sunday 9/14 @ American Airlines Theater

A Man for All Seasons shows what happens when a government starts cannibalizing its own founding laws to suit the whims... 

Minitek Electronic Music Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Minitek

Sunday 9/14 @ Penn Plaza Pavilion

Mutek now has some much-needed competition when it comes to North American electronic-music festivals. Created by the founders of Minimoo —... 

<em>Trouble the Water</em>

Film: Documentary

Trouble the Water

Sunday 9/14 @ IFC Center

Hurricane Katrina presents a real challenge for filmmakers: it's difficult to effectively capture the legacy of a disaster that still afflicts... 

Lola Staar's Dreamland Roller Rink

City Gems

Dreamland Roller Rink

Sunday 9/14 @ Dreamland Roller Rink

Lace up your skates and hop the train: Coney Island skate queen Lola Staar proudly opens her Dreamland Roller Rink this... 

Film

Burn After Reading

Sunday 9/14 @ Various locations

After winning all kinds of accolades for last year's sweeping, somber No Country for Old Men, those slippery Coen Brothers shift... 

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

Art

Arctic Hysteria

Sunday 9/14 @ 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 Wackness </em>

Film

The Wackness

Sunday 9/14 @ Various locations

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

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Sunday 9/14 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

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

Art

Dalí: Painting and Film

Sunday 9/14 @ 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... 

<em>Baghead</em>

Film

Baghead

Sunday 9/14 @ 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>Calling: An Opera of Forgiveness</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Calling: An Opera of Forgiveness

Sunday 9/14 @ La MaMa E.T.C.

Wickham Boyle's Calling: An Opera of Forgiveness uses the specificity of personal experience to try to better understand a pivotal moment... 

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

Art

Jeff Koons on the Roof

Sunday 9/14 @ 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>Fela!</em>

Theatre

Fela!

Sunday 9/14 @ 37 Arts

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

Mel Kadel and Suzanne Sattler: <em>Swirl of Swarm</em>

Art

Swirl of Swarm

Sunday 9/14 @ Cinders Gallery

Cinders group-show alums Suzanne Sattler and Mel Kadel collaborate on their first two-person show in New York, Swirl of Swarm, which... 

<em>The Godfather </em>(1972) and <em>The Godfather Part II</em> (1974)

Film

The Godfather and The Godfather Part II

Sunday 9/14 @ Film Forum

Paramount has done cinephiles a favor by restoring the one-two punch that is Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather I and II. Coppola... 

<em>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</em>

Film

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Sunday 9/14 @ 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... 

Jennifer Steinkamp: <em>Daisy Bell</em>

Art

Daisy Bell

Sunday 9/14 @ Lehmann Maupin

In her first exhibition at Lehmann Maupin, Los Angeles-based artist Jennifer Steinkamp explores the shadowy relationship between nature, technology, and God.... 

NY Craft Beer Week

Food/Wine

Craft Beer Week

Sunday 9/14 @ Various locations

Contrary to popular belief, moderate beer consumption doesn't make you fat — it's the accompanying munchies and other bad dietary habits... 

<em>Sa Ka La </em>

Theatre

Sa Ka La

Sunday 9/14 @ The Green Room at 45 Bleecker Street

Norwegian writer Jon Fosse has been hailed as one of the world's greatest playwrights, yet few Americans had seen his work... 

<em>Street Art, Street Life: From the 1950s to Now</em>

Art

Street Art, Street Life

Sunday 9/14 @ The Bronx Museum of the Arts

Given our current love of all things wheatpaste or graffiti, the street has become an outdoor, urban gallery of sorts. Curator... 

<em>Brideshead Revisited</em>

Film

Brideshead Revisited

Sunday 9/14 @ 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>Fifty Words</em>

Theatre

Fifty Words

Sunday 9/14 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

In Michael Weller's Fifty Words, Jan and Adam send their son to his first sleepover, and what begins as a romantic... 

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

Art

Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger

Sunday 9/14 @ 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>Towelhead</em>

Film

Towelhead

Sunday 9/14 @ Various locations

It's hard to imagine how director/writer Alan Ball managed to pitch Towelhead. Jasira (Summer Bishil) is a 13-year-old Arab-American girl stranded... 

<em>A Number</em>

Theatre

A Number

Sunday 9/14 @ The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row

In Caryl Churchill's play A Number, a father faces the consequences of cloning his only son. As the original and the... 

New York Clown Theatre Festival

Performing Arts: Acrobatics

New York Clown Theatre Festival

Sunday 9/14 @ The Brick Theater

The Brick Theater Inc.'s third annual New York Clown Theatre Festival descends upon Williamsburg this September, proving that there's more to... 

<em>Hamlet 2</em>

Film

Hamlet 2

Sunday 9/14 @ Various locations

With a name like Hamlet 2, a movie is bound to be either the worst piffle to be hurled down the...