Events on Wednesday, September 17

Witchcraft w/ TK Webb & the Visions

Music

Witchcraft

Wednesday 9/17 @ The Bowery Ballroom

Encyclopaedia Metallum lists a whopping 12 bands named Witchcraft, two of which are from Sweden. But only one of these acts... 

The Dandy Warhols w/ Darker My Love and the Upsidedown

Music

The Dandy Warhols

Wednesday 9/17 @ Terminal 5

More than a decade into their career, Oregon's Dandy Warhols have proven that if they've got anything, it's longevity. Continuing their... 

Tuxedomoon

Music

Tuxedomoon

Wednesday 9/17 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Last year's Vapour Trail proves that, even after 30 years, San Franciscan post-punksters Tuxedomoon are still going strong. The violin-... 

Ongoing Events

<em>The Glass Cage</em>

Theatre

The Glass Cage

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

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

City Gems

Olafur Eliasson: Waterfalls

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>American Teen</em>

Film: Documentary

American Teen

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>A Secret</em>

Film

A Secret

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

Pizza Walking Tour

Special Event

Pizza Walking Tour

Wednesday 9/17 @ Various locations

New York has some legendary pizza, but there's also some real crap out there; save the cash you'll waste finding the... 

<em>Mister Foe</em>

Film

Mister Foe

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

<em>Calling: An Opera of Forgiveness</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Calling: An Opera of Forgiveness

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

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

Art

Daisy Bell

Wednesday 9/17 @ Lehmann Maupin

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

<em>Bottle Shock</em>

Film

Bottle Shock

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>Jeff Koons on the Roof</em>

Art

Jeff Koons on the Roof

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>Traitor</em>

Film

Traitor

Wednesday 9/17 @ Various locations

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

The Science Barge

Special Event

The Science Barge

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

The Festival of New Trumpet Music

Festival: Performing Arts

The Festival of New Trumpet Music

Wednesday 9/17 @ Various locations

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

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

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

Crossing the Line: Dance 2008

Festival: Performing Arts

Crossing the Line

Wednesday 9/17 @ Various locations

A bunch of Snow Whites prancing around the Meatpacking District may not sound like the most appropriate centerpiece for a French... 

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

Art

Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>Brideshead Revisited</em>

Film

Brideshead Revisited

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>A Number</em>

Theatre

A Number

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

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

Art

Tickle the Shitstem

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>I Served the King of England</em>

Film

I Served the King of England

Wednesday 9/17 @ Various locations

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

<em>A Great Place to be From</em>

Theatre

A Great Place to be From

Wednesday 9/17 @ Kraine Theater

In A Great Place To Be From, a heatwave in Milwaukee has driven some of the town's citizens to extremes. Against... 

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

Special Event

Circus Amok

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

Crossing the Line: FIAF Fall Festival 2008

Festival: Performing Arts

FIAF Fall Festival

Wednesday 9/17 @ Various locations

Twenty people struggle to escape from a 280-pound pot of spaghetti; multiple Snow Whites descend upon Manhattan, washing windows and stocking... 

<em>A Man for All Seasons</em>

Theatre

A Man for All Seasons

Wednesday 9/17 @ American Airlines Theater

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

Film

Burn After Reading

Wednesday 9/17 @ Various locations

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

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

Art

Kehinde Wiley

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

New York Clown Theatre Festival

Performing Arts: Acrobatics

New York Clown Theatre Festival

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>Absinthe</em>

Performing Arts

Absinthe

Wednesday 9/17 @ Spiegelworld

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

Derek Buckner: <em>Marshmallows</em>

Art

Derek Buckner

Wednesday 9/17 @ George Billis Gallery

In an inspired mashup of childhood comfort, adult-onset ADHD, and modern-art history, Brooklyn-based painter Derek Buckner delivers luminous, refined oil paintings... 

<em>Towelhead</em>

Film

Towelhead

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>Invasion 68: Prague</em>

Art: Photography

Invasion 68: Prague

Wednesday 9/17 @ Aperture Gallery

For Czechoslovakians in 1968, the Prague Spring was a half-year repose from Soviet vassalage. Then, on August 20, the Soviets and... 

<em>Trouble the Water</em>

Film: Documentary

Trouble the Water

Wednesday 9/17 @ IFC Center

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

<em>Fifty Words</em>

Theatre

Fifty Words

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>The Godfather </em>(1972) and <em>The Godfather Part II</em> (1974)

Film

The Godfather and The Godfather Part II

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

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

Art

Kevin Bewersdorf

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

NY Craft Beer Week

Food/Wine

Craft Beer Week

Wednesday 9/17 @ Various locations

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

Sol LeWitt at Storm King

Getaways

Sol LeWitt

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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 Wackness </em>

Film

The Wackness

Wednesday 9/17 @ Various locations

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

Theatre

Lady

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

Sue Williams: <em>Project for the New American Century</em>

Art

Sue Williams

Wednesday 9/17 @ David Zwirner

From the all-over-patterened, cock-and-balls expressionism of her early career, Sue Williams has — in the last two decades — developed a... 

<em>Fela!</em>

Theatre

Fela!

Wednesday 9/17 @ 37 Arts

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

<em>Oh What War</em>

Theatre

Oh What War

Wednesday 9/17 @ HERE Arts Center

Juggernaut Theatre Company's Oh What War is unflinching political theatre. Inspired by Joan Littlewood's 1960s musical Oh! What a Lovely War,... 

J.M.W. Turner

Art

J.M.W. Turner

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</em>

Film

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

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

Art

Swirl of Swarm

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>Hollywood on the Hudson: Filmmaking in New York, 1920-39</em>

Film

Filmmaking in New York, 1920-39

Wednesday 9/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

As the House that Ruth Built (in 1923) hosts its final game this weekend, the MoMA transports spectators to New York's... 

<em>After Nature</em>

Art

After Nature

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Wednesday 9/17 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Able Danger</em>

Film

Able Danger

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

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

Art

Home Delivery

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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>The Order of Myths </em>(2008)

Film: Documentary

The Order of Myths

Wednesday 9/17 @ 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... 

Theatre

Quickening

Wednesday 9/17 @ Center Stage

Quickening uncovers the struggles of four women who make the choice to have abortions. Set in a Portland abortion clinic, the... 

<em>Louise Bourgeois</em>

Art

Louise Bourgeois

Wednesday 9/17 @ Guggenheim Museum

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

<em>Hamlet 2</em>

Film

Hamlet 2

Wednesday 9/17 @ Various locations

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