Events on Thursday, September 25

Built to Spill: <em>Perfect From Now On</em>

Music

Built to Spill

Thursday 9/25 @ Terminal 5

From the loping drumbeat of "Randy Described Eternity" to the climactic, watery thump of "Untrustable/Part 2 (About Someone Else)," Built to... 

<em>Salesman</em> (1968)

Film: Documentary

Salesman

Thursday 9/25 @ Maysles Cinema

For many, a reference to the Maysles brothers conjures visions of inimitable fashions and two stir-crazy dames. But beyond the loony... 

Michael Mayer & Superpitcher

Music: DJ

Michael Mayer & Superpitcher

Thursday 9/25 @ Santos Party House

Été d'Amour showcases two of Cologne's finest exports tonight: Kompakt labelmates Superpitcher and Michael Mayer. The Teutonic two drop... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Kehinde Wiley

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>The Godfather </em>(1972) and <em>The Godfather Part II</em> (1974)

Film

The Godfather and The Godfather Part II

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>American Teen</em>

Film: Documentary

American Teen

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>A Man for All Seasons</em>

Theatre

A Man for All Seasons

Thursday 9/25 @ American Airlines Theater

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

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

Art

Home Delivery

Thursday 9/25 @ 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... 

Crossing the Line: Dance 2008

Festival: Performing Arts

Crossing the Line

Thursday 9/25 @ Various locations

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

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

Music: DJ

Été d'Amour

Thursday 9/25 @ Santos Party House

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

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

Art

Sue Williams

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>Mister Foe</em>

Film

Mister Foe

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>An American Rendition</em>

Theatre

An American Rendition

Thursday 9/25 @ The Duke Theater

Jane Comfort seamlessly blends scenes of torture and reality television in her new work, An American Rendition. Her talented company members... 

<em>New York, N. Why?: Photographs by Rudy Burckhardt, 1937&ndash;1940</em>

Art: Photography

Rudy Burckhardt

Thursday 9/25 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

While Weegee always set his aperture for shocking front-page shots, fellow émigré photographer Rudy Burckhardt captured Gotham's more quotidian spectacles. Equipped... 

<em>Towelhead</em>

Film

Towelhead

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>Absinthe</em>

Performing Arts

Absinthe

Thursday 9/25 @ Spiegelworld

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

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

Art

Kevin Bewersdorf

Thursday 9/25 @ 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... 

Prelude '08

Festival: Performing Arts

Prelude '08

Thursday 9/25 @ Martin E. Segal Theatre, CUNY

The annual Prelude festival is a free sneak peek of the upcoming experimental-theatre season. Under the auspices of the CUNY Graduate... 

<em>Traitor</em>

Film

Traitor

Thursday 9/25 @ Various locations

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

<em>Anger/Nation</em>

Theatre

Anger/Nation

Thursday 9/25 @ The Kitchen

A divisive female figure appears on the American political scene, promising to push the nation toward her own right-wing agenda —... 

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

Art

We Burn, We Shiver

Thursday 9/25 @ SculptureCenter

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

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

Film

Filmmaking in New York, 1920-39

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Thursday 9/25 @ 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... 

Doug Aitken: <em>Migration</em> & <em>Empire</em>

Art

Doug Aitken

Thursday 9/25 @ 303 Gallery

Known for last year's nighttime projection of Sleepwalkers onto the exterior of MoMA, Doug Aitken returns with an exhibition at 303... 

<em>All of Us</em>

Film: Documentary

All of Us

Thursday 9/25 @ Cinema Village

Documentarian Emily Abt focuses on Bronx doctor Mehret Mandefro, and two of her female African-American patients as they struggle to manage... 

<em>1965UU</em>

Theatre

1965UU

Thursday 9/25 @ The Chocolate Factory

On the planetoid 1965UU, memory is forbidden and words mutate in meaning (i.e., you never know when a vine might become... 

Mario Merz

Art

Mario Merz

Thursday 9/25 @ Gladstone Gallery

In 1967, Italian critic Germano Celant organized an exhibition of young artists with diverse working practices that he termed Arte Povera... 

<em>Battle in Seattle</em>

Film

Battle in Seattle

Thursday 9/25 @ Various locations

In Battle in Seattle, first-time director Stuart Townsend presents a curiously inspirational cocktail of big Hollywood names and an overtly political... 

Tere O'Connor Dance: <em>Rammed Earth</em>

Dance

Tere O'Connor Dance

Thursday 9/25 @ Baryshnikov Arts Center

Tere O'Connor Dance is not only inspired by contemporary architecture, but uses dance movements as shifting layers of architectural evidence —... 

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

Art

Jeff Koons on the Roof

Thursday 9/25 @ 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!

Thursday 9/25 @ 37 Arts

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

Theatre

Lady

Thursday 9/25 @ 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... 

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

Thursday 9/25 @ 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... 

<em>Other Options</em>

Art

Other Options

Thursday 9/25 @ Eyebeam

Artists have always fretted over the tension between creativity and commerce. Eyebeam's latest exhibition, Other Options, explores the triumphs and travails... 

Crossing the Line: FIAF Fall Festival 2008

Festival: Performing Arts

FIAF Fall Festival

Thursday 9/25 @ 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 Number</em>

Theatre

A Number

Thursday 9/25 @ 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... 

<em>Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night</em>

Art

Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night

Thursday 9/25 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

With Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night tacked up in 98% of dorm rooms nationwide, it's hard to imagine a time... 

<em>A Secret</em>

Film

A Secret

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Thursday 9/25 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

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

Art

Daisy Bell

Thursday 9/25 @ Lehmann Maupin

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

New York Clown Theatre Festival

Performing Arts: Acrobatics

New York Clown Theatre Festival

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>A Great Place to be From</em>

Theatre

A Great Place to be From

Thursday 9/25 @ Kraine Theater

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

<em>Invasion 68: Prague</em>

Art: Photography

Invasion 68: Prague

Thursday 9/25 @ Aperture Gallery

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

The Bad Plus

Music

The Bad Plus

Thursday 9/25 @ Village Vanguard

Three distinct musical personalities make up the Bad Plus. Drummer David King drives syncopated, rough-around-the-edges rhythms, while Ethan Iverson's piano provides... 

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

Film: Documentary

The Order of Myths

Thursday 9/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

Swirl of Swarm

Thursday 9/25 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Circus Amok

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>Hamlet 2</em>

Film

Hamlet 2

Thursday 9/25 @ Various locations

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

<em>Sa Ka La </em>

Theatre

Sa Ka La

Thursday 9/25 @ 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

Thursday 9/25 @ 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... 

The Festival of New Trumpet Music

Festival: Performing Arts

The Festival of New Trumpet Music

Thursday 9/25 @ Various locations

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

Theatre

Quickening

Thursday 9/25 @ Center Stage

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

Derek Buckner: <em>Marshmallows</em>

Art

Derek Buckner

Thursday 9/25 @ 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... 

Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival

Comedy

Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival

Thursday 9/25 @ Various locations

Russian-born comedian Eugene Mirman is kind of like baby-faced prankster Andy Milonakis — except he probably doesn't still get carded. Over... 

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Theatre

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Thursday 9/25 @ Lyceum Theatre

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

William Pope.L: <em>October Projects</em>

Art

William Pope.L

Thursday 9/25 @ Mitchell-Innes & Nash

In 2002, at NYC's Battery Park, William Pope.L donned his Superman costume and set out on a 22-mile belly crawl through... 

<em>The Wackness </em>

Film

The Wackness

Thursday 9/25 @ Various locations

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

<em>The Glass Cage</em>

Theatre

The Glass Cage

Thursday 9/25 @ 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... 

<em>Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914&ndash;1939</em>

Art

Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914–1939

Thursday 9/25 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1914 marked the beginning of the long-running, deeply influential First World War, as well as the start of the short-lived —... 

<em>Bottle Shock</em>

Film

Bottle Shock

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>Calling: An Opera of Forgiveness</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Calling: An Opera of Forgiveness

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>Untethered: A Sculpture Garden of Readymades</em>

Art

Untethered

Thursday 9/25 @ Eyebeam

Eyebeam continues to mix high art and high technology with Untethered: A Sculpture Garden of Readymades, which explores the ways in... 

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

City Gems

Olafur Eliasson: Waterfalls

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</em>

Film

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>Fifty Words</em>

Theatre

Fifty Words

Thursday 9/25 @ 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... 

Sol LeWitt at Storm King

Getaways

Sol LeWitt

Thursday 9/25 @ 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,... 

Film

Burn After Reading

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now</em>

Art

Signs of Change

Thursday 9/25 @ Exit Art

The Signs of Change exhibit at Exit Art features an array of mass-mobilizing posters, photographs, movies, and recordings that chronicle social-justice... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Thursday 9/25 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Oh What War</em>

Theatre

Oh What War

Thursday 9/25 @ 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,... 

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

Art

Tickle the Shitstem

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>Brideshead Revisited</em>

Film

Brideshead Revisited

Thursday 9/25 @ 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.... 

Deprogram

Music: DJ

Deprogram

Thursday 9/25 @ Love

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

The Science Barge

Special Event

The Science Barge

Thursday 9/25 @ 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>Democracy in America</em>: Convergence Center at Park Avenue Armory

Festival: Performing Arts

Democracy in America

Thursday 9/25 @ Park Avenue Armory

Creative Time and Park Avenue Armory celebrate the election year (and their first-amendment rights) with Democracy in America: The National Campaign.... 

<em>I Served the King of England</em>

Film

I Served the King of England

Thursday 9/25 @ Various locations

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

<em>Break Out</em>

Dance

Break Out

Thursday 9/25 @ Union Square Theatre

The creators of Jump are debuting an extreme new dance production, Break Out, in Union Square Theatre, the former home of...