Events on Thursday, September 4

David Wolfe

Special Event

David Wolfe

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Chapel of the Sacred Mirrors

In case you missed last week's crunchy activities, scientist and raw-food pioneer David "Avocado" Wolfe swings through CotSM tonight for a... 

FIXED presents the Jetlag Tour feat. Ellen Allien w/ Modeselektor

Music: DJ

Ellen Allien

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Highline Ballroom

The Berlin invasion rolls through town tonight courtesy of FIXED, bringing doe-eyed techno doyenne Ellen Allien and party monsters Modeselektor to... 

Spindrift

Music

Spindrift

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Cake Shop

Spaghetti-Western psych-rockers Spindrift were born for a gig in the back-room saloon in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (or... 

Army Navy w/ Frankpollis and the French Letter

Music

Army Navy

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Union Pool

Beatles-worshiping beach-pop purveyors Army Navy are as Cali-bred as they come. The band's sweet-toothed, straight-laced set is rife with warm, fuzzy... 

Ongoing Events

Deprogram

Music: DJ

Deprogram

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Love

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

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

Art

Tickle the Shitstem

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>American Teen</em>

Film: Documentary

American Teen

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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... 

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

City Gems

Olafur Eliasson: Waterfalls

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>A Great Place to be From</em>

Theatre

A Great Place to be From

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Tell No One</em>

Film

Tell No One

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Various locations

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

<em>After Nature</em>

Art

After Nature

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Bottle Shock</em>

Film

Bottle Shock

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Dal&iacute;: Painting and Film</em>

Art

Dalí: Painting and Film

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Traitor</em>

Film

Traitor

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Various locations

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

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

Theatre

Hair

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Invasion 68: Prague</em>

Art: Photography

Invasion 68: Prague

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Boeing Boeing </em>

Theatre

Boeing Boeing

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Longacre Theatre

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

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Paragraph

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

<em>The Glass Cage</em>

Theatre

The Glass Cage

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>The Order of Myths </em>(2008)

Film: Documentary

The Order of Myths

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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... 

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

Art

Kehinde Wiley

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>I Served the King of England</em>

Film

I Served the King of England

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Various locations

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

<em>Artist as Publisher</em>

Art

Artist as Publisher

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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... 

Derek Buckner: <em>Marshmallows</em>

Art

Derek Buckner

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Elegy</em>

Film

Elegy

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Various locations

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

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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... 

J.M.W. Turner

Art

J.M.W. Turner

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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... 

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Theatre

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Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Year of the Fish</em>

Film

Year of the Fish

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Angelika Film Center

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

The Science Barge

Special Event

The Science Barge

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Sixty Six</em>

Film

Sixty Six

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Darger</em>ism<em>: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger</em>

Art

Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Trouble the Water</em>

Film: Documentary

Trouble the Water

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Absinthe</em>

Performing Arts

Absinthe

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Spiegelworld

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

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

Art: Photography

Recent Photography and Video from Japan

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>The Pool</em>

Film

The Pool

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Film Forum

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

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Imperial Theatre

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

<em>Brideshead Revisited</em>

Film

Brideshead Revisited

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Arctic Hysteria: New Art from Finland</em>

Art

Arctic Hysteria

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Fela!</em>

Theatre

Fela!

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 37 Arts

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

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

Art

Home Delivery

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</em>

Film

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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... 

Theatre

Lady

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Jeff Koons on the Roof</em>

Art

Jeff Koons on the Roof

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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... 

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

Music: DJ

Été d'Amour

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>The Wackness </em>

Film

The Wackness

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Various locations

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

Housing Works Fall Preview Sales

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Housing Works Fall Preview Sales

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Housing Works Thrift Shops

A change of season is a perfect excuse for a change of wardrobe — especially when it's easy on your weathered... 

<em>Baghead</em>

Film

Baghead

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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... 

Sol LeWitt at Storm King

Getaways

Sol LeWitt

Thursday 9/ 4 @ 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>Hamlet 2</em>

Film

Hamlet 2

Thursday 9/ 4 @ Various locations

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