Events on Wednesday, January 14

Maggie Horn <em>Siren</em> Release Party feat. Blaqstarr w/ Sammy Bananas, DJ Teenwolf, and Scottie B

Music: DJ

Maggie Horn Siren Release Party

Wednesday 1/14 @ The Studio at Webster Hall

Brooklyn-based electro-socialite Maggie Horn has attitude for miles, best expressed through her singsong rapping and crooning on tracks by the likes... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Eight</em>

Theatre

Eight

Wednesday 1/14 @ P.S. 122

Eight swept the major awards at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival — including the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, which... 

Mario Merz

Art

Mario Merz

Wednesday 1/14 @ Gladstone Gallery

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

<em>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</em>

Film

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Wednesday 1/14 @ 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... 

<em>Speed-the-Plow</em>

Theatre

Speed-the-Plow

Wednesday 1/14 @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Finally freed of the 1989 casting of Madonna, David Mamet's full-throttle assault on Hollywood's penchant for putting profit before product is... 

<em>Rachel Getting Married</em>

Film

Rachel Getting Married

Wednesday 1/14 @ Various locations

The premise — gossipy and gorgeously spun — is irresistible: Anne Hathaway (finally palatable) has been sprung from rehab to stand... 

Nayland Blake: <em>Behavior</em>

Art

Nayland Blake

Wednesday 1/14 @ Location One

Location One presents a survey of Nayland Blake's provocative mixed-media work, drawing from nearly every facet of Blake's 25-year career. Blake,... 

<em>Recycling & Resourcefulness: Quilts of the 1930s</em>

Art

Quilts of the 1930s

Wednesday 1/14 @ American Folk Art Museum, Lincoln Square branch

For Recycling & Resourcefulness, the American Folk Art Museum unfurls 12 quilts that were sewn together from secondhand fabrics by women... 

Pipilotti Rist: <em>Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters)</em>

Art

Pipilotti Rist

Wednesday 1/14 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Video artist Pipilotti Rist exhibits a site-specific, immersive piece commissioned by MoMA across the museum's second-floor atrium. Attendees can walk around... 

<em>Revolutionary Road</em>

Film

Revolutionary Road

Wednesday 1/14 @ Various locations

Despite his apparent disdain for American suburbs, British director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, 1999) has revisited them — in mid-'50s Connecticut,... 

<em>Terre Haute</em>

Theatre

Terre Haute

Wednesday 1/14 @ 59E59 Theaters

Terre Haute imagines conversations between Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and author Gore Vidal with unsentimental compassion. McVeigh contacted Vidal after... 

Peter Callesen: <em>Folded Thoughts</em>

Art

Peter Callesen

Wednesday 1/14 @ Perry Rubenstein Gallery

Using ephemeral, everyday sheets of paper, Danish artist Peter Callesen realizes magical 3-D sculpture installations. His first solo US show, this... 

Gallim Dance

Dance

Gallim Dance

Wednesday 1/14 @ Joyce Soho

Former Batsheva Ensemble dancer Andrea Miller comes to Joyce Soho tonight, hot off being named one of "25 to Watch" in... 

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Wednesday 1/14 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

Calder Jewelry

Art

Calder Jewelry

Wednesday 1/14 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

He may be best known for his innovative mobiles and wire sculptures, but as his current show at the Met attests,... 

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Wednesday 1/14 @ 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... 

<em>I've Loved You So Long</em>

Film

I've Loved You So Long

Wednesday 1/14 @ Angelika Film Center

English actress Kristin Scott Thomas possesses a bristly elegance that has always restricted her options in English-language films. So it makes... 

<em>Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary</em>

Art

Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary

Wednesday 1/14 @ Museum of Arts and Design

To celebrate the Museum of Arts and Design's new Columbus Circle location in eco-style, 50 international artists transform mass-produced household items... 

<em>Waltz With Bashir</em>

Film: Animation

Waltz With Bashir

Wednesday 1/14 @ Landmark Sunshine

Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman's version of memory lane is like none the world has ever really seen before. At the beginning... 

Oliver Sudden & Michael Portnoy: <em>The Dudion Levers</em>

Art

The Dudion Levers

Wednesday 1/14 @ Martos Gallery

At the 1998 Grammys, "Director of Behavior" Michael Portnoy achieved as-seen-on-TV notoriety when he spazzed out beside a bewildered Bob Dylan... 

<em>The Secret of the Grain</em>

Film

The Secret of the Grain

Wednesday 1/14 @ IFC Center

That The Secret of the Grain scored big at the French box office attests not only to the (typically) impeccable taste... 

Cedar Lake Winter Season

Dance

Cedar Lake Winter Season

Wednesday 1/14 @ Cedar Lake Theater

Cedar Lake's Winter Season features two world premieres from established European choreographers Didy Veldman and Luca Veggetti. In Veldman's frame of... 

Nick Cave: Recent Soundsuits

Art

Recent Soundsuits

Wednesday 1/14 @ Jack Shainman Gallery

Nick Cave — no, not that Nick Cave — is a Chicago-based artist who crafts wearable sculptures from woven hair, found... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Wednesday 1/14 @ Paragraph

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

Performing Arts: Puppetry

Don Cristobal, Billy-Club Man

Wednesday 1/14 @ HERE Arts Center

Director and puppeteer Erin Orr collaborates with composer/musician Rima Fand on Don Cristobal, a funny and affecting portrait of a Spanish... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Wednesday 1/14 @ Imperial Theatre

The dark economic times spurred by Wall Street and the new political landscape serve as the perfect backdrop for Billy Elliot,... 

Kate Gilmore

Art

Kate Gilmore

Wednesday 1/14 @ Smith-Stewart

Whether they appear foolhardy or feminist, Kate Gilmore's masochistic video performances transfix with the same fear/fascination ratio as a ten-car pileup.... 

<em>A Christmas Tale</em>

Film

A Christmas Tale

Wednesday 1/14 @ IFC Center

In a film about that favorite of French topics — what's to be done with the family legacy (including, naturally, the... 

<em>Back Back Back</em>

Theatre

Back Back Back

Wednesday 1/14 @ New York City Center

Though it probably wouldn't hurt, you don't need to be much of a baseball fan or know much about the sport's... 

<em>The Labyrinth Wall: From Mythology to Reality</em>

Art

The Labyrinth Wall

Wednesday 1/14 @ Exit Art

Exit Art has invited 50 artists to help lead New Yorkers through these jumbled times, with the aid of its Labyrinth... 

Under the Radar Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Under the Radar Festival

Wednesday 1/14 @ Various locations

In his fifth year of producing the Under the Radar Festival, downtown legend — and former artistic director of avant-performance space... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Wednesday 1/14 @ 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... 

Mr.

Art

Mr.

Wednesday 1/14 @ Lehmann Maupin

In 2005, the painter known as Mr. first creeped out New York with his disproportionate bobble-head sculptures of wide-eyed, Japanese youths,... 

<em>Pal Joey</em>

Theatre

Pal Joey

Wednesday 1/14 @ Studio 54

Joey Evans is a scheming-but-sweet performer who comes to Chicago with dreams of starting his own nightclub in Roundabout's revival of... 

<em>Religulous</em>

Film: Documentary

Religulous

Wednesday 1/14 @ Quad Cinema

In Religulous, veteran comedian and free thinker Bill Maher travels the world, visiting a Holy Land theme park in Florida, London's... 

Stephen Sprouse: <em>Rock on Mars</em>

Art

Stephen Sprouse

Wednesday 1/14 @ Deitch Projects

Giving a proper showcase to the late Stephen Sprouse's full range of artistic influence, Rock on Mars is both a retrospective... 

<em>Synecdoche, New York</em>

Film

Synecdoche, New York

Wednesday 1/14 @ Landmark Sunshine

Not everyone adores the sprawling stories-within-stories that identify Charlie Kaufman's screenplays (e.g. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John... 

Marlene Dumas: <em>Measuring Your Own Grave</em>

Art

Marlene Dumas

Wednesday 1/14 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Working from photographic source material — both found media imagery and personal snapshots — Marlene Dumas has constructed an impressive body... 

<em>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</em>

Film

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Wednesday 1/14 @ Various locations

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, director David Fincher's adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story about a man born... 

<em>Sleepwalk With Me</em>

Comedy

Sleepwalk With Me

Wednesday 1/14 @ The Culture Project @ 45 Bleecker

Comedian Mike Birbiglia walks a fine line between standup and theatre in his one-man off-Broadway debut Sleepwalk With Me. He tells... 

Art

Fred Sandback

Wednesday 1/14 @ David Zwirner

Fred Sandback's famed wire and colored yarn "sculptures" are as precise and chaste as priests preparing for mass. With their vertical,... 

<em>Becky Shaw </em>

Theatre

Becky Shaw

Wednesday 1/14 @ 2econd Stage Theatre

Becky Shaw mixes screwed-up pseudo-siblings, a lightning-fast marriage, and an awkward blind date into one fantastic screwball romance of a play.... 

Parsons Dance

Dance

Parsons Dance

Wednesday 1/14 @ The Joyce Theater

David Parsons starts off 2009 with his first full-length piece, a yet-unnamed collaboration with the Grammy-nominated East Village Opera Company. Vocalists... 

Ice Skating in Prospect Park

City Gems

Ice Skating in Prospect Park

Wednesday 1/14 @ Wollman Rink

While it's always hard to simply shrug off those long, warm summer days and dive right into winter, the small perks... 

Closed Caption Comics: <em>Adolescent Rage</em>

Art

Closed Caption Comics

Wednesday 1/14 @ Cinders Gallery

The products of Baltimore collective Closed Caption Comics include varied narrative, tactile, and visual experiences — from psychedelic vignettes inspired by... 

<em>Let the Right One In</em>

Film

Let the Right One In

Wednesday 1/14 @ Angelika Film Center

This flick's been out for a while, but since we almost missed out on it, we thought we'd pass the gem... 

William Eggleston: <em>Democratic Camera: Photographs and Video, 1961-2008</em>

Art: Photography

William Eggleston

Wednesday 1/14 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

Democratic Camera — a long-overdue retrospective of work by William Eggleston — celebrates the career of an artist who's widely recognized... 

Theatre

The Cripple of Inishmaan

Wednesday 1/14 @ Linda Gross Theater

Billy Claven dreams of leaving Inishmaan for Hollywood when director Robert Flaherty arrives on a neighboring island to shoot his new... 

Ray Mortenson: <em>Broken Glass: Photographs of the South Bronx</em>

Art: Photography

Broken Glass

Wednesday 1/14 @ Museum of the City of New York

The South Bronx, cradle of hip-hop, was ironically an urban tomb of crumbled buildings and deserted streets during the music genre's... 

<em>The Wrestler</em>

Film

The Wrestler

Wednesday 1/14 @ Landmark Sunshine

There's a lot of Oscar buzz building over Mickey Rourke's performance in The Wrestler, but does Darren Aronofsky's movie live up... 

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Art

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Wednesday 1/14 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Design is not always pretty. Sometimes it is blunt and aggressive, especially when it is meant to deliver a clear message...