Events on Saturday, January 24

Conferences

ROFLcon

Saturday 1/24 @ Santos Party House

An annual gathering of Internet and media enthusiasts since '94, ROFLcon is an epic Internet cultural conference. Go to catch a... 

Music

ESG

Saturday 1/24 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

ESG (Emerald, Sapphire, Gold) are reunited and ready for action. Originally from the South Bronx, the Scroggins sisters' rock quintet has... 

Modeselektor

Music: Electronic

Modeselektor

Saturday 1/24 @ The Bowery Ballroom

The joke about IDM (intelligent dance music, duh) is that the music only rarely sounds good on the dance floor. But... 

Zukerman ChamberPlayers & Angela Cheng, piano

Music

Zukerman ChamberPlayers & Angela Cheng, piano

Saturday 1/24 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Sunday, January 24, 2010, 3 pm

Zukerman ChamberPlayers
Angela Cheng, piano

“Brahms’s lush romanticism... 

Ongoing Events

Staten Island War Memorial Ice Skating Rink

City Gems

War Memorial Ice Skating Rink

Saturday 1/24 @ War Memorial Ice Skating Rink

Avoid the fumbling tourists clogging the Rockefeller Center and Central Park rinks by hopping the ferry to Staten Island to get... 

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

Art: Photography

Broken Glass

Saturday 1/24 @ 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>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</em>

Film

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Saturday 1/24 @ 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

Freshwater

Saturday 1/24 @ Women's Project

Bloomsbury novelist Virginia Woolf's one and only play, Freshwater, pokes fun at Art with a capital "A." Staged by Ann Bogart's... 

Artists and Fleas

City Gems

Artists and Fleas

Saturday 1/24 @ Artists and Fleas

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

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Saturday 1/24 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Theatre

Sixty Miles to Silver Lake

Saturday 1/24 @ Soho Rep

Dan LeFranc's Sixty Miles to Silver Lake is a fresh take on the well-worn plot line: deadbeat dad and kid reconcile.... 

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

Art

Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary

Saturday 1/24 @ 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>Recycling & Resourcefulness: Quilts of the 1930s</em>

Art

Quilts of the 1930s

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

<em>You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush</em> feat. Will Ferrell

Comedy

You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush

Saturday 1/24 @ Cort Theatre

Obama's entering the White House, but one downside to this otherwise fairly hopeful fact is that we have very few Will... 

<em>Revolutionary Road</em>

Film

Revolutionary Road

Saturday 1/24 @ Various locations

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

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

Art

Closed Caption Comics

Saturday 1/24 @ Cinders Gallery

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

Warhol from the Sonnabend Collection

Art

Warhol from the Sonnabend Collection

Saturday 1/24 @ Gagosian Gallery

Almost as much of a force in the NYC art world as the works presented in this exhibit, Ileana Sonnabend's taste... 

<em>Becky Shaw </em>

Theatre

Becky Shaw

Saturday 1/24 @ 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.... 

<em>The Funeralogues</em>

Theatre

The Funeralogues

Saturday 1/24 @ Unitarian Church of All Souls

The Funeralogues turns a comical light on the darkest moment of the human experience. This site-specific (set in the Church of... 

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

Art

Stephen Sprouse

Saturday 1/24 @ 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>This Is Not a Fashion Photograph: Selections from the ICP Collection</em>

Art: Photography

This Is Not a Fashion Photograph

Saturday 1/24 @ International Center of Photography

The work of famed documentarians in this exhibit — including classic snaps by Weegee, Walker Evans, and Danny Lyon — captures... 

Company XIV presents <em>The Judgment of Paris</em>

Dance

The Judgment of Paris

Saturday 1/24 @ Duo Theater

It took ten years and some creative thinking for the Greeks to defeat Troy. The six multitasking dancers of Company XIV... 

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

Art

Street Art, Street Life

Saturday 1/24 @ 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>Religulous</em>

Film: Documentary

Religulous

Saturday 1/24 @ Quad Cinema

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

Keith Haring: <em>The Ten Commandments</em>

Art

Keith Haring

Saturday 1/24 @ Deitch Studios

Biblical law may have taken three days and an exodus, but Keith Haring's Ten Commandments have waited 23 years to grace... 

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

Art

Pipilotti Rist

Saturday 1/24 @ 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>Waltz With Bashir</em>

Film: Animation

Waltz With Bashir

Saturday 1/24 @ Landmark Sunshine

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

Theatre

Ruined

Saturday 1/24 @ New York City Center

Playwright Lynn Nottage uses Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and her Children as a jumping-off point to explore the brutality of what's... 

Stephanie Lempert: <em>GeoBiographies</em>

Art: Photography

Stephanie Lempert: GeoBiographies

Saturday 1/24 @ Claire Oliver

As dense with words as the asteroid belt is with space detritus, Stephanie Lempert's photographs are framed in quotation marks. In... 

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

Film

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Saturday 1/24 @ Various locations

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

Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD

Performing Arts: Opera

The Met: Live in HD

Saturday 1/24 @ BAM

Thanks to HD transmissions, opera-goers no longer have take out mortgages or travel far to attend the Met. The first Live... 

Mr.

Art

Mr.

Saturday 1/24 @ 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,... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Saturday 1/24 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Eight</em>

Theatre

Eight

Saturday 1/24 @ P.S. 122

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

Erik Lindman: <em>House Wine, House Music</em>

Art

House Wine, House Music

Saturday 1/24 @ V&A

Erik Lindman is a talented young artist whose work reflects both a mature sensibility and a goofy sense of humor. House... 

Calder Jewelry

Art

Calder Jewelry

Saturday 1/24 @ 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>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Saturday 1/24 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

Taschen Books Warehouse Sale

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Taschen Books Warehouse Sale

Saturday 1/24 @ Taschen Store NY

World-renowned art-book publisher Taschen's exclusive editions can often run into the thousands. Thankfully, its New York outpost offers bibliophiles a three-day... 

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

Film

Let the Right One In

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

<em>Pal Joey</em>

Theatre

Pal Joey

Saturday 1/24 @ 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>Performance 1</em>: Tehching Hsieh

Art

Tehching Hsieh

Saturday 1/24 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Art and life are inseparable for Tehching Hsieh. The Taiwan-born artist, who literally jumped ship into the US in 1974, created... 

<em>Back Back Back</em>

Theatre

Back Back Back

Saturday 1/24 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

Alexander Melamid: <em>Holy Hip-Hop!</em>

Art

Alexander Melamid

Saturday 1/24 @ Forum Gallery

Russian artist Alexander Melamid is a master at finding humor in serious situations, from totalitarian regimes to the plight of endangered... 

<em>The Wrestler</em>

Film

The Wrestler

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

<em>Sleepwalk With Me</em>

Comedy

Sleepwalk With Me

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

Nayland Blake: <em>Behavior</em>

Art

Nayland Blake

Saturday 1/24 @ 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,... 

Ice Skating in Prospect Park

City Gems

Ice Skating in Prospect Park

Saturday 1/24 @ Wollman Rink

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

New York City Ballet: <em>Concerto DSCH&nbsp;</em>

Dance

New York City Ballet

Saturday 1/24 @ New York State Theater

New York City Ballet usually dances to the music of one Russian composer whose last name begins with "S." Last season... 

<em>NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith</em>

Art

NeoHooDoo

Saturday 1/24 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

In 1972, the poet Ishmael Reed decreed: "Neo-HooDoo believes that every man is an artist and every artist a priest." The... 

<em>Rachel Getting Married</em>

Film

Rachel Getting Married

Saturday 1/24 @ Various locations

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

<em>Terre Haute</em>

Theatre

Terre Haute

Saturday 1/24 @ 59E59 Theaters

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

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

Art: Photography

William Eggleston

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

<em>Synecdoche, New York</em>

Film

Synecdoche, New York

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

Theatre

Uncle Vanya

Saturday 1/24 @ Classic Stage Company

If you prefer your celebrity couples in period costume, this production of Uncle Vanya is a smart choice; Peter Sarsgaard and... 

Art

Fred Sandback

Saturday 1/24 @ David Zwirner

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

Film

American Politics: From the Archives

Saturday 1/24 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Thanks to Illinois' backroom politics, Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — in which a crooked governor handpicks idealistic, straight-arrow... 

Ofri Cnaani: <em>A Tale of Ends</em>

Art

Ofri Cnaani

Saturday 1/24 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Israel-born artist Ofri Cnaani now resides in NYC, which serves as the urban backdrop for her noir, graffiti-inspired drawings. In contrast... 

Mario Merz

Art

Mario Merz

Saturday 1/24 @ Gladstone Gallery

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

Food/Wine

NYC Restaurant Week

Saturday 1/24 @ Various locations

Just in time to alleviate both your thinning wallet and your shrinking waistline: NYC's winter Restaurant Week offers steep discounts on... 

Theatre

Ecstasy

Saturday 1/24 @ The Red Room

In an effective and almost uncomfortably naturalistic style, Horse Trade's revival of Ecstasy depicts an evening of drunken revelry and reminiscing... 

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

Art

The Labyrinth Wall

Saturday 1/24 @ Exit Art

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

Justin Lieberman: <em>The Corrector in the High Castle</em>

Art

The Corrector in the High Castle

Saturday 1/24 @ Various locations

Justin Lieberman's concurrent exhibitions at Marc Jancou Contemporary and Zach Feuer Gallery, The Corrector in the High Castle, is based on... 

<em>Enter Laughing</em>

Theatre

Enter Laughing

Saturday 1/24 @ The Theatre at Saint Peter's

Enter Laughing: The Musical is old-school musical comedy at its best. Joseph Stein, who wrote the book for Fiddler on the... 

Alex Brown: <em>Fodderland</em>

Art

Alex Brown

Saturday 1/24 @ Feature Inc.

Alex Brown's puzzle-like oil paintings are Op-Art wonders: landscapes and headshots as elaborate, pixilated mosaics in a Pantone-worshipping color palette. Brown's... 

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

Film

I've Loved You So Long

Saturday 1/24 @ 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>Speed-the-Plow</em>

Theatre

Speed-the-Plow

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

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

Art

Marlene Dumas

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

Theatre

The Cripple of Inishmaan

Saturday 1/24 @ Linda Gross Theater

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

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

Nick Cave: Recent Soundsuits

Art

Recent Soundsuits

Saturday 1/24 @ Jack Shainman Gallery

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

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

Film

The Secret of the Grain

Saturday 1/24 @ IFC Center

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

Party

Make Love, Not War

Saturday 1/24 @ Black Betty

During the day, Black Betty serves up solid samosas, couscous, and other North African/Mediterranean tasties; around midnight, the back room of... 

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Art

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Saturday 1/24 @ 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...