Events on Saturday, October 17

Slow Art

Art

Slow Art

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

It seems like art exhibitions are becoming increasingly race-like, short sprints from piece to piece, each assessed and evaluated with a... 

Eschaton 3000: The Official New York City Burning Man Decompression

Festival: Performing Arts

Eschaton 3000    

Saturday 10/17 @ Aviator Sports

"An epic re-jiggering of humanity is upon us," says the Official New York City Burning Man Decompression, giving you a chance... 

Halloween Harvest Festival

Party: Halloween

Halloween Harvest Festival

Saturday 10/17 @ Socrates Sculpture Park

Halloween is getting started early this year with Socrates Sculpture Park's glam rock-themed festivities. Head to Queens early today and dress... 

<em>The Art of Rebellion</em>

Art

The Art of Rebellion

Saturday 10/17 @ La.venue

Forty years after Easy Rider hit the silver screen, Harley-Davidson's out to prove the rebel is alive and well. Commissioning ten... 

Art in General presents Underground Up

Special Event: Fundraisers

Underground Up

Saturday 10/17 @ DCTV

Art in General, a nonprofit organization that helps emerging artists produce and present their work — and then spread the word... 

Bryonn Bain: Lyrics from Lockdown

Music: Hip-Hop

Bryonn Bain: Lyrics from Lockdown

Saturday 10/17 @ Joe's Pub

LYRICS FROM LOCKDOWN is an unforgettable journey through hip hop, theater, spoken word... 

Music

Perpetual Groove

Saturday 10/17 @ The Bowery Ballroom

A celebrated, international touring act for over four years, Perpetual Groove has built a reputation on intense, emotional music that fans... 

Vashti Bunyan: From Here to Before

Film: Documentary

Vashti Bunyan: From Here to Before

Saturday 10/17 @ 92YTribeca

New York Premiere. Vashti Bunyan in person along with director Kieran Evans.

... 

Music: Experimental

Galactic @ Brooklyn Bowl

Saturday 10/17 @ The Bowery Presents

Brooklyn Bowl
http://www.brooklynbowl.com 
61 Wythe Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 963-3369
... 

Bubble do Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour

Music

Bubble do Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour

Saturday 10/17 @ Symphony Space

The infectious pop band Bubble create the sights and sounds of the Beatles for the whole family, just in time for... 

Ward 6

Music

Ward 6

Saturday 10/17 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

DJ Father Jeff and DJ Arsenal w/ DJ Ash     DJ Father Jeff started Ward... 

Dénes Várjon, piano

Music

Dénes Várjon, piano

Saturday 10/17 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Saturday, October 17, 2009, 8pm

Dénes Várjon, piano
with Izabella Simon, piano

“Mr. Várjon... 

Music

The Avett Brothers

Saturday 10/17 @ Terminal 5

The songs of the Avett Brothers are honest: just chords with real voices singing real melodies. But, the heart and the... 

New Music and Dance from Korea

Dance

New Music and Dance from Korea

Saturday 10/17 @ Asia Society and Museum

[if... 

Lucero @ Webster Hall

Music

Lucero @ Webster Hall

Saturday 10/17 @ The Bowery Presents

Webster Hall 125 E 11th St
New York, NY 10003
(212) 353-1600
Get directions www.websterhall.com  ... 

Robert Frank Film Series: “Me and My Brother” (1965-68)

Film

Robert Frank Film Series: “Me and My Brother” (1965-68)

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met presents this film directed by Robert Frank to accompany the special exhibition Looking In: Robert Frank’s “The Americans,” on... 

Music

Bottle Rockets

Saturday 10/17 @ The Mercury Lounge

The Bottle Rockets remain one of the most steel-solid bands amongst the greatest of rural-rock trailblazers. The St. Louis, Missouri outfit... 

<em>Stranger than Paradise</em> (1984)

Film

Stranger than Paradise (1984)

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


Part of the Looking at Music: Side 2 film exhibition
Held in conjunction... 

Music

Aretha Franklin @ Citi Performing Arts Center's Wang Theatre (Boston)

Saturday 10/17 @ The Bowery Presents

Citi Performing Arts Center - Wang Theatre
270 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02116-5603
(617) 482-9393
Get
... 

Vintage Autumn Ball

Dance

Vintage Autumn Ball

Saturday 10/17 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Join the Vintage Dance Society for a grand evening of classic vintage dancing. All are welcome; no experience necessary. Refreshments will... 

Randy Kaplan

Music

Randy Kaplan

Saturday 10/17 @ Symphony Space

Kaplan blends American Roots, Folk, Alternative, Pop, Tin Pan Alley gems, Broadway numbers, and even Delta Blues songs into wild and... 

Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion

Music

Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion

Saturday 10/17 @ Joe's Pub

After a busy year spent producing and promoting “Boulder,” the latest album by Canadian Folk legend Ferron... 

Baaba Maal

Music: Global

Baaba Maal

Saturday 10/17 @ Joe's Pub

Senegalese singer and star of the world stage Baaba Maal is a man with a mission that... 

Maysles Cinema at the New Museum presents Living With Conviction: A Black Panther Party Film Series

Film

Maysles Cinema at the New Museum presents Living With Conviction: A Black Panther Party Film Series

Saturday 10/17 @ New Museum

Bastards of the Party, 2006, 90 min
Dir. Cle “Bone” Sloane In conjunction with the exhibition “Emory Douglas: Black Panther”... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Polish Posters 1945-1989</em>

Art

Polish Posters 1945-1989

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Bracketed by those historic "falls" in nearby Berlin (of the city itself and, later, its Wall), the Polish Poster School's expressionistic,... 

<em>middlemen</em>

Theatre

middlemen

Saturday 10/17 @ Walkerspace

In middlemen, Michael and Stan face an existential crisis when they realize they are the only employees left in the center... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Saturday 10/17 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Hanging Fire</em>: Contemporary Art from Pakistan

Art

Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan

Saturday 10/17 @ Asia Society and Museum

The phrase "Hanging Fire" is the translation of an idiom referring to a delayed decision or judgment. This show asks viewers... 

Maurice Sendak

Art

Maurice Sendak

Saturday 10/17 @ Animazing Gallery

Just before the debut of the splashy new film version of Where the Wild Things Are, Animazing Gallery in Soho presents... 

<em>Hair</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hair

Saturday 10/17 @ The Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Although Hair was written over 40 years ago, capturing the spirit of a certain movement and period in our history, its... 

<em>Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya</em>

Art

Icons of the Desert

Saturday 10/17 @ Grey Art Gallery at NYU

Thanks be to the senior Aboriginal Australian painters who gave their blessing for this superlative, uber-rare exhibition spotlighting the early work... 

Hungarians in Hollywood

Film

Hungarians in Hollywood

Saturday 10/17 @ BAM Rose Cinemas

Michael "Casablanca" Curtiz, super-producer Alexander Korda, even Béla Legosi — they and other talented compatriots left Hungary in the early-20th century,... 

The Tiger Lillies: <em>Dark and Deviant</em>

Performing Arts

The Tiger Lillies: Dark and Deviant

Saturday 10/17 @ St. Ann's Warehouse

Led by Martyn Jacques in menacing facial makeup that's a cross between an evil clown and a commedia dell'arte character, the... 

<em>Still Life</em>

Theatre

Still Life

Saturday 10/17 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

Alexander Dinelaris' Still Life is a smart examination of talented thirtysomethings stuck in neutral. Carrie Ann (Sarah Paulson), a photographer who... 

<em>Liz One</em>

Theatre

Liz One

Saturday 10/17 @ The Chocolate Factory

In John Jesurun's intricate Liz One, a fiercely depicted Elizabeth I advances towards dotage, and thereby sets her sights on maintaining... 

2009 <em>New Yorker<em> </em></em>Festival

Festival

New Yorker Festival

Saturday 10/17 @ Various locations

The New Yorker Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a slew of new events alongside old mainstays like Calvin Trillin's immensely... 

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Saturday 10/17 @ 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>Eye of God</em>

Theatre

Eye of God

Saturday 10/17 @ The Kirk at Theatre Row

Tim Blake Nelson's Eye Of God is an intriguing, noirish murder mystery set in a small town outside of Oklahoma City... 

Special Event

Pretty Tough: Contemporary Storytelling

Saturday 10/17 @ The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

As we anxiously wait for the Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze's adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are, this exhibition at... 

Allan Kaprow:<em> Yard</em>

Art

Yard

Saturday 10/17 @ Hauser & Wirth New York

For its first New York show, art gallery Hauser & Wirth pays tribute to former inhabitant Martha Jackson Gallery with reinventions... 

Horse Trade Theater Group and Radiotheatre present <em>Frankenstein</em>

Theatre

Frankenstein

Saturday 10/17 @ Kraine Theater

On a dark and stormy night in 1816, Dr. John Polidori, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and Mary Wollstonecraft Goodwin held a... 

Spencer Finch: <em>The River That Flows Both Ways</em>

Art

Spencer Finch

Saturday 10/17 @ The High Line, Chelsea Market Passage

Brooklyn-based artist Spencer Finch is a man in search of lost time. He feeds viewers a Proustian Madeleine for their senses,... 

<em> Superior Donuts </em>

Theatre

Superior Donuts

Saturday 10/17 @ Music Box Theatre

From Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts (August: Osage County) comes a lighter, comedic take on Midwestern life. A pot-smoking donut shop owner... 

<em>Lizzie Borden: The Show</em>

Theatre

Lizzie Borden

Saturday 10/17 @ The Living Theatre

A misunderstood girl like Lizzie Borden deserves nothing less than her own rock musical, and Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan... 

Theatre

The Night Watcher

Saturday 10/17 @ 59E59 Theaters

In The Night Watcher, actress Charlayne Woodard passionately describes the role of Auntie that she provides to the children of family,... 

So Percusssion: <em>Imaginary City</em>

Music: Experimental

Imaginary City

Saturday 10/17 @ BAM Harvey Theater

Since forming at the Yale School of Music a decade back, So Percusssion has been at the forefront of experimentation in... 

Festival: Film

Elia Kazan Festival

Saturday 10/17 @ Film Forum

Labeled both a "proletarian thunderbolt" and a communist turncoat, the ever-controversial Elia Kazan was — above the muck of his unfortunate... 

<em> The Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue </em>

Theatre

The Provenance of Beauty

Saturday 10/17 @ 171 E 121st St

It's an all-too-rare occasion when we view New York from a new angle. In The Provenance of Beauty, that perspective is... 

Omar Mullick: <em>Can't Take It With You</em>

Art: Photography

Omar Mullick

Saturday 10/17 @ Gallery FCB

Call it Omar Mullick's 21st-century angle on The Americans. For his first solo show, the photographer hyphenates Robert Frank's landmark observance... 

Takashi Murakami: <em>Picture of Fate: I Am But a Fisherman Who Angles In the Darkness of His Mind</em>

Art

Takashi Murakami

Saturday 10/17 @ Gagosian Gallery

Arguably Japan's best-known contemporary artist and recipient of a major retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum last summer, Takashi Murakami returns with... 

Pablo Bronstein at the Met
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Art

Pablo Bronstein at the Met  

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

For this exhibition, Pablo Bronstein (born in 1977) has created two new bodies of work that address the nature of the... 

Keith Haring: <em>New York</em>

Art

Keith Haring

Saturday 10/17 @ Woodward Gallery

We've been missing the Keith Haring tribute mural over on Houston, and there's no better way to refresh our love for graffiti... 

8th Annual Next Wave Art Festival at BAM &nbsp; &nbsp;

Festival: Art

BAM Next Wave Art Festival    

Saturday 10/17 @ BAM

For the visual component of its seminal Next Wave Festival, BAM opens its studio spaces to exhibit new work by some... 

Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet

Theatre

Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet

Saturday 10/17 @ Linda Gross Theater

Hard-hitting playwright David Mamet adopts a lighter touch with School and Keep Your Pantheon, the two one-acts that make up this... 

Ron Arad: No Discipline

Art

Ron Arad: No Discipline

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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Among the most influential designers of our time, Ron Arad... 

<em>Nightingale</em>

Theatre

Nightingale

Saturday 10/17 @ New York City Center

Writer and actress Lynn Redgrave comes from a family that practically lives and breathes onstage, so it's only natural to explore... 

<em>Broke-ology</em>

Theatre

Broke-ology

Saturday 10/17 @ Lincoln Center Theater

Broke-ology takes on a host of sticky topics, covering personal dreams vs. family responsibility, chronic poverty, and caring for aging parents.... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Saturday 10/17 @ Imperial Theatre

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

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Saturday 10/17 @ 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>In Search of Beethoven</em>

Film: Documentary

In Search of Beethoven

Saturday 10/17 @ Cinema Village

For his follow-up to In Search of Mozart, British documentarian Phil Grabsky crafts an absorbing portrait of our old friend Ludwig... 

Artists and Fleas

City Gems

Artists and Fleas

Saturday 10/17 @ Artists and Fleas

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

Thomas Chambers: <em>American Marine and Landscape Painter</em>

Art

Thomas Chambers

Saturday 10/17 @ American Folk Art Museum

A prolific 19th-century painter who was once considered "America's first modern" for his prepossessing, flat-color land- and seascapes, Thomas Chambers is... 

<em>The Oldsmobiles</em>

Theatre

The Oldsmobiles

Saturday 10/17 @ The Flea Theater

Happily married, Mr. and Mrs. Oldsmobile are as reliable as their GM namesake. But why are they and the rest of... 

<em>The Wilde Years: Four Decades of Shaping Visual Culture</em>

Art

The Wilde Years

Saturday 10/17 @ School of Visual Arts

The School of Visual Arts is one of the most respected art schools in the country, but it's usually the fine... 

Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years

Film

Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Just before the release of Where the Wild Things Are on October 16, Spike Jonze gets his first retrospective, and with... 

Theatre

West Side Story

Saturday 10/17 @ The Palace Theatre

Argentine opera singer Josephine Scaglione's magnetically angelic presence contrasts beautifully with the unforgiving world around her in Arthur Laurents' gritty revival... 

Acconci Studio Installation at Bronx Museum of the Arts

Art

Vito Acconci at Bronx Museum

Saturday 10/17 @ The Bronx Museum of the Arts

As part of the Bronx Museum's progressive year-long series Intersections: The Grand Concourse at 100, designer and Bronx native Vito Acconci... 

Tokyo Screening

Film: Shorts

Tokyo Screening

Saturday 10/17 @ Monster Island

From the Land of the Rising Sun comes a new genus of video artists, and Tokyo-based gallery Pepper's Project curates a... 

<em>Is Life Worth Living? </em>

Theatre

Is Life Worth Living?

Saturday 10/17 @ The Mint Theater

Lennox Robinson's 1933 comedy is set in a sleepy Irish resort town where a troupe of third-rate actors has unleashed Russian... 

<em>After Miss Julie</em>

Theatre

After Miss Julie

Saturday 10/17 @ American Airlines Theater

Patrick Marber's (Closer) highly anticipated After Miss Julie transplants August Strindberg's 1888 classic to the eve of the British Labour Party's... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Saturday 10/17 @ 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... 

Creative Time presents Bestu&eacute;-Vives, Martha Colburn and Gonzalo Lebrija at 44 1/2

Art

Three Emerging Artists at 44 1/2

Saturday 10/17 @ 44 1/2

Following last July's presentation of Deadpan, Creative Time kicks off the fall with video art by three up-and-coming artists on MTV's... 

<em>America for Sale</em>

Art

America for Sale

Saturday 10/17 @ Exit Art

Last year, Abu Dhabi bought up 90% of the Chrysler Building, an asterisk on any architectural map of New York. It's... 

<em>Frogs: A Chorus of Colors</em>

Special Event

Frogs: A Chorus of Colors

Saturday 10/17 @ American Museum of Natural History

What eats fish, fowl, snails, fruit, crawfish, and frogs? Frogs do. The neckless, tailless charmers of class Amphibia count some voracious... 

<em>Our Town</em>

Theatre

Our Town

Saturday 10/17 @ Barrow Street Theater

David Comer's justly praised production (he took home the '09 Obie for Outstanding Director, the play won the Lucille Lortel Award... 

Peter Coffin: Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Art

Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Saturday 10/17 @ City Hall Park

Peter Coffin, the artist who flew a UFO over the Baltic Sea in summer 2008, takes over City Hall Park with a... 

<em> Let Me Down Easy </em>

Theatre

Let Me Down Easy

Saturday 10/17 @ 2econd Stage Theatre

With all the talk about health care, death and dying are still issues we tend to avoid as a society. The... 

Emerging Artists Theatre Company presents<em> Penny Penniworth</em>

Theatre

Penny Penniworth

Saturday 10/17 @ TADA! Theater

Charles Dickens didn't write Penny Penniworth, but Chris Weikel's one-act farce might lead you to believe otherwise. Penny's quest for love... 

Balletto Teatro di Torino

Dance

Balletto Teatro di Torino

Saturday 10/17 @ The Joyce Theater

Renowned Italian company Balletto Teatro di Torino makes its New York debut with works by resident choreographer Matteo Levaggi. Performances are... 

Downtown Alliance presents <em>Re:Construction</em>

Art

Re:Construction

Saturday 10/17 @ Various locations

Finally, a solution to all those pesky construction-site eyesores downtown. Downtown Alliance, in a stroke of genius, has developed and carried... 

<em>The Yes Men Fix the World</em>

Film

The Yes Men Fix the World

Saturday 10/17 @ Film Forum

A Sundance hit, this documentary chronicles the latest capers of the Yes Men, two pranksters who have made a career out... 

Last Chance—Looking In: Robert Frank’s “The Americans”

Art: Photography

Last Chance—Looking In: Robert Frank’s “The Americans”

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! This exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Americans, Robert... 

Looking at Music: Side 2 film series

Film

Looking at Music: Side 2 film series

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


View the entire film schedule
Held in conjunction with the Looking at Music:... 

Heeb 100 Gallery Exhibit

Art

Heeb 100 Gallery Exhibit

Saturday 10/17 @ 92YTribeca

Heeb Magazine and 92YTribeca are pleased to present the NYC showing of the fourth annual Heeb Hundred Portrait Exhibition. The Heeb... 

What Was Good Design? MoMA's Message 1944–56

Art

What Was Good Design? MoMA's Message 1944–56

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

At mid-century MoMA played a leading role in the definition and dissemination of so-called Good Design, a concept that took shape... 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met’s unparalleled collection of American art includes some 45 sculptures by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), the American Beaux-Arts sculptor who worked... 

Paul Sietsema

Art

Paul Sietsema

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Paul Sietsema’s ethereal drawings, sculptures, and films explore combinations of color, space, and movement through subjects spanning a broad geographic and... 

Last Chance— Vermeer’s Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Art

Last Chance— Vermeer’s Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s historic voyage to Manhattan from... 

Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!

Food/Wine

Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!

Saturday 10/17 @ Brooklyn Bowl

Brooklyn Bowl is proud to announce the release of its complete menu with food by Blue Ribbon. On August 4, 2009,... 

Last Chance—Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44

Art

Last Chance—Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! The Du Paquier ceramic manufactory, founded by Claudius Innocentius du Paquier in Vienna... 

Yoshihiro Suda: In Focus

Art

Yoshihiro Suda: In Focus

Saturday 10/17 @ Asia Society and Museum

The first solo New York museum exhibition of Japanese artist Yoshihiro Suda features a new work, inspired by pieces from Asia... 

Last Chance—Eccentric  Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733-1799)

Art

Last Chance—Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733-1799)

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! The first comprehensive exhibition of Luo Ping’s paintings ever presented in America, Eccentric... 

Looking at Music: Side 2

Art

Looking at Music: Side 2

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


View exhibition site

This exhibition is accompanied by the Looking at Music:... 

Last Chance— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Art

Last Chance— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! American artist Roxy Paine (born in 1966) has created a 130-foot-long by 45-foot-wide... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: A New Look at Sargent's Venice

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: A New Look at Sargent's Venice

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist Eric Fischl takes a fresh look at two John Singer Sargent paintings in the exhibition American Stories: Paintings of Everyday... 

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Art

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

In recent decades "landscape" has taken on an expanded definition in architecture. In the first half of the twentieth century, the... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Said Tayeb Jawad, speaks about the rich culture and history of Afghanistan at... 

New Photography 2009

Art: Photography

New Photography 2009

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

New Photography 2009 is a thematic presentation of significant recent work in photography that examines and expands the conventional definitions of... 

Download a Free Audio Tour Today: Vermeer's Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Art

Download a Free Audio Tour Today: Vermeer's Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met’s Director Thomas P. Campbell narrates this audio tour of the exhibition Vermeer’s Masterpiece The Milkmaid, with commentary from exhibition... 

<em>Heavy Metal in Baghdad</em> (2008)

Film: Documentary

Heavy Metal in Baghdad (2008)

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


Part of the Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years film exhibition
An intense... 

One Minute More

Art

One Minute More

Saturday 10/17 @ The Kitchen

<em>Jackass: The Movie</em> (2002) and Two Shorts

Film

Jackass: The Movie (2002) and Two Shorts

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


Part of the Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years film exhibition
Jackass: The... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Co-curators Jeffrey Munger and Meredith Chilton discuss the details of a delightful dessert table with culinary historian Ivan Day. This table... 

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Art

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Saturday 10/17 @ Rubin Museum of Art

The mandala, one of Himalayan Buddhism's most ubiquitous and complex symbols, is the focus of this fascinating exhibition. Mandalas are created... 

Monet's Water Lilies

Art

Monet's Water Lilies

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

For the first time in the Museum's new building, MoMA presents an installation featuring the full group of Claude Monet's late... 

The New American Wing—Part 2: The Charles Engelhard Court and the Period Rooms

Art

The New American Wing—Part 2: The Charles Engelhard Court and the Period Rooms

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

After two years of major construction and renovation, the Met’s Charles Engelhard Court—the spectacular, light-filled pavilion along Central Park—has reopened to... 

Last Chance— Watteau, Music, and Theater

Art

Last Chance— Watteau, Music, and Theater

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! This is the first exhibition of Jean-Antoine Watteau’s paintings in the United States... 

Devotion in South India: Chola Bronzes

Art

Devotion in South India: Chola Bronzes

Saturday 10/17 @ Asia Society and Museum

... 

John Jahnke / Hotel Savant: The Archery Contest

Theatre

John Jahnke / Hotel Savant: The Archery Contest

Saturday 10/17 @ Performance Space 122

"Dandy theatrical experimenteur...mind bending sex comedy." - Time Out, New York   "...one of the highlights of the fall season at... 

Lincoln Center Celebrating 50 Years - Exhibit at NY Public Library for the Performing Arts

Performing Arts

Lincoln Center Celebrating 50 Years - Exhibit at NY Public Library for the Performing Arts

Saturday 10/17 @ Lincoln Center

FREE Exhibition Now - January... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

This summer's installation in The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden celebrates the bold use of color in modern and contemporary sculpture.... 

Saturday Evenings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art

Saturday Evenings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saturday 10/17 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Thomas Beachdel

Get a sneak preview of a new exhibition or tour... 

&ldquo;Medieval Garden Enclosed&rdquo; on the Met Blog.

Art

“Medieval Garden Enclosed” on the Met Blog.

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Take a break from city life and visit the Met’s blog dedicated to your neighboring medieval garden! July 1, 2009 marked the first anniversary... 

In & Out of Amsterdam: <em>Art & Project Bulletin</em>, 1968–1989

Art

In & Out of Amsterdam: Art & Project Bulletin, 1968–1989

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


View exhibition site
In conjunction with the exhibition In & Out of Amsterdam:... 

Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China

Art

Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Did you know that the musical heritage of China is one of the oldest continuously documented traditions with roots reaching back... 

All Politics is Local!

Theatre

All Politics is Local!

Saturday 10/17 @ Symphony Space

The Thalia Follies troupe kicks off their sixth season of political cabaret with with songs, sketches, and satire covering the Mayoral... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Vermeer's Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Vermeer's Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Curator Walter Liedtke discusses the unique patronage of Johannes Vermeer and its influence on the artistic and psychological aesthetic of The... 

Victorious Ones Now Open

Art

Victorious Ones Now Open

Saturday 10/17 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection is the Rubin Museum's newest exhibition and latest offering of Himalayan art and culture.  ... 

Last Chance—American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915

Art

Last Chance—American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! From the decade before the Revolution to the eve of World War I,... 

The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

Art

The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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Surrealist artists, writers, and poets placed persistent emphasis on... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Michelangelo’s First Painting

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Michelangelo’s First Painting

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Keith Christiansen and Michael Gallagher of the Met discuss their research and conservation of the first known painting by Michelangelo Buonarroti... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Winslow Homer's Civil War

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Winslow Homer's Civil War

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Distinguished Civil War scholar James McPherson speaks about Pitching Quoits and The Veteran in a New Field, two of the Winslow... 

Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection

Art

Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, acquired by the Museum in 2005, is an extraordinary collection of over 2,500 contemporary... 

Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars

Art

Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars

Saturday 10/17 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

When Esoteric Buddhism was introduced to Japan from mainland China in the 9th century, it forever changed the visual landscape of... 

<em>Adela</em> (2008)

Film

Adela (2008)

Saturday 10/17 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


Part of MoMA's ContemporAsian film series
Watch the film trailer ...