Events on Monday, October 5

Ballet Workout

Dance

Ballet Workout

Monday 10/ 5 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Start your day with ballet barre, center exercises and traveling steps while you stretch your muscles, flatten your abs and improve... 

music of Danielpour, Fairouz, Fulmer, Pamies, Picker, and Tiensuu  w/ musicians from the Mimesis Ensemble

Music

music of Danielpour, Fairouz, Fulmer, Pamies, Picker, and Tiensuu w/ musicians from the Mimesis Ensemble

Monday 10/ 5 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 Monday 10.05.09
Mimesis Ensemble
9:30pm doors | 10pm show
$20 GA
... 

The Musical Theater Initiative Presents: Sneak previews of "Ernest Shackleton Loves Me", "February House", and new work by Pasek and Paul

Theatre

The Musical Theater Initiative Presents: Sneak previews of "Ernest Shackleton Loves Me", "February House", and new work by Pasek and Paul

Monday 10/ 5 @ Joe's Pub

The Public Theater’s Music Theater Initiative presents spanEthan Bronner: Israel and Palestine—What’s Next?

Special Event

Ethan Bronner: Israel and Palestine—What’s Next?

Monday 10/ 5 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Award-winning journalist Ethan Bronner discusses the latest developments in the Middle East peace process and his first-hand account of life in... 

CMA Songwriter Series

Music

CMA Songwriter Series

Monday 10/ 5 @ Joe's Pub

with BOB DIPIERO, JESSI ALEXANDER, JON RANDALL and MARK... 

Bach and His Contemporaries: Music of the Baroque

Music: Classical

Bach and His Contemporaries: Music of the Baroque

Monday 10/ 5 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

The Baroque style marks the beginning of modern music, and no composer reflects the beauty, passion and complexity of this style... 

CMA Songwriter Series

Music

CMA Songwriter Series

Monday 10/ 5 @ Joe's Pub

with BOB DIPIERO, JESSI ALEXANDER, JON RANDALL and MARK... 

David Aaron Carpenter, viola and music of Takemitsu, Penderecki, Prokofiev, and Piazzolla

Music: Classical

David Aaron Carpenter, viola and music of Takemitsu, Penderecki, Prokofiev, and Piazzolla

Monday 10/ 5 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 Monday 10.05.09
David Aaron Carpenter, viola
music of Takemitsu, Penderecki, Prokofiev, and
... 

Music

Sufjan Stevens

Monday 10/ 5 @ The Bowery Ballroom

Sufjan Stevens was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in the chilly upper reaches of the Lower Peninsula. A self-taught... 

Ongoing Events

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Monday 10/ 5 @ Paragraph

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

Monday Night Bingo

Special Event

Monday Night Bingo

Monday 10/ 5 @ The Bowery Poetry Club

Monday Night Bingo at Bowery Poetry Club is the furthest thing from your local church's senior night — in other words,... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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,... 

Public Art Fund presents Julie Farris and Sarah Wayland-Smith: <em>A Clearing in the Streets</em>

Art

A Clearing in the Streets

Monday 10/ 5 @ Collect Pond Park

The always awesome public-art sponsors at Public Art Fund debut a new downtown work by Julie Farris and Sarah Wayland-Smith. Their... 

<em>In Search of Beethoven</em>

Film: Documentary

In Search of Beethoven

Monday 10/ 5 @ Cinema Village

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

Les Paul Mondays

Music

Les Paul Mondays

Monday 10/ 5 @ Iridium Jazz Club

It's hard to think of someone more instrumental in shaping the sound of modern music than Les Paul. In addition to... 

<em>In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960&ndash;1976</em>

Art

In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960–1976

Monday 10/ 5 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

While Amsterdam is perhaps the requisite stop on your average high-school or college graduate's "awesome summer abroad," the city once attracted... 

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

Theatre

Penny Penniworth

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Festival: Art

BAM Next Wave Art Festival    

Monday 10/ 5 @ BAM

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

47th Annual New York Film Festival

Festival: Film

New York Film Festival

Monday 10/ 5 @ The Film Society of Lincoln Center

Legendary avant-garde filmmaker Alain Resnais opens the NYFF's strongest lineup in years with Wild Grass, which beguiled critics at Cannes. Other... 

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

Art

Three Emerging Artists at 44 1/2

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words

Comedy

Celebrity Autobiography

Monday 10/ 5 @ The Triad Theater

Actor and veteran award-show writer Eugene Pack assembles a talented cast to read excerpts from B-list celebrities' autobiographies, with well-chosen passages... 

Maurice Sendak

Art

Maurice Sendak

Monday 10/ 5 @ Animazing Gallery

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

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Monday 10/ 5 @ Imperial Theatre

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

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

Art

Re:Construction

Monday 10/ 5 @ Various locations

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

Ron Arad: No Discipline

Art

Ron Arad: No Discipline

Monday 10/ 5 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

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

Art

Polish Posters 1945-1989

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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,... 

Peter Coffin: Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Art

Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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>After Miss Julie</em>

Theatre

After Miss Julie

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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>Eye of God</em>

Theatre

Eye of God

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

<em> Killers and Other Family </em>  &nbsp;

Theatre

Killers and Other Family  

Monday 10/ 5 @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Reviving a play from 2001 may seem hasty, but Lucy Thurber's Killers and Other Family thrives in 2009. This one-act thriller... 

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

Special Event

Frogs: A Chorus of Colors

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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>Some Like It Hot</em> (1959)
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Film

Some Like It Hot  

Monday 10/ 5 @ Film Forum

From Marilyn Monroe's airy delivery to the liberal antics of on-the-lam musicians Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy... 

The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

Art

The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

Art

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

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Art

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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 Audio Tour Today: Vermeer's Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Art

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

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

New Photography 2009

Art: Photography

New Photography 2009

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

Looking at Music: Side 2 film series

Film

Looking at Music: Side 2 film series

Monday 10/ 5 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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Held in conjunction with the Looking at Music:... 

MoMA Presents: Eija-Liisa Ahtila’s <em>Where Is Where?</em>

Film

MoMA Presents: Eija-Liisa Ahtila’s Where Is Where?

Monday 10/ 5 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Eija-Liisa Ahtila (b. Finland, 1959), an artist celebrated for her often interrelated moving image installation pieces and 35mm films, returns to... 

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Art

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Art

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

Monet's Water Lilies

Art

Monet's Water Lilies

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

Last Chance— Watteau, Music, and Theater

Art

Last Chance— Watteau, Music, and Theater

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

Heeb 100 Gallery Exhibit

Art

Heeb 100 Gallery Exhibit

Monday 10/ 5 @ 92YTribeca

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

Looking at Music: Side 2

Art

Looking at Music: Side 2

Monday 10/ 5 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

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

Art

“Medieval Garden Enclosed” on the Met Blog.

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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.... 

Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China

Art

Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Monday 10/ 5 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

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

Art

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

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

Afro-Caribbean Dance

Dance

Afro-Caribbean Dance

Monday 10/ 5 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Experience joyous movements and intoxicating rhythms from Brazil, Cuba and Haiti with live drumming accompaniment. Warm-up is based on Katherine Dunham... 

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

Art

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

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars

Art

Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

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

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

MoMA Presents: Hilla Medalia’s <em>After the Storm</em>

Film: Documentary

MoMA Presents: Hilla Medalia’s After the Storm

Monday 10/ 5 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Hilla Medalia’s powerful, absorbing After the Storm reveals a New Orleans that most of us have never seen before. The film... 

Victorious Ones Now Open

Art

Victorious Ones Now Open

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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.  ... 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

Last Chance— Vermeer’s Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Art

Last Chance— Vermeer’s Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

Paul Sietsema

Art

Paul Sietsema

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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—Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44

Art

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

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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... 

Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!

Food/Wine

Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Art

Last Chance— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Monday 10/ 5 @ 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...