Events on Saturday, November 7

Passport to the Arts

Festival: Art

Passport to the Arts

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Various locations

For the fifth year, The New Yorker takes over dozens of Chelsea and Soho galleries to offer a curated look at... 

House of Diehl's Style Wars

Fashion/Style

Style Wars

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Don Hill's

Happening in cities around the world, Style Wars is a souped-up fashion show in the Project Runway mold: one minute you're... 

Artist Meet & Greet: Luc Tuymans

Books: Reading

Luc Tuymans

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Strand Bookstore

Ohio gets the art, we get the artist. It's all about Luc Tuymans of late, with the illustrious Belgian painter receiving... 

The Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Festival

Film: Shorts

The Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Festival

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 92YTribeca

Short and funny is the motto for this inventive film series that screens monthly at 92Y Tribeca's cozy theater. Some of... 

Multiverse Playground feat. Das Racist w/ Emanuel and the Fear, Peasant, Darla Farmer, and Kurt Metzger

Music

Multiverse Playground

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 3rd Ward

Paper Garden Records presents Multiverse Playground, a multimedia art party dreamed up by Larry Mayorga. The conceptual artist has designed elaborate,... 

The Internationalists: <em>Around the World in 24 Hours</em>

Art

Around the World in 24 Hours

Saturday 11/ 7 @ LaGuardia Performing Arts Center

The Internationalists — LPAC's resident theatre company this season — utilizes the Internet for a wonderfully futuristic event in which artists... 

Brother Ali w/ Evidence, Toki Wright, and BK-One

Music: Hip-Hop

Brother Ali

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza

"Legally blind albino" hardly fits the description of a typical hip-hop artist, but Brother Ali is hardly typical. Despite growing up... 

The Heavy

Music

The Heavy

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 92YTribeca

Rampaging out of the UK like a beast in the night with some of the illest beats and riffs since Massive... 

John Prine @ The Egg Performing Arts Center, Empire State Plaza (Albany, NY)

Music

John Prine @ The Egg Performing Arts Center, Empire State Plaza (Albany, NY)

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Bowery Presents

The Egg Performing Arts Center

http://www.theegg.org 
PO Box 2065
Albany, NY 12220
(518) 473-1845
Directions
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Derekh Torah™ Havdalah and Movie Night Mixer

Film

Derekh Torah™ Havdalah and Movie Night Mixer

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Usher out Shabbat with fellow Derekh Torah students and graduates. Beginning with wine and cheese, say good-bye to Shabbat with the... 

La Scala's Opening Night: Carmen

Music: Classical

La Scala's Opening Night: Carmen

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Symphony Space

Daniel Barenboim conducts Teatro alla Scala's opening night production of Bizet's Carmen, starring Jonas Kaufmann, Erwin Schrott, Adriana Damata, and Anita... 

Light Up the Night

Music

Light Up the Night

Saturday 11/ 7 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 Saturday 11.07.09
Light
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Music

Modeselektor

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Irrereverent Berlin-based techno cut-ups Modeselektor -- producers Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary -- were known as Fundamental Knowledge from their
... 

Dan Seiden and Friends

Music

Dan Seiden and Friends

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 92YTribeca

Although he now writes, records and performs in Southern Vermont, Dan Seiden is a native New Yorker who has been playing... 

Swingle Singers

Music

Swingle Singers

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Joe's Pub

"Everything about the Swingles is flawless"
-Los Angeles Times

International a cappella sensation
... 

Music

The New Mastersounds

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Bowery Ballroom

The New Mastersounds are a four-piece band based in Leeds, England, whose modern take on vintage soul-jazz, funk and rock draws... 

Richard Shindell with special guest Antje Duvekot

Music: Global

Richard Shindell with special guest Antje Duvekot

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Joe's Pub

With Dennis McDermott on drums
Lincoln Schleiffer on bass
John Putnam on electric
... 

Japanese Mandalas—Under the Gaze of the Stars: Astral Mandalas in Medieval Japan

Special Event

Japanese Mandalas—Under the Gaze of the Stars: Astral Mandalas in Medieval Japan

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In this lecture Bernard Faure, Kao Professor in Japanese Religion in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, discusses the role... 

Rebel Waltz w/ Kontroll Csoport , Dezerter, & Pankrti

Music

Rebel Waltz w/ Kontroll Csoport , Dezerter, & Pankrti

Saturday 11/ 7 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Saturday 11.06.09 Rebel Waltz w/ Kontroll Csoport... 

Music

Tahiti 80 / Brookville / Soulico

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Mercury Lounge

Late Show Tahiti 80 - 11:30 Brookville - 10:30 Early Show Soulico - 8:30   Tahiti 80 are individually known as,... 

Watteau and Music: Dance, Seduction, Allusion, Mystery

Music

Watteau and Music: Dance, Seduction, Allusion, Mystery

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Paula Robison, flute John Gibbons, harpsichord Frederic Hand, lute and guitar   This concert is presented in conjunction with the exhibition... 

Ongoing Events

Flux Theatre Ensemble presents <em>The Lesser Seductions of History</em>

Theatre

The Lesser Seductions of History

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Cherry Pit

August Schulenburg's new play takes place between 1960 and 1969, when public and private worlds noisily collided in outer space, on... 

Roger Corman: Poe and Beyond

Film

Roger Corman: Poe and Beyond

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Anthology Film Archives

If Hollywood is a machine, its most prolific mechanic has to be Roger Corman. He's worked in more genres and discovered... 

Artists and Fleas

City Gems

Artists and Fleas

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Artists and Fleas

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

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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 Wilde Years: Four Decades of Shaping Visual Culture</em>

Art

The Wilde Years

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Frankenstein

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Kraine Theater

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

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

Festival: Art

BAM Next Wave Art Festival    

Saturday 11/ 7 @ BAM

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

<em>Behind the Screen</em>

Special Event

Behind the Screen

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Museum of the Moving Image

Sure, some of us like a microbrew to accompany our vintage video-gaming — and for that, we head to Barcade. But... 

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Saturday 11/ 7 @ August Wilson Theatre

Like the signs on the buses say: The hits just keep on comin' — five years now for this crowd-pleasing bio-musical... 

<em> In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) </em>

Theatre

In the Next Room

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street

Feminist playwright Sarah Ruhl lets us in on the "medicinal" uses of the first vibrators. Set in the late 19th-century, In... 

<em>Nightingale</em>

Theatre

Nightingale

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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 11/ 7 @ 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>Accomplice</em>: New York

Theatre

Accomplice

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Various Downtown locations

Combining the engaging giddiness of a street race with the riddle-quest of a spy spoof, Accomplice is an afternoon spent following... 

Kristin Baker: <em>Splitting Twilight</em>

Art

Kristin Baker

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Deitch Projects

Kristen Baker thinks of her painting process as analogous to a racetrack, based half on precise control, half on wild chaos.... 

<em>Candide</em> at 250: Scandal and Success

Special Event

Candide at 250

Saturday 11/ 7 @ New York Public Library

On the 250th anniversary of the publication of Candide, Voltaire's masterpiece attacking the philosophical doctrine of Optimism made popular by writers... 

Robert Williams:<em> Conceptual Realism: In the Service of the Hypothetical </em>

Art

Robert Williams

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Tony Shafrazi Gallery

Robert Williams is a legend in the mythology of lowbrow, pop surrealist, hot-rod visual art. Founder of Juxtapoz and darling of... 

1962 New York Film Critics Circle

Film

1962 New York Film Critics Circle

Saturday 11/ 7 @ BAM Rose Cinemas

1962: The Yankees were Champs, Silent Spring raised hell about Earth, and "Bond, James Bond" leapt off the page with Dr.... 

Peter Coffin: Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Art

Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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 11/ 7 @ 2econd Stage Theatre

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

Ars Nova presents ANT Fest 2009

Theatre

ANT Fest

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Ars Nova Theater

Ars Nova's ANT Fest gives artists from every imaginable discipline a chance to show off their stuff. Nothing much is sacred... 

<em>Kiss Me on the Mouth</em>

Theatre

Kiss Me on the Mouth

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Center Stage

Christina and Amy are lifelong best friends, but the two couldn’t be more different. Christina comes from a wealthy but emotionally... 

Theatre

This

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Playwrights Horizons

Melissa James Gibson's latest slice-of-life play focuses on Jane (Julianne Nicholson), a newly widowed and once-promising thritysomething poet who stumbles through... 

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Theatre

The Age of Iron

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Classic Stage Company

The Age of Iron is an unusual look at the Trojan War. Combining scenes from Shakespeare's Troilus & Cressida with Thomas... 

<em>True Self</em>, curated by Gary Baseman

Art

True Self

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery

LA-based painter, designer, and merchandising genius Gary Baseman curates a crowded group show on the topic of individual identity. His thematic... 

<em>Antichrist</em>

Film

Antichrist

Saturday 11/ 7 @ IFC Center

Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, and now Antichrist: Lars von Trier goes to every emotional and cinematic extreme to... 

<em>One Every Day: A Printeresting Curatorial Project</em>

Art

One Every Day: A Printeresting Curatorial Project

Saturday 11/ 7 @ EFA Project Space

"Printeresting" is a special word, only bestowed upon the most fascinating pieces of print. Curated by Printeresting.org, the thinking person's online resource... 

<em>The Hypochondriac</em>

Theatre

The Hypochondriac

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Cell (338 W 23rd St)

The Hypochondriac is an outstanding update of Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid. Conceived by director Matthew AJ Gregory with Shira Gregory, Chris... 

Maurice Sendak

Art

Maurice Sendak

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Animazing Gallery

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

Art

Dan Flavin

Saturday 11/ 7 @ David Zwirner

Dan Flavin organized fluorescent lights into eyeful towers, often leaving them untitled (with parenthetical dedications here and there) or with titles... 

<em>The Oldsmobiles</em>

Theatre

The Oldsmobiles

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Flea Theater

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

Pablo Bronstein at the Met
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Art

Pablo Bronstein at the Met  

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Frogs: A Chorus of Colors

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Theatre

West Side Story

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Polish Posters 1945-1989

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>Avenue Q</em>

Theatre

Avenue Q

Saturday 11/ 7 @ New World Stages

After a long and successful run on Broadway, Avenue Q makes a smooth transition to its new home at New World... 

<em>Fela!</em>

Theatre

Fela

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 W 49th St)

After last season's successful run on Off-Broadway, Fela! takes its rightful place on the Great White Way. Choreographer Bill T. Jones'... 

<em>Nefer/Nfr</em>

Art

Nefer/Nfr

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Capricious Gallery

Egyptian for both "beautiful" and "good," Nefer/Nfr is a group show for seven Brooklyn-based artists who explore human decoration and decorum... 

Aphids of Australia: <em>A Quarreling Pair</em>

Performing Arts: Puppetry

A Quarreling Pair

Saturday 11/ 7 @ La MaMa E.T.C.

Australian arts company Aphids creates an intense meditation on sisterly bonds in A Quarreling Pair, a program of three miniature-puppet plays.... 

<em>America for Sale</em>

Art

America for Sale

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Exit Art

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

Performa 09

Festival: Art

Performa 09

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Various locations

Performa, a biennial of new visual art performance, returns to New York for its third edition at venues throughout the city... 

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

Art

Thomas Chambers

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>This Is Beauty, Girls</em>: Nine Cyanotypes by Jo Andres

Art

This Is Beauty, Girls

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Superfine Gallery and Restaurant

Jo Andres, a filmmaker and choreographer from NYC's '80s experimental art scene, presents a collection of her visual artwork for the... 

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

Special Event

Pretty Tough: Contemporary Storytelling

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Bill Viola: <em>Bodies of Light</em>

Art

Bill Viola

Saturday 11/ 7 @ James Cohan Gallery

There are few artists whose work has raised their genre's profile as much as Bill Viola's has for video art. From... 

<em>Go East</em>

Art

Go East

Saturday 11/ 7 @ LeBasse Projects NY

Edwin Ushiro's multimedia paintings are ethereal combinations of pop art and anime, combining paint, ink, iron-on transfers, fabric, and digital media.... 

<em>Our Town</em>

Theatre

Our Town

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Icons of the Desert

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Imperial Theatre

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

<em> Superior Donuts </em>

Theatre

Superior Donuts

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>The Red Shoes</em> (1948)

Film

The Red Shoes

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Film Forum

Many a musical pales in comparison to this Technicolor fantasia — or Pantone tonic, if you will. Directed by Michael Powell... 

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

Art

Re:Construction

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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> Creature </em>

Theatre

Creature

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Ohio Theatre

Set in the 15th century, Creature is a play that captures its backward period while remaining thoroughly modern. Beer brewer (and... 

<em>What Once We Felt</em>

Theatre

What Once We Felt

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Duke Theater

With current speculation about the demise — or at least reconfiguration — of the publishing world, Ann Marie Healy’s dark comedy... 

<em>After Miss Julie</em>

Theatre

After Miss Julie

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Liz Duffy Adams's <em>Or,</em>

Theatre

Or,

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Women's Project

Or, recounts an eventful day in the life of 17th-century secret agent/playwright Aphra Behn (played by the formidable Maggie Siff). Rather... 

Gerald Dearing and Steve Pyke: <em>Matter of Fact</em>

Art: Photography

Matter of Fact

Saturday 11/ 7 @ BLT Gallery

With a tagline like "not polluted in gimmicks, just a shot," BLT Gallery's latest exhibition promises to be an antidote to... 

<em>Loaded</em>

Theatre

Loaded

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Lion Theatre at Theatre Row

Patrick (Kevin Spirtas) and Jude (Scott Kerns) are in the getting-to-know-you-better stage of their relationship after meeting through the Internet and... 

<em>American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion</em>

Fashion/Style

American Beauty

Saturday 11/ 7 @ FIT Museum

American Beauty unveils the beauty within — within form, that is. The art of dressmaking yields great insight into the philosophy... 

Arik Roper: <em>The Hidden Dimension</em>

Art

Arik Roper

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Fuse Gallery

SVA grad and sought-after illustrator Arik Roper has created unforgettable album art for bands as diverse as High on Fire and... 

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

Art

Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Rebecca Campbell

Art

Rebecca Campbell

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Ameringer McEnery Yohe

LA-based artist Rebecca Campbell's paintings, including several large-scale works applying her eerie sense of space and sensitivity to anatomy and gesture,... 

<em>Hair</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hair

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>Vestie Davis' New York</em>

Art

Vestie Davis' New York

Saturday 11/ 7 @ American Folk Art Museum, Lincoln Square branch

"Give it a sweet melody" was the aesthetic must for Vestie Davis, a painter who froze mid-century New York in winsome,... 

Acconci Studio Installation at Bronx Museum of the Arts

Art

Vito Acconci at Bronx Museum

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Tenth Anniversary Django Reinhardt NY Festival

Festival: Music

Django Reinhardt Festival

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Birdland

Birdland celebrates the tenth Django Reinhardt NY Festival with a week of shows that feature legendary gypsy jazz guitarist Tchavolo Schmitt... 

Sixth Annual New York Comedy Festival feat. Bill Maher and Ricky Gervais

Comedy

New York Comedy Festival

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Various locations

The sixth New York Comedy Festival brings pros and rising stars together on ten stages for a week of citywide laughter.... 

<em>The New Electric Ballroom</em>

Theatre

The New Electric Ballroom

Saturday 11/ 7 @ St. Ann's Warehouse

Winner of the 2008 Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Druid Ireland's The New Electric Ballroom is a bleak... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

<em>Collapse</em>

Film: Documentary

Collapse

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Angelika Film Center

Collapse recalls Errol Morris' superlative series of interviews, First Person. Here, it's former LAPD officer turned rebel with cause-for-alarm Michael Ruppert,... 

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 11/ 7 @ Lincoln Center

FREE Exhibition Now - January... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Cooking with Lilly Martin Spencer

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Cooking with Lilly Martin Spencer

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cookbook author and New York Times columnist Mark Bittman savors the food shown in two Lilly Martin Spencer paintings in the... 

Yoshihiro Suda: In Focus

Art

Yoshihiro Suda: In Focus

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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—American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915

Art

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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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,... 

Looking at Music: Side 2

Art

Looking at Music: Side 2

Saturday 11/ 7 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


View exhibition site

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

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 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Itutu

Dance

Itutu

Saturday 11/ 7 @ BAM

"[Armitage] is always pushing the limits of possibility, spectacularly deconstructing the body with a diabolic flair." —Le Nouvel Observateur (France)
... 

Last Chance— Vermeer’s Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Art

Last Chance— Vermeer’s Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

The "Young Archer" Attributed to Michelangelo

Art

The "Young Archer" Attributed to Michelangelo

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Now on view at the Met is the marble sculpture Young Archer, attributed to Michelangelo. For decades the fragmentary marble figure... 

New Photography 2009

Art: Photography

New Photography 2009

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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 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 11/ 7 @ 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!

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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— Watteau, Music, and Theater

Art

Last Chance— Watteau, Music, and Theater

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

AsiaStore Sale Event: Kai Yin Lo Jewelry

Fashion/Style: Shopping

AsiaStore Sale Event: Kai Yin Lo Jewelry

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Asia Society and Museum

Internationally renowned designer Kai-Yin Lo presents her fall 2009 jewelry collection at AsiaStore. A designer of style and innovation, Kai-Yin Lo... 

Kurt Hentschläger: ZEE

Special Event

Kurt Hentschläger: ZEE

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Performance Space 122

By appointment only: A rigorous mindscape; a hallucinatory architecture of light; a dream machine.

An enclosed space... 

Victorious Ones Now Open

Art

Victorious Ones Now Open

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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.  ... 

Argentine Tango Party

Dance

Argentine Tango Party

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Singles and couples of all ages and levels welcome. A group lesson is held during the first hour of each party.... 

Last Chance— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Art

Last Chance— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Paul Sietsema

Art

Paul Sietsema

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

You Cannot Start Without Me

Film

You Cannot Start Without Me

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Symphony Space

An exclusive "year in the life" look at one of the leading conductors of our time on the go: rehearsal excerpts and performance... 

Devotion in South India: Chola Bronzes

Art

Devotion in South India: Chola Bronzes

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Asia Society and Museum

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The &ldquo;Young Archer&rdquo; Attributed to Michelangelo - Free Met Podcast

Art

The “Young Archer” Attributed to Michelangelo - Free Met Podcast

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Curator James David Draper discusses the attribution to the teenage Michelangelo of the marble sculpture now on special loan to the... 

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

Art

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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

“Medieval Garden Enclosed” on the Met Blog.

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Nancy Garcia / Chase Granoff

Dance

Nancy Garcia / Chase Granoff

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Kitchen

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Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Art

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Art

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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—Looking In: Robert Frank’s “The Americans”

Art: Photography

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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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 11/ 7 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

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The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

Saturday 11/ 7 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

Monet's Water Lilies

Art

Monet's Water Lilies

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Jessica Dessner, Denny Renshaw & Deborah Johnson: Art from Sufjan Stevens' Run Rabbit Run and The BQE

Art

Jessica Dessner, Denny Renshaw & Deborah Johnson: Art from Sufjan Stevens' Run Rabbit Run and The BQE

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 92YTribeca

Please join us for the opening of our gallery exhibition of photographs by Denny Renshaw used for The BQE release, Jessica... 

Saturday Night SingleSpeak / Ages 40 and up

Special Event

Saturday Night SingleSpeak / Ages 40 and up

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Brenda Stiefel-Sherman

Meet other singles in a relaxed, engaging setting. Discuss ways... 

Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China

Art

Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Pablo Bronstein - Free Met Podcast

Art

Pablo Bronstein - Free Met Podcast

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist Pablo Bronstein and curator Gary Tinterow discuss Bronstein’s new drawings and etchings that suggest mythical histories and hypothetical futures of... 

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

Art

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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Last Chance—Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868

Art

Last Chance—Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! Now on view at the Met is the most extraordinary and comprehensive exhibition... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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.... 

Rabih Mroue's Gift to New York

Film

Rabih Mroue's Gift to New York

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Performance Space 122

A surprise reading for New York by Jim Fletcher (Saturday) and Vivi Tellas (Sunday), followed by a selection of Mroue's video... 

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

Art

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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars

Art

Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Projects 91: Artur Zmijewski

Art

Projects 91: Artur Zmijewski

Saturday 11/ 7 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

In his films and photographs, Artur Zmijewski (Polish, b. 1966) investigates social norms by observing unusual or invented situations. Seeing his...