Events on Thursday, December 10

Gallery Talk—Looking In: Robert Frank's “The Americans”

Art: Photography

Gallery Talk—Looking In: Robert Frank's “The Americans”

Thursday 12/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This talk by Jeff L. Rosenheim, curator of the special exhibition Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans, will take place in... 

<em>BOMB&rsquo;s</em> Starry Night Holiday Party & Art Sale

Party

BOMB’s Starry Night & Art Sale

Thursday 12/10 @ Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery

Art quarterly BOMB spreads holiday love the Brooklyn way, selling 178 signed and original pieces with a generous, ka-ching discount (how... 

Railroad Earth &nbsp;
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Music

Railroad Earth    

Thursday 12/10 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Performing with The Infamous Stringdusters Over the past three years Railroad Earth has carved a path wide and deep throughout the... 

Off the Grid

Music: Experimental

Off the Grid

Thursday 12/10 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Poisson Rouge offers an alternative for the weary club-goers longing to hear something other than generic house beats and Top 40... 

The Dreaded Feast

Books: Reading

The Dreaded Feast

Thursday 12/10 @ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

The name of this party alone makes us a little giddy. With all the holiday hoopla that engulfs the city, the... 

Fink

Music: Experimental

Fink

Thursday 12/10 @ Joe's Pub

“John Martyn for the 21st Century....a beguiling album.”
-The Sun
“His strength lies
... 

Music

Ryan Montbleau Band

Thursday 12/10 @ The Bowery Ballroom

Performing with Julian Velard   Ryan Montbleau is a pure soul singer. Not in the traditional sense. His voice — although... 

Ute Lemper: Last Tango Berlin

Music: Global

Ute Lemper: Last Tango Berlin

Thursday 12/10 @ Joe's Pub

"More than a teacher and cultural ambassador representing Continental cultural history, she is a confrontational entertainer and... 

Pink Martini @ Town Hall

Music

Pink Martini @ Town Hall

Thursday 12/10 @ The Bowery Presents

“Pink Martini is like a romantic Hollywood musical of the 1940s or 50s – but with a global perspective which is... 

Music

Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs

Thursday 12/10 @ The Mercury Lounge

Holly started her musical career as a co-founder member of all girl garage band Thee Headcoatees, who were Thee Headcoats splinter... 

The Blend:  DJ Sincerious

Party

The Blend: DJ Sincerious

Thursday 12/10 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Thursday 12.10.09
THE BLEND @
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Enjoying Difficult People — Including Yourself

Special Event

Enjoying Difficult People — Including Yourself

Thursday 12/10 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Dian Killian

How do you respond to difficult people and situations? How... 

Beyond Ipanema: Brazilian Waves in Global Music (Ondas Brasileiras Na Música Global)

Film

Beyond Ipanema: Brazilian Waves in Global Music (Ondas Brasileiras Na Música Global)

Thursday 12/10 @ 92YTribeca

Part of the series Cinema Tropical's Music + Film Series: Janeiro in New York.
... 

Mira Nair in Conversation with Vishakha Desai

Special Event

Mira Nair in Conversation with Vishakha Desai

Thursday 12/10 @ Asia Society and Museum

Asia Society President's Forum   Award-winning film director Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay!; Mississippi Masala; The Perez Family, Kama Sutra:
... 

A Special Celebration of the Life of Senator Edward M. Kennedy with Vicki Reggie Kennedy and Ted Kennedy Jr.

Special Event: Tribute

A Special Celebration of the Life of Senator Edward M. Kennedy with Vicki Reggie Kennedy and Ted Kennedy Jr.

Thursday 12/10 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Katie Couric, moderates.

Vicki Kennedy and Ted Kennedy Jr. will be signing copies of True Compass in memory... 

Jonah Bokaer, Judith Sanchez Ruiz, and Daniel Arsham:  REPLICA

Dance

Jonah Bokaer, Judith Sanchez Ruiz, and Daniel Arsham: REPLICA

Thursday 12/10 @ New Museum

Choreographed by Jonah Bokaer with Judith Sanchez Ruiz
Video and set by Daniel Arsham
Original Commissioned Music: ARP/Alexis Georgopoulos... 

Music

Matisyahu @ Webster Hall

Thursday 12/10 @ The Bowery Presents

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

ZigZag Quartet on Dec. 10 - Target Free Thursdays @ David Rubenstein Atrium

Music

ZigZag Quartet on Dec. 10 - Target Free Thursdays @ David Rubenstein Atrium

Thursday 12/10 @ Lincoln Center

Thursday, December 10 at 8:30 pm Doors Open at 7:30 pm   ZigZag Quartet’s performance at the David Rubenstein Atrium celebrates... 

Raphael Trio performs Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Koston and world premiere of a Symphony Space commission by Marjorie Merryman

Music: Classical

Raphael Trio performs Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Koston and world premiere of a Symphony Space commission by Marjorie Merryman

Thursday 12/10 @ Symphony Space

Daniel Epstein, piano; Andy Simonescu, violin; Susan Salm, cello “Technically supreme. Delicately sensitive playing. A perfectly blended ensemble.” –Chamber Music... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Fela!</em>

Theatre

Fela

Thursday 12/10 @ 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'... 

Acconci Studio Installation at Bronx Museum of the Arts

Art

Vito Acconci at Bronx Museum

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Thursday 12/10 @ Paragraph

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

The Next Director: So Yong Kim and Bradley Rust Gray

Film

So Yong Kim and Bradley Rust Gray

Thursday 12/10 @ BAM Rose Cinemas

BK's finest small-scale directors are the married focus of this seven-film series. Whether you term their portraits naturalistic or neo-realist, the... 

<em> So Help Me God! </em>

Theatre

So Help Me God!

Thursday 12/10 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

This juicy satire of the theatre has all the right ingredients — daft fools, hard-hearted individuals, starry-eyed innocents, and many over-the-top... 

<em>Collapse</em>

Film: Documentary

Collapse

Thursday 12/10 @ 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,... 

Sibyl Kempson & Mike Iveson, Jr.: Crime or Emergency ***PLUS BONUS EDITIONS

Performing Arts

Sibyl Kempson & Mike Iveson, Jr.: Crime or Emergency ***PLUS BONUS EDITIONS

Thursday 12/10 @ Performance Space 122

Mike Iveson, with his demonic arrangements of the indigenous music of their native New Jersey, joins Kempson in her creation:  a... 

<em>The Missing Person</em>

Film

The Missing Person

Thursday 12/10 @ Village East Cinema

Constructed by Noah Buschel, this neo-noir stars Michael Shannon as a Chicago P.I. with — surprise, surprise — a don't-ask past... 

<em>Nightingale</em>

Theatre

Nightingale

Thursday 12/10 @ 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>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Matter of Fact

Thursday 12/10 @ BLT Gallery

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

Tennessee Williams on Film

Festival: Film

Tennessee Williams on Film

Thursday 12/10 @ IFC Center

For two weekends, this mini-retrospective highlights a few of the legendary Southern dramatist's most memorable cinematic moments, such as Elizabeth Taylor's... 

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

Special Event

Frogs: A Chorus of Colors

Thursday 12/10 @ 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

Shakespeare's Globe: Love's Labour's Lost

Thursday 12/10 @ Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University

The Brits know how to do it. Shakespeare’s Globe theater company makes a rare trip from London with Love’s Labour’s Lost,... 

<em>Vestie Davis' New York</em>

Art

Vestie Davis' New York

Thursday 12/10 @ 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,... 

Red Hot Holiday Stomp feat. Wycliffe Gordon

Music

Red Hot Holiday Stomp

Thursday 12/10 @ Jazz at Lincoln Center

Prolific trombonist Wycliffe Gordon hosts this unique evening of holiday cheer inspired equally by New Orleans' famously joyous celebrations and Wynton... 

Peter Coffin: Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Art

Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZE: Doug Elkins & Friends Present FRAULEIN MARIA

Dance

HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZE: Doug Elkins & Friends Present FRAULEIN MARIA

Thursday 12/10 @ New York Live Arts

“Mr. Elkins’s ceaselessly brilliant and often hilarious take on The Sound of Music is a fount of unending movement ideas and... 

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

Theatre

Or,

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Company XIV presents <em>The Apple Trilogy</em>: <em>Snow White</em>

Dance

Snow White

Thursday 12/10 @ 303 Bond Street

Snow White is the last and tastiest slice of Company XIV's Apple Trilogy (Le Serpent Rouge and The Judgment of Paris... 

<em>Loaded</em>

Theatre

Loaded

Thursday 12/10 @ 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> In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) </em>

Theatre

In the Next Room

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Special Event

Pretty Tough: Contemporary Storytelling

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Beyond the Absurd: Ronald Tavel & Andy Warhol

Film

Beyond the Absurd

Thursday 12/10 @ Anthology Film Archives

Tavel doesn't ring quite like Edie or Nico or Paul America, but one could say that the multitalented playwright gave Warhol... 

<em>Orpheus X</em>

Theatre

Orpheus X

Thursday 12/10 @ The Duke Theater

Writer/composer Rinde Eckert’s Orpheus X refracts the familiar myth through a postmodern, post-feminist lens. The production, directed by Robert Woodruff, is... 

Theatre

This

Thursday 12/10 @ 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>WIRED</em> Magazine's Holiday Pop-Up Store

Fashion/Style: Shopping

WIRED Pop-Up Store

Thursday 12/10 @ Wired Store

The annual WIRED Holiday Pop-Up Store is back, this time setting up in the MPD. Be the first to check out... 

<em>Before Tomorrow</em>

Film

Before Tomorrow

Thursday 12/10 @ Film Forum

Closing out the Fast Runner trilogy on an elegiac note, Before Tomorrow offers a periscope to Inuit life in 1840, when... 

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

Special Event

Candide at 250

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Thursday 12/10 @ 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>Race</em>

Theatre

Race

Thursday 12/10 @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre

David Mamet gets his teeth back in this fast-paced and highly entertaining new play. The all-star cast handle Mametese with aplomb... 

<em>Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans</em>

Film

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Thursday 12/10 @ Angelika Film Center

For anyone who has written off Nicolas Cage as the debt-saddled has-been who squandered the gifts so apparent in Leaving Las... 

<em>Brief Encounter</em>

Theatre

Brief Encounter

Thursday 12/10 @ St. Ann's Warehouse

Emma Rice's inventive adaptation of Noel Coward's Still Life and its 1945 David Lean film charms before the curtain even rises:... 

Theatre

The Age of Iron

Thursday 12/10 @ 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>Filthy Lucre: A Burlesque Christmas Carol</em>

Theatre

Filthy Lucre

Thursday 12/10 @ Walkerspace

Burlesque collective Pinchbottom re-imagines Dickens' classic tale with a bit more spice. This sexy update remains faithful to the original text... 

<em>Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity</em>

Art

Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity

Thursday 12/10 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

The most comprehensive Bauhaus exhibition ever comes to MoMA this fall after its debut in Berlin at the Martin-Gropius-Bau exhibition hall,... 

<em>Avenue Q</em>

Theatre

Avenue Q

Thursday 12/10 @ New World Stages

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

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

Art

Kristin Baker

Thursday 12/10 @ Deitch Projects

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

<em>Behind the Screen</em>

Special Event

Behind the Screen

Thursday 12/10 @ 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>Big River Man</em>

Film: Documentary

Big River Man

Thursday 12/10 @ IFC Center

John Maringouin's documentary charts Solvenian endurance swimmer Martin Strel's journey to swim the (until now) unconquerable Amazon river. He's already wet... 

<em>She Like Girls</em>

Theatre

She Like Girls

Thursday 12/10 @ Ohio Theatre

"I don't know what I am, but I know how I feel," declares Kia Clark, an African-American teenager coming to terms... 

<em>Antichrist</em>

Film

Antichrist

Thursday 12/10 @ IFC Center

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

Zero Film Festival

Festival: Film

Zero Film Festival

Thursday 12/10 @ Various locations

Freed from the fetters/influence of studio dollars and cents, the films in this festival display creativity at its purest and most... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Thursday 12/10 @ 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>A Streetcar Named Desire</em>

Theatre

A Streetcar Named Desire

Thursday 12/10 @ BAM Harvey Theater

Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire is an American classic, but Australia’s Sydney Theatre Company — under the direction of the... 

James Whale Series

Film

James Whale Series

Thursday 12/10 @ Film Forum

Bill Condon's wonderful Gods and Monsters (1998) was a boon to the unofficial James Whale appreciation club (of which we're a... 

Margaret de Lange: <em>Daughters</em>

Art: Photography

Margaret de Lange

Thursday 12/10 @ Foley Gallery

Black-and-white photographs practically bleed nostalgia, and Margaret de Lange's gorgeous chromogenic prints are no exception. Her series Daughters was shot between... 

The Brick presents Fight Fest

Performing Arts: Acrobatics

Fight Fest

Thursday 12/10 @ The Brick Theater

The Brick's three-week Fight Fest celebrates the art and grace of fight choreography and features the premiere of festival curator Tim... 

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

Art

Robert Williams

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

<em>Hair</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hair

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

The Flea presents <em>The Great Recession</em>

Theatre

The Great Recession

Thursday 12/10 @ The Flea Theater

While commercial theater ignores economic reality to sell tickets, The Flea and its resident company The Bats present The Great Recession,... 

Tim Burton

Art

Tim Burton

Thursday 12/10 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Although Tim Burton is best known for whimsically macabre classics like Beetlejuice (1988) and Edward Scissorhands (1990), the prolific filmmaker also... 

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Thursday 12/10 @ 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>One Every Day: A Printeresting Curatorial Project</em>

Art

One Every Day: A Printeresting Curatorial Project

Thursday 12/10 @ 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>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Thursday 12/10 @ Imperial Theatre

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

<em>Les Contes d'Hoffman</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Les Contes d'Hoffman

Thursday 12/10 @ Metropolitan Opera House

Theatrical director Bart Sher (South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza) re-envisions Jacques Offenbach's popular opera about the crazy imagination of... 

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

Art

Bill Viola

Thursday 12/10 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Thursday 12/10 @ 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>A Little Night Music</em>

Theatre

A Little Night Music

Thursday 12/10 @ Walter Kerr Theatre

Stephen Sondheim's melancholic farce receives a stirring revival due to Trevor Nunn's expertly delicate touch. Nunn elicits several nuanced performances from... 

<em>Groovaloo Freestyle</em>

Dance

Groovaloo Freestyle

Thursday 12/10 @ Union Square Theatre

When reminding audiences to silence phones and not take pictures, Groovaloo's DJ should add, "Don't try this at home!" After all,... 

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

Festival: Art

BAM Next Wave Art Festival    

Thursday 12/10 @ BAM

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

<em>Our Town</em>

Theatre

Our Town

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Art

Dan Flavin

Thursday 12/10 @ David Zwirner

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

Jim McHugh: <em>Let's Get Lost</em>

Art: Photography

Jim McHugh

Thursday 12/10 @ Farmani Gallery

As the grandson of a golden-era Hollywood songwriter, acclaimed photographer Jim McHugh is heir to a particular experience and vision of... 

Charles Dickens' <em>A Christmas Carol</em>

Special Event

A Christmas Carol

Thursday 12/10 @ The Morgan Library

J.P. Morgan loved to purchase art from every era. This amazing eclecticism is reflected in his museum's rotating exhibition schedule, which... 

<em> Superior Donuts </em>

Theatre

Superior Donuts

Thursday 12/10 @ 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>American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion</em>

Fashion/Style

American Beauty

Thursday 12/10 @ FIT Museum

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

<em>Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans</em>

Film

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Thursday 12/10 @ Various

For anyone who has written off Nicolas Cage as the debt-saddled has-been who squandered the gifts so apparent in Leaving Las... 

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

Art

Thomas Chambers

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Banana Bag & Bodice: <em>A Very Sandwich Christmas</em>

Theatre

A Very Sandwich Christmas

Thursday 12/10 @ Abrons Arts Center

Original in every sense, downtown theater troupe Banana Bag & Bodice's freewheeling cabaret scrutinizes mankind's carnivorous habits through Christmas food traditions.... 

Pablo Bronstein at the Met
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Art

Pablo Bronstein at the Met  

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

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

Art

Re:Construction

Thursday 12/10 @ 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>Hanging Fire</em>: Contemporary Art from Pakistan

Art

Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

<em>Cartoons in Conflict</em>

Art

Cartoons in Conflict

Thursday 12/10 @ Storefront

This unique event gathers the work of 40 political cartoonists from around the world, including Pulitzer Prize-winners Pat Oliphant and Jim... 

Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World

Special Event

Traveling the Silk Road

Thursday 12/10 @ American Museum of Natural History

Hop aboard a stuffed camel for this four-city ancient trade route, making stops in X'ian, Turfan, Samarkand, and Baghdad. AMNH invites... 

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Mortal Engine

Dance

Mortal Engine

Thursday 12/10 @ BAM

  Mortal Engine Created by Chunky Move "Utterly captivating and, that most illusive of theatrical goals, utterly unique." —The Scotsman
... 

The "Young Archer" Attributed to Michelangelo

Art

The "Young Archer" Attributed to Michelangelo

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Don't Miss the Show Everyone is Talking About, ONE EVENING

Theatre

Don't Miss the Show Everyone is Talking About, ONE EVENING

Thursday 12/10 @ Lincoln Center

GIVEAWAY to WIN 2 TICKETS to Thursday's performance.   Back at Lincoln Center after last season's accliamed production of Waves, Katie... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Artist Kara Walker Discusses "The Power of Music" / American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Artist Kara Walker Discusses "The Power of Music" / American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915

Thursday 12/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist Kara Walker offers her interpretation of the painting The Power of Music by William Sidney Mount, on view in the... 

Urs Fischer: Marguerite de Ponty

Art

Urs Fischer: Marguerite de Ponty

Thursday 12/10 @ New Museum

For his first large-scale solo presentation in an American museum, Urs Fischer has taken over all three of the New Museum’s... 

New Photography 2009

Art: Photography

New Photography 2009

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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,... 

Yoshihiro Suda: In Focus

Art

Yoshihiro Suda: In Focus

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

Art

The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

Thursday 12/10 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


View the online checklist
Surrealist artists, writers, and poets placed persistent emphasis on... 

Velázquez Rediscovered

Art

Velázquez Rediscovered

Thursday 12/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A technical examination and cleaning of one of the Met’s paintings, formerly ascribed to the workshop of Velázquez, has revealed a... 

The Next Director: Bradley Rust Gray & So Yong Kim

Film

The Next Director: Bradley Rust Gray & So Yong Kim

Thursday 12/10 @ BAM

This year, BAMcinematek's annual series highlighting up-and-coming filmmakers focuses on American collaborators So Yong Kim and Bradley Rust Gray, who have... 

Paul Sietsema

Art

Paul Sietsema

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Last Chance—Christmas  Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche Now on Display for the Holiday Season

Art

Last Chance—Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche Now on Display for the Holiday Season

Thursday 12/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the presentation before it closes on Wednesday! Take part in this long-established yuletide tradition in New York and see the... 

Bauhaus Lounge

Art

Bauhaus Lounge

Thursday 12/10 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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Held in conjunction with the exhibition Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops... 

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

Art

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 92YTribeca

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

Treasures of the Season at AsiaStore

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Treasures of the Season at AsiaStore

Thursday 12/10 @ Asia Society and Museum

AsiaStore has scoured the marketplaces of Asia to bring you the perfect gift at the perfect price! Celebrate the season with... 

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Ute Lemper: Last Tango Berlin

Music: Global

Ute Lemper: Last Tango Berlin

Thursday 12/10 @ Joe's Pub

"More than a teacher and cultural ambassador representing Continental cultural history, she is a confrontational entertainer and... 

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Art

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Art

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Art

Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and The Ready-Made Gesture    

Thursday 12/10 @ The Kitchen

This group exhibition brings together more than twenty New York-based artists whose works engage diverging conceptual approaches to abstract painting and... 

Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China

Art

Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China

Thursday 12/10 @ 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: Pulitzer–winning Author Elizabeth Strout on Two Paintings by Winslow Homer / American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Pulitzer–winning Author Elizabeth Strout on Two Paintings by Winslow Homer / American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915

Thursday 12/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction, Elizabeth Strout, imagines the stories behind Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts and The Gale, two... 

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

Art

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Devotion in South India: Chola Bronzes

Art

Devotion in South India: Chola Bronzes

Thursday 12/10 @ Asia Society and Museum

... 

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

Thursday 12/10 @ Lincoln Center

FREE Exhibition Now - January... 

Pablo Bronstein - Free Met Podcast

Art

Pablo Bronstein - Free Met Podcast

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!

Food/Wine

Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!

Thursday 12/10 @ Brooklyn Bowl

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

Monet's Water Lilies

Art

Monet's Water Lilies

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

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

Art

“Medieval Garden Enclosed” on the Met Blog.

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Velázquez Rediscovered

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Velázquez Rediscovered

Thursday 12/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Keith Christiansen and Michael Gallagher of the Met discuss their research and conservation of an extraordinary portrait recently reattributed to Velázquez,... 

Nikhil Chopra: Yog Raj Chitrakar: Memory Drawing IX

Art

Nikhil Chopra: Yog Raj Chitrakar: Memory Drawing IX

Thursday 12/10 @ New Museum

Nikhil Chopra combines approaches associated with theater, portraiture, landscape drawing, photography, art actions, and installation to chronicle the world through live... 

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

Art

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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: 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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Victorious Ones Now Open

Art

Victorious Ones Now Open

Thursday 12/10 @ 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.  ... 

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Thursday 12/10 @ 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.... 

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

Art

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Art

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Thursday 12/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The exhibition Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania, on view at the Met through September 6, 2010, is the first... 

Projects 91: Artur Zmijewski

Art

Projects 91: Artur Zmijewski

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

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

Thursday 12/10 @ 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... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733–1799)

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733–1799)

Thursday 12/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Curator Mike Hearn takes us inside the extraordinary world of Luo Ping, discussing the range and brilliance of the artist's vision....