Events on Sunday, March 15

US Pole Dance Championship

Special Event

Pole Dance Championship

Sunday 3/15 @ Bleecker Street Theater

Mickey Rourke gave Marisa Tomei deserved props for working the pole in The Wrestler, but you have no idea how intense... 

Body & SOUL feat. Joaquin "Joe" Claussell, Danny Krivit, and François K

Music: DJ

Body & SOUL

Sunday 3/15 @ Webster Hall

Deep-house legends François K, Danny Krivit, and Joaquin Claussell have presided over Body & SOUL gatherings for more than a decade.... 

AC Newman w/ Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele

Music

AC Newman

Sunday 3/15 @ The Bowery Ballroom

While he may be better known for his work with the defunct Zumpano or Canadian supergroup the New Pornographers, Carl Newman's... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Hedda Gabler</em>

Theatre

Hedda Gabler

Sunday 3/15 @ American Airlines Theater

Hedda Gabler Tesman is neither subtle nor delicate, which is why Christopher Shin's adaptation and Ian Rickson's production of Ibsen's classic... 

<em>Performance 1</em>: Tehching Hsieh

Art

Tehching Hsieh

Sunday 3/15 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

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

<em>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</em>

Film

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Sunday 3/15 @ Various locations

Some die-hard Woody Allen fans may insist the poster-child for neurotic, narcissistic New Yorkers has still got it in him, but... 

<em>Z</em> (1969)

Film

Z

Sunday 3/15 @ Film Forum

Off in make-believe, Zorro emblazoned "Z"s onto hillsides and exploitative aristocrats as his qui vive declaration. But in 1965, the billowy... 

Art: Photography

Walker Evans and the Picture Postcard

Sunday 3/15 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

From setup to snap and on through to print, the picture postcard of the early 1900s aimed to be a simple,... 

ASSSSCAT 3000

Comedy: Improv

ASSSSCAT 3000

Sunday 3/15 @ Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

Upright Citizens Brigade's Sunday-night improv extravaganza ASSSSCAT 3000 features permanent cast members Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz, with guest performers from... 

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

Art

Ofri Cnaani

Sunday 3/15 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

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

<em>Recycling & Resourcefulness: Quilts of the 1930s</em>

Art

Quilts of the 1930s

Sunday 3/15 @ American Folk Art Museum, Lincoln Square branch

For Recycling & Resourcefulness, the American Folk Art Museum unfurls 12 quilts that were sewn together from secondhand fabrics by women... 

<em>Sleepwalk With Me</em>

Comedy

Sleepwalk With Me

Sunday 3/15 @ The Culture Project @ 45 Bleecker

Comedian Mike Birbiglia walks a fine line between standup and theatre in his one-man off-Broadway debut Sleepwalk With Me. He tells... 

Hernan Bas: <em>Works from the Rubell Family Collection</em>

Art

Hernan Bas

Sunday 3/15 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

Hernan Bas is Miami's biggest home-grown art star, known for darkly poetic, romanticized works that read as chapters in an epic,... 

<em>Zombie...The Serial Killer Next Door</em>

Theatre

Zombie

Sunday 3/15 @ The Studio at Theatre Row

Bill Connington wrote and stars as Quentin P. in this one-man adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' Zombie. A crazed and all-too-real... 

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Sunday 3/15 @ 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... 

Art

House of Cards

Sunday 3/15 @ Invisible-Exports

Lisa Kirk's stellar career reached a new high with last year's solo show at P.S.1, but the artist's latest project is... 

<em>Tokyo Sonata</em>

Film

Tokyo Sonata

Sunday 3/15 @ IFC Center

Kyoshi Kurosawa normally plies his trade in the horror genre, so Tokyo Sonata, a meditation about modern domesticity, marks a compelling... 

<em>Hair</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hair

Sunday 3/15 @ 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>The Orchid Show: Brazilian Modern</em>

Special Event

The Orchid Show

Sunday 3/15 @ The New York Botanical Garden

The recession might have trampled your plans for a tropical getaway, but that doesn't mean you can't still pretend. As spring... 

Theatre

The Good Negro

Sunday 3/15 @ The Public Theater

Given the current debate about living in a post-racial United States, Tracey Scott Wilson's The Good Negro is a particularly timely... 

DREYER

Film

DREYER

Sunday 3/15 @ BAM Rose Cinemas

The great Danish early-cinema auteur Carl Theodor Dreyer produced otherworldly art out of basic, reactive elements — namely faith, family, and... 

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Sunday 3/15 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

Artists and Fleas

City Gems

Artists and Fleas

Sunday 3/15 @ Artists and Fleas

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

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

Film

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Sunday 3/15 @ Various locations

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

<em>Enter Laughing</em>

Theatre

Enter Laughing

Sunday 3/15 @ The Theatre at Saint Peter's

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

Art

Sites

Sunday 3/15 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

Back in 1982, artist Agnes Denes staged an environmental coup (not to mention a conceptual beaut) by planting two acres of... 

Festival: Performing Arts

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema

Sunday 3/15 @ The Film Society of Lincoln Center

An annual holiday from the local cineplex and its wholesale American fare, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema arrives touting the recent best... 

<em>Our Town</em>

Theatre

Our Town

Sunday 3/15 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Sunday 3/15 @ Paragraph

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

Theatre

The Widowing Of Mrs. Holroyd

Sunday 3/15 @ The Mint Theater

D.H. Lawrence is infamous for his provocative novels like Lady Chatterley's Lover and The Rainbow, but he also wrote eight plays.... 

GreenFlea Market

City Gems

GreenFlea Market

Sunday 3/15 @ William J. O'Shea Junior High School

As its name suggests, GreenFlea combines two ecologically sound practices — eating locally and buying used items — into one big... 

Art

Maya Hayuk

Sunday 3/15 @ Cinders Gallery

Known for her kaleidoscopic highlighter-bright designs, but also for venturing through organic patterns and naturalistic wood-panel drawings, Maya Hayuk is a... 

<em>Rachel Getting Married</em>

Film

Rachel Getting Married

Sunday 3/15 @ Various locations

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

<em>The Funeralogues</em>

Theatre

The Funeralogues

Sunday 3/15 @ Unitarian Church of All Souls

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

<em>Kenneth Anger</em>

Film

Kenneth Anger

Sunday 3/15 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

Kenneth Anger's supernaturally influential, six-decade-long career is not without its sighing what-ifs: several adaptations never went past maybe steps; famed shorts... 

Food/Wine

NYC Restaurant Week

Sunday 3/15 @ Various locations

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

<em>ROOMS a Rock Romance</em>

Theatre

ROOMS a Rock Romance

Sunday 3/15 @ New World Stages

ROOMS a Rock Romance may well be the musical for this new economic era. Spare and briskly paced, Rooms has a... 

Art

KRAZY!

Sunday 3/15 @ Japan Society

For all the otaku and hikikomori out there, this exhibition needs no further explanation — but for anyone curious about how... 

Film

Everlasting Moments

Sunday 3/15 @ Landmark Sunshine

Director Jan Troell hails from a different, more staid era of Swedish filmmaking, a time before vampires chewed up that country's... 

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

Comedy

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

Sunday 3/15 @ Cort Theatre

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

Ice Skating in Prospect Park

City Gems

Ice Skating in Prospect Park

Sunday 3/15 @ Wollman Rink

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

Theatre

Ruined

Sunday 3/15 @ New York City Center

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

<em>Pierre Bonnard:</em><em> The Late Interiors</em>

Art

Pierre Bonnard

Sunday 3/15 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Like many early 20th-century painters, Pierre Bonnard retreated to the hinterland for his twilight years. But rather than twiddling his artistic... 

Soho Think Tank presents <em>Red-Haired Thomas</em>

Theatre

Red-Haired Thomas

Sunday 3/15 @ Ohio Theatre

The central character of Robert Lyons' Red-Haired Thomas is a snarky Thomas Jefferson (Alan Benditt). The lively patriot tells the tale... 

Staten Island War Memorial Ice Skating Rink

City Gems

War Memorial Ice Skating Rink

Sunday 3/15 @ War Memorial Ice Skating Rink

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

<em>Waltz With Bashir</em>

Film: Animation

Waltz With Bashir

Sunday 3/15 @ Landmark Sunshine

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

Theatre

This Beautiful City

Sunday 3/15 @ Vineyard Theatre

Downtown docu-musical-theatre collective the Civilians created This Beautiful City from interviews they conducted in Colorado Springs, the conservative evangelical capital of... 

<em>Gomorrah</em>

Film

Gomorrah

Sunday 3/15 @ IFC Center

No less than Marty Scorsese helped distribute this grim intersection of five interlocking storylines about the Camorra, the Italian mafia arm... 

Theatre

The Savannah Disputation

Sunday 3/15 @ Playwrights Horizons

Crazy is relative in Evan Smith's very funny new play about a born-again evangelical door-to-door missionary, played with farcical exuberance by... 

charity: water at Chelsea Market

Special Event

charity: water at Chelsea Market

Sunday 3/15 @ Chelsea Market

Flavorpill is a longtime fan of charity: water, a non-profit org dedicated to building sustainable, clean, freshwater wells in some of... 

<em> Distracted </em>

Theatre

Distracted

Sunday 3/15 @ Laura Pels Theatre

In Distracted, ADHD permeates the entire play, down to its structure: short, fast scenes shift focus on a dime. Even the... 

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

Art: Photography

This Is Not a Fashion Photograph

Sunday 3/15 @ International Center of Photography

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

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Sunday 3/15 @ 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>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Sunday 3/15 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Theatre

Chautauqua!

Sunday 3/15 @ P.S. 122

The National Theater of the United States of America (NTUSA) is much more subversive than its official name implies. This fearless... 

Art

Jonathan Horowitz

Sunday 3/15 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

The connection between Paris Hilton and America's ill-fated military interventions might seem tenuous, but after viewing Jonathan Horowitz's sculptures and video... 

<em>Becky Shaw </em>

Theatre

Becky Shaw

Sunday 3/15 @ 2econd Stage Theatre

Becky Shaw mixes screwed-up pseudo-siblings, a lightning-fast marriage, and an awkward blind date into one fantastic screwball romance of a play.... 

Theatre

God of Carnage

Sunday 3/15 @ Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

A playground altercation between two preteen boys escalates to full-on war when their parents get involved in French playwright Yasmina Reza's... 

Art

Jenny Holzer

Sunday 3/15 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

Jenny Holzer thrives outside the more traditional, brick-and-mortar art world of paint and photography, using LED and light projection as her... 

<em>Tokyo!</em>

Film

Tokyo!

Sunday 3/15 @ Landmark Sunshine

An imaginative ode to Japan's capital told in three parts, Tokyo! is cleverly linked by themes of alienation, identity, and destiny.... 

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Art

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Sunday 3/15 @ 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... 

Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest

Film

Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest

Sunday 3/15 @ Asia Society and Museum

Check out the premiere U.S. museum showing of Yang Fudong's Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest. The five-part cinematic masterpiece depicts... 

Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance

Special Event

Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance

Sunday 3/15 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Visual artists have long been interested in the stage as an arena for experimentation, and their interdisciplinary collaborations have immeasurably enriched...