Events on Sunday, April 5

House-n-Home feat. Dixon, Spinoza, and Anthony Parasole

Music: DJ

Dixon

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 12-Turn-13

The folks at House-n-Home round up a mighty lineup for this afternoon's laid-back party at 12-Turn-13. Dixon has been a mainstay... 

Tricky w/ the Floacist

Music: Hip-Hop

Tricky w/ the Floacist

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza

Tricky has always sat awkwardly between his collaborators in Massive Attack and fellow trip-hop progenitors Portishead. His early records built an... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Hair</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hair

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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>Performance 1</em>: Tehching Hsieh

Art

Tehching Hsieh

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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 4/ 5 @ 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>Macbeth&nbsp;</em>

Theatre

Macbeth

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center

Shakespeare leaves everything to the imagination, which is why the production of Macbeth by director John Castro and his Hipgnosis Theatre... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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>This Is Not a Fashion Photograph: Selections from the ICP Collection</em>

Art: Photography

This Is Not a Fashion Photograph

Sunday 4/ 5 @ International Center of Photography

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

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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>Work to Do</em>

Special Event

Work to Do

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 112 Greene Street

Soho's artistic heyday wasn't all that long ago, but thanks to the tourist-clogged streets and uber-fancy shops that sent many art-pushers... 

<em>Waltz With Bashir</em>

Film: Animation

Waltz With Bashir

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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

God of Carnage

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Hernan Bas

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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>Tokyo Sonata</em>

Film

Tokyo Sonata

Sunday 4/ 5 @ IFC Center

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

Theatre

BELLES

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Lion Theatre at Theatre Row

The punny title of Mark Dunn's BELLES refers to both the now-archaic telephone company nickname "Ma Bell" and the six Walker... 

<em>Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West</em>

Art: Photography

Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West

Sunday 4/ 5 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

From Zane Grey's far-fetched dime novels to homespun images describing a seemingly limitless stretch of adventure, the American West — as... 

Theatre

Chasing Manet

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 59E59 Theaters

Tina Howe brings offbeat wit to nursing homes in her well-observed new play Chasing Manet. In it, a famous painter who's... 

Theatre

The Widowing Of Mrs. Holroyd

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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.... 

ASSSSCAT 3000

Comedy: Improv

ASSSSCAT 3000

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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... 

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Art

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Sunday 4/ 5 @ Cinders Gallery

Maxwell Williams curates \/1R7U4L 1|\|$4|\|17'/ ("Virtual Insanity"), a show of cheeky art that both celebrates and undermines our ever-tightening relationship with... 

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

Art

Pierre Bonnard

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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... 

<em>Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage</em>

Theatre

Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage

Sunday 4/ 5 @ The Playhouse, Abrons Arts

A collaborative effort between San Francisco's Shotgun Players and New York downtown theatre ensemble Banana Bag & Bodice, Beowulf: A Thousand... 

Art

Jonathan Horowitz

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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>Gomorrah</em>

Film

Gomorrah

Sunday 4/ 5 @ IFC Center

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

<em>ROOMS a Rock Romance</em>

Theatre

ROOMS a Rock Romance

Sunday 4/ 5 @ New World Stages

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

<em>Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist Paintings from Paris to the Sea</em>

Art

Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist Paintings from Paris to the Sea

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

Thirty-odd years after reintroducing Gustave Caillebotte to American audiences, the Brooklyn Museum offers another marvelous paean to a figure whose posthumous... 

Theatre

Why Torture Is Wrong, And The People Who Love Them

Sunday 4/ 5 @ The Public Theater

Christopher Durang's latest satirical comedy, Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them, doesn't take itself too seriously despite... 

<em>Our Town</em>

Theatre

Our Town

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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>The Old West: Myth, Character, and Reinvention</em>

Film

The Old West: Myth, Character, and Reinvention

Sunday 4/ 5 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Tall tales of the Old West loom over our imaginations like the Sequoias out yonder. Many of these myths were self-invented:... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Paragraph

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

<em>People Without History</em>

Theatre

People Without History

Sunday 4/ 5 @ The Performing Garage

In his latest work, People Without History, Richard Maxwell serves up a sci-fi take on the Battle of Shrewsbury, imagining a... 

Theatre

The Good Negro

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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... 

<em>The Orchid Show: Brazilian Modern</em>

Special Event

The Orchid Show

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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... 

<em>La Didone</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

La Didone

Sunday 4/ 5 @ St. Ann's Warehouse

Gleefully existing at the intersection of camp and high-brow culture, the Wooster Group's La Didone sets a new standard for genre-bending... 

Staten Island War Memorial Ice Skating Rink

City Gems

War Memorial Ice Skating Rink

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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>Rachel Getting Married</em>

Film

Rachel Getting Married

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Various locations

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

Theatre

West Side Story

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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... 

Art

Sites

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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... 

<em>Hunger</em>

Film

Hunger

Sunday 4/ 5 @ IFC Center

Hunger takes its aesthetic and narrative cues from its protagonist, IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender). Focusing on Sands' last... 

Theatre

End Days

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Ensemble Studio Theatre

Deborah Zoe Laufer's End Days is a comedic and carefully observed portrait of a family that left NYC for the suburbs... 

<em>Goodbye Solo</em>

Film

Goodbye Solo

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Angelika Film Center

At a time when the American cinematic landscape is as barren as a date between two mumblecore actors, North Carolina-born Ramin... 

<em> Distracted </em>

Theatre

Distracted

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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>Waiting for Godot</em>

Theatre

Waiting for Godot

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Studio 54

Master comic actors Bill Irwin, Nathan Lane, and John Goodman infuse a bit of glee in the cosmic questions posed by... 

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

Art

Ofri Cnaani

Sunday 4/ 5 @ (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... 

Art: Photography

Walker Evans and the Picture Postcard

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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,... 

Theatre

Venice Saved: A Seminar

Sunday 4/ 5 @ P.S. 122

David Levine's brainy, interactive theatre piece, Venice Saved: A Seminar, gathers actors and the audience around the table to debate political... 

Artists and Fleas

City Gems

Artists and Fleas

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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 4/ 5 @ 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>Exit the King</em>

Theatre

Exit the King

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre

400-year-old King Berenger (Geoffrey Rush) doesn't know he has only 90 minutes left to live at the beginning of Ionesco's rarely... 

Art

Jenny Holzer

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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... 

charity: water at Chelsea Market

Special Event

charity: water at Chelsea Market

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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>Tangled Alphabets</em>: Le&oacute;n Ferrari and Mira Schendel

Art

Tangled Alphabets: León Ferrari and Mira Schendel

Sunday 4/ 5 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

For all its fundamental utility, language can also warp into an abstract whatsit — at least in the artful hands of... 

<em>Valentino: The Last Emperor</em>

Film: Documentary

Valentino: The Last Emperor

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Film Forum

The titular allusion of Matt Tyrnauer's warts-and-all portrait of Italian couturier Valentino Garavani to Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 epic is an apt... 

Theatre

Ruined

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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... 

GreenFlea Market

City Gems

GreenFlea Market

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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... 

Theatre

Rambo Solo

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Soho Rep

Contrary to what its name implies, the Obie award-winning Nature Theater of Oklahoma is based in New York, and is known... 

<em>American Swing</em>

Film: Documentary

American Swing

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Quad Cinema

We first heard about Plato's Retreat from a small cameo in Spike Lee's Summer of Sam. Years later, we didn't need... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Imperial Theatre

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

<em>Sleepwalk With Me</em>

Comedy

Sleepwalk With Me

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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... 

<em>Kenneth Anger</em>

Film

Kenneth Anger

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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... 

Festival: Performing Arts

New Directors/New Films

Sunday 4/ 5 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

In a city brimming with strong film festivals, New Directors/New Films still emerges as one of the most important annual cinematic... 

<em>An Oresteia</em>

Theatre

An Oresteia

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Classic Stage Company

CSC's production of poet Anne Carson's An Oresteia — a new translation of three separate Greek tragedies — is a fascinating... 

Art

KRAZY!

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Japan Society

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

Food/Wine

Dine in Brooklyn

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Various Brooklyn restaurants

It's great that the "week" in Restaurant Week has lasted for two months, but the series still doesn't cater (ha-cha!) to... 

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Art

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Sunday 4/ 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... 

Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest

Film

Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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 4/ 5 @ 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...