Events on Monday, May 25
Green-Wood Historic Cemetery Ride
Monday 5/25 @ Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery is one of Brooklyn's most underappreciated gems — nearly 500 acres of rolling, wooded hills tucked between Windsor Terrace...
Street Talk: Miles' On the Corner
Monday 5/25 @ Kaufman Center
Miles Davis was the ultimate musician, constantly evolving from his early days playing with Charlie Parker to his final concerts where...
Ongoing Events
Monday 5/25 @ 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,...
Monday 5/25 @ International Center of Photography
For photographer Richard Avedon, the decisive moment came as a flash of mischief. Picture: two lovely femmes, their coated backs shielding...
Monday 5/25 @ The Bowery Poetry Club
Monday Night Bingo at Bowery Poetry Club is the furthest thing from your local church's senior night — in other words,...
Yesterday's Loner: Steve McQueen
Monday 5/25 @ The Film Society of Lincoln Center
Steve McQueen is probably the only man on the planet who could have made a turtleneck and blazer look badass. It's...
Monday 5/25 @ 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...
Tangled Alphabets: León Ferrari and Mira Schendel
Monday 5/25 @ 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...
charity: water at Chelsea Market
Monday 5/25 @ Chelsea Market
Flavorpill is a longtime fan of charity: water, a non-profit org dedicated to building sustainable, clean, freshwater wells in some of...
Monday 5/25 @ The Triad Theater
Actor and veteran award-show writer Eugene Pack assembles a talented cast to read excerpts from B-list celebrities' autobiographies, with well-chosen passages...
Monday 5/25 @ Felissimo Design House
Bring home a taste (or a tasteful element) of Japan from Felissimo Design House's Japan Brand Pop-Up store. If MUJI just...
Monday 5/25 @ Center for Book Arts
A motley collection of works by 30 artists makes up the \'flō\: art, text, new media exhibition, which examines the use...
Monday 5/25 @ Circle in the Square Theatre
Norman's plan for a "dirty weekend" with his sister-in-law Annie turns into a couple days of chaos with the whole family...
Monday 5/25 @ 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...
Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West
Monday 5/25 @ 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...
Monday 5/25 @ Imperial Theatre
The dark economic times spurred by Wall Street and the new political landscape serve as the perfect backdrop for Billy Elliot,...
Monday 5/25 @ 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....
Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance
Monday 5/25 @ 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...
Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection
Monday 5/25 @ 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...
The New American Wing—Part 2: The Charles Engelhard Court and the Period Rooms
Monday 5/25 @ 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...
What Was Good Design? MoMA's Message 1944–56
Monday 5/25 @ 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...
In Situ: Architecture and Landscape
Monday 5/25 @ 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...
Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge
Monday 5/25 @ 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...
