Events on Monday, August 31

WE ARE THE SONG: AFTER THE STORM

Special Event: Benefit

WE ARE THE SONG: AFTER THE STORM

Monday 8/31 @ Joe's Pub

The After the Storm Foundation was established to offer assistance and support not only to North Rampart... 

Music

Stardeath & White Dwarfs

Monday 8/31 @ The Mercury Lounge

Nathan Lee Graham

Music

Nathan Lee Graham

Monday 8/31 @ Joe's Pub

“Nathan Lee Graham, the tenor, in a tailcoat and a black T-shirt sings the role with an... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Kenneth Anger</em>

Film

Kenneth Anger

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Monday 8/31 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Passing Strange</em>

Film

Passing Strange

Monday 8/31 @ IFC Center

Grease 2 may have ruined the rock musical for you, but Spike Lee's film version of Passing Strange should renew your... 

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

Special Event

Frogs: A Chorus of Colors

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

2009 US Open

Sports

US Open

Monday 8/31 @ USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center

Barring a colossal upset, count on Roger Federer to be on court come week two — after all, the recent father... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Monday 8/31 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Les Paul Mondays

Music

Les Paul Mondays

Monday 8/31 @ Iridium Jazz Club

It's hard to think of someone more instrumental in shaping the sound of modern music than Les Paul. In addition to... 

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

Art

Polish Posters 1945-1989

Monday 8/31 @ 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>Flame and Citron</em>

Film

Flame and Citron

Monday 8/31 @ Landmark Sunshine

After the last fretted and beautifully stylized episode in Flame and Citron, Ole Christian Madsen's name appears beside the Danish word... 

Art

Jonathan Horowitz

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

Abbey Braden: <em>Punk Photo</em>

Art: Photography

Punk Photo

Monday 8/31 @ Littlefield

Up-and-coming Gowanus spot Littlefield hosts this exhibition of New York local Abbey Braden's rock photography. Braden has made a name for... 

<em>The Baader Meinhof Complex</em>

Film

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Monday 8/31 @ Angelika Film Center

Adapted from Stefan Aust's 1985 publication, The Baader Meinhof Complex chronicles the reckless idealism and hectic resolve of Germany's Red Army... 

Public Art Fund presents Julie Farris and Sarah Wayland-Smith: <em>A Clearing in the Streets</em>

Art

A Clearing in the Streets

Monday 8/31 @ Collect Pond Park

The always awesome public-art sponsors at Public Art Fund debut a new downtown work by Julie Farris and Sarah Wayland-Smith. Their... 

Monday Night Bingo

Special Event

Monday Night Bingo

Monday 8/31 @ 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,... 

<em>NAKED!</em>

Art

NAKED!

Monday 8/31 @ Paul Kasmin Gallery

Out with the pretensions and in with the, ahem, naked truth. The Paul Kasmin Gallery celebrates the naked form through September,... 

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

Art

Re:Construction

Monday 8/31 @ Various locations

Finally, a solution to all those pesky construction-site eyesores downtown. Downtown Alliance, in a stroke of genius, has developed and carried... 

AREAWARE Design-to-Go Pop-up Shop

Art

Design-to-Go

Monday 8/31 @ Blank SL8

Marrying a contemporary design aesthetic to old-fashioned wanderlust, the Design-to-Go pop-up boutique by retailer AREAWARE presents an alternative view of the... 

Ron Arad: No Discipline

Art

Ron Arad: No Discipline

Monday 8/31 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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Among the most influential designers of our time, Ron Arad... 

<em>Lorna's Silence</em>

Film

Lorna's Silence

Monday 8/31 @ Various locations

Lorna's Silence — the Dardenne brothers' latest piece of blue-collar verisimilitude — merits neither the "master" prefix nor the lambasting it's... 

Gregory de la Haba: <em>Equus Maximus</em>

Art

Gregory de la Haba

Monday 8/31 @ Jack the Pelican

What grew out of a one-person show in Jack the Pelican's project room earlier this year has dug in its heels... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Monday 8/31 @ 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>We Live in Public</em>

Film: Documentary

We Live in Public

Monday 8/31 @ IFC Center

Over ten years in the making, We Live in Public documents the life of Internet visionary and "Warhol of the Web"... 

Art: Photography

Avedon Fashion 1944–2000

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words

Comedy

Celebrity Autobiography

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

<em>In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960&ndash;1976</em>

Art

In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960–1976

Monday 8/31 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

While Amsterdam is perhaps the requisite stop on your average high-school or college graduate's "awesome summer abroad," the city once attracted... 

<em>Gotta Dance</em>

Film: Documentary

Gotta Dance

Monday 8/31 @ Beekman Theatre

With the tagline "Age doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese," Gotta Dance sets its defiant yet humorous tone right from... 

Last Chance— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Art

Last Chance— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

Art

The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

Monday 8/31 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Art

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

Cézanne to Picasso: Paintings from the David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection

Special Event

Cézanne to Picasso: Paintings from the David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection

Monday 8/31 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

This intimate installation highlights a group of nine exceptional early modern European paintings that have been promised to MoMA by David... 

Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars

Art

Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

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

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!

Food/Wine

Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!

Monday 8/31 @ Brooklyn Bowl

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

Looking at Music: Side 2

Art

Looking at Music: Side 2

Monday 8/31 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

Last Chance—Michelangelo’s First Painting

Art

Last Chance—Michelangelo’s First Painting

Monday 8/31 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Monday, September 7! Do you remember your first painting? Michelangelo’s biographers wrote that his... 

Young Architects Program 2009

Special Event

Young Architects Program 2009

Monday 8/31 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

This exhibition features the proposals of the five finalists in the MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program. Each year five finalists are drawn... 

Last Chance—Napoleon III and Paris

Art: Photography

Last Chance—Napoleon III and Paris

Monday 8/31 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View the exhibition Napoleon III and Paris before it closes on Monday, September 7 and explore the changing shape of Paris during... 

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

Art

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

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

Projects 90: Song Dong

Art

Projects 90: Song Dong

Monday 8/31 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

For his first solo U.S. museum exhibition, Beijing-based artist Song Dong (b. 1966) presents his recent work
... 

Last Chance—African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva: A Legacy of Collecting

Art

Last Chance—African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva: A Legacy of Collecting

Monday 8/31 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! The collections of African and Oceanic art in the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva,... 

Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance

Special Event

Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

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

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Art

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Art

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

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

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

In & Out of Amsterdam: <em>Art & Project Bulletin</em>, 1968–1989

Art

In & Out of Amsterdam: Art & Project Bulletin, 1968–1989

Monday 8/31 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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In conjunction with the exhibition In & Out of Amsterdam:... 

James Ensor

Special Event

James Ensor

Monday 8/31 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

A major exhibition devoted to James Ensor, one of the most influential artists of the Belgian avant-garde and a percursor to... 

Last Chance—Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

Art

Last Chance—Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

Monday 8/31 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! Ancient Afghanistan—at the crossroads of major trade routes and the focus of invasions... 

Performance 4: Roman Ondák

Special Event

Performance 4: Roman Ondák

Monday 8/31 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Viewers play a vital role in the creation of Measuring the Universe (2007), by Slovakian artist Roman Ondák (b. 1966). Over... 

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

Art

“Medieval Garden Enclosed” on the Met Blog.

Monday 8/31 @ 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... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Monday 8/31 @ 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....