Events on Thursday, September 10
Thursday 9/10 @ The Great Hall at Cooper Union
The Moth kicks off a new season in true counterculture fashion with a show about breaking rules around the world, from...
Symposium—Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Thursday 9/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In this one-day conference that is open to the public, leading international scholars discuss topics related to the exhibition Afghanistan: Hidden...
Thursday 9/10 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
“What I’m into at the moment”, says Calvin Harris, “is the idea...
Creating Contemporary Art in Pakistan: Curator/Artist Roundtable
Thursday 9/10 @ Asia Society and Museum
Guest curator Salima Hashmi joins artists Asma Mundrawala, Imran Quereshi, and Rashid Rana, whose work is featured in the exhibition Hanging...
The Evolution of God: Religion Through the Ages
Thursday 9/10 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)
Robert Wright and Bruce Feiler
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Thursday 9/10 @ Joe's Pub
International alt-rock star Sarah Bettens is breaking new ground with her latest CD,...
Gallery Talk: Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thursday 9/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Take a close look at the works of art made by this American Beaux-Arts sculptor. Thayer Tolles, curator of the exhibition...
Thursday 9/10 @ The Mercury Lounge
Mixing 60's psychedelia, domineering melodic bass lines, and whiny strangulated vocals, Zanderdanz swarms around trance laced, buzzy pop sensibility with determined...
New Plays, Tough Times: Playwrights Horizons' 2009/2010 Season
Thursday 9/10 @ 92YTribeca
Spend the night at 92YTribeca with the dynamic minds behind the upcoming 2009/2010 season at Playwrights Horizons for a first-look at...
Thursday 9/10 @ 92YTribeca
Part of the NYC Shorts Festival.
For more details on each film, click here.
Tyle...
Thursday 9/10 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
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CB-3 (Chris Berry Trio)
w/ Steve Kimock
Michael Kang (of String Cheese Incident)
and drum...
Thursday 9/10 @ 92YTribeca
Part of the NYC Shorts Festival.
For more details on each film, click here.
James...
Creating Contemporary Art in Pakistan: Curator/Artist Roundtable
Thursday 9/10 @ Asia Society and Museum
Guest curator Salima Hashmi joins artists Asma Mundrawala, Imran Quereshi, and Rashid Rana, whose work is featured in the exhibition Hanging...
Thursday 9/10 @ Joe's Pub
One man show about a girl *who had to become a drag queen* to learn how to...
Thursday 9/10 @ The Bowery Ballroom
"The album title?" says Erlend. "It's obviously about me and Eirik. We want to give the idea of dependence a better...
Richard Lloyd (formerly of TELEVISION) & The Sufi-Monkeys
Thursday 9/10 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
Richard Lloyd (formerly of TELEVISION) &...
Ongoing Events
Thursday 9/10 @ 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,...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960–1976
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Thursday 9/10 @ IFC Center
Grease 2 may have ruined the rock musical for you, but Spike Lee's film version of Passing Strange should renew your...
Thursday 9/10 @ Under Minerva Gallery
Under Minerva's latest group show, curated by Vanessa Juriga, invited multimedia artists of all stripes to exhibit work made from found...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Thursday 9/10 @ Museum of Art and Design
In her intricate tapestry, Rhyme and Reason, Tehran-based artist Nazgol Ansarinia arranges a coil of burka-clad figures into an arresting example...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Thursday 9/10 @ Various locations
One glance at the schedule for the second-annual 1st Irish theatre festival makes clear that the dramatic voices of today's Ireland...
Thursday 9/10 @ Various locations
Finally, a solution to all those pesky construction-site eyesores downtown. Downtown Alliance, in a stroke of genius, has developed and carried...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Thursday 9/10 @ Marlborough Chelsea
This exhibition follows Will Ryman's popular springtime showing of The Bed at the Saatchi Gallery Project Room in London. Here, the...
Thursday 9/10 @ IFC Center
Over ten years in the making, We Live in Public documents the life of Internet visionary and "Warhol of the Web"...
Thursday 9/10 @ Daryl Roth Theatre
Avid fans of spectacular spectacle De La Guarda are rejoicing with the arrival of Fuerza Bruta: Look Up, a sort of...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Thursday 9/10 @ IFC Center
After following Metallica through group therapy in his last film, Some Kind of Monster, Joe Berlinger is back in top form...
Thursday 9/10 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
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Among the most influential designers of our time, Ron Arad...
Thursday 9/10 @ Imperial Theatre
The dark economic times spurred by Wall Street and the new political landscape serve as the perfect backdrop for Billy Elliot,...
Thursday 9/10 @ The Clocktower
Built with a McKim, Mead & White pedigree, and occupied in the '70s by curator Alanna Heiss, who would go on...
Thursday 9/10 @ The Putting Lot
To us, mini golf conjures blissful childhood memories — and a few temper tantrums — and we're going to relive them...
Thursday 9/10 @ The Living Theatre
A misunderstood girl like Lizzie Borden deserves nothing less than her own rock musical, and Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan...
Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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,...
Thursday 9/10 @ Governors Island
Four hundred years after Henry Hudson explored our waterways under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company, the Netherlands conquers...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Thursday 9/10 @ Film Forum
In Carol Reed's brooding noir, all of 1947 Belfast is on the lookout for IRA leader James Mason. With a bullet...
Thursday 9/10 @ Museum of Art and Design
As a German Down Under, glass-art virtuoso Klaus Moje has single-handedly made Australia a hub for that fine art's evolution. Artist...
Thursday 9/10 @ Tilton Gallery
The German artist's second solo exhibition at the Tilton Gallery features paintings of female figures on central display. Lucas' evident confidence...
Thursday 9/10 @ Film Forum
American Casino is nothing new under the Wall Street sun: those Captains of Intemperance lent like there was no tomorrow, resulting...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Thursday 9/10 @ Grey Art Gallery at NYU
Thanks be to the senior Aboriginal Australian painters who gave their blessing for this superlative, uber-rare exhibition spotlighting the early work...
Thursday 9/10 @ Various locations
With more 200 shows in 17 days, even the most hardcore theatergoer can only see a fraction of Fringe NYC's offerings....
Thursday 9/10 @ The Mint Theater
Lennox Robinson's 1933 comedy is set in a sleepy Irish resort town where a troupe of third-rate actors has unleashed Russian...
Pretty Tough: Contemporary Storytelling
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet
Thursday 9/10 @ Linda Gross Theater
Hard-hitting playwright David Mamet adopts a lighter touch with School and Keep Your Pantheon, the two one-acts that make up this...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Thursday 9/10 @ York Theatre Company (619 Lexington Ave, 212.935.5824)
Blind Lemon Blues shines brightest when the writers let classics by Blind Lemon, Led Belly, and others take center stage. Three...
Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!
Thursday 9/10 @ Brooklyn Bowl
Brooklyn Bowl is proud to announce the release of its complete menu with food by Blue Ribbon. On August 4, 2009,...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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....
Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
The 5th Annual NYC Shorts Festival Sep 10-13, 2009
Thursday 9/10 @ 92YTribeca
92YTribeca is happy to host this year’s NYC Shorts Festival. Screenings will...
Last Chance— Vermeer’s Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”
Thursday 9/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s historic voyage to Manhattan from...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
92Y Dribblers 3-5 Yrs / Beginner Basketball Lessons 5-12 Yrs
Thursday 9/10 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)
92Y Dribblers / 3-5 yrs
A fun-filled program designed to introduce basketball to your young athlete. Emphasis is placed on...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Last Chance—Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
“Medieval Garden Enclosed” on the Met Blog.
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Dump the Bump: Pilates for New Moms and Babies
Thursday 9/10 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)
Moms regain core strength and flexibility while playing with your baby (pre-crawlers only). Hold baby as you tone your abs, arms...
What Was Good Design? MoMA's Message 1944–56
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
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The DanceNOW [NYC] Festival's 15th Anniversary Celebration
Thursday 9/10 @ New York Live Arts
Whether you're a seasoned dance-goer or have never seen a dance performance, the DanceNOW Festival is the way to experience the...
Thursday 9/10 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
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This exhibition is accompanied by the Looking at Music:...
Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Thursday 9/10 @ 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— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
In Situ: Architecture and Landscape
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Michelangelo’s First Painting
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection
Thursday 9/10 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
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Surrealist artists, writers, and poets placed persistent emphasis on...
Download a Free Audio Tour Today: Vermeer's Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”
Thursday 9/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met’s Director Thomas P. Campbell narrates this audio tour of the exhibition Vermeer’s Masterpiece The Milkmaid, with commentary from exhibition...
Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Last Chance—African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva: A Legacy of Collecting
Thursday 9/10 @ 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,...
In & Out of Amsterdam: Art & Project Bulletin, 1968–1989
Thursday 9/10 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
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In conjunction with the exhibition In & Out of Amsterdam:...
The New American Wing—Part 2: The Charles Engelhard Court and the Period Rooms
Thursday 9/10 @ 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...
Sight Unseen: Video from Afghanistan and Iran
Thursday 9/10 @ Asia Society and Museum
Sight Unseen showcases rarely seen video works from Afghanistan and Iran. The exhibition features Afghan artist Rahraw Omarzad and Iranian artist...
