Events on Friday, September 25

FIXED feat. Alter Ego w/ JD Twitch and JDH & Dave P

Music: DJ

Alter Ego w/ JD Twitch

Friday 9/25 @ Knitting Factory

The FIXED crew breaks in the Knitting Factory's new BK digs with some help from German knob-twiddlers Alter Ego (who play... 

Symposium: Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718-44

Art

Symposium: Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718-44

Friday 9/25 @ 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 Imperial Privilege:... 

Music

The Rifles / Still Flyin

Friday 9/25 @ The Mercury Lounge

Joel Stoker (vocals), Lucas Crowther (guitar), Rob Pyne (bass),... 

Marco Benevento Trio, Nathan Moore

Music

Marco Benevento Trio, Nathan Moore

Friday 9/25 @ 92YTribeca

Presented with The Royal Potato Family.

"Keyboardist Marco Benevento takes a crack at covering rock acts both old... 

Cocoon

Music

Cocoon

Friday 9/25 @ Joe's Pub

Take two sublime voices that blend so well that they seem like they were made to be... 

David Binney Quartet at the Rubin Museum

Music

David Binney Quartet at the Rubin Museum

Friday 9/25 @ Rubin Museum of Art

If you're into jazz, don't miss this David Binney performance. This acclaimed saxophonist is one of the most prolific young jazz... 

Gonzales: Piano Talk Show with special guest Jamie Lidell

Music

Gonzales: Piano Talk Show with special guest Jamie Lidell

Friday 9/25 @ Joe's Pub

He plays that piano, he talks.
He raps, complains and sometimes
... 

Music

The Slackers

Friday 9/25 @ The Bowery Ballroom

The Slackers are part of an imaginary universe. It... 

Gordon Gano and the Ryan Brothers w/ John Kruth

Music

Gordon Gano and the Ryan Brothers w/ John Kruth

Friday 9/25 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

About This Event

Minimum Age:

18+

Doors Open:

7:00pm

Show Time:

7:30pm w/ John Kruth   Gordon Gano,... 

Ryan Adams & Mary-Louise Parker at LIVE from the NYPL

Special Event

Ryan Adams & Mary-Louise Parker at LIVE from the NYPL

Friday 9/25 @ LIVE from the NYPL

Known for his acclaimed albums Love Is Hell, Jacksonville City Nights, Easy Tiger, Heartbreaker, and Gold, alt-country/rock singer and songwriter Ryan... 

Labyrinth Sing-A-Long

Film

Labyrinth Sing-A-Long

Friday 9/25 @ 92YTribeca

Part of our Sing-Along series.

Back by popular demand!

... 

Marco Benevento Trio, Nathan Moore

Music

Marco Benevento Trio, Nathan Moore

Friday 9/25 @ 92YTribeca

Presented with The Royal Potato Family.

"Keyboardist Marco Benevento takes a crack at covering rock acts both old... 

Matt Beilis

Music

Matt Beilis

Friday 9/25 @ 92YTribeca

Fans around the country are talking about the soulful sound of Matt Beilis. With a rich, raspy voice and serious piano... 

Haik Kocharian

Music

Haik Kocharian

Friday 9/25 @ 92YTribeca

Haik Kocharian is a New York based multimedia artist working in photography, film and music. His songs are lyrical, heartfelt and... 

Music

Jupiter One

Friday 9/25 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

A Sunshower can be a rare occurrence, but when... 

Music

Adam Ezra Group

Friday 9/25 @ The Mercury Lounge

The Adam Ezra Group has made appearances with the Goo Goo Dolls, Guster, Aerosmith, Modest Mouse, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, DeSol,... 

Music

Phoenix w/ Passion Pit @ Rumsey Playfield

Friday 9/25 @ The Bowery Presents

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TONIGHT! Vito Acconci introduces Last Year at Marienbad

Film

TONIGHT! Vito Acconci introduces Last Year at Marienbad

Friday 9/25 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Vito Acconci introduces this classic French film where, at a lavish European hotel, a handsome stranger tries to convince a young... 

Kevin Geeks Out About...Werewolves!

Film

Kevin Geeks Out About...Werewolves!

Friday 9/25 @ 92YTribeca

Part of the series Kevin Geeks Out. Kevin Geeks Out is a comedy-variety show where writer-comedian Kevin Maher presents a cavalcade... 

Music

White Lies @ Webster Hall

Friday 9/25 @ The Bowery Presents

The three-piece U.K. band have the makings of a... 

Ongoing Events

<em> Superior Donuts </em>

Theatre

Superior Donuts

Friday 9/25 @ Music Box Theatre

From Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts (August: Osage County) comes a lighter, comedic take on Midwestern life. A pot-smoking donut shop owner... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Friday 9/25 @ Paragraph

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

Art: Photography

I Shoot People

Friday 9/25 @ powerHouse Arena

This cleverly titled one-man show turns mainstream media's perception of hip-hop on its head. Photographer Trevor Traynor notes the double entendre... 

<em>Is Life Worth Living? </em>

Theatre

Is Life Worth Living?

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Abraaj Capital Art Prize

Art

Abraaj Capital Art Prize

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Takashi Murakami: <em>Picture of Fate: I Am But a Fisherman Who Angles In the Darkness of His Mind</em>

Art

Takashi Murakami

Friday 9/25 @ Gagosian Gallery

Arguably Japan's best-known contemporary artist and recipient of a major retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum last summer, Takashi Murakami returns with... 

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

Art

A Clearing in the Streets

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Friday 9/25 @ 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>Fat City</em> (1972)

Film

Fat City (1972)

Friday 9/25 @ Film Forum

"How'd you like to wake up in the morning and be him?" slurs delusional prizefighter Stacy Keach in this late-career tour... 

Theatre

Oohrah!

Friday 9/25 @ Atlantic Stage Two

Bekah Brunstetter's Off Broadway debut, Oohrah!, is a dramedy centered around present-day soldiers and the civilian lives they attempt to... live.... 

1st Irish Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

1st Irish Festival

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

Polish Posters 1945-1989

Friday 9/25 @ 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,... 

Theatre

Emily

Friday 9/25 @ The Kirk at Theatre Row

Emily Dickinson was an innovative and independent writer who protected her craft. In Chris Cragen's Emily: An Amethyst Remembrance, her poetry... 

Gizmodo Gallery 2009

City Gems

Gizmodo Gallery

Friday 9/25 @ Groupe

Sometimes Gawker can get a bit too snarky for its own good. But Gizmodo, the gadget wing of the online publishing... 

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

Special Event

Frogs: A Chorus of Colors

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

<em> Killers and Other Family </em>  &nbsp;

Theatre

Killers and Other Family  

Friday 9/25 @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Reviving a play from 2001 may seem hasty, but Lucy Thurber's Killers and Other Family thrives in 2009. This one-act thriller... 

AREAWARE Design-to-Go Pop-up Shop

Art

Design-to-Go

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Rendez-vous with Juliette Binoche

Festival: Film

Rendez-vous with Juliette Binoche

Friday 9/25 @ BAM Rose Cinemas

French actress Juliette Binoche has built an impressively diverse resumé over the past two decades. But while she tackles traditional leading-lady... 

<em>After Miss Julie</em>

Theatre

After Miss Julie

Friday 9/25 @ American Airlines Theater

Patrick Marber's (Closer) highly anticipated After Miss Julie transplants August Strindberg's 1888 classic to the eve of the British Labour Party's... 

<em>In-I</em>

Dance

In-I

Friday 9/25 @ BAM Harvey Theater

BAM's 2009 Next Wave Festival opens with what seems like an unlikely item, the US premiere of In-I, a dance/theatre work... 

Ron Arad: No Discipline

Art

Ron Arad: No Discipline

Friday 9/25 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

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

Art

Re:Construction

Friday 9/25 @ Various locations

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

Theatre

West Side Story

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

<em>In Search of Beethoven</em>

Film: Documentary

In Search of Beethoven

Friday 9/25 @ Cinema Village

For his follow-up to In Search of Mozart, British documentarian Phil Grabsky crafts an absorbing portrait of our old friend Ludwig... 

<em>Is This Recyclable?</em>

Art

Is This Recyclable?

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

<em>Still Life</em>

Theatre

Still Life

Friday 9/25 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

Alexander Dinelaris' Still Life is a smart examination of talented thirtysomethings stuck in neutral. Carrie Ann (Sarah Paulson), a photographer who... 

Will Ryman: <em>A New Beginning</em>

Art

Will Ryman

Friday 9/25 @ Marlborough Chelsea

This exhibition follows Will Ryman's popular springtime showing of The Bed at the Saatchi Gallery Project Room in London. Here, the... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Friday 9/25 @ Imperial Theatre

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

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Acconci Studio Installation at Bronx Museum of the Arts

Art

Vito Acconci at Bronx Museum

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

<em>Our Town</em>

Theatre

Our Town

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

47th Annual New York Film Festival

Festival: Film

New York Film Festival

Friday 9/25 @ The Film Society of Lincoln Center

Legendary avant-garde filmmaker Alain Resnais opens the NYFF's strongest lineup in years with Wild Grass, which beguiled critics at Cannes. Other... 

Open Tables

Workshop/Class

Open Tables

Friday 9/25 @ Sputnik

Sometimes it feels like NYC's got as many "DJ"s as it does "actors." But, if you're a budding turntablist serious about... 

Theatre

Blind Lemon Blues

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Le Fooding d'Amour Paris-New York

Food/Wine

Le Fooding

Friday 9/25 @ MoMA PS1

In the post-Bush spirit of amity between France and the US, top chefs from Paris and New York gather to concoct... 

<em> Let Me Down Easy </em>

Theatre

Let Me Down Easy

Friday 9/25 @ 2econd Stage Theatre

With all the talk about health care, death and dying are still issues we tend to avoid as a society. The... 

Special Event

Pretty Tough: Contemporary Storytelling

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Allan Kaprow:<em> Yard</em>

Art

Yard

Friday 9/25 @ Hauser & Wirth New York

For its first New York show, art gallery Hauser & Wirth pays tribute to former inhabitant Martha Jackson Gallery with reinventions... 

<em>Lizzie Borden: The Show</em>

Theatre

Lizzie Borden

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Keith Haring: <em>New York</em>

Art

Keith Haring

Friday 9/25 @ Woodward Gallery

We've been missing the Keith Haring tribute mural over on Houston, and there's no better way to refresh our love for graffiti... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Friday 9/25 @ 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>Passing Strange</em>

Film

Passing Strange

Friday 9/25 @ 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>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Friday 9/25 @ 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>Crossing the Line</em>: FIAF Fall Festival 2009

Festival

FIAF Fall Festival

Friday 9/25 @ Various locations

FIAF's yearly, interdisciplinary festival Crossing the Line presents a three-week slate of exciting new works by artists from New York and... 

<em>Hair</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hair

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Fringe NYC Encore Series

Theatre

Fringe NYC Encore Series

Friday 9/25 @ Various locations

With more 200 shows in 17 days, even the most hardcore theatergoer can only see a fraction of Fringe NYC's offerings.... 

The Putting Lot

Sports

The Putting Lot

Friday 9/25 @ The Putting Lot

To us, mini golf conjures blissful childhood memories — and a few temper tantrums — and we're going to relive them... 

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

Art

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

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet

Theatre

Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

<em>Hanging Fire</em>: Contemporary Art from Pakistan

Art

Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Simone Lucas

Art

Simone Lucas

Friday 9/25 @ Tilton Gallery

The German artist's second solo exhibition at the Tilton Gallery features paintings of female figures on central display. Lucas' evident confidence... 

Theatre

The Night Watcher

Friday 9/25 @ 59E59 Theaters

In The Night Watcher, actress Charlayne Woodard passionately describes the role of Auntie that she provides to the children of family,... 

<em>Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya</em>

Art

Icons of the Desert

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

13th Annual DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival

Festival: Art

Art Under the Bridge Festival

Friday 9/25 @ Various DUMBO locations

For more than a decade, the Dumbo Arts Center has been at the forefront of the DIY and gonzo art movement,... 

New York City Center Presents 2009 Fall for Dance Festival: Celebrating 100 Years of the Ballets Russes

Dance

Fall for Dance

Friday 9/25 @ New York City Center

Fall for Dance this year celebrates the centenary of Ballets Russes, the Paris-based Russians who made ballet artistically relevant. Reconstructions include... 

<em>No Impact Man</em>

Film: Documentary

No Impact Man

Friday 9/25 @ Angelika Film Center

Environmental documentaries have been popping up at an increasingly rapid rate, providing lots of proselytizing, but little action. No Impact Man... 

Monet's Water Lilies

Art

Monet's Water Lilies

Friday 9/25 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

For the first time in the Museum's new building, MoMA presents an installation featuring the full group of Claude Monet's late... 

Last Chance— Vermeer’s Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Art

Last Chance— Vermeer’s Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

One Minute More

Art

One Minute More

Friday 9/25 @ The Kitchen

Last Chance—Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44

Art

Last Chance—Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44

Friday 9/25 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! The Du Paquier ceramic manufactory, founded by Claudius Innocentius du Paquier in Vienna... 

Looking at Music: Side 2

Art

Looking at Music: Side 2

Friday 9/25 @ 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: Michelangelo’s First Painting

Art

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

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Friday 9/25 @ 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.... 

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

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Cupola Bobber: Way Out West, the Sea Whispered Me

Theatre

Cupola Bobber: Way Out West, the Sea Whispered Me

Friday 9/25 @ Performance Space 122

N.Y. PREMIERE
"What Samuel Beckett doing standup would be." - trailorpilot "A special talent for alternative performance-making of disarmingly... 

Target Free Fridays at MoMA!

Art

Target Free Fridays at MoMA!

Friday 9/25 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Admission is free for all visitors during Target Free Friday Nights, sponsored by Target, every Friday evening, 4:00–8:00 p.m. Tickets for... 

Download a Free Audio Tour Today: Vermeer's Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Art

Download a Free Audio Tour Today: Vermeer's Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Looking at Music: Side 2 film series

Film

Looking at Music: Side 2 film series

Friday 9/25 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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Held in conjunction with the Looking at Music:... 

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Art

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

A Proposition by Kara Walker

Art

A Proposition by Kara Walker

Friday 9/25 @ New Museum

A Proposition by Kara Walker: The object of Painting is the subjugated Body. The Painter is the colonizing entity. How do... 

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

Friday 9/25 @ 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

Art

The New American Wing—Part 2: The Charles Engelhard Court and the Period Rooms

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Shababa Bakery

Food/Wine

Shababa Bakery

Friday 9/25 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Braid your challah and take it home to bake! PLUS, decorate cookies and color your very own reusable Shababa Bakery tote... 

Last Chance— Watteau, Music, and Theater

Art

Last Chance— Watteau, Music, and Theater

Friday 9/25 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! This is the first exhibition of Jean-Antoine Watteau’s paintings in the United States... 

Victorious Ones Now Open

Art

Victorious Ones Now Open

Friday 9/25 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection is the Rubin Museum's newest exhibition and latest offering of Himalayan art and culture.  ... 

Last Chance— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Art

Last Chance— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

“Medieval Garden Enclosed” on the Met Blog.

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Friday 9/25 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China

Art

Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Vermeer's Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Vermeer's Masterpiece “The Milkmaid”

Friday 9/25 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Curator Walter Liedtke discusses the unique patronage of Johannes Vermeer and its influence on the artistic and psychological aesthetic of The... 

The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

Art

The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

Friday 9/25 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

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

Friday 9/25 @ 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,... 

FREE Friday nights at the Rubin Museum

Art

FREE Friday nights at the Rubin Museum

Friday 9/25 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Every Friday night from 7-10pm, the Rubin Museum is free to everyone. Have a drink with friends in the K2 Lounge,... 

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Art

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars

Art

Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Last Chance—Looking In: Robert Frank’s “The Americans”

Art: Photography

Last Chance—Looking In: Robert Frank’s “The Americans”

Friday 9/25 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! This exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Americans, Robert... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44

Friday 9/25 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Co-curators Jeffrey Munger and Meredith Chilton discuss the details of a delightful dessert table with culinary historian Ivan Day. This table... 

Raimund Hoghe: Boléro Variations

Dance

Raimund Hoghe: Boléro Variations

Friday 9/25 @ New York Live Arts

Highly regarded German writer, performer, and choreographer, Raimund Hoghe makes his long awaited US debut with Boléro Variations. Once a behind-the-scenes... 

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Art

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Friday 9/25 @ 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... 

Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!

Food/Wine

Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!

Friday 9/25 @ Brooklyn Bowl

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