Events on Wednesday, September 30

Kid Koala presents the Slew: Live

Music: DJ

Kid Koala presents the Slew: Live

Wednesday 9/30 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Six turntables meets the ex-Wolfmother rhythm section.

A couple
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Matthew Broderick with Kenneth Lonergan  

Special Event

Matthew Broderick with Kenneth Lonergan  

Wednesday 9/30 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

After a slew of hits off-Broadway, playwright Kenneth Lonergan launched his film career as a writer/director with the well-observed indie flick... 

BK Meatup  
 

Party

BK Meatup    

Wednesday 9/30 @ The Bell House-

Opportunities for love abound at the first Brooklyn Meatup, hosted by a troika of local blogs: Fucked in Park Slope, Brokelyn,... 

Gallery Talk: Watteau, Music, and Theater

Art

Gallery Talk: Watteau, Music, and Theater

Wednesday 9/30 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Join curator Katharine Baetjer as she visits the special exhibition Watteau, Music and Theater, on view now through November 29. Music... 

MoMA Presents: Michael Almereyda’s <em>Paradise</em>

Film

MoMA Presents: Michael Almereyda’s Paradise

Wednesday 9/30 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

“I am enthralled by Paradise,” Jonathan Lethem writes, “a film whose documentary eye wanders while seeming to have great fixity of... 

Music

Assembly Of Dust / Emmitt Nershi Band

Wednesday 9/30 @ The Bowery Ballroom

 Assembly of Dust “I feel like my brain is... 

Stephen Roach on the "Next Asia"

Special Event

Stephen Roach on the "Next Asia"

Wednesday 9/30 @ Asia Society and Museum

Stephen Roach’s new book, Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization, is a follow-up to his 2007 publication on... 

Our Hit Parade starring Bridgett Everett, Kenny Mellman and Neal Medlyn

Comedy

Our Hit Parade starring Bridgett Everett, Kenny Mellman and Neal Medlyn

Wednesday 9/30 @ Joe's Pub

... 

24 & 46: Michael Winterbottom Double Feature

Film

24 & 46: Michael Winterbottom Double Feature

Wednesday 9/30 @ 92YTribeca

Cinetic FilmBuff and MGM are proud to present a Michael Winterbottom Double Feature: Code 46 and 24 Hour Party People screening... 

Hip-Hop Dance

Dance

Hip-Hop Dance

Wednesday 9/30 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Get an urban-style workout with a class that is sure to add a new groove to your walk.

Death/Traitor Presents...

Music: DJ

Death/Traitor Presents...

Wednesday 9/30 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Death/Traitor presents...

Sleigh
... 

Ongoing Events

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Wednesday 9/30 @ Paragraph

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

<em> Let Me Down Easy </em>

Theatre

Let Me Down Easy

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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>Hair</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hair

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

AREAWARE Design-to-Go Pop-up Shop

Art

Design-to-Go

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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,... 

47th Annual New York Film Festival

Festival: Film

New York Film Festival

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

<em>Our Town</em>

Theatre

Our Town

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Theatre

Blind Lemon Blues

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

The Putting Lot

Sports

The Putting Lot

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Simone Lucas

Art

Simone Lucas

Wednesday 9/30 @ Tilton Gallery

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

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

Art

A Clearing in the Streets

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Theatre

The Night Watcher

Wednesday 9/30 @ 59E59 Theaters

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

<em>Crossing the Line</em>: FIAF Fall Festival 2009

Festival

FIAF Fall Festival

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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>Is Life Worth Living? </em>

Theatre

Is Life Worth Living?

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

<em>In Search of Beethoven</em>

Film: Documentary

In Search of Beethoven

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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> Superior Donuts </em>

Theatre

Superior Donuts

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Art: Photography

I Shoot People

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Art

Keith Haring

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Art

Takashi Murakami

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Wednesday 9/30 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

Avid fans of spectacular spectacle De La Guarda are rejoicing with the arrival of Fuerza Bruta: Look Up, a sort of... 

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

Dance

Fall for Dance

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Ron Arad: No Discipline

Art

Ron Arad: No Discipline

Wednesday 9/30 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

<em>No Impact Man</em>

Film: Documentary

No Impact Man

Wednesday 9/30 @ Angelika Film Center

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

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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>Polish Posters 1945-1989</em>

Art

Polish Posters 1945-1989

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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>Hanging Fire</em>: Contemporary Art from Pakistan

Art

Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Frogs: A Chorus of Colors

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Wednesday 9/30 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet

Theatre

Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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>Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya</em>

Art

Icons of the Desert

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Rendez-vous with Juliette Binoche

Festival: Film

Rendez-vous with Juliette Binoche

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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>Fat City</em> (1972)

Film

Fat City (1972)

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

<em>Still Life</em>

Theatre

Still Life

Wednesday 9/30 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

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

1st Irish Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

1st Irish Festival

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Theatre

West Side Story

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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>Is This Recyclable?</em>

Art

Is This Recyclable?

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Thomas Chambers: <em>American Marine and Landscape Painter</em>

Art

Thomas Chambers

Wednesday 9/30 @ American Folk Art Museum

A prolific 19th-century painter who was once considered "America's first modern" for his prepossessing, flat-color land- and seascapes, Thomas Chambers is... 

Abraaj Capital Art Prize

Art

Abraaj Capital Art Prize

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Art

Will Ryman

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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>After Miss Julie</em>

Theatre

After Miss Julie

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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 the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Art

Re:Construction

Wednesday 9/30 @ Various locations

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

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Art

In Situ: Architecture and Landscape

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

New Photography 2009

Art: Photography

New Photography 2009

Wednesday 9/30 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

New Photography 2009 is a thematic presentation of significant recent work in photography that examines and expands the conventional definitions of... 

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

Art: Photography

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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Art

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

<em>The Blank Generation</em> (1976)

Film

The Blank Generation (1976)

Wednesday 9/30 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


Part of the Looking at Music: Side 2 film exhibition
Held in conjunction... 

Monet's Water Lilies

Art

Monet's Water Lilies

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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”

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Victorious Ones Now Open

Art

Victorious Ones Now Open

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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.  ... 

Looking at Music: Side 2

Art

Looking at Music: Side 2

Wednesday 9/30 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

Last Chance— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Art

Last Chance— Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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 & Out of Amsterdam: <em>Art & Project Bulletin</em>, 1968–1989

Art

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

Wednesday 9/30 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

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

Art

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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

One Minute More

Art

One Minute More

Wednesday 9/30 @ The Kitchen

Looking at Music: Side 2 film series

Film

Looking at Music: Side 2 film series

Wednesday 9/30 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


View the entire film schedule
Held in conjunction with the Looking at Music:... 

Our Hit Parade starring Bridgett Everett, Kenny Mellman and Neal Medlyn

Music

Our Hit Parade starring Bridgett Everett, Kenny Mellman and Neal Medlyn

Wednesday 9/30 @ Joe's Pub

... 

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Art

Mandala: The Perfect Circle now open

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Himalayan Happy Hour

Food/Wine

Himalayan Happy Hour

Wednesday 9/30 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Unwind after work every Wednesday from 5-7pm at the Rubin Museum of Art. Himalayan Happy Hour means 10% off everything on... 

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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Last Chance— Watteau, Music, and Theater

Art

Last Chance— Watteau, Music, and Theater

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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.

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Paul Sietsema

Art

Paul Sietsema

Wednesday 9/30 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Paul Sietsema’s ethereal drawings, sculptures, and films explore combinations of color, space, and movement through subjects spanning a broad geographic and... 

Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China

Art

Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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”

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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

Wednesday 9/30 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art


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

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

Art

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

Wednesday 9/30 @ 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... 

Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!

Food/Wine

Blue Ribbon Full Menu Now DELICIOUSLY available!

Wednesday 9/30 @ Brooklyn Bowl

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