Events on Friday, October 1

A Party We Throw

Party

A Party We Throw

Friday 10/ 1 @ trashBroadway East

Wieden + Kennedy are back with their First Friday series with A Party We Throw at B.East. If you don't already... 

Last Friday presents El Guincho w/ Ablehearts

Music

El Guincho

Friday 10/ 1 @ Cameo

El Guincho, Spanish musician Pablo Díaz-Reixa, touches down in the city for a few intimate performances— one of which happens at... 

Party

Minneapple in the Big Apple

Friday 10/ 1 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Minneapple in the Big Apple 10.1.10 FREE Doors: 6:00 pm A monthly gathering of MN expats, this Minnesota Monthly happy hour... 

Music

The Temper Trap

Friday 10/ 1 @ Terminal 5

Also Performing: Delphic / The Hundred In The Hands   With a series of epic new tracks set for release on... 

Music

Menomena @ Webster Hall

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Bowery Presents

It's been three-and-a-half years since the release of our last album. Roughly two of those years were spent touring and working... 

Stephane Wrembel: Late Django Reinhardt and the Gypsies

Music

Stephane Wrembel: Late Django Reinhardt and the Gypsies

Friday 10/ 1 @ Joe's Pub

Stephane Wrembel arrived ten years ago in the USA from France, with his bag and his guitar, bringing in his luggage... 

Music

Shooter Jennings & Hierophant

Friday 10/ 1 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

The only son of country legends Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings literally spent his childhood on a tour bus.... 

New Yorker Festival presents: Lorrie Moore talks w/ Deborah Treisman

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

New Yorker Festival presents: Lorrie Moore talks w/ Deborah Treisman

Friday 10/ 1 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Lorrie Moore has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1989. Her first story for the magazine, You’re Ugly, Too, was... 

"Crooked Disco" feat. DJ Morsy & DJ Kestar

Party

"Crooked Disco" feat. DJ Morsy & DJ Kestar

Friday 10/ 1 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Brooklyn's own Morsy, founder of the DJ collective NANA CHILL, has earned a reputation in the DJ and promoter world for... 

Family Nouveau

Film

Family Nouveau

Friday 10/ 1 @ 92YTribeca

New documentary featuring of Montreal, plus a sneak peek at a new music video! It's a bizarre celebration when of Montreal... 

Music

Foals w/ Esben And The Witch

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Bowery Ballroom

"Foals are a band that have been on my To Do list for quite some time now. A friend just caught... 

Gay Marshall Sings Piaf

Music

Gay Marshall Sings Piaf

Friday 10/ 1 @ Joe's Pub

PIAF: Queen of Heart, Gay Marshall's vivacious and original take on Piaf, is far from the traditional perception of her as... 

Stephane Wrembel: Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France (1934-1939)

Music

Stephane Wrembel: Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France (1934-1939)

Friday 10/ 1 @ Joe's Pub

Stephane Wrembel arrived ten years ago in the USA from France, with his bag and his guitar, bringing in his luggage... 

Ongoing Events

Mad. Sq. Mark't

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Mad. Sq. Mark't

Friday 10/ 1 @ Madison Square Park

Take the unique and seasonal design, homeware, and jewelry offerings you find at the Union Square Holiday Market, and combine it... 

King Tut Exhibition

Special Event

King Tut Exhibition

Friday 10/ 1 @ Discovery Times Square Exposition

"Wonderful things." So said Howard Carter when the archaeologist was asked what he saw upon peeking into the just-opened tomb of... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Friday 10/ 1 @ Paragraph

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

The Flea presents A.R. Gurney's <em>Office Hours</em>

Theatre

Office Hours

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Flea Theater

Replace the '70s references in A.R. Gurney's Office Hours and it could take place today. The questions raised in this passionate... 

Pipilotti Rist: <em>Heroes of Birth</em>

Art

Pipilotti Rist

Friday 10/ 1 @ Luhring Augustine Gallery

Luhring Augustine is pleased to present Heroes of Birth, an exhibition of new work by Pipilotti Rist. This is Rist's third... 

<em>Heartbreaker</em>

Film

Heartbreaker

Friday 10/ 1 @ IFC Center

Actor Romain Duris displays his charming versatility in Heartbreaker, a clever romantic-comedy from first-time French feature-filmmaker Pascal Chaumeil. Duris is Alex... 

Green Day's <em>American Idiot</em>

Theatre

American Idiot

Friday 10/ 1 @ St. James Theater

Full-throttle punk (or Green Day's poppy spin on the genre) surges through the Great White Way in American Idiot, the Broadway... 

New York Philharmonic: Alan Gilbert Conducts Mahler's <em>Symphony No. 6</em>

Music: Classical

Mahler's Symphony No. 6, The Tragic

Friday 10/ 1 @ Avery Fisher Hall

During his lifetime Gustav Mahler was known as a conductor rather than a composer. However, a gift for interpreting Wagner and... 

JJ PEET: <em>Shadow</em>

Art

JJ PEET

Friday 10/ 1 @ On Stellar Rays

Shadow is a mobile painting studio in which PEET gathers the found media and materials used in his work, which is... 

<em>Black Angels Over Tuskegee</em>

Theatre: Drama

Black Angels Over Tuskegee

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Actors' Temple Theatre

Award-winning writer/director Layon Gray’s Black Angels Over Tuskegee addreses an overlooked part of  history: the first African-American fighter pilots in the... 

<em>Dead or Alive</em>

Art

Dead or Alive

Friday 10/ 1 @ Museum of Arts and Design

Dead or Alive features completely organic work. That is, all of the art was once alive, as a plant or animal.... 

Laurie Anderson: <em>Delusion</em>

Music: Experimental

Laurie Anderson

Friday 10/ 1 @ BAM Harvey Theater

We're hard-pressed to think of a better opener to BAM's annual Next Wave Festival than local legend Laurie Anderson. Whether playing... 

The 48th Annual New York Film Festival

Festival: Film

New York Film Festival

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Film Society of Lincoln Center

Despite Lincoln Center's construction and recent staff changes at the Film Society, there's one thing that continues to run like clockwork,... 

<em>Behind the Screen</em>

Special Event

Behind the Screen

Friday 10/ 1 @ Museum of the Moving Image

Sure, some of us like a microbrew to accompany our vintage video-gaming — and for that, we head to Barcade. But... 

<em>Last Train Home</em>

Film: Documentary

Last Train Home

Friday 10/ 1 @ IFC Center

Your opinion of holiday travel headaches is certain to be redefined after viewing Last Train Home, an award-winning documentary that examines... 

<em>Wife To James Whelan</em>

Theatre

Wife To James Whelan

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Mint Theater

You can quibble over whether Wife to James Whelan is a romance, comedy, or drama — or some mash-up of the... 

Lee Friedlander: <em>America by Car</em>

Art: Photography

Lee Friedlander

Friday 10/ 1 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

An early giant of new American photography, Friedlander's iconic project of photographing the nation's roads from behind the wheel of a... 

Lower Manhattan Arts League presents Fall Downtown

Festival: Performing Arts

Fall Downtown

Friday 10/ 1 @ Various Downtown locations

This is it. The glut. The cornucopia. The land of plenty. Lower Manhattan Arts League has brought together an astounding array... 

<em> Now Circa Then </em>

Theatre

Now Circa Then

Friday 10/ 1 @ Ars Nova Theater

Sometimes, all we need out of theatre is an old-fashioned boy-meets-girl story. The good news is, Now Circa Then is just... 

Brion Gysin: <em>Dream Machine</em>

Art

Brion Gysin: Dream Machine

Friday 10/ 1 @ New Museum

Expelled from the surrealist group by André Breton when he was 19, Brion Gysin persevered and created a wide range of... 

<em>Vestie Davis' New York</em>

Art

Vestie Davis' New York

Friday 10/ 1 @ American Folk Art Museum, Lincoln Square branch

"Give it a sweet melody" was the aesthetic must for Vestie Davis, a painter who froze mid-century New York in winsome,... 

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Friday 10/ 1 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Litchfield, CT

Getaways

Jauntsetter Weekend Escape

Friday 10/ 1 @ Various locations in Litchfield

Just a two-hour drive from the city, Litchfield, Connecticut is a great escape for stressed-out city dwellers. Home to a stellar... 

Greenpoint Open Studios

City Gems

Greenpoint Open Studios

Friday 10/ 1 @ Multiple venues throughout Brooklyn

If you're curious about the artwork that's going down in Greenpoint, this is the weekend to check it out. Greenpoint Open... 

Sue Williams: <em>Al-Qaeda Is the CIA</em>

Art

Sue Williams

Friday 10/ 1 @ 303 Gallery

A mid-career survey designed to support and contextualize Williams' most recent work, Al-Qaeda Is the CIA offers a rollicking, visceral good... 

2010 Fall for Dance Festival

Dance

Fall for Dance

Friday 10/ 1 @ New York City Center

City Center's popular two-week dance inventory has a local feel this year. Two participants have long associations with the venue: as... 

New Yorker Festival 2010

Festival

New Yorker Festival 2010

Friday 10/ 1 @ multiple venues throughout New York City

While we know New Yorker Festival tickets generally seem to sell out before they're even on sale — how does that... 

1st Irish 2010

Festival: Performing Arts

1st Irish

Friday 10/ 1 @ Various locations

Ireland is "The Land of 100,000 Welcomes." It is also home to an unbroken line of writers who have influenced world... 

<em>ACT UP NEW YORK: Activism, Art and the AIDS Crisis (1987-1993)</em>

Art

ACT UP NEW YORK

Friday 10/ 1 @ White Columns

The activist movement in the '70s, which served as a catalyst for gay men and women to protest repression and other... 

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Friday 10/ 1 @ August Wilson Theatre

Like the signs on the buses say: The hits just keep on comin' — five years now for this crowd-pleasing bio-musical... 

<em>The Social Network</em>

Film

The Social Network

Friday 10/ 1 @ Various locations

Fincher isn't a Facebook man, nor is writer Aaron Sorkin, which is probably what makes The Social Network succeed. A tightly... 

<em>Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson</em>

Theatre

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Friday 10/ 1 @ Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

After an acclaimed run off-Broadway, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson busts out of the theatrical gate with energetic, rapier wit. Colored by... 

<em>Collecting Biennials</em>

Art

Collecting Biennials

Friday 10/ 1 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

Take the Whitney lift to floor five if a) you missed the past 80-or-so years of Biennials or b) your inner... 

<em>Capsule 33</em>

Theatre

Capsule 33

Friday 10/ 1 @ Barrow Street Theater

Milo, a Serbian astrophysicist who escaped the Balkan war by moving to Japan to teach English, is refusing to leave his... 

<em>Ahead of Time</em>

Film: Documentary

Ahead of Time

Friday 10/ 1 @ Cinema Village

Journalist Ruth Gruber received a PhD at age 20, interviewed Virginia Woolf in the 1930s, witnessed Hitler's rise to power, reported... 

<em>Chihuly 2010</em>

Art

Chihuly 2010

Friday 10/ 1 @ Marlborough Chelsea

Arguably the greatest artist in the history of glass sculpture, Dale Chihuly has helped turn the craft of blowing glass into... 

The Sullivan Project presents <em>Graham & Frost</em>

Theatre

Graham & Frost

Friday 10/ 1 @ Performance Space 122

Though Graham & Frost is a prized addition to the 1st Irish Festival, it has nothing to do with Ireland. Instead,... 

<em>Come Fly Away</em>

Theatre

Come Fly Away

Friday 10/ 1 @ Marquis Theater

See Twyla Tharp's Come Fly Away for the dancing — it is rare to see dancers of this caliber on Broadway.... 

Gatz

Theatre

Gatz

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Public Theater

Five years after it created Gatz, theater ensemble Elevator Repair Service debuts its masterful nearly-8-hour play. One afternoon a man starts... 

<em>Orlando</em>

Theatre

Orlando

Friday 10/ 1 @ Classic Stage Company

You don't have to know Virginia Woolf's novel to enjoy Sarah Ruhl's excellent adaptation of how an Elizabethan youth (Francesca Faridany)... 

<em>Greater New York</em>

Art

Greater New York

Friday 10/ 1 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

It seems like the city's been a flurry of artwork, all dealing with process. Whether we're viewing the installation of an... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Friday 10/ 1 @ Imperial Theatre

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

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Friday 10/ 1 @ 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... 

La Mama Presents: Ritter, Dene, Voss

Theatre

La Mama Presents: Ritter, Dene, Voss

Friday 10/ 1 @ La MaMa E.T.C.

Playwright and novelist Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989) was one of the most controversial literary figures of post-war Austria. He had a penchant... 

<em>A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop</em>

Film

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

Friday 10/ 1 @ Various locations

If you're a fan of Zhang Yimou, the acclaimed Fifth Generation director behind such films as Red Sorghum, Raise the Red... 

Open Tables

Workshop/Class

Open Tables

Friday 10/ 1 @ 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... 

Botanica Bar

Get Social: Happy Hour

Botanica

Friday 10/ 1 @ Botanica Bar

We love this bar. It's our home away from home, our office away from office. You simply can't find nicer bartenders... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Friday 10/ 1 @ 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>Never Let Me Go</em>

Film

Never Let Me Go

Friday 10/ 1 @ Various locations

If you've read Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go, then you know what this film is about. If you haven't,... 

<em>underneathmybed</em>

Theatre

underneathmybed

Friday 10/ 1 @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Playwright Florencia Lozano revisits her childhood home and the psychological state of her 13-year-old self, in underneathmybed. Escaping Argentina's "Dirty War"... 

<em>Clean Slate for the Pessimist</em>: An Exercise in Default Accountability

Art

Clean Slate for the Pessimist

Friday 10/ 1 @ Various Locations Along the BQE

Designed to look like a large-scale guerilla marketing campaign, this project, which began as a critique of the appropriation of art... 

<em>Freakonomics</em>

Film: Documentary

Freakonomics

Friday 10/ 1 @ Angelika Film Center

It seems an unusual and challenging choice for an adaptation, but with the help of an arsenal of award-winning documentarians (Spurlock,... 

<em>A Home Across the Ocean</em>

Theatre

A Home Across the Ocean

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Studio at Theatre Row

Recently widowed, Grethe is simultaneously helping her gay son and his partner adjust to their newly adopted foster daughter and reconnecting... 

olive Dance Theatre: Swift Solos

Dance

olive Dance Theatre: Swift Solos

Friday 10/ 1 @ New York Live Arts

Presented in partnersip with the Hip-Hop Theater Festival. Swift SolosspanYoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool

Art

Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool

Friday 10/ 1 @ Asia Society and Museum

Experience the world of internationally renowned Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara. Through drawings, paintings, sculptures and large-scale installations, this landmark exhibition links... 

Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography

Art: Photography

Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibition explores themes of dislocation and displacement in contemporary photography. Drawn almost entirely from the Met’s collection, Between Here and... 

Tours

Art

Tours

Friday 10/ 1 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Taste of RMA tours offer museum visitors an introduction to Himalayan art, exploring process, materials, iconography, religion, and cultural influence along... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Hipsters, Hustlers, and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photographs, 1950&ndash;1980

Art: Photography

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Hipsters, Hustlers, and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photographs, 1950–1980

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In excerpts from a 1988 archival recording, photographer Leon Levinstein talks about his work and the experience of photographing in the... 

Dominic Huber's Hotel Savoy

Theatre

Dominic Huber's Hotel Savoy

Friday 10/ 1 @ Performance Space 122

With its overlapping of Joseph Roth's novel, reality, and contemporary history, HOTEL SAVOY opens up a world between dream and reality... 

The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty

Art

The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Don’t miss this major international loan exhibition! The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty, on view at... 

Avant-Garde-Arama! Our Hit Parade

Special Event

Avant-Garde-Arama! Our Hit Parade

Friday 10/ 1 @ Performance Space 122

Hosts and guest curators: Bridget Everett & Kenny Mellman; AGA coordinator: Salley May. Fasten your seatbelts for PS122's 2-night interdisciplinary festival... 

Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bamb&uacute;

Special Event

Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Don’t miss this opportunity to see Big Bambú: You Can't, You Don't, and You Won't Stop the site-specific installation created for... 

Art

Collage and Mixed Media

Friday 10/ 1 @ 92YTribeca

Create spirited collages while learning about color, composition, texture, shape and more.

The Freedom Party w / DJ Herbert Holler, DJ Cosi and DJ Marc Smooth

Music: DJ

The Freedom Party w / DJ Herbert Holler, DJ Cosi and DJ Marc Smooth

Friday 10/ 1 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

The Freedom Party’s mission is to give people a legendary NYC party that provides the best dance floor experience playing music... 

Target Free Fridays at MoMA!

Art

Target Free Fridays at MoMA!

Friday 10/ 1 @ 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... 

Talk about Nothing video contest

Special Event

Talk about Nothing video contest

Friday 10/ 1 @ Rubin Museum of Art

The Rubin Museum is asking Laurie Anderson, Ken Burns, Sandra Bernhard and Eve Ensler what 'nothing' means to them. Now they... 

New York Korean Film Festival

Film

New York Korean Film Festival

Friday 10/ 1 @ BAM

The New York Korean Film Festival returns to BAMcinématek Oct 1-3 with a selection of the best new films from Korea,... 

Gateway to Himalayan Art

Art

Gateway to Himalayan Art

Friday 10/ 1 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Confused by those 40-armed deities? Let Gateway to Himalayan Art break it down for you. In this new introductory exhibition, you'll... 

Crooked Disco featuring DJ Morsy & DJ Kestar

Music: DJ

Crooked Disco featuring DJ Morsy & DJ Kestar

Friday 10/ 1 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Brooklyn's own Morsy, founder of the DJ collective Nana Chill, has earned a reputation in the DJ and promoter world for... 

Met Podcast: Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bamb&uacute;

Art

Met Podcast: Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Curator Anne Strauss talks to Doug and Mike Starn about their new work, Big Bambú: You Can't, You Don't, and You... 

Christian Rizzo/l'association fragile: b.c, janvier 1545, fontainebleau

Dance

Christian Rizzo/l'association fragile: b.c, janvier 1545, fontainebleau

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Kitchen

Acclaimed French choreographer Christian Rizzo takes a surprisingly intimate turn in this solo work created for the celebrated classical and contemporary... 

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered

Art

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shortly after the Met acquired two Viennese silver wine coolers in 2002 from the Sachsen-Teschen Service, the core of the surviving... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Friday 10/ 1 @ 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.... 

Ringo Starr's Gold Drum on View

Special Event

Ringo Starr's Gold Drum on View

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On July 7, Ringo Starr's 70th birthday, the Met opened a special display of his gold-plated snare drum that will be... 

Alex Hubbard: Death Never Sleeps

Art

Alex Hubbard: Death Never Sleeps

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Kitchen

In this newly commissioned exhibition, Alex Hubbard continues his parallel investigations with both video and painting and explores transformations between states... 

Theatre

The Sullivan Project presents Graham & Frost

Friday 10/ 1 @ Performance Space 122

Friends, neighbors, countrymen: can they really co-exist? Three men from very different walks of life set about reopening an abandoned restaurant... 

The Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel

Art

The Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

First discovered in 1996 during construction on the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway in Lod, Israel, this large and impressive mosaic floor depicting... 

Contemporary Tibetan art show

Art

Contemporary Tibetan art show

Friday 10/ 1 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Tradition Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond marks the first exhibition of contemporary Tibetan art in a New York City museum. The nine... 

Hipsters, Hustlers, and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photographs, 1950&ndash;1980

Art: Photography

Hipsters, Hustlers, and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photographs, 1950–1980

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A master of classic American street photography, Leon Levinstein (American, 1910–1988) is best known for his candid and unsentimental black-and-white figure... 

In Short Order: Best American Short Stories

Books: Reading

In Short Order: Best American Short Stories

Friday 10/ 1 @ 92YTribeca

Explore the genre of short story in this reading and discussion group, and find out why it's special. Read a selection... 

Sean Raspet: As If Written In

Art

Sean Raspet: As If Written In

Friday 10/ 1 @ The Kitchen

This solo exhibition presents a new body of work by Sean Raspet that continues his exploration of paradox and parody in...