Events on Monday, December 13

A Glasslands & Manhattan Inn X-mas X-travaganza!

Party

A Glasslands & Manhattan Inn X-mas X-travaganza!

Monday 12/13 @ Glasslands Gallery

You've already started your holiday partying, so why not ease into another week of festivities with a great holiday party thrown... 

Shoshana Bean: "Today I Sing the Blues"

Music

Shoshana Bean: "Today I Sing the Blues"

Monday 12/13 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Shoshana Elise Bean is an American stage actress and singer known for her roles in Broadway musicals. She is best known... 

Y + 30: The Future of Digital Communication

Special Event

Y + 30: The Future of Digital Communication

Monday 12/13 @ 92YTribeca

As technology continues to evolve and innovate at breakneck speeds, we've seen human behavior upended in a miraculously short span of... 

DCD Collective Presents Blue Monday

Music: DJ

DCD Collective Presents Blue Monday

Monday 12/13 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Who says you have to wait until the end of the week to party? The DCD Collective have been rocking the... 

Ian Frazier and John McPhee with Mark Singer

Books: Reading

Ian Frazier and John McPhee with Mark Singer

Monday 12/13 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

An evening of readings by two of The New Yorker’s best storytellers. "Ian Frazier is a master of comic narrative, of... 

The Gay Agenda Presents: A Very Mary Holiday Special

Music

The Gay Agenda Presents: A Very Mary Holiday Special

Monday 12/13 @ Joe's Pub

Your semi-favorite-two-man-musical-theatre-post-punk-band are back!  They've already Conquered Joe's Pub with their infectious melodies and lacerating lyrics. Now, with the help of... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson</em>

Theatre

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Monday 12/13 @ Paragraph

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

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Monday 12/13 @ 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>Black Angels Over Tuskegee</em>

Theatre: Drama

Black Angels Over Tuskegee

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

Arlene's World Famous Live R&R Karaoke

Get Social: Karaoke

Arlene's World Famous Live R&R Karaoke

Monday 12/13 @ Arlene's Grocery

If you think getting smashed with your friends and wailing at a screen in some little booth was the limit of... 

<em>And Everything Is Going Fine</em>

Film: Documentary

And Everything Is Going Fine

Monday 12/13 @ IFC Center

Steven Soderbergh's documentary And Everything Is Going Fine, one of the hottest tickets at this year's Slamdance Film Festival, brings master... 

Happy Hour at Bruar Falls

Get Social: Happy Hour

Happy Hour at Bruar Falls

Monday 12/13 @ Bruar Falls

This Brooklyn sister to Manhattan's Cakeshop, Bruar Falls offers up a homey, relaxed and intimate environment where customers can find a... 

<em>The Fantasticks</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

The Fantasticks

Monday 12/13 @ Jerry Orbach Theater

In the intimate Jerry Orbach theater (now aka the Snapple Center, groan), this simple, warm, and wonderful production is the first... 

King Tut Exhibition

Special Event

King Tut Exhibition

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

Les Paul Mondays

Music

Les Paul Mondays

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

Cool Hunting for Gap NYC Pop-Up Shop

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Cool Hunting for Gap NYC Pop-Up Shop

Monday 12/13 @ Cool Hunting for Gap Pop-Up

Cool Hunting has been finding and sharing the (sorry for the repetition here) coolest innovations in art, technology, and design since... 

Monday Night Bingo

Special Event

Monday Night Bingo

Monday 12/13 @ 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>I Love You Phillip Morris</em>

Film

I Love You Phillip Morris

Monday 12/13 @ AMC Loews Village 7

Forget all these Hollywood films about so-called romance, I Love You Phillip Morris is a true love story, albeit a hard-to-believe... 

Columbus Circle Holiday Market

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Columbus Circle Holiday Market

Monday 12/13 @ Columbus Circle

The Columbus Circle Holiday Market is open now....Wander through our lanes of wonderful artisanal gift items, and definitely stop for a... 

<em>Avenue Q</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Avenue Q

Monday 12/13 @ New World Stages

Avenue Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and... 

Lower Manhattan Arts League presents Fall Downtown

Festival: Performing Arts

Fall Downtown

Monday 12/13 @ Various Downtown locations

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

Wakka Wakka presents <em>Baby Universe  (A Puppet Odyssey)</em>

Performing Arts: Puppetry

Baby Universe (A Puppet Odyssey)

Monday 12/13 @ Baruch Center for the Performing Arts, Nagelberg Theatre

Do not be deceived by the title. Wakka Wakka's Baby Universe is a disturbing and haunting procreation tale about survival of... 

Happy Hour at Zebulon

Get Social: Happy Hour

Happy Hour at Zebulon

Monday 12/13 @ Zebulon

While we prize Zebulon for its distinctly lush Left Bank atmosphere, and its nightly free performances at 9, another thing that... 

Fight Fest 2010: A Celebration of Fight Theater

Theatre: Festival

Fight Fest

Monday 12/13 @ The Brick Theater

The Brick's new holiday tradition adds punch to the season. This second-annual Fight Fest even includes two Christmas shows: Bethlehem or... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Monday 12/13 @ Imperial Theatre

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

The Drilling Company presents Brian Dykstra's <em>HO!</em>

Theatre: Comedy

HO!

Monday 12/13 @ Drilling Company Theatre

HO! has several possible definitions and Brian Dykstra puts them all to good use in his two-monologue show that finds both... 

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words

Comedy

Celebrity Autobiography

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

Holidayasana

Get Social: Yoga

Holidayasana

Monday 12/13 @ Various locations

Get a healthy jump on your New Year's resolution with Social Workout's Holidayasana challenge. The fitness/wellness site has corralled 14 top... 

Botanica Bar

Get Social: Happy Hour

Botanica

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Litchfield, CT

Getaways

Jauntsetter Weekend Escape

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

Company XIV: <em>Nutcracker Rouge </em>

Performing Arts: Dance

Nutcracker Rouge

Monday 12/13 @ 303 Bond Street

The annual holiday Nutcracker parade has ended, but there's still time to see Company XIV's sweet treat for adults. In his... 

<em>Black Swan</em>

Film

Black Swan

Monday 12/13 @ Chelsea Clearview Cinema

Requiem for a Dream filmmaker Darren Aronofsky traps you inside the head of a schizophrenic ballerina in his latest film, Black... 

<em>Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand</em>

Art: Photography

Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand

Monday 12/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibition features three giants of photography—Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946), Edward Steichen (American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973), and Paul Strand (American, 1890–1976)—whose... 

Adam Pendleton: <em>BAND</em>

Art

Adam Pendleton: BAND

Monday 12/13 @ The Kitchen

This solo exhibition presents the U.S. premiere of Adam Pendleton’s new large scale video installation. Pendleton’s BAND is a form and... 

Thinking Outside the Box: European Cabinets, Caskets, and Cases from the Permanent Collection (1500–1900)

Art

Thinking Outside the Box: European Cabinets, Caskets, and Cases from the Permanent Collection (1500–1900)

Monday 12/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This installation features 100 examples of important boxes, caskets, and small chests from the Met’s European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Department.... 

The Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel

Art

The Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

JACKIE FIVE-0H! A celebration of Jackie Hoffman's first 50th birthday

Music

JACKIE FIVE-0H! A celebration of Jackie Hoffman's first 50th birthday

Monday 12/13 @ Joe's Pub

In this ALL NEW SHOW, Broadway's funniest broad muses about her own decay and playing Grandma Addams in the much talked... 

Katrin Sigurdardottir at the Met

Art

Katrin Sigurdardottir at the Met

Monday 12/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Come and visit this exhibition of two new sculptural installations created specifically for the Met by Katrin Sigurdardottir, an Icelandic artist... 

Rugs and Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism

Art

Rugs and Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism

Monday 12/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Comprised of works dedicated to the enactment of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, this installation focuses on Tibetan tantric rugs as the seats... 

<em>Grain of Emptiness</em>: Buddhism-inspired Contemporary Art

Art

Grain of Emptiness: Buddhism-inspired Contemporary Art

Monday 12/13 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Five contemporary artists -- Sanford Biggers, Theaster Gates, Atta Kim, Wolfgang Laib, and Charmion von Wiegand -- whose works are inspired... 

Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography

Art: Photography

Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

Miró: The Dutch Interiors

Art

Miró: The Dutch Interiors

Monday 12/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

During a trip to the Netherlands in spring 1928, the Barcelona-born Joan Miró (1893–1983) bought postcards from the museums he visited.... 

<em>Our Future Is In The Air:</em> Photographs from the 1910s

Art: Photography

Our Future Is In The Air: Photographs from the 1910s

Monday 12/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The 20th century was truly born during the 1910s. This installation (accompanying Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand) surveys the range of uses to which... 

Tours

Art

Tours

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Cr&egrave;che

Art

Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche

Monday 12/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Take part in this long-established yuletide tradition in New York and see the Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque crèche at the... 

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

Art

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

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

Urban Word NYC: Journal to Journey

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

Urban Word NYC: Journal to Journey

Monday 12/13 @ New York Live Arts

These new solo works by young poets navigate a path through hurt and hope on a journey towards self. Equipped with... 

<em>John Baldessari: </em><em>Pure Beauty</em>

Art

John Baldessari: Pure Beauty

Monday 12/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Widely renowned as a pioneer of conceptual art, American artist John Baldessari (b. 1931, National City, California) is one of the... 

Haremhab, The General Who Became King

Art

Haremhab, The General Who Became King

Monday 12/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

One of the most fascinating pharaohs of ancient Egypt, Haremhab (reigned ca. 1316–1302 B.C.) was a strong leader in a time... 

Gateway to Himalayan Art

Art

Gateway to Himalayan Art

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

TOTAL RECALL

Art: Group Show

TOTAL RECALL

Monday 12/13 @ Public Art Fund

TOTAL RECALL features five new large-scale sculpture commissions by New York-based artists Martin Basher, Zipora Fried, Sam Moyer, Matt Sheridan Smith,... 

Going Gluten-Free

Special Event

Going Gluten-Free

Monday 12/13 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Annalise Roberts and Claudia Pillow, PhD Current research indicates that reducing or eliminating gluten can help reduce inflammation in the body,... 

The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs

Art

The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs

Monday 12/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About 50 pieces of the distinctive "artistic furniture" and related objects produced by the workshop of Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936) in Buffalo,... 

Italy Observed: Views and Souvenirs, 1706–1899

Art

Italy Observed: Views and Souvenirs, 1706–1899

Monday 12/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the 18th century, privileged Europeans embarked on the Grand Tour, traveling principally to sites in Italy, where they visited cherished... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Monday 12/13 @ 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

Monday 12/13 @ 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... 

Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures: Jan Gossart's Renaissance

Art

Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures: Jan Gossart's Renaissance

Monday 12/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is the first major exhibition in 45 years devoted to the Burgundian Netherlandish artist Jan Gossart (ca. 1478-1532), bringing together...