Events on Tuesday, February 16

Back Forty Mardi Gras Beer Dinner

Food/Wine

Mardi Gras Beer Dinner

Tuesday 2/16 @ Back Forty

Brooklyn's Sixpoint Brewery commemorates its fifth anniversary on Fat Tuesday with a four-course dinner and beer pairing at the locavore-friendly Back... 

<em>Troop Beverly Hills</em>: The Experience

Party

Troop Beverly Hills: The Experience

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Bell House-

For children of the '80s, Troop Beverly Hills (1989) has much to offer: Tori Spelling and Jenny Lewis, kitschy costumes, laughable... 

Comedy

Punch up your life: Free comedy with surprise guests

Tuesday 2/16 @ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Punch up your life: Free comedy with surprise guests Watch our Facebook and Twitter for updates!... 

Barton Carroll (Crooked Fingers, Azure Ray, Dolorean)

Music

Barton Carroll (Crooked Fingers, Azure Ray, Dolorean)

Tuesday 2/16 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

A North Carolina native who now lives in Seattle, Carroll’s songs are structured in folk traditions he grew up with, but... 

Ebène String Quartet @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Music: Classical

Ebène String Quartet @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Tuesday 2/16 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Tuesday 02.16.10
Ebène String Quartet
music of Mozart, Mendelssohn, and jazz standards/improvisations
6pm doors | 7pm show
... 

El Perro Del Mar & Taken By Trees @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Music

El Perro Del Mar & Taken By Trees @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Tuesday 2/16 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

El Perro Del Mar & Taken By Trees
Tue., February 16, 2010 | 9:00 PM
$15 | 18+
... 

Imani Uzuri

Music

Imani Uzuri

Tuesday 2/16 @ Joe's Pub

Imani Uzuri's critically acclaimed solo debut album Her Holy Water: A Black Girl's... 

Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell: "Surveying Mankind from China to Peru"

Special Event

Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell: "Surveying Mankind from China to Peru"

Tuesday 2/16 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Award-winning journalist Adam Gopnik has been writing for The New Yorker since 1986. He has broadcasted regularly for the Canadian Broadcasting... 

Music

Green River Ordinance / Sleeperstar

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Mercury Lounge

Music

Places & Numbers (Bobby from Gatsby's American Dream)

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Mercury Lounge

Jewish Comedians: On Mel Brooks

Special Event

Jewish Comedians: On Mel Brooks

Tuesday 2/16 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Jeremy Dauber, moderator

Take a look at the early days of Mel... 

Ongoing Events

Pablo Bronstein at the Met
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Art

Pablo Bronstein at the Met  

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

For this exhibition, Pablo Bronstein (born in 1977) has created two new bodies of work that address the nature of the... 

Theatre

A View From the Bridge

Tuesday 2/16 @ Cort Theatre

Arthur Miller's modern tragedy A View from the Bridge could easily veer into melodrama in less skilled hands, but Gregory Mosher's... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Tuesday 2/16 @ Paragraph

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

<em>The Pride</em>

Theatre

The Pride

Tuesday 2/16 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

Alexi Kaye Campbell's first play is an ambitious, time-bending exploration of gay identity with dialogue that's reminiscent of the old-school wit... 

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

Art

Thomas Chambers

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

<em>The Divine Sister</em>

Theatre

The Divine Sister

Tuesday 2/16 @ Theater for the New City

Veteran playwright and actor Charles Busch aims his flamboyant and acerbic wit at the cinematic depiction of convent life in this... 

<em>A Failed Entertainment: Selections from the Filmography of James O. Incandenza</em>

Art

A Failed Entertainment

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Gallery at the LeRoy Neiman Center

Only a footnote by David Foster Wallace could inspire a constellation of artists and filmmakers to make real what was dreamt.... 

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey</em>

Art

Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey

Tuesday 2/16 @ Museum of Arts and Design

Although she produced art in many mediums, from painting to photography, Viola Frey's lasting imprint can be found in ceramics. As... 

<em>Measure for Measure</em>

Theatre

Measure for Measure

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Duke Theater

Until the Royal Shakespeare Company sets up camp at The Armory in summer 2011, New Yorkers have to make do with... 

Penelope Umbrico: <em>Leonards for Leonard</em> & <em>5,537,594 Suns From Flickr (Partial) 5/30/09</em>

Art: Photography

Penelope Umbrico

Tuesday 2/16 @ BAM

On May 30 of last year, Brooklyn-based artist Penelope Umbrico keyed "sunset" into Flickr's search engine and received 5,537,594 matches. The... 

<em>Race</em>

Theatre

Race

Tuesday 2/16 @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre

David Mamet gets his teeth back in this fast-paced and highly entertaining new play. The all-star cast handle Mametese with aplomb... 

<em>Videocracy</em>

Film

Videocracy

Tuesday 2/16 @ IFC Center

The recent statuette-throwing at Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi might leave most of us scratching our heads, mostly because we know... 

<em>Hair</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hair

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

<em>Ages of the Moon</em>

Theatre

Ages of the Moon

Tuesday 2/16 @ Linda Gross Theater

Sam Shepard's new one-act two-hander flows effortlessly and ends too quickly, humorously highlighting the fleeting nature of life. After being thrown... 

<em>A Town Called Panic</em>

Film: Animation

A Town Called Panic

Tuesday 2/16 @ Museum of the Moving Image

Cowboy, Indian, and Horse wreak havoc in this slapstick stop-motion animation film, based on a cult Belgian TV series distributed by... 

The Drawings of Bronzino - Free Met Podcast

Art

The Drawings of Bronzino - Free Met Podcast

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Curator Carmen Bambach discusses the life and work of the painter, draftsman, teacher, and poet Agnolo Bronzino (Italian, 1503-1572) on the... 

<em>Carmen</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Carmen

Tuesday 2/16 @ Metropolitan Opera House

There's something about Carmen — for her, men cast aside principles to fall headlong into a life of crime. Directed by... 

<em>Time Stands Still</em>

Theatre

Time Stands Still

Tuesday 2/16 @ Biltmore Theater

Known for exhilarating solo shows, Eric Bogosian makes his Broadway debut in Donald Margulies' well-observed play about the unintended casualties of... 

Peter Coffin: Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Art

Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Tuesday 2/16 @ City Hall Park

Peter Coffin, the artist who flew a UFO over the Baltic Sea in summer 2008, takes over City Hall Park with a... 

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

Art

Re:Construction

Tuesday 2/16 @ Various locations

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

<em>SN&Oslash;HETTA: architecture &ndash; landscape &ndash; interior</em>

Art

SNØHETTA

Tuesday 2/16 @ Scandinavia House

   There's currently much ado about the innovative, eco-friendly architecture firm Snøhetta. Based in Oslo, the two-decade-old outfit counts the harmonious,... 

Comic Book Club

Special Event

Comic Book Club

Tuesday 2/16 @ The People's Improv Theater

Sometimes it feels like we're stuck in Bizarro world, with too much cash and too few quality comics to purchase. Luckily,... 

Akira Kurosawa Centennial

Film

Akira Kurosawa Centennial

Tuesday 2/16 @ Film Forum

Ahead of Akira Kurosawa's centenary on March 23, Film Forum more or less runs through the auteur's consummate filmography (on queue:... 

<em>Demons and Devotion: The Hours of Catherine of Cleves</em>

Art

The Hours of Catherine of Cleves

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Morgan Library

Taking apart a rare book can be cultural barbarism but that is what the Morgan Library has done to show off... 

<em>Mr. and Mrs. Fitch</em>

Theatre

Mr. and Mrs. Fitch

Tuesday 2/16 @ Second Stage Theatre

Douglas Carter Beane tackles the growing blur of journalism and fiction in his new acerbically funny play. The title characters, played... 

<em>Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris</em>

Art: Photography

Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris

Tuesday 2/16 @ International Center of Photography

Paris of the '20s and '30s — with its serrated rooftops, Haussmann streamlines, and bustling arrondissements — was a wellspring for... 

Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World

Special Event

Traveling the Silk Road

Tuesday 2/16 @ American Museum of Natural History

Hop aboard a stuffed camel for this four-city ancient trade route, making stops in X'ian, Turfan, Samarkand, and Baghdad. AMNH invites... 

Karen Cooper Carte Blanche: 40 Years of Documentary Premieres at Film Forum

Film: Documentary

40 Years of Documentary Premieres at Film Forum

Tuesday 2/16 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Springing up in 1970 UWS as a weekends-only screening room, Film Forum is now the Houston Street mecca for tri-state cinephiles.... 

Slavic Soul Party!

Music: Global

Slavic Soul Party!

Tuesday 2/16 @ Barbès

While punk outfits like Devotchka and Gogol Bordello boldly appropriate traditional Eastern European music, their gypsy-inspired mosh pits lack a certain... 

<em>Miroslav Tich&yacute;</em>

Art: Photography

Miroslav Tichý

Tuesday 2/16 @ International Center of Photography

"If you want to be famous, you have to do whatever you're doing worse than anyone else in the whole world."... 

<em>The Tempest</em>

Theatre

The Tempest

Tuesday 2/16 @ BAM

The Tempest is both an amorphous fantastical tale, and Shakespeare's farewell to the theatre. Sam Mendes embraces both aspects in his... 

<em>A Little Night Music</em>

Theatre

A Little Night Music

Tuesday 2/16 @ Walter Kerr Theatre

Stephen Sondheim's melancholic farce receives a stirring revival due to Trevor Nunn's expertly delicate touch. Nunn elicits several nuanced performances from... 

CineKink

Festival: Film

CineKink

Tuesday 2/16 @ Various locations

This week-long celebration of alternative sexuality walks the fine line between pure hedonistic pleasure and cinematic artistry. The fest kicks off... 

<em>The Jackie Look</em>

Special Event

The Jackie Look

Tuesday 2/16 @ Laurie Beechman Theater

Book editor Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis never wrote a memoir. It's appropriate, then, that Karen Finley begins The Jackie Look with a... 

<em>Present Laughter</em>

Theatre

Present Laughter

Tuesday 2/16 @ American Airlines Theater

Nicholas Martin's madcap revival of Present Laughter scores some big laughs, even if the subtlety of Noel Coward's original wit becomes... 

<em>Clybourne Park</em>

Theatre

Clybourne Park

Tuesday 2/16 @ Playwrights Horizons

Bruce Norris' darkly comedic riff on A Raisin in the Sun explores the racial tensions in a Chicago neighborhood on the... 

<em>Behind the Screen</em>

Special Event

Behind the Screen

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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> Palestine </em>

Theatre

Palestine

Tuesday 2/16 @ Fourth Street Theatre (83 East 4th street)

What does it mean to be the daughter of "the most famous Palestinian-American"? In Palestine, Najla Said — daughter of the... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Tuesday 2/16 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Parsons Dance

Dance

Parsons Dance

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Joyce Theater

Remember Me is the ambitious collaboration between choreographer David Parsons and East Village Opera Company's Tyley Ross and AnnMarie Milazzo. This... 

Performing Arts: Opera

La Fille du Regiment

Tuesday 2/16 @ Metropolitan Opera House

Peter Gelb's decision to bring in theatrical directors to revive the Met's classic repertoire has paid off nicely, introducing opera lovers... 

<em>Fela!</em>

Theatre

Fela

Tuesday 2/16 @ Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 W 49th St)

After last season's successful run on Off-Broadway, Fela! takes its rightful place on the Great White Way. Choreographer Bill T. Jones'... 

Emilio Perez: <em>Breakfast by the Light of the Moon</em>

Art

Emilio Perez

Tuesday 2/16 @ Galerie Lelong

Emilio Perez' particular method of generating entirely abstract compositions through layering acrylic and latex pigments on wood, and then distressing the... 

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Venus in Fur</em>

Theatre

Venus in Fur

Tuesday 2/16 @ Classic Stage Company

David Ives, best known for his whimsical and witty short plays like Variations of the Death of Trotsky, ventures into the... 

<em>A Lie of the Mind</em>

Theatre

A Lie of the Mind

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Acorn at Theatre Row

Ethan Hawke revives Sam Shepard's 1985 play about an act of violence that sets off a strange series of events. This... 

<em>Candide</em> at 250: Scandal and Success

Special Event

Candide at 250

Tuesday 2/16 @ New York Public Library

On the 250th anniversary of the publication of Candide, Voltaire's masterpiece attacking the philosophical doctrine of Optimism made popular by writers... 

<em>Equivocation</em>

Theatre

Equivocation

Tuesday 2/16 @ New York City Center

Bill Cain's fascinating new play gives us a glimpse into the day-to-day lives of Shakespeare and his acting company, the King's... 

The Bridge Project: <em>As You Like It</em>

Theatre

The Bridge Project: As You Like It

Tuesday 2/16 @ BAM

Sam Mendes' lush production of Shakespeare's As You Like It is a marvelous revelation that breathes new life into the play... 

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

Art

Vestie Davis' New York

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Ajami</em>

Film

Ajami

Tuesday 2/16 @ Film Forum

Ajami is a dicey, multi-culti district in Jaffa where Christians, Jews, and Muslims rub elbows and beliefs each day. In Yaron... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Studio Art Classes for Teens

Art

Studio Art Classes for Teens

Tuesday 2/16 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Art workshops for students in the 8th-12th grade to develop their portfolio, increase artistic skills, or just have fun.    ... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: An Evening with Photographer Robert Frank

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: An Evening with Photographer Robert Frank

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photographer Robert Frank discusses his groundbreaking publication The Americans with Jeff Rosenheim, curator at the Met, and Sarah Greenough, curator at... 

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Art

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Curator Ian Wardropper discusses the Met’s recent acquisition of its first work by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783), the Austrian sculptor best... 

Pablo Bronstein - Free Met Podcast

Art

Pablo Bronstein - Free Met Podcast

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist Pablo Bronstein and curator Gary Tinterow discuss Bronstein’s new drawings and etchings that suggest mythical histories and hypothetical futures of... 

Art

Skowhegan at 92YTribeca An Alumni Exhibition

Tuesday 2/16 @ 92YTribeca

92YTribeca is pleased to present a gallery exhibition of alumni chosen from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture’s 1999-2008 classes.... 

Last Chance—Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia

Art

Last Chance—Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! Beginning in the remote desert community of Papunya in the early 1970s, Australia's... 

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

Art

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

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Tours

Art

Tours

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

The &ldquo;Young Archer&rdquo; Attributed to Michelangelo - Free Met Podcast

Art

The “Young Archer” Attributed to Michelangelo - Free Met Podcast

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Curator James David Draper discusses the attribution to the teenage Michelangelo of the marble sculpture now on special loan to the... 

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Special Event

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Tuesday 2/16 @ Rubin Museum of Art

In this fascinating exhibition, the Tibetan Buddhist belief that death provides an important opportunity for spiritual enlightenment is explored. Upon the... 

Romare Bearden&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Block&rdquo;

Art

Romare Bearden’s “The Block”

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This show from the Met’s permanent collection features the 1971 mural-size collage The Block by Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988), as well... 

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

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Amy Granat: The Sheltering Sky

Special Event

Amy Granat: The Sheltering Sky

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Kitchen

The Drawings of Bronzino

Art

The Drawings of Bronzino

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The exhibition The Drawings of Bronzino, on view through April 18, is the first ever dedicated to Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572), and includes nearly... 

Last Chance—Five Thousand Years of Japanese Art: Treasures from the Packard Collection

Art

Last Chance—Five Thousand Years of Japanese Art: Treasures from the Packard Collection

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! In 1975, the Met acquired, by gift and purchase, more than 400 works... 

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

Art

“Medieval Garden Enclosed” on the Met Blog.

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Art

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The exhibition Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania, on view at the Met through September 6, 2010, is the first... 

Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea

Art

Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea

Tuesday 2/16 @ Asia Society and Museum

Presented for the first time to U.S. audiences, this remarkable exhibition brings together more than one hundred extraordinary objects from ten... 

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage

Art

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the 1860s and 1870s, long before collage techniques were being used by avant–garde artists of the early 20th century, aristocratic... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: A Musical Setting for Bronzino

Art

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: A Musical Setting for Bronzino

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Curator Carmen Bambach talks to composer Bruce Adolphe about how he translated the art and ideas of Agnolo Bronzino (Italian, 1503-1572)—whose...