Events on Tuesday, February 23

Beethoven Cycles: <em>Quartets VI</em>

Music: Classical

Beethoven Cycles: Quartets VI

Tuesday 2/23 @ Alice Tully Hall (1941 Broadway, 212.671.4050)

This final concert in the Beethoven Cycles series features the dynamic Miro Quartet. The Oberlin-trained musicians met in 1995 and recently... 

Lectures on Writing: Colson Whitehead

Special Event

Lectures on Writing: Colson Whitehead

Tuesday 2/23 @ The Center for Fiction

Tonight's a rare opportunity for emerging scribes and fans to receive a lesson from acclaimed novelist Colson Whitehead. He's been compared... 

A Discussion About Pulitzer and Murdoch

Special Event

A Discussion About Pulitzer and Murdoch

Tuesday 2/23 @ Strand Bookstore

When inked with hearsay and hyperbole, the pen is indeed mightier than the sword, and might lead to actual hostilities (see:... 

The Shat Ball feat. Fall on Your Sword and the Raspberry Brothers

Music

The Shat Ball

Tuesday 2/23 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

"Captain Kirk is climbing that mountain. Why is he climbing that mountain?" William Shatner ponders this over and over in a/v... 

Gallery Talk: Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–1744

Art

Gallery Talk: Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–1744

Tuesday 2/23 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Join curator Jeffrey Munger as he visits the special exhibition Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44, on view now... 

Music

David Rogue / Open Till Midnight

Tuesday 2/23 @ The Mercury Lounge

About a year into his music career, DAVID ROGUE has already transformed himself into an iconic presence. After spending the previous... 

itsnotyouitsme and Son Lux

Music

itsnotyouitsme and Son Lux

Tuesday 2/23 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Tuesday 02.23.10
... 

Miklós Perényi, cello & Benjamin Hochman, piano

Music

Miklós Perényi, cello & Benjamin Hochman, piano

Tuesday 2/23 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 8pm

Miklós Perényi, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano

Perényi’s “playing has... 

Music

Hawk and Dove / Eleanor Whitmore

Tuesday 2/23 @ The Mercury Lounge

Alarm Will Sound and Friends w/ music of Caleb Burhans

Music

Alarm Will Sound and Friends w/ music of Caleb Burhans

Tuesday 2/23 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Tuesday 02.23.10
Alarm Will Sound and Friends
perform the music of Caleb Burhans
... 

Music

Tamarama

Tuesday 2/23 @ The Mercury Lounge

Shear Madness: Charles King Gets a New ‘Do!

Special Event: Fundraisers

Shear Madness: Charles King Gets a New ‘Do!

Tuesday 2/23 @ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Ever had the urge to take a pair of scissors to Charles’ famous ponytail? Now is your chance!
... 

Eve Ensler: I Am an Emotional Creature

Special Event

Eve Ensler: I Am an Emotional Creature

Tuesday 2/23 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Eve Ensler is a best-selling author and acclaimed playwright whose work for the stage includes The Vagina Monologues and The Good... 

<em>Gosford Park</em>

Film

Gosford Park

Tuesday 2/23 @ 92YTribeca

Screening plus conversation with film editor Tim Squyres and author Bobbie O'Steen.

... 

The Healthy Power of Breath

Special Event

The Healthy Power of Breath

Tuesday 2/23 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Patricia Bowden-Luccardi, LMT, CNMT

Learn about the anatomy of breath and the... 

Savage Ballet

Music: DJ

Savage Ballet

Tuesday 2/23 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Savage Ballet
7pm
FREE
21+
 

Savage Ballet sounds like,
... 

LIVE from the NYPL presents ANDRE ACIMAN & PAUL LECLERC in conversation

Special Event

LIVE from the NYPL presents ANDRE ACIMAN & PAUL LECLERC in conversation

Tuesday 2/23 @ LIVE from the NYPL

Ongoing Events

<em>Present Laughter</em>

Theatre

Present Laughter

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Tuesday 2/23 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Hair</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hair

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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>Carmen</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Carmen

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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>Blind</em>

Theatre

Blind

Tuesday 2/23 @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Craig Wright's sleek interpretation of Oedipus Rex opens after the dirty secret is revealed and Oedipus (Seth Numrich) and Jocasta (Veanne Cox) are... 

Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World

Special Event

Traveling the Silk Road

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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>SN&Oslash;HETTA: architecture &ndash; landscape &ndash; interior</em>

Art

SNØHETTA

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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,... 

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

Art: Photography

Penelope Umbrico

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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 2/23 @ 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>Malevich in Focus: 1912-1922 </em>

Art

Malevich in Focus

Tuesday 2/23 @ Guggenheim Museum

It's been eight-plus decades since the six arresting paintings in this exhibition have been shown together. Their emphatic use of color... 

Mark Morris Dance Group

Dance

Mark Morris Dance Group

Tuesday 2/23 @ BAM

Mark Morris is known as one of the most musical choreographers working today, making an effort to use live musicians when... 

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

Theatre

Mr. and Mrs. Fitch

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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 2/23 @ International Center of Photography

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

<em>Behind the Screen</em>

Special Event

Behind the Screen

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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>Equivocation</em>

Theatre

Equivocation

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

Peter Coffin: Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Art

Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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 2/23 @ 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>In the Words of Duras</em>

Performing Arts

In the Words of Duras

Tuesday 2/23 @ Various locations

  Back in their respective days, Hiroshima Mon Amour(1959) and The Lover (1984) caused quite a scandal for author Marguerite Duras, who may or may... 

<em>Measure for Measure</em>

Theatre

Measure for Measure

Tuesday 2/23 @ The Duke Theater

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

Theatre

A View From the Bridge

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Hours of Catherine of Cleves

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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>The Jackie Look</em>

Special Event

The Jackie Look

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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>Clybourne Park</em>

Theatre

Clybourne Park

Tuesday 2/23 @ Playwrights Horizons

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

<em> Palestine </em>

Theatre

Palestine

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Candide at 250

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

Brainwave 2010

Festival

Brainwave

Tuesday 2/23 @ Rubin Museum of Art

The Rubin's annual festival for the inquisitive brings together artists, scientists, and even a Tibetan lama to explore the ways of... 

<em>Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey</em>

Art

Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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>The Tempest</em>

Theatre

The Tempest

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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 2/23 @ 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... 

<em>Film Comment </em>Selects

Film

Film Comment Selects

Tuesday 2/23 @ The Film Society of Lincoln Center

For the past decade, Film Comment has handpicked art-house, festival, and repertory musts for NYC cinephiles. This trend continues with a... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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>Ages of the Moon</em>

Theatre

Ages of the Moon

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

The Drawings of Bronzino - Free Met Podcast

Art

The Drawings of Bronzino - Free Met Podcast

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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>A Lie of the Mind</em>

Theatre

A Lie of the Mind

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

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

Art

Thomas Chambers

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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>Time Stands Still</em>

Theatre

Time Stands Still

Tuesday 2/23 @ Biltmore Theater

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

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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 2/23 @ Imperial Theatre

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

<em>The Red Shoes</em> (1948)

Film

The Red Shoes

Tuesday 2/23 @ Film Forum

Many a musical pales in comparison to this Technicolor fantasia — or Pantone tonic, if you will. Directed by Michael Powell... 

Slavic Soul Party!

Music: Global

Slavic Soul Party!

Tuesday 2/23 @ Barbès

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

<em>Fela!</em>

Theatre

Fela

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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 2/23 @ Galerie Lelong

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

<em>The Pride</em>

Theatre

The Pride

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

<em>The Divine Sister</em>

Theatre

The Divine Sister

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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>Miroslav Tich&yacute;</em>

Art: Photography

Miroslav Tichý

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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."... 

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

Theatre

The Bridge Project: As You Like It

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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 2/23 @ 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>Lourdes</em>

Film

Lourdes

Tuesday 2/23 @ Film Forum

Nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees, Lourdes is a place that induces cross-the-heart piety. Each year since 1858, when one... 

Comic Book Club

Special Event

Comic Book Club

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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,... 

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 2/23 @ 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... 

The Drawings of Bronzino

Art

The Drawings of Bronzino

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Special Event

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

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 2/23 @ 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... 

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Art

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

Tours

Art

Tours

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage

Art

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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 2/23 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

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 2/23 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Art

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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 2/23 @ 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... 

Last Chance—Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia

Art

Last Chance—Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

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

Art

“Medieval Garden Enclosed” on the Met Blog.

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

Bruno Beltrao/Grupo de Rua: H3

Dance

Bruno Beltrao/Grupo de Rua: H3

Tuesday 2/23 @ New York Live Arts

Brazilian choreographer, Bruno Beltrão makes his NYC debut in an anticipated first ever US tour that highlights his remarkable fusion of... 

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

Art

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

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

Amy Granat: The Sheltering Sky

Special Event

Amy Granat: The Sheltering Sky

Tuesday 2/23 @ The Kitchen

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

Art

Romare Bearden’s “The Block”

Tuesday 2/23 @ 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... 

Art

Skowhegan at 92YTribeca An Alumni Exhibition

Tuesday 2/23 @ 92YTribeca

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

The 185th Annual: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

Art

The 185th Annual: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

Tuesday 2/23 @ National Academy Museum

The National Academy presents ...