Events on Monday, March 1

PWM Happy Hour Party @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Music: DJ

PWM Happy Hour Party @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Monday 3/ 1 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Come enjoy this chiptune happy hour with resident DJs C-Tor and Natty spinning all your favorite lowbit music!
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Music

Shout Out Louds

Monday 3/ 1 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

An escalating drum roll opens Our Ill Wills, the sophomore album from Shout Out Louds. And rightly so. It's been a... 

Music

Wade Bowen

Monday 3/ 1 @ The Mercury Lounge

Music

Dan Torres w/ Emily Hope Price - Early Show

Monday 3/ 1 @ The Mercury Lounge

Dan Torres is one of the hottest acts to grace the New York City music community. He is artist with the... 

Liev Schreiber in Conversation with Jordan Roth

Special Event

Liev Schreiber in Conversation with Jordan Roth

Monday 3/ 1 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Liev Schreiber is currently starring on Broadway as ‘Eddie’ in Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge. Mr. Schreiber's versatile repertoire... 

Words and Music: Péter Esterházy and András Schiff

Music

Words and Music: Péter Esterházy and András Schiff

Monday 3/ 1 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Monday, March 1, 2010, 8pm

Péter Esterházy, author
András Schiff, piano

"Esterházy's prose is... 

Liev Schreiber in Conversation with Jordan Roth

Special Event

Liev Schreiber in Conversation with Jordan Roth

Monday 3/ 1 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Liev Schreiber is currently starring on Broadway as ‘Eddie’ in Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge. Mr. Schreiber's versatile repertoire... 

Ongoing Events

<em> Palestine </em>

Theatre

Palestine

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Monday 3/ 1 @ Paragraph

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

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

Art: Photography

Miroslav Tichý

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>Late Nights With the Boys: Confessions of a Leather Bar Chanteuse</em>

Books: Reading

Late Nights With the Boys

Monday 3/ 1 @ Under St. Marks

Alex Bond's reading of selections from her fictionalized memoir, Late Nights with the Boys, is as funny as it is surprising.... 

Theatre

A View From the Bridge

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

The Queen's Company presents <em>The Wonder</em>

Theatre

The Wonder

Monday 3/ 1 @ The Kirk at Theatre Row

The full title of Susanna Centlivre's Restoration comedy is The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret! Director Rebecca Patterson's adaptation shortens... 

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words

Comedy

Celebrity Autobiography

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

<em>Clybourne Park</em>

Theatre

Clybourne Park

Monday 3/ 1 @ Playwrights Horizons

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

<em>Malevich in Focus: 1912-1922 </em>

Art

Malevich in Focus

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

<em>Zero Hour</em>

Theatre

Zero Hour

Monday 3/ 1 @ DR2 Theatre, 103 East 15th Street

Zero Mostel made his name as a comedian and Broadway star — most famously as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof... 

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

Art: Photography

Penelope Umbrico

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>A Lie of the Mind</em>

Theatre

A Lie of the Mind

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Brainwave 2010

Festival

Brainwave

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>Time Stands Still</em>

Theatre

Time Stands Still

Monday 3/ 1 @ Biltmore Theater

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

<em>A Little Night Music</em>

Theatre

A Little Night Music

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>Five Easy Pieces</em> (1970)

Film

Five Easy Pieces

Monday 3/ 1 @ Film Forum

Two years after he made Head with the Monkees, director Bob Rafaelson lensed a not-yet-famous Jack Nicholson going ape-beep over toast.... 

<em>Avenue Q</em>

Theatre

Avenue Q

Monday 3/ 1 @ New World Stages

After a long and successful run on Broadway, Avenue Q makes a smooth transition to its new home at New World... 

Music: Classical

Chopin 200

Monday 3/ 1 @ World Financial Center

Caramoor Jazz Fest producer Jim Luce brings a whopping 200 hours of Chopin to the spacious, palm tree-filled digs of the... 

<em>Ages of the Moon</em>

Theatre

Ages of the Moon

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

FRIGID New York Festival

Theatre

FRIGID New York Festival

Monday 3/ 1 @ Under St. Marks

span<em>Carmen</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Carmen

Monday 3/ 1 @ Metropolitan Opera House

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

The Drawings of Bronzino - Free Met Podcast

Art

The Drawings of Bronzino - Free Met Podcast

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>The Divine Sister</em>

Theatre

The Divine Sister

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Monday 3/ 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>Candide</em> at 250: Scandal and Success

Special Event

Candide at 250

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>Fela!</em>

Theatre

Fela

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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'... 

<em>Come Fly Away</em>

Theatre

Come Fly Away

Monday 3/ 1 @ Marquis Theater

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

Peter Coffin: Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Art

Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

<em>The Pride</em>

Theatre

The Pride

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>Film Comment </em>Selects

Film

Film Comment Selects

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>The Tempest</em>

Theatre

The Tempest

Monday 3/ 1 @ BAM

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

William Kentridge:<em> Five Themes</em>

Art

William Kentridge: Five Themes  

Monday 3/ 1 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

South African artist William Kentridge paints stark images of apartheid, colonialism, and totalitarianism. Through a wash of pastel and charcoal, he... 

Visions of the Cosmos: The Known Universe

Art

Visions of the Cosmos: The Known Universe

Monday 3/ 1 @ Rubin Museum of Art

The title of this Rubin exhibition cites the "churning" sea of Hinduism's creation belief and the West's for-science explorations of the... 

<em>Blind</em>

Theatre

Blind

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Tim Burton

Art

Tim Burton

Monday 3/ 1 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Although Tim Burton is best known for whimsically macabre classics like Beetlejuice (1988) and Edward Scissorhands (1990), the prolific filmmaker also... 

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

Art

Vestie Davis' New York

Monday 3/ 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>Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey</em>

Art

Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Les Paul Mondays

Music

Les Paul Mondays

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World

Special Event

Traveling the Silk Road

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>Present Laughter</em>

Theatre

Present Laughter

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Monday Night Bingo

Special Event

Monday Night Bingo

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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,... 

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

Art

Re:Construction

Monday 3/ 1 @ Various locations

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

Monsters & Murderers: The Films of Bong Joon-ho

Film

The Films of Bong Joon-ho

Monday 3/ 1 @ BAM Rose Cinemas

With just three features to his name, Bong Joon-ho has planted himself on the shortlist for favorite South Korean export. Suspense... 

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

Art

SNØHETTA

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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,... 

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

Art: Photography

Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris

Monday 3/ 1 @ International Center of Photography

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

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

Art

The Hours of Catherine of Cleves

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Monday 3/ 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>Equivocation</em>

Theatre

Equivocation

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

<em>The New Typography</em>

Art

The New Typography

Monday 3/ 1 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

A typographic manual and manifesto, Jan Tschichold's 1928 The New Typography heralded a "see" change in how the printed page was... 

<em>Race</em>

Theatre

Race

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>In the Words of Duras</em>

Performing Arts

In the Words of Duras

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>Black Angels Over Tuskegee</em>

Theatre

Black Angels Over Tuskegee

Monday 3/ 1 @ St. Luke’s Theatre (308 West 46th Street)

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... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Monday 3/ 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>Mr. and Mrs. Fitch</em>

Theatre

Mr. and Mrs. Fitch

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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>Lourdes</em>

Film

Lourdes

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

<em>The Jackie Look</em>

Special Event

The Jackie Look

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

The Bridge Project: As You Like It

Monday 3/ 1 @ BAM

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

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Art

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Monet's Water Lilies

Art

Monet's Water Lilies

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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—Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44

Art

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

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Art

Skowhegan at 92YTribeca An Alumni Exhibition

Monday 3/ 1 @ 92YTribeca

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

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

Art

“Medieval Garden Enclosed” on the Met Blog.

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Special Event

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

iPassport Raffle: Win an Apple ipod touch with the purchase of a PS122 Passport

Special Event

iPassport Raffle: Win an Apple ipod touch with the purchase of a PS122 Passport

Monday 3/ 1 @ Performance Space 122

Be automatically entered to win a brand new ipod touch with the purchase of a PS122 Passport between now and March... 

Gabriel Orozco

Art

Gabriel Orozco

Monday 3/ 1 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

With a body of work that is unique in its formal power and intellectual rigor, Gabriel Orozco (Mexican, b. 1962) emerged... 

SITI Company: Mondays @ DTW

Theatre

SITI Company: Mondays @ DTW

Monday 3/ 1 @ New York Live Arts

"Bogart's SITI Company touches the transcendent." - Columbus Dispatch Five evenings, five windows into the creative process of the groundbreaking SITI... 

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

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Housing Works Storytime and Singalong for Kids

Special Event

Housing Works Storytime and Singalong for Kids

Monday 3/ 1 @ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Join Nancy and Rachel for reading, singing, and dancing appropriate for kids 3 and under and their caretakers. Special discounts on... 

The 185th Annual: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

Art

The 185th Annual: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

Monday 3/ 1 @ National Academy Museum

The National Academy presents ... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Monday 3/ 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.... 

The Drawings of Bronzino

Art

The Drawings of Bronzino

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage

Art

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Special Event

Hungover Happy Hour: Game Night

Monday 3/ 1 @ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

The debut of Hungover Happy Hours, casual Monday-night get-togethers with a variety of themes but consistently cheap drinks. Tonight, BYO board... 

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

Art

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

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Romare Bearden’s “The Block”

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Art

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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

Monday 3/ 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... 

Tom Wool: Photography

Art

Tom Wool: Photography

Monday 3/ 1 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Come see photographer Tom Wool's awe-inspiring black and white images of life in the Rongbuk Valley. Wool's sensitive images capture the... 

Pablo Bronstein - Free Met Podcast

Art

Pablo Bronstein - Free Met Podcast

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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

Monday 3/ 1 @ 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... 

Final Weekend For: 2-for-1 admission to 7 NYC museums

Special Event

Final Weekend For: 2-for-1 admission to 7 NYC museums

Monday 3/ 1 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Your ticket to two-for-one admission to the Rubin Museum and six other NYC museum gems. Print it, cut it, and keep...