Events on Sunday, March 28

"Long Live Pere Ubu!"

Music

"Long Live Pere Ubu!"

Sunday 3/28 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Cleveland represent! Tonight offers a fantastic sound and sight combo — think of it as 250%DV. The sounds are all Pere... 

Four Hundred Years in America: Colonial Period Tour

Special Event

Four Hundred Years in America: Colonial Period Tour

Sunday 3/28 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

On September 12, 1609, Henry Hudson began his exploration of the Hudson River, leading to the establishment of the colony of... 

Laura Linney in Conversation with Jordan Roth

Special Event

Laura Linney in Conversation with Jordan Roth

Sunday 3/28 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Laura Linney is one of the strongest female performers today in both film and in Broadway. Linney's film career took off... 

Music

Zukerman ChamberPlayers

Sunday 3/28 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Sunday, March 28, 2010, 3 pm

Zukerman ChamberPlayers
Kimball Sykes, clarinet
Daniel Phillips, viola
Winona... 

The Luvely Rae's Insomnia w/ DJ Joey Nova and Hunnie, Resident Dance Troupe w/ Misty Lux @ (le) Poisson Rouge

Performing Arts

The Luvely Rae's Insomnia w/ DJ Joey Nova and Hunnie, Resident Dance Troupe w/ Misty Lux @ (le) Poisson Rouge

Sunday 3/28 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Sunday 03.28.10
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Sunday at the Met—The Drawings of Bronzino

Special Event

Sunday at the Met—The Drawings of Bronzino

Sunday 3/28 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Come enjoy a Sunday at the Met! This afternoon provides an in-depth look into the work of leading Italian Mannerist artist... 

Workshop/Class

Miike Snow

Sunday 3/28 @ The Bowery Ballroom

This brings us to Miike Snow. Up to this point they’ve remained pretty mysterious, proving nearly impossible to find any information... 

Music

MURDERFIST / Secret Army

Sunday 3/28 @ The Mercury Lounge

MURDERFIST is a journey to the extreme horizon of your mind-ocean. Winston-Salems, a couple of old chubbies, a horse with a... 

Raquel Welch

Special Event

Raquel Welch

Sunday 3/28 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Booksigning for Beyond the Cleavage to follow this event.

Actress Raquel Welch... 

Zukerman ChamberPlayers

Music

Zukerman ChamberPlayers

Sunday 3/28 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Sunday, March 28, 2010, 3 pm

Zukerman ChamberPlayers
Kimball Sykes, clarinet
Daniel Phillips, viola
Winona... 

Music

The Wave Pictures

Sunday 3/28 @ The Mercury Lounge

The Wave Pictures are David Tattersall, Franic Rozycki and Jonny ''Huddersfield'' Helm. In 1998 Franic and David lived in a village... 

Love Is All

Music

Love Is All

Sunday 3/28 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Love Is All plus Beach Fossils, The Beets    ... 

Ongoing Events

New Directors / New Films 2010

Festival: Film

New Directors / New Films

Sunday 3/28 @ Various locations

Twenty years ago, this venerable series included Days of Being Wild in its round up of new films by... 

<em>Black Angels Over Tuskegee</em>

Theatre

Black Angels Over Tuskegee

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Sunday 3/28 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Collecting Biennials</em>

Art

Collecting Biennials

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Demons and Devotion: The Hours of Catherine of Cleves</em>

Art

The Hours of Catherine of Cleves

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Avenue Q</em>

Theatre

Avenue Q

Sunday 3/28 @ New World Stages

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

<em>Race</em>

Theatre

Race

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

GreenFlea Market

City Gems

GreenFlea Market

Sunday 3/28 @ William J. O'Shea Junior High School

As its name suggests, GreenFlea combines two ecologically sound practices — eating locally and buying used items — into one big... 

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

Art: Photography

Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris

Sunday 3/28 @ International Center of Photography

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

Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company presents <em>Alice in Slasherland</em>

Theatre

Alice in Slasherland

Sunday 3/28 @ HERE Arts Center

Alice (Amy Kim Waschke) fell through a hole alright — the one connecting Earth and hell opened by horny drunken teenagers... 

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

Special Event

Candide at 250

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Neil Young Trunk Show</em>

Film: Documentary

Neil Young Trunk Show

Sunday 3/28 @ Landmark Sunshine

This is the second Neil Young film by Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Stop Making Sense). It captures... 

The Drawings of Bronzino - Free Met Podcast

Art

The Drawings of Bronzino - Free Met Podcast

Sunday 3/28 @ 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 Life in Three Acts</em>

Theatre

A Life in Three Acts

Sunday 3/28 @ St. Ann's Warehouse

Legendary British drag rabble-rouser Bette Bourne has 70 years worth of biographical finery to parade about the stage and the skilled... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Sunday 3/28 @ 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 Diary of a Teenage Girl</em>

Theatre

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Sunday 3/28 @ 3LD Art & Technology Center

Marielle Heller adapts and stars in this raw and powerful take on Phoebe Gloeckner's autobiographical graphic novel. Diary centers on 15-year-old... 

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

Theatre

American Idiot

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Theatre

A View From the Bridge

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Mid-August Lunch</em>

Film

Mid-August Lunch

Sunday 3/28 @ Film Forum

Film Forum says: Writer-director Gianni Di Gregorio (co-writer of Gomorrah) also stars in this charming tale of a middle-aged man... 

<em>East Williamsburg</em>

Art

East Williamsburg

Sunday 3/28 @ Eastern District

Eastern District's group show East Williamsburg addresses that nasty "g word" ("gentrification") with new works by prominent street artists BANK$Y (neé... 

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

Art

Malevich in Focus

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country</em>

Film: Documentary

Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country

Sunday 3/28 @ Symphony Space

A collective of incredibly brave, anonymous journalists (the VJs of the title aren't your average MTV talking cliche, don't worry), risked... 

<em>Waking Sleeping Beauty</em>

Film: Documentary

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Sunday 3/28 @ Landmark Sunshine

Landmark Sunshine says: Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairytale. It is a story of clashing egos, out of control budgets, escalating... 

Visions of the Cosmos: The Known Universe

Art

Visions of the Cosmos: The Known Universe

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Brainwave 2010

Festival

Brainwave

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>A Little Night Music</em>

Theatre

A Little Night Music

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Zero Hour</em>

Theatre

Zero Hour

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

<em>The New Typography</em>

Art

The New Typography

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Carmen</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Carmen

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Next Fall</em>

Theatre

Next Fall

Sunday 3/28 @ Helen Hayes Theatre

Geoffrey Nauffts' Next Fall arrives on Broadway with its superb original cast intact, tackling difficult questions about religion and the nature of... 

Peter Coffin: Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Art

Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey</em>

Art

Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey

Sunday 3/28 @ 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 Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</em>

Film

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Sunday 3/28 @ Landmark Sunshine

In the Scandinavian cinema storytelling tradition of greats such as Ingmar Bergman and Lars on Trier, The Girl With the Dragon... 

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

Art

SNØHETTA

Sunday 3/28 @ 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,... 

The Wooster Group presents <em>North Atlantic</em>

Theatre

North Atlantic

Sunday 3/28 @ Baryshnikov Arts Center

North Atlantic is experimental theater ensemble The Wooster Group’s decidedly downtown answer to the ever-lush musical South Pacific: think of a... 

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

The Amoralists present <em>Happy in the Poorhouse</em>

Theatre

Happy In The Poorhouse

Sunday 3/28 @ Theatre 80

The Amoralists Theatre Company celebrates their season opening and new home at Theatre 80 St. Marks with the world premiere of... 

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Fela!</em>

Theatre

Fela

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Lenin's Embalmers</em>

Theatre

Lenin's Embalmers

Sunday 3/28 @ Ensemble Studio Theatre

Lenin’s Embalmers takes what could be a gruesome — or simply dull — topic and transforms it into a riveting dark... 

Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World

Special Event

Traveling the Silk Road

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Equivocation</em>

Theatre

Equivocation

Sunday 3/28 @ 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 Eclipse</em>

Film

The Eclipse

Sunday 3/28 @ Angelika Film Center

Between grief and nothing, widower and father-of-two Michael Farr (Ciarán Hinds) chooses grief — a perfectly Gothic response in Irish dramatist... 

Herb Brown: <em>Paintings and Video Works from the 1960s</em>

Art

Herb Brown

Sunday 3/28 @ BLT Gallery

Bowery art outpost BLT Gallery — so named for owner Billy Lee Thompson — presents work by Herb Brown, an under-recognized... 

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

Art

Re:Construction

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Sunday 3/28 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

<em>Close-Up</em> (1990)

Film

Close-Up (1990)

Sunday 3/28 @ Film Forum

Forget Iran: Abbas Kiarostami is simply one of the world's superlative auteurs. And Close-Up, which the Tehran-born filmmaker made in between... 

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

Art

William Kentridge: Five Themes  

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Film: Documentary

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Sunday 3/28 @ Symphony Space

Hero or traitor? Such is the debate that has taken place over Daniel Ellsburg's decision to leak thousands of pages of... 

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

Art

Vestie Davis' New York

Sunday 3/28 @ 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,... 

Last Chance—The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry

Art

Last Chance—The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry

Sunday 3/28 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! The Belles Heures (1405-1408/9) of Jean de Berry is one of the most... 

<em>Love Is My Sin</em>

Theatre

Love Is My Sin

Sunday 3/28 @ The Duke Theater

Legendary theatere director Peter Brook's Love Is My Sin is an English major's dream come true: an understated staging of Shakespeare's... 

Tim Burton

Art

Tim Burton

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>The Exploding Girl</em>

Film

The Exploding Girl

Sunday 3/28 @ Landmark Sunshine

 The pains of being pure at heart are many in Bradley Rust Gray's The Exploding Girl, a moody, osmotic character study that... 

<em>Hair</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hair

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Sunday 3/28 @ 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>Miroslav Tich&yacute;</em>

Art: Photography

Miroslav Tichý

Sunday 3/28 @ 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."... 

Artists and Fleas

City Gems

Artists and Fleas

Sunday 3/28 @ Artists and Fleas

The independent vendors at Artists and Fleas supply the essentials — jewelry, vintage clothing, fashion, crafts, books, and vinyl — to... 

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

Art

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

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

LOST: The Final Season -  A weekly therapy session

Film

LOST: The Final Season - A weekly therapy session

Sunday 3/28 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

For season six, Previously on Lost will host weekly gatherings at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn including show screenings, recap performances... 

Final Weekend! Remember That You Will Die

Art

Final Weekend! Remember That You Will Die

Sunday 3/28 @ Rubin Museum of Art

See the eerily beautiful and grotesque images from the Tibetan Buddhist and Christian European traditions in the form of paintings, sculptures,... 

The 185th Annual: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

Art

The 185th Annual: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

Sunday 3/28 @ National Academy Museum

The National Academy presents ... 

Opera in HD: Strauss' Salome

Film

Opera in HD: Strauss' Salome

Sunday 3/28 @ Symphony Space

Performed at Teatro Comunale, Bologna, Italy Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
Director: Gabriele Lavia

Erika Sunnegardh (Salome)
Mark... 

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

Art

“Medieval Garden Enclosed” on the Met Blog.

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage

Art

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Opera in HD: Donizetti's Viva La Mamma

Film

Opera in HD: Donizetti's Viva La Mamma

Sunday 3/28 @ Symphony Space

Performed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy Conductor: Marco Guidarini
Staging: Antonio Albanese Jessica Pratt (Daria)
Simon Bailey (Procolo)... 

Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection Curated by Jeff Koons

Art

Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection Curated by Jeff Koons

Sunday 3/28 @ New Museum

"Skin Fruit" includes over 100 works by 50 international artists, spanning several generations. Focusing on the body in contemporary art, the... 

Last Chance—Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia

Art

Last Chance—Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Special Event

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Monet's Water Lilies

Art

Monet's Water Lilies

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Harkness Dance Festival: Molissa Fenley and Friends

Dance

Harkness Dance Festival: Molissa Fenley and Friends

Sunday 3/28 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Join Molissa Fenley and a sparkling array of her colleagues for performances featuring works by Paz Tanjuaquio, Nora Chipaumire and Penny... 

Asia Week New York 2010

Festival: Art

Asia Week New York 2010

Sunday 3/28 @ Asia Society and Museum

Asia Week New York is the city's largest and most diverse series of cultural events focusing on Asian art from India,... 

The Drawings of Bronzino

Art

The Drawings of Bronzino

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Tutankhamun's Funeral

Art

Tutankhamun's Funeral

Sunday 3/28 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Buried near his tomb in around 1327 B.C., remains from the mummification and funeral of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun were... 

Pablo Bronstein - Free Met Podcast

Art

Pablo Bronstein - Free Met Podcast

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Tours

Art

Tours

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

<em>Higglety Pigglety Pop! </em>

Film

Higglety Pigglety Pop!

Sunday 3/28 @ Museum of the Moving Image

Co-produced by Spike Jonze (Where the Wild Things Are), and featuring the voices of Meryl Streep and Forest Whitaker, Higglety Pigglety... 

The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy

Art

The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy

Sunday 3/28 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The renovation of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon provides an opportunity for the unprecedented loan of the alabaster mourner figures... 

Museum as Hub: In and Out of Context REDUX

Art

Museum as Hub: In and Out of Context REDUX

Sunday 3/28 @ New Museum

“Museum as Hub: In and Out Of Context” marks a new development in the activity of the Museum as Hub. It... 

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

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Sunday 3/28 @ 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.... 

Muslim Voices: The Female Perspective

Film

Muslim Voices: The Female Perspective

Sunday 3/28 @ BAM

This sequel to last year’s Muslim Voices series explores the female perspective in the Muslim world. Films include the astonishing documentary... 

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

Art

Romare Bearden’s “The Block”

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

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

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Art

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Tom Wool: Photography

Art

Tom Wool: Photography

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Art

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Sunday 3/28 @ 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... 

Side by Side: Oberlin's Masterworks

Art

Side by Side: Oberlin's Masterworks

Sunday 3/28 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Founded in 1917, the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College is one of the finest college or university collections in...