Events on Wednesday, March 3

Armory Show Preview Party feat. The Walkmen

Party

Armory Show Preview Party

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

It's an art movement unto itself. Each year, collectors, curators, critics, and related art chasers head by the thousands to Piers... 

<em>HuffPost</em> Happy Hour

Special Event

HuffPost Happy Hour

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Gallery Bar

Our local HuffPo branch delivers more than the latest headline tonight, hosting a get-together for everyone from readers to writers to... 

What’s Ahead for Iran?

Special Event

What’s Ahead for Iran?

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Asia Society and Museum

Shirin Ebadi in conversation with Vishkha N. Desai   30 years after the Islamic Revolution, the Iranian regime remains unable to... 

Music

Soulive - 10 nights @ Brooklyn Bowl! 10th Anniversary Celebration

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ The Bowery Presents

March 2009 marks Soulive’s 10th Anniversary – ten years since Eric Krasno, Alan Evans and his brother Neal Evans got together... 

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Film

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 92YTribeca

Part of the series Closely Watched Films, hosted by Elliot Kalan, with special guest Wyatt Cenac.
... 

The Slate Political Gabfest--Live

Special Event

The Slate Political Gabfest--Live

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Slate’s Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz bring their popular and acclaimed podcast Housing Works for a
... 

Dan&iacute;el Bjarnason and Sam Amidon

Music

Daníel Bjarnason and Sam Amidon

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Noted Icelandic classical composer and conductor, Daniel Bjarnason is... 

Efterklang and Balmorhea

Music

Efterklang and Balmorhea

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

... 

Music

Rogue Wave

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ The Bowery Ballroom

'Permalight' could represent a great push forward for Rogue Wave. Having toured with the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Jack... 

Skinnerbox - 21st Anniversary show! First appearance since 1998!

Music

Skinnerbox - 21st Anniversary show! First appearance since 1998!

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Skinnerbox - 21st Anniversary show! First appearance since 1998! plus The Scofflaws, Eastern Standard Time, The Forthrights, The Hard Times, plus... 

Gabriel Kahane performs at Lincoln Center's American Songbook

Music

Gabriel Kahane performs at Lincoln Center's American Songbook

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Lincoln Center

One of the most astute young minds in New York's contemporary music scene, Kahane is a versatile singer, pianist, and composer... 

Leon Fleisher & Friends

Music

Leon Fleisher & Friends

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 8pm

Leon Fleisher, piano
Jaime Laredo, violin
Michael Tree, viola
Sharon... 

LIVE from the NYPL presents Krista Tippett & Andrew Solomon: Einstein's God: Conversations about Science

Special Event

LIVE from the NYPL presents Krista Tippett & Andrew Solomon: Einstein's God: Conversations about Science

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ LIVE from the NYPL

Music

Akron/Family

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Performing with Warpaint Akron/Family will be celebrating the release of their new album, Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free, with a... 

FINDING THE 51st (DREAM) STATE

Film: Documentary

FINDING THE 51st (DREAM) STATE

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Harlem Stage

Journey with us as we follow Sekou as he develops one of his most significant cultural and artistic projects. Witness... 

Ongoing Events

<em>The Pride</em>

Theatre

The Pride

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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 Divine Sister</em>

Theatre

The Divine Sister

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Peter Coffin: Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Art

Untitled (Sculpture Silhouettes)

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

William Kentridge: Five Themes  

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Miroslav Tichý

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Companion</em>

Art

Companion

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ EFA Project Space

Companion adds a dose of archive to a contemporary-art exhibition by pairing new works with the objects or images upon which... 

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

Art

Vestie Davis' New York

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Avenue Q</em>

Theatre

Avenue Q

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ New World Stages

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

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

Theatre

The Wonder

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

<em>Present Laughter</em>

Theatre

Present Laughter

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Gil Scott-Heron

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

Gil Scott-Heron

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Blue Note

Proto-rap and spoken word icon Gil Scott-Heron returns his inimitable growl to Blue Note for a two-day series of shows celebrating... 

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

Art

The Hours of Catherine of Cleves

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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 New Typography</em>

Art

The New Typography

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Lenin's Embalmers</em>

Theatre

Lenin's Embalmers

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Blind</em>

Theatre

Blind

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

<em>Come Fly Away</em>

Theatre

Come Fly Away

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Marquis Theater

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

<em>The Tempest</em>

Theatre

The Tempest

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ BAM

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

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Race</em>

Theatre

Race

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Forgotten</em>

Theatre

Forgotten

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ The Irish Arts Center

Irish import Forgotten ventures into new territory with a surprisingly effective combination of dramatic storytelling... 

<em>Film Comment </em>Selects

Film

Film Comment Selects

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

The Drawings of Bronzino - Free Met Podcast

Art

The Drawings of Bronzino - Free Met Podcast

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Mr. and Mrs. Fitch</em>

Theatre

Mr. and Mrs. Fitch

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

Film: Documentary

Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Film Forum

Leni may be more famed, but this well-made documentary reminds that Veit Harlan was equally instrumental to the Nazi's achtung propaganda.... 

<em>Behind the Screen</em>

Special Event

Behind the Screen

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris</em>

Art: Photography

Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ International Center of Photography

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

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Equivocation</em>

Theatre

Equivocation

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Rotterdam @ BAM

Festival: Film

Rotterdam @ BAM

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ BAM Rose Cinemas

BAM screens a handful of international releases on the heels of their world premieres at the venerable Rotterdam Festival. Don't miss... 

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

Art

Re:Construction

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Hair</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hair

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>In the Words of Duras</em>

Performing Arts

In the Words of Duras

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Theatre

A View From the Bridge

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Glee Club</em>

Theatre

Glee Club

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Access Theater

Although not related to Fox’s Emmy-winning TV series, Blue Coyote Theater Group’s Glee Club is thoroughly enjoyable as it follows an... 

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

Art

Emilio Perez

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Galerie Lelong

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

Tim Burton

Art

Tim Burton

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Clybourne Park</em>

Theatre

Clybourne Park

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Playwrights Horizons

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

<em>The Jackie Look</em>

Special Event

The Jackie Look

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

Special Event

Candide at 250

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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> Palestine </em>

Theatre

Palestine

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Zero Hour</em>

Theatre

Zero Hour

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

The Bridge Project: As You Like It

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ BAM

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

Brainwave 2010

Festival

Brainwave

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Visions of the Cosmos: The Known Universe

Art

Visions of the Cosmos: The Known Universe

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Measure for Measure</em>

Theatre

Measure for Measure

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ The Duke Theater

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

<em>A Little Night Music</em>

Theatre

A Little Night Music

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

FRIGID New York Festival

Theatre

FRIGID New York Festival

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Under St. Marks

span<em>Collecting Biennials</em>

Art

Collecting Biennials

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Ages of the Moon</em>

Theatre

Ages of the Moon

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Bluebeard on Film

Film

Bluebeard on Film

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Anthology Film Archives

The tale of Bluebeard — the most notorious interpreter of that sacred, 'til-death-do-apart phrase — has long been a favorite for... 

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

Art

Thomas Chambers

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>A Lie of the Mind</em>

Theatre

A Lie of the Mind

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Music: Classical

Chopin 200

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Time Stands Still</em>

Theatre

Time Stands Still

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Biltmore Theater

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

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

Art: Photography

Penelope Umbrico

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Imperial Theatre

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

<em>Five Easy Pieces</em> (1970)

Film

Five Easy Pieces

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Fela!</em>

Theatre

Fela

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Yank!</em>

Theatre

Yank!

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ York Theatre Company (619 Lexington Ave, 212.935.5824)

An insightful view into the still-illegal existence facing gay American soldiers, Yank! is a timely, funny, and deeply moving knockout. The... 

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

Art

Malevich in Focus

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage

Art

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO: Blocks of Continuality/Body, image, and Algorithm

Dance

koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO: Blocks of Continuality/Body, image, and Algorithm

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ New York Live Arts

”Koosil-ja doesn't demonstrate artificial feats, she shows dance as a search that is alive, as a repetition of the 'never same'…”... 

Art

Skowhegan at 92YTribeca An Alumni Exhibition

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 92YTribeca

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

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

Art

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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

“Medieval Garden Enclosed” on the Met Blog.

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Tom Wool: Photography

Art

Tom Wool: Photography

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Art

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy

Art

The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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.... 

Last Chance—Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia

Art

Last Chance—Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Tours

Art

Tours

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Performance Space 122

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

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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ New Museum

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

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

Special Event

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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Art

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Romare Bearden’s “The Block”

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

The Drawings of Bronzino

Art

The Drawings of Bronzino

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Happy Hour, Himalayan Style

Food/Wine

Happy Hour, Himalayan Style

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Unwind every Wednesday evening with 10% off selected wines, specialty teas, and snacks in the Café @ RMA; see exceptional examples... 

The 185th Annual: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

Art

The 185th Annual: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ National Academy Museum

The National Academy presents ... 

Amy Granat: The Sheltering Sky

Special Event

Amy Granat: The Sheltering Sky

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ The Kitchen

Leon Fleisher & Friends

Music

Leon Fleisher & Friends

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 2pm

Leon Fleisher, piano
Jaime Laredo, violin
Michael Tree, viola
Sharon... 

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Special Event

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Pablo Bronstein - Free Met Podcast

Art

Pablo Bronstein - Free Met Podcast

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Monet's Water Lilies

Art

Monet's Water Lilies

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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...