Events on Thursday, June 10

<em>Harper's</em> <em>Magazine</em> presents Death: a Literary Celebration of the Bitter End

Books: Reading

Harper's Magazine presents Death: a Literary Celebration of the Bitter End

Thursday 6/10 @ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Tonight Harper's unites us in celebration of the most democratizing of human events. With stories by Joseph O'Neill (author of Netherland),... 

Tammuz: Facing Challenges

Special Event

Tammuz: Facing Challenges

Thursday 6/10 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Rabbi Joyce Reinitz

Throughout the ages, women have gathered with one another... 

Germany in Autumn

Film

Germany in Autumn

Thursday 6/10 @ 92YTribeca

Co-presented by Red Channels.

"It's sometimes startlingly beautiful... sometimes funny and mostly... 

First Class™: Opera

Workshop/Class

First Class™: Opera

Thursday 6/10 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Carla Innerfield

In this welcoming introductory class, enjoy a beginner's guide to... 

Better Than Prince @ (le) poisson rouge

Music

Better Than Prince @ (le) poisson rouge

Thursday 6/10 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 with DJ Anubus and... 

What Is the Archetype of Love?

Special Event

What Is the Archetype of Love?

Thursday 6/10 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

When we truly love, we are exquisitely attuned to the individuality of those
... 

Jay Brannan w/ Plushgun @ (le) poisson rouge

Music

Jay Brannan w/ Plushgun @ (le) poisson rouge

Thursday 6/10 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 Thursday 06.10.10
Jay Brannan
w/ Plushgun
6:30pm doors | 7:00pm
... 

Music

Junip (Jose Gonzalez, Elias Araya, & Tobias Winterkorn)

Thursday 6/10 @ The Bowery Ballroom

An Evening with A Public Space

Books: Reading

An Evening with A Public Space

Thursday 6/10 @ The Kitchen

... 

Havana San Juan @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Music: Global

Havana San Juan @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Thursday 6/10 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Thursday 06.10.10

Havana San Juan
HAVANA SAN JUAN Orchestra under the direction of LOUIS BAUZO
w/ DJ: David
... 

Music

Concrete Blonde @ Webster Hall

Thursday 6/10 @ The Bowery Presents

Concrete Blonde grew out of the Los Angeles post-punk club circuit that produced bands like X, Wall of Voodoo, and the... 

Music

Jamie Lidell

Thursday 6/10 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Jamie’s a genuinely restless soul. He broke out of small-town England and has been a nomad ever since. His constant desire... 

Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs

Music

Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs

Thursday 6/10 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs, the London-based duo of Holly and Lawyer Dave, will release their new album, Dirt Don’t Hurt... 

Ongoing Events

<em>The New Typography</em>

Art

The New Typography

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Thursday 6/10 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Amerissiah</em>

Theatre

Amerissiah

Thursday 6/10 @ Theatre 80

In the past two years, the Amoralists have become one of the most daring, complex, and original downtown theatre companies —... 

Rodney Graham: <em>Music and Dance</em>

Art: Photography

Rodney Graham

Thursday 6/10 @ 303 Gallery

303 Gallery says: For this show, Graham approaches a full synthesis of his itinerant interests in art and music. The exhibition... 

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

Christian Boltanski: <em>No Man's Land</em>

Art

No Man's Land

Thursday 6/10 @ Park Avenue Armory

No Man's Land is art writ large. Very large. Filling the Park Avenue Armory as part of Christian Boltanski's exhibit is:... 

<em>Fences</em>

Theatre

Fences

Thursday 6/10 @ Cort Theatre

Denzel Washington breathes fiery new life into one of August Wilson's most popular plays. While some scenes can play like an... 

<em>Million Dollar Quartet</em>

Theatre

Million Dollar Quartet

Thursday 6/10 @ Nederlander Theater

Million Dollar Quartet vividly captures a shining moment in rock history when Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis... 

HERE and Ex.Pgirl present <em>Paris Syndrome</em>

Dance

Paris Syndrome

Thursday 6/10 @ HERE Arts Center

Paris Syndrome is a genuine disorder experienced primarily by female Japanese tourists where their French culture shock is so great that... 

<em>Dead or Alive</em>

Art

Dead or Alive

Thursday 6/10 @ Museum of Arts and Design

Dead or Alive features completely organic work. That is, all of the art was once alive, as a plant or animal.... 

<em>Word-Less</em>

Art

Word-Less

Thursday 6/10 @ EFA Project Space

Through video, spoken word, and hologram, the artists in Word-Less strive to make us aware of the way we communicate, and... 

Theatre

Lend Me a Tenor

Thursday 6/10 @ Music Box Theatre

A night at the opera turns into a hellishly chaotic evening in Ken Ludwig's door-slamming farce Lend Me a Tenor, receiving a... 

Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World

Special Event

Traveling the Silk Road

Thursday 6/10 @ 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>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Thursday 6/10 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

BAMcinemaFEST

Festival: Film

BAMcinemaFEST

Thursday 6/10 @ BAM

There's a lot of quality, mostly indie cinema included in this year's BAMcinemaFEST, but we're particularly excited for the latest feature... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Thursday 6/10 @ Imperial Theatre

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

The Private Collection of Henry Darger

Art

The Private Collection of Henry Darger

Thursday 6/10 @ American Folk Art Museum

Henry Darger is famous for being an outsider artist par excellence, but, with each passing year, the custodian's life in the... 

2010 Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Festival: Film

Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Thursday 6/10 @ The Film Society of Lincoln Center

The festival that delivers a nice big reality check returns to remind us of the atrocities occurring around the world. This... 

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

Internet Week 2010

Festival: Fair

Internet Week

Thursday 6/10 @ Various locations

It's baaaaaaaack! Internet Week is simply the event of the season for New York techies, Silicon Alley residents, designers, bloggers, and... 

<em>Buddy Cop 2</em>

Theatre

Buddy Cop 2

Thursday 6/10 @ St. Mark's Church

In the final play of its Americana Trilogy, the deceptively congenial Debate Society lays out incongruities that, at first glance, look... 

<em>Stairway to Heaven: Paul McMahon, Matt Mullican, James Welling 1970-1976</em>

Art

Stairway to Heaven: Paul McMahon, Matt Mullican, James Welling 1970-1976

Thursday 6/10 @ Susan Inglett Gallery

As long-awaited retrospective surveys of 1970's California-based conceptual art go, Stairway to Heaven is actually quite a lively offering. Despite a... 

<em>Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century</em>

Art: Photography

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century

Thursday 6/10 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

MoMA says: Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) is one of the most original, accomplished, influential, and beloved figures in the history of photography.... 

<em>A Little Night Music</em>

Theatre

A Little Night Music

Thursday 6/10 @ 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>Greater New York</em>

Art

Greater New York

Thursday 6/10 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

It seems like the city's been a flurry of artwork, all dealing with process. Whether we're viewing the installation of an... 

<em>My Trip Down the Pink Carpet</em>

Theatre

My Trip Down the Pink Carpet

Thursday 6/10 @ Midtown Theater

Leslie Jordan, the 4'11'' 55-year-old character actor best known for his portrayal of Beverley Leslie on Will and Grace, is a... 

<em>Sondheim on Sondheim</em>

Theatre

Sondheim on Sondheim

Thursday 6/10 @ Studio 54

Despite being one of the most recognizable names in musical theatre, Stephen Sondheim has kept his personal life mostly under wraps... 

<em>Collecting Biennials</em>

Art

Collecting Biennials

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

Smash His Camera: The Notorious Photographs of Ron Galella

Art: Photography

Smash His Camera

Thursday 6/10 @ Clic Gallery

Before there was Patrick McMullen there was Ron Galella—celebrity photographer who sometimes donned a football helmet to get the shot. Jackie... 

<em>Come Fly Away</em>

Theatre

Come Fly Away

Thursday 6/10 @ Marquis Theater

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

<em>Behind the Screen</em>

Special Event

Behind the Screen

Thursday 6/10 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Thursday 6/10 @ 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>Black Angels Over Tuskegee</em>

Theatre: Drama

Black Angels Over Tuskegee

Thursday 6/10 @ The Actors' Temple Theatre

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... 

Creative Time presents Key to the City

City Gems

Key to the City

Thursday 6/10 @ Various locations

From Gramercy Park to Central Park, this city is a maze of public and private spaces. For a few weeks, New... 

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

Art

Malevich in Focus

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

Gourmet Latino Festival

Food/Wine

Gourmet Latino Festival

Thursday 6/10 @ Astor Center

Enthusiastic and adventurous eaters, rejoice! The first Gourmet Latino Festival brings together the top tier of Latin American chefs and mixologists... 

<em>Hair</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hair

Thursday 6/10 @ 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>Metallika</em>

Art

Metallika

Thursday 6/10 @ Monya Rowe Gallery

What do 18 of the most intriguing emerging artists and magpies have in common? They are all famously attracted to shiny... 

Brit Week NYC

Festival

Brit Week

Thursday 6/10 @ Various locations

Calling all anglophiles! This week's for you. Celebrate all things British (and we mean all things: from food to theatre, music,... 

The Rising Sun Performance Company presents <em>The Last Supper</em>

Theatre

The Last Supper

Thursday 6/10 @ The Red Room

There are many ways to end an argument, and a group of roommates creates an unusual one giving them both the... 

<em>Resurrectine</em>

Art

Resurrectine

Thursday 6/10 @ Ronald Feldman Gallery

Neon legwarmers, Vespa scooters, and rising from the dead. These are all things that come to mind at the utterance of... 

Matcha Box Pop-Up Store

Food/Wine

Matcha Box Pop-Up Store

Thursday 6/10 @ Matcha Box

Green tea is an ancient tradition, but this Japanese staple gets a thoroughly modern update with Matcha Box, a pop-up store... 

<em>Clean Slate for the Pessimist</em>: An Exercise in Default Accountability

Art

Clean Slate for the Pessimist

Thursday 6/10 @ Various Locations Along the BQE

Designed to look like a large-scale guerilla marketing campaign, this project, which began as a critique of the appropriation of art... 

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

Art

Vestie Davis' New York

Thursday 6/10 @ 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

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

King Tut Exhibition

Special Event

King Tut Exhibition

Thursday 6/10 @ Discovery Times Square Exposition

"Wonderful things." So said Howard Carter when the archaeologist was asked what he saw upon peeking into the just-opened tomb of... 

Clubbed Thumb presents Summerworks 2010

Theatre

Summerworks 2010

Thursday 6/10 @ Ohio Theatre

By the end of summer, the Ohio Theatre will pass into history and become prime downtown retail space. Before that happens,... 

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

Theatre

American Idiot

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo

Art

An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo

Thursday 6/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibition presents 70 extraordinary works by masters of the 16th through 18th centuries, from one of the outstanding collections of... 

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

Art

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

Thursday 6/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Special Event

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

Side by Side: Oberlin's Masterworks

Art

Side by Side: Oberlin's Masterworks

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bamb&uacute;

Special Event

Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú

Thursday 6/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Don’t miss this opportunity to see Big Bambú: You Can't, You Don't, and You Won't Stop the site-specific installation created for... 

Hipsters, Hustlers, and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photographs, 1950&ndash;1980

Art: Photography

Hipsters, Hustlers, and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photographs, 1950–1980

Thursday 6/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A master of classic American street photography, Leon Levinstein (American, 1910–1988) is best known for his candid and unsentimental black-and-white figure... 

Museum as Hub: In and Out of Context REDUX

Art

Museum as Hub: In and Out of Context REDUX

Thursday 6/10 @ 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—Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia

Art

Last Chance—Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art

Special Event

Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art

Thursday 6/10 @ Asia Society and Museum

 Explore the art inspired by centuries of Buddhist pilgrimage. Through more than 90 sacred objects, including textiles, sculpture and paintings, this... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief at the Met

Special Event

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief at the Met

Thursday 6/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rick Riordan, author of the best-selling series Percy Jackson & the Olympians, talks with curator Seán Hemingway about what inspired him... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Thursday 6/10 @ 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—American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity

Fashion/Style

Last Chance—American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity

Thursday 6/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity, on view through August 15, is the... 

Tours

Art

Tours

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Art

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

Tutankhamun's Funeral

Art

Tutankhamun's Funeral

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

Last Chance—Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art

Last Chance—Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Thursday 6/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a landmark exhibition of 300 works... 

Attn writers! Deadly essay contest

Special Event

Attn writers! Deadly essay contest

Thursday 6/10 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Killing the Buddha and Obit Mag have teamed up with the Rubin for this deadly essay contest inspired by the exhibition,... 

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Art

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Thursday 6/10 @ 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... 

Final Weekend! Remember That You Will Die

Art

Final Weekend! Remember That You Will Die

Thursday 6/10 @ 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,... 

Epic India: Scenes from the Ramayana

Art

Epic India: Scenes from the Ramayana

Thursday 6/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Episodes from the great Indian epic the Ramayana are among the themes most favored for Indian miniature painting. This classic of... 

Met Podcast: Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bamb&uacute;

Art

Met Podcast: Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú

Thursday 6/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Curator Anne Strauss talks to Doug and Mike Starn about their new work, Big Bambú: You Can't, You Don't, and You... 

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Hipsters, Hustlers, and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photographs, 1950&ndash;1980

Art: Photography

Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Hipsters, Hustlers, and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photographs, 1950–1980

Thursday 6/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In excerpts from a 1988 archival recording, photographer Leon Levinstein talks about his work and the experience of photographing in the... 

Undercurrents: Experimental Ecosystems in Recent Art

Art

Undercurrents: Experimental Ecosystems in Recent Art

Thursday 6/10 @ The Kitchen

Mariko Mori: Kumano

Special Event

Mariko Mori: Kumano

Thursday 6/10 @ Asia Society and Museum

Mariko Mori is an internationally renowned Japanese artist. In her video work, Kumano, she appears as a mysterious spirit, a shaman,... 

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered

Art

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered

Thursday 6/10 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shortly after the Met acquired two Viennese silver wine coolers in 2002 from the Sachsen-Teschen Service, the core of the surviving...