Events on Monday, June 14

Playing for Change at Central Park's Summerstage

Music: Global

Playing for Change

Monday 6/14 @ Central Park SummerStage

Yet another example of the ever tighter web of global cultural communication is the group Playing for Change, whose viral video... 

Sally Seltmann

Music

Sally Seltmann

Monday 6/14 @ Joe's Pub

Previously best known as New Buffalo, Sally Seltmann is the award- winning Australian songwriter behind Feist's 1234... 

Music

Delphic

Monday 6/14 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘Delphic’ as “Ambiguous or enigmatic.” “Enigmatic is a troublesome word,” ponders Rick Boardman of the Manchester... 

Intimacy and Relationships: An Adlerian Approach

Special Event

Intimacy and Relationships: An Adlerian Approach

Monday 6/14 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Barbara Berger and Roger Feldman

Adler emphasized the importance of cooperation, community... 

Toilet Boys @ (le) poisson rouge

Music

Toilet Boys @ (le) poisson rouge

Monday 6/14 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

with DJ: Michael Formika... 

Aimee Bender's The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

Aimee Bender's The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Monday 6/14 @ Symphony Space

The author of An Invisible Sign of My Own, whose work has been presented at in several Selected Shorts performances, discusses... 

Music

Warpaint

Monday 6/14 @ The Mercury Lounge

LA’s Warpaint weaves majestic guitars, hypnotic vocals, and driving post-punk rhythms into gorgeous, sprawling songs that skirt the line between the... 

Music

The Heavy - July 14 & 16

Monday 6/14 @ The Bowery Ballroom

The weight that you are experiencing has come from the depths of a little town, just outside of Bath called Noid.... 

Sebastian Mallaby and Roger Lowenstein

Special Event

Sebastian Mallaby and Roger Lowenstein

Monday 6/14 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Join these expert analysts of today's economic climate as they discuss the crisis on Wall Street and the future of... 

David Broza @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Music

David Broza @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Monday 6/14 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Monday 06.14.10
David Broza
7:00pm doors | 7:30pm show
$35 advance | $40 day of show
18+... 

Trapper's Greatest Hits: 30th Birthday Madness!

Music

Trapper's Greatest Hits: 30th Birthday Madness!

Monday 6/14 @ Joe's Pub

He's sure been a wild one, but Trapper Felides is turning 30 and... 

Thalia Book Club: Aimee Bender's The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Books: Reading

Thalia Book Club: Aimee Bender's The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Monday 6/14 @ Symphony Space

The author of An Invisible Sign of My Own, whose work has been presented at Selected Shorts performances, discusses her second... 

Ongoing Events

Creative Time presents Key to the City

City Gems

Key to the City

Monday 6/14 @ Various locations

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

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

Art

Vestie Davis' New York

Monday 6/14 @ 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,... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Monday 6/14 @ Paragraph

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

Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World

Special Event

Traveling the Silk Road

Monday 6/14 @ 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>Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century</em>

Art: Photography

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century

Monday 6/14 @ 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.... 

2010 Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Festival: Film

Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words

Comedy

Celebrity Autobiography

Monday 6/14 @ 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>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Clubbed Thumb presents Summerworks 2010

Theatre

Summerworks 2010

Monday 6/14 @ Ohio Theatre

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

<em>Fences</em>

Theatre

Fences

Monday 6/14 @ Cort Theatre

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

Matcha Box Pop-Up Store

Food/Wine

Matcha Box Pop-Up Store

Monday 6/14 @ Matcha Box

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

The Private Collection of Henry Darger

Art

The Private Collection of Henry Darger

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

<em>Million Dollar Quartet</em>

Theatre

Million Dollar Quartet

Monday 6/14 @ Nederlander Theater

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

Les Paul Mondays

Music

Les Paul Mondays

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

2010 Fifa World Cup

Sports

World Cup

Monday 6/14 @ Various locations

Footie fans, rejoice! The 2010 World Cup is finally here. Expect the city's ethnic enclaves to explode into all-out soccer mayhem... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Monday 6/14 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Internet Week 2010

Festival: Fair

Internet Week

Monday 6/14 @ 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>The New Typography</em>

Art

The New Typography

Monday 6/14 @ 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>Amerissiah</em>

Theatre

Amerissiah

Monday 6/14 @ Theatre 80

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

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

Art

Clean Slate for the Pessimist

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

BAMcinemaFEST

Festival: Film

BAMcinemaFEST

Monday 6/14 @ 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>Greater New York</em>

Art

Greater New York

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Monday 6/14 @ 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>Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work</em>

Film: Documentary

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

Monday 6/14 @ IFC Center

Joan Rivers lays her cards on the table in this craftily constructed year-in-the-life documentary. A self-proclaimed actress who has just been... 

Monday Night Bingo

Special Event

Monday Night Bingo

Monday 6/14 @ 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,... 

<em>Black Angels Over Tuskegee</em>

Theatre: Drama

Black Angels Over Tuskegee

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Sali Taylor: <em>More Perfect</em>

Art

Sali Taylor

Monday 6/14 @ Gallery Nine5

Through collage and digital alteration of fashion and weekly magazines, artist Sali Taylor explores the intrinsic paradox in the roles women... 

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

Art

Malevich in Focus

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

King Tut Exhibition

Special Event

King Tut Exhibition

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

<em>Come Fly Away</em>

Theatre

Come Fly Away

Monday 6/14 @ Marquis Theater

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

Final Weekend! Remember That You Will Die

Art

Final Weekend! Remember That You Will Die

Monday 6/14 @ 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,... 

Tutankhamun's Funeral

Art

Tutankhamun's Funeral

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Housing Works Storytime and Singalong for Kids

Special Event

Housing Works Storytime and Singalong for Kids

Monday 6/14 @ 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 &ldquo;Young Archer&rdquo; Attributed to Michelangelo - Free Met Podcast

Art

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

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Last Chance—American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity

Fashion/Style

Last Chance—American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity

Monday 6/14 @ 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

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Special Event

Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife now open

Monday 6/14 @ Rubin Museum of Art

In this fascinating exhibition, the Tibetan Buddhist belief that death provides an important opportunity for spiritual enlightenment is explored. Upon the... 

Last Chance—Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia

Art

Last Chance—Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Epic India: Scenes from the Ramayana

Art

Epic India: Scenes from the Ramayana

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

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

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Art

Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Contemporary Tibetan art show

Art

Contemporary Tibetan art show

Monday 6/14 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Tradition Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond marks the first exhibition of contemporary Tibetan art in a New York City museum. The nine... 

Side by Side: Oberlin's Masterworks

Art

Side by Side: Oberlin's Masterworks

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered

Art

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Attn writers! Deadly essay contest

Special Event

Attn writers! Deadly essay contest

Monday 6/14 @ 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,... 

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

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Monday 6/14 @ 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.... 

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Art

Messerschmidt Bust Enters the Collection - Free Met Podcast

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

Last Chance—Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art

Last Chance—Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

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

Monday 6/14 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Monday 6/14 @ 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...