Events on Saturday, September 18

Jamie Lidell @ Webster Hall

Music: Electronic

Jamie Lidell @ Webster Hall

Saturday 9/18 @ The Bowery Presents

Jamie Lidell is a consummate showman. He's a fantastic and energetic performer, whose charisma is matched only by the sequins on... 

Last Supper Festival 2010

Food/Wine

Last Supper Festival

Saturday 9/18 @ 3rd Ward

Celebrating the autumnal shift is a great way to forget how bummed we are that the great hot days of summer... 

Flavorpill presents Get Your Dance On

Party

Get Your Dance On

Saturday 9/18 @ YogaWorks Soho

Get Your Dance On adds extra flavor to the mix this month as it hosts NYC's official Earthdance celebration with a... 

Yom Kippur Family Services

Festival

Yom Kippur Family Services

Saturday 9/18 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Join Karina Zilberman and a guest musician for an engaging, inspiring service for families. Hear traditional and creative music, prayers, songs... 

Sheba Presented by New African Productions

Music: Global

Sheba Presented by New African Productions

Saturday 9/18 @ Joe's Pub

What do you get when you mash up the majesty of Africa, the island vibes of the Caribbean, New York City's... 

More Than Enough

Music: DJ

More Than Enough

Saturday 9/18 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 More Than Enough   9.18.2010 FREE 10:00 | 21+   More Than Enough DJ Sickrock & Uncle Chip spin: Funk, Soul,... 

Natalia Lafourcade: Part of Celebrate Mexico Now!

Music

Natalia Lafourcade: Part of Celebrate Mexico Now!

Saturday 9/18 @ Joe's Pub

Young Mexican pop singer Natalia Lafourcade has a clear, buoyant voice and weaves multi-layered melodies that tap bossa nova, alternative rock,... 

Music

Broken Social Scene @ Rumsey Playfield at Central Park

Saturday 9/18 @ The Bowery Presents

Music

Superchunk

Saturday 9/18 @ The Bowery Ballroom

Perhaps no band was more emblematic of the true spirit of American indie rock during the 1990s than Superchunk, the pride... 

Holy Fuck w/ Indian Jewelry @ LPR

Music: Experimental

Holy Fuck w/ Indian Jewelry @ LPR

Saturday 9/18 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Holy Fuck w/ Indian... 

Trouble & Bass 4 Year Anniversary

Music: DJ

Trouble & Bass 4 Year Anniversary

Saturday 9/18 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Trouble & Bass 4 Year Anniversary w/ Bart B More , Plastician , Drop the Lime , AC Slater , Star... 

Music

El Ten Eleven / Dosh

Saturday 9/18 @ The Mercury Lounge

El Ten Eleven is a Los Angeles-based instrumental indie rock duo consisting of Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty. They officially formed... 

Natalia Lafourcade: Part of Celebrate Mexico Now!

Music

Natalia Lafourcade: Part of Celebrate Mexico Now!

Saturday 9/18 @ Joe's Pub

Young Mexican pop singer Natalia Lafourcade has a clear, buoyant voice and weaves multi-layered melodies that tap bossa nova, alternative rock,... 

LE BINGO! w/ host Murray Hill and Linda Simpson

Music: DJ

LE BINGO! w/ host Murray Hill and Linda Simpson

Saturday 9/18 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 LE BINGO!  w/ host Murray Hill and Linda Simpson   9.18.10  FREE 7:00 PM | 21+   LE BINGO!   PERK... 

Ongoing Events

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Saturday 9/18 @ Paragraph

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

<em>Behind the Screen</em>

Special Event

Behind the Screen

Saturday 9/18 @ 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

Saturday 9/18 @ 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>Vestie Davis' New York</em>

Art

Vestie Davis' New York

Saturday 9/18 @ 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,... 

Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival

Comedy

Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival

Saturday 9/18 @ Various locations

For those of you who love comedy but can't seem to keep up with, or feel overwhelmed by, all of the... 

<em>A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop</em>

Film

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

Saturday 9/18 @ Various locations

If you're a fan of Zhang Yimou, the acclaimed Fifth Generation director behind such films as Red Sorghum, Raise the Red... 

Speranza Theatre Company presents <em>The Awesome Dance</em>

Theatre

The Awesome Dance  

Saturday 9/18 @ The Cherry Pit

Nothing comes easy in Nick Starr's The Awesome Dance. This moving play for four actors is divided into four scenes, each... 

1st Irish 2010

Festival: Performing Arts

1st Irish

Saturday 9/18 @ Various locations

Ireland is "The Land of 100,000 Welcomes." It is also home to an unbroken line of writers who have influenced world... 

Botanica Bar

Get Social: Happy Hour

Botanica

Saturday 9/18 @ Botanica Bar

We love this bar. It's our home away from home, our office away from office. You simply can't find nicer bartenders... 

<em>Dead or Alive</em>

Art

Dead or Alive

Saturday 9/18 @ 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.... 

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

Theatre

American Idiot

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

Sue Williams: <em>Al-Qaeda Is the CIA</em>

Art

Sue Williams

Saturday 9/18 @ 303 Gallery

A mid-career survey designed to support and contextualize Williams' most recent work, Al-Qaeda Is the CIA offers a rollicking, visceral good... 

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

Artists and Fleas

City Gems

Artists and Fleas

Saturday 9/18 @ Artists and Fleas

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

Bela Lugosi's Dead, Vampires Live Forever

Film

Bela Lugosi's Dead, Vampires Live Forever

Saturday 9/18 @ BAM

Vampire fever has overtaken America, but BAM does several better than Bella and (as much as we love him) Erik Northman.... 

Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Litchfield, CT

Getaways

Jauntsetter Weekend Escape

Saturday 9/18 @ Various locations in Litchfield

Just a two-hour drive from the city, Litchfield, Connecticut is a great escape for stressed-out city dwellers. Home to a stellar... 

<em>Wife To James Whelan</em>

Theatre

Wife To James Whelan

Saturday 9/18 @ The Mint Theater

You can quibble over whether Wife to James Whelan is a romance, comedy, or drama — or some mash-up of the... 

<em>Greater New York</em>

Art

Greater New York

Saturday 9/18 @ 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>Clean Slate for the Pessimist</em>: An Exercise in Default Accountability

Art

Clean Slate for the Pessimist

Saturday 9/18 @ 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>Last Train Home</em>

Film: Documentary

Last Train Home

Saturday 9/18 @ IFC Center

Your opinion of holiday travel headaches is certain to be redefined after viewing Last Train Home, an award-winning documentary that examines... 

<em> Now Circa Then </em>

Theatre

Now Circa Then

Saturday 9/18 @ Ars Nova Theater

Sometimes, all we need out of theatre is an old-fashioned boy-meets-girl story. The good news is, Now Circa Then is just... 

<em>Kings of Pastry</em>

Film: Documentary

Kings of Pastry

Saturday 9/18 @ Film Forum

Grown men crying over pastry, sounds a little absurd but that's what you get in the Kings of Pastry. The latest... 

<em>Orlando</em>

Theatre

Orlando

Saturday 9/18 @ Classic Stage Company

You don't have to know Virginia Woolf's novel to enjoy Sarah Ruhl's excellent adaptation of how an Elizabethan youth (Francesca Faridany)... 

<em>Chihuly 2010</em>

Art

Chihuly 2010

Saturday 9/18 @ Marlborough Chelsea

Arguably the greatest artist in the history of glass sculpture, Dale Chihuly has helped turn the craft of blowing glass into... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Saturday 9/18 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Brion Gysin: <em>Dream Machine</em>

Art

Brion Gysin: Dream Machine

Saturday 9/18 @ New Museum

Expelled from the surrealist group by André Breton when he was 19, Brion Gysin persevered and created a wide range of... 

The Brick Theater presents the 2010 New York Clown Theatre Festival

Performing Arts: Acrobatics

Clown Theatre Festival

Saturday 9/18 @ The Brick Theater

For four weeks the Brick is hosting clowns. Some wear big red noses and others appear normal. For example, Theatre Group... 

Theatre

Selective Memory

Saturday 9/18 @ The Chocolate Factory

At first glance, Selective Memory seems easy enough to grasp. A woman stands plainly on a stage, obscured from the neck... 

<em>Appointment</em>

Theatre

Appointment

Saturday 9/18 @ Tisch School of the Arts

Anyone who has logged hours in an office knows well the high drama that ensues in everyday corporate culture. In Appointment,... 

JJ PEET: <em>Shadow</em>

Art

JJ PEET

Saturday 9/18 @ On Stellar Rays

Shadow is a mobile painting studio in which PEET gathers the found media and materials used in his work, which is... 

FIAF presents Crossing the Line 2010: <em>Hetero</em> and <em>The Sea Museum</em>

Theatre

Crossing the Line 2010

Saturday 9/18 @ French Institute Alliance Francaise

"Crossing the Line" lives up to its name with these two site-specific presentations — though attendees won't know the exact details... 

<em>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Saturday 9/18 @ 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>Collecting Biennials</em>

Art

Collecting Biennials

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

The Flea presents A.R. Gurney's <em>Office Hours</em>

Theatre

Office Hours

Saturday 9/18 @ The Flea Theater

Replace the '70s references in A.R. Gurney's Office Hours and it could take place today. The questions raised in this passionate... 

<em>Where Is My Vote? Posters for the Green Movement in Iran</em>

Art

Where Is My Vote?

Saturday 9/18 @ Visual Arts Gallery

Some say that Iran hasn't seen protests this size since the 1979 revolution. These green movement protests began as a response... 

The Sullivan Project presents <em>Graham & Frost</em>

Theatre

Graham & Frost

Saturday 9/18 @ Performance Space 122

Though Graham & Frost is a prized addition to the 1st Irish Festival, it has nothing to do with Ireland. Instead,... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Saturday 9/18 @ 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,... 

King Tut Exhibition

Special Event

King Tut Exhibition

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

VENT

Festival: Performing Arts

VENT

Saturday 9/18 @ Soapbox Gallery

As the names of both the festival and the gallery suggest, these events are all about taking advantage of our fave... 

<em>Heartbreaker</em>

Film

Heartbreaker

Saturday 9/18 @ IFC Center

Actor Romain Duris displays his charming versatility in Heartbreaker, a clever romantic-comedy from first-time French feature-filmmaker Pascal Chaumeil. Duris is Alex... 

<em>underneathmybed</em>

Theatre

underneathmybed

Saturday 9/18 @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Playwright Florencia Lozano revisits her childhood home and the psychological state of her 13-year-old self, in underneathmybed. Escaping Argentina's "Dirty War"... 

<em>Clear Blue Tuesday</em>

Film

Clear Blue Tuesday

Saturday 9/18 @ Quad Cinema

A refreshing and creative take on the 9/11 story, Clear Blue Tuesday follows 11 musicians and actors — all virtual unknowns,... 

<em>Roadkill Confidential</em>

Theatre

Roadkill Confidential

Saturday 9/18 @ 3LD Art & Technology Center

Art and terrorism make a gruesome twosome in this contemporary noir drama of intrigue and roadkill. A modern-day undercover agent with... 

Lee Friedlander: <em>America by Car</em>

Art: Photography

Lee Friedlander

Saturday 9/18 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

An early giant of new American photography, Friedlander's iconic project of photographing the nation's roads from behind the wheel of a... 

<em>Come Fly Away</em>

Theatre

Come Fly Away

Saturday 9/18 @ Marquis Theater

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

Pipilotti Rist: <em>Heroes of Birth</em>

Art

Pipilotti Rist

Saturday 9/18 @ Luhring Augustine Gallery

Luhring Augustine is pleased to present Heroes of Birth, an exhibition of new work by Pipilotti Rist. This is Rist's third... 

<em>Black Angels Over Tuskegee</em>

Theatre: Drama

Black Angels Over Tuskegee

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

Red Hook Ball Fields Vendors

Food/Wine

Red Hook Ball Fields Vendors

Saturday 9/18 @ Red Hook Ball Fields

Foodies, rejoice! The dozen-plus vendors lining the Red Hook soccer fields are open for business! They're selling all manner of authentic... 

Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Baltimore, MD

Getaways

Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Baltimore, MD

Saturday 9/18 @ Various locations in Baltimore

For many, Baltimore conjures up visions of the gritty city and abandoned harbor-side warehouses depicted in The Wire. But for those... 

<em>Vision Disturbance</em>

Theatre

Vision Disturbance

Saturday 9/18 @ Abrons Arts Center

Though an eye disorder is the prevailing malady in Christina Masciotti's engrossing Vision Disturbance, just about every sense endures a distortion.... 

<em>ACT UP NEW YORK: Activism, Art and the AIDS Crisis (1987-1993)</em>

Art

ACT UP NEW YORK

Saturday 9/18 @ White Columns

The activist movement in the '70s, which served as a catalyst for gay men and women to protest repression and other... 

<em>Never Let Me Go</em>

Film

Never Let Me Go

Saturday 9/18 @ Various locations

If you've read Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go, then you know what this film is about. If you haven't,... 

Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool

Art

Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool

Saturday 9/18 @ Asia Society and Museum

Experience the world of internationally renowned Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara. Through drawings, paintings, sculptures and large-scale installations, this landmark exhibition links... 

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

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

Constructing Views: Experimental Film and Video from Brazil

Film

Constructing Views: Experimental Film and Video from Brazil

Saturday 9/18 @ New Museum

In conjunction with the exhibition "Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other," the New Museum presents Constructing Views, a series of... 

Theatre

The Sullivan Project presents Graham & Frost

Saturday 9/18 @ Performance Space 122

Friends, neighbors, countrymen: can they really co-exist? Three men from very different walks of life set about reopening an abandoned restaurant... 

Festival

Yom Kippur Individual Events

Saturday 9/18 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Join Rabbi Jennifer Krause, cantorial soloist Josh Nelson and ba'al tefilah Richard Claman for a warm, dynamic and inspiring observance of... 

Amy Granat: Light 3 Ways

Art

Amy Granat: Light 3 Ways

Saturday 9/18 @ New Museum

Amy Granat is best known for her experimental film installations featuring celluloid that has been manipulated by scratching, cutting, or chemical... 

Contemporary Tibetan art show

Art

Contemporary Tibetan art show

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography

Art: Photography

Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography

Saturday 9/18 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibition explores themes of dislocation and displacement in contemporary photography. Drawn almost entirely from the Met’s collection, Between Here and... 

Submit your own prayer flag!

Art

Submit your own prayer flag!

Saturday 9/18 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Create and submit your own prayer flag in celebration of the International Day of Non-Violence. The completed flags will be strung... 

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

Art

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

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

Tours

Art

Tours

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Saturday 9/18 @ 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.... 

Alex Hubbard: Death Never Sleeps

Art

Alex Hubbard: Death Never Sleeps

Saturday 9/18 @ The Kitchen

In this newly commissioned exhibition, Alex Hubbard continues his parallel investigations with both video and painting and explores transformations between states... 

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered

Art

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

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

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

Spoons, Toons, & Booze

Film: Shorts

Spoons, Toons, & Booze

Saturday 9/18 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Do you miss Saturday mornings filled with an endless supply of sugary cereals and quality cartoons on TV? Do you hate... 

Pamela Z: Baggage Allowance

Theatre

Pamela Z: Baggage Allowance

Saturday 9/18 @ The Kitchen

San Francisco-based artist Pamela Z presents her latest solo performance for voice, electronics, and interactive video that considers “baggage” in all... 

Sean Raspet: As If Written In

Art

Sean Raspet: As If Written In

Saturday 9/18 @ The Kitchen

This solo exhibition presents a new body of work by Sean Raspet that continues his exploration of paradox and parody in... 

Gateway to Himalayan Art

Art

Gateway to Himalayan Art

Saturday 9/18 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Confused by those 40-armed deities? Let Gateway to Himalayan Art break it down for you. In this new introductory exhibition, you'll... 

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

Art

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

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

Ringo Starr's Gold Drum on View

Special Event

Ringo Starr's Gold Drum on View

Saturday 9/18 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On July 7, Ringo Starr's 70th birthday, the Met opened a special display of his gold-plated snare drum that will be... 

Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other

Art

Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other

Saturday 9/18 @ New Museum

This major midcareer survey of Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander (b. 1967, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) will cover a decade of the internationally... 

Epic India: Scenes from the Ramayana

Art

Epic India: Scenes from the Ramayana

Saturday 9/18 @ 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... 

Raimund Hoghe with Faustin Linyekula: Sans-titre

Dance

Raimund Hoghe with Faustin Linyekula: Sans-titre

Saturday 9/18 @ New York Live Arts

Co-presented with the French Institue Alliance Française's...