Events on Wednesday, September 29

Berkeley Reinhold and Vincent Fremont: <em>Andy Warhol: Making Money</em>

Party

Andy Warhol: Making Money

Wednesday 9/29 @ Gagosian Shop

Few artists made money their concern as openly as Andy Warhol. He made many pronouncements on his fascination with the dollar... 

Arts in Mind: Elegies for our Lost Asylums

Special Event

Arts in Mind: Elegies for our Lost Asylums

Wednesday 9/29 @ Tishman Auditorium

For the debut of this original series, Arts in Mind presents a conversation between two artists whose work centers around mental... 

<em>Sound + Vision: At War</em>

Art: Photography

Sound + Vision: At War

Wednesday 9/29 @ Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College

Pairing projections of Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer Chris Hondros' images from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with Bach selections played by... 

Music

Margot & The Nuclear So and So's

Wednesday 9/29 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

As with most good stories, the tale of Margot & the nuclear so and so's begins in the depths of poverty... 

Khaira Arby

Music: Global

Khaira Arby

Wednesday 9/29 @ Joe's Pub

For women, singing can be the road to personal power. When their voice is as strong as Malian vocalist Khaira Arby’s,... 

Special Event

Laurie Abraham & Tara Parker-Pope: All You Ever Needed to Know About Marriage

Wednesday 9/29 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

Laurie Abraham, the author of the critically acclaimed The Husbands and Wives Club: A Year in the Life of a Couples... 

Tycho (San Francisco - Live)

Party

Tycho (San Francisco - Live)

Wednesday 9/29 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Tycho (San Francisco - Live) w/ Com Truise (New Jersey - DJ Set) and André Obin (Boston - Live). Tycho is... 

Miranda Lambert Revolution

Music

Miranda Lambert Revolution

Wednesday 9/29 @ Terminal 5

Special guest Eric Church and introducing Josh Kelley. Her 2005 freshman effort, Kerosene, put her in an exclusive club, as one... 

John and Molly Get Along

Comedy

John and Molly Get Along

Wednesday 9/29 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

John and Molly Get Along w/ Nick Turner (College Humor), John F. O’Donnell (Comedy Central’s Fresh Faces of Comedy), Susan Prekel... 

Howard Fishman w/ Will Holshouser Trio

Music

Howard Fishman w/ Will Holshouser Trio

Wednesday 9/29 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Acclaimed singer, guitarist, composer and bandleader Howard Fishman's exuberant, spontaneous, and unvarnished music has made him a favorite of audiences and... 

Our Hit Parade starring Bridget Everett, Kenny Mellman and Neal Medlyn

Performing Arts

Our Hit Parade starring Bridget Everett, Kenny Mellman and Neal Medlyn

Wednesday 9/29 @ Joe's Pub

OUR HIT PARADE is a live top-ten countdown show created by Tony nominee and Obie winner Kenny Mellman (Kiki & Herb),... 

Music

Rogue Wave / Midlake @ Webster Hall

Wednesday 9/29 @ The Bowery Presents

Also Performing Peter Wolf Crier “Now we’re born again,” sings Zach Rogue on the closing track of Rogue Wave’s fourth studio... 

Music

Best Coast

Wednesday 9/29 @ The Bowery Ballroom

Also performing: Male Bonding

John and Molly Get Along w/ Nick Turner and more

Comedy

John and Molly Get Along w/ Nick Turner and more

Wednesday 9/29 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Brother-and-sister team John and Molly Knefel skip the sibling rivalry in favor of joke-telling, making charming videos and populating their monthly... 

Special Event

Banned Books Week Party with Mike Edison, Herald Price Fahringer, Richard Nash, and Live Music

Wednesday 9/29 @ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Mike Edison (of High Times magazine, Screw, Hustler, Penthouse, and author of I Have Fun Everywhere I Go), Herald Price Fahringer... 

Props w/ Rich Medina and Akalepse

Music: DJ

Props w/ Rich Medina and Akalepse

Wednesday 9/29 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Expect a party that is as much “what is this song?”, as it is “I love this song”, a party that... 

Jon Stewart in Conversation with Terry Gross

Special Event

Jon Stewart in Conversation with Terry Gross

Wednesday 9/29 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)

From his anchor chair on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he is considered one of America's top social... 

Ongoing Events

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Wednesday 9/29 @ Paragraph

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

<em>A Home Across the Ocean</em>

Theatre

A Home Across the Ocean

Wednesday 9/29 @ The Studio at Theatre Row

Recently widowed, Grethe is simultaneously helping her gay son and his partner adjust to their newly adopted foster daughter and reconnecting... 

New York Philharmonic: Alan Gilbert Conducts Mahler's <em>Symphony No. 6</em>

Music: Classical

Mahler's Symphony No. 6, The Tragic

Wednesday 9/29 @ Avery Fisher Hall

During his lifetime Gustav Mahler was known as a conductor rather than a composer. However, a gift for interpreting Wagner and... 

Mad. Sq. Mark't

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Mad. Sq. Mark't

Wednesday 9/29 @ Madison Square Park

Take the unique and seasonal design, homeware, and jewelry offerings you find at the Union Square Holiday Market, and combine it... 

<em>Black Angels Over Tuskegee</em>

Theatre: Drama

Black Angels Over Tuskegee

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

<em>Chihuly 2010</em>

Art

Chihuly 2010

Wednesday 9/29 @ Marlborough Chelsea

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

The 48th Annual New York Film Festival

Festival: Film

New York Film Festival

Wednesday 9/29 @ The Film Society of Lincoln Center

Despite Lincoln Center's construction and recent staff changes at the Film Society, there's one thing that continues to run like clockwork,... 

<em>Never Let Me Go</em>

Film

Never Let Me Go

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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,... 

<em>Orlando</em>

Theatre

Orlando

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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)... 

JJ PEET: <em>Shadow</em>

Art

JJ PEET

Wednesday 9/29 @ On Stellar Rays

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

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

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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>Behind the Screen</em>

Special Event

Behind the Screen

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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>Vestie Davis' New York</em>

Art

Vestie Davis' New York

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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,... 

Bela Lugosi's Dead, Vampires Live Forever

Film

Bela Lugosi's Dead, Vampires Live Forever

Wednesday 9/29 @ BAM

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

2010 Fall for Dance Festival

Dance

Fall for Dance

Wednesday 9/29 @ New York City Center

City Center's popular two-week dance inventory has a local feel this year. Two participants have long associations with the venue: as... 

Drink-N-Draw

Workshop/Class

Drink-N-Draw

Wednesday 9/29 @ 3rd Ward

Thanks to the ever-playful folks at 3rd Ward, nudity and inebriation combine to deliver an uncommon cure for the midweek blues.... 

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

Art

Brion Gysin: Dream Machine

Wednesday 9/29 @ New Museum

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

Lower Manhattan Arts League presents Fall Downtown

Festival: Performing Arts

Fall Downtown

Wednesday 9/29 @ Various Downtown locations

This is it. The glut. The cornucopia. The land of plenty. Lower Manhattan Arts League has brought together an astounding array... 

<em> Now Circa Then </em>

Theatre

Now Circa Then

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Lee Friedlander

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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 Flea presents A.R. Gurney's <em>Office Hours</em>

Theatre

Office Hours

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

Pipilotti Rist

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Litchfield, CT

Getaways

Jauntsetter Weekend Escape

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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>Come Fly Away</em>

Theatre

Come Fly Away

Wednesday 9/29 @ Marquis Theater

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

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

Art

Clean Slate for the Pessimist

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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>underneathmybed</em>

Theatre

underneathmybed

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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>ACT UP NEW YORK: Activism, Art and the AIDS Crisis (1987-1993)</em>

Art

ACT UP NEW YORK

Wednesday 9/29 @ White Columns

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

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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>Capsule 33</em>

Theatre

Capsule 33

Wednesday 9/29 @ Barrow Street Theater

Milo, a Serbian astrophysicist who escaped the Balkan war by moving to Japan to teach English, is refusing to leave his... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Wednesday 9/29 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Botanica Bar

Get Social: Happy Hour

Botanica

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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>A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop</em>

Film

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

Wednesday 9/29 @ Various locations

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

1st Irish 2010

Festival: Performing Arts

1st Irish

Wednesday 9/29 @ Various locations

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

<em>The Cradle Will Rock</em>

Theatre

The Cradle Will Rock

Wednesday 9/29 @ Theatre 80

Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock is more discussed than seen. The controversy surrounding the show overshadowed the composer's other work... 

Laurie Anderson: <em>Delusion</em>

Music: Experimental

Laurie Anderson

Wednesday 9/29 @ BAM Harvey Theater

We're hard-pressed to think of a better opener to BAM's annual Next Wave Festival than local legend Laurie Anderson. Whether playing... 

<em>Dead or Alive</em>

Art

Dead or Alive

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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.... 

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

Theatre

Graham & Frost

Wednesday 9/29 @ Performance Space 122

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

<em>Wife To James Whelan</em>

Theatre

Wife To James Whelan

Wednesday 9/29 @ The Mint Theater

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

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

Art

Sue Williams

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

King Tut Exhibition

Special Event

King Tut Exhibition

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

Gatz

Theatre

Gatz

Wednesday 9/29 @ The Public Theater

Five years after it created Gatz, theater ensemble Elevator Repair Service debuts its masterful nearly-8-hour play. One afternoon a man starts... 

VENT

Festival: Performing Arts

VENT

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

American Idiot

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

Sean Raspet: As If Written In

Art

Sean Raspet: As If Written In

Wednesday 9/29 @ The Kitchen

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

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

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

Gateway to Himalayan Art

Art

Gateway to Himalayan Art

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

Theatre

The Sullivan Project presents Graham & Frost

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

Happy Hour, Himalayan Style

Food/Wine

Happy Hour, Himalayan Style

Wednesday 9/29 @ Rubin Museum of Art

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

Art: Photography

Get More Out of Your Digital Point-and-Shoot Camera

Wednesday 9/29 @ 92YTribeca

Cover camera operation, aperture, shutter speed, white balance, file management and composition. Use a digital SLR or digital point-and-shoot camera.

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered

Art

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography

Art: Photography

Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

The Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel

Art

The Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel

Wednesday 9/29 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

First discovered in 1996 during construction on the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway in Lod, Israel, this large and impressive mosaic floor depicting... 

Art

The Graphic Novel

Wednesday 9/29 @ 92YTribeca

The graphic novel is one of the most popular new forms of storytelling. Hone and shape your ideas and image them... 

Tours

Art

Tours

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

Modern Design

Art

Modern Design

Wednesday 9/29 @ 92YTribeca

Explore the history of modern design, from 19th-century England to the present, with a focus on furniture and accessories. Investigate design... 

Alex Hubbard: Death Never Sleeps

Art

Alex Hubbard: Death Never Sleeps

Wednesday 9/29 @ The Kitchen

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

olive Dance Theatre: Swift Solos

Dance

olive Dance Theatre: Swift Solos

Wednesday 9/29 @ New York Live Arts

Presented in partnersip with the Hip-Hop Theater Festival. Swift SolosspanDownload 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

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool

Art

Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty

Art

The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty

Wednesday 9/29 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Don’t miss this major international loan exhibition! The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty, on view at... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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.... 

Drink-n-Draw

Art

Drink-n-Draw

Wednesday 9/29 @ 3rd Ward

We provide the beer and the model. You bring your drawing tools and creativity. Hosted in the Gallery of 3rd Ward,... 

Writing Motherhood

Workshop/Class

Writing Motherhood

Wednesday 9/29 @ 92YTribeca

Mothering provides endless material for writing, while writing brings clarity and wisdom to mothering. Learn to write from the text of... 

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

Special Event

Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

Contemporary Tibetan art show

Art

Contemporary Tibetan art show

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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... 

Ringo Starr's Gold Drum on View

Special Event

Ringo Starr's Gold Drum on View

Wednesday 9/29 @ 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...