Events on Thursday, September 30

Les Salonnieres Pool Party

Party

Les Salonnieres Pool Party

Thursday 9/30 @ Secret LES pool

JellyNYC was responsible for a series of pool parties this summer, but Queer Art Impact and underground promoter and party-thrower extraordinaire... 

Give Your Yoga

Workshop/Class

Give Your Yoga

Thursday 9/30 @ Urban Zen Center

You had us at "yoga." But then we come to find out that we're yoga-ing for a fantastic cause — Women... 

Pendu Presents: Wolf Eyes & Richard Pinhas w/ 99 & Yellow Tears

Music: Electronic

Pendu Presents: Wolf Eyes & Richard Pinhas w/ 99 & Yellow Tears

Thursday 9/30 @ Secret Project Robot

We kind of can't believe Richard Pinhas is in our vicinity. His '70s band Heldon — which fused electronics, guitar and... 

<em>Max's Kansas City: Art, Glamour, Rock and Roll</em>

Special Event

Max's Kansas City: Art, Glamour, Rock and Roll

Thursday 9/30 @ Strand Bookstore

Max's Kansas City opened in 1965 and quickly became a favorite hangout of poets, artists, and musicians including Andy Warhol and... 

Business Writer: Gurcharan Das - The Difficulty of Being Good

Special Event

Business Writer: Gurcharan Das - The Difficulty of Being Good

Thursday 9/30 @ Asia Society and Museum

What role do values play in our market-driven contemporary societies? How do we gauge moral failure in a commercial world?  Are there... 

Music

Ed Kowalczyk of LIVE

Thursday 9/30 @ The Bowery Ballroom

Tambuco Percussion Ensemble

Music: Global

Tambuco Percussion Ensemble

Thursday 9/30 @ Symphony Space

On the heels of their Kennedy Center debut, Tambuco Percussion Ensemble (Ricardo Gallardo, Alfredo Bringas, Raúl Túdon, Miguel González) offer a... 

Let Me In preview with Matt Reeves + Chloe Moretz in person

Film

Let Me In preview with Matt Reeves + Chloe Moretz in person

Thursday 9/30 @ Museum of the Moving Image

Join Moving Image for a preview screening of the haunting thriller Let Me In with director Matt Reeves and star Chloë... 

World Record Appreciation Society

Music

World Record Appreciation Society

Thursday 9/30 @ Joe's Pub

Dubbed "Best Oddball Night" by New York Magazine, the World Record Appreciation Society features an ever-changing lineup of eclectic performers setting... 

Music

Justin Nozuka @ Webster Hall

Thursday 9/30 @ The Bowery Presents

The maturity of Justin Nozuka's music, a soulful blend of R&B and pensive singer/songwriter folk that recalls both Nick Drake and... 

Music

Best Coast w/ Male Bonding

Thursday 9/30 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Bethany Cosentino was no stranger to the stage when she began working on recordings with bandmate Bobb Bruno under the name... 

Elysian Fields w/ Justin Bond

Music: Experimental

Elysian Fields w/ Justin Bond

Thursday 9/30 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Elysian Fields Legendary cult heroes Elysian Fields have always travelled in mysterious waters. Led by the enigmatic New York co-composers Jennifer... 

Bounce w/ Joe Pompeo and Mike Stefan

Music: DJ

Bounce w/ Joe Pompeo and Mike Stefan

Thursday 9/30 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

DJs Joe Pompeo and Mike Stefan spin dance music for Bounce at Le Poisson Rouge.... 

Music

The Gaslight Anthem and special guests @ Radio City Music Hall

Thursday 9/30 @ The Bowery Presents

The ’59 Sound could only start out one way: with the sound of a record player needle set down on a... 

Shells Cocktail Hour

Performing Arts

Shells Cocktail Hour

Thursday 9/30 @ Joe's Pub

Fresh out of a less-than-fulfilling relationship, Michelle "Shells” Hoffman is ready to shed her 9-to-5 facade and convince her ex that... 

Gurcharan Das- The Difficulty of Being Good

Special Event

Gurcharan Das- The Difficulty of Being Good

Thursday 9/30 @ Asia Society and Museum

In The Difficulty of Being Good, Gurcharan Das turns to one of the world’s great works of moral philosophy and a... 

Music

Gotan Project

Thursday 9/30 @ Terminal 5

As we step into 2010, music blares from the radio that quite comfortably merges rhythms from Serbia and Colombia, the voice... 

Meet the Lady: Hagsploitation!

Comedy

Meet the Lady: Hagsploitation!

Thursday 9/30 @ 92YTribeca

Whatever it is that happened to Baby Jane, it's happened in a lot of other movies too! The way Hollywood dispenses... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Collecting Biennials</em>

Art

Collecting Biennials

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Thursday 9/30 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Thursday 9/30 @ Paragraph

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

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

Music: Classical

Mahler's Symphony No. 6, The Tragic

Thursday 9/30 @ Avery Fisher Hall

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

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

Art: Photography

Lee Friedlander

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Office Hours

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>Behind the Screen</em>

Special Event

Behind the Screen

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop</em>

Film

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

Thursday 9/30 @ Various locations

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

<em>Last Train Home</em>

Film: Documentary

Last Train Home

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>Greater New York</em>

Art

Greater New York

Thursday 9/30 @ 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

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

Lower Manhattan Arts League presents Fall Downtown

Festival: Performing Arts

Fall Downtown

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

King Tut Exhibition

Special Event

King Tut Exhibition

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

Laurie Anderson: <em>Delusion</em>

Music: Experimental

Laurie Anderson

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Art

Sue Williams

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

2010 Fall for Dance Festival

Dance

Fall for Dance

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

American Idiot

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

1st Irish 2010

Festival: Performing Arts

1st Irish

Thursday 9/30 @ 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> Now Circa Then </em>

Theatre

Now Circa Then

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

Mad. Sq. Mark't

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Mad. Sq. Mark't

Thursday 9/30 @ 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

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>Wife To James Whelan</em>

Theatre

Wife To James Whelan

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>Chihuly 2010</em>

Art

Chihuly 2010

Thursday 9/30 @ 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

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>underneathmybed</em>

Theatre

underneathmybed

Thursday 9/30 @ 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"... 

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

Theatre

Graham & Frost

Thursday 9/30 @ Performance Space 122

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

JJ PEET: <em>Shadow</em>

Art

JJ PEET

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>POPart: The Musical</em>

Theatre

POPart: The Musical

Thursday 9/30 @ The American Theatre of Actors

When an 18-year-old social outcast leaves the banality of her gated suburban home for the shocking world of misfits, rebels, and... 

<em>Dead or Alive</em>

Art

Dead or Alive

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>Vestie Davis' New York</em>

Art

Vestie Davis' New York

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>Capsule 33</em>

Theatre

Capsule 33

Thursday 9/30 @ Barrow Street Theater

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

Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Litchfield, CT

Getaways

Jauntsetter Weekend Escape

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson</em>

Theatre

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Thursday 9/30 @ Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

After an acclaimed run off-Broadway, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson busts out of the theatrical gate with energetic, rapier wit. Colored by... 

Bela Lugosi's Dead, Vampires Live Forever

Film

Bela Lugosi's Dead, Vampires Live Forever

Thursday 9/30 @ BAM

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

<em>Never Let Me Go</em>

Film

Never Let Me Go

Thursday 9/30 @ 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

Thursday 9/30 @ 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)... 

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

Art

Brion Gysin: Dream Machine

Thursday 9/30 @ New Museum

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

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Thursday 9/30 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

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

La Mama Presents: Ritter, Dene, Voss

Theatre

La Mama Presents: Ritter, Dene, Voss

Thursday 9/30 @ La MaMa E.T.C.

Playwright and novelist Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989) was one of the most controversial literary figures of post-war Austria. He had a penchant... 

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

Art

Pipilotti Rist

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

Botanica Bar

Get Social: Happy Hour

Botanica

Thursday 9/30 @ 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

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>Heartbreaker</em>

Film

Heartbreaker

Thursday 9/30 @ 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>Come Fly Away</em>

Theatre

Come Fly Away

Thursday 9/30 @ Marquis Theater

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

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

Art

ACT UP NEW YORK

Thursday 9/30 @ White Columns

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

VENT

Festival: Performing Arts

VENT

Thursday 9/30 @ Soapbox Gallery

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

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

Theatre

A Home Across the Ocean

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

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 9/30 @ 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... 

Art

Developing an Illustrated Children's Book

Thursday 9/30 @ 92YTribeca

Learn how to begin, develop, polish and pitch a successful children's book from an industry insider. Get hands on experience while... 

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 9/30 @ 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... 

Christian Rizzo/l'association fragile: b.c, janvier 1545, fontainebleau

Dance

Christian Rizzo/l'association fragile: b.c, janvier 1545, fontainebleau

Thursday 9/30 @ The Kitchen

Acclaimed French choreographer Christian Rizzo takes a surprisingly intimate turn in this solo work created for the celebrated classical and contemporary... 

Contemporary Tibetan art show

Art

Contemporary Tibetan art show

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography

Art: Photography

Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

What's So Funny About New York? Great NYC Humor and Humorists

Comedy

What's So Funny About New York? Great NYC Humor and Humorists

Thursday 9/30 @ 92YTribeca

Explore New York humor through a variety of media from standup comedy, television, film and literature to personal experience narratives. We... 

Cooking Up the Plot: Writing about Food

Food/Wine

Cooking Up the Plot: Writing about Food

Thursday 9/30 @ 92YTribeca

Food writing has never been more popular. Cooking and eating in writing reveal a lot about characters and their personalities, domestic... 

Sean Raspet: As If Written In

Art

Sean Raspet: As If Written In

Thursday 9/30 @ The Kitchen

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

Thursday Night Socials

Party

Thursday Night Socials

Thursday 9/30 @ Performance Space 122

After each Thursday night show, there is a party where you can mingle with other patrons and the artists. Refreshments flow... 

The Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel

Art

The Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

olive Dance Theatre: Swift Solos

Dance

olive Dance Theatre: Swift Solos

Thursday 9/30 @ New York Live Arts

Presented in partnersip with the Hip-Hop Theater Festival. Swift SolosspanYoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool

Art

Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

Tours

Art

Tours

Thursday 9/30 @ 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

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

Talk about Nothing video contest

Special Event

Talk about Nothing video contest

Thursday 9/30 @ Rubin Museum of Art

The Rubin Museum is asking Laurie Anderson, Ken Burns, Sandra Bernhard and Eve Ensler what 'nothing' means to them. Now they... 

Theatre

The Sullivan Project presents Graham & Frost

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Thursday 9/30 @ 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.... 

Drawing and Watercolor on the High Line

Art

Drawing and Watercolor on the High Line

Thursday 9/30 @ 92YTribeca

New to New York City or die-hard urban native? Put away your digital camera and pick up a sketchbook or set... 

Today's Art and How It Got Here: Art History, 1945-Present

Art

Today's Art and How It Got Here: Art History, 1945-Present

Thursday 9/30 @ 92YTribeca

By the early 1950s, for the first time in its history, the global contemporary art spotlight shined most brightly on the... 

Alex Hubbard: Death Never Sleeps

Art

Alex Hubbard: Death Never Sleeps

Thursday 9/30 @ The Kitchen

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

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

Art

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

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

Gateway to Himalayan Art

Art

Gateway to Himalayan Art

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered

Art

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

Ringo Starr's Gold Drum on View

Special Event

Ringo Starr's Gold Drum on View

Thursday 9/30 @ 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... 

Dominic Huber's Hotel Savoy

Theatre

Dominic Huber's Hotel Savoy

Thursday 9/30 @ Performance Space 122

With its overlapping of Joseph Roth's novel, reality, and contemporary history, HOTEL SAVOY opens up a world between dream and reality...