Events on Sunday, June 26
Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour
Sunday 6/26 @ Ace Hotel's Liberty Hall
While the band remains on hiatus, Le Tigre fans have a reason to come out of hibernation for at least one...
Sunday 6/26 @ Union Square
There are plenty of cyclists and conservationists here in the city, but today you have a chance to truly put your...
Sunday 6/26 @ 36th & 5th St
Commemorating the Stonewall Riots, this year's Pride March boasts It Gets Better creators Dan Savage and Terry Miller as Grand Marshals,...
Pajama Club (Feat. Neil & Sharon Finn)
Sunday 6/26 @ The Bowery Ballroom
It’s always been the element of struggle that makes music human and exciting. Neil and Sharon Finn discovered that for themselves...
Hail the New Puritan Screening with Charles Atlas and Matt Wolf
Sunday 6/26 @ New Museum
Exuberant and witty, Hail the New Puritan (85 min) is a simulated day-in-the-life “docufantasy” starring the British dance celebrity Michael Clark....
Sunday 6/26 @ SummerStage
Legendary South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela is an innovator in the world music and jazz scene and is active as a...
Kirill Gerstein, piano w/ music of Schumann, Liszt, and Oliver Knussen
Sunday 6/26 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
Russian-born pianist Kirill Gerstein is one of today’s most intriguing young musicians. His masterful technique, musical curiosity, and probing interpretations have...
Sunday 6/26 @ SummerStage
Often compared to famed chanteuses Sarah Vaughan and Miriam Makeba, Ugandan vocalist Somi blends African & jazz inspired rhythms into a...
Sunday 6/26 @ Museum of the Moving Image
A twelve-year-old Chinese boy living along the frozen river-border between China and North Korea befriends a Korean refugee who sneaks over...
The Village Gate's "Old-Fashioned Piano Party"
Sunday 6/26 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
Hosted by ultimate theater nerd Kevin Michael Murphy, with Caleb Hoyer on the keys, this weekly shindig features performances by fancy...
Sunday 6/26 @ SummerStage
Freshlyground is the musical voice of a nation’s adolescent democracy. The diverse backgrounds of seven members from the different ethnicities of...
Ongoing Events
Sunday 6/26 @ Achangel
While we'll never understand folks who want to go hunting with the Nuge, we admit: we booked this fishing trip with...
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Costume Institute presents a show of the incredible work of the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen. Exhibiting work from his...
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
Sunday 6/26 @ Grand Army Plaza
The first major public art sculpture by contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei makes its debut at Central Park's Pulitzer Fountain. The...
Sunday 6/26 @ Various locations in Montauk
Can't shake that post-conference call ennui? Need to convalesce, Beaches-style? If so, try Montauk. Surrounded on three sides by water, Montauk...
Sunday 6/26 @ Various locations
Part of Make Music New York, Sing for Hope's Pop-Up Pianos provides pianos all around the city for two weeks to...
Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Washington, DC
Sunday 6/26 @ Various locations in Washington, DC
If you're worried that the District is all about history, sightseeing, and politicians, we'll let you in on a little secret:...
Laughing Liberally: This Ain't No Tea Party
Sunday 6/26 @ Midtown Theater
Laughing Liberally may be preaching to the choir — it's unlikely to be a big draw with the Tea Party crowd...
Sunday 6/26 @ The Bushwick Starr
Like all zombies, the undead of Death Valley: A Zombie Western are indiscriminate. Accelerated by the Solanum virus that Stephanie Cox-Williams'...
Sunday 6/26 @ Governors Island
"That's not a bug! It's a feature!" So goes the unattributed quote from a computer programmer, back in '81, which inspired...
Sunday 6/26 @ Jerry Orbach Theater
In the intimate Jerry Orbach theater (now aka the Snapple Center, groan), this simple, warm, and wonderful production is the first...
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Sunday 6/26 @ Richard Rodgers Theatre
Playwright Rajiv Joseph creates an intricate tale placed in Baghdad during our first year at war in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
Sunday 6/26 @ Barrow Street Theater
First performed in 2006, No Child... is Nilaja Sun's bravura monologue recounting her six weeks as a teaching artist at Malcolm...
Sunday 6/26 @ Cinema Village
From a young age, Norwegians are told mythical stories about trolls wandering the countryside, in this faux documentary from Norwegian filmmaker...
Sunday 6/26 @ William J. O'Shea Junior High School
As its name suggests, GreenFlea combines two ecologically sound practices — eating locally and buying used items — into one big...
Sunday 6/26 @ Imperial Theatre
The dark economic times spurred by Wall Street and the new political landscape serve as the perfect backdrop for Billy Elliot,...
Martin Oppel: Forms of Fiction
Sunday 6/26 @ The Journal Gallery
In Martin Oppel’s first New York solo exhibition, subjects are distorted, arranged, and abstracted to imply an experience in which information...
Hollywood Musicals of the 1970s & 80s, Part I
Sunday 6/26 @ Anthology Film Archives
There's nothing like a good musical to navigate the pathos, dementia, and low-brow-high-brow pendulum swing that reside just below the veneer...
Sunday 6/26 @ IFC Center
Werner Herzog, the award-winning German filmmaker whose documentaries have taken us to the oil fields of Kuwait, explored Russian mysticism, and...
Sunday 6/26 @ New York Public Library
In celebration of its centennial, the New York Public Library is going into its archives and bringing out some items that...
Sunday 6/26 @ The Palace Theatre
Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the outrageously fabulous musical that took London and Australia by storm, has finally hit New York....
Sunday 6/26 @ 59E59 Theaters
Former US Marine Jeff Key recounts his service in Iraq, his disillusionment with the Bush administration upon his return to the...
Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Sunday 6/26 @ Walter Reade Theatre
One of the more sobering film festivals on the circuit returns with a program that is sure to dial up discourse....
Mark di Suvero at Governors Island
Sunday 6/26 @ Governors Island
The centerpiece of the 2011 season at Governors Island is the presentation of 11 sculptural works by iconic American artist Mark...
Sunday 6/26 @ 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...
Sunday 6/26 @ The Mint Theater
Set on a westward-bound Pullman train, Rachel Crothers' A Little Journey brings together a delightful hodge-podge of characters in a story...
Sunday 6/26 @ The High Line Park
In celebration of the opening of the second section of the High Line Park, FriendsWithYou presents Rainbow City, a collection of...
Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Baltimore, MD
Sunday 6/26 @ 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...
Sunday 6/26 @ MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1 presents Ryan Trecartin: Any Ever the New York premiere of the video artist's work from 2007-2010. Trecartin, a graduate...
Sunday 6/26 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
You may have heard of Les Blank's film about Werner Herzog eating his shoe in the name of independent filmmaking, aptly...
Sol Lewitt: Structures 1965 - 2006
Sunday 6/26 @ City Hall Park
City Hall Park is an unlikely hotbed of great contemporary art. But if you happen to be in lower Manhattan, you...
Sunday 6/26 @ IFC Center
Belly-laugh-generating impersonations are just one reason why The Trip warrants a visit. Reuniting 24 Hour Party People filmmaker Michael Winterbottom with...
Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities
Sunday 6/26 @ Museum of Arts and Design
Otherworldly ignores the now ubiquitous trend of digital manipulation in art, instead celebrating the overlooked method of crafting by hand. The...
Sunday 6/26 @ Eyebeam
If you've ever wondered why you find yourself tearing up when you hear a song like Gary Jules' "Mad World," this...
Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Rhinebeck, NY
Sunday 6/26 @ Various locations in Rhinebeck
As the weather gets warmer, Rhinebeck, one of our favorite destinations, comes alive, unfurling all of its colorful offerings: quality antique...
Sunday 6/26 @ Daryl Roth Theatre
Avid fans of spectacular spectacle De La Guarda are rejoicing with the arrival of Fuerza Bruta: Look Up, a sort of...
Sunday 6/26 @ The Brick Theater
The Comic Book Theater Festival is the perfect antidote for fan boyz and girlz salivating over 2012's Avengers and lamenting Fox's...
Sunday 6/26 @ IFC Center
Eighty-plus years old and still tooling around town by bicycle, renowned New York Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham is the subject...
Sunday 6/26 @ Lyceum Theatre
Having played everything from a drag queen to a plumber from a video game to a Shakespearean villiain, John Leguizamo's strong...
Sunday 6/26 @ Anthology Film Archives
Fresh off the international circuit, this five-day affair rolls into town with a medley of music, art, and film. Launched in...
Sunday 6/26 @ 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...
Sunday 6/26 @ 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...
Sunday 6/26 @ Stratton Mountain Ski Resort
Practice, chill, contemplate, and get down at the 2011 Wanderlust Festival, a four-day yoga and music extravaganza set in the mountains...
Sunday 6/26 @ Various locations in Hudson
Fortunately for us, the adorable upstate town of Hudson can be easily reached by train in less than two hours, no...
Sunday 6/26 @ GoodYoga
Every five minutes, a new yoga studio opens in Brooklyn; especially in Greenpoint. From Bikram to Kripalu and Iyengar, all the...
Body Language: The Yogis of India and Nepal
Sunday 6/26 @ Rubin Museum of Art
Whether you're an avid yoga practitioner, interested in Indian culture, or Hindu traditions, this amazing exhibit delves deep into the lives...
Sunday 6/26 @ EFA Project Space
With the weather warming, a sea-themed exhibition sounds pretty damn refreshing. For SeaWorthy: An Exhibition, EFA Project Space's curatorial committee has...
Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Beacon, NY
Sunday 6/26 @ Various locations in Beacon, NY
Home to the famed Dia:Beacon and countless galleries, Beacon is a destination worthy of a visit for its art offerings alone....
Crafting Genre: Kathryn Bigelow
Sunday 6/26 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow began her career as a painter and conceptual artist, studying at the San Francisco Art Institute and...
Sunday 6/26 @ Various locations
Cowgirl Cowhunt. Shadowplay. The Running of the Stocks. If these events sound appealing even if you don't know what they are,...
Sunday 6/26 @ Brooklyn Museum
Exploring issues of racial and gender identity, Lorna Simpson blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction in her poignant photographic and...
Sunday 6/26 @ 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...
Andy Goldworthy's Garden of Stones
Sunday 6/26 @ Museum of Jewish Heritage
Established almost 6 years ago, Andy Goldsworthy's living memorial garden was the artist's first permanent commission in New York City. The...
Sunday 6/26 @ The Golden Theatre
Twenty six years after its debut at the Public Theater, Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, the first dramatic work to tackle...
Sunday 6/26 @ HERE Arts Center
For five days HERE looks back in its own unique way. Originating in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, cantastoria is...
Sunday 6/26 @ 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...
Sunday 6/26 @ Artists and Fleas
The independent vendors at Artists and Fleas supply the essentials — jewelry, vintage clothing, fashion, crafts, books, and vinyl — to...
Sunday 6/26 @ Whitney Museum of American Art
Cory Arcangel's new exhibit at the Whitney Museum — Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools — is a home-coming of sorts. His break-out...
Sunday 6/26 @ BAM Rose Cinemas
Sporting a refreshing and robust slate of indie cinema, BAMcinemaFest returns with its third edition. Some unique features of this year's...
Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: North Fork, NY
Sunday 6/26 @ Various locations in the North Fork
Underrated and overlooked, the North Fork of Long Island is one of our favorite weekend escapes. Way less hectic than the...
Sunday 6/26 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre
Hugh (Cotter Smith) and Lindy (Joely Richardson) can't live without each other. It's living together that's the problem. Michael Weller explores...
Sunday 6/26 @ Cinema Village
Having just walked off with the Palme d'Or at Cannes, Terrence Malick's latest film, The Tree of Life, which stars Brad...
PearlDamour and Shawn Hall: How to Build a Forest
Sunday 6/26 @ The Kitchen
Built with Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill in mind, the How to Build a Forest project was developed in...
Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs
Sunday 6/26 @ Bonni Benrubi Gallery
Linda McCartney was the first woman to land the coveted Rolling Stone cover with her portrait of Eric Clapton. Her photographs...
Sunday 6/26 @ New World Stages
Avenue Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and...
Sunday 6/26 @ Radio City Music Hall
Cirque de Soleil's latest endeavor seamlessly blends acrobatics and rock music. Following the story of Zark, a magician who has lost...
Sunday 6/26 @ Landmark Sunshine
Team Coco take note, your fearless leader is airing his dirty post-NBC laundry in a new documentary, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop....
Sunday 6/26 @ 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,...
Voces y Visiones: Signs, Systems and the City in El Museo del Barrio's Permanent Collection
Sunday 6/26 @ El Museo del Barrio
This installation in the Carmen Ana Unanue Galleries, drawn from our Permanent Collection, features works with an urban sensibility that deploy...
Sunday 6/26 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
The Young Architects Program at MoMA PS1 offers emerging architectural talent the opportunity to design and present innovative projects, challenging each...
Stephen Burks: Are You A Hybrid?
Sunday 6/26 @ Museum of Arts and Design
Works by the industrial designer Stephen Burks and 20 other mostly contemporary designers and artists are showcased in this exhibition that...
Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This first retrospective of the drawings by Richard Serra (b. 1939) traces the crucial role that drawing has played in the...
Rob Pruitt's "The Andy Monument"
Sunday 6/26 @ Public Art Fund
Rob Pruitt's monument to Andy Warhol, the father of Pop Art and one of New York's enduring cultural icons, is installed...
Sunday 6/26 @ 92nd Street Y (92Y)
Annalise Roberts and Claudia Pillow, PhD Current research indicates that reducing or eliminating gluten can help reduce inflammation in the body,...
Patterns of Life: The Art of Tibetan Carpets
Sunday 6/26 @ Rubin Museum of Art
Immerse yourself in the rich textile tradition of the Himalayas with Patterns of Life, an exhibition of gorgeous Tibetan carpets. The...
Guitar Heroes: Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This unprecedented exhibition features the guitars and other hand-carved stringed instruments made by John D'Angelico, James D'Aquisto and John Monteleone, three...
Sunday 6/26 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
Ukrainian-born Boris Mikhailov is one of the leading photographers from the former Soviet Union. For over 30 years, he has explored...
A Bit of Clay on the Skin: New Ceramic Jewelry
Sunday 6/26 @ Museum of Arts and Design
Organized by the Fondation d'Entreprise Bernardaud and curated by the renowned German-bron goldsmith and jewelry Monika Brugger, this exhibition demonstrates the...
El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011
Sunday 6/26 @ El Museo del Barrio
El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011 is El Museo del Barrio's sixth and largest biennial, showcasing 75 artists at seven...
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This unique installation is comprised of highly creative re-imaginings of the iconic form of the African mask. Some 20 works of art...
Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
During the Romantic era, the open window appeared either as the sole subject or the main feature in many pictures of...
The Cinema of Jerzy Skolimowski
Sunday 6/26 @ Museum of the Moving Image
With a series of highly personal and exciting films, Jerzy Skolimowski was one of the most original filmmakers to emerge during...
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sculptures by Anthony Caro (b. 1924)—considered the most influential and prolific British sculptor of his generation, and a key figure in...
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This installation features 100 examples of important boxes, caskets, and small chests from the Met’s European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Department....
Sunday 6/26 @ 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....
Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This exhibition features a selection of early 20th-century reproductions of now-famous works of art from Sir Arthur Evans’s historic excavations of...
Sunday 6/26 @ El Museo del Barrio
This show features imagery by a number of artists that share an affinity for illustration and the narrative force of images....
Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A special loan exhibition focusing on the dynamic art of buncheong ceramics is now on view. Featuring more than 60 masterpieces...
Sol LeWitt: Structures, 1965-2006
Sunday 6/26 @ Public Art Fund
Sol LeWitt (1928 - 2007) was one of America’s most inventive, prolific, and influential artists. He created significant bodies of work...
Fredericks Brown June Residency
Sunday 6/26 @ Cameo Gallery
Join us every Sunday in June for this intimate experiece with the elegant Fredericks Brown. The band consists of Deva Mahal...
Flora and Fauna, MAD about Nature
Sunday 6/26 @ Museum of Arts and Design
Insects, birds, flowers, trees. Spring blooms inside MAD with the exhibition of works from our permanent collection. It's a captivating peek...
After the Gold Rush: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Recent tumult at home and abroad has prompted soul-searching in some quarters, and many people have a sense that America’s founding...
Nature Walk: Birding Along the Hudson with Wave Hill and NYC Audubon
Sunday 6/26 @ Wave Hill
Explore the Hudson River's avian ecology starting at the tip of Manhattan and migrating North. Walks are led by NYC Audubon...
Night Vision: Photography After Dark
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This exhibition features photography of the 20th century inspired by the pleasure, danger, and allure of the night. For more than...
Bronx Calling: the First AIM Biennial Opening
Sunday 6/26 @ Wave Hill
The Exhibition features experimental work by a total of 72 New York area emerging artists. Organized by guest curators ,Jose Ruiz...
Sunday 6/26 @ Public Art Fund
TOTAL RECALL features five new large-scale sculpture commissions by New York-based artists Martin Basher, Zipora Fried, Sam Moyer, Matt Sheridan Smith,...
Haremhab, The General Who Became King
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
One of the most fascinating pharaohs of ancient Egypt, Haremhab (reigned ca. 1316–1302 B.C.) was a strong leader in a time...
Sunday 6/26 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
British artist Runa Islam primarily works in film and video. Ostensibly austere and minimal, her works are marked by a rigorous...
Sunday 6/26 @ Museum of Arts and Design
This multi-platform retrospective celebrates David Bowie as a singular talent who has continued to be a constant innovator in performance-based practices....
The Andean Tunic (400 B.C.E. – 1800 C.E.)
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Featuring about 30 Andean tunics drawn from the Met Museum's collection, as well as loans from the Textile Museum in Washington,...
Pastel Portraits: Images of 18th-Century Europe
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
By 1750, almost 2,500 professional artists and amateurs were working in pastel in Paris alone. Portraits in pastel were commissioned by...
The Washington Haggadah: Medieval Jewish Art in Context
Sunday 6/26 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Washington Haggadah—one of the most important illustrated Hebrew manuscripts preserved in an American public collection and an unprecedented loan from...
