Events on Saturday, July 16
Field Trip: Brains in Jars, Old Libraries, and Underground Crypts
Saturday 7/16 @ The Observatory
The Observatory and Morbid Anatomy present another one of their signature field trips, with the first stop being that of the...
Saturday 7/16 @ South Street Seaport
New York's summer concert scene has certainly been rocked to its core this year, the biggest change being the Village Voice...
Saturday 7/16 @ Various Locations
Enjoy NYC's waterfront and waterways today at the City of Water Day Festival. All around Manhattan and in your neighborhood, too,...
Lincoln Center Festival: Merce Fair
Saturday 7/16 @ Lincoln Center
One of the most respected, influential, and groundbreaking American dancers of this century, the late Merce Cunningham (1919-2009) is honored with...
Saturday 7/16 @ Governors Island
Indulge in your childlike side today at the Come Out and Play Field Day on Governors Island. From a hoola-hoop obstacle...
Saturday 7/16 @ Amo Studios
This group show features mixed-media work by nine women, all meditating on the idea of a hope chest. The tradition of...
Unlimited Smileage Volunteer Party
Saturday 7/16 @ Lovin' Cup Cafe
The founders of Flavorpill and the folks behind the Lovin' Cup have spent three years getting North 6th its newly planted...
Anthology Film Archives Garage Sale
Saturday 7/16 @ Anthology Film Archives
Film fans may want to rethink your Saturday plans because the Anthology Film Archive is staging one of its infamous garage...
Greg Barris: Heart of Darkness
Saturday 7/16 @ Union Hall
Comedian Greg Barris is bringing the deviant hilarity of Heart of Darkness back to Union Hall for a five-month residency. Backed...
The Fleshtones (Record Release)
Saturday 7/16 @ The Mercury Lounge
Since the summer of 1976 The Fleshtones have been blending rock & roll with R&B, and garage with dance and serving...
Saturday 7/16 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
Perk up your weekend with Le Bingo! Who knew Bingo could be so much kooky fun? Every Saturday, LPR welcomes NYC's...
Steve Cuiffo is Lenny Bruce: Alive in Greenwich Village
Saturday 7/16 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
Lenny Bruce returns to Greenwich Village for his first club shows in half a century. The celebrated performer Steve Cuiffo has...
Midsummer Night's Swing presents Harlem Renaissance Orchestra
Saturday 7/16 @ Lincoln Center
The Harlem Renaissance Orchestra has closed the Midsummer Night Swing season every year since 2004, when the torch was passed by...
Gallery Tour of Bronx Calling: The First AIM Biennial
Saturday 7/16 @ Wave Hill
Join an exhibition interpreter for one of our regularly scheduled tours of Bronx Calling: The Firts AIm Biennial featuring experimental...
Saturday 7/16 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
For Los Amigos Invisibles, it has been over 60 countries visited, 1 Latin Grammy + 2 Latin Grammy nominations, 2 Grammy...
Al Jaar Qabla al Daar (The Neighbor before the House, Jerusalem, 2009–11)
Saturday 7/16 @ New Museum
Screening and Discussion with Shaina Anand and Ashok Sukumaran. The Neighbor before the House is a series of video probes by...
More Than Enough: Elite Camp DJs Sickroc & Unkle Chip w/ special guest DJ M-Pos
Saturday 7/16 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
21+ in the Gallery at LPR, DJ Sickrock & Unkle Chip spin: Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop, House & Reggae. Also featuring special...
Midsummer Night's Swing presents Kid's Day
Saturday 7/16 @ Lincoln Center
Dancing Classrooms FREE Ballroom, Tango, Swing Kids can take a turn on the dance floor when Rodney Lopez from Dancing Classrooms,...
Ceramic Assemblage with Jessica Stoller
Saturday 7/16 @ Museum of Arts and Design
Assemblage is a technique favored by many artists from the Dada and Surrealist artists like Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray and later...
Ongoing Events
Saturday 7/16 @ Westside Theatre
You would swear that musical instruments are being played, but the only sounds in this show are coming out of the...
Saturday 7/16 @ Artists and Fleas
The independent vendors at Artists and Fleas supply the essentials — jewelry, vintage clothing, fashion, crafts, books, and vinyl — to...
Saturday 7/16 @ Mondrian Hotel Soho
There are many opportunities to do yoga in NYC — but not with a pristine city view enhanced by the whimsical,...
Lincoln Center Festival: The Cleveland Orchestra
Saturday 7/16 @ Lincoln Center
At first, pairing the music of Anton Bruckner and John Adams seems odd. Bruckner is an important transitional composer between Wagner...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
SeaWorthy: Workshops & Excursions
Saturday 7/16 @ Various locations
When we first announced EFA Project Space's SeaWorthy exhibit, we hinted that there were more sea-themed activities in the works for...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ The McKittrick Hotel
Don't let the extraordinary experience that is Sleep No More pass you by. Dubbed immersive theatre by its parents, the award-winning...
Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs 1983–1993
Saturday 7/16 @ Asia Society and Museum
The Asia Society Museum presents over 200 photographs by recently released artist Ai Weiwei taken during his time living in the...
Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Rhinebeck, NY
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs
Saturday 7/16 @ Bonni Benrubi Gallery
Linda McCartney was the first woman to land the coveted Rolling Stone cover with her portrait of Eric Clapton. Her photographs...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ IFC Center
Eighty-plus years old and still tooling around town by bicycle, renowned New York Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham is the subject...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ Various locations
Love takes many forms, and stories concerning them are almost as numerous. Yet there is something unique about Love Etc, a...
Saturday 7/16 @ Team Gallery
Team Gallery hosts a show with works by New York area artists Alex Da Corte, Josh Kolbo, Justin Matherly, and Dominic...
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ Various Greenwich Village locations
Expose your taste buds to the flavors of Greenwich Village in this two-hour walking tour. Break your parents' rules and start...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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,...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ The Clurman at Theater Row
Fallen Angel Founder/Artisitc Director Aedín Molony gives a powerful performance as Eva, who forturnately for us is anything but chaste. Returning...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Laughing Liberally: This Ain't No Tea Party
Saturday 7/16 @ Midtown Theater
Laughing Liberally may be preaching to the choir — it's unlikely to be a big draw with the Tea Party crowd...
Saturday 7/16 @ Brooklyn Museum
Exploring issues of racial and gender identity, Lorna Simpson blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction in her poignant photographic and...
Saturday 7/16 @ The Hole
The first New York solo exhibition by Miami duo FriendsWithYou entitled “ :) ” opens on the Bowery. FriendsWithYou, known for...
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest
Saturday 7/16 @ Landmark Sunshine
Actor and A Tribe Called Quest superfan Michael Rappaport chronicles the decline of one of the most influential hip-hop groups of...
Saturday 7/16 @ Hudson Hotel
There are many possibilities to do yoga in NYC, but not with a pristine city view enhanced by the whimsical designs...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ Lyceum Theatre
Having played everything from a drag queen to a plumber from a video game to a Shakespearean villiain, John Leguizamo's strong...
Saturday 7/16 @ IFC Center
Werner Herzog, the award-winning German filmmaker whose documentaries have taken us to the oil fields of Kuwait, explored Russian mysticism, and...
Saturday 7/16 @ Achangel
While we'll never understand folks who want to go hunting with the Nuge, we admit: we booked this fishing trip with...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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: North Fork, NY
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ Daryl Roth Theatre
Avid fans of spectacular spectacle De La Guarda are rejoicing with the arrival of Fuerza Bruta: Look Up, a sort of...
Mark di Suvero at Governors Island
Saturday 7/16 @ Governors Island
The centerpiece of the 2011 season at Governors Island is the presentation of 11 sculptural works by iconic American artist Mark...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ IFC Center
Joyce McKinney is one bizarre bird. The former beauty queen and tabloid tootsie is Fog of War filmmaker Errol Morris' latest...
I Sent My Love a Red, Red Rose
Saturday 7/16 @ Team Gallery
Team Gallery presents I Sent My Love a Red, Red Rose, a group show featuring the work of Marc Hundley, Donald...
Saturday 7/16 @ Jerry Orbach Theater
In the intimate Jerry Orbach theater (now aka the Snapple Center, groan), this simple, warm, and wonderful production is the first...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ Imperial Theatre
The dark economic times spurred by Wall Street and the new political landscape serve as the perfect backdrop for Billy Elliot,...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Sol Lewitt: Structures 1965 - 2006
Saturday 7/16 @ City Hall Park
City Hall Park is an unlikely hotbed of great contemporary art. But if you happen to be in lower Manhattan, you...
Saturday 7/16 @ The Palace Theatre
Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the outrageously fabulous musical that took London and Australia by storm, has finally hit New York....
Lincoln Center Festival: A Magic Flute
Saturday 7/16 @ Lincoln Center
Mozart's most popular opera is part mysterious fairytale (with alleged ties to secret Masonic rituals) and part romantic comedy (complete with...
Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Washington, DC
Saturday 7/16 @ 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:...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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....
Saturday 7/16 @ Museum of the Moving Image
If Sesame Street was your primary baby-sitter back when you were a kid, and you considered Kermit and Miss Piggy some...
Saturday 7/16 @ Quad Cinema
Grab some malt balls and make a bee line to a theater playing this refreshing and honest serio-comedy about the woes...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ GoodYoga
Every five minutes, a new yoga studio opens in Brooklyn; especially in Greenpoint. From Bikram to Kripalu and Iyengar, all the...
Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Baltimore, MD
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Crafting Genre: Kathryn Bigelow
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Jauntsetter Weekend Escape: Beacon, NY
Saturday 7/16 @ 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....
Saturday 7/16 @ Kraine Theater
Between Chorus lamentations and outraged commentary by Poseidon and Athena, Trojan Women is essentially a series of monologues by the "high...
Saturday 7/16 @ Angelika Film Center
It was 1973, Nixon was President, the Vietnam war had come to a close, Roe v. Wade was decided, and Columbia...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ Andrew Edlin Gallery
Consumer culture today is fast-paced and by nature highly materialistic — which makes it easy to forget to slow down, self-reflect,...
Saturday 7/16 @ Brooklyn Fireproof
Here's a festival that invites you to the wilds of Bushwick for an intoxicating musical journey of sorts. Organized by the...
Saturday 7/16 @ Various locations
Just in time to alleviate both your thinning wallet and your shrinking waistline: NYC's summer Restaurant Week offers steep discounts on...
Interventions in the Landscape
Saturday 7/16 @ Galerie Lelong
Galerie Lelong presents Interventions in the Landscape, a group show of photography and film that explores work that engages, manipulates, and...
Night Vision: Photography After Dark
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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,...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Harun Farocki: Images of War (at a Distance)
Saturday 7/16 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
Galvanized by the international student protest movement of the late 1960s, Harun Farocki has developed an experimental documentary style, integrating his...
Mother India: The Goddess in Indian Painting
Saturday 7/16 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In India, the Goddess (Devi) is the omnipresent embodiment of power and wisdom. Devi in her myriad forms—benign, maternal, empowering, and...
Lincoln Center Festival: Portraits in Dramatic Time
Saturday 7/16 @ Lincoln Center
In a free nightly exhibition, ultra-high-definition video portraits of actors of all genres have been slowed to a glacial pace and...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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?
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ New Museum
This summer, the New Museum will present “Ostalgia,” an exhibition that brings together the work of more than thirty artists from...
Saturday 7/16 @ New Museum
Joints Array” is a multimedia installation by the groundbreaking video artist Charles Atlas. For more than forty years, Atlas has explored...
Lincoln Center Festival presents the Mariinsky Ballet; The Little Humpbacked Horse
Saturday 7/16 @ Lincoln Center
The Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet returns to Lincoln Center in its first Festival appearance in nearly a decade. This Russian fairytale features...
Bronx Calling: the First AIM Biennial Opening
Saturday 7/16 @ Wave Hill
The Exhibition features experimental work by a total of 72 New York area emerging artists. Organized by guest curators ,Jose Ruiz...
Romare Bearden: The Soul of Blackness/A Centennial Tribute
Saturday 7/16 @ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, drawing on its and collector Russell Goings’s collections, presents a retrospective of Romare...
Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Patterns of Life: The Art of Tibetan Carpets
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Rob Pruitt's "The Andy Monument"
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Pastel Portraits: Images of 18th-Century Europe
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
The Andean Tunic (400 B.C.E. – 1800 C.E.)
Saturday 7/16 @ 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,...
The View from a Volcano: Selections from The Kitchen’s Archive
Saturday 7/16 @ The Kitchen
On the occasion of its 40th Anniversary, The Kitchen presents an exhibition of video, photographs, audio recordings, posters, and ephemera selected...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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....
Lincoln Center Festival presents the Mariinsky Ballet; Carmen Suite and Symphony in C
Saturday 7/16 @ Lincoln Center
The Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet returns to Lincoln Center for their first Festival appearance in nearly a decade. This two-part performance begins...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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,...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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....
194X–9/11: American Architects and the City
Saturday 7/16 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
This year marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11, an event that ushered in a new era of architectural anticipation and uncertainty,...
Saturday 7/16 @ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Malcolm X: A Search for Truth will provide the general public an opportunity to examine materials from the Malcolm X collection....
Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ Museum of the Moving Image
Kermit the Frog makes his way from humble origins in a swamp to fabled Hollywood, assembling his team as he goes,...
Family Art Project-Hats, Mats, and Baskets
Saturday 7/16 @ Wave Hill
Celebrate the wonders of grassesand mix ornamental grasses with other materials to make your own shady hat, summer mat, or festive...
ARMITAGE GONE! Dance and Special Musical Guest Vijay Iyer / Dance Grand Moultrie
Saturday 7/16 @ SummerStage
Join SummerStage for the world premiere of a "UnEasy," a special commissioned work featuring the innovative Armitage Gone! Dance company and...
Voces y Visiones: Signs, Systems and the City in El Museo del Barrio's Permanent Collection
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Sol LeWitt: Structures, 1965-2006
Saturday 7/16 @ Public Art Fund
Sol LeWitt (1928 - 2007) was one of America’s most inventive, prolific, and influential artists. He created significant bodies of work...
Royal Shakespeare Company; King Lear
Saturday 7/16 @ Lincoln Center
In an unprecedented theatrical event, the world's foremost Shakespeareans perform a six-week residency in New York. Toppled by pride and stipped...
Flora and Fauna, MAD about Nature
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
Saturday 7/16 @ 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...
