Events on Saturday, January 7

More Than Enough  w/ Elite Camp DJs Sickroc & Unkle Chip

Music

More Than Enough w/ Elite Camp DJs Sickroc & Unkle Chip

Saturday 1/ 7 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

At The Gallery DJ Sickroc and Unckle Chip spin: Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop, House & Reggae. Email http://morethanenoughnyc@gmail.com to RSVP... 

Sxip Shirey with special guests Todd Reynolds, Lucia Pulido, Rima Fand, Sarah Alden, Valerie Kuehne, Jonathan Rodgers and Sonny Singh

Music

Sxip Shirey with special guests Todd Reynolds, Lucia Pulido, Rima Fand, Sarah Alden, Valerie Kuehne, Jonathan Rodgers and Sonny Singh

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Joe's Pub

Sxip Shirey has played exploding circus organ for the pyro-technic clowns of the Daredevil Opera Company at the Sydney Opera House... 

Branch Dances at Wave Hill

Art: Performance

Branch Dances at Wave Hill

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Wave Hill

Award-winning choreographer Marian Soto continues a four-season residency to create/present Branch Dance performances on Wave Hill's grounds. She demonstrates how even... 

The Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Festival

Film: Shorts

The Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Festival

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 92YTribeca

The Iron Mule Short Comedy Screening Series was founded in April, 2002 under the name First Sundays at the Chicago City... 

Aga-Boom

Theatre

Aga-Boom

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Symphony Space

Rooted in a distinct European theatrical style and encompassing the universal language of clowning, Aga-Boom cuts through the barriers of language... 

Emeline Michel

Music

Emeline Michel

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Joe's Pub

Emeline Michel is the reigning queen of Haitian song. A captivating performer, versatile vocalist, accomplished dancer, songwriter and producer, Emeline has... 

Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra: No Place to Go

Music

Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra: No Place to Go

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Joe's Pub

Ethan Lipton & his Orchestra (“Best Lounge Act,” New York Magazine) present an irreverent song cycle about the demise of a local workplace... 

The Stooges Brass Band

Music

The Stooges Brass Band

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Brooklyn Bowl

 Backbeat Foundation's 4th Annual Export Nola featuring The Stooges Brass Band, Shamarr Allen & The Underdawgs and Amanda Shaw. Free for... 

2012 Winter Jazzfest Day II

Music: Jazz

2012 Winter Jazzfest Day II

Saturday 1/ 7 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 w/ Laurence Hobgood , Bernie Worrell Orchestra , Bill Laswell , Vijay Iyer Trio , David Murray Cuban Ensemble and Cindy... 

Glen Campbell - The Goodbye Tour @ Town Hall

Music

Glen Campbell - The Goodbye Tour @ Town Hall

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Bowery Presents

Simply put, Ghost On the Canvas is the album of Glen Campbell’s life. Take that as literally or figuratively as you... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Silence! The Musical</em>

Theatre: Musical

Silence! The Musical

Saturday 1/ 7 @ P.S. 122

Judging from the rapid yearly deterioration of New York's Fringe Festival, it's no wonder it took Silence! The Musical, a 2005... 

<em>Pina</em>

Film: Documentary

Pina

Saturday 1/ 7 @ IFC Center

Wim Wenders pays poetic tribute to friend and influential German choreographer Pina Bausch using 3D technology. On the surface, it seems... 

Peaches Saturday Jazz Brunch

Food/Wine

Peaches Saturday Jazz Brunch

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Peaches

Situated at the center of Stuyvesant Heights, Peaches is a neighborhood joint that serves up Saturday brunch with regional American classics,... 

<em>Memphis</em>

Theatre: Musical

Memphis

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Shubert Theatre (225 W 44th St)

MEMPHIS is about a white radio DJ who wants to change the world and a black club singer who is ready... 

BAM 150 Benefit Prints

Art: Multimedia

BAM 150 Benefit Prints

Saturday 1/ 7 @ ArtSpace

BAM celebrates its 150th anniversary with two limited edition prints by leading artists Marcel Dzama and Deborah Kass. Dzama's Where All... 

<em>Other Desert Cities</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Other Desert Cities

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Booth Theatre

Wow. In our humble opinion, this is the best play on Broadway right now — the kind of intelligent reflection of... 

<em>Once Upon a Time in Anatolia</em>

Film: Independent

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Film Forum

Cinema is alive and well in Turkey. In addition to churning out its domestic blockbusters, the Muslim nation has a flourishing... 

<em>Chinglish</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Chinglish

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Longacre Theatre

The latest from Tony award-winning playwright David Henry Hwan, Chinglish is reminiscent of a 1940s screwball romantic comedy, albeit one with... 

Classic Stage Company presents <em>The Cherry Orchard</em>

Theatre: Revival

The Cherry Orchard

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Classic Stage Company

Have things changed so much since Anton Chekhov wrote The Cherry Orchard in 1904? Flighty, ridiculous Lubov (Dianne Wiest) and her... 

SCRATCHBread Focaccino Window

Food/Wine: Shopping

SCRATCHBread Focaccino Window

Saturday 1/ 7 @ SCRATCHbread

The SCRATCHbread Focaccino window is a portal into deliciousness. On Select days, SCRATCHbread, the mothership of artisanal breads that are sprouting... 

<em>White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain</em>

Art: Sculpture

White Gold

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Frick Collection

White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain will feature approximately seventy of Henry Arnhold's promised gift of 131... 

Broken Homes

Art: Multimedia

Broken Homes

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Momenta Art

Taking as its starting point ruptures in domestic spaces, Momenta Art presents the group show Broken Homes with work by artists... 

<em>Freud's Last Session</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Freud's Last Session

Saturday 1/ 7 @ New World Stages

Freud's Last Session is a battle of the brains, with plenty of wit and thought-provoking dialogue. Two brilliant actors, particularly Martin Rayner... 

Joaqu&iacute;n Sorolla & The Glory of Spanish Dress

Fashion/Style

Joaquín Sorolla & The Glory of Spanish Dress

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Queen Sofia Spanish Institute

Two fashion greats, Oscar de la Renta and Vogue's André Leon Talley, team up to bring you this seminal exhibition on... 

<em>Pariah</em>

Film

Pariah

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Landmark Sunshine

Winner of the Cinematography Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Pariah is a gritty and heartfelt coming-of-age drama starring talented... 

Warby Parker Holiday Spectacle Bazaar

Festival: Shopping

Warby Parker Holiday Spectacle Bazaar

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 45 Grand Street

Warby Parker, a socially conscious startup online prescription eyewear company known for its affordable fashion-forward frames, has turned a 4,000 square-foot... 

<em>Book of Mormon</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Book of Mormon

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 W 49th St)

We hestitated to lend our voices to the chorus of adoration for this show — only because we were afraid of being... 

<em>Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same</em>

Film: Independent

Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same

Saturday 1/ 7 @ reRun Gastropub Theater

A fave from this summer's Rooftop Films program, the lesbian space aliens return for a run at Dumbo's intimate car-seat-filled theater,... 

Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art

Art: Painting & Drawing

Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art

Saturday 1/ 7 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

See works from Diego Rivera's first NYC exhibition, which took place at the MoMA back in 1931. Yes, sketches and designs... 

Punchdrunk's <em>Sleep No More</em>

Cultural Hybrid

Punchdrunk's Sleep No More

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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... 

<em>Margaret</em>

Film: Independent

Margaret

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Cinema Village

We're glad that writer/director Kenneth Lonergan and Fox Searchlight finally let Margaret come out to play theatrically. In the can since... 

<em>Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties</em>

Art: Multimedia

Youth and Beauty

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Brooklyn Museum

The exhibition Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties presents the work of 68 painters, sculptors, and photographers who explored... 

<em>Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Standing on Ceremony

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Minetta Lane Theatre

Fast-moving and frequently hilarious, Standing on Ceremony is a staged reading of nine ten-minute plays focusing on gay marriage, with proceeds... 

The New York Guitar Festival

Music: Festival

The New York Guitar Festival

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Kaufman Center

A celebration of the instrument that virtuoso classical musician Andre Segovia described as "the easiest instrument to play, and the hardest... 

<em>Sherrie Levine: Mayhem</em>

Art: Multimedia

Sherrie Levine: Mayhem

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

For over 30 years, Sherrie Levine has been lifting artwork from other artists in a sly attempt to undermine generally accepted... 

Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Art: Multimedia

Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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... 

The Contenders 2011

Film

The Contenders 2011

Saturday 1/ 7 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

It's that time of year when MoMA looks into its crystal ball and forecasts the upcoming film awards season. Always a... 

<em>Narrative Ability</em>

Art: Photography

Narrative Ability

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Camel Art Space

Curated by Carl Gunhouse, this group show takes as its cue a quote from Garry Winogrand about the failure of photography... 

K-NARF PHOTOGRAFFITI

Art: Multimedia

K-NARF

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Clic Gallery

The artist K-NARF might exhibit his "photograffiti" installations in an old cinema, a functioning plant, or an abandoned garage. But he's... 

<em>Illegitimate and Herstorical</em> curated by Emily Roysdon

Art: Group Show

Illegitimate and Herstorical

Saturday 1/ 7 @ A.I.R. Gallery, 111 Front Street, #228, Brooklyn, NY

As part of its second Currents biennial exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery invited artist and writer Emily Roysdon to curate a show. The... 

<em>The Descendants</em>

Film

The Descendants

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Regal Union Square Stadium 14

Seven years have passed since Alexander Payne's Best Director Oscar for Sideways went to Clint Eastwood. And just as he was... 

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Spencer Finch

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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>The Tree of Life</em>

Film

The Tree of Life

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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... 

<em>Clifford Owens: Anthology</em>

Art: Performance

Clifford Owens: Anthology

Saturday 1/ 7 @ MoMA PS1

Anthology is a new project by artist Clifford Owens that merges photography, video, and live performance. For this show, Owens' first... 

<em>Mamma Mia!</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Mamma Mia!

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Winter Garden Theatre

Seen by over 45 million people around the world, MAMMA MIA!, is celebrating over 4,000 performances in its tenth smash hit... 

Company XIV presents <em>Snow White</em>

Dance

Snow White

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 303 Bond Street

Company XIV doesn't need extra holiday sparkle, because there is always magic at 303 Bond Street. Director/choreographer Austin McCormick has completely... 

<em>Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Palace Theatre

Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the outrageously fabulous musical that took London and Australia by storm, has finally hit New York.... 

COIL 2012

Performing Arts: Festival

COIL 2012

Saturday 1/ 7 @ P.S. 122

"And now for something completely different," is the best way to segue into this annual festival organized by renowned contemporary performance... 

RHV Fine Art: Jerry Walden

Art: Painting & Drawing

RHV Fine Art: Jerry Walden

Saturday 1/ 7 @ RHV Fine Art

Jerry Walden's multi-colored formalist striped compositions bring to mind everything from Frank Stella to optical art. This new series of paintings... 

<em>The New York Times</em> 11th Annual Arts & Leisure Weekend

Festival

Arts & Leisure Weekend

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Times Center

Start the new year with David Cross, Alison Krauss, Errol Morris, Kristen Wiig, music producer Clive Davis, and actress Carey Mulligan... 

Brooklyn Flea

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Brooklyn Flea

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Skylight One Hanson

During the colder months, Brooklyn Flea retreats indoors to Skylight One Hanson — but this is no hibernation. Within, you'll still... 

<em>Surviving Life: Collages by Jan Svankmajer</em>

Art: Video

Surviving Life: Collages by Jan Svankmajer

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Museum of the Moving Image

Crafting bizarre cinematic head-trippers for over 45 years, Jan Svankmajer is an award-winning Czech animator who has inspired several generations of... 

The Bogart Salon presents Nils Karsten: <em>1969, 1970, 1971</em>

Art: Multimedia

Nils Karsten: 1969, 1970, 1971

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Bogart Salon

Walking into The Bogart Salon, you're stopped in your tracks by a haunting video of Sharon Tate standing, sitting, reading. This... 

Ai Weiwei: <em>Sunflower Seeds</em>

Art: Installation

Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Mary Boone Gallery 541 West 24th St New York, NY 10001

Sunflower Seeds, the installation by internationally renowned artist and activist Ai Weiwei, is on view for the first time in New... 

<em>The Fantasticks</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

The Fantasticks

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Jerry Orbach Theater

In the intimate Jerry Orbach theater (now aka the Snapple Center, groan), this simple, warm, and wonderful production is the first... 

<em>Carnage</em>

Film

Carnage

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Angelika Film Center

Roman Polanski doesn't make bad films. He may be known for his bad decisions off set, but on set, he remains... 

Park Here: The Indoor Pop-Up Park

Get Social

Park Here: The Indoor Pop-Up Park

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Openhouse Gallery

Dodge the SADs (Seasonal Affective Disorder) with a play date at Park Here, Nolita's very own indoor park, plush with grass... 

<em>The Canterbury Tales Remixed</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

The Canterbury Tales Remixed

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Soho Playhouse

Baba Brinkman's (Rap Guide to EvolutionThe Canterbury Tales Remixed brings Geoffrey Chaucer's timeless Canterbury Tales to vivid life in an entertaining... 

Daniel Kitson: <em>It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later</em>

Theatre: Comedy

It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later

Saturday 1/ 7 @ St. Ann's Warehouse

During a recent stand-up bit at UCB, Daniel Kitson slipped in that he'd never received a bad review. He was making... 

De Kooning: A Retrospective

Art: Painting & Drawing

De Kooning: A Retrospective

Saturday 1/ 7 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

MoMA kicks off the fall season with a blockbuster exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by celebrated abstract expressionist... 

Alan Gilbert Conducts the New York Premiere of Thomas Ad&egrave;s'&nbsp;<em>Polaris</em>

Music: Classical

Alan Gilbert conducts Adès and Mahler

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Avery Fisher Hall

2012 should finally bring Thomas Adès' The Tempest — a new opera that found an audience — to the Met. Meanwhile, concertgoers can... 

<em>Young Adult</em>

Film

Young Adult

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Regal Union Square Stadium 14

Writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman defy the sophomore slump with Juno follow-up Young Adult, an unconventional homecoming dramedy starring... 

<em>HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture</em>

Art: Multimedia

HIDE/SEEK

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

The HIDE/SEEK exhibition is known best for the controversy it caused in Washington, DC when it opened in October 2010 at... 

The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis

Art

The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

You may remember the Lewis Chessmen from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. These chess pieces, dating from the twelfth century... 

Botanica Bar

Get Social: Happy Hour

Botanica

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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> Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech</em>

Theatre: Off-Off-Broadway

Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner...

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Japan Society

Generation Y, we are a funny thing — not quite the Xes, and certainly not the Millennials.  Japanese playwright/director Toshiki Okada (himself... 

Jem Cohen: NYC Weights and Measures

Art: Video

Jem Cohen: NYC Weights and Measures

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Jewish Museum

NYC Weights and Measures is filmmaker Jem Cohen's observational portrait of New York City, a document of Cohen's wanderlust as he... 

<em>First Look </em>Series

Film: Festival

First Look Series

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Museum of the Moving Image

For their inaugural First Look series, the Museum of the Moving Image has culled a group of important and exciting films... 

Storefront Bushwick presents Gary Petersen and Halsey Hathaway

Art: Painting & Drawing

Gary Petersen, Halsey Hathaway, & Rob de Oude

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Storefront Bushwick

Storefront Bushwick, a tiny pristine gallery occupying a storefront—as most young galleries in Bushwick do—presents an eye-catching assortment of new work... 

The Metropolitan Opera presents <em>Hansel and Gretel</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Hansel and Gretel

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Metropolitan Opera House

The Metropolitan Opera presents one of the most special holiday events of the season, Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. For the second... 

<em>A Separation</em>

Film

A Separation

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Film Forum

Iran's entry for Best Foreign Language Oscar and winner of Berlin's Golden Bear, A Separation is a complex family drama that... 

<em>War Horse </em>

Theatre: Broadway

 War Horse

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center

Calling these things puppets is like calling the Yankees a baseball team. What they are able to create on stage (for... 

Paul Sharits

Art: Installation

Paul Sharits

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Greene Naftali

Paul Sharits did for film what math rock does for music, but better. Flicker effects, flash frames, multiple projectors, and infinite... 

Charles Dickens at 200

Books

Charles Dickens at 200

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Morgan Library

In celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens, the Morgan Library & Museum presents Charles Dickens at 200... 

<em>Shame</em>

Film: Independent

Shame

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Landmark Sunshine

Sex addiction in New York City is laid bare in award-winning artist-turned-feature-filmmaker Steve McQueen's Shame. Michael Fassbender, who teamed with McQueen... 

MoMA PS1 presents <em>September 11</em>

Art: Multimedia

September 11

Saturday 1/ 7 @ MoMA PS1

Responding to the sense that 9/11 is underrepresented in the cultural discourse, MoMA PS1 presents September 11, a group show that... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Imperial Theatre

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

<em>Into the Abyss</em>

Film: Documentary

Into the Abyss

Saturday 1/ 7 @ IndieScreen

Werner Herzog and his charming German accent are back again with Into the Abyss, a documentary that uses a triple homicide... 

<em>Godspell</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Godspell

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Circle in the Square Theatre

Jesus, what a voice! Hunter Parrish's Jesus charms, amuses, and seduces all. He glorifies Stephen Schwartz's divine score (which is far... 

<em>Tinker Tailor Solider Spy</em>

Film

Tinker Tailor Solider Spy

Saturday 1/ 7 @ AMC Loews Village 7

We were starting to worry about Gary Oldman. The actor we loved in Sid and Nancy and Prick Up Your Ears... 

Winery Tour

Food/Wine: Discussion

Winery Tour

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Brooklyn Winery

It's wine season, and you need go no further than Brooklyn to experience the joys of wine-making. At 2pm, 3pm, and... 

<em>Close Up Space</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Close Up Space

Saturday 1/ 7 @ New York City Center

David Hyde Pierce and Rosie Perez each play themselves, to an extent, in Leigh Silverman's (Chinglish) production of Close Up Space.... 

New Photography 2011

Art: Photography

New Photography 2011

Saturday 1/ 7 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

This year, MoMA's annual New Photography series expands to feature the work of six artists, with the aim of capturing the... 

Lyndsy Welgos

Art: Photography

Lyndsy Welgos

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Rawson Projects

Rawson Projects inaugurates its Greenpoint gallery space with an exhibition of new photographs by visual artist Lyndsy Welgos. Welgos works in... 

<em>Voca People</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Voca People

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Westside Theatre

You would swear that musical instruments are being played, but the only sounds in this show are coming out of the... 

<em>Melancholia</em>

Film

Melancholia

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Angelika Film Center

From his outlandish comments — calling George W. Bush an asshole or admitting to be a Nazi — to his profound fear... 

Rirkrit Tiravanija:<em>&nbsp;Untitled (Free/Still)</em>

Art: Happening

Untitled (Free/Still)

Saturday 1/ 7 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

"Yummy" might be the best word to describe Rirkrit Tiravanija's current installation at MoMA. The conceptual artist's Untitled (Free/Still), which can... 

<em>Avenue Q</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Avenue Q

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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... 

Rob Pruitt's "The Andy Monument"

Art: Sculpture

Rob Pruitt's "The Andy Monument"

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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... 

Picasso to Koons: Artist as Jeweler

Art

Picasso to Koons: Artist as Jeweler

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Museum of Arts and Design

Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Max Ernst, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Jeff Koons and Anish Kapoor are some of the 20th century's... 

The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

Art: Photography

The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Jewish Museum

The Radical Camera offers a comprehensive look at the Photo League, a group of politically engaged street photographers who captured city... 

The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini

Art

The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

It has been said that the Renaissance witnessed the rediscovery of the individual. The 15th century was certainly the first great... 

El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011

Art

El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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... 

Art in Renaissance Venice, 1400-1515: Paintings and Drawings from the Museum’s Collections

Art

Art in Renaissance Venice, 1400-1515: Paintings and Drawings from the Museum’s Collections

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This installation of Renaissance Venetian art from the Met Museum’s collections features 44 paintings and drawings by preeminent artists active in... 

The Body Unbound: Modernist Art from India

Art

The Body Unbound: Modernist Art from India

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Rubin Museum of Art

The first exhibition in the three-part Modernist Art from India series, The Body Unbound focuses on representations of the figure and... 

More Than Enough w/ Elite Camp DJs Sickroc & Unkle Chip

Music

More Than Enough w/ Elite Camp DJs Sickroc & Unkle Chip

Saturday 1/ 7 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 Unofficial Comic-Con After Party  After a brief hiatus, resident Elite Camp DJs Sickroc & Unkle Chip have returned, blessing the night... 

Sanja Iveković: Sweet Violence

Art: Multimedia

Sanja Iveković: Sweet Violence

Saturday 1/ 7 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

A feminist, activist, and video pioneer, Iveković came of age in the early 1970s during the period known as the Croatian... 

Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine

Art

Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibition explores caricature and satire in its many forms from the Italian Renaissance to the present, drawn primarily from the... 

Romare Bearden: The Soul of Blackness/A Centennial Tribute

Art: Installation

Romare Bearden: The Soul of Blackness/A Centennial Tribute

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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... 

Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche

Art

Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Take part in this long-established yuletide tradition in New York and see the Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche at the... 

BRIC Rotunda Gallery

Art

BRIC Rotunda Gallery

Saturday 1/ 7 @ El Museo del Barrio

Times of crisis are also times in which life extends into the streets. The artists in this exhibition have created gestures... 

Hero, Villain, Yeti: Tibet in Comics

Art: Multimedia

Hero, Villain, Yeti: Tibet in Comics

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Rubin Museum of Art

Characters as diverse as Mickey Mouse, the historical Buddha, Tomb Raider Lara Croft, and the Green Lama have something in common:... 

Jay Scheib: World of Wires

Theatre

Jay Scheib: World of Wires

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Kitchen

Reeling from the reality of people living their lives inside of machines,World of Wires is Jay Scheib’s new adaptation of Welt am Draht, filmmaker Rainer Werner... 

9/11 Peace Story Quilt

Art

9/11 Peace Story Quilt

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The 9/11 Peace Story Quilt was designed by artist Faith Ringgold and constructed in collaboration with New York City students aged... 

Sarah Sze: Infinite Line

Art: Installation

Sarah Sze: Infinite Line

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Asia Society and Museum

 Sarah Sze: Infinte line is the first exhibition to focus specifically on her process. It is an exploration of line across... 

Lisbon’s Hebrew Bible: Medieval Jewish Art in Context

Art

Lisbon’s Hebrew Bible: Medieval Jewish Art in Context

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is the second in a series of installations that focus, one at a time, on masterworks of Hebrew manuscript illumination... 

"Wonder of the Age": Master Painters of India, 1100–1900

Art

"Wonder of the Age": Master Painters of India, 1100–1900

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This major loan exhibition is devoted to the connoisseurship of Indian painting, with some 220 works selected according to identifiable hands... 

The Coe Collection of American Indian Art

Art

The Coe Collection of American Indian Art

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drawn from works given and bequeathed to the Met Museum during the past decade by Ralph T. Coe of Santa Fe,... 

New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia

Art

New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

More than 1,000 works from the distinguished collection of the Met Museum's Department of Islamic Art—one of the most comprehensive gatherings... 

The Freedom Party w/ special guests DJ Nickodemus & Nappy G , DJ Herbert Holler , DJ Cosi and DJ Marc Smooth

Music: DJ

The Freedom Party w/ special guests DJ Nickodemus & Nappy G , DJ Herbert Holler , DJ Cosi and DJ Marc Smooth

Saturday 1/ 7 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

The Freedom Party NYC is New York City's longest running weekly Friday night dance party. Recently the winner of Papermag's highly... 

Crafting Modernism: Mid-Century American Art and Design

Art

Crafting Modernism: Mid-Century American Art and Design

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Museum of Arts and Design

Crafting Modernism: Mid-Century American Art and Design explores the rich interplay of art and design in all craft media that exploded... 

Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York

Art

Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Referred to during his lifetime as the "United States Rage," Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854) remains to this day America's best-known cabinetmaker. This... 

Malcolm X: A Search for Truth

Art: Photography

Malcolm X: A Search for Truth

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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.... 

Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son

Art

Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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... 

Lauren Kelley: Froufrou Conclusions

Art: Video

Lauren Kelley: Froufrou Conclusions

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Kitchen

Exhibition Hours: Tues-Fri, 12-6pm; Sat 11-6pm FREE Opening Reception: Friday, November 11, 6-8pm   Employing a wry wit when commenting on... 

Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits from Tibet

Art

Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits from Tibet

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Rubin Museum of Art

In early Tibetan painted portraits, founding masters of important Buddhist schools were often represented as holy personages. Using artistic conventions developed... 

Projects 96: Haris Epaminonda

Art: Video

Projects 96: Haris Epaminonda

Saturday 1/ 7 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Berlin-based artist Haris Epaminonda is internationally known for her photo-collages and assemblages constructed from books and magazines from the 1950s and... 

Voces Y Visiones: Gran Caribe

Art

Voces Y Visiones: Gran Caribe

Saturday 1/ 7 @ El Museo del Barrio

This exhibition features works that explore the vast diversity and complexity of the Caribbean basin, as an accompaniment to El Museo’s... 

A Promise is Cloud

Art

A Promise is Cloud

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Public Art Fund

Like the atmospheric transformation of a cloud into rain, some works of art have the potential to change their form and meaning.... 

Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures

Art

Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This major international loan exhibition challenges conventional perceptions of African art. Bringing together more than 100 masterpieces drawn from collections in... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Saturday 1/ 7 @ 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.... 

Victorian Electrotypes: Old Treasures, New Technology

Art

Victorian Electrotypes: Old Treasures, New Technology

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

For the first time in nearly a century, the Met Museum is displaying a selection from its large collection of electrotypes,... 

Castellani e Castellani

Art

Castellani e Castellani

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Haunch of Venison

Castellani e Castellani is a special exhibition of new and seminal work by Enrico Castellani, one of Italy’s most influential artists. The show... 

The Freedom Party w/ DJ Herbert  The Freedom Party Torae "For the Record" album release & European tour kick off celebration w/ DJ Herbert Holler , DJ Cosi and DJ Marc Smooth

Music: DJ

The Freedom Party w/ DJ Herbert The Freedom Party Torae "For the Record" album release & European tour kick off celebration w/ DJ Herbert Holler , DJ Cosi and DJ Marc Smooth

Saturday 1/ 7 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

The Freedom Party NYC is New York City's longest running weekly Friday night dance party. Recently the winner of Papermag's highly... 

Storytelling in Japanese Art

Art

Storytelling in Japanese Art

Saturday 1/ 7 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Japan has enjoyed a long tradition of narrative painting, one that continues even today with the popular contemporary Japanese cartoon (manga)... 

Michael Sailstorfer: "Tornado"

Art: Installation

Michael Sailstorfer: "Tornado"

Saturday 1/ 7 @ Public Art Fund

Rising more than 30 feet to meet the treetops of Central Park, "Tornado" brings together a series of opposite terms. It...