Events on Monday, February 13

Graduale Nobili, Björk's Female Choir

Music: Global

Graduale Nobili, Björk's Female Choir

Monday 2/13 @ West Park Presbyterian Church

You may have been out of luck (or money) when it came to getting tickets for Björk's NYC Biophilia extravaganza, but... 

22nd Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert

Special Event: Benefit

Tibet House US Benefit Concert

Monday 2/13 @ Carnegie Hall

Supporting the preservation of the endangered Tibetan culture, this yearly musical extravaganza is famed for bringing together and sparking collaborations among... 

Intermediate Web Design//Intro to PHP

Workshop/Class

Intermediate Web Design//Intro to PHP

Monday 2/13 @ 3rd Ward

 PHP is a powerful, free, open-source server-side scripting language that can be used to build dynamic websites and custom web applications.... 

Safe Space with James Wood and Jeremy Denk

Books: Discussion

Safe Space with James Wood and Jeremy Denk

Monday 2/13 @ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

When “Safe Space” opened on January 9, the idea was to try to break down the too often atomized cultural world... 

Doctor Nerve

Music: Experimental

Doctor Nerve

Monday 2/13 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

  Doctor Nerve is a rock band that has been annihilating the boundaries between rock, metal, improvisation, jazz, and experimental music... 

Digital M&A Secrets: How To Best Position Your Startup For An Acquisition

Workshop/Class

Digital M&A Secrets: How To Best Position Your Startup For An Acquisition

Monday 2/13 @ General Assembly

This course uses examples of actual transactions of digital assets over the past 15 years to illustrate what steps startups can... 

Behind The Groove w/ DJ Dp One and DJ Ks*360

Music: DJ

Behind The Groove w/ DJ Dp One and DJ Ks*360

Monday 2/13 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

This is a general admission event in The Gallery at LPR. Behind The Groove BEHIND THE GROOVE "Playin' the classics that make... 

Premiere Commission 10th anniversary concert

Music: Classical

Premiere Commission 10th anniversary concert

Monday 2/13 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

w/ Bruce Levingston, Lisa Bielawa, Brooklyn Rider and music of Lisa Bielawa, Christopher Tignor, John Corigliano, and William Bolcom Founded in... 

Ongoing Events

<em>A Separation</em>

Film

A Separation

Monday 2/13 @ 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>Memphis</em>

Theatre: Musical

Memphis

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

<em>Shatner's World</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Shatner's World

Monday 2/13 @ Music Box Theatre

If you thought meeting the real William Shatner required going to a Star Trek Convention or ComicCon, think again. At nearly... 

<em>We Need to Talk About Kevin</em>

Film: Independent

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Monday 2/13 @ Angelika Film Center

Adapted from Lionel Shirver's best-selling novel, Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin places us inside the head... 

ST[love]RY

Fashion/Style: Shopping

ST[love]RY

Monday 2/13 @ STORY

STORY is a new shop and exhibition space, recently launched by Nerve gal and retail pro Rachel Shechtman, with rotating themes,... 

<em>Pina</em>

Film: Documentary

Pina

Monday 2/13 @ IFC Center

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

<em>Brooklyn Close-Up</em>

Film: Festival

Brooklyn Close-Up

Monday 2/13 @ BAM Rose Cinemas

Celebrating nine decades of Brooklyn film history and revealing how filmmakers since the silent era have been inspired by the County... 

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

Art: Sculpture

White Gold

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

<em>Avenue Q</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Avenue Q

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

<em>Other Desert Cities</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Other Desert Cities

Monday 2/13 @ Booth Theatre

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

<em>The Extraordinary Voyage</em> (2011) with Restored <em>A Trip to the Moon</em> (1902)

Film: Documentary

The Extraordinary Voyage (2011) with Restored A Trip to the Moon (1902)

Monday 2/13 @ The Film Society of Lincoln Center

We wax poetic about many films here at Flavorpill, but nothing we've chattered about in the past approaches the newly restored... 

Park Here: The Indoor Pop-Up Park

Get Social

Park Here: The Indoor Pop-Up Park

Monday 2/13 @ Openhouse Gallery

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

Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Art: Multimedia

Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

<em>Kill List</em>

Film: Independent

Kill List

Monday 2/13 @ Cinema Village

British filmmaker Ben Wheatley retains his spot on our watch list with his meaty Down Terrace follow-up, Kill List. Co-written with... 

<em>Shame</em>

Film: Independent

Shame

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

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

Fashion/Style

Joaquín Sorolla & The Glory of Spanish Dress

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art

Art: Painting & Drawing

Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

<em>The Fantasticks</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

The Fantasticks

Monday 2/13 @ 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>Godspell</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Godspell

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

Adam Curtis: <em>The Desperate Edge of Now</em>

Art: Video

Adam Curtis

Monday 2/13 @ e-flux 311 East Broadway New York NY 10002 212.619.3356

If you think you can handle the truth about the neo-conservatives, the Iranian Revolution, DDT, and a host of other controversial... 

<em>Mamma Mia!</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Mamma Mia!

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

<em>We Are Cinema: 50 Years of the Film-Makers' Coop</em>

Film: Experimental

We Are Cinema: 50 Years of the Film-Makers' Coop

Monday 2/13 @ Microscope Gallery

This month-long exhibition and screening series, We Are Cinema, celebrates the "oldest and largest artist-run cooperative in the world," the Filmmakers'... 

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012

Film: Shorts

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012

Monday 2/13 @ IFC Center

Face it, the Oscars are more fun to follow when you've actually seen the nominated films, and thanks to ShortsHD and... 

<em>Carnage</em>

Film

Carnage

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

Jem Cohen: NYC Weights and Measures

Art: Video

Jem Cohen: NYC Weights and Measures

Monday 2/13 @ 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>The Tree of Life</em>

Film

The Tree of Life

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

Kings County Distillery's Special Secret Chocolate Whiskey

Food/Wine: Shopping

Special Secret Chocolate Whiskey

Monday 2/13 @ Greene Grape Wine Store

It all began when the guys behind Kings County Distillery visited the Mast Brothers Chocolate factory. The purveyors of artisanal Brooklyn... 

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

Art: Video

Surviving Life: Collages by Jan Svankmajer

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Monday 2/13 @ August Wilson Theatre

Like the signs on the buses say: The hits just keep on comin' — five years now for this crowd-pleasing bio-musical... 

The New Group presents the world premiere of <em>Russian Transport</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Russian Transport

Monday 2/13 @ The Acorn at Theatre Row

Like New Group's previous Burning, Russian Transport is another seriocomic, well-written depiction of a dysfunctional family perfomed by a cast that is belivable... 

Bertolt Brecht's <em>Galileo</em>

Theatre: Revival

Galileo

Monday 2/13 @ Classic Stage Company

Starting with the playwright, everyone is worked up in Galileo. The Church and Galileo's royal patrons don't like his "turning around... 

La MaMa and&nbsp;The Two-Headed Calf present <em>You, My Mother</em>

Music: Opera

You, My Mother

Monday 2/13 @ La MaMa E.T.C.

Her influence is surpassed only by her complexity — something composer Brendan Connelly, playwright Karinne Keithley Syers, composer Rick Burkhardt, and playwright... 

<em>Pariah</em>

Film

Pariah

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

Weegee: <em>Murder Is My Business</em>

Art: Photography

Weegee: Murder Is My Business

Monday 2/13 @ International Center of Photography

Legendary photojournalist and newspaper freelancer of the 1930s and 1940s, Weegee has made his fame capturing gruesome murder scenes and high-profile... 

<em>007_Urban_Songline</em>

Art: Installation

007_Urban_Songline

Monday 2/13 @ Storefront for Art and Architecture

To the naked eye, Allard van Hoorn's 007_Urban_Songline looks like a room filled with strings; a child-like maze for visitors to... 

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

Cultural Hybrid

Punchdrunk's Sleep No More

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

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

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

<em>Seminar</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Seminar

Monday 2/13 @ The Golden Theatre

Seminar, the witty and provocative new comedy, has hit Broadway with great success and critical acclaim. The world premiere of this... 

<em>Book of Mormon</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Book of Mormon

Monday 2/13 @ 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>Celebrity Autobiography</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Celebrity Autobiography

Monday 2/13 @ The Triad Theater

Celebrities like Matthew Broderick and Carol Kane (!) interpret the actual words and stories written by the famous and the infamous,... 

<em>How I Learned To Drive</em>

Theatre: Broadway

How I Learned To Drive

Monday 2/13 @ 2econd Stage Theatre

How I learned To Drive is not a feel-good story, a tender tale of the loss of teen innocence. It is... 

<em>Clifford Owens: Anthology</em>

Art: Performance

Clifford Owens: Anthology

Monday 2/13 @ MoMA PS1

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

<em>Melancholia</em>

Film

Melancholia

Monday 2/13 @ Angelika Film Center

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

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

Film: Independent

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Monday 2/13 @ Cinema Village

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

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

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Freud's Last Session

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

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

Theatre: Broadway

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Monday 2/13 @ The Palace Theatre

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

New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts

Art

New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts

Monday 2/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This third and final phase of the American Wing renovation project comprises 26 renovated and enlarged galleries for the Met Museum’s... 

FUNDAMENTALS OF PASTEL  Instructor Janet Cook

Workshop/Class: Art

FUNDAMENTALS OF PASTEL Instructor Janet Cook

Monday 2/13 @ National Academy Museum

This class is aimed at those who want to learn how to use the medium of pastel. The student will either... 

The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini

Art

The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857

Art: Painting & Drawing

Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857

Monday 2/13 @ Asia Society and Museum

Delhi has served as a cultural center of North India for more than a millennium in different incarnations. This exhibition focuses... 

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

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

Hero, Villain, Yeti: Tibet in Comics

Art: Multimedia

Hero, Villain, Yeti: Tibet in Comics

Monday 2/13 @ 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:... 

Sanja Iveković: Sweet Violence

Art: Multimedia

Sanja Iveković: Sweet Violence

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

Sarah Sze: Infinite Line

Art: Installation

Sarah Sze: Infinite Line

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

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

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

Spies in the House of Art: Photography, Film, and Video

Art: Multimedia

Spies in the House of Art: Photography, Film, and Video

Monday 2/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Since the 1980s, a number of contemporary artists working in photography, film, and video have taken as their subject the art... 

Introduction to Developing Entrepreneurial Ideas

Workshop/Class

Introduction to Developing Entrepreneurial Ideas

Monday 2/13 @ General Assembly

 Do you have an idea but you are not sure if you can make a business out of it, or have... 

Voces Y Visiones: Gran Caribe

Art

Voces Y Visiones: Gran Caribe

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

The Coe Collection of American Indian Art

Art

The Coe Collection of American Indian Art

Monday 2/13 @ 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,... 

Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits from Tibet

Art

Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits from Tibet

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904-1965)

Art

Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904-1965)

Monday 2/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Perhaps the greatest figure painter and landscapist of China’s modern period, Fu Baoshi successfully integrated Western and traditional artistic influences to... 

Simone Leigh: You Don't Know Where Her Mouth Has Been

Art

Simone Leigh: You Don't Know Where Her Mouth Has Been

Monday 2/13 @ The Kitchen

Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 18, 6-8pm   This solo exhibition presents the New York premiere of Simone Leigh’s most recent sculptural... 

Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York

Art

Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

Testimonios: 100 Years of Popular Expression

Art

Testimonios: 100 Years of Popular Expression

Monday 2/13 @ El Museo del Barrio

Testimonios examines potent works by non-traditionally trained makers. This exhibition celebrates and witnesses mankind’s myriad artistic manifestations by highlighting works that... 

Storytelling in Japanese Art

Art

Storytelling in Japanese Art

Monday 2/13 @ 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)... 

Rob Pruitt's "The Andy Monument"

Art: Sculpture

Rob Pruitt's "The Andy Monument"

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

A Promise is Cloud

Art

A Promise is Cloud

Monday 2/13 @ 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.... 

Victorian Electrotypes: Old Treasures, New Technology

Art

Victorian Electrotypes: Old Treasures, New Technology

Monday 2/13 @ 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,... 

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

Art: Photography

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

Monday 2/13 @ 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 Body Unbound: Modernist Art from India

Art

The Body Unbound: Modernist Art from India

Monday 2/13 @ 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... 

Michael Sailstorfer: "Tornado"

Art: Installation

Michael Sailstorfer: "Tornado"

Monday 2/13 @ Public Art Fund

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

Projects 96: Haris Epaminonda

Art: Video

Projects 96: Haris Epaminonda

Monday 2/13 @ 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...