Events on Monday, February 20

Introduction to Hand Joinery

Workshop/Class

Introduction to Hand Joinery

Monday 2/20 @ 3rd Ward

This four day intensive will give you an overview of foundational hand cut joinery and a chance to practice it on... 

Jenny Scheinman's Mischief & Mayhem

Music: Experimental

Jenny Scheinman's Mischief & Mayhem

Monday 2/20 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Jenny Scheinman's Mischief & Mayhem Jenny Scheinman, violin / Nels Cline, guitar / Trevor Dunn, bass / Jim Black, drums. The... 

Gelf Magazine's Geeking Out

Books: Reading

Gelf Magazine's Geeking Out

Monday 2/20 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

21+   This is a general admission event in The Gallery at LPR.... 

Ongoing Events

Jem Cohen: NYC Weights and Measures

Art: Video

Jem Cohen: NYC Weights and Measures

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

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

Music: Opera

You, My Mother

Monday 2/20 @ 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>Brooklyn Close-Up</em>

Film: Festival

Brooklyn Close-Up

Monday 2/20 @ BAM Rose Cinemas

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

Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Art: Multimedia

Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Monday 2/20 @ 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 New Group presents the world premiere of <em>Russian Transport</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Russian Transport

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

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 2/20 @ 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>Clifford Owens: Anthology</em>

Art: Performance

Clifford Owens: Anthology

Monday 2/20 @ MoMA PS1

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

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

Theatre: Broadway

How I Learned To Drive

Monday 2/20 @ 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>Freud's Last Session</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Freud's Last Session

Monday 2/20 @ 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>The Ungovernables</em>

Art: Group Show

The Ungovernables

Monday 2/20 @ New Museum

With the Occupy Wall Street movement and revolutionary uprisings world-wide, it's only appropriate that the New Museum dedicates its space to... 

<em>Memphis</em>

Theatre: Musical

Memphis

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

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

Fashion/Style

Joaquín Sorolla & The Glory of Spanish Dress

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

Kings County Distillery's Special Secret Chocolate Whiskey

Food/Wine: Shopping

Special Secret Chocolate Whiskey

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

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

Cultural Hybrid

Punchdrunk's Sleep No More

Monday 2/20 @ 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>We Are Cinema: 50 Years of the Film-Makers' Coop</em>

Film: Experimental

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

Monday 2/20 @ 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'... 

<em>A Separation</em>

Film

A Separation

Monday 2/20 @ 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>The Fantasticks</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

The Fantasticks

Monday 2/20 @ 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>Shatner's World</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Shatner's World

Monday 2/20 @ 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>Avenue Q</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Avenue Q

Monday 2/20 @ 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>Michael</em>

Film: Independent

Michael

Monday 2/20 @ Film Forum

Like a Todd Solondz film, Markus Schleinzer's debut feature Michael is a squirm-inducer that makes you feel dirty for having watched... 

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

Theatre: Broadway

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Monday 2/20 @ The Palace Theatre

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

<em>Seminar</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Seminar

Monday 2/20 @ 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>Tribes</em>

Theatre: Off-Off-Broadway

Tribes

Monday 2/20 @ Barrow Street Theater

Nina Raine continues the "kitchen sink" tradition of British theatre with her wrenching family drama, Tribes. Billy (Russell Harvard) is the... 

<em>Mamma Mia!</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Mamma Mia!

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Weegee: Murder Is My Business

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

Film Comment Selects 2012

Film: Festival

Film Comment Selects

Monday 2/20 @ Walter Reade Theatre

James Franco, David Wain, Kenneth Lonergan, and Aleksandr Sokurov are among those drafted by Film Comment for the magazine's annual salute... 

MoMA presents <em>PRINT/OUT</em>

Art: Multimedia

PRINT/OUT

Monday 2/20 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

From the use of ancient printmaking techniques, which today are sometimes used alongside digital technologies, to the ubiquity of self-published artists’... 

<em>Other Desert Cities</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Other Desert Cities

Monday 2/20 @ Booth Theatre

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

ST[love]RY

Fashion/Style: Shopping

ST[love]RY

Monday 2/20 @ STORY

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

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012

Film: Shorts

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012

Monday 2/20 @ 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>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Monday 2/20 @ August Wilson Theatre

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

<em>Undefeated</em>

Film: Documentary

Undefeated

Monday 2/20 @ Landmark Sunshine

The Giants may have taken the Superbowl, but the West Memphis Manassas Tigers and coach Bill Courtney will likely win your... 

Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art

Art: Painting & Drawing

Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

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

Art: Video

Adam Curtis

Monday 2/20 @ 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>Godspell</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Godspell

Monday 2/20 @ 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>White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain</em>

Art: Sculpture

White Gold

Monday 2/20 @ 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>Surviving Life: Collages by Jan Svankmajer</em>

Art: Video

Surviving Life: Collages by Jan Svankmajer

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

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

Theatre: Revival

Galileo

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

Documentary Fortnight 2012: MoMA's International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media

Film: Festival

Documentary Fortnight 2012

Monday 2/20 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

For two weeks each year, MoMA populates its film schedule with recent documentary films that explore the connection between contemporary art... 

<em>Book of Mormon</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Book of Mormon

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

A Promise is Cloud

Art

A Promise is Cloud

Monday 2/20 @ 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.... 

Storytelling in Japanese Art

Art

Storytelling in Japanese Art

Monday 2/20 @ 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)... 

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

Art

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

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

Rob Pruitt's "The Andy Monument"

Art: Sculpture

Rob Pruitt's "The Andy Monument"

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

The Coe Collection of American Indian Art

Art

The Coe Collection of American Indian Art

Monday 2/20 @ 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,... 

Voces Y Visiones: Gran Caribe

Art

Voces Y Visiones: Gran Caribe

Monday 2/20 @ 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 Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

Art: Photography

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

Monday 2/20 @ The Jewish Museum

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

Projects 96: Haris Epaminonda

Art: Video

Projects 96: Haris Epaminonda

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

Sanja Iveković: Sweet Violence

Art: Multimedia

Sanja Iveković: Sweet Violence

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York

Art

Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

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 2/20 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Monday 2/20 @ The Kitchen

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

Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits from Tibet

Art

Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits from Tibet

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

Testimonios: 100 Years of Popular Expression

Art

Testimonios: 100 Years of Popular Expression

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

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

Art

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

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

Hero, Villain, Yeti: Tibet in Comics

Art: Multimedia

Hero, Villain, Yeti: Tibet in Comics

Monday 2/20 @ 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:... 

Victorian Electrotypes: Old Treasures, New Technology

Art

Victorian Electrotypes: Old Treasures, New Technology

Monday 2/20 @ 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,... 

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

Art: Multimedia

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

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

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 2/20 @ 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... 

Sarah Sze: Infinite Line

Art: Installation

Sarah Sze: Infinite Line

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini

Art

The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

FUNDAMENTALS OF PASTEL  Instructor Janet Cook

Workshop/Class: Art

FUNDAMENTALS OF PASTEL Instructor Janet Cook

Monday 2/20 @ 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 Body Unbound: Modernist Art from India

Art

The Body Unbound: Modernist Art from India

Monday 2/20 @ 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... 

Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857

Art: Painting & Drawing

Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857

Monday 2/20 @ 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...