Top 5 For the Week
MUSEUMS
Masterpieces and Curiosities: “Nicole Eisenman’s Seder”
Painter Nicole Eisenman contemplates the range of emotions brought on during a traditional Passover meal in her illustrative “Seder,” an oil work commissioned by the Jewish Museum in 2010. Twenty-five portraits from the museum’s permanent collection accompany Eisenman’s work, along with a series of Seder plates, including a 19th-century relic produced by Hungarian porcelain company Herend that depicts Passover rituals.
Masterpieces and Curiosities: “Nicole Eisenman’s Seder”
March 13-Aug. 9
Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Ave., at 92nd Street
Museum hours: Sunday-Tuesday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-5:45 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed Wednesday.
Admission $15
LEARN
High School of Art and Design’s 9-Hour Draw-a-thon
Inaugurated last March, the High School of Art and Design, which boasts a roster of notable grads, including fashion designer Calvin Klein, cartoonist Art Spiegelman and singer Tony Bennett, invites students and professional artists to sketch, draw and paint during its biannual nine-hour art marathon. Live models, both costumed and nude, pose throughout the day and night.
High School of Art and Design’s 9-Hour Draw-a-thon
Saturday, March 14
High School of Art and Design
245 E. 56th St., between 2nd and 3rd Avenues
1 p.m.-10 p.m.
In advance: students $10/adults $20
At the door: students $15/adults $25
To purchase tickets, visit www.artdesigndrawathon3.eventbrite.com
KIDS
Danny Weinkauf and the Red Pants Band
The longtime bass player for alternative rock band They Might Be Giants recently released his first full-length album of children’s songs after more than a decade of writing children’s music with his band. The 16-song album “No School Today” includes lyrics about marsupials, studying archaeology, spelling bees, and, as the title suggests, the joys of playing hooky.
Danny Weinkauf and the Red Pants Band
Saturday, March 14
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, at 95th Street
11 a.m.
Tickets: kids $14/adults $21
To purchase tickets, call 212-864-5400 or visit http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/8544/Family/danny-weinkauf-and-the-red-pants-band
DANCE
Ailey II at the Joyce Theater
Ailey II, a division of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dedicated to emerging choreographers and dancers, opens its new season on March 17 at the Joyce Theater with a presentation of three original works, including the premiere of “breakthroughs,” a new piece featuring the full company by choreographer Manuel Vignoulle, set to a score by Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson, which explores the quest for human connection.
Ailey II at the Joyce Theater
March 17-22
The Joyce Theater
74 Eighth Avenue, at 19th Street
Assorted show times
Tickets $10-$69
For tickets, visit www.joyce.org, or call the box office at 212-242-0800
THEATER
“En Avant!”
William Shuman’s one-man show about legendary American playwright Tennessee Williams draws from the writer’s original source material, including Williams’ personal journals and letters, revealing details of the man behind some of the 20th century’s most enduring plays. Shuman explores Williams’ relationship with his family, including that with his lobotomized, schizophrenic sister, as well as the writer’s extreme isolation and fears for his own sanity.
“En Avant!”
March 17, 18 and 24
Stage 72 at the Triad
158 W. 72nd Street, near Amsterdam Avenue
7 p.m.
Tickets $30
For tickets, visit www.stage72.com or call 800-838-3006