EVENTS WEDNESDAY 2/26 Around Town Art in General ...
Around Town
Art in General Private Dinners Nonprofit art organization holds annual benefit gala to celebrate the proposed facilities redesign. Cocktail reception w/exclusive preview of architects' blueprints. Guests then travel to one of five homes for a dinner/discussion led by distinguished artists, architects, & designers; Art in General, 79 Walker St. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.), 212-219-0473 x25; 6-10, $500, $150 exhibition only [exhibition through 5/31].
Free Assistance with Tax Preparation IRS-certified RSVP volunteers help elderly (60 & over), unemployed, disabled & low income New Yorkers e-file their taxes at 150 local sites; contact your local RSVP office; Manhattan: 212-614-5558, Bklyn: 718-624-2853 or check out www.cssny.org for more info [through 4/15].
National DJ Spin Off Organized by Gen Art & hosted by MTV VJ Hilarie Burton, four aspiring DJ finalists compete for a $10,000 grant. Evaluators incl. DJ Afrika Bambaataa, Posnudos (De La Soul) & many more big names in music biz. Guests get open bar & chance to try one of the on-stage turntables; the Supper Club, 240 W. 47th St. (betw. B'way & 8th Ave.), www.genart.org; 7, $30.
Film/Video
Erendira Multi-disciplinary performance/video footage inspired by Nobel prize winner novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez's book?expect a dark fairy tale of family, abuse & murder; HERE, 145 6th Ave. (Spring St.), 212-647-0202; 8:30, $15 [repeats Thurs.-Sat.].
"Featuring?Meet the Music Makers of Silent Film" Series continues w/two b&w films accompanied by live music?"Only Me" (15 min.) directed by Henry W. George (1929) & Three Bad Men (97 min.) directed by John Ford (1926); Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-0609; 2:30, free.
God Has a Rap Sheet New feature film written & directed by Jerky Boy, Kamal Ahmed, about eight men who spend the night in jail w/a homeless man who claims he's God; Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300; 9:20, $8.50 [repeats Thurs., through 2/27].
A Spotlight on Spike Lee In honor of Black History Month, Lee's student film, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads, plus his made-for-television documentary, A Huey P. Newton Story, screen for the duration of February at Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; 12:15, $10, screenings free w/mus. adm. [repeats Thurs. & Fri.].
Lectures
"Fancy That! Fans in Society" Art historian Joanna Pessa discusses the elaborate rules for fan flirting in the 19th century; Merchant's House Museum, 29 E. 4th St. (Lafayette St.), 212-777-1089; 6:30, $15.
Libertas: "Our Death Must Be a Beacon" Heather Randall pres. the poems & letters of Libertas Schulze-Boysen?member of the 'Red Orchestra' Nazi resistance group?written before being executed in 1942; Leo Baeck Institute, 15 W. 16th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 917-606-8200; 7:30, $20, $15 st./s.c.
Margaret Roach on Gardening As part of the Wave Hill 2003 Horticultural Lecture Series, author & editor-in-chief of Martha Stewart Living speaks about best practices; New York School of Interior Design, 170 E. 70th St. (betw. Lexington & 3rd Aves.), 718-549-3200 x216; 6:30, $20, $17 st.
"Medical Issues in the Black Community: A New Approach to Health" If you missed this lecture given in honor of Black History Month at Integral Yoga Institute, you can get a second chance to hear highly-acclaimed nutritional consultant, Manu Dawson, discuss how diabetes, hypertension, colon cancer & lupus can be addressed & prevented naturally; Open Center, 83 Spring St. (betw. Crosby St. & B'way), RSVP 212-219-2527 x100; 7-9, $18.
W.G. Sebald's Prose Poet/translator Michael Hulse discusses the inventive novels of the famous author; Poets House, 72 Spring St. (Lafayette St.), 212-431-7920; 7, $7.
Readings
A Celebration of the Short Story This evening's theme, "Stories of Americans in Paris," feat. Adam Gopnik's Angels Dining at the Ritz (read by Adam Gopnik), Hemingway's There is Never Any End to Paris (James Naughton) & Henry James' Occasional Pairs (Fritz Weaver) at Symphony Space, 2537 B'way (95th St.), 212-864-5400; 8, $21, $20 st./s.c.
Journalist Rick Marin arrives to mixed reviews w/CAD: Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor at Village Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. Lafayette St. & B'way), 212-420-1322; 7:30, free.
Colum McCann reads from Dancer at New York's real Filthy MacNasty's?Rocky Sullivan's, 129 Lexington Ave. (betw. 28th & 29th Sts.), 212-725-3871; 8, free.
Workshops
"Amazing Grace: How to Walk, Sit, Stand & Pose in High Heels" Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls, a cross-dressing academy, offers courses in femininity to women; Nola Studio, 250 W. 54th St. #11B (betw. B'way & 8th Ave.), 212-989-0906; 7-9, $35.
Health Issues Anonymous Twelve-step support group useful for those living w/a health concern; St. Luke's-Roosevelt Center, 324 W. 108th St. #205 (betw. B'way & Riverside Dr.), 212-362-7214; 5:30-7, don.
THURSDAY 2/27
Around Town
"15th-Annual Open Your Heart Auction" Auction co-chairs Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Alan Cumming, Harvey Fierstein & John Dempsey pres. valuable items incl. original artwork, hotel accommodations, home furnishings, designer couture fashions & tickets to local shows?proceeds benefit Bailey House, providing housing for homeless people w/HIV/AIDS; Eyebeam Atelier, 540 W. 21st St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), tkts. 212-414-2993; 7:30, $125, $250 incl. VIP reception.
Film/Video
"The Baron of Blood: Mario Bava" Nine films screen during two-month retrospective on Italian horror filmmaker. Tonight's flamboyantly romantic take on folktale by Gogol, Black Sunday, kicks off series at BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Ft. Greene, 718-636-4100; 4:30, 6:50, 9:30, $10, $7 st. [continues Mon., through 4/28].
"A Work In Progress: An Evening with Alexander Payne" Film series honors writer/director responsible for 1996's controversial comedy focusing on a woman who huffs, About Schmidt; and 1999's Election. Tonight, his rarely seen student film, The Passion of Martin (2 p.m.); feature flick starring Matthew Broderick & Reese Witherspoon, Election (6); and aforementioned About Schmidt (8); the Gramercy Theatre, 127 E. 23rd St. (betw. Lexington & Park Aves.), 212-708-9680; $12, $8.50 st./s.c. [repeats Fri. & Sat., through 3/1].
Lectures
Architects' "Emerging Voices" Peter Lynch, Monica Ponce de Leon & Nader Tehrani speak on contemporary architectural practice, as part of this lecture series; Architectural League, 457 Madison Ave. (50th St.), 212-753-1722; 6:30, $10.
"Brothers and Others" Discussion follows a video about detainees & the war on terror, incl. interviews w/families in Brooklyn; Community Bookstore, 143 7th Ave. (betw. Carroll & Garfield Pl.), Park Slope, 718-768-7306; 6:45-8:45, free.
Readings
Any Human Heart From Publishers Weekly: "Surely one of the most beguiling books of this season, this rich, sophisticated, often hilarious and disarming novel is the autobiography of a typical Englishman as told through his lifelong journal." William Boyd at Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave. (21st St.), 212-727-1227; 7, free.
Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligence Education guru Howard Gardner discusses 1983 book now in its 10th edition; Manhattan Marymount College Writing Center, 221 E. 71st St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-774-4811; 7:30, call for price.
FRIDAY 2/28
Around Town
"15th-Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert" Join honorary chairs Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke & Alex von Furstenberg at celebration of Tibetan New Year & the Monlam Great Prayer Festival feat. performances by David Bowie, Philip Glass, Ziggy Marley, Rufus Wainwright & the Drepung Gomang Monks; Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave. (57th St.), tkts. 212-247-7800, info 212-807-0563; 7:30, $30-$85.
"NV Awards" 2K3 Gala Leading business magazine for young, black professionals hosts its second annual black-tie awards gala. Award categories incl. entertainment, civic, corporate, fashion, technology, women in business & more; W Hotel, 541 Lexington Ave. (50th St.), 212-561-0416; 6:30-10, $150.
Film/Video
Antagonism over the Airwaves Multimedia project incorporates rare radio & television elements to examine America's changing culture, attitudes & values; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6800; 6, $10, $8 st./s.c. [repeats daily, through 5/18].
Censorship Screening package pres. famous instances of censorship on television & radio & explores the changes in standards for judging decency; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6800; call for times, $10, $8 st./s.c. [through 3/6].
"Le Gangland" Film series depicting French Gangsters of the New Wave cinema continues w/Jean-Pierre Melville's 1955 crime drama Bob le Flambeur; Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300; 9:30, $8.50 [repeats daily, through 3/4].
The Never Ending Story Fantasy adventure screens as part of "Sunshine@Midnight" series; Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-358-7709; $10, $6.50 s.c.
"Sammy in the Sixties" Salute to Sammy Davis Jr. incl. tv appearances, rare 1963 BBC studio concert & final episode of NBC variety series, The Sammy Davis Jr. Show; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6800; 7:30, $10, $8 st./s.c. [through 4/6].
Lectures
"First Weekends: Performance and Discussion Series" Facilitated by Dean Moss & Martha Bowers, this two-day exploratory dance/theatre production feat. Chris Elam & his Misnomer Dance Theatre. Saturday's show feat. Deke Weaver, Michael Farkas & Sam Kim?discussion follows (Sat. at 8); Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 421 5th Ave. (8th St.), Park Slope, 718-832-0018; 8, $15.
"Global Entertainment and Media Summit" Gathering for leading executives & visionaries w/mission to help artists & the industry. Participants incl. Sony Music, EMI Music, HBO, ASCAP & many more; La Bar Bat, 311 W. 57th St. (betw. 8th & 9th Aves.), www.globalentertainmentnetwork.com/tickets for times, $95, $75 adv. [continues Sat. & Sun.].
Readings
Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate Over Reparations Raymond Winbush at Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
SATURDAY 3/1
Around Town
2003 Brazilian Carnival Junior Committee of the Alzheimer's Assoc. pres. black tie fundraiser w/open bar, hors d'oeuvres, DJ Johnny Danger, Brazilian dancers & raffle?all proceeds benefit the Alzheimer's Association-NYC Chapter; Union Square Ballroom, 27 Union Square W. (betw. 15th & 16th Sts.), 212-983-0700; 8:30, $95.
"Brooklyn Museum of Art's First Saturday" Celebrate Mardi Gras/Carnival after hours at BMA. There's costume contest, mask-making, raffle, free Brazilian dance lessons, gallery tours, movies & performances by Jeff Newell's New Trad Octet, drumming from Sidiki Conde & Toukounou plus Brazilian tunes from Ogans; Brooklyn Museum of Art, 20 Eastern Parkway (Washington Ave.), www.brooklynmuseum.org; 5-11, free.
International Artexpo Three-day Javits-sized expo celebrates 25th anniversary of "In Defining Popular Art." Paintings, prints, posters, sculpture, photography, animation art & decorative works from pop artists Peter Max & Charles Fazzino, actress Jane Seymor & rock n' roller Grace Slick are on display; Jacob Javits Center, 665 W. 34th St. (betw. 11th & 12th Aves.); 10-7, $15 [repeats Sun. 10-6, Mon. 10-2].
"Lunar New Year-4701: The Year of the Ram" Five-week Chinese New Year celebration continues w/another mini-parade feat. tri-state "Lion & Dragon Dance" troupes?weaving through Chinatown beneath imported, red silk lanterns (made in China). Plus Chinatown restaurants serve prix-fixe $8.88 lunches & $18.88 dinners; begins at Canal St. (Mott St.), 212-764-6330; 1-2, free.
Film/Video
"Chabrol/Huppert" Series highlighting work by French director Claude Chabrol & actress Isabelle Huppert focuses on Orson Welles. NYC musician responsible for the great punk album, Blank Generation, Richard Hell, introduces The Lady from Shanghai (1948), film adaptation of novel, If I Die Before I Wake; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].
Mikael New York Press film critic Armond White introduces silent 1924 drama involving a love affair between a painter, his mentor & a princess; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-0077; 2, $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c.
Star Trek Entire movie saga in chronological order plays weekly through May 3. Series continues w/Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989); Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300; 2, $8.50, $6 st./s.c. [repeats 3/8].
Tune(In)) More than 60 performers along w/a video program create a sound installation to help raise money for free103point9. Participants incl. transmission artist Scanner, jazz musician Cooper-Moore & video artists Melissa Dubbin & Aaron Davidson; New York Center for Media Arts, 45-12 Davis St. (Jackson Ave.), LIC, www.free103point9.org; 8, $12, $7 w/radio & headphones.
Lectures
Conversation with Marina Abramovic Unique opportunity to talk informally w/artist who pioneered the use of performance as a visual art; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 22-25 Jackson Ave. (46th Ave.), LIC, 212-708-9781; $10, $5 st.
"Forugh's Reflecting Pool" Trib. dance performance, spoken word & live footage for an Iranian women's rights pioneer, the controversial poetess Farrokhzad; CUNY Grad Center, 365 5th Ave. (34th St.), 212-817-8215; 8, $20, free st.
Workshops
"Dyno-mite Dinosaur Day" Help build a six-foot dinosaur & hear favorite dinosaur stories?ages 4 & up; Scholastic Store, 557 B'way (betw. Prince & Spring Sts.), 212-343-6166; 3-4, free.
"War Tax Resistance: Beyond the Basics" Workshop detailing how to resist the war through refusing the taxes that pay for it?offers low & high risk options; War Resisters League, 339 Lafayette St. (Bleecker St.), 718-768-7306; 12-3, free.
SUNDAY 3/2
Film/Video
The Panama Deception Barbara Trent's doc. on the Panama invasion of 1989 exposes how the US government suppressed information pertaining to foreign policy through rarely seen footage & interviews; Ocularis at Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 8:30, $6.
Lectures
"Earth is the Best Place for Love" Dr. Khoren Arisian speaks on humans' place in nature; New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th St. (betw. Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 212-874-5210; 11:30 a.m., free.
"The U.N.-NGO Consultation on the Status of Women" The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women holds annual meeting the week following this consultation. Civil society organizations gather here beforehand to network & discuss the issues; Barnard College, 3008 B'way (117th St.), 212-692-0725, reg. req.; 8:30 a.m., $35.
Readings
Author of Awakenings & The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks, reads from Uncle Tungsten at Cornelia St. Cafe, 29 Cornelia St. (6th Ave.), RSVP 212-989-9319; 6, $10.
Sunday Night Fiction Series "Graphic novelists" Jason Little (Shutterbug Follies), Bob Fingerman (Minimum Wage) & Kim Deitch (Hollywoodland) read at KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
MONDAY 3/3
Film/Video
The Beatrice Arthur Special Hour-and-a-half tv production starring Bea, Rock Hudson & Wayland Flowers; Two Boots Den of Cin, 44 Ave. A (3rd St.), 212-254-0800; 8, $5.
Yol "Five Turkish inmates on a seven day leave lead us through modern turkey"; Barbes, 376 9th St. (6th Ave.), Park Slope, 718-965-9177; 9, free.
Lectures
Hayden Planetarium Geologist Peter Ward & astronomer Don Brownlee present their hypothesis about the second half of our planet's life; American Museum of Natural History, 79th St. (Central Park W.), 212-769-5200; 7:30, $12, $10 st./s.c.
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Double-Helix Talk Discussion marks 50th anniversary of Watson & Francis Crick's discovery of DNA structure. There's also an exhibition about DNA up through 8/29 at the Science, Industry & Business Library of the New York Public Library, 188 Madison Ave. (betw. 34th & 35th Sts.), 212-592-7000; 6-8, free, ticket req.
"Maimonides on Messianism" Prof. Alfred Ivry explores Maimonides' attitude on this biblical issue; Synagogue for the Arts, 49 White St. (betw. Church St. & B'way), 212-966-7141; 7, don.
Readings
Disturbance of the Inner Ear From Publishers Weekly: "Defiantly out of the ordinary and meticulously composed, this intensely inward-focused novel narrates the wanderings of Isabel Masurovsky, a former child prodigy cellist adrift in Italy." Joyce Hackett at the Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. (10th Ave.), 212-462-4300; 7, free.
Richard Ford A Multitude of Sins, or rather infidelity, at 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-415-5500; 8.
Allen Kurzweil & Mark Swartz Authors of The Grand Complication & Instant Karma, respectively, at Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St. (betw. Houston & Lafayette Sts.), 212-334-3324; 7, free.
TUESDAY 3/4
Around Town
Live Israeli "Karaoke" Sing-a-long event of contemporary songs (mainly in Hebrew) led by top Israeli musicians & live band; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 212-601-1000; 8, $15.
Neighborhood Open Space Coalition Silent Auction Night celebrates open space improvement in urban landscape. Honorees incl. Eliot Spitzer, NY State Attorney General, Marian Heiskell & Karen Votava; Seamen's Church Institute, 241 Water St. (South Street Seaport), 212-352-9330, res. req.; 6-8:30, $100.
Pure Country NYC Weekly country stomp & music night w/DJ Alan Kohn; line dance lessons courtesy of Rona Kaye at Jack Rose, 771 8th Ave. (47th St.), 212-247-7518; 6:30, $13.
Tuesday Night Trivia It's probably not as much fun as Family Feud, but prizes do incl. $10-$25 bar tabs; Baggot Inn, 82 W. 3rd St. (betw. Thompson & Sullivan Sts.), 212-477-0622; 7:30, free.
Film/Video
"Cinematographer Raoul Coutard: The Light & the Eye" Only three weeks left of this retrospective! Tonight, Le Crabe Tambour (1977); French Institute's Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160; 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9, $8.
Lectures
"How to Get Published Day" As part of Small Press Month, publishers & small press writers provide options & tips on the publishing process; Small Press Center, 20 W. 44th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-764-7021; 6, $25.
"Not Your Mother's or Father's Workplace: Challenges and Opportunities" Barnard alumna & trustee Fran Rodgers charts the changes brought about in the American workplace due to the last 20 years of women's work; Barnard College, 3008 B'way (117th St.), 212-854-2005, reg. req.; 7, $20.
"Research Revolution: Science and the Shaping of Modern Life" Documentary video & discussion about the Manhattan Project & the scientists who created the atomic bomb; Science, Industry & Business Library of the New York Public Library, 188 Madison Ave. (betw. 34th & 35th Sts.), 212-592-7000; 5:30-7, free.
Readings
Beautiful Girls First collection of shorts by Beth Ann Bauman is getting attention; Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave. (21st St.), 212-727-1227; 7, free.
Bill Cullen Author of It's a Long Way From Penny Apples at New York's real Filthy MacNasty's?Rocky Sullivan's, 129 Lexington Ave. (betw. 28th & 29th Sts.), 212-725-3871; 8, free.
Janice Galloway reads from her new novel, Clara, based on the 19th-century pianist & spouse of composer Robert Schumann?who only became more famous than his wife after their deaths; Barnes & Noble, 240 E. 86th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-794-1962; 7, free.