EVENTS WEDNESDAY 3/5 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 incl. 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].
"Fourth-Annual Stony Awards" Pauley Shore is "psyched" to host this year's High Times awards honoring filmmakers & actors reaching out to stoner audiences. Nominees incl. Friday After Next, Igby Goes Down & even The Banger Sisters; B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), info 212-387-0500, tkts. 212-997-4144; 9, $25, $20 adv.
Free Assistance w/Tax Preparation IRS-certified 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 visit www.cssny.org for more info [through 4/15].
"Thinking and Drinking" Dust off your noggin & head downtown to compete in five fast rounds of trivia for prizes incl. $10-$25 bar tabs; Dempsey's Pub, 61 2nd Ave. (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), 212-388-0662; 7:30, free.
Film/Video
"NewFilmmakers Series" Short & feature film series, now in its fifth year, shows videos & 16 mm works at 7 p.m. George Danno's feature about two Jersey boys, March, follows at 8:30; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5181; 7.
Spike Lee's Brooklyn Four-day trib. to Brooklyn filmmaker incl. 1991 romance drama addressing interracial relationships & class division, Jungle Fever (4:30, 6:50, 9:10); his first feature She's Gotta Have It (Fri.); Do the Right Thing (Sat.); and the must-see 1994 Crooklyn (Sun.), which also has a great soundtrack; BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Ft. Greene, 718-636-4100; call for sched., $10 [through 3/9].
10th Annual NY Underground Film Festival boasts seven features, 10 documentaries & more than 130 shorts. For schedule info visit www.nyuff.com; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5181; call for times & prices [through 3/11].
Lectures
Little Gray Book Lectures Convene w/writers, illusionists & other role players in "How to Generate a Winning Character." Dressing as wizards/thieves is not req.; Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Kent & Wythe Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-782-5188; 8, $5.
The Metropolitan Opera Lecture Series Join lecturer John J. H. Miller for an open-discussion on Giuseppe Verdi's Otello; Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center, Rose Bldg., 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, B'way, 10th fl., 212-769-7028; 6:15, $14.
Readings
Michael Walsh reads from And All the Saints at New York's real Filthy MacNasty's?Rocky Sullivan's, 129 Lexington Ave. (betw. 28th & 29th Sts.), 212-725-3871; 8, free.
White: Walter White and the NAACP Kenneth Janken's biography on influential, light-skinned lawyer known as "Mr. NAACP"; CUNY Grad Center, 365 5th Ave. (34th St.), 212-817-2005; 6:30, free.
THURSDAY 3/6
Around Town
"Tails & Tiaras" Support the fight against animal & people cancer at benefit for the Flaherty Comparative Oncology Laboratory of the Animal Research Center feat. dinner, dancing & auction, a pet psychic & sugar sculptures from the Candy Man; Doubles Club, Sherry Netherland Hotel, 781 5th Ave. (betw. 59th & 60th Sts.), 212-874-5457; 7, $500-$2000.
"Wet Underwear Contest" Things heat up when Balls Boards & Blades pres. fundraiser for Out of Bounds, LGBT athletic non-profit, feat. pretty boys modeling 2(x)ist Underwear in a kiddy pool & vying for $100 grand prize!; XL Lounge, 357 W. 16th St. (betw. 8th & 9th Aves.), nycpucks@aol.com; 7-10, $5 don.
Film/Video
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.
"John Cassavetes: From the Archive" Retrospective honors mid-century independent filmmaker w/such greats as Shadows, Faces, A Woman under the Influence; the Gramercy Theatre, 127 E. 23rd St. (betw. Lexington & Park Aves.), 212-708-9680; call for sched., $12, $8.50 st./s.c. [through 3/13].
Lectures
"Artists on Artists Lecture Series" Rita McBride discusses Rosemarie Trockel's "For Spleen," a suite of video projections linked by aluminum walls; Dia Center for the Arts, 548 W. 22nd St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-229-2744; 6:30, $6.
"How to Become a Successful Long-Term Investor" Financial professional Baunit Greer offers investing tips at the Science, Industry & Business Library of the New York Public Library, 188 Madison Ave. (betw. 34th & 35th Sts.), 212-592-7000; 5:30-7, free.
"Schmelvis: In Search of Elvis Presley's Jewish Roots" Hasidic Jewish Elvis impersonator & a rabbi explore the King's Jewish roots, from Israel to Graceland?discussion follows w/producers Evan Beloff & Ari Cohen; JCC, 334 Amsterdam Ave. (76th St.), 646-505-5708; 7:30, $10.
Readings
Kirsty Gunn Author of Rain appears to promote latest?Featherstone; Barnes & Noble, 396 6th Ave. (8th St.), 212-674-8780; 7:30, free.
Wintering Celebration for Kate Moses' novel based on last months of Plath's life; Village Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. Lafayette St. & B'way), 212-420-1322; 7:30, free.
FRIDAY 3/7
Around Town
"The Armory Show" International fair of new art incl. painting, sculpture, drawings, photography, video & installations from 170 galleries & contemporary art dealers; Piers 88 & 90, 12th Ave. (betw. 48th & 50th Sts.), www.thearmoryshow.com; 12-8, $15 [repeats Sat. & Sun. 12-8, Mon 12-5].
"New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend" Support the arts at a discount, visit the venues tourists are always heading to. Your New York Times Access Pass gives you free admission & deals at museums, theaters, performing arts centers, restaurants, gardens & zoos incl. El Museo del Barrio, the Frick Collection, the Morgan Library, World Music Institute & Metro Fish; get our pass at www.nytimes.com/alweekend or in today's New York Times [repeats Sat. & Sun.].
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].
Hairspray Campy John Waters comedy, which is now a popular Broadway play, screens as part of "Sunshine@Midnight" series at Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-358-7709; $10, $6.50 s.c. [repeats Sat.].
"New Films from Mainland China" debuts two U.S. premieres: medieval epic The Journey to the Western Xia Empire & Roaring Across the Horizon, about an MIT scientist who returns to China to help develop a nuclear bomb; Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300; call for times, $8.50 [through 3/18].
"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
"New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend" pres. "Time Talks: Special Edition" feat. "Law & Order: The Real Reality TV?" & "Conversation," during which playwright Arthur Miller discusses his work of the past six decades; CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave. (34th St.), 212-817-2005; call for times, $25.
"Frank Sinatra & the Popular Front" Prof. Gerald Meyer explains the icons role & leftist activities during this baneful era of U.S. history; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-4201; 7:30, $6-$10 don.
Readings
Andrew Vachss Author of The Getaway Man & longtime publisher of Black Lizard, along w/Edward Kastenmeier, appear at Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St. (betw. Houston & Lafayette Sts.), 212-334-3324; 7, free.
SATURDAY 3/8
Film/Video
Blazing Saddles New York Times film critic, A.O. Scott, introduces western spoof starring Mel Brooks & Gene Wilder, as part of "Innovation and Influence: Movies Selected by the New York Film Critics Circle" series; 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].
Orson Welles Month-long weekend series screens film noir, The Stranger, adapted from story by Victor Trivas; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].
Lectures
"New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend" pres. "Time Talks: Special Edition" incl. "Films that Deserve Another Look" (2-3:15) and an interview w/journalist Tom Wolfe, "Man of Letters" (8-9:15); CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave. (34th St.), 212-817-2005; $25.
"Safe Among the Germans" Ruth Gay explains why a quarter-million Holocaust survivors found asylum in post WWII Germany; Martin Luther King, Jr., High School, 65th St. (Amsterdam Ave.), 212-273-5304; 1-2, $3.
"Sisters in Struggle: Honoring Women Veterans of Modern Civil Rights Movement" To commemorate Women's History Month, this event feat. lectures, performances & panel discussions highlighting achievements; Reisinger Concert Hall, Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way (Kimball Ave.), 914-395-2411; 8-5:30, free.
Readings
Urban Word 10th Annual Teen Poetry Slam Over 400 teens (open to anyone 13-19 years old) compete for five spots on the NYC team; www.UrbanWordNYC.org for locations, times & complete details [through 3/31].
Workshops
"How to Use Your Digital Camera" Workshop details camera operation, shooting & image manipulation; Educational Alliance Art School, 197 E. B'way (betw. Jefferson & Clinton Sts.), 212-780-2300, reg. req.; 10:30-12:30, $20.
"Tap into Your Inner Wild Child" Want to get paid for being scandalous? Erotic art therapist teaches writing techniques for erotica; Gay/Lesbian Community Center, 208 W. 13th St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves. ), 212-620-7310; 2-5, $15-$20.
SUNDAY 3/9
Around Town
"Radical Greenwich Village Walking Tour" Bruce Kayton gives four-hour tour focusing on the Village during early- & mid-1900s. Special attention given to 1969's Stonewall Riot, Angela Davis & the Women's House of Detention, 1911's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire & the Weather Underground Townhouse explosion; meet at Washington Sq. Arch, Washington Sq. N. (5th Ave.), 718-492-0069; 1, $10.
16th Ethical Humanist Award presented to Senator James Jeffords, who bravely switched his party affiliation in 2001 to Independent, changing the Senate's balance of power, followed by Jeffords' keynote address & q&a; NY Society for Ethical Culture 2 W. 64th St. (Central Park W.), 212-874-5210; 11:30 a.m., free.
Film/Video
Jackie Raynal Presents Renowned filmmaker, editor, producer & magazine publisher, Jackie Raynal, showcases four shorts, incl. two doc.; "Autour de Baratier" on French filmmaker (21 min.) & "Bande à Part" about painter Michel Parmentier (9 min.); Ocularis at Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 8:30, $6.
Shadows New York Press film critic Matt Zoller Seitz introduces John Cassavetes' 1959 jazz-scored improv drama, as part of "Innovation and Influence: Movies Selected by the New York Film Critics Circle" series at American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-0077; 2, $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c.
Lectures
"New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend" pres. "Time Talks: Special Edition" feat. discussion w/journalists Charlie Rose & Barbara Walters (12-1:15) composer Phillip Glass (4-5:15) & late-night host Conan O'Brien (8-9:15); CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave. (34th St.), 212-817-2005; $25.
Readings
Sunday Night Fiction Series "Debut Novelists Night" w/Sophie Powell (Mushroom Man), Johanna Stoherbrook (City of Ghosts), Natasha Radojic-Kane (Homecoming) & Sasha Troyan (Angels in the Morning) at KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
Workshops
"G-Spotting" Stop letting the elusive G-spot prevent you from climaxing! Join sex educator Claire Cavanah at this empowering class that teaches what, where & how; Toys in Babeland, 94 Rivington St. (betw. Ludlow & Orchard Sts.) 212-375-1701, reg. req.; 8, $30.
"Irish Tin Whistle Workshop" Learn to play the tin whistle w/renowned whistler Bill Ochs, who instructs all levels; Irish Arts Center, 553 W. 51st St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), RSVP 212-247-3231; call for times, free.
MONDAY 3/10
Around Town
Miss Rheingold 2003 Group of 13 finalists (all NYC bartenders) compete in first competition since 1965; Ukrainian National Home, 140 2nd Ave. (9th St.), www.RheingoldBeer.com; 8.
"Open House" Meet the faculty & staff from the School of Massage Therapy, see Swedish Massage and Shiatsu demos & learn about curriculum & financial aid; Swedish Institute, 226 W. 26th St. (betw 7th & 8th Aves.), RSVP 212-924-5900 x35; 6:15 p.m., free.
Film/Video
ABBA: The Movie Hour-and-a-half doc. on Swedish group's tour of Australian in late-70s complete w/plenty of backstage footage; Two Boots Den of Cin, 44 Ave. A (3rd St.), 212-254-0800; 8, $5.
"The Baron of Blood: Mario Bava" Nine films screen during two-month retrospective on Italian horror filmmaker. Series continues w/Italian sci-fi, Planet of the Vampires; BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Ft. Greene, 718-636-4100; 4:30, 6:50, 9:10, $10, $7 st. [through 4/28].
"Creative Process 473" Doug Gillard (Guided by Voices) gives solo performance in celebration of his short film; Makor, 35 W 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 9, $15.
Flicker Film Festival Bi-monthly showcase of 8 mm & 16 mm shorts feat. "Attack of the Fifty-Foot Reels" w/more than 20 filmmakers; Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St. (betw. B'way & Church St.), www.flickernyc.com; 8, $7.
Lectures
"Ancient Egypt: An Alternative View" Astrology & electromagnetism expert Tuval Ariel provides theories on astral travel, mummification, pyramids & telepathy in first of three-part series; North American Template, 163 W. 22nd St. # 3 (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-4654; 8-10:30, $15.
"Prepare for the Unexpected" To spread the power of prevention, Red Cross offers 90-minute presentation on safety tips before & during emergencies; September Space Community Center, 520 8th Ave. (betw. 36th & 37th Sts.), 212-563--7570; 7-9, free.
Readings
Junno's Monday Night Readings This week, Joseph Holmes & Leigh Newman are featured at 64 Downing St. (betw. Varick St. & 6th Ave.), 212-627-7995; 7, free.
Now a Major Motion Picture: The Agony & Ecstasy of Adaptation Panel discussion w/Susan Orlean (The Orchid Thief?basis for Adaptation), Michael Cunningham (The Hours) & Louis Begley (About Schmidt) at Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St. (betw. Houston & Lafayette Sts.), 212-334-3324; 7, $7.
TUESDAY 3/11
Around Town
"12th-Annual Bunny Hop" It's a Home Alone 2 fantasy come true when kids & parents party after hours at NYC's most famous toy store w/the Radio City Rockettes, Raggedy Ann & Andy. Plus fun foods, hors d'oeuvres & cocktails?proceeds benefit Memorial Sloan Kettering's Dept. of Pediatrics; FAO Schwarz, 5th Ave. (58th St.), tkts. 212-639-7975; 7-9, $125, $50 child. under 17.
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 two weeks left of this retrospective! Tonight, Tony Richardson's The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967); 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.
Kinky Friedman: Proud to Be an Asshole from El Paso Discussion follows 7:30 p.m. screening of doc. starring Bill Clinton, Willie Nelson & Lyle Lovett; Makor, 35 W 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 7:30 & 9:30, $9-$25 [continues 3/12 & 3/13].
Lectures
"East of Art: Transformations in Eastern Europe" Roundtable discussion w/contributing scholars & writers from Primary Documents: A Sourcebook for Eastern and Central European Art Since the 1950s; Moma Film at Gramercy Theatre, 127 E. 23 St. (Lexington Ave.), 212-708-9476; 6:30, $7, $3 st./s.c.
"Fast Food vs. Slow Food" Members of Slow Food U.S.A discuss political & sound reasons to change eating habits; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-979-8353; 7:30, $25.
Readings
Historical Fiction Night w/Colum McCann (Dancer) & Pete Hamill (Forever) at Village Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. Lafayette St. & B'way), 212-420-1322; 7:30, free.
Jim Knipfel The only writer out of New York Press' stable to ever appear on 60 Minutes (or anywhere else, for that matter) reads from his third book, and first novel, The Buzzing (And to think we had him working the phones?sheesh!); Dixon Place, 258 Bowery (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-219-7581; 7:30.
Madame Sadayakko Biographer of infamous geisha who inspired Madame Butterfly & Picasso at Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave. (21st St.), 212-727-1227; 7, free.
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble & Coming of Age in the Bronx Adrian Nicole LeBlanc's decade-long research on one extended family; Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St. (betw. Houston & Lafayette Sts.), 212-334-3324; 7, free.
Workshops
"Gratis Seminar: Adobe in Design 2" Designed for those savvy w/page layout software, this course demonstrates integration w/Photoshop & Illustrator & more; Noble Desktop, 594 B'way (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.), 212-226-4149, reg. req.; 3-5 & 6-8, free.