EVENTS WEDNESDAY 4/16 Around Town Singles ...
Around Town
Singles Soiree Matchmaking masters Date Therapy invite singles to mingle while enjoying free wine & rum punch (8-9), games, goody bags & raffle w/prizes incl. Bahamas trip; Korova Milk Bar, 200 Ave. A (betw. 12th & 13th Sts.), 212-254-8838; 8-11, free.
"Thinking and Drinking" Dust off your noggin & head downtown to compete in five fast rounds of random trivia for prizes of $10-$25 bar tabs; Dempsey's Pub, 61 2nd Ave. (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), 212-388-0662; 7:30, free.
Wednesday Night Skate Strap on a helmet & join roller & in-line skaters as they weave through city streets passing Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge & Times Square on this two-hour ride; Union Sq. Park, 17th St. (B'way), 212-696-7247; 8, free.
Film/Video
Minor Mishaps "Modern Tales From the North: Denmark" series pres. director Annette K. Olesen's 2002 drama feat. family that finds itself after losing their mother/wife to an accident, Danish w/English subtitles; Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave. (betw. 37th & 38th Sts.), 212-879-9779; 6:30, $8.
Shark Skin Man And Peach Hip Girl Debut of director Katsuhito Ishii's 1998 action-comedy, based on Minetaro Mochizuki's Japanese comic, that pairs a rebel running from the mafia w/a runaway schoolgirl trying to escape an assassin, Japanese w/English subtitles; Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300; call for times, $9, $6.50 st./s.c.
"Those 'Goils' From Brooklyn" Series salutes chicks from the Boro, screening 1904 doc. short Fighting the Flames, Dreamland & director William A. Wellman's 1943 Lady of Burlesque, starring Barbara Stanwyck; Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-0609; 2:30, free.
Lectures
"The Grande Dame of Dish" Monthly "Best Selling Author" series talks w/celebrity columnist & author Liz Smith (Natural Blonde); Marymount Manhattan Theatre, 221 E. 71st St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-774-0780; 7:30, free.
"It's A Free Country: Personal Freedom in America After September 11" Discussion reviews essays about the government's assault on civil liberties after the terrorist attacks w/panelists incl. book's editor Danny Goldberg & contributers; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St., 10th fl. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves), 212-242-4201; 7:30, $6-$10.
"Shaping Space & Time" Film and Media Art's senior curator John G. Hanhardt & surprise guest discuss how camera movement, editing & composition enhance moving images; Guggenheim Museum Peter B. Lewis Theater, 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-423-3587; 6:30, $10.
Rocco Simonelli & Roy Frumkes Indie filmmakers discuss & share advice from their new book Shoot Me: Independent Filmaking From Creative Concept to Rousing Release; Astor Place Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.), 212-420-1322; 7:30-8:30, free.
Readings
The Italian American Reader Rachel Guido DeVries, John Giorno & Joseph Tusiani offer more than mafia, we hope; NYU's Casa Italiana, 24 W. 12th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-998-8730; 6.
Jack Ketchum & Gerard Houarner Authors of Peaceable Kingdom & Visions Through a Shattered Lens, repsectively, read; KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
THURSDAY 4/17
Around Town
Children's Corner Carousel Take a ride on Prospect Park's recently revamped 1912 15-ton carousel feat. brass ornaments, 1,000 lights, original Wurlitzer Band Organ & 51 hand-painted animals; Prospect Park, Flatbush Ave. (Empire Blvd.), Bklyn, 718-282-7789; 12-5, $1, $50 unlimited family pass [repeats Sat. & Sun.].
Garden Tours Staff horticulturalists lead tours through Battery Park's 36-acres of gardens, just in time to see recently flowering bulbs & shrubs, & share insight into their unique pest management practices; Battery Park City Wagner Park, Battery Pl. (West St), 212-267-9700 x342; 12:30, free.
Spring Bouquets Wine Tasting Astor Wines & Spirits celebrates spring's begrudging return w/tasting feat. international wines matched to hors d'oeuvres from Les Trois Petits Cochons & All About Food at historic 19th-century house; Merchant's House, 29 E. 4th St. (betw. Bowery & Lafayette St.), 212-777-1089; 6:30, $45.
Film/Video
"Escape From New York Film Festival" Screening of short films in many genres & formats?plus music from Jesse Murphy during intermission; Williamsburg Publik House, 365 Union Ave. (betw. Powers & Grand Sts.), Williamsburg, 718-599-3002; 8, free.
"Golden Oldies of Music Video" Sceening of more than 40 videos from museum's extensive video collection. Today, music pioneer Laurie Anderson VJ's videos incl. David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes (1980), Michael Nesmith's Rio (1977), Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) & the Beatles' Penny Lane (1967); MOMA's Gramercy Theater, 127 E. 23rd St. (betw. Lexington & Park Aves.), 212-708-9680; 8, $12.
Lectures
"Decentralizing Political Power in New York" Monthly series pres. discussion entitled "Popular Power & NYC's Criminal Injustice System," focusing on the city's structure, history & governmental functions; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St., 10th fl. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves), 212-242-4201; 7:30, $10.
"Early Works of Robert Whitman" Editor Tom McDonough (Guy Debord and the Situationist International: Text and Documents) discusses the artist's early work "Playback," that's currently on display; Dia Center for the Arts, 548 W. 22nd St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-840-7470; 12-6, $6.
Readings
Fiction & Short Stories Gabriel Brownstein (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3W), Johanna Stoberock (The City of Ghosts) & Joseph Weisberg (Tenth Grade: A Novel); Halcyon, 227 Smith St. (betw. Butler & Douglass Sts.), Bklyn, 718-260-9299; 7:30, free.
Food For Thought One act play & light sandwich lunch, every week & verrry literary dahling. Today, Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart; National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park S. (20th St.), 212-475-3424; 1, $40.
Dennis Lehane Author of Mystic River reads from latest?Shutter Island; Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave (21st St.), 212-727-1227; 7, free.
J.T. LeRoy & Friends Readings by New York Press writer J.T. LeRoy & celeb friends incl. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rosario Dawson & Lix Phair, followed by music performance from J.T.'s band Thistle?proceeds benefit the McAuley Psychiatric Treatment Program; Joseph Papp Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. (Astor Pl.), indexmagazine.com/jttickets.shtml; 7, $30-$60.
Stories from La Frontera Mexican-American writers Oscar Casares & Manuel Luis Martinez "read from fiction about life on the border"; Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St. (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-334-3324; 7, free.
10th Anniversary Maundy Thursday Marathon Reading of Dante's Inferno Author Frank McCourt, w/other famous people, reads; Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave. (112th St.), 212-662-2133; 9 p.m.-12 a.m., free.
FRIDAY 4/18
Around Town
"Artists Slide Night" Share slides of your best works at informal gathering or just check out others' work; Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St. (betw. Frost & Richardson Sts.), Williamsburg, sign-up 917-539-4772; 7, free.
Film/Video
"African Film Festival" Tenth-anniversary fest pres. the best of the continent incl. director Idrissa Ouedraogo's 1990 drama Tilai, about love, tradition & the law (6 p.m.) & 1989 Ghanaian film about identity lost, Heritage Africa, directed by Kwaw Ansah (8); Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Pkwy. (Washington Ave.), Bklyn, 718-638-5000; 6, $6, $3 st./s.c.
The City of Lost Children "Sunshine@Midnight" series pres. 1995 French sci-fi adventure feat. Ron Perlman thwarting the efforts of an evil scientist who steals the dreams of children, as he has none of his own; Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-358-7709; 12 a.m., $10, $6.50 s.c. [repeats Sat.].
"Koreans and Japanese in Film" Series screens NY-premiere of director Isao Yukisada's 2001 alienation drama Go, based on the novel by Kazuki Kaneshiro, Japanese w/English subtitles; Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-832-1155, tkts. 212-752-3015; 6:30, $9, $5 st./s.c.
"The Middle of the World" Series celebrates classic & contemporary Swiss ?it's good to be neutral?cinema w/director Xavier Koller's 2000 romantic drama Gripsholm, set in 1930's Sweden, German & Swedish w/English subtitles (1 & 6:40, repeats Sat. at 7:30), Miklós Gimes' 2002 exploration of "his parents' relationship and the legacy of their politics" Mutter (3)?plus Valerien Schmidely & Hans Trommer's 1941 classic Romeo and Juliet in the Village, both German w/English subtitles (3 & 6:40); Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600; www.filmlinc.com for complete schedule, $9.50, $7 st., $4.50 s.c. Mon.-Fri. before 6 [through 5/1].
World Cinema Showcase pres. African films incl. director Eliane de Latour's drama Bronx-Barbés (2000), feat. two shantytown youths whose lives dramtically part after they accidentally kill an attacker, in French & Nushi; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35 Ave. (36 St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; 8, $10.50, $7.50 st./s.c.
Readings
Kinky Friedman, an author only the lone star state could create, reads from his latest?Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned; Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave (21st St.), 212-727-1227; 7, free.
SATURDAY 4/19
Around Town
Astoria/Ditmars Festival Arts & crafts, food & fun provided by over 100 vendors?proceeds benefit Long Island City Kiwanis Club; 31st St.(betw. Ditmars Blvd. & 21st Ave.), Astoria, 646-230-0489; 11-7, free.
Bourjois Makeover Bourjois makeup artists Lisa Morin & Joey Melendez give 30-minute makeovers?plus share advice & tips on new trends incl. Bourjois' loose powder eyeshadow, Suivez Mon Regard (our translation: follow my gaze); Sephora, 130 34th St. (betw. B'way & 7th Ave.), 212-629-9135; 12-7, free.
The East Village Summerfest Street fair feat. arts & crafts, merchandise, demos & food from over 150 vendors?proceeds benefit the Andrew Glover Youth Program; 4th Ave.(betw. 8th & 14th Sts.), 646-230-0489; 11-7, free.
"Fourth-Annual World Tai Chi-Qigong Day" Supposed to happen last weekend but cancelled due to bad weather, Tai chi instructor Richard Jesaitis rescheduled gathering of Tai Chi & Qigong practitioners performing mass demos & leading exercises "to promote world cooperation & health & to reduce stress" for today; East Meadow, Central Park, 5th Ave. (betw. 97th & 99th Sts.), 646-698-3375, www.classicalyangtaichi.com; 10, free.
Sikh Day Parade Join 100,000 Sikhs?you know, members of that monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century that combines elements of Hinduism and Islam?at annual parade ending in Madison Square Park w/free vegetarian meals; 42nd St.(B'way); 1 p.m., free.
Film/Video
"African Film Festival" Tenth-anniversary fest pres. the best of the continent incl. director Gaston Kaboré's 1997 drama from Burkina Faso Budd Yam, Mooré w/English subtitles (2 p.m.) & director Mweze Ngangura's 1998 sequel Identity Cards, French w/English subtitles (4); Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Pkwy. (Washington Ave.), Bklyn, 718-638-5000; 2, $6, $3 st./s.c.
Emigre Directors Series screens two b&w dramas from French director Jean Renoir; 1935's Toni, in French (2 p.m.) & 1945's the Southerner (4); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35 Ave. (36 St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; 2, $10, $7.50 st./s.c.
Star Trek Entire movie saga in chronological order plays weekly. Series continues w/director Jonathan Frakes' Star Trek: First Contact (1996); Captain Picard & crew go back in time to battle the Borg; Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300; 2, $8.50, $6 st./s.c. [through 5/3].
SUNDAY 4/20
Around Town
"Bailey House Christopher Street Spring Festival" Fundraising street fair feat. merchandise from over 150 vendors?proceeds benefit Bailey House; Christopher St.(betw. 7th & Greenwich Aves.), 646-230-0489; 11-7, free.
"Radical Lower East Side Walking Tour" Tour guide extraordinaire Bruce Kayton leads you on four-hour tour of historic sites & shares details of prostitution, Sidney Hillman & the garment union, the Henry Street Settlement, tenements, Lillian Wald & the Rosenberg; meet at 175 E. B'way(betw. Jefferson & Rutgers Sts.), 718-492-0069; 1 p.m., $10.
Surveillance Camera Outdoor Walking Tours Big Brother is watching like never before! One-hour tour reveals that no one's ever really alone & points out cameras surveilling public space. This week: City Hall; SCOWT, meet at SE corner of Warren St. (B'way), 212-561-0106; 2 p.m., free.
Film/Video
"Art, Memory, Survival" "Movies@the Museum" series explores films about lives interupted by the Holocaust incl. 1944 Nazi propaganda film The Furer Gives the Jews a City (1 p.m.), Robert E. Frye's 1992 doc. The Journey of Butterfly (2), Karyl Kachyna's 1991 Czech drama The Last Butterfly & Ilona Ziok's 1999 doc. Kut Gerron's Karussell, German w/English subtitles (5)?part of "The Last Expression: Art & Auschwitz" exhibit; Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Pkwy. (Washington Ave.), Bklyn, 718-638-5000; 1, free w/adm..
"An Evening With Adam & Jem Cohen" Brooklyn-based filmmaking brothers screen Adam's 1993 b&w doc. short Blind Grace & 1986's Witness Butthole Surfers, followed by Jem's selected shorts incl. 1999's Blood Orange Sky; Ocularis at Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 8:30, $6.
Lectures
"Yerushe/Inheritance" Warsaw Ghetto Uprising epitomized all cases of resistance during the Holocaust. Writers, musicians & three generations of survivors & their descendents honor its 60th-anniversary at ceremony feat. the New Yiddish Chorale; CUNY Grad Center, 365 5th Ave. (34th St.), 212-817-8215; 2, free.
Readings
KGB Fiction Series This week: Oscar Casares (Brownsville) & Sam Ligon (Safe in Heaven Dead); KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
MONDAY 4/21
Around Town
"The Big Quiz Thing" When drinking isn't enough...Noah Tarnow hosts team trivia feat. DJ GB, special "cryptic NYC geography" round & $200 grand prize; Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St. (Stanton St.), 212-592-0965; 8, $5.
Giant Earth Images Earth Day New York & the MTA pres. week-long show feat. environmentally-themed art works, messages & graphics by acclaimed artists incl. Andy Warhol, Keith Haring & Roy Lichtenstein projected on two north cloumns in the Main Concourse; Grand Central, Main Concourse, Vanderbilt Ave. (42nd St.), 212-922-0048, www.earthdayny.org; 10-8, free.
17th-Annual Easter Bonnet Competition After two-weeks of fundraising, cast & crew of Broadway, off-Broadway & touring productions pres. decorated bonnets while singing, dancing & generally entertaining at two-day fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS; New Amsterdam Theatre, 214 W. 42nd St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), 212-840-0770 x268; 4:30, $20-$90 [repeats Tues. at 1:30].
"Splash Week" Program helps ensure people of all ages learn basic swimming & water safety skills, just in time for the spring heat wave; McBurney YMCA, 125 W. 14th St. (6th & 7th Aves.), 212-741-9210; call for complete list of events, free [repeats Tues.].
Spring Break Scavenger Hunt Museum pres. annual self-guided scavenger hunt. Use interactive exhibits to locate museum artifacts & answer questions. Students ages 5-17 receive prizes for completed forms?also coloring sheets availible for pre-school & kindergarten kids; Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, Pier 86 W. 46th St. (12th Ave.), 212-245-0072; 12, free w/adm., $12, $9 vets./reservists/st./s.c., $6 child. 6-11, $2 child. 2-5, active duty/child. 0-2 free [repeats Tues.].
"Viva Puente: A Tribute to the Real Mambo King" Rums of Puerto Rico pres. two-hour gala honoring Grammy-winning Latin jazz legend Tito Puente feat. hosts Jimmy Smits & Roselyn Sanchez, performances by Ruben Blades & Cucco Pena & celeb appearances by Rosie Perez, Celia Cruz & Tito Puente Jr.; Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, B'way (64th St.), 212-721-6500, www.lincolncenter.org; 8-10, $35-$155.
Film/Video
"The Baron of Blood: Mario Bava" Nine films screen during two-month retrospective on Italian horror filmmaker. Series continues w/director Bava's 1966 ghost story about a grieving mother's hatred that drives her dead daughter's spirit to kill local villagers Kill, Baby Kill?Italian w/English subtitles; BAM Rose Cinema, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Ft. Greene, 718-636-4100, 718-777-FILM; 4:30, 6:50 & 9:10, $10, $7 st., $6 s.c. [through 4/28].
"The Den of Very Silly Movies" screens director Doris Wishman's 1973 crime drama Deadly Weapons starring Chesty Morgan as Crystal, a special agent who takes down a crime ring w/her measurements (73EEE-32-36); Two Boots Den of Cin, 44 Ave. A (3rd St.), 212-254-0800; 8, $5 [through 4/28].
The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers Special matinee screening of director Peter Jackson's epic retelling of Tolkien's classic trilogy (not counting the prequels & appendix) intended to entertain public school spring breakers; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35 Ave. (36 St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; 1:30, free w/adm. [repeats Tues.].
"Monday Night Shorts @ Freight Film Salon" Weekly showcase screens work of emerging filmmakers. This week, Hatian-American director Philippe Roc follows a homeless women through the city in Stay Tuned for More Details & director Lisa Barnstone's experimental short Rebel witnesses the Lower Eastside Girls Club hiphop through the neighborhood; Freight Restaurant, 410 W. 16th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-242-6555; 6:30, free.
Lectures
"Advances in Acute Pain Research: From Dental to Foot Pain" Distinguished oral surgery professor Dr. Paul Desjardins discusses oral medicine & research; NYU's Center of Dentistry, Rosenthal Institute for Aesthetic Denistry, 421 First Ave. (E. 23rd St.), 212-988-9910; 5:30, free.
Readings
The Wife From Publishers Weekly: "[Meg] Wolitzer (Sleepwalking) opens her latest tale in the first-class cabin of an airplane. Joan, a still-striking 64-year-old woman, observes her husband, the famous novelist Joe Castleman...and realizes that she must end this marriage"; Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
Workshops
"Marketing Through Search Engines" Class covers how to submit to search engines, index content, market planning & much more.; Noble Desktop, 594 B'way (Houston & Spring Sts. ), 212-226-4149; 3-5 & 6-8, free.
TUESDAY 4/22
Around Town
Fifth-Anniversary Fasion Show & Awards Presentation Gen Art pres. 30 up & coming designers competing on the runway & in installations at show w/reception & post-party feat. DJ Onda & complimentary Skyy vodka & Heineken; Hammerstein Ballroom Manhattan Center, 311 W. 34th St. (betw. 8th & 9th Aves.), 212-255-7300; 7:30, $40-$100.
Meet Dr. Murad Dermatologist Harold Murad signs copies of his new book, answers skincare questions & lectures on his breakthrough products(1-2), while Murad experts personalize a five-minute anti-aging regiment; Sephora Times Sq., 1500 B'way (betw. 43rd & 44th Sts.), 212-944-6789; 12-5, $35, goes towards Murad purchase.
"Pure Country" DJ Alan Kohn keeps the country spinning, while Rona Kaye teaches the particulars of line dancing & ensures you'll have a partnerñyeehaw!; Jack Rose, 771 8th Ave. (47th St.), 212-247-7518; 6:30, $13.
Tuesday Night Trivia It's probably not as much fun as watching Anna Nicole Smith reruns, but prizes do incl. $10-$25 bar tabs; Baggot Inn, 82 W. 3rd St. (betw. Sullivan & Thompson Sts.), 212-477-0622; 7:30, free.
Film/Video
Robert Beck Memorial Cinema pres. "An Evening With the Foundry," feat. Dean Santomieri's fable The Boy Beneath the Sea & "tale of descent into madness" A Book Bound in Red Buckram?plus Michael Bentley's longform musical This World; Collective Unconscious, 145 Ludlow St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-254-5277; 9:30, $5.
"William Klein Film Retrospective" Continues w/director Klein's 1969 comedy Mr. Freedom, about pro-American super hero who heads to France to battle communism but ends up destroying the country when they fail to accept him?in French & English, preceeded by 1983 short Contacts; Florence Gould Hall French Institute, 55 E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160; 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 & 9, $8, $6 st.
Readings
Paulo Coelho From Publishers Weekly: "'My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer,' the boy confides to the alchemist one night as they look up at a moonless sky. 'Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself,' the alchemist replies. 'And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity'"; Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
First Off the Tee "Is it really surprising to learn that the section called 'Hail to the Cheats' features the golfing escapades of Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Warren Harding?"; Barnes & Noble, 160 E. 54th St. (3rd Ave.), 212-750-8033; 6:30, free.
The Poets of World War II Editor Harvey Shapiro reads; Barnes & Noble, 240 E. 86th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-794-1962; 7, free.
Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books "A bibliophile's pilgrimage to where book lovers go when they die?Hay-on-Wye, in the Welsh countryside, which boasts fifteen hundred inhabitants and forty bookstores. Antiquarian bookstores, no less"; Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave (21st St.), 212-727-1227; 7, free.
10th Grade: A Novel From Library Journal: "This may be [Joseph] Weisberg's first novel, but he's got connections and maybe the right genes: brother Jacob (In Defense of Government) is also a Random author. Here, protagonist Jeremy navigates the ever-changing alliances of tenth grade"; Astor Place Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.), 212-420-1322; 7:30, free.