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Aca Galleries 529 W. 20th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-206-8080, www.acagalleries.com Tues.-Sat. 10:30-6:30, Free "Dreams and Memories: The Art of Romare Bearden (1911-1988)," incl. collages, works on paper & prints [through 11/1].

Allen Sheppard Gallery 135 W. 24th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-989-9919, www.artbackroom.com Tues.-Sat. 12-6, Free "Internal Life," large paintings by Christopher Reilly using caustic, no, encaustic on panels [through 11/4].

Anita Shapolsky Gallery 152 E. 65th St. (Lexington Ave.), 212-452-1094, www.anitashapolskygallery.com Weds.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Re-Examining Abstract Art - Part II," group show of abstract artists & their works from the last 50 years [through 11/15].

Anton Kern Gallery 532 W. 20th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-367-9663, www.antonkerngallery.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Mark Grotjahn," dizzying oil paintings, exploding geometrics, stripes & illusion, fool your eyes at this show [through 11/15].

Apexart 291 Church St. (White St.), 212-431-5270, www.apexart.org Tues.-Sat. 11-6, free "To Be Political It Has To Look Nice," damn straight, we want none of your ugly politics here at our lovely group show looking at crossections of contemporary Latin American culture [through 11/8].

Artists Space 38 Greene St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), (212) 274-1158. Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Share Your Vision," show pres. by Visual Aids to raise AIDS awareness. 22 works carefully chosen by a jury [through 11/1].

Axis Gallery 453 W. 17th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-741-2582. Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Brett Murray," South African sculptor hits "the collective funny bone" w/ his political critique [through 11/1].

Blue Mountain Gallery 530 W. 25th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 646-486-4730. Tues.-Sat. 11-6;, free "No Evil," there will be no evil at this show, only good, so says Linda Smith the artist whose paintings you will be viewing in all harmony & peace [through 11/22].

Briggs Robinson Gallery 527 W. 29th St (betw. 10th & 11th Aves), 212-560-9075, www.briggsrobinson.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Symbolism & Surrealism: A Belgian Tradition from Khnopff to Broodthaers," eyeglasses for someone with one eye & a cranium three inches wide & more on view here [through 11/6].

Bruce Silverstein Gallery 504 W. 22nd St. (10th Ave.), 212-627-3930, www.brucesilverstein.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Joseph Jachna: A Retrospective," survey of the career of American master photographer [through 11/1].

Ceres 584/588 B'way #306 (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.), 212-226-4725. Tues.-Sat. 12-6, Free "Seven," one woman show by artist Elizabeth R. Weiner on her seven year journey into herself. [through 11/1].

CFM Gallery 112 Greene St. (Prince St.), 212-966-3864, www.cfmgallery.com Mon.-Sat. 11-6 Sun. 12-6, Free "L'Apocalypse de Saint Jean," group show of all kinds of crazy artists w/ crazy names incl. Dali, Fini, Buffet, Foujita & more [through 11/24].

Claire Oliver Fine Art 529 W. 20th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-929-5949, www.cofa.info Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "King of the Forest New York," if you think you are the king of the forest, go take back your crown? or coconut, whatever [through 12/6].

ClampArt 531 W. 25th St. (10th Ave.), 646-230-0020, www.clampart.com Tues.-Fri. 11-6, Free "2,4,6,8 American Cheerleaders & Football Players," these guys & gals are 'sexy, cute, and popular to boot' & as we all know, 'there are two kinds of girls: cheerleaders and those who wanna be them' [through 11/1].

Dia:Chelsea 548 W. 22nd St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-840-7470, www.diacenter.org Wed.-Sun. 12-6, $6, $3 st./s.c., child. under 12 free "Prototype," Jorge Pardo shows an environment adaptable plywood structure. Also showing Rosemarie Trockel's Spleen & Robert Whitman's Playback [through 1/11].

The Drawing Center 35 Wooster St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-219-2166, www.drawingcenter.org Tues.-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 11-6, Free "Mark Lombardi: Global Networks," maps uncovering the conspiratorial nature of financial & political relations the world over. Its like the Kevin Bacon game w/ Dubya as Bacon [reception 11/1 from 6-8, through 12/18].

Eyebeam Gallery 540 W. 21st St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 718-222-3982, www.eyebeam.org Tues.-Sat. 12-6, Free "Beta Launch: Artists in Residence '03," big group show, lotsa cool stuff [through 12/13].

Figureworks 168 N. 6th St. (Bedford Ave.), Williamsburg, 718-486-7021, www.figureworks.com Fri.-Sun. 1-6, Free "Peter Krebs: Relief," fine stone carvings in marble have been called 'drawings in stone' [through 11/16].

Gallery at Lincoln Center B'way, concourse level (64th St.), 212-580-4673, www.lincolncenter.org Mon.-Sat. 10-8, Free "Hirschfeld at the Opera," famous name hiding cartoonist shows off his stuff incl. sketches of "The Three Tenors." How many 'Nina's can you count? [through 11/2].

Gallery Onetwentyeight 128 Rivington St. (Norfolk St.), 212-674-0244. Weds.-Sun. 12-6, Free "Behind Paradise Door," Eric Ginsburg, Angela Valeria & Kazuko show works inspired by birds & paradise. Reception to incl. 'paradise concert' [through 11/1].

Haim Chanin Fine Arts 210 11th Ave. 2nd fl. (betw. 24th & 25th Sts.), 646-230-7200, www.haimchanin.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Robert Morris: Blind Time Drawings," exhibit of mainly b&w works on paper made by the artist while blindfolded [through 11/1].

Hirschl & Adler Galleries 21 E. 70th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-535-8810, www.hirschlandadler.com Tues.-Fri. 9:30-5:15; Sat. 9:30-4:45, Free "Efflorescence: Photographs by Zeva Oelbaum," more than 30 botanically inspired sepia-toned gelatin prints & cyanotypes (thats really pretty blue photo thingies to those of you who don't know). Also opening is Antonio Floriano's "From Here to There: Maps as Muse" an exhibit of sliced & diced maps [through 11/22].

Howard Greenberg Gallery Fuller Building, 41 E. 57th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-334-0010, www.howardgreenberg.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Bruce Davidson: Inside/Outside," award winning photographer shows works from his personal archives [through 12/1].

John Stevenson Gallery 338 W. 23rd St. (betw. 8th & 9th Aves.), 212-352-0070, www.johnstevenson-gallery.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Marcus Leatherdale: Portraits of India's Tribal People," beautiful & entrancing b&w photos of the tribal peoples [through 11/29].

Kerrigan Campbell art + projects 317 E. 9th St. (2nd Ave.), 212-505-7196, www.kerrigancampbell.com Wed.-Sun. 12-7, Free "Urban Landscapes," four photos taken in Central park manipulated by the artist Susan Daboll to transcend time & space [through 11/9].

Kim Foster Gallery 529 W. 20th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-229-0044, www.artnet.com/kfoster.html Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Articles of Faith," E.E. Smith shows two bodies of work: ground glass emulsion prints & pieces done by oil printing & cyanotyping [through 11/15].

Latincollector 153 Hudson St. (betw. Laight & Hubert Sts.), 212-334-7813, www.latincollector.com Mon.-Fri. 10-7; Sat. & Sun. 12-6, Free "Fotografica," group show of mispelled photographs, oh right, of photos taken by photographers of hispanic descent, qué tonto que soy [through 11/1].

Lehmann Maupin Gallery 540 W. 26th St. (10th & 11th Aves.), 212-255-2923, www.lehmannmaupin.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Shirazeh Houshiary," solo show feat. new paintings & an animated film installation [through 12/20].

Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation 127-B Prince St. (Wooster St.), 212-673-7007, www.leslielohman.org Tues.-Sat. 1-6, Free "Chelsea Boys: Hung," ...'On the Wall for the First Time.' See all the bulges you've been eyeballing in Chelsea, here, fo real [through 11/6].

Littlejohn Contemporary 41 E. 57th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-980-2323, www.littlejohncontemporary.com Tues.-Sat. 10-5:30, Free "Car-Paint Portraits," John Kindness paints people's portraits from the side creating profiles of people the way they look if you are sitting in a neighboring car [through 11/8].

McKee Gallery 745 5th Ave. (57th St.), 212-688-5951, www.mckeegallery.com Mon.-Fri. 10-5, Free "Harvey Quaytman: A Survey of Paintings and Drawings 1969-1998," show of 35 drawings & paintings in a retrospective & memorial tribute to the artist who passed last year [through 11/1].

Midoma 439 E. 75th St. (betw. 1st & York Aves.), 917-432-2667, www.midoma.com Tues.-Sat. 12-7, free "Daze, Done, Crash," this art gallery/hair salon pres. a group show of pseudonyms (artists) [through 11/24].

Paul Kasmin Gallery 293 10th Ave. (27th St.), 212-563-4474, www.paulkasmingallery.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Mark Innerst: New Paintings," images of our beloved NYC many from Times Sq. are transformed w/collage like complexity [through 11/8].

Posteritati Movie Poster 239 Centre St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-226-2207, www.posteritati.com Tues.-Sat. 11-7; Sun. 12-6, Free "Italian Movie Posters," il cinema itlaiano e il miglore nel mondo, allora debbe essere che i 'poster' sono 'the best' so go see the show [through 12/14].

Ricco Maresca Gallery 529 W. 20th St. 3rd fl. (10th Ave.), 212-627-4819, www.riccomaresca.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Michael Martone: Vintage Dark Light," to celebrate 50 years in photo this gallery pres. this show of works playing on the theme light & dark. "Marc Dennis: Paintings" also opening tonight w/oil on canvas paintings [through 11/22].

Robin Rice Gallery 325 W. 11th St. (betw. Greenwich & Washington Sts.), 212-366-6660. Thurs.-Sat. 1-7; Sun. 1-6, Free "BKLYN: A Short, Almost Historical Tour of Brooklyn," Micheal Mclaughlin takes you through Brooklyn's history w/his offbeat b&w photos of landmarks [through 11/1].

SculptureCenter 44-19 Purves St. (Jackson Ave.), L.I.C., 718-361-1750, www.sculpture-center.org Thurs.-Tues. 12-6, Free "In Practice Projects," works commissioned through the In Practice program created to support works by innovative emerging artists [through 12/7].

Sepia International 148 W. 24th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-645-9444, www.sepia.org Thrs.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Faces," group show focusing on the subversive interaction between the photographer & subject. Artists incl. Arbus, Cartier-Bresson & William Klein [through 11/22].

Soho Photo Gallery 15 White St. (betw. 6th Ave. & W. B'way), 212-226-8571, www.sohophoto.com Thurs. 6-8; Fri.-Sun. 1-6, Free "Where the Seeds Were Kept," moving silver gelatin printed photos by Veronica Szarejko. Also, "The Streets of My Youth" by guest exhibitor Gerald Parker examining urban decline. "Spirit of the Earth" Japanese photographer Hirotaka Kasuga shows spiritual landscapes in b&w [through 11/1].

Studio Gallery 88 205 W. 88th St. (B'way), 212-579-4654. Fri-Sun. 1-5, Free "Gabriel Phipps: Drawings," in charcoal, chalk & more, on view here [through 11/16].

UBS Art Gallery 1285 6th Ave. (betw. 51st & 52nd Sts.), 212-713-2885. Mon.-Fri. 8-6, Free "The Longest Run: New York's Philharmonic," celebrating more than 160 years of music this exhibit looks at America's first symphony orchestra & its life here in the city [through 12/5].

Von Lintel Gallery 555 W. 25th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-242-0599, www.vonlintel.com Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Joseph Stashkevetch: Quincunx," pronounciation of the artist's name & show title not mandatory. See detailed drawings pondering 'mortality, memory & human folly'?ah yes, that would be existence itself... [through 11/15].

Wooster Art Space 147 Wooster St. (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-777-6338. Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Reading Between the Lines," find the hidden meanings at this group show, happy hunting! [through 11/22].

Museums/Cultural Inst.

American Museum of Natural History Central Park W. (79th St.), 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org Daily 10-5:45, $12, $9 st./s.c., $7 child "Vietnam: Journeys of the Body, Mind & Spirit," comprehensive exhibition on Vietnamese life today [through 1/4/04]. "Milstein Hall of Ocean Life," the whale is back! After a few months resting up from a little cosmetic surgery, just a few nips & tucks, big blue is back in action?suspension??in the redone hall of fishy life. "Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites," Chicken-Little, Chicken-Little, the sky is falling?so bring a helmet to the re-opening of the hall dedicated to rocks that rain down from the sky. "Petra: Lost City of Stone" once upon a time, the Nabateans created a city called Petra, then they lost it, then we found it [through 7/4/04]..

Asia Society 725 Park Ave. (70th St.), 212-517-2742, www.asiasociety.org Tues.-Thurs., Sat. & Sun. 11-6; Fri. 11-9, $7, $5 st./s.c., child. under 16 free "The World of Buddhism," exhibition exploring important concepts & imagery of Buddhism [through 12/14]. .

Brooklyn Museum of Art 200 Eastern Pkwy. (Washington Ave.), Bklyn, 718-638-5000, www.brooklynart.org Weds.-Fri. 10-5; Sat. & Sun. 11-6; first Sat. of the month 11-11 contrib, $6, $3 st./s.c., child. under 12 free "Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity," almost 600 objects, incl. treasures, reliefs & statuettes, dating from 4400 BC to 1353 BC. "The Jewish Journey: Frédéric Brenner's Photographic Odyssey" more than 140 photos by world traveler & anthropologist? Monsieur Brenner has documented Jews on five (out of seven) continents [through 1/1/04]..

Chelsea Art Museum 556 W. 22nd St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-255-0719, www.chelseaartmuseum.org Weds.-Sun. 12-6, $5 "Manuel Millares: Eastern and Western Grief," paintings, works on paper & collages described in two words: 'destruction & construction' [through 11/9].

Children's Galleries for Jewish Culture 515 W. 20th St. 4E (10th Ave.), 212-924-4500, www.jcllcm.com Sun. 2-5, $5 "From Home to Home: Jewish Immigration to America," ongoing interactive exhibition for kids ages 6-12 followed by arts & crafts. No strollers..

Cooper Hewitt's National Design Museum 2 E. 91st St. (5th Ave), 212-849-8380, www.si.edu/ndm Tues.-Thurs. 10-5; Fri. 10-9; Sat. 10-6; Sun. 12-6, $8, $5 st./s.c., child. under 12 free "National Design Triennial: Inside Design Now," overview of last three years of American architectural & design progress [through 1/25]. .

Goethe-Institut 1014 5th Ave. (betw. 82nd & 83rd Sts.), 212-439-8700, www.goethe.de/newyork Mon. Weds. & Fri. 10-5; Thurs. & Tues. 10-7, Free "Information and Apocalypse," the end is nigh, catch this Michael Najjar's collaboration w/Dieter Jaufmann before its all over [through 11/13].

Humanities and Social Sciences Library, New York Public Library 5th Ave. (42nd St.), 212-930-0803, www.nypl.org Tues.-Wed. 11-7:30; Thurs.-Sat. 10-6, Free "Russia Engages the World," explore the realm of the Muscovy in an exhibit that incl. books, manuscripts, prints, fine art items & artifacts [through 1/31].

International Center of Photography 1133 6th Ave. (43rd St.), 212-857-0000, www.icp.org Tues.-Thurs. 10-5; Fri. 10-8; Sat. & Sun. 10-6, $10 $7 st./s.c "Strangers the First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video," pres. a survey of contemporary photo/video from around the globe examining the theme of boundaries, trust & fear betw. strangers [through 11/28].

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum Pier 86 W. 46th St. (12th Ave.), 212-245-0072, www.intrepidmuseum.org Mon.-Fri. 10-5; Sat.-Sun. 10-7, $14, $10 vets./reservists/st./s.c., $7 child. 6-11, $2 child. 2-5, active duty/child. 0-2 free "All Hands on the Deck," test your coding & knot-tying skills. "Intrepid Remembers 9/11," indoor & outdoor exhibit incl. 17 ft. by 10 ft. mural & two steel beams from the WTC. "Attack Cobra Helicopter," earlier version of aircraft deployed to Afghanistan. "Virtual Flight Simulators," 4-D experience. "In Flight: Futuristic Aeropainting" fly away, far, far away, into the future w/these paintings & mixed media works that will 'extoll the visual & sensory perceptions of flight' [through 11/2]..

Japan Society 333 E. 47th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-832-1155, www.jpnsoc.org Tues.-Fri. 11-6; Sat. & Sun. 11-5, $5, $3 st./s.c "Isamu Noguchi & Modern Japanese Ceramics," survey of Isamu & his Japanese contemporaries' postwar ceramics [through 1/11].

Jewish Museum 1109 5th Ave. (92nd St.), 212-423-3200, www.thejewishmuseum.org Sun.-Weds. 11-5:45; Thurs. 11-8; Fri. 11-3, $10, $7.50 st./s.c., child. under 12 free. Pay-what-you-wish Thurs. after 5 "Schoenberg, Kandinsky, and the Blue Rider," when I was 10, my cousin took me to see a Kandinsky show & I was bored out of my mind. Hopefully, you are more sophisticated & will enjoy this show [through 2/12].

Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Ave. (82nd St.), 212-535-7710, www.metmuseum.org Tues.-Thurs. Sun. 9:30-5:30; Fri. & Sat. 9:30-9, $12, $7 st./s.c. child. under 12 free w/adult "Klee Abstract," when one becomes bored w/the visible world as Paul Klee did in 1915, one can find solace in one's own private universe of 'abstract signs & merry symbols,' but one must be prepared for strange looks from passersby [through 12/7]. "The Dawn of Photography: French Daguerreotypes, 1839-1855" all you modern day shutterbugs should see how it used to be done, not just point & click, eh? [through 1/04/04]."Dreams of Yellow Mountain: Landscapes of Survival in Seventeenth-Century China" focusing on Yellow Mountain which symbolized survival, resistance & reclusion to the 'leftover subjects' of the Ming Dynasty [through 1/25/04]. "El Greco" thats Domenikos Theotokopoulos to those who know. Over 80 paintings by the 16th century Greek (duh) painter [through 1/11/04]..

Metropolitan Museum of Art Grace Rainey Rogers Aud. 5th Ave. (82nd St.), 212-570-3949. Tues.-Thurs. & Sun. 9:30-5:30; Fri. & Sat. 9:30-9, $12, $7 st./s.c., child. under 12 free "Celebrating Saint Petersburg," oodles of Russian & European art from the 1700s through the early 20th century, for the 300th anniversary of the 'Burg [through 1/25].

MOMA QNS 33rd St. (Queens Blvd.), L.I.C., 212-708-9400, www.moma.org Thurs. & Sun. 10-5; Fri. & Sat. 10-9, $12, $8.50 st./s.c., Fri. after 4 pay-what-you-wish "Project 79: Liam Gillick"sculpture & wall drawing designed for the space entitled Literally based "around the interrelationship between economics, ethics & aesthetics in modern society' [through 12/1]. "Project eighty: Lee Mingwei, The Tourist" randomly selected volunteers give guided tours of NYC, showing the artist their city [through 11/24]..

Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology 7th Ave. (27th St.), 212-217-5800, www.fitnyc.suny.edu Tues.-Fri. 12-8; Sat. 10-5, Free "Dressed For Thrills," Halloween is almost here, see costumes w/photos by Phyllis Galembo [through 1/1].

National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center, 1 Bowling Green (betw. State & Whitehall Sts.), 212-514-3700, www.americanindian.si.edu Fri.-Weds. 10-5; Thurs. 10-8, Free "All Roads Are Good: Native Voices on Life & Culture," displays more than 300 symbolic objects [permanent]. "CONTINUUM: 12 Artists," launch of 18-month series of works by various artists who were inspired by, or knew George Morrison & Allan Houser, two major figures in Native American art..

New Museum of Contemporary Art 583 B'way (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-219-1222, www.newmuseum.org Tues.-Sun. 12-6; Thurs. 12-8. $3 Thurs. 6-8., $6, $3 st./s.c., child. under 18 free "Trisha Brown: Dance and Art in Dialogue, 1961-2001," if you think Britney & Wade have got the moves come check out Trisha Brown & her talents as a dancer/choreographer [through 1/25/04]. "The Curiously Strong Mints Collection" brought to you by the museum & Altoids feat. up & coming contemporary artists [through 11/30]..

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy & Lewis B. Cullman Center, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, 65th St. (Amsterdam Ave.), 212-870-1630, www.nypl.org Thurs. 12-8; Tues., Weds., Fri. & Sat. 12-6, Free "Puppetry of Shadow and Light," multimedia exhibition on shadow puppets showcases both traditional & modern interpretations of paper cut-outs dancing on screens [through 11/8].

Scandinavia House 58 Park Ave. (betw. 37th & 38th Sts.), 212-879-9779, www.amscan.org Tues.-Sat. 12-6, $3, $2 st./s.c "The Snow Show," coming to you from the iced country of Finland this exhibit pres. architectural models & plans for structures to be built there [through 11/8].

St. Peter's Church 619 Lexington Ave. (54th St.), 212-935-2200. Wed.-Mon. 8-8; Tues. 8-3, Free "Fear No Evil," but see it & hear it at this show of paintings, sculptures & sound installation [through 11/9].

Studio Museum in Harlem 144 W. 125th St. (betw. Lenox Ave. & Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.), 212-864-4500, www.studiomuseum.org Weds.-Fri. & Sun. 12-6; Sat. 10-6, $5, $3 st./s.c., $1 child under 12 "Black Belt," this "large-scale exhibition featuring 19 contemporary artists reflecting on an intersection between African-American and Asian-American cultures from the 1970s and 80s." "Harlem Document," photography of Aaron Siskind [through 1/4]. "Harlem Postcards," new perspectives on local landmarks [permanent]..

Whitney Museum at Altria 120 Park Ave. (42nd St.), 212-570-3633, www.whitney.org Mon.-Fri. 11-6; Thurs. 11-7:30, Free "Katie Grinnan: Adventures in Delusional Idealism," "computer-altered images of corporate spaces create large-scale photo sculptures" [through 1/4/04].

Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave. (75th St.), 212-570-3676, www.whitney.org Tues.-Thurs. Sat.& Sun. 11-6; Fri. 1-9, $12, $9.50 st./s.c./groups 10 or more; Fri. pay-what-you-wish 6-9 p.m "Ellsworth Kelly: Red Green Blue," what's red & green & rectangular all over? [through 11/2]..

World Monuments Fund 95 Madison Ave. (28th & 29th Sts.), 646-424-9594, www.worldmonuments.org Mon.-Fri. 10-5, Free "A Temple Reborn: Conserving Preah Khan, Angkor, Cambodia," photos & interactive computer panoramas of the historic city of Angkor [through 1/7].

Openings/Receptions

A Ramona Studio_ 65 W. 37th St. 4th fl. (6th Ave.), 212-398-1904, www.aramonastudio.com Sat. 12-6., Free "Moby Dick or EEEE EEEE (Volume One)," dry point drawings & etchings attempt to translate Melville's novel into a text consisting only of the letter E [reception 11/1 from 5-7, artist's talk from 3-5, through 12/20].

A.I.R. Gallery 511 W. 25th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Sts.), 212-255-6651, www.airnyc.org Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Michi Itami: A Print Retrospective," survey of the artist's abstract prints in muted colors [reception 11/6 from 6-8, through 11/28].

The Arsenal Gallery Central Park, 64th St. (5th Ave.), 212-360-8163, www.nyc.gov/parks Mon.-Fri. 9-5, Free "Diane Dwyer: Hollow Bones," paintings cataloging birds from the Tufted Tutmouse to the Blue-Winged Warbler in a portrait-like style [opens 10/29, through 12/4].

Czech Center New York 1109 Madison Ave. (83rd St.), 212-288-0830, www.czechcenter.com Tues. Weds. Fri. 9-5; Thurs. 9-7, free "Next Year in Marienbad," not a sequel to the 1961 Alain Resnais film but an exhibit feat. Markéta Othová & Ján Mancuska, two young Czech artists [reception 10/28 from 6:30-8:30, through 12/5].

Gallery Viet Nam 55 N. Moore St (betw. Hudson & Greenwich Sts.), 212-431-8889, www.galleryvietnam.com Daily 11-7, $15, $10 adv "Eat Art 6," mmm, tasty art, seriously?edible art on view & in your belly!.

Howard Scott Gallery 529 W. 20th St. 7th fl. (betw. 10th &11th Aves.), 646-486-7004. Tues.-Sat. 10:30-6, Free "Francisco Castro Le-ero: Displacements," geometric compositions by Mexico City based artist [reception 11/6 from 6-8, through 12/29].

Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Ave. (82nd St.), 212-535-7710, www.metmuseum.org Tues.-Thurs. Sun. 9:30-5:30; Fri. & Sat. 9:30-9, $12 $7 st./s.c. child. under 12 free w/adult "Braveheart: Men in Skirts," this exhibit searches out men w/out pants through the ages & across different cultures?see how the boys look when they show a little leg [opens 11/4, through 2/8].

The New-York Historical Society 2 W. 77th St. (Central Park W.), 212-873-3400, www.nyhistory.org Tues.-Sun. 11-6., $8, $5 st./s.c., child. under 12 free "Children at Risk: Protecting New York City's Youths 1653-2003," save the children! Exhibit documenting the last 350 years of efforts to help NY's kids, you'd think we'd be alright by now... [opens 11/4, through 4/4].

Pier 92 12th Ave. (50th St.). "Affordable Art Fair," come & buy cheap, cool art for your trendy loft or cardboard box [opens 10/30, through 11/2].

Spencer Brownstone Gallery 39 Wooster St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-334-3455, www.spencerbrownstonegallery.com Tues.-Sat. 11-6, Free "Sven Pˆhlsson," focusing on the rise of the strip mall this animation trilogy observes the architectural phenomenon as well as the "Consuming Pleasures" inherent in the nature of mall culture [opens 11/1, through 12/3].

Synchronicity Fine Arts 106 W. 13th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 646-230-8199, www.synchronicityspace.com Tues.-Sat. 12-6, Free "On the Job: The NYPD in Pictures," Steffen Kaplan catches the boys in blue running this town on film [reception 10/28 from 5:30-7:30, through 11/22].

White Columns 320 W. 13th St. (Horatio St.), 212-924-4212, www.whitecolumns.org Weds.-Sun. 12-6, Free "Fast Forward: Twenty Years of White Rooms," group show/gallery retrospective feat. the old & the new all in one space?let's do the time warp again! [reception 11/ from 7-9, through 12/7].