Upper West Side Neighborhood Event Calendar: Mar. 12-18

Thursday, March 12th

The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Evening for Female Choreography: The School of American Ballet presents this event celebrating the artistry, imagination, and leadership of the next generation of women in ballet. 6:30 p.m. New York Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY (917) 275-6975.

Friday, March 13th

Create-athon: Moving Music With the New York City Ballet: Choreographer George Balanchine wanted people to “see the music, hear the dance”. Make your own multi tracked dance video on a Lincoln Center stage using motion capture technology to generate both dancers and movement. 5:00 p.m. Lincoln Center, Clark Studio Theater, Samuel B. & David Rose Building, 165 West 65th Street, New York, NY (212) 721-6500.

Saturday, March 14th

Drop-in Drawing at The Met Cloisters: Experience The Met Cloisters through creative drawing challenges in the galleries with expert teaching artists. Materials are provided, but you may bring your own sketchbook. 1:00 p.m. Met Cloisters, 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, New York, NY (212) 923-3700.

Sunday, March 15th

Here to Sing: Come to the Triad to hear this inclusive non-audition choir in NYC that sings a wide variety of songs from the 1950s to today. Here to Sing ensembles bring singers together in a community-driven celebration of music featuring a mix of contemporary hits, timeless favorites and powerful choral arrangements. 7:00 p.m. Triad Theater, 158 West 72nd Street, New York, NY (212) 362-2590.

Monday, March 16th

The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb: Author Garrett M. Graff draws on oral history archives, books, letters, diaries and more from across the US, Japan and Europe to bring the profound creative process and its haunting aftermath to life. 6:30 p.m. New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY (212) 485-9268.

Tuesday, March 17th

Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Neil deGrasse Tyson, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, convenes leading experts to examine the latest advancements in science. Together, they will discuss the scientific, ethical and policy considerations surrounding these technologies and interventions—and their role in shaping the future of our planet. 7:00 p.m. American Museum of Natural History, 77th Street and Central Park West, New York, NY (212) 769-5100.

Wednesday, March 18th

Art Students League, ‘The Function of Criticism’: The Art Students League of New York hosts this conversation about the state of contemporary art criticism with John-Baptiste Oduor, associate editor of Jacobin and frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, Apollo, ArtReview, New Left Review, The Nation and Frieze. 6:00 p.m. Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, 215 West 57th Street, New York, NY (212) 247-4510.