WEDNESDAY 5/7 WEDNESDAY 5/7 Around Town "Central ...
Around Town
"Central Park Night Tour" Eric Stein leads you on three-hour tour of Central Park's infamous & dangerous spots incl. the Central Park Jogger rape, Jennifer Levin's murder & the dimly lit Ramble?wear comfy shoes & children ages 12-18 must be accompanied by adult; meet at International AYH-Hostel, 891 Amsterdam Ave. (betw. 103rd & 104th Sts.), res. req. 917-838-6233; 7:30, $30 [repeats Thurs.-Sat.].
"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 the South Street Seaport, the Brooklyn Bridge & Times Square on this two-hour ride; Union Sq. Park, 17th St. (B'way), 212-696-7247; 8, free.
Film/Video
Deadline "Modern Tales From the North: Sweden" series screens director Colin Nutley's 2002 drama, about a journalist, tracking down a bomber?Swedish w/English subtitles; Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave. (betw. 37th & 38th Sts.), 212-879-9779; 6:30, $8.
"Director's Fortnight" Series invites director Rob Nilsson (Northern Lights, Heat and Sunlight) to introduce & program works from mentor John Cassavetes incl. Shadow (1960), Faces (1968), A Woman Under the Influence (1974) & Minnie and Moskowitz (1970); Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300, www.twoboots.com/pioneer; website for full sched., $9, $6.50 st./s.c.
"New Films From Slovenia" BAMcinématek's five-day film retrospective screens recent Slovenian films incl. NY premieres of director Saso Podgorsek's 2001 tragicomedy Sweet Dreams (6:30 & 9:30, early screening feat. q&a w/Podgorsek ) & Jan Cvitkovic's 2001 drama Bread and Milk (Fri. at 2 & 6:50); BAM Rose Cinema, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Ft. Greene, 718-777-FILM, www.bam.org; website for full sched., $10, $7 st., $6 s.c./child. under 12 [repeats Thurs.-Sun.].
"NewFilmmakers Series" screens Kaz Rahman's 16mm 2002 fiction Dead Body, about a funeral poet who ponders all aspects of death to alleviate writer's block; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5181, www.anthologyfilmarchives.org; 6, $8.
Lectures
"New York's First Regional Cuisine" Food writer Ann Mendelson examines the Lenape Indian's pre-colonial cooking techniques, cultivation & food resources; Humanities and Social Sciences Library of the New York Public Library, 5th Ave. (42nd St.), 212-930-0803; 6-7, Free.
Readings
All the Rave: The Rise & Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster Journalist Joseph Menn should prepare for some precocious questions; Astor Place Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.), 212-420-1322; 7:30, free.
Food For Thought One act play & light sandwich lunch, every week & verrry literary dahling. Today, Edith Wharton's Roman Holiday; National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park S. (20th St.), 212-475-3424; 1, $40.
Mary Hudson reads from Fable for Another Time?a "far-reaching literary text of postwar France"?at New York's real Filthy MacNasty's; Rocky Sullivan's, 129 Lexington Ave. (29th St.), 212-725-3871; 8, free.
THURSDAY 5/8
Around Town
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Gala Preview of works from the International Fine Art Fair feat. cocktail party, dinner & dancing?proceeds benefit Lenox Hill Neighborhood House; 7th Regiment Armory, Park Ave. (67th Sts.), 212-874-5457; 5:30, $1000, cocktails only $250-$500.
"The Real Thing" Kevin Aviance hosts night of inclusion & pride feat. performances by Junior Vasquez, Miss Heather Headley & Lisa Stansfield?proceeds benefit GLAAD; Roxy, 515 W. 18th St. (10th Ave.), www.glaad.org;, $30, $25 adv.
"Women Who Care Luncheon" Donna Hanover emcee's United Cerebral Palsy's second-annual benefit luncheon honoring female role models incl. Marlo Thomas & Marie Wilson feat. awards ceremony & raffle; Regent Wall Street Hotel, 55 Wall St. (betw. William & Hanover Sts.), 212-683-6700 x205, www.ucpnyc.org; 11:30-1:30, $300 & $350.
"Women With Heart Lunch" American Heart Assoc.'s fourth-annual lunch, feat. reception & silent auction, raises heart disease awareness & pres. awards to Jurate Kazickas & Mary Tyler Moore; Ballroom, Pierre Hotel, 795 5th Ave. (betw. 60th & 61st Sts.), 212-878-5928; 11:30, $250.
Film/Video
Cinemania Tribeca Film Festival pres. NY premiere of directors Stephen Kijak & Angela Christlieb humorous documentary about movie addicts who religiously attend film screenings for their fix; United Artists Theatres, 102 North End Ave. (betw. 4th & 5th Pl.), 866-941-FEST, www.tribecafilmfestival.org; 10:30, $10 [repeats Sat. at 4:30].
500 Dunam On The Moon Screening of director Rachel Leah Jones' 2002 documentary about an Arab/Jewish clash in an Israeli artist colony?followed by q&a w/Jones; JCC, 334 Amsterdam Ave. (76th St.), 646-505-5708, www.jccfilm.org; 7:30, $10.
"From Distant Shores: 15 Years of the Hubert Bals Fund" Screening showcases filmmakers from developing nations. Today, from Mexico, director Maryse Sistach's 2001 drama Violet Perfume, Spanish w/English subtitles (3 p.m.); from India, Mani Kaul's 1998 drama The Servant's Shirt, Bengali w/English subtitles (6) & from China, Chen Kaige's 1991 drama Life On A String, Mandarin w/English subtitles (8:15); MOMA's Gramercy Theater, 127 E. 23rd St. (betw. Lexington & Park Aves.), 212-777-4900; website for full sched, $12, $8.50 st./s.c. [through 5/25].
The Night of the Hunter UCLA film preservationist Robert Gitt pres. a behind-the-scenes look at Charles Laughton's 1955 thriller incl. shots w/different angles, missing dialogue & Laughton acting out the parts?plus screening of the classic in its entirety (1, 5:50 & 10:30); Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (betw. Varick St. & 6th Ave.), 212-727-8110; 2:50 & 7:40, $9.75, $5 child. under 12.
"Split/Scream-A Sage of Westbeth Artist Housing" 30-year Westbeth tenant Edith Stephen screens her documentary voicing concerns about the non-artist status of the housing project's new residents, feat. interviews w/Merce Cunningham, Ralph Lee & the Women of the Calabash; Westbeth Community Space, 155 Bank St. (betw. West & Washington Sts.), 212-989-2250; 8, free.
Third-Annual Bicycle Film Festival Celebrate bikes through films, art, performances, music & videos. Four-day fest begins today w/shorts incl. 2002's Holland Tunnel, 2000 16mm animation Bike Ride & 1997's Frog Crossing; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5181, www.bicyclefilmfestival.com; see website for full sched [through 5/11].
"Tribeca Film Festival" Screening of 200 shorts, features & documentaries incl. NY premiere of director Joseph Pierson's 2002 good-cop/bad-cop drama EvenHand (6 p.m., repeats Fri at 1:30)?also panel discussions, workshops, family festival & concerts; Tribeca Film Festival, 866-941-FEST; www.tribecafilmfestival.org; see website for full sched., $10 [through 5/11].
Lectures
Anka Muhlstein Biographer discusses English translation of Memoirs of the Comtesse de Boigne, chronicling the socialite's scandals, providing "commentary on the ever-shifting loyalties of those who surrounded her"; French Institute, Tinker Auditorium, 55 E. 59th St. (Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160; 6:30, $10.
Tribeca Talks Tribeca Film Festival pres. Variety's Peter Bart moderating "Actors on Acting: Theater and Film" panel feat. Helen Hunt, Paul Rudd & Edie Falco; Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St. (betw. Greenwich & West Sts.), 866-941-FEST, www.tribecafilmfestival.org; 1-2:30, $20.
Readings
Roger Rosenblatt Interviews Edward Albee & actor Marian Seldes about the "complexity" of bringing "relationships to the stage"?most notably the one between man & goat. Reading follows; 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-415-5500; 8, $22.
Blessings: A Novel Newsweek's Anna Quindlen offers Silas Marner-type tale of unlikely pairings; Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
Clubland Frank Owen discusses & signs; Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave. (21st St.), 212-727-1227; 7:30, free.
A Hanging Offense: The Strange Affair of the Warship Somers "Cappy" Bruckner F. Melton, Jr. reads; South Street Seaport, Melville Gallery, 213 Water St. (betw. Fulton & Beekman Sts.), 212-748-8735; 7, $3 don.
The House on Beartown Road: A Memoir of Learning and Forgetting Man abandons woman w/young child when her father, suffering from Alzheimer's, comes to stay...so she takes care of both & writes nice-selling book about it?yeah!; Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
Reefer Madness Now that they've got your attention, the author of Fast Food Nation examines the marijuana, migrant labor & pornography trades; Union Sq. Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave. S.), 212-253-0810; 7, free.
FRIDAY 5/9
Film/Video
City Pro-ject: Brooklyn Premiere of photographer Amy Etling Flectcher's 2003 reworked short documentary video, turned art piece, exploring "city affecting the psyche" theme, screens hourly?one free drink before 7; Bauhaus, 196 Orchard St. (betw. Houston & Stanton Sts.), 917-952-1266, www.aefletcher.com; 6, free.
Our Neighbor Film historian Edwin W. Chen introduces & discusses films that "offer a context for China's urban development." Today, director Lee Hsing's 1963 investigation of a 1949 Taiwanese ghetto?Mandarin w/English subtitles; China Institute, 125 E. 65th St. (betw. Park & Lexington Aves.), 212-744-8181; 6:30, $7.
This Is Spinal Tap "Sunshine@Midnight" series pres. hilarious metal band mockumentary, directed by Rob Reiner & starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer, feat. 18" Stonehenge model, volume 11 & fated drummers; Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 800-555-TELL; 12 a.m., $10, $6.50 s.c. [repeats Sat.].
Readings
The Grand Permission, New Writings on Poetics and Motherhood Thirty-two poets contributed to anthology, four appear tonight; Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St. (betw. Frost & Richardson Sts.), Williamsburg, 718-302-3770; 7.
SATURDAY 5/10
Around Town
"Concern Fun Run For the Human Race" Join Concern Worldwide US & emcee Budd Mishkin for 5k run/walk through Central Park, followed by party?proceeds benefit Mogadishu's Elman Sports Club; East Drive, Central Park, 99th St., enter at 97th St. (5th Ave.), 212-557-8000, 800-59-CONCERN, www.concernusa.org; 8 a.m., $25.
"Crafts on Columbus" Three-weekend marketplace continues w/American handicrafts, art & photography incl. blown glass, leather goods, candles, furniture & clothing from 150 craftspersons; Columbus Ave.(betw. 77th & 81st Sts.); 10-6, free [repeats Sun.].
"Intuitionfest2003" Schick celebrates National Intuition Day w/free concert feat. Jewel & Rebeka Reed?plus exchange your old razor for "all-in-one" shaver, create feng shui approved necklaces, play games & quiz your intuition; Central Park SummerStage Rumsey Playfield, 72nd St. (midpark), 212-360-CPSS, www.schickintuition.com; 12-4, free.
Non-Fiction Book Fair feat. rare, out-of-print, used & antique books in all categories?plus sheet music, photographs, magazines, records, posters, calendars & paper items; Tip Top Shoe Bldg., 155 W. 72nd St. 4th fl. (B'way), 212-579-0689; 10-2, free.
"Stamp Out Hunger!" National Association of Letter Carriers helps feed 33 million hungry people while food bank supplies are low. Just leave a sturdy bag of non-perishable foods by your mailbox or bring them to your local station & they do the rest!; James A. Farley Station, 441 8th Ave. (betw. 31st & 33rd Sts.), www.nalc.org; before daily mail delivery, free.
Stonewall Waverly Place Festival feat. arts & crafts, food & demos from over 100 vendors?to benefit the Stonewall Democratic Club; Waverly Pl.(betw. B'way & 5th Ave.), 646-230-0489; 11-7, free.
3rd Avenue Festival The Gramercy Visiting Neighbors pres. arts & crafts, merchandise, demos & food from over 200 vendors; 3rd Ave.(betw. 14th & 23rd Sts.), 646-230-0489; 11-6, free.
"Urban Challenge" Grab a pal & test your city trivia on Kevin McCarthy's five hour scavenger hunt. Fastest duo w/digital photo proof (cameras provided) from each checkpoint wins all-expense trip to New Orleans?proceeds benefit the National Prostate Cancer Coalition, offering free screenings today; Q Lounge, 220 W. 19th St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), 212-206-7665, www.urbanchallenge.com/newyork; 8:30 a.m., registration 7 a.m., $75.
Film/Video
"Home and Away: Great Directors in America and Abroad" Series pres. director Terence Davies' dramas incl. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), about a working class family finding refuge in movies (2 p.m.) & The Neon Bible (1995), starring Dennis Leary & Gena Rowlands (4); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35 Ave. (36 St.), Astoria, 718-784-0077; www.ammi.org;, free w/adm.
"More Shadows: Film Noir Encore" screens director Fritz Lang's 1941 b&w thriller Man Hunt, based on Geoffrey Housegold's novel Rogue Male, about a British tourist (Walter Pidgeon) accused of attempting to assassinate Hitler in Bavaria, also starring George Sanders, John Carradine & Roddy McDowell; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].
Lectures
"Indigenous Leaders Speak Out' Panel feat. representatives from Peru, Guatemala, Onodaga & Norway discuss development, healthcare, education & human rights; CUNY Grad. Center, 33 W. 42nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-642-2301; 4:30, $15.
Tribeca Talks Tribeca Film Festival pres. panel discussions. Today, Al Pacino discusses & screens 1996 docudrama Looking For Richard (10 a.m.); director John McNaughton, Court TV vice president Rosalie Muskatt & Law & Order creator Dick Wolf pres. "Solving the Mystery: Forensics on Film" talk (1); South Park creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone examine "What's So Funny? Laughing in the Movies" (6); Patricia Clarkson (The Safety of Objects), Sam Rockwell (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) & screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan (Gangs of New York) ponder the "indie-fication of the Cineplex" (10:30); Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St. (betw. Greenwich & West Sts.), 866-941-FEST, www.tribecafilmfestival.org; see website for complete sched., $20.
Workshops
"Spring Renewal Retreat" Full-day event offers meditation, organic nutrition, Vinyasa, Kundalini & Anusara Yoga classes; Prana Mandir Yoga Studio, 316 E. 59th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), RSVP 212-803-5466; 9-7:30, $40.
SUNDAY 5/11
Around Town
"Mamas Rising Up!" Radical mothers collective pres. "resistance & solidarity" festival feat. speakers, performances & readings by InfiniTee, Ayun Halliday, Sarah Hussain, Carol Taylor & Sarah Goodyear?also face-painting, balloon animals, story time & trash playshop; East Meadow, Central Park, 5th Ave. (betw. 97th & 99th Sts.), 718-956-0104, mama-nyc.org; 2-5, free.
"Mother's Day Afternoon Tea" Traditional tea in the 19th century garden, served w/scones, finger sandwiches & cakes?followed by museum tour; Merchant's House, 29 E. 4th St. (betw. Bowery & Lafayette St.), res. req. 212-777-1089; 1:30 & 3, $40 per couple.
SpringFest Hear music from Toshi Reagon (3), meet botanical artists (12), tour the lilac & azalea gardens (1 & 3) & hear Mother's Day poems from the Walt Whitman Project (2) at garden's annual celebration; Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave. (Carroll Pl.), Bklyn, 718-623-7200; 12, free w/adm.
"Streets of Gold, Women of Iron" Storyteller Roslyn Bresnick Perry pres. inspiring stories about thriving NY families & encourages you to share anecdotes about mothers & grandmothers?followed by refreshments; Eldridge Street Project, 12 Eldridge St. (betw. Canal & Division Sts.), res. req. 212-978-8800; 12, $6, $4 st./s.c., mothers w/child. free.
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 surveying public space. This week: Chelsea; SCOWT, meet at N.E. corner of 14th St. (8th Ave.), 212-561-0106; 2, free.
Upper Broadway Spring Fair Over 200 vendors selling arts & crafts, food & antiques?proceeds benefit Committee for Environmental Sound Development; B'way(betw. 60th & 65th Sts.), 646-230-0489; 11-6, free.
Film/Video
Makor Cult Café New series pres. double features in downstairs cafe w/beer & food. Tonight, comeback comedy w/1984's mocumentary This Is Spinal Tap & musical comedy The Last Polka, starring John Candy & Eugene Levy; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 7, free.
"May '68, Age 35" Commemorate 35th anniversary of the Paris student uprising w/two film programs spurred by the movement incl. director Jean-Marie Straub's 1968 short The Bridegroom, the Comedianne and the Pimp, German (7 p.m.) & Jean-Luc Godard's two-part A Film Like Any Other (9:30); Ocularis at Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 7 & 9:30, $6.
Lectures
"Old Demons, New Debates: Anti-Semitism in the West" Conference feat. journalists & academics from Europe, N. America & Israel debating how the war & anti-Americanism is rousing hostility against Jews; YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 15 W. 16th St. (5th Ave.), 212-246-6080; 7-10, $10-$20 [repeats Mon. 9:30-10:30 & Tues. 10-5:30].
Readings
Here's Something She'll Never Guess Celebrate Mother's Day w/Terrance Lindall, who recites passages from Paradise Lost while displaying his original illustrations; Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, 135 B'way (Bedford Ave.), 718-486-7372; 3, $5.
KGB Fiction Series This week: Marcelle Clements (Rock Me, Midsummer) & Elise Blackwell (Hunger); KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd Ave. & Bowery), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
MONDAY 5/12
Around Town
"A.S.S. Benefit" Our favorite woman of god, Rev. Jen pres. mockazine Art Star Scene (aka A.S.S.) at benefit feat. performances by the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, the Liquid Tapedeck & Hank Flynn; Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (betw. 1st Ave. & Bleecker St.), 212-614-0505; 8, $5.
"A Celebration of Learning" Comedian Jon Stewart hosts second-annual benefit for children w/Autistic Spectrum Disorders feat. cocktails, dinner & performance by funny man Al Franken?proceeds benefit the McCarton School; Regent Wall Street Hotel, 55 Wall St. (betw. William & Hanover Sts.), 212-581-1400, www.mccartonschool.org; 6:30, $500.
Kitchen Tour Enjoy full-course dinner at Roundtable of Kitchen Professionals' behind-the-scenes tour, led by Michael LoManaco; Noche, 1604 B'way (betw. 48th & 49th Sts.), res. req. 212-252-3762; 6, $40.
"A Taste of the World 2003" Trickle Up benefit honors advocate/designer Eileen Fisher & feat. international buffet, exotic wines, celebrity reading of success stories & music from Lion King's Osha; Skylight Ballroom, Puck Bldg., 295 Lafayette St., 7th fl. (Houston St.), 212-255-9980 x203, www.trickleup.org; 7, $250-$1000.
"Voices of Tomorrow" Working Playground's annual fundraiser w/hosts Rosie Perez & Bernadette Peters feat. cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, silent art auction & presentation of student video, theater, art & poetry pieces?proceeds benefit local arts education programs; DKNY, 655 Madison Ave. (60th St.), 212-242-4812; 7-9, $200.
Film/Video
"The Den of Spring in Song" Retro film series screens director Jerome Robbins' TV special The Ford 50th Anniversary Show feat. musical performances by Ethel Merman & Mary Martin; Two Boots Den of Cin, 44 Ave. A (3rd St.), 212-254-0800; 8, $5.
"Monday Night Shorts @ Freight Film Salon" Weekly showcase screens work of emerging filmmakers. This week, director Steve Cooper's Pokerface about an all night poker game & writer/director Brian Chillemi's David and Mr. Moustache, feat. a young man's daydreams spurred by his insane boss; Freight Restaurant, 410 W. 16th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-242-6555; 6:30, free.
"Movies in Motion" Loews & Lever 2000 screen features & sneak previews incl. Sweet Home Alabama (1 p.m., repeats Tues. at 5) & Shanghai Knights (4, repeats Tues. at 11) in comfy tented outdoor theater?plus movie trivia, burn CD soundtracks & enjoy free posters & samples; Union Square Park, 17th St. (Union Sq. W.), www.moviesinmotiontour.com; 12-12, free [repeats Tues. 10-6].
Scrambled Filmmaker Randi Cecchine screens documentary about 11 women living w/Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, incl. her own experience w/the poorly understood medical condition?followed by q&a w/Cecchine & refreshments; Shambhala Meditation Center, 118 W. 22nd St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-675-6544; 7:30, don.
Lectures
"Free Culture: The Struggle to Liberate Creativity and the Internet from Law" Author Lawrence Lessig (The Future of Ideas) examines laws prohibiting online freedom & promotes resistance; Great Hall at Cooper Union, 7 E. 7th St. (3rd Ave.), 212-353-4120; 6:00, free.
"New Americas" Editors Daniel Mendoza & Subramanian Shankar discuss their new book About Crossing Into America: The New Literature of Immigration; Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St. (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-334-3324; 7, $12.
"Submarine Exploration of the Arctic Ocean: 1931 to the Present" Captain Alfred S. McLaren pres. rare polar footage & discusses how pioneers' expeditions "generated important data about global warming"; Explorers Club, 46 E. 70th St. (Madison & Park Aves.), 212-628-8383; 7, $15.
"Treating Herpes Nutritionally" The gift that keeps on giving? New York Help's monthly meeting discusses alternative & holistic approaches to treat outbreaks; Church of Advent Hope, 11 E. 87th St. (betw. Park & Lexington Aves.), 212-628-9154; 7:30, free.
Readings
Coney Island: The People's Playground Just in time for the boardwalk's 80th anniversary?that means someone could have fallen in love there! (A very innocent love, but still); Barnes & Noble, 106 Court St. (State St.), Bklyn, 718-246-4158; 7, free.
Sappho's Leap Erica Jong "interprets" life of first female poet; Union Sq. Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave. S.), 212-253-0810; 7, free.
Word Jig: New Fiction From Scotland Ouch...okay, move past the title to the main course, "authentic Scottish cuisine"...er...rather head straight for dessert?single-malt whiskey & readings!; St. Andrews Restaurant, 120 W. 44th St. (betw. 6th Ave. & B'way), 212-840-8413; 8, free.
TUESDAY 5/13
Around Town
"Pure Country" DJ Alan Kohn keeps the country spinning, while Rona Kaye teaches the particulars of line dancing & ensures you'll have a partner?yeehaw!; 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 Donny Osmond host Pyramid, 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
"Film Flowers for Brakhage" Robert Beck Memorial Cinema invites everyone to screen short 16mm, regular 8 or super 8 works "inspired by [filmmaker Stan Brakhage's] visionary art"; Collective Unconscious, 145 Ludlow St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-254-5277, www.rbmc.net; 9:30, $5.
"Light and Shadows: Conrad Hall" BAMcinématek four-week ode to Hollywood cinematographer Hall continues w/director Leslie Stevens' 1965 b&w horror flick Incubus, starring William Shatner?6:50 screening followed by Cinemachat w/critic Elliott Stein & producer Tony Taylor; BAM Rose Cinema, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Ft. Greene, 718-636-4100; 4:30, 6:50 & 9:30, $10, $7 st., $6 s.c.
"William Klein Film Retrospective" continues w/director Klein's 1980 doc. The Little Richard Story, feat. the sensational entertainer turned preacher (12:30 & 6:30) & followed by 1981 doc. about the madness that takes over Paris' French Open, The French (3:30 & 9), in French & English; Florence Gould Hall French Institute, 55 E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160; $8, $6 st.
Lectures
"The Bush-Ashcroft War on Civil Liberties" Libertarian Book Club/Anarchist Forum pres. minority defense attorney Fred Cohen discussing how the administration is restricting civil rights; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St., 10th fl. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-979-8353; 7:30.
Arundhati Roy Historian Howard Zinn directs audience questions to amazing Indian author Roy; Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Dr. (betw. 120th & 121st Sts.), 718-237-9145 x30; 7, $5-$10.
Readings
Mark Merlis Author of American Studies & An Arrow's Flight reads from latest about "gay Congressional advisor whose well-ordered life turns into Capitol-Hill buffoonery"; Three Lives & Co., 154 W. 10th St. (Waverly Pl.), 212-741-2069; 7.