WEDNESDAY 6/25 WEDNESDAY 6/25 Around Town "Apollo ...
Around Town
"Apollo Amateur Night?Top Dog" The "best of the best" perform in front of infamous Amateur Night audience & compete for "Top Dog" title; Apollo Theater, 253 W. 125th St. (betw. Frederick Douglass & Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvds.), 212-531-5303, apollotheather.com; 7:30, $16-$29.
Big "A" Fair "Young & old alike" enjoy evening of rides, games & live entertainment incl. Circus Hollywood, petting zoo & the magic of Lance Gifford; Aqueduct Racetrack, S. Ozone Park (Rockaway Blvd.), Queens, 516-293-4242, www.bigafair.com; 5, $6 [repeats Thurs., Fri., Mon. & Tues. at 5, Sat. & Sun. at 1].
"Drinking & Thinking" Test your "knowledge of useless information"?you can win free beer & "hang out w/the brainiest pub-goers in Manhattan"; Jack Dempsey's Public House, 61 2nd Ave. (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), 212-388-0662; 7:30, free.
"Roulette's Annual Mixology Festival 2003" Artists, incl. Kim & Kathleen Cascone, Kato Hideki & Nic Collins, John Hudak, Bruce Tovsky, Anney Bonney, "experiment w/the new technological interfaces between sound & video"; the Performing Garage, 33 Wooster St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-219-8242; 6, $12 [repeats Thurs.-Sat.].
"NOW NYS Reproductive Rights Task Force" Activists fight for "women's right to abortion & birth control"; Washington Sq. Methodist Church, 135 W. 4th St. (6th Ave.), 212-529-4737; 6:30, free.
"3rd-Annual Senior Pride Day" Rainbow Aging Awareness Project (RAAP) sponsors "fun, food, films and info" for LGBT seniors; LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), res. req. 212-234-5701, www.gaycenter.org; 9:30-4:30, free.
"Summer in the Square" Live music, storytelling & dance at seventh-annual performance series, feat. Los Vinos, the Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana Spanish Dance Troupe?plus cooking tips from "New York's finest chefs"; Union Square Park, 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave.), 212-460-1208, www.unionsquarenyc.org; 12:30-6, free.
"Summer Restaurant Week" Over 170 of the city's "finest restaurants" pres. delicious prix-fixe lunches ($20.03) & dinners ($30.03); NYC's Official Visitor Info Center, 810 7th Ave. (53rd St.), 212-484-1222, www.nycvisit.com [repeats Thurs., Fri., Mon. & Tues.].
"Take Home a Nude" Sip on a "TURI Vodka Pink Nudie" cocktail while bidding on paintings, drawings, sculptures & photographs at benefit auction for New York Academy of Art; Sotheby's, 1334 York Ave. (72nd St.), res. req. 212-966-0300 x333; 7-11, $175-$500.
"Tips from the Lady Barber's Chair: Lessons in Dating" Find out what men & women really want?join "trusted stylist & unofficial therapist" Kathleen Giordano for the "inside scoop"; meet at Pier 11, Wall St. (East River S.), res. req. 212-742-1969 x200; 7:30, $30.
"Urban Relief Program" Nine NY artists design ten stylish portable bathrooms to provide "relief, comfort and visual enjoyment " for tourists & natives?potties will appear at four other parks incl. Washington & Madison Square Parks, Battery Park & Riverside Park; Union Square Park, 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave.), www.imodium.com; free [repeats Thurs.-Tues.].
Film/Video
"Blast From Your Past What Gen X Watched: 1969-1985" Generation Xers celebrate their surrogate parent, television, w/"Out of this World" screening of seventies superhero vehicles incl. The Six Million Dollar Man & The Incredible Hulk; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; 12:30 & 3, $10, $8 st./s.c. [repeats Thurs.].
"14th Annual Human Rights Watch International Film Festival" screens 28 films & videos that "explore human rights themes from a truly global perspective" incl. NY premiere of Colombian doc. War Takes, feat. appearances by filmmakers Patricia Castano & Adelaida Trujillo (4:15 & 9, Thurs. at 7); Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600, www.hrw.org/iff; website for full sched., $9.50, $7 st., $4.50 s.c. [continues Thurs.].
The Lubitsch Touch Three-week, 34-film Ernst Lubitsch retrospective of rare prints continues. Today, restored color printed tint of 1932 musical comedy, One Hour with You (2, 5:30 & 9) & 1931 romantic comedy, The Smiling Lieutenant (3:40 & 7:10); Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (betw. Varick St. & 6th Ave.), 212-727-8110; www.filmforum.com; $9.75, $5 s.c. [continues daily, through 7/3].
Paranoia-thon! Leave your weed at home! Screenings of Polanski's Repulsion & The Tenant, Hitchcock's North by Northwest, Richard Fleischer's Soylent Green & Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers; Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300, www.twoboots.com/pioneer; call for times, $9, $6.50 st./s.c. [continues through Tues.].
26th Asian American International Film Festival Last chance to catch ten-day fest feat. readings, panels, workshops, parties & screenings of over 100 films & videos from Asian filmmakers. Closing ceremony screens Mina Shum's 2002 "charming" comedy Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity, about a young girl who attempts Taoist magic to solve her mother's financial & romantic problems (Sun. at 8 p.m.); Asia Society, 725 Park Ave. (70th St.), 212-989-1422, www.asiancinevision.org; see website for full sched., $10-$30 [repeats Thurs.-Sun.].
Lectures
Brooklyn Classics Photographer Larry Racioppo pres. his slides & discussion on O Giglio e Paradiso feast, held annually in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel & Saint Paulinus; Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Flatbush Ave. (Prospect Park W.), 718-230-2100; 6, free.
Brooklyn Philosophers Come and discuss free will & determinism or just what you thought of Matrix: Reloaded; OfficeOps, 57 Thames St., 2nd fl. (betw. Morgan & Knickerbocker Aves.), Bklyn, 718-418-2509; 8-9:30, free.
Forbidden, Hidden, Secret or Forgotten: Observation Decks of NYC Skyscrapers Architectural historians pres. slides documenting everything over our heads; General Society Library, 20 W. 44th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 917-626-6869; 6-7, $10, $5 st.
Free Advocacy Forum: For an Economy That Works For All Learn what concepts & messages can change the social framework & how Americans view low-wage workers; Hunter School of Social Work Auditorium, 129 E. 79th St. (Lexington Ave.), RSVP www.fpwa.org; 11 a.m., free.
Gay and Jewish: Out of the Closet and In the Congregation Panel discussion on the struggle for acceptance of gay Jews in the Conservative & Orthodox movements; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 7:30, $10.
Robert Moses and the Building of New York's Parkways and Bridges Ever wonder how you came to be connected to the other boroughs? Historian Fred Haley pres. slide show explaining survey that covers Jones Beach to the Verrazano; Science Industry Business Library, 188 Madison Ave. (34th St.), 212-592-7000; 5:30-7, free.
Six Indian Space Artists Baruch College's Dr. Sandra Kraskin discusses the Indian Space movement & the artists' Native American sources; David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, Fuller Bldg. 41 E. 57th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), res. req. 212-486-7660; 6, free.
Willem van Tetrode, The First Modern Dutch Sculptor Frits Scholten explains artist Van Tetrode's crucial role in the spread of Italian classical style to the Netherlands; the Frick Collection, 1 E. 70th St. (betw. Madison & 5th Aves.), 212-288-0700; 6, free.
Readings
Actress in the House From Publishers Weekly: "After a 14-year hiatus, [Joseph] McElroy (The Letter Left to Me) breaks his silence with a hefty novel..."; Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-0618; 12:30.
The Brother: The Untold Story of Atomic Spy David Greenglass, and How He Sent His Sister, Ethel Rosenberg, to the Electric Chair Author/New York Times editor Sam Roberts (who hopefully broke off some green for old David) appears; Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave. (21st St.), 212-727-1227; 7, free.
Mother Goose on the Loose: Cartoons from The New Yorker Bobbye Goldstein discusses & signs?also Scotch and Toilet Water: A Book of Dog Cartoons by Leo Cullum (New Yorker contributor & commercial airline pilot); Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
THURSDAY 6/26
Around Town
"Summer Nights, Lights & Delights: Brooklyn Bridge at Twilight" Dr. Phil's New York Talks & Walks hosts twilight tour of "world-famous landmark" that, we hear is up for sale; meet at Blimpies Restaurant, 38 Park Row (betw. Spruce & Beekman Sts.), 888-377-4455; 7, $8.
Film/Video
Trembling Before G-d Center Second Tuesdays pres. director Sandi Simcha DuBowski's ground-breaking 2001 doc. about gay & lesbian Orthodox & Hasidic Jews, followed by discussion w/DuBowski; LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), 212-620-7310; 7, $5 sugg. don.
"Under the Rainbow: Films By and For the Lesbian and Gay Community" Program screens director Christine Rasmussen's 1991 video short Doll Shop, followed by Andrea Weiss & Wieland Speck's 2000 doc. Escape to Life: the Erika and Klaus Mann Story, about the children of writer Thomas Mann?German w/English subtitles; Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-0618; 2:30, free.
Lectures
A Multimedia Retrospective on Bruce Springsteen Arlen Schumer pres. third & last lecture on the Boss, entitled "Tunnel of Love to The Rising," covering 1987 to today; Graduate Center CUNY, 365 5th Ave. (34th St.), 212-817-8215; 6:30-8:30, $20.
Outrageous Heart: An Afternoon with John Wallowitch The composer discusses his works & even plays a few too; NY Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Plaza (65th St.), 212-870-1600; 3, free.
Separate Ways: Relationships, Divorce & Independence of Mind Codependence bad, independence good. Vira Hladun-Goldmann advises & talks about her post trial equitable divorce distribution, the largest in American history, mind you; 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-415-5500; 12, $12.
Readings
Brown Skin: Dr. Susan Taylor's Prescription for Flawless Skin, Hair and Nails From jacket: "...Taylor is a Harvard-trained physician and internationally recognized expert in dermatology and ethnic skin disease"; Hue-Man, 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (W. 125th St.), 212-665-7400; 6.
Carrie Pilby Caren Lissner reads from effort dubbed "maybe the first true, anti-chick lit novel"; Barnes & Noble, 396 6th Ave. (betw. Waverly Pl. & W. 8th St.), 212-674-8780; 7:30, free.
Make Your Own Damn Movie! From Publishers Weekly: "The experience of low-budget filmmaking is so bad it's good. This is the central bit of wisdom writer/producer/director Kaufman (his credits include The Toxic Avenger; Class of Nuke 'Em High; Tromeo and Juliet) gives in this riotous book [which is] equal parts how-to, memoir and shrewd marketing stunt..."; Borders, 461 Park Ave. (57th St.), 212-980-6785; 7:30, free.
Makin' Toons: Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows and Movies Author Allan Neuwirth discusses the animation boom; Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave. (21st St.), 212-727-1227; 7, free.
Palestine Affair: A Novel From Booklist: "It is 1924 and the Zionist movement is beginning to gain momentum. Tensions run high between Jews and Palestinians... To this intrigue [Jonathan] Wilson has added the usual ingredients of a first-rate thriller-murder as well as the introspective themes of a middle-aged artist whose career and marriage are on the down slope"; Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
Walt Whitman Project pres. reading of writers who frequented the park; Writers Grove, Fort Greene Park (Prison Ship Martyrs Monument), 718-398-4024; 7:30.
Workshops
Introduction to Memoir Writing with Gotham Writers Workshop & Sarah Saffian Entertainment Weekly senior editor & author of Ithaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found leads workshop on life-writing; Barnes & Noble, 240 E. 86th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-794-1962; 7-8, free.
Prepare for the Unexpected The American Red Cross is concerned for your safety, let them help you prepare for disasters; American Red Cross, 150 Amsterdam Ave. (betw. 66th & 67th Sts.), RSVP 212-875-2547; 6-7:30.
Publishing Workshop on Tracking Tools with Money Making Power This "shop" discusses how starving writers & publishers can make a buck; Small Press Center, 20 W. 44th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-764-7021; 6-8, $25.
Special Percussion Workshop form Ghana: Bells and Shakers Jingle your bells & jiggle your shakers w/master drummer & xylophone player Bernard Woma; Tribal Soundz, 340 E. 6th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-673-5992; 7, $15.
FRIDAY 6/27
Around Town
"BikeSummer" Fifth-annual month-long celebration of "bicycling & bike culture" kicks off w/Critical Mass ride where "hundreds of cyclists" transform the streets into a "rolling festival"?followed by opening party on Pier 63; Union Square Park N., 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave. S.), 212-330-7083, www.bikesummer.org; 7 p.m., free.
Display of the Declaration of Independence Several versions of this historic document on display at New York Public Library?also feat. autographed letter from Benjamin Franklin to George Washington.; Humanities and Social Sciences Library of the New York Public Library, 5th Ave. (42nd St.), 212-869-8089, www.nypl.org; 10-6, free [repeats Sat. 10-6, Tues. 11-7:30].
"Divas with Pride" New York's Gay Pride celebration culminates w/"once in a lifetime" gathering of "top talents"?feat. singers Martha Wash & BJ Crosby & comedian Marga Gomez; Peter J. Sharp Theater, Symphony Space, 95th St. (B'way), 212-864-5400, www.symphonyspace.org; 8, $39-$61.
"Hidden Treasures of Chinatown" Who knew? A century before Chinatown this neighborhood was mostly Jewish & home to the legendary Irving Berlin; meet at Petrella News Stand, N.W. corner Canal St. (Bowery), 888-377-4455; 1:30, $15.
"The Hypnotic Happy Hour" Psychotherapist Lydia Belton takes matchmaking to the "next level w/professional meditation & advisory." Wow, sounds like fun?don't worry, there's Hypnotic punch, games, prizes & goody bags to ease your troubled mind; IKE, 103 2nd Ave. (6th St.), 212-388-2701, www.drtranquility.com; 6-9, $10.
Metro Tour Service "Discover & learn" the ethnic communities, historic sites & institutions of Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene & Clinton Hill w/tour guide Mauricio Lorence; Marriott Hotel Brooklyn, 333 Adams St. (betw. Pearl & Willoughby Sts.), Bklyn, 718-789-0430, metrotourservice@yahoo.com; 2-5, $25 [repeats Sat. & Sun.].
"Mothers March Against AIDS" 18th-annual Candle Light March to "honor & remember our children, lovers, friends lost to AIDS"?incl. speeches, a "Multi-faith prayers service" & performance by the Lavender Light Gospel Quire; meet at Christopher St. (Sheridan Sq.), 718-367-7484, www.mothersmarchnyc.org; 7pm, free.
Film/Video
"Blast From Your Past What Gen X Watched: 1969-1985" Generation Xers celebrate their other parent, television, w/screenings of "Action-Packed" series incl. Charlie's Angels & The Dukes of Hazard; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; 12:30 & 3, $10, $8 st./s.c. [repeats Sat., Sun. & Tues.].
Cinema Warsaw screens director Andrzej Wajda's 2002 comedy Revenge, based on Polish folklore about two brothers disputing ownership of a 17th century highland castle & starring Roman Polanski?Polish w/English subtitles; Warsaw, 261 Driggs Ave. (betw. Eckford & Leonard Sts.), Greenpoint, 718-387-0505; 7:30, $10.
"Sing-A-Long Wizard of Oz" Audience members, equipped w/kazoos, mystical bubbles & noise makers, bring screening of The Wizard of Oz to life; Gershwin Theatre, 222 W. 51st St. (6th Ave.), 212-307-4100; 8, $15-$40 [repeats Sat. at 3 & 8, Sun. at 2].
"Some Foreign Power" Rooftop Films seventh-annual series pres. global films that illustrate "the trampling of a traditional culture" incl. Andreas Horvath's The Silence of Green (2002), Orzu Sharipov's Live Containers (2002) & Brian Konefsky's Amsterdam Dairy (2001), preceded by live performance by Senegalese rapper, Shiffai; OfficeOps, 57 Thames St., 2nd fl. (betw. Morgan & Knickerbocker Aves.), Bklyn, 718-418-2509, www.rooftopfilms.com; 8 p.m., $6.
Waiting For Guffman "Sunshine@Midnight" series screens director Christopher Guest's 1996 mockumentary about a small Missouri town's pageant performed in honor of no-show theater critic Guffman; 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 Future of Freedom From Publishers Weekly: "Democracy is not inherently good, [Fareed] Zakaria (From Wealth to Power) tells us in his thought-provoking and timely second book... The editor of Newsweek International... takes us on a tour of democracy's deficiencies, beginning with the reminder that in 1933 Germans elected the Nazis"; Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
Workshops
An Evening of Renku & Dance "Old pond, a frog leaps in, the sound of water." So says master poet Basho, user of the Renku style of linked poems. Join choreographer Sachiyo Ito & the Haiku North America Conference for a night of stirring up the pond's waters; Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-715-1253; 8, $10, $8 s.c., $5 st.
Get Your Creativity Going Rachel Shapiro sends it on its way w/theatre games; DOROT Headquarters, 17 W. 85th St. (Amsterdam Ave.), 917-441-5072; 11, $5.
SATURDAY 6/28
Around Town
"Another One Night Stand" ArtAttack pres. art show feat. sound, painting, pen & ink, photo & video works; OfficeOps, 57 Thames St., 2nd fl. (betw. Morgan & Knickerbocker Aves.), Bklyn, 718-418-2509, www.artattacknyc.com; 9 p.m., $5 don.
Anti-Hunger Benefit Concert & food drive feat. performances by Kendall Jane Meade & Angela McKenzie?proceeds benefit the Food Bank of New York; Ramscale Daylight Studios, 55 Bethune St. (Washington St.), 212-368-6745; 8, $20 & 1 non-perishable food item.
"The Artist's Eye: Architectural Walking Tour" John Reddick takes you on "intimate tour of Harlem's rich artistic legacy"; Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 W. 125th St. (betw. Lenox Ave. & Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.), 212-864-4500; 11, $25.
"The Big Stew" Magic Bridge Theater Co. pres. "humorous, musical tale of vegetables' quest to stay organic"; Battery Park City Wagner Park, Battery Pl. (West St.), 212-267-9700; 12:30, free.
Caribbean Festival promises to "thrill" w/music, drama, dance, song & readings?feat. the Blue People, Haitian drum & dance group La Troupe Makandal, author Magdelene E. Robinson & actress/playwright Tessa Martin; Grand Army Plz. (Central Library Plz.), Bklyn, 718-230-2100, www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org; 1-4, free.
Flea Market Semi-annual "bargain fest" w/"gently used" designer clothing, leather goods & furs, books, tapes, records, CDs, artwork & jewelry?proceeds benefit this 156-year old parish; Church of St. Francis Xavier, 46 W. 16th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 646-638-2566; 10-5, free.
Hyphen Magazine Event Celebrate launch of Hyphen Magazine w/DJ Honda Recordings on the turntables; Bar 99 Hudson, 99 Hudson St. (betw. Franklin & Leonard Sts.), res. req. 212-517-2742, www.hyphenmagazine.com; 10-2, $20.
"Observing Jerusalem Reunification Day" Evening program observing Yom Yerushalayim; Young Israel of Fifth Avenue, 3 W. 16th St. (5th Ave.), 212-255-4826; 7, free.
"Kid's Day" Pierre Dulaine teaches kids the "basics of social dancing"; Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center, Columbus Ave. (betw. 62nd & 65th Sts.), 212-721-6500; 4-5:30, $5.
"A Grand Tour of the Riker-Lent Homestead" "Rare opportunity" to tour the "last remaining privately owned & occupied Dutch Colonial farmhouse in Queens"; Riker-Lent Homestead, 78-03 19th Rd. (78th St.), Jackson Heights, 718-939-0647 x17; 2, $15.
Rock show for the Deaf & Hearing Impaired Recording artist Carmin Turco performs show entirely for the deaf & hearing imparied w/interpreter Liz Palladino; Elbow Room, 144 Bleecker St. (betw. La Guardia Pl. & Thompson St.), 212-504-3000, www.carminturco.com; 9, $10 [through 6/28].
"City & Company Scavenger Hunt" Explore the "nooks & crannies" of Greenwich Village & downtown Manhattan at Watson Adventures "fun-filled afternoon" for people of all ages; meet at Washington Square Park, 212-726-1529, www.watsonadventures.com; 10:30, $15.
"Taste of Chinatown" Purchase & sample the cuisine of Chinatown's best restaurants?plus live entertainment incl. lion dances, music & martial arts demos; Chatham Sq., E. B'way (Oliver St.), 212-764-6330, www.awib.org; 1:30-4, free.
Film/Video
"The Films of Nick Zedd" Coney Island Saturday Night Film Series pres. director Zedd's shorts incl. Tom Thumb in the Land of Giants (1999), Police State (1987) & world premiere of Electra Elf, starring Rev. Jen; Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Ave. (betw. W. 12th St. & Stillwell Ave.), Coney Island, 718-372-5159, www.indiefilmpage.com; 8:30, $5.
"More Shadows: Film Noir Encore" Series screens director George Cukor's 1944 mystery, Gaslight, starring Ingrid Bergman & sleuth-to-be Angela Lansbury; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].
Readings
Panio Gianopoulos & Benjamin Cheever editor at Bloomsbury & novelist, respectively, read; St. Agnes Library, 444 Amsterdam Ave. (81st St.), 212-877-4380; 2, free.
Workshops
Women's Drum Circle Ladies, drum yourselves into a frenzy or at least to self-expression. Experiment w/technique to take a 'percussive journey to creativity'; Tribal Soundz, 340 E. 6th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-673-5992; 2-3, $15.
SUNDAY 6/29
Around Town
"Radical Central Park Walking Tour" Central Park hasn't always been a place to lie out & catch some rays?behind the pretty trees & rolling hills lies a secret history most people never hear about; meet at U.S.S. Maine Monument, Columbus Circle (Central Park), 718-492-0069, www.he.net/~radtours; 1, $10.
The Fulton Art Fair Find fun for the whole fam at 45th-annual fair feat. arts & crafts & live entertainment; Fulton Park, Fulton St. (Stuyvesant Ave.), Bklyn, 718-707-1457, www.fultonartfair.org; 12-dusk, free.
"Makor Marathon: Inside Out" New works from the "Makor Artists Network" feat. music, poetry, films, video installations readings & spoken word pieces; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 11-7, $15.
"Poetry of the Civil War Era" Staten Island OutLoud program pres. readings of works by Walt Whitman, Stephen Vincent Benet & "other writers of the period"; Fort Wadsworth, Bay St. (School St.), Staten Island, 718-907-0709; 2, free.
"Sunday Afternoon Tea in the Garden: Americana Tea" Couples flash back to the 19th-century, enjoying the afternoon munching on buttermilk scones & sipping freshly brewed English tea?followed by tour of house; Merchant's House, 29 E. 4th St. (betw. Bowery & Lafayette St.), 212-777-1089; 1:30 & 3, $40 couple.
"Wet Daddy's Revenge of the Crooklyn Codgers" Evening of "readings, slams, erotic dancing, multimedia, DJs & live music"?feat. Donnell Alexander, Victor LaValle, Todd Craig, Paula Bomer, Mat Johson, Richard Byers, DJ Ben Adair & Zenobia Simmons; the Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Ave. (betw. Union & President Sts.), 718-857-4816; 7, $12.
Film/Video
Makor Cult Café Series pres. double features in downstairs cafe w/beer & food. Tonight, 80s heartthrobs Tom Cruise & Matthew Broderick in 1983's Risky Business & 1986's Ferris Bueller's Day Off, respectively; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 7, free.
"Open Zone" Enjoy short?12 min. or less?experimental & fiction works, documentaries & animations from local video & film makers at this quarterly open forum screening; Ocularis at Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 7, $6.
Workshops
Beautiful Skin Comes From Within So mom was right, greasy chips & chocolate are bad for your skin. Lilian Butler teaches you what to eat instead; Joyous Life Center, 119 W. 23rd St. #700 (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), res. req. 212-352-9910; 5-7, $20.
Introduction to Massage Therapy 'Is massage therapy the career for you?' Throw on some comfy clothes & learn introductory Swedish massage techniques; Swedish Institute, 226 W. 26th St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), res. req. 212-924-5900; 10 -6, $75.
Massage for Couples One-day workshop teaches you & your partner basic massage techniques starting w/'effleaurage, petrissge, friction, tapotement & vibration.' Bring a bathing suit, sheet, towel & massage oil?leave your modesty at home; New York Open Center, 83 Spring St. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.), 212-219-2527; 10-5:30, $215 couple.
MONDAY 6/30
Around Town
Gentle Yoga This yoga is sweet & kind not like that other mean, harsh yoga. Be friends w/this one & instructor Ruth Kamen; DOROT Headquarters, 17 W. 85th St. (Amsterdam Ave.), 917-441-5072; 2:15-3:45, $5.
Mbira Workshop w/Maurizio Capparelli For a head spinning good time, learn to play the Mbira which is used in spirit possession ceremonies, yes, that's what we said; Tribal Soundz, 340 E. 6th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-673-5992; 7-8, $15.
"Summer Splash" Early evening of live music & "summer fun" ?feat. dub & roots reggae band Trumystic, DJs JB & Olivio, great food & prizes; Boat Basin Cafe, W. 79th St. (Riverside Dr.), 212-496-5542; 6-10, free.
Film/Video
"Hang Ten" Documentary series screens director Murray Lerner's Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival (1997), a look at the 1970 rock festival, feat. Jimi Hendrix's final performance?possibly followed by q&a w/Lerner; Remote Lounge, 327 Bowery (2nd St.), 212-228-0228; 7, free.
"Monday Night Shorts" Weekly showcase screens work of independent filmmakers. This week, director Ian Bricke's Departure, Rosalyn Coleman-Williams' Allergic To Nuts & Michael Melamedoff's teen-angst short, Looking Out; Freight Restaurant, Chelsea Market, 410 W. 16th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-242-6555; 7:30, free.
Portrait of a Geisha The Brooklyn Rail pres. world premiere of director Artemis Willis doc. about 88-year old former geisha, Kiharu Nakamura, preceded by doc. short Blink!?also feat. live music from soundtrack artists Ronnie Seldin & the Horacio Calvo Quintet; Ocularis at Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 7, $5.
"A Tribute to Kinji Fukasaku" Series honors director Fukasaku w/screenings of his best films. Today, 1970's independently produced film If You Were Young: Rage, about five youths who lose their idealistic dreams to economic growth in 1960s Tokyo?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.
Lectures
Justice at Dachau: The Trials of an American Prosecutor Joshua Greene talks about his new book & the almost forgotten story of William Denson the prosecutor who led the Nuremberg trials; 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-415-5500; 12-1, $12.
Readings
And the World Closed Its Doors: One Family's Struggle to Escape the Holocaust Author David Clay Large discusses & signs; Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
Workshops
Gratis Seminar: Dreamweaver and CSS Get w/the program, cascading style sheets are 'essential.' Stop avoiding them & bring your website to its full potential; Noble Desktop, 594 B'way (betw. Houston & Spring Sts.), res. req. 212-226-4149; 3 & 6, free.
TUESDAY 7/1
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.
"3rd-Annual Harlem Renaissance Farmers Market" Harlem's first & only "community sponsored & operated farmers market" offers "quality arts & crafts," assortment of local farm fresh produce & fresh cut flowers, plants & herbs?also live jazz to shop by; Adam C. Powell State Office Bldg., the Plaza, W. 125 St. (Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.), 212-932-2141; 8-4, free.
Tuesday Night Trivia continues to stump bar-goers w/50 new questions each week. Make new friends?you can win free beer?& "show off your smarts"; Baggot Inn, 82 W. 3rd St. (betw. Sullivan & Thompson Sts.), 212-477-0622; 7:30, free.
"Virtual Universe: The Structure of Our Galaxy" Explore the Haydn Planetarium's "three-dimensional atlas of the universe" w/experience that will "redefine your sense of home"; American Museum of Natural History, Central Park W. (79th St.), 212-769-5200, www.amnh.org; 6:30-7:30, $10.
Film/Video
"An Irreverent Wit: The Comedies of Sacha Guitry" Retrospective of actor/director Guitry begins w/his b&w French history lesson comedy, Champs-Elysées (1938), about which he said, "[b]ut surely it's my right, when I have no proof that certain events did happen, to use my imagination in describing them!"?French w/English subtitles; Florence Gould Hall French Institute, 55 E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160; 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 & 9, $8.
The Holy Land NY premiere of director Eitan Gorlin's 2001 coming-of-age drama, about a rabbinical student in Israel who falls in love w/a Russian prostitute, Hebrew w/English subtitles; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 7:30 & 9:30, $10.
Talking Pictures Director Angela Alston pres. her short doc. Reclaiming Water, about Japan's 2003 World Water Forum & dance film Lament, plus shorts by Missy Galore & Jeff Galusha?followed by q&a w/Alston; Shambhala Meditation Center, 118 W. 22nd St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-662-4433, www.waterwater.org; 7:30, don.
Lectures
From Individuality to "Collective Creation" More Malevich w/historian Nina Gourianova as she examines his influence on his contemporaries as evidenced by his writing & paintings; Guggenheim Museum Peter B. Lewis Theater, 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-423-3587; 6:30, $10, $7 st./s.c.
Readings
The Company You Keep From Publishers Weekly: "The revolutionary politics of the 1960s haunt the complacent domesticity of the 1990s in this engrossing, if sometimes muddled, melodrama of ideas. When limousine-leftist lawyer Jim Grant is unmasked as an ex-Weather Underground militant wanted for a deadly bank robbery, he goes on the lam and seeks out old comrades"; Barnes & Noble, 1972 B'way (betw. W. 65th & W. 66th Sts.), 212-595-6859; 7, fr