Events on Saturday, July 21

Iceage

Music: Punk

Iceage

Saturday 7/21 @ 285 Kent Ave

 The young Danish punk band Iceage have been critical darlings since their New Brigade LP came out last June, prompting comparisons... 

VH1 Save the Music presents St. Barth in the Hamptons

Getaways

St. Barth in the Hamptons

Saturday 7/21 @ East Hampton Studios

"Rand Luxury together with Social Life Magazine are bringing St. Barth to New York with an evening of fashion, music, and... 

Ash Epaulets

Workshop/Class

Ash Epaulets

Saturday 7/21 @ Museum of Arts and Design

Delving into the use of fine ash, visitors learn techniques in merging this powdery material with others in order to construct... 

Soul Clap and Dance-Off

Party

Soul Clap and Dance-Off

Saturday 7/21 @ Glasslands Gallery

 Glasslands has been the setting for the best soul dance party New York of the last decade, but sadly it has... 

Bodywork No.1

Party

Bodywork No.1

Saturday 7/21 @ The Spectrum

BODYWORK aims to bring the post-rave vibe to Bushwick with this new party, featuring a DJ set by hotly tipped the-Drum... 

Vans Classic Event feat. Dum Dum Girls and Widowspeak

Party

Dum Dum Girls and Widowspeak

Saturday 7/21 @ House of Vans

You don't have to twist our arm when it comes to a party at House of Vans, the brand's indoor/outdoor skate... 

Geometry, Overlaps, and Asymmetry in Plastics

Workshop/Class

Geometry, Overlaps, and Asymmetry in Plastics

Saturday 7/21 @ Museum of Art and Design

Utilizing acrylic fabrication, casting made with liquid plastic, this workshop teaches participants how to layer colors and found objects to create... 

Basic NYC presents Frankie Knuckles w/ Sleepy & Boo

Music: DJ

Basic NYC presents Frankie Knuckles w/ Sleepy & Boo

Saturday 7/21 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

As a point of pride, dance-music fans happily leave the retro fetishism to the rock dudes, usually favoring progressivism over nostaliga.... 

The Great Hot Dog Cookoff

Food/Wine: Competition

The Great Hot Dog Cookoff

Saturday 7/21 @ 630 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11206

Some think of a hot dog as just a sausage served in a sliced bun, while others see it as a... 

808 State / N-JOI / JOEY BELTRAM / Altern8 / F.R.D. w/ Soul Slinger, Alex English

Music

808 State / N-JOI / JOEY BELTRAM / Altern8 / F.R.D. w/ Soul Slinger, Alex English

Saturday 7/21 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Alex English As co-creator and weekly resident DJ of Girls & Boys, Webster Hall's acclaimed Friday party, Alex English has shared... 

Queen Caveat with Coasta and Ballroom Jacks

Music: Rock

Queen Caveat with Coasta and Ballroom Jacks

Saturday 7/21 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

"After exploding onto the LA music scene in 2010, rockers QUEEN CAVEAT have been building on the nationwide buzz of their... 

Sleigh Bells @ Hudson River Park's Pier 63 w/ Jel & Mr. Dream

Music

Sleigh Bells @ Hudson River Park's Pier 63 w/ Jel & Mr. Dream

Saturday 7/21 @ The Bowery Presents

Based in Brooklyn, NY, Sleigh Bells is the musical collaboration of Derek E. Miller (songwriter, guitarist, producer) and Alexis Krauss (vocals).... 

Howard Fishman

Music

Howard Fishman

Saturday 7/21 @ Joe's Pub

"Howard Fishman is a storyteller, an educator, a cultural anthropologist, and “an important force in creative music” -allmusic.com Acclaimed singer, guitarist,... 

Jounce and Elephants in Mud

Music: Rock

Jounce and Elephants in Mud

Saturday 7/21 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Jounce is made up of childhood friends Matt Desteno, Joe Ciarallo and Dan Tamberelli, who is also known for playing Little... 

Amber Martin with special guest Lost Lockets

Music

Amber Martin with special guest Lost Lockets

Saturday 7/21 @ Joe's Pub

“…the big, moving Bessie Smith-like sound of the chill-inducing Texas-born singer and actress Amber Martin” -The New Yorker, Hilton Als (Best... 

River City Extension w/ Brick + Mortar

Music

River City Extension w/ Brick + Mortar

Saturday 7/21 @ The Bowery Ballroom

River City Extension was born restless, curious, and conscious. It is a monster and a gentleman. Formed by singer-songwriter Joe Michelini... 

Wake Up Madagascar Tour w/ Jaojoby, Razia Said, Charles Kely and Saramba

Music: Global

Wake Up Madagascar Tour w/ Jaojoby, Razia Said, Charles Kely and Saramba

Saturday 7/21 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Sponsored by Afropop, The Wake Up Madagascar Tour will showcase the same outstanding musicians and dancers who create an uplifting celebration... 

Dick Dale (King of the Surf Guitar)

Music

Dick Dale (King of the Surf Guitar)

Saturday 7/21 @ Brooklyn Bowl

Dick Dale wasn't nicknamed "King of the Surf Guitar" for nothing: he pretty much invented the style single-handedly, and no matter... 

Le Bingo!

Get Social: Board Games

Le Bingo!

Saturday 7/21 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Who knew Bingo could be so much kooky fun? Every Saturday, Le Poisson Rouge welcomes NYC's favorite wisecracking Bingo lady Linda... 

More Than Enough w/ Elite Camp DJs

Party

More Than Enough w/ Elite Camp DJs

Saturday 7/21 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 More Than Enough is a classic NYC dance party that returns to the essence of what that really means, good music.... 

Ongoing Events

History of Carnegie Hall

City Gems

History of Carnegie Hall

Saturday 7/21 @ The Rose Museum at Carnegie Hall

Funded by the Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation and opened in 1991, the Rose Museum chronicles Carnegie Hall’s history. It exhibits... 

Brooklyn Flea (Williamsburg)

City Gems: Shopping

Brooklyn Flea (Williamsburg)

Saturday 7/21 @ Brooklyn Flea Williamsburg

 It's hard to think of anything better than casually strolling through Brooklyn's flea market along the East River.  The Sunday flea... 

<em>Jesus Christ Superstar</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jesus Christ Superstar

Saturday 7/21 @ Neil Simon Theatre

Since its Broadway debut, this spectacular musical phenomenon has thrilled millions of theatregoers worldwide: mesmerizing them with its passion, captivating them... 

<em>Hand Stories</em>

Performing Arts: Puppetry

Hand Stories

Saturday 7/21 @ Lincoln Center

Yeung Faï's mesmerizing skill with Chinese puppets has been handed down — quite literally — through four generations of his family. The youngest... 

<em>The Lion King</em>

Theatre: Musical

The Lion King

Saturday 7/21 @ Minskoff Theatre

More than 60 million people around the world have come to discover the thrill, the majesty, the truly one-of-a-kind musical that... 

Bill Bollinger: The Retrospective

Art: Sculpture

Bill Bollinger: The Retrospective

Saturday 7/21 @ SculptureCenter

SculptureCenter is pleased to host Bill Bollinger: The Retrospective. This exhibition, surveys the brief, yet historically significant career of Bill Bollinger... 

Yayoi Kusama

Art

Yayoi Kusama

Saturday 7/21 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

The work of one of Japan’s most important living artists is back in New York, where the ground-breaking eccentric made her... 

<em>Fela!</em>

Theatre: Revival

Fela!

Saturday 7/21 @ The Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Some Broadway musicals inspire a little toe-tapping, however a show like Fela! demands you get up out of your seat, swing... 

<em>Memphis</em>

Theatre: Musical

Memphis

Saturday 7/21 @ Shubert Theatre (225 W 44th St)

MEMPHIS is about a white radio DJ who wants to change the world and a black club singer who is ready... 

Brooklyn Flea (Fort Greene)

Cultural Hybrid: Shopping

Brooklyn Flea (Fort Greene)

Saturday 7/21 @ Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School

One of the City's best treats makes its fifth annual return for the summer.  The Brooklyn Flea takes place at Bishop... 

Igor Butman Jazz Orchestra

Music: Jazz

Igor Butman Jazz Orchestra

Saturday 7/21 @ Dizzy's Club

Igor Butman is a jazz saxophonist born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1961. He is considered to be a virtuoso saxophonist,... 

Cut Up

Art

Cut Up

Saturday 7/21 @ Storefront Bushwick

"Cut Up"is the latest show at Storefront Bushick that features eleven (mostly Brooklyn-based) artists who work with a variety of materials... 

<em>Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations</em>

Fashion/Style

Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations

Saturday 7/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

For the Spring 2012 Costume Institute exhibition at the Met, Baz Luhrmann orchestrates a conversation between Italian designers Elsa Schiaparelli and... 

<em>Colors of the Universe: Chinese Hardstone Carving</em>

Art: Sculpture

Colors of the Universe

Saturday 7/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stone carving is one of the oldest arts in China, its beginnings dating back to remote antiquity. Although jade, the mineral... 

<em>Love Goes To Press</em>

Theatre: Comedy

Love Goes To Press

Saturday 7/21 @ The Mint Theater

Love Goes To Press, a theatrical match for the screwball films of the 1940s, revels in the sassy, sisterly solidarity between... 

Monet's Garden

City Gems

Monet's Garden

Saturday 7/21 @ The New York Botanical Garden

This stunning tribute to French Impressionist Claude Monet showcases a seasonally changing interpretation of the gardens that inspired his art. In... 

<em>Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes

Saturday 7/21 @ Brooklyn Museum

While Djuna Barnes is best known for her modernist novels and plays like Nightwood (1936) and The Antiphon (1958), from 1913-1921,... 

Workshop/Class

A Summer of Discovery

Saturday 7/21 @ The New York City Police Museum

Hot town summer in the city will be cooler for campers at The New York City Police Museum where children will... 

IMPACT: 2012

Festival

IMPACT: 2012

Saturday 7/21 @ The Culture Project @ 45 Bleecker

Struggling to find the nuggets of truth in the attack ads that inevitably monopolize election-year television? From now through the end... 

Ellsworth Kelly: <em>Plant Drawings</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Ellsworth Kelly

Saturday 7/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

One of the foremost artists of our day, Ellsworth Kelly (American, b. 1923) may be best known for his rigorous abstract... 

<em>The Common Pursuit</em>

Theatre: Comedy

The Common Pursuit

Saturday 7/21 @ Laura Pels Theatre

Tony Award® nominee Moisés Kaufman (33 Variations, I Am My Own Wife) directs celebrated playwright Simon Gray's sharply comedic tale about the promises... 

The Brooklyn Museum presents <em>Playing House</em>

Art: Installation

The Brooklyn Museum presents Playing House

Saturday 7/21 @ Brooklyn Museum

Since our addiction to Downton Abbey has yet to abate, we're excited to see further explorations into "period." And The Brooklyn... 

<em>Moonrise Kingdom</em>

Film: Wide Release

Moonrise Kingdom

Saturday 7/21 @ Various locations

It's hard to believe it's been half a decade since Wes Anderson released his last live-action film. (Not that we didn't... 

<em>Serious Money</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Serious Money

Saturday 7/21 @ Atlantic Stage Two

In Caryl Churchill's 1987 play Serious Money, a satire set in late-'80s London, Margaret Thatcher's financial deregulation has led to a... 

<em>Mary Poppins</em>

Theatre: Musical

Mary Poppins

Saturday 7/21 @ New Amsterdam Theatre

Now in its 5th phenomenal year at the beautiful New Amsterdam Theatre on New York City's 42nd Street, MARY POPPINS has... 

<em>Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language</em>

Art: Group Show

Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language

Saturday 7/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language is a group exhibition that brings together 12 contemporary artists and artists’ groups working in all mediums... 

Jim Marshall: <em>The Rolling Stones and Beyond</em>

Art: Photography

Jim Marshall

Saturday 7/21 @ Steven Kasher Gallery

The only photographer allowed backstage at the Beatles' final concert at San Francisco's Candlestick Park and the primary photographer at the... 

<em>The Bad and the Better</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

The Bad and the Better

Saturday 7/21 @ Peter Jay Sharp Theater

For their first uptown production, the Amoralists have expanded their ranks to feature a 26-person cast in the sprawling The Bad... 

Intergenerational Garden Open House & Tour

City Gems: Guided Tour

Intergenerational Garden Open House & Tour

Saturday 7/21 @ Queens Botanical Garden

Learn more about joining QBG's new Intergenerational Garden that runs from Saturday, April 21 through Saturday, November 3.  First come, first served due... 

Premiere Brazil! 2012

Film: Festival

Premiere Brazil! 2012

Saturday 7/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

It's time again for MoMA's annual film survey proving Brazil can score at something other than football. Celebrating its tenth edition,... 

Beer Here: Brewing New York's History

Food/Wine: Tasting

Beer Here: Brewing New York's History

Saturday 7/21 @ New York Historical Society

New York City has a long and inebriating past as a brewing city. This exhibit not only examines the history (both... 

Bellini, Titian, and Lotto: <em>North Italian Paintings from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Bellini, Titian, and Lotto

Saturday 7/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, is a jewel among Italian museums and a haven for art lovers. Founded at the end of... 

<em>9 Scripts from a Nation at War</em>

Art: Video

9 Scripts from a Nation at War

Saturday 7/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

9 Scripts from a Nation at War (2007), a 10-channel video installation recently acquired by MoMA, marks the first work for... 

<em>Blue Man Group</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

Blue Man Group

Saturday 7/21 @ Apollo Theater

Blue Man Group is an organization founded by Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton. The organization produces theatrical shows and... 

<em>Ukrainian Kilims: Journey of a Heritage</em>

Art

Ukrainian Kilims

Saturday 7/21 @ The Ukrainian Museum

Ukrainian Kilims: Journey of a Heritage, an exhibition of more than 30 selected kilims from The Ukrainian Museum's permanent collection, reveal... 

Irish Repertory Theatre presents <em>New Girl in Town</em>

Theatre: Musical

New Girl in Town

Saturday 7/21 @ Irish Repertory Theatre

The "new girl" in Eugene O'Neill's play is Anna Christie. Perhaps telling a prostitute's last chance at love and a meaningful life... 

<em>The Lyons</em>

Theatre: Comedy

The Lyons

Saturday 7/21 @ Cort Theatre

When the dying Ben Lyons' wife, Rita, and their grown children gather to say goodbye, they learn that despite being a... 

<em>Porgy and Bess</em>

Theatre: Musical

Porgy and Bess

Saturday 7/21 @ Richard Rodgers Theatre

The Gerwish's Porgy and Bess now comes to Broadway in a stunning and stirring new staging, featuring such legendary songs as... 

Scott's Pizza Tours

Food/Wine: Tasting

Pizza Tours

Saturday 7/21 @ Various Locations

Pizza in New York is a point of contention (and competition) for many, but if there's one man that knows his... 

<em>Ghosts in the Machine</em>

Art: Group Show

Ghosts in the Machine

Saturday 7/21 @ New Museum of Contemporary Art

There are over 70 artists and visionaries representing 50 years of our relationship with technology at the Ghosts in the Machine... 

The You Are Here Festival (aka the maze)

Art: Multimedia

The You Are Here Festival (aka the maze)

Saturday 7/21 @ Secret Project Robot

Trouble, the art duo (composed of Sam Hillmer and Laura Paris), bring their performance/interactive art maze to Bushwick for four weeks... 

<em>Mamma Mia!</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Mamma Mia!

Saturday 7/21 @ Winter Garden Theatre

Seen by over 45 million people around the world, MAMMA MIA!, is celebrating over 4,000 performances in its tenth smash hit... 

<em>The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook</em>

Art: Photography

The Shaping of New Visions

Saturday 7/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

This exhibition, covering the period from 1910 to today, offers a critical reassessment of photography's role in the avant-garde and neo-avant-garde... 

<em>Uncle Vanya</em>

Theatre: Off-Off-Broadway

Uncle Vanya

Saturday 7/21 @ Soho Rep

Rising off-broadway playwright Annie Baker's new adaptation of Uncle Vanya is immersive, haunting, and as funny as a play about existential... 

Guided Tour of the Merchant’s House Museum

City Gems: Guided Tour

Merchant’s House Museum

Saturday 7/21 @ Merchant's House Museum

Weegee: <em>Murder Is My Business</em>

Art: Photography

Weegee: Murder Is My Business

Saturday 7/21 @ International Center of Photography

Legendary photojournalist and newspaper freelancer of the 1930s and 1940s, Weegee has made his fame capturing gruesome murder scenes and high-profile... 

BAMart: Public

Music

BAMart: Public

Saturday 7/21 @ BAM

Selected Artists: Glen Baldridge Timothy Hull & Future Expansion Architecture Ed Purver Showpaper featuring Adam Void & Gaia, Cassius Fouler &... 

Rooftop Films

Film: Festival

Rooftop Films

Saturday 7/21 @ Various NYC Rooftops

Once again, Rooftop Films presents New Yorkers with an array of outdoor, cinematic opportunities of the finest caliber. The summerlong independent... 

Pilobolus

Dance

Pilobolus

Saturday 7/21 @ The Joyce Theater

A fungus that grew into an international dance phenomenon, Pilobolus performs a season full of "stunning physical feats and visual surprises,... 

Smorgasburg

City Gems

Smorgasburg

Saturday 7/21 @ Brooklyn Flea Williamsburg

Vintage clothes are great, but our favorite part of the Brooklyn Flea is the food: packaged, prepared, raw, and everything in... 

<em>The Dawn of Egyptian Art</em>

Art

The Dawn of Egyptian Art

Saturday 7/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

During the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods (ca. 4000-2650 B.C.), people living in the Nile Valley began recording their beliefs through... 

<em>Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream</em>

Art: Design

Foreclosed

Saturday 7/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream is an exploration of new architectural possibilities for cities and suburbs in the aftermath of the... 

<em>Uncle Vanya</em>

Theatre: Drama

Uncle Vanya

Saturday 7/21 @ New York City Center

On a dilapidated, remote farm, Uncle Vanya and his niece Sonya have worked slavishly to sustain an estate in decline. And... 

<em>Harvey</em>

Theatre

Harvey

Saturday 7/21 @ Studio 54

Golden Globe and Emmy Award® winner Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”, The Normal Heart), Tony® and Emmy Award nominee Charles Kimbrough... 

Abigail Deville: Invisible Men

Art: Installation

Abigail Deville: Invisible Men

Saturday 7/21 @ Recess in Red Hook

Abigail DeVille has taken over Reccess's Red Hook outpost for a two-month residency employing her signature style of combined bricolage, painting,... 

<em>Trishna</em>

Film

Trishna

Saturday 7/21 @ IFC Center

Michael Winterbottom is one of those directors who seems endlessly able to bend himself into different genres: improvised comedy (The Trip),... 

<em>Newsies: The Musical</em>

Theatre: Musical

Newsies: The Musical

Saturday 7/21 @ Nederlander Theater

Disney's NEWSIES, the breakout new American musical, is now on Broadway in New York City! The musical, based on the beloved... 

Saturday's Tots

Special Event

Saturday's Tots

Saturday 7/21 @ Staten Island Children's Museum

Spend quality time playing, singing, drawing and listening to stories.

Brasil Summerfest

Music: Festival

Brasil Summerfest

Saturday 7/21 @ Various Locations

Brasil Summerfest returns to New York City after a smashing success last year. Enjoy the heat of summer and the sounds... 

<em>Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience</em>

Performing Arts: Comedy

Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience

Saturday 7/21 @ Little Schubert Theater

Pottermania may have been superseded by The Hunger Games this year, but British import Potted Potter proves that there is still... 

<em>Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000</em>

Art: Multimedia

Century of the Child

Saturday 7/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

MoMA’s ambitious survey of 20th century design for children is the first large-scale overview of the modernist preoccupation with children and... 

NYC Summer Restaurant Week

Food/Wine

Restaurant Week

Saturday 7/21 @ Various Locations

Just in time to alleviate both your thinning wallet and your shrinking waistline: NYC's Summer Restaurant Week offers steep discounts on... 

<em>Life in Miniature: Asante Goldweights and Sculptures from  the Collection of the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation</em>

Art: Sculpture

Life in Miniature: Asante Goldweights and Sculptures

Saturday 7/21 @ The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation

The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation is pleased to announce an upcoming exhibition, Life in Miniature: Asante Goldweights and Sculptures from... 

Tom&aacute;s Saraceno on the Roof: Cloud City

Cultural Hybrid

Tomás Saraceno on the Roof: Cloud City

Saturday 7/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist Tomás Saraceno (born in Tucumán, Argentina, in 1973) will create a constellation of large, interconnected modules constructed with transparent and... 

Alighiero Boetti: <em>Game Plan</em>

Art: Multimedia

Alighiero Boetti

Saturday 7/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

This retrospective, organized in collaboration with the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid and the Tate Modern in London, will be the... 

<em>Rock of Ages</em>

Theatre: Musical

Rock of Ages

Saturday 7/21 @ Helen Hayes Theatre

Hair band devotees rejoice: The anthems of the '80s are back. The new musical features the hits of Journey, Bon Jovi,... 

Gold, Jasper, and Carnelian:  Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court

Art

Gold, Jasper, and Carnelian: Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court

Saturday 7/21 @ The Frick Collection

Johann Christian Neuber was one of Dresden’s most famous goldsmiths. Sometime before 1775 he was named court jeweler to Friedrich Augustus... 

<em>Gorey Preserved</em>

Art: Design

Gorey Preserved

Saturday 7/21 @ The Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library

The Rare Book and Manuscript Library presents a major exhibition of works by the idiosyncratic illustrator, designer, and writer, Edward Gorey... 

<em>Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Designing Nature

Saturday 7/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Rinpa" is a modern term that refers to a distinctive style of Japanese pictorial and applied arts that arose in the... 

Punchdrunk's <em>Sleep No More</em>

Cultural Hybrid

Punchdrunk's Sleep No More

Saturday 7/21 @ The McKittrick Hotel

Don't let the extraordinary experience that is Sleep No More pass you by. Dubbed immersive theatre by its parents, the award-winning... 

<em>Anything Goes</em>

Theatre: Musical

Anything Goes

Saturday 7/21 @ The Stephen Sondheim Theatre

As the SS American heads out to sea, two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love…proving that sometimes... 

The 2nd Annual New York City Poetry Festival

Books: Poetry

NYC Poetry Festival

Saturday 7/21 @ Governors Island

The New York City Poetry Festival returns for the second year this weekend, with more headliners, healthy and delicious eats, and... 

<em>The Queen of Versailles</em>

Film: Documentary

The Queen of Versailles

Saturday 7/21 @ Angelika Film Center

It's a fine economic mess we're in, and perhaps no one knows that better than 74-year-old former timeshare resort billionaire David... 

<em>Chicago: The Musical</em>

Theatre: Musical

Chicago: The Musical

Saturday 7/21 @ Ambassador Theatre

Chicago is the kiss-and-tell tale of Roxie Hart, a chorus girl who kills her lover as a career move; Billy Flynn,... 

<em>Book of Mormon</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Book of Mormon

Saturday 7/21 @ Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 W 49th St)

We hestitated to lend our voices to the chorus of adoration for this show — only because we were afraid of being... 

Taryn Simon: <em>A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters</em>

Art: Photography

Taryn Simon

Saturday 7/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

This exhibition is the U.S. premiere of Taryn Simon's (b. 1975, New York) photographic project A Living Man Declared Dead and... 

<em>Cock</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Cock

Saturday 7/21 @ The Duke Theater

When someone says the word "cock," you're most likely not be thinking theatre. Get your mind out of the gutter. The... 

Bruce High Quality Foundation: <em>Art History with Labor</em>

Art: Multimedia

Bruce High Quality Foundation: Art History with Labor

Saturday 7/21 @ Lever House Art Collection

The next time you walk by Lever House's glass-enclosed lobby at Park and 53rd, you'll likely notice the handy work of... 

<em>Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes</em>

Art: Sculpture

Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes

Saturday 7/21 @ The Frick Collection

Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes is the first monographic exhibition in the United States dedicated to Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi,... 

Paintings on Parchment: Italian Renaissance Illuminations from the Robert Lehman Collection

Art: Painting & Drawing

Paintings on Parchment

Saturday 7/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This installation of Italian illuminations from the Robert Lehman Collection, featuring examples by leading masters from the early fourteenth to the... 

Midtown International Theatre Festival presents <em>Final Analysis</em>

Theatre: Off-Off-Broadway

Final Analysis

Saturday 7/21 @ June Havoc Theatre

Despite, or perhaps due to the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire,  fin de siècle Vienna was a hotbed of sex and... 

<em>White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain</em>

Art: Sculpture

White Gold

Saturday 7/21 @ The Frick Collection

White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain will feature approximately seventy of Henry Arnhold's promised gift of 131... 

MoMA PS1 Warm Up 2012

Cultural Hybrid

MoMA PS1 Warm Up 2012

Saturday 7/21 @ MoMA PS1

It's the 15th year of MoMA PS1's acclaimed outdoor Warm Up series, and the Long Island museum has pulled out all... 

<em>The Printed Image in China, 8th-21st Century</em>

Art

The Printed Image in China, 8th-21st Century

Saturday 7/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

China invented both paper and printing, and this exhibition presents an outstanding survey of the art of Chinese printing from the... 

James Rosenquist: <em>F-111</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

James Rosenquist

Saturday 7/21 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

James Rosenquist began to paint the 86-foot-long F-111 in 1964, in the middle of one of this country’s most turbulent decades.... 

<em>Silence! The Musical</em>

Theatre: Musical

Silence! The Musical

Saturday 7/21 @ P.S. 122

Judging from the rapid yearly deterioration of New York's Fringe Festival, it's no wonder it took Silence! The Musical, a 2005... 

Revolutionary Ink: The Paintings of Wu Guanzhong

Art

Revolutionary Ink: The Paintings of Wu Guanzhong

Saturday 7/21 @ Asia Society and Museum

  Wu Guanzhong (1919–2010) stands as one of the most important artists of twentieth-century China. Born in Jiangsu Province, Wu studied art... 

Wang GongXin: My Sun

Art

Wang GongXin: My Sun

Saturday 7/21 @ Asia Society and Museum

Video installation in which Chinese artist Wang GongXin, credited as one of the first artists to have created a site-specific video... 

A Promise is Cloud

Art

A Promise is Cloud

Saturday 7/21 @ Public Art Fund

Like the atmospheric transformation of a cloud into rain, some works of art have the potential to change their form and meaning.... 

Voces Y Visiones: Gran Caribe

Art

Voces Y Visiones: Gran Caribe

Saturday 7/21 @ El Museo del Barrio

This exhibition features works that explore the vast diversity and complexity of the Caribbean basin, as an accompaniment to El Museo’s... 

Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940

Art: Painting & Drawing

Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940

Saturday 7/21 @ The Jewish Museum

The art of Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940) – a painter who began his career as a member of the Nabi group of... 

Five Minute Focus Tour

Art

Five Minute Focus Tour

Saturday 7/21 @ Rubin Museum of Art

The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the... 

White: The Anatomy of a Color

Art: Group Show

White: The Anatomy of a Color

Saturday 7/21 @ National Academy Museum

This dramatic exhibition explores the infinite properties of the color white presented in various ways and different media. Works by Stephen... 

Oscar Tuazon: People

Art

Oscar Tuazon: People

Saturday 7/21 @ Public Art Fund

Oscar Tuazon’s art typically combines industrial and natural materials to transform the experience of a building or space. The rough and... 

Art

Inspired by Tagore: Works by NYC Students

Saturday 7/21 @ Asia Society and Museum

Inspired by Tagore is part of a series of exhibitions that presents the work of New York City students created in... 

New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts

Art

New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts

Saturday 7/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This third and final phase of the American Wing renovation project comprises 26 renovated and enlarged galleries for the Met Museum’s... 

Matter Out of Place

Art

Matter Out of Place

Saturday 7/21 @ The Kitchen

    Curated by Lumi Tan Time and space in the urban setting are often highly regimented, with different moments and... 

The Basics of Improv

Workshop/Class: Theatre

The Basics of Improv

Saturday 7/21 @ CourseHorse

Learn how to 'Say Yes to Saying Yes'! Initiate scenes, build on scene partner's suggestions and build a foundation in scene... 

Common Ground

Art: Group Show

Common Ground

Saturday 7/21 @ Public Art Fund

 From the monuments of ancient Egypt to the Statue of Liberty, public art has traditionally been a means to represent a... 

Gordon Parks: 100 Moments

Art: Photography

Gordon Parks: 100 Moments

Saturday 7/21 @ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

 Gordon Parks: 100 Moments celebrates a photographer who transformed the visual story of America with his ever-questioning lens, highlighting—in particular—the significance of Parks’s... 

Caribbean: Crossroads of the World

Art

Caribbean: Crossroads of the World

Saturday 7/21 @ El Museo del Barrio

Caribbean: Crossroads of the World will examine the visual arts and aesthetic development across the Caribbean, considering the histories of the... 

Wang GongXin: My Sun

Art

Wang GongXin: My Sun

Saturday 7/21 @ Asia Society and Museum

Video installation in which Chinese artist Wang GongXin, credited as one of the first artists to have created a site-specific video... 

Spies in the House of Art: Photography, Film, and Video

Art: Multimedia

Spies in the House of Art: Photography, Film, and Video

Saturday 7/21 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Since the 1980s, a number of contemporary artists working in photography, film, and video have taken as their subject the art...