The World Cup comes alive in art and on-screen at the Paley Center
Paley Center for Media
25 West 52nd St. between Fifth & Sixth Aves.
Through July 11
Admission: free
212-621-6800
www.paleycenter.org
Looking for somewhere different to watch the World Cup? Perhaps crowding into a pub at 9:30 in the morning is a bit much? The Paley Center will be screening all the World Cup games — live and for free — in its upstairs theater at 9:30 am and 2:00 pm every day, so you can enjoy the matches with other soccer lovers playing hooky from work during the week or sneaking out on weekends. In addition, the Steven Spielberg Gallery on the main floor is hosting “Africa Celebrates!” an exhibit of photographs taken by Joseph Peter during his whirlwind 2009 tour following the FIFA World Cup Trophy as it made its way through fifty African nations prior to arriving in South Africa. The photographs, shown alongside African art and furniture from the Hemingway African Gallery on 55th St., are divided into four sections: Happiness, Inspiration, Motivation, and Celebration, focusing on the people themselves and their love of the sport. Be sure to catch the United States, who earned a stunning, rather lucky, draw with England last week, as they take on Slovenia on June 18 at 9:30 am and Algeria on June 23, also at 9:30 am.