this week in art

DESTINATION GUADELOUPE

King of Zouk Luc Leandry comes to NYC for Guadeloupe festival (photo by Saint-Prix)

Multiple venues
November 18-22
www.destination-guadeloupefestival.com/ushome.html

The French Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe, which was named by Christopher Columbus, brings its art and culture to the city for five days of special events in the second annual Destination Guadeloupe festival. On Friday, Gwo-ka drummer François Ladrezeau will perform at Zinc Bar and Jeff Joseph and Panik play S.O.B.’s; on Saturday, Kriyolio hits Zinc Bar; and on Sunday, all of those groups, along with King of Zouk Luc Leandry and the Divas of Zouk, Joëlle Ursull and Jocelyne Labylle, will come together for the festival’s main event at S.O.B.’s, with cuisine prepared by chef Georges Césarin and a special raffle. Throughout the five days, the art of Joel Nankin will be on view at Casa Frela Gallery. “The island pays a short visit with its unique music, art, and cuisine,” said one of the event’s producers, Alex Boicel, in a statement, “and we intend to make New Yorkers hungry for more.”

YVONNE JACQUETTE

Yvonne Jacquette, “Chrysler Building Flanked by High Rise Buildings, II,” woodcut on okawara paper, 2009

YVONNE JACQUETTE: THE COMPLETE WOODCUTS 1987-2009
Mary Ryan Gallery
527 West 26^th St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.
Tuesday through Saturday through November 28
Admission: free
212-397-0669
www.maryryangallery.com

In early 2008, Yvonne Jacquette was part of a dazzling show with her late husband at the Museum of the City of New York, “Picturing New York: The Art of Yvonne Jacquette & Rudy Burckhardt,” which centered on her large-scale oils and pastels. Chelsea’s Mary Ryan Gallery is now featuring Jacquette in a solo show of her stunning woodcuts made between 1987 and 2009. Based on aerial views taken either from a helicopter or other tall buildings, the works, printed primarily on mulberry or okawara paper, come alive in both color and bold black and white, sometimes looking more like line drawings at first. In “Nightscape Woodcut,” office lights form an abstract pattern if given the primary focus of the viewer’s gaze. Color and black-and-white versions of “Veering Off” give insight into Jacquette’s working process, as does one of her original plates. While New York City is featured in such gorgeous pieces as “Tip of Manhattan,” “Chrysler Building Flanked by High Rise Buildings, II,” and “Midtown Composite” – don’t get fooled by certain perspectives, as Jacquette combines elements in composites that alter reality – the show also includes “Filaments of Light (Chicago)” and “Bridges over Cuyahoga River, Cleveland.” Jacquette, who is still working in her mid-seventies, is one of New York City’s genuine treasures who is finally getting her due over the last few years.

LES LALANNE ON PARK AVE.

Flock is among several Lalanne sculptures along Park Ave. (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Park Avenue Malls between 52nd & 57th Sts.
Through November 20
Admission: free
www.paulkasmingallery.com
www.flickr.com/photos

Since September 13, a series of fun, surreal works by eighty-five-year-old sculptor Claude Lalanne and her late husband, François-Xavier, who died last year, have been grabbing the attention of passersby and motorists along Park Ave. between 52nd & 57th Sts. The sculptures, primarily cast in bronze, depict several members of the animal kingdom in addition to a few rather large fruits and vegetables in the middle of Midtown Manhattan. Claude’s contributions include “Pomme de New York,” a giant golden apple that pays tribute to one of the city’s nicknames; “Choupatte (Très Grand),” a cabbage with bird’s feet; and “Nouveau Lapin de Victoire,” a tall rabbit standing regally with a cane in front of it. François-Xavier adds “Mouton Transhumant (Brebis)” and “Beliers (m),” a flock of a dozen sheep and lambs grazing on the Park Ave. grass as the traffic whirs by; “Poisson Paysage,” a fish with a rectangular hole in its center; “Singe Avisé (Très Grand),” a black monkey turning to look over its right shoulder; “Oiseau de Nuit (grand),” a confused owl staring straight ahead; and two casts of “Wapiti,” a pair of deer, one on 54th Street near Madison Ave. and the other along the median. Presented by the Fund for Park Ave. and the Paul Kasmin Gallery, “Les Lalanne on Park Ave.” offers pedestrians a chance to relax amid all the Midtown maelstrom.

NAKED SOUL: GRAHAM PARKER

: Graham Parker will get sacred and profane at the Rubin (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th St. at Seventh Ave.
Friday, November 13, $40-$45, 7:00
212-620-5000
www.rmanyc.org/nakedsoul
www.grahamparker.net

Over the years, we’ve seen Graham Parker perform in various amalgamations, with such backing bands as the Figgs and the Rumour as well as solo acoustic, in intimate venues and loud rock clubs. Parker, the witty, acidic songwriter behind such classic tunes as “Local Girls,” “Passion Is No Ordinary Word,” “Protection,” “Stupefaction,” “You Can’t Be Too Strong,” and “Get Started. Start a Fire,” among many others, will be playing a special set at the Rubin Museum of Art as part of the Naked Soul series. Parker, who has also written the excellent short-story collection CARP FISHING ON VALIUM, is a consummate entertainer who introduces his songs with biting commentary, self-deprecating humor, and sublime intelligence that is part Richard Thompson, part Robyn Hitchcock, but all GP. If you’ve never seen him before, take advantage of this splendid opportunity to see one of music’s finest in what he is promising will be quite a unique show. As he describes it: “Where spirituality and sacrilege rub shoulders and get on very well. Yes, the prospect of this totally unplugged gig in the most unusual setting has me digging deep for material that even the GP stalwarts will be delighted with. Or confused. The thematic opportunities have blown my mind. This will be a real one of a kind!” As a bonus, admission to the Rubin is free on Friday nights from 7:00 to 10:00, so after the concert, you should check out such exhibits as “The Red Book of C. G. Jung,” “Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection,” “From the Land of the Gods: Art of the Kathmandu Valley,” and “Mandala: The Perfect Circle.” It should be fascinating to see how Parker blends in the Rubin’s surroundings into his set.

update: As promised, Parker played a one-of-a-kind set at the Rubin, integrating slides of Himalayan art on view in the museum with songs and stories referencing life and death, heaven and hell, and reincarnation and religion. He boldly spoke about his lack of faith while throwing in such relevant terms as karma, meditation, transcendence, Buddha, bodhisattva, and enlightenment. In fact, at one point he talked about how he used to live on Eighteenth St., with a view of the corner where the Rubin now stands. He related how, when the building was being gutted and turned into Barney’s, he and his friends would wait for the huge rats to dash out at late-night passersby, as Parker and his fellow partiers high-fived, tossed back another, and inhaled, noting that that was the closest he’s probably ever come to enlightenment. He reached deep into his songbook, eschewing familiar hits for such rarely played tunes as “Evil,” “Pollinate,” “Carp Fishing on Valium,” “Museum of Stupidity,” “I Don’t Know,” “Last Stop Is Nowhere,” and the outrageously funny “Syphilis & Religion.” He debuted two songs from his upcoming album, including “You’re Not Where You Think You Are,” and covered Johnny Nash’s appropriate “There Are More Questions than Answers.” He also played “God’s Big Chess Game,” a song by his alter ego, YouTube “sensation” Tex Skerball. Titled “Sacred and Profane” – and yes, there were plenty of profanities, with Parker begging donors not to blame the museum for his language – the performance was perhaps the best researched and curated show we have ever seen, especially for such a one-time-only site-specific event, something that can never be duplicated. After the show, despite Parker’s cynical stance on all religions, including Buddhism, Rubin museum producer Tim McHenry still presented the ribald musician with a kata, a traditional sign of respect, which Parker gladly accepted.

KALLIOPI LEMOS: PERPETUAL TRANSITIONS

Lemos exhibit seems to float perilously in the air (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Olympic Tower Atrium
Onassis Cultural Center
645 Fifth Ave. between 52nd & 53rd Sts.
Admission: free
www.onassisusa.org/occ.art.htm
www.flickr.com/photos/twi-ny/sets/72157622642001472

Greek artist Kalliopi Lemos, who lives and works in London, has installed “Perpetual Transitions” next to the waterfall in the Olympic Tower Atrium, part of a global public works project that includes pieces in Eleusis, Istanbul, and Berlin, re-creating the route taken by eastern European migrants looking for jobs in the west. Consisting of what she calls “bean boats,” the objects dangle precipitously from the ceiling, as if floating in the middle of nowhere, evoking the in-between status of migrants who have left their home to find a better life with more opportunity. The fifteen vaginal white plaster pods each contain seven misshapen egglike objects that represent the possibility — and difficulty — of spiritual and physical rebirth as they continue on their journey. Be sure to examine the installation from various different angles to get the full extent of this moving migration in Midtown Manhattan.

weekly listings nov. 11-18

Magda Tothova gets uncomfortably and romantically close to the former premier in her video “Lenin and the Maiden"

1989: THE END OF HISTORY OR THE BEGINNING OF THE FUTURE?
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd St. between Fifth & Madison Aves.
Admission: free
212-319 -3000
www.afcny.org

Wednesday, November 11 Art and Politics After the Annus Mirabilis: panel discussion on the the tumultuous events of 1989, with Marina Abramovic, Anna Jermolaewa, Thomas Draschan, Gerald Matt, and others, reservations required, 5:00

Wednesday, November 11 Video Art Comments on a Time Shift: exhibit opening reception, with live music by B3+ and presentation by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria Michael Spindelegger, 6:00

RICHARD LLOYD
The Studio at Webster Hall
125 East Eleventh St. between Third & Fourth Aves.
Tickets: $10-$12
www.websterhall.com/thestudio

Thursday, November 12 One-night-only special performance by Television’s Richard Lloyd, with opening set by Hey Battlef!eld, hosted by John Varvatos, Bob Gruen, and Legs McNeil, 8:30

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Danspace Project
St. Mark’s Church
131 East Tenth St. at Second Ave.
Admission: $5 plus two cans of food or $10
212-674-8112
www.danspaceproject.org/programs/foodforthought.html

Thursday, November 12 Thomas F. DeFrantz, Rie Ono, Chris Peck, and the Grocery & Jessica Almasy, curated by Ursula Eagly

Friday, November 13 Monstah Black, Vanessa Anspaugh, GoGoVertigoat, and Jamal Jackson Dance Company, curated by Maura Donohue

Saturday, November 14 Brad Kisicki, Travis Chamberlain, and Sheila Lewandowski in collaboration with Sarah Maxfield, and John McGrew, curated by Enrico D. Wey

David teague's animated INTIFADA NYC is part of annual doc fest at AMNH

MARGARET MEAD FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th St.

November 12-15, $12-$40
212-769-5200
www.amh.org/mead

The thirty-third annual Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival once again showcases socially and environmentally conscious work from around the world.

Thursday, November 12 Opening night: COOKING HISTORY (Peter Kerekes), 7:00

Sunday, November 15 DJ SPOOKY AND THE SCIENCE OF TERRA NOVA, featuring DJ Spooky speaking and demonstrating the creation of his latest multimedia project, addressing climate change in Antarctica, 4:00

Sunday, November 15 Closing night: HAIR INDIA (Raffaele Brunetti & Marco Leopardi), with Brunetti in person, 8:00

JANIS BRENNER & DANCERS
Joyce SoHo
15 Mercer St.
Tickets: $15-$20
www.joyce.org

Thursday, November 12
through
Sunday, November 15 JB&D presents FIVE DECADES, consisting of works by Meredith Monk (BREAK, 1964), Murray Louis (FIGURA, 1978), and Janis Brenner, (GUILT, 1985, and A MATTER OF TIME, 1994), and world premiere of Brenner’s DANCING IN ABSENTIA

A HISTORY OF NEW YORK
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
421 East 61st St.
Admission: $15 (includes discount for Wafels & Dinges)
212-838-6878
www.mvhm.org

Friday, November 13 Dr. Michael Black discusses Washington Irving’s A HISTORY OF NEW YORK, which takes a satirical look at the early politics of the early Dutch-settled city, 6:30

PAGE TURNER: THE ASIAN AMERICAN LITERARY FESTIVAL
Multiple venues
All day pass $20 ($25 with literary awards)
www.pageturnerfest.org

Friday, November 13 Gala Kick-off Dinner with Michael Ondaatje helping to honor Lifetime Achievement Award winner Sonny Mehta, Vermilion, 480 Lexington Ave., $50 cocktail reception, $500 cocktail reception, gala dinner, signed book by Ondaatje, and more, 7:00

Saturday, November 14 Readings at powerHouse Arena, with Jhumpa Lahiri, David Henry Hwang, Jen Kwok, Professor Mae Ngai, Ed Park, Amitava Kumar, and more, 37 Main St., Dumbo, $5 each, every hour on the hour from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm

Saturday, November 14 Twelfth annual literary awards and cocktail reception, powerHouse Arena, 37 Main St., Dumbo, $10, 6:00

Guy Maddin's unique take on Dracula is part of Vampire Weekend at the Paley Center

DARK SHADOWS AT TWILIGHT: A PALEY CENTER VAMPIRE WEEKEND
The Paley Center for Media
25 West 52nd St. between Fifth & Sixth Aves.
Admission: $10
212-621-6800
www.paleycenter.org

Friday, November 13
through
Sunday, November 15 Three days of special events focusing on vampires, including F. W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU, Guy Maddin’s DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN’S DIARY, ROBSESSED (about the cult surrounding TWILIGHT’s Rob Pattison), screenings of past Paley Center events featuring the cast and crew of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (2008), ANGEL (2001), TRUE BLOOD (2009), and DARK SHADOWS (2001), as well as a panel discussion and more

ESTHER
New York City Opera
David H. Koch Theater
63rd St. & Columbus Ave.
Tickets: $12-$145
212-721-6500
www.nycopera.com

Friday, November 13
through
Thursday, November 19 City Opera presents Hugo Weisgall’s opera for the first time in sixteen years, starring Lauren Flanigan and with stage and film design by Jerome Sirlin

COLLECTORS FESTIVAL OF NEW YORK: DE LA CHARANGA AL CHARANGO
Taino Towers Cultural Building
240 East 123rd St. at Second Ave.
Admission: $10
www.cccadi.org/node/529

Saturday, November 14 Sixth annual International Latin/Tropical Music Collectors Festival, with displays, DJs, film screenings, a tribute to Charanga legends, panel discussions, a flea market, and a fiesta de cierre with live performances by La Orqesta Broadway and La Bolá con su Charangón, 1:00 – 10:00 pm

GENERATIONS: A 30-YEAR CELEBRATION
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2597 Broadway at 95th St.
Tickets: $15-$25
www.symphonyspace.org

Saturday, November 14 Thirtieth anniversary concert by the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band, featuring works by Respighi, Shostakovich, Saint-Saens, Jerry Herman, Harold Arlen, and John Philip Sousa in addition to a world premiere of special piece by James Adler commissioned for the event, 8:00

ARTWALK NY
Skylight Studio
275 Hudson St.
Tickets: $200-$5,000
212-776-2056
www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/artwalk.html

Tuesday, November 17 Benefit for the Coalition for the Homeless, honoring artist Pat Steir, with a cocktail
party, live and silent auctions, with cochairs Richard Gere, Carey Lowell, and Alec Baldwin, 6:30

IN OUR LINGO: DJ DISCO WIZ & JAMEL SHABAZZ
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Ave. at 104th St.
Admission: free with reservations at below Web site
www.elmuseo.org/en/calendar/date_all_all

Tuesday, November 17 Multimedia dialogue and mixed plate beats featuring DJ Disco Wiz and Jamel Shabazz, 6:30

DEBORAH HAY: IF I SING TO YOU
YVONNE RAINER: SPIRALING DOWN
Baryshnikov Arts Center
Tickets: $25
www.bacnyc.org

Tuesday, November 17
through
Thursday, November 19 U.S. premiere of a piece by Deborah Hay and New York premiere of work by Yvonne Rainer, part of Performa 09 festival, 7:30

De Sica classic is part of neorealist feast and film festival

UMBERTO D. (Vittorio De Sica, 1952)
Walter Reade Theater
165 West 65th St. between Broadway & Amsterdam Ave.
Tuesday, November 17, 8:30
Saturday, November 21, 5:30
212-875-5600
www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/italiannr.html

We don’t think we’ll ever stop crying. Vittorio De Sica’s neorealist masterpiece stars Carlo Battisti (a professor whom De Sica saw one day and thought would be perfect for the lead role; it would be Battisti’s only film) as Umberto Domenico Ferrari, an elderly former bureaucrat who is too proud to sacrifice his dignity in order to pay his mean-spirited landlady (Lina Gennari), who rents out his room by the hour while he’s out walking his beloved dog, Flag, and trying to find some way to get money and food. Umberto D. is befriended by the boardinghouse maid (Maria Pia Casilio), who is pregnant with the child of one of two servicemen, neither of whom wants to have anything to do with her. As Umberto D.’s options start running out, he considers desperate measures to free himself from his loneliness and poverty. His relationship with Flag is one of the most moving in cinema history. Don’t miss this remarkable achievement, which was lovingly restored a few years ago by eighty-six-year-old lighting specialist Vincenzo Verzini, known as Little Giotto. The film is part of Lincoln Center’s “Life Lessons: Italian Neorealism and the Birth of Modern Cinema,” which continues through November 25 with such films as Michdelangelo Antonioni’s IL GRIDO, Luchino Visconti’s LA TERRA TREMA: EPISODIO DEL MARE, and Francesco Rosi’s SALVATORE GIULIANO. The November 21 screening of UMBERTO D is part of “A Feast of Food and Film,” a special one-day event that also includes admission to Federico Fellini’s I VITELLONI, Roberto Rosselini’s VIAGGIO IN ITALIA, Luigi Comencini’s PANE, AMORE E FANTASIA, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s ACCATTONE, a tasting of Lamberti Prosecco and Rose Spumante, Italian delicacies from Sora Lella, all for $30

SPLICE: PANIC JOURNALS
Dance New Amsterdam
280 Broadway at Chambers St. (second floor)
Tickets: $12-$17
212-625-8369
www.dnadance.com
www.falldowntown.com

Thursday, November 19
through
Sunday, November 22 Ishmael Houston-Jones and Dan Safer/ Witness Relocation team up for a night of raucous performance art

GOTHAM GIRLS ROLLER DERBY
Hunter College Sportplex
Lexington Ave. at 68th St.
Tickets:
888-830-2253
www.gothamgirlsrollerderby.com

Thursday, November 19 Although the GGRD championship bout on Saturday, November 21, between the Bronx Gridlock and the Manhattan Mayhem is currently sold out, a small batch of tickets will be released on November 19 at 8:30 am

weekly listings nov. 4-11

Taiwanese company will present feast at the Joyce

THE HAN TANG YUEFU MUSIC AND DANCE ENSEMBLE
Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Ave. at 19th St.
Tickets: $10-$49
212-645-2904
www.joyce.org

Tuesday, November 3
through
Sunday, November 8 Taiwan-based company brings the ancient painting “The Feast of Han Xizai” to life in an evening-length program featuring costumes and set design by Oscar winner Tim Yip

Disco beats should dominate as Hercules and Love Affair spin at the W

SYMMETRY: A DJ SERIES
Oasis Living Room, W New York
541 Lexington Ave. at 49th St.
Admission: free
www.starwoodhotels.com/whotel
www.myspace.com/herculesandloveaffair

Wednesday, November 4 Disco throwbacks Hercules and Love Affair will be sharing their lush, longing sounds spinning tunes at the W’s new DJ series, with such special cocktails as the Backspin Manhattan, Dub a Pear, Pomegranate Wow, and Move It to Mojito, 8:00 – 11:00 pm

THE RED BOOK DIALOGUES
Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th St. at Seventh Ave.
Tickets: $15-$25
212-620-5000 ext 344
www.rmanyc.org
Analysts delve into Carl Jung’s RED BOOK in a series of fascinating discussions featuring Charlie Kaufman, Alice Walker, David Byrne, Kathleen Chalfant, Marina Abramovicz, Cornel West, Billy Corgan, and many more.

Thursday, November 5 Documentarian Albert Maysles and Jungian analystl Laurie Layton Schapira, $25, 7:00

Award-winning Thai film tells story of an unexpected love

TROPICAL MALADY (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
92Y Tribeca
200 Hudson St. at Canal St.
Thursday, November 5, $12, 7:30
212-415-5500
www.92ytribeca.org/film
www.kickthemachine.com/works/tropical_malady.html
Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul won the Jury Prize at Cannes for this beautiful, mystical work that will thoroughly engage you — if you allow it to. Part tender love story between a country boy (Banlop Lomnoi) and a soldier (Dakda Kaewbuadee), part folktale set in the deep forests of Thailand, TROPICAL MALADY is a like a visual poem in which details are not as important as the overall effect, which is intoxicating. The unorthodox film features ghosts, a shape-shifter, unusual characters, and a playful sense of humor that come together to form a subtle meditation on life and love.

MOVING IMAGE MASTERPIECES: TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
Queens Theatre in the Park
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, New York State Pavilion
Tickets: $10
718-760-0064
www.queenstheatre.org

Thursday, November 5 Special screening of Yasujiro Ozu classic, 7:30

Pink Eye lets it all hang out at Fucked Up show in Brooklyn this past summer (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

FUCKED UP
Thursday, November 5, Brooklyn Masonic Temple, 317 Clermont Ave. at Lafayette Ave., $18, 7:00
Friday, November 6, Market Hotel, 1142 Myrtle Ave. at Broadway, $18, 7:00
www.myspace.com/epicsinminutes
www.myspace.com/markethotelnyc
www.masonicboom.com
On November 5, Fucked Up will be performing THE CHEMISTRY OF COMMON LIFE, with Andrew W.K. on keyboards and the Vivian Girls on backup vocals; also on the bill are Titus Andronicus, the Girls at Dawn, and Katie Stelmanis. The next night members of Fucked Up will appear at Market Hotel as Bitters on a bill with the Vivian Girls, Grass Widow, and Stupid Party.

THE INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR FOR PRINTS & EDITIONS
The Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Ave. at 67th St.
Admission: $20
212-674-6095
www.printfair.com

Thursday, November 5
through
Sunday, November 8 Annual print fair features etchings, woodcuts, lithographs, innovative contemporary projects, curator-led tours, a panel discussion on collecting, a treasure hunt, and more

EDITIONS | ARTISTS’ BOOKS
X Initiative
548 West 22nd St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.
Admission: free
www.eabfair.com

Thursday, November 5 VIP preview benefiting the Annual Exhibition Fund of P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, with a special DJ set by Sahra Motalebi and live music by AJ Slim, $50, 6:00 – 9:00

Friday, November 6
through
Sunday, November 8 Fair open to the general public, with special events featuring Mike Bidlo, Alison Knowles & Alan Bowman, Geoffrey Hendricks, Nancy Hwang & Elaine Tin Nyo, Sal Randolph, Tom Otterness, Larry Miller, and others, site-specific installations by Yoko Onno and Robert Wyatt, and Occurrences curated by Robin Kahn and Kirby Gookin

NICER NEWS PRESENTS: GOOD STUFF FUNDRAISER
Sin Sin Leopard Lounge
248 East Fifth St. at Second Ave.
Suggested donation: $5
212-253-2222
www.nicernews.com

Friday, November 6 Nicer News, which delivers “uplifting news and events from all over the world,” what they refer to as “just the good stuff,” is holding a fundraiser for their all-volunteer venture with cheap drinks and live music by the John Powers Band and other guests, 6:00 – 10:00 pm

The Big Man will be discussing his life and career at the Hard Rock

CLARENCE CLEMONS
Hard Rock Cafe
1501 Broadway at 43rd St.
Admission: free
www.hardrock.com/newyork
www.bigmanthebook.com

Friday, November 6 Saxophonist Clarence “Big Man” Clemons celebrates the release of his memoir, BIG MAN: REAL LIFE & TALL TALES (Grand Central, October 2009, $26.99), with a reading, signing, and audience Q&A, with special celebrity guests, 8:00
CAGE A SWALLOW CAN’T YOU BUT YOU CAN’T SWALLOW A CAGE: A SONNET SEQUENCE FOR RONI HORN
Whitney Museum of America Art
745 Madison Ave. at 74th St.
Free with museum admission (pay-what-you-wish)
www.whitney.org

Friday, November 6 Whitney Live special presentation in honor of Roni Horn exhibition, composed by Anne Carson and featuring Carson, Olof Arnalds and Kjartan Sveinsson of Sigur Ros, and poets R. Currie and Penelope Thomas, 8:00

Women have something to say in angry punk show

MONGREL BITCH
Otto’s Shrunken Head
538 East 14th St.
212-228-2240
www.ottosshrunkenhead.com

Friday, November 6 Futurex, 9:00; Ff, 10:00; a Bunch of Girls, 11:00; and Mongrel Bitch, 12 midnight

COOK. EAT. DRINK. LIVE. 24.7.365
The Tunnel and La.Venue
608 West 28th St.
Tickets: $65-$99
www.cookeatdrinklive.com

Friday, November 6
through
Sunday, November 8 Three days of gourmet food and wine and spirits, with tastings, lectures, demonstrations, classes, book signings, and more, featuring such guests as

LUC TUYMANS
The Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway at 12th St.
Admission: free
www.strandbooks.com

Saturday, November 7 Artist Luc Tuymans will be signing copies of his new eponymously titled book (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/ Wexner Center for the Arts/D.A.P., 10/31/09, $60), 2:00

THE ALL CITY BLACK BOOK SHOW
NYC Arts Cypher
12 Broad St., Staten Island
Admission: $10
www.nycartscypher.com

Saturday, November 7 Special event celebrating the release of GRAFFITI NEW YORK, featuring subway and street legends from all five boroughs, including COPE 2, SPAR ONE, MENIC, BRAZE, STRIDER, SNOOZE, and many more, with two floors of music and graff hosted by ON 2, DJ Fresh Style Rockers, and a live performance by the Bandulos, 6:00

Soup will be celebrating its tenth anniversary at Piano's

TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF A TOUR OF TWO CITIES
Piano’s
158 Ludlow St.
Tickets: $12-$15
212-505-3733
www.pianosnyc.com
www.facebook.com/soup.atl

Saturday, November 7 Soup celebrates the tenth anniversary of the release of its live album with special reunion shows in Atlanta and New York City, on a bill with Leisure McCorkle, Emily Long, and the Swimmers, 8:00

City Winery hosts unique kind of tasting this week

SPIT & TWIT: TASTING THE FUTURE
City Winery
155 Varick St. at Vandam St.
Tickets: $35
212-608-0555
http://www.citywinery.com/events/38944

Sunday, November 8 Ticket holders will participate in tasting of some one hundred wines from thirty-five wineries from around the world, then immediately tweet their opinions in what is being billed as the “first ever online fully interactive wine tasting,” with plasma screens at City Winery picking up all the twittering, 2:00 – 6:00

EDOKKO: GROWING UP A FOREIGNER IN WARTIME JAPAN
Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Rd. at Vernon Blvd.
Second Sunday of every month
Free with museum admission of $10
Weekend shuttle service: $10 round trip
718-204-7088
www.noguchi.org

Sunday, November 8 Longtime Isamu Noguchi friend Isaac Shaprio, who was born in Japan and raised there and in China, reads from his forthcoming memoirs in the monthly Noguchi Museum Second Sundays series, 3:00

Special event will help children in trouble

A WAY FROM NO WAY: ISRAELI ARTISTS AND COLLECTORS FOR ELEM
Opera Gallery
115 Spring St.
Sunday, November 8, $35-$120 (tax-deductible), 6:30-10:00
www.elem.org
A group of Israeli artists and collectors will come together to help support the King’s Road mentoring program of ELEM, an organization that helps Israeli youth in distress in Israel. The evening begins at 6:30 for VIPs with an art tour, wine, and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a silent and public auction at 7:30 for all ticket holders. Among the participating artists are Ron Agam, Aliza Olmert, Moshe Kupferman, Dror Daum, Karen Gillerman, and Michal Cole, among many others. In addition, works by children helped by ELEM – including a special guest, sixteen-year-old Ilan, who has turned his life around with the help of the organization – will also be up for bidding. The auction will be run by Sotheby’s president Jennifer Roth.

EYE TO EYE: ARTIST-LED TOURS OF KANDINSKY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Ave. at 89th St.
Tickets: $25
212-423-3500
www.guggenheim.org

Monday, November 9 Multidisciplinary artist R. Luke DuBois leads a tour of the Kandinsky exhibit, focusing on the correspondence between Vasily Kandinsky and composers Arnold Schoenberg and Alexander Scriabin, followed by a reception, 6:30

DIRTY: ONE WORD CAN CHANGE THE WORLD (Raison Allah, 2009)
National Black Theatre
2031 Fifth Ave. between 125th & 126th Sts.
Tickets: $15-$20
212-722-3800
www.imagenation.us
www.nationalblacktheatre.org

Tuesday, November 10 Special premiere of new documentary about Ol’ Dirty Bastard of the Wu Tang Clan, preceded by a live performance by Brooklyn Zu and followed by a panel discussion with director Raison Allah, Terrie Williams, Dr. Jeffrey Gardere, Brooklyn Zu, and members of the Wu Tang Clan, 7:00

WALTER DEAN MYERS
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West at 77th St.
Free with museum admission of $7-$12
212-873-3400
www.nyhistory.org

Wednesday, November 11 Award-winning author reads from, discusses, and signs copies of RIOT, which examines the 1863 New York Civil War draft riots, held in conjunction with the museum’s “Lincoln and New York” exhibition, 10:30 am

Justin Townes Earle will be singing about movies and more at Webster Hall (photo by Joshua Black Wilkins)

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE
Webster Hall
125 East Eleventh St. between Third & Fourth Aves.
Tickets: $25
www.websterhall.com
www.myspace.com/justintownesearle

Wednesday, November 11 Justin Townes Earle plays on a bill with Dan Auerbach and Jessica Lea Mayfield, 7:00