THE INVISIBLE MAN
Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC
44 Charlton St.
Tickets: $25
http://www.wnyc.org/thegreenespace
Through October 16 Audio drama, written and directed by Arthur Yorinks, featuring live performance, video, and live improvised score to story set in New York City homeless shelter
BALLETTO TEATRO DI TORINO
Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Ave. at 19th St.
Tickets: $19-$39
212-645-2904
http://www.joyce.org
Tuesday, October 13
through
Sunday, October 18 BTT makes its New York City debut with five works, including two world premieres, choreographed by Matteo Lavaggi
MUSIC LOST & FOUND
Museum at Eldridge Street
12 Eldridge St. between Canal & Division Sts.
Tickets: $15
212-219-0888
http://www.eldridgestreet.org
Wednesday, October 14 Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, 7:00
DAVID JAVERBAUM AND JOHN HODGMAN
Barnes & Noble
97 Warren St. at Greenwich St.
Admission: free
212-587-5389
http://www.randomhouse.com
Thursday, October 15 Daily Show executive producer David Javerbaum, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTED: A FETUS’S GUIDE TO THE FIRST THREE TRIMESTERS (Spiegel & Grau, October 13, 2009, $15), in conversation with Daily Show contributor John Hodgman, 7:00
GALLERY NIGHT ON 57th St.
57th St. between Lexington & Seventh Aves.
Admission: free
212-888-3550
Thursday, October 15 More than sixty of the galleries along West 57th St. will stay open late, including such favorites as Bernarducci Meisel, Tibor de Nagy, Marian Goodman, Greenberg Van Doren, Edwynn Houk, Laurence Miller, Forum, PaceWildenstein, Michael Rosenfeld, and many more, 5:00 – 8:00
GALLERY NIGHT WITH THE ARTISTS
Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus Circle at 59th St. & Broadway
Admission: pay-what-you-wish after 6:00
212-299-7777
http://madmuseum.org
Thursday, October 15 Various artists who are part of “Slash: Paper Under the Knife” exhibit will conduct personal tours, with curator David McFadden, 6:30
RIGIDIGIDIM DE BAMBA DE: RUPTURED CALYPSO
Danspace Project
St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery
131 East Tenth St. at Second Ave.
Tickets: $18
866-811-4111
http://www.danspaceproject.org
Thursday, October 15
through
Saturday, October 17 Cynthia Oliver/COCo Dance Theatre presents New York premiere of multimedia piece developed in Trinidad, 8:00
AME TO AME (CANDY AND RAIN)
Japan Society
333 East 47th St. between First and Second Aves.
Tickets: $18
212-715-1258
http://www.japansociety.org
Thursday, October 15
through
Saturday, October 17 inkBoat and cokaseki collaborate on a hybrid butoh duet, featuring Shinichi Iova-Koga and Yuko Kaseki, directed by Marc Ates, 7:30
OTHER SUNS (A TRILOGY)
Peak Performances @ Montclair
Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair State University
Valley Rd. at Normal Ave. ($10 round-trip shuttle available from Manhattan for some weekend shows)
Tickets: $15
973-655-5112
http://www.peakperfs.org
Thursday, October 15
through
Sunday, October 18 The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company collaborates with the Guangdong Modern Dance Company on three dances, with live music by the Paul Dresher Ensemble
HIGH LINE OPEN STUDIOS
West Side, Gansevoort to 34th Sts.
Admission: free
www.highlineopenstudios09.org
Thursday, October 15
through
Sunday, October 18 More than one hundred artists along the High Line open their studios, with
ROYAL FLUSH FESTIVAL
Multiple locations
Festival Pass: $60
http://www.royalflushfestival.com
Thursday, October 15
through
Monday, October 19 Five days of indie films, art exhibitions, panel discussions, live performances, and parties, featuring the Beatards and Kenny Muhammad at the Hiro Ballroom, Melissa Auf Der Maur and the Raincoats at the Knitting Factory, Fisherman’s Burlesque at the Slipper Room, screenings at Anthology Film Archives, and much more
TELLUS
Dixon Place
161A Chrystie St. between Rivington & Delancey Sts.
Tickets: $20
212-219-0736
http://www.dixonplace.org
Friday, October 16, 23
and
Saturday, October 17, 24 World premiere of Mondo Cane! Commission by Yung-Li Chen and I-danse about a clash of cultures, 7:30
AGAINST THE RISING SEA
Queens Theatre in the Park
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Claire Shulman Playhouse
Tickets: $20-$38
718-760-0064
http://www.queenstheatre.org
Thursday, October 15
through
Sunday, October 25 Tony Award winner Elizabeth Franz stars in a new play being billed as a modern-day ON GOLDEN POND, set in Provincetown on Cape Cop. Written by Kelly Masterson (BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD) and directed by Joe Cacaci, AGAINST THE RISING SEA deals with love, honor, honesty, and the ongoing debate over gay marriage.
THE ITALIAN LAUGH PACK
Springer Concert Hall
College of Staten Island
Tickets: $35-$55
718-982-2787
http://www.cfashows.com
Saturday, October 17 Night of stand-up comedy with the legendary Pat Cooper, Emmy winner Dom Irrera, and Addie Award winner Tammy Pescatelli; call 917-559-6965 for special meet-and-greet tickets that come with a free copy of Cooper’s OUR HERO CD, 8:00
A.G.A.S.T.
Admission: free
http://www.agastbrooklyn.com
Saturday, October 17
and
Sunday, October 18 Thirteenth annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, including site-specific installations, studio visits, live performances, and more; pick up a passport and get it stamped at all five locations and win a prize, 1:00 – 6:00
THE LABALMA BODY PROJECT
14th St. Y of the Educational Alliance
3ff East 14th St. between First & Second Aves.
Admission: free
http://www.labalma.org
Saturday, October 17 Reception and Y Dance Party celebrating the opening of “The LABALMA Body Project: A Collaboration of Artists from New York and Tel Aviv,” with DJ Oren Barnoy, 8:00 pm – 12 midnight
Sunday, October 18 Symposium: Study and Dialogue with LABALMA artists and keynote speaker Melvin Konnor, 4:00 – 7:00
INCUS FESTIVAL
Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement
466 Grand St. at Pitt St.
Tickets: $25
212-598-0400
http://www.henrystreet.org/arts
Saturday, October 17
and
Sunday, October 18 Celebration of Incus Records, featuring Cyro Baptista, Min Xiao Fen, Fred Frith, Milford Graves, Susie Ibarra, George Lewis, Richard Teitelbaum, and John Zorn, 8:00
APPLES ON ORCHARD
Orchard St. between Broome & Grand Sts.
Admission: free
212-226-9010
http://www.lowereastsideny.com/les_nyc_apple_day.html
Sunday, October 18 Second annual New York City Apple Day festival held where the Delancey family owned and operated an apple orchard, with a cider press, live music, children’s activities, exhibitions, green initiatives, and, of course, apple picking, 11:00 am – 4:30 pm
TEZUKA DAY
Kinokuniya
1073 Sixth Ave. between 41st & 42nd Sts.
Admission: free
212-869-1700
http://www.kinokuniya.com
Sunday, October 18 Celebration of the work of Osamu Tezuka, creator of such groundbreaking manga series as ASTRO BOY, DORORO, MU, BLACK JACK, and many more, with original art, 12 noon – 4:00
NADA COUNTY AFFAIR
Downtown Brooklyn
Admission: free
212-594-0883
http://newartdealers.org
Sunday, October 18 New Art Dealers Alliance art-themed street fair, featuring live performances, games, and more, along with the grand opening of the temporary exhibition “395 Flatbush Ave. Ext.,” 12 noon – 7:00 pm
A MUSICAL MANDALA: FROM BACH TO BARKAUSKAS AND BACK
Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th St. at Seventh Ave.
Tickets: $20
212-620-5000 ext 344
http://www.rmanyc.org
Sunday, October 18 Violinist Gil Morgenstern inaugurates his third season of “Reflections” at the Rubin with a special musical program with pianist Donald Berman in conjunction with the exhibit “Mandala” The Perfect Circle”; ticket holders will also receive a private tour of the museum, 5:15
NATIONAL DESIGN WEEK AT THE COOPER-HEWITT
2 East 91st St. at Fifth Ave.
Admission: free
212-849-8400
http://www.cooperhewitt.org
Sunday, October 18
through
Saturday, October 24 As part of National Design Week, admission to the Cooper-Hewitt will be free all week (it’s usually ten bucks); the current exhibition is “Design for a Living World,” dealing with nature, sustainability, and conservation
SAVE THE DELI!
Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen
209 West 38th St.
Admission: free
212-398-2367
http://www.savethedeli.com
http://www.bensdeli.net
Monday, October 19 Deli celebration and book launch with reading, Q&A, and signing with David Sax, author of SAVE THE DELI; Friar’s Club dean Freddie Roman; live music and hosting by Jelvis; deli-themed world records; and plenty of deli food, 7:30
JONATHAN LETHEM
BookCourt
163 Court St.
Admission: free
718-875-3677
http://www.bookcourt.org
Tuesday, October 20 Jonathan Lethem reads from and signs CHRONIC CITY, 7:00
Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn’s PUSHER trilogy is a gritty, violent, brutal, and brilliant look at the devastation wrought by drugs. In PUSHER (1996), Kim Bodnia stars as Frank, a small-time hood who loses both the money and the drugs when a deal goes bad. Over the course of a week, he grows more and more desperate as druglord Milo (Zlatko Buric) and his henchman, Radovan (Slavko Labovic), grow more and more impatient, preparing to do some serious damage to Frank. PUSHER II: WITH BLOOD ON MY HANDS focuses on Tonny (Mads Mikkelsen), Frank’s former partner who has just been released from prison. Addled by a beating he took, Tonny gets lost in a drug haze, trying to prove himself a worthy criminal to his big-time father, the Duke (Leif Sylvester Petersen), while also refusing to accept that he might be the father of Charlotte’s (Anne Sorensen) child. With the whole world crashing in on him, Tonny goes to extreme measures that affect everybody in his sphere. The gritty, powerful trilogy concludes with Refn’s masterwork, PUSHER III: I’M THE ANGEL OF DEATH, this time with Milo in the forefront. While preparing for his daughter’s (Marinela Dekic) twenty-fifth birthday party, he discovers that a major score has changed significantly, and he is forced to deal directly with a new generation of drug dealers — and by himself, because his cooking has made his crew sick. Shuttling between the ever-worsening situation, NA meetings, and his daughter’s party, Milo is faced with some deadly choices. Buric is spectacular as the aging druglord who does not like what he sees as he takes stock of his life. While the first two films feature hard-driving punk music, classical music slows things down in the far more contemplative conclusion. To add to the remarkable realism, many of the supporting actors were actual criminals. The grand finale is unforgettable, a multilayered, deeply philosophical, and extremely violent statement on the nature of drugs and the men and women addicted to that life. All three films will be screened on October 3 as part of BAM’s four-day Refn festival, with the director participating in a Q&A session following the first film and then introducing the second.