Week of April 1
Salad Ball, old books, and other happenings
In past reports, we’ve expressed our love for eveninglife, events scheduled in time for you to pack in fun and get to bed at a reasonable hour. But thanks to Friends of the List Brian and Edgar, we’re back on the nightlife bandwagon—just in time for the grand return of CHERYL, the dance party that promises to ruin your life (only to rebuild it better than you could ever imagine.) Catch their SALAD BALL on Saturday. (Dress code: SALAD)
Other events this week: a fair for old books, great art openings, the art world talking about itself all over town, and more.
See you out there!
This week’s Most Likely to Succeed events:
🆓 = costs $0, 🎨 = art, 🎼 = music, 🎬 = film, 📚= books, 🌳 = nature, 🎭 = performance, 🧠 = extra smart people, 🍸 = drinks available, 🦩 = party/friendly vibe
🔑 Click the venue link under each listing for full event details.
Monday, April 1
Reading of New Work in Progress at Performance Space New York
This monthly reading series continues with writers (and sisters!) Kaitlyn, Kerri K, and Kirsten Greenidge, who will read from new works in progress. Someone make this a reality TV show. RSVP here for a free ticket.
Performance Space New York, East Village
Mon at 7p 🆓 (with RSVP) 🎭📚
Tuesday, April 2
Being in Conversation with a Work of Art at the New York Society Library
Our dream is to be a lady-who-lunches type on the Upper East Side, spending quiet Tuesday afternoons attending poetry workshops in gorgeous old cultural institutions. If you’re living a life of luxury, freed from the humiliating necessity to earn a living to pay your bills, this event is for you.
Poet and essayist Diane Mehta hosts Writing Life Poetry Workshop: Being in Conversation with a Work of Art, an afternoon dedicated to reading and understanding ekphrastic poetry—words describing a work of art, what it is and how it feels to behold it. The workshop is free. If you aren’t a member of the New York Society Library, reach out to events@nysoclib.org to register.
New York Society Library, Upper East Side
Tues at 2p 🆓 🎨
Uncle Vanya opens at Lincoln Center
Steve Carell makes his Broadway debut as Uncle Vanya in Uncle Vanya at the Beaumont in Lincoln Center—the only Broadway theater that isn’t in the theater district. (Shout out to all the Drive My Car-heads out there who know Uncle Vanya as the source material for that incredibly A+ 2021 film.) The production runs two and half months; tickets are still available for opening night at the time of this newsletter’s publication.
Lincoln Center, Upper West Side
Tues at 8p 🎭 (runs through June 16)
Danielle Orchard artist talk at NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts
Dani Orchard is one of our favorite contemporary figurative artists, whose sultry scenes of women lounging with wine, pizza, and cigarettes hits close to our hearts. (This was quite literally us upon returning home from a late night dance club crawl this weekend. Why are we opening a whole bottle of wine mere minutes before falling asleep?) This evening, Orchard will present the third and final lecture in NYU IFA’s very good Visions of Corporeality series, which you can catch their beautiful Upper East Side location or over zoom here.
NYU Institute of Fine Arts, Upper East Side and virtual
Tues at 6p 🆓 🎨
The 2024 Eleanore Pettersen Lecture featuring Elizabeth Diller at Cooper Union
Elizabeth Diller is best known for her work in Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the interdisciplinary design/architecture studio behind the High Line, The Shed, and the original Meat Dress. Tonight, Diller presents the latest in the Eleanor Pettersen lecture series, which highlights voices of women in architecture, at her alma mater, Cooper Union. Registration is free, just RSVP and arrive early to snag a first-come, first-serve seat.
Cooper Union, East Village
Tues from 6:30-8p 🆓
Wednesday, April 3
2024 season opens today at Storm King
We did it, friends—we made it through winter, and new signs of spring are being delivered each week. Cherry blossoms are blooming, rats are eating Easter Peeps out of the trash, and Storm King is open for a new season. The 500-acre sculpture park is a miracle that never gets old.
Storm King Art Center, Beacon, NY
Wed from 10a-5:30p 🎨 🌳
Photographer lecture series at the International Center of Photography
It’s a big moment for the ICP: their 50th anniversary exhibition is up now, along with a bonkers good show surveying the work of the late David Seidner. (Check out the very good, superbly researched Artnet write-up by William Van Meter to get a sense of this character.)
Tonight, as part of the Naomi Rosenblum Photographer Lecture Series, writer and curator Katherine Bussard talks with the photographer Christina Fernandez about her latest body of work. It’s $5 to join the talk live (includes admission to the galleries), and free if you just sign up for the livestream here.
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side and virtual
Wed from 7-8:30p 🎭 🎨
Thursday, April 4
Talking Galleries New York kicks off for two days in Hudson Yards
Gallerists, artists, writers, auctioneers, and other art world notables meet for two days to talk about the art world, because what else would they do? Over a series of two days, panels will discuss current topics like: what’s the future of public art institutions? How cool is Mexico City? Will artist-run galleries own the future? A full list of programming is here.
The Spiral ZO. Clubhouse, Hudson Yards
Various times throughout Thursday & Friday 🆓 🎨 🎭
Open House at PS1
Today’s Open house programming features talks, readings, and workshops from the artists and curators involved with the three new shows opening today: Pacita Abad, Regina José Galindo’s Tierra, and Melissa Cody’s Webbed Skies. While you’re here, grab zen time in James Turrell’s Meeting if the rain holds off.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City
Thurs from 12-8p 🆓 🎨🍸
The Antiquarian Book Fair opens tonight at the Park Avenue Armory
We love everything about old books, from their dusty jackets to the tweed jackets of their occasionally dusty booksellers. This evening, the annual Antiquarian Book Fair kicks off at the Park Avenue Armory. For your outfit, cosplay your favorite literature professor (Laurence Lockridge of NYU remains our platonic ideal) and get ready to meet characters. Shout out to The Booksellers, a delightful 2019 documentary about the rare book world.
Park Avenue Armory, Upper East Side
Thurs from 5-9 🎨 (book fair runs all day Friday - Sunday; check the schedule here)
Before Salmagundi: Vanished Mansions of Lower Fifth Avenue
Renaissance man Anthony Bellov gives an illustrated lecture on all the old mansions that used to exist on Fifth Ave south of 14th Street (and the one that remains).
Salmagundi Club, Union Square
Thurs at 6p 🆓 🎭
Downtown Dealers Art Talk at Tara Downs
If you haven’t had enough of the art world talking about itself, we recommend this series featuring New York art dealers. Tonight, Peter Freeman of Peter Freeman, Inc. and Miguel Abreu of Miguel Abreu Gallery chat with Elizabeth Dee, co-founder and CEO of the Independent Art Fair. Arrive a bit early so you can catch the two current shows at Tara Downs which are very good.
Tara Downs, Soho
Thurs at 7p 🆓 🎨 🧠
Exquisites Anthology Vol. 3 launch party at Dear Friend Books
Queer poetry series Exquisites releases their third volume of poetry tonight at the sweet lil Dear Friend Books in Bed Stuy. A handful of poets read selections of their work tonight.
Dear Friend Books, Bed Stuy
Thurs at 7p 🆓 🎨 📚 🦩
The best art shows opening Thursday night
Arthur Jafa’s ***** at Gladstone Gallery (Chelsea), 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Lumin Wakoa’s Observer Effect at Harper’s Chelsea 512 (Chelsea), 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Justine Fisher’s April Come She Will at Harper’s Chelsea 534 (Chelsea), 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Roni Horn’s solo show at Hauser & Wirth on Wooster (Soho), 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Anti-Aging at Bridget Donahue Gallery (Lower East Side), 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Louis Fratino book launch at Mast Books (East Village), 6-8p 🆓 🎨 📚
Friday, April 5
The Institute of Fine Arts and The Frick present the annual Symposium on the History of Art
The entire history of art in one day: piece of cake. Each year, NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts and the Frick present a series of talks from big name professors for grad students (although anyone can join the livestream). If this kind of title gets you going, then today is for you: Culture of Flowering Wheat: Late Medieval Ethnobotany and the Flowers in Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s The Harvesters.
Symposium on the History of Art, virtual
Fri from 9:30a-6:30p 🆓 🎨 🧠
Pipilotti's Salon Series for Gathering with Alex Tatarsky
Hauser & Wirth and Pipilotti Rist keep the Series for Gathering programming going for a final week with a performance of BRAIDS, “a Living Room Psychodrama” by the artist Alex Tatarsky. It takes place inside Rist’s extraordinary exhibition, Prickling Goosebumps & A Humming Horizon. Tickets are free, just RSVP to secure your spot.
Hauser & Wirth on 22nd, Chelsea
Fri from 7-8p 🆓 🎨
Petting Zoo comedy show at Cloud City
Petting Zoo is a comedy series where comedians hold live animals like snakes, birds, and lizards while they do stand-up. It’s endearing, and has garnered praise from places like the New Yorker. Tonight’s lineup features Mary Beth Barone, who we think is very funny.
Cloud City, Williamsburg
Fri at 7:45p 🎭
Saturday, April 6
Dia Beacon presents Soil Sessions: Tactile Earth with Julia Norton
Inwood Hill Park gives us a glimpse at what Manhattan might’ve looked like if we didn’t bulldoze it all flat. Today, artist Julia Norton “invites participants to explore the northernmost tip of Manhattan” with a two-hour gathering. “After exploring the area and taking in the environment with all one’s senses, participants will collect frottage rubbings of rocks, trees, and other surfaces using soil-based art materials commonly found in Norton’s art practice. The unique textures captured will be cut out and incorporated in collages, creating artworks that represent a multisensory, tactile journey through the landscape.” Have you ever heard of anything more wholesome?
Inwood Hill Park, Inwood
Sat from 11a-1p 🎨 🌳
Curator Talk: Art Spiegelman in Conversation with Dan Nadel at James Cohan
Art Spiegelman (the first comic artist to win a Pulitzer) curated the current show of artist Si Lewen’s work at James Cohan. The show brings together the full suite of The Parade, a big work in all senses of the word. This afternoon, Spiegelman talks about the life and work of Lewen with Dan Nadel, Curator-at-Large for the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
James Cohan Gallery, Tribeca
Sat at 2p 🆓 🎨
Cheryl presents SALAD BALL
Cheryl is back for the first time since 2018!!!!! The collective calls itself “the dance party that will ruin your life” which is true if you think about it like this: Cheryl shows you how truly perfect a party can be, so you might be a bit disappointed with every other event you go to in the future. Dress code is SALAD, strictly enforced.
Rubulad, Bushwick
Sat at 10p 🥬 🍸 🦩 🎼
🚨 Last call for art shows closing today
Bill Jensen’s Wandering Boundless & Free at Vito Schnabel (Greenwich Village), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Kim Yun Shin’s In Focus at Lehmann Maupin (Chelsea), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Pipilotti Rist’s Prickling Goosebumps & a Humming Horizon at Hauser & Wirth on 22nd St (Chelsea), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Sunday, April 7
Last day of the Antiquarian Book Fair
FYI
Park Avenue Armory, Upper East Side
Sun from 12-5p 🎨
Welcome to my Twisted Mind at Singer’s
The cool and sometimes standoffish, sometimes sweet weirdos at Singer’s present WELCOME TO MY TWISTED MIND: A JUVENILE READING SERIES. “Diving into their own archives, readers will be excavating their work from middle and high school, book reports, class assignments, poems, diary entries, anything from grades 6-12.” Can you imagine a better theme?
Singer’s, Bed Stuy
Sun at 8p 🆓 🍸 🦩
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