Week of April 21
Free unlimited breadsticks
This week, the mad geniuses behind CHERYL throw a Puttanesca-themed party with unlimited breadsticks. It’s a good time to carbo-load before the marathon of spring art events kick off over the next two weeks, leading up to Tribeca Gallery Night on May 9 and all the art fairs over that weekend.
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Important PSAs before we get into the week:
You can and should adopt a butterfly at the Museum of Natural History, then debate the ethics of charging more and less for certain butterflies (justice for the Zebra Longwings)
Sexiest Man Alive of All Time Jim Jarmusch plays music with Jozef Van Wissem (composer of the score for Jarmusch’s remarkable Only Lovers Left Alive) at Le Poisson Rouge soon and you can still get tickets for the Monday 6/9 show here
🆓 = costs $0, 🎨 = art, 🎼 = music, 🎬 = film, 📚= books, 🌳 = nature, 🎭 = performance, 🧠 = extra smart people, 🍸 = drinks available, 🦩 = party/friendly vibe, 🗽= extra New Yorky
🔑 Click the venue link under each listing for full event details.
Monday, April 21
What Does AI Look Like? A Close Read of the Non-Human Aesthetic—New York Mag’s Jerry Saltz and NYT’s David Wallace-Wells in conversation at David Zwirner on 19th Street (Chelsea), 6p doors 🆓 (with RSVP) 🎨 🎭
ARIANA REINES INVITES DR. AMMON HILLMAN TO TEACH US A THING OR TWO ABOUT MEDEA at Giorno Poetry Systems (Bowery), 6:30p door, 7p events 🧠
Music Mondays presents Isidore Quartet at Advent Lutheran Church (Upper West Side), 6:45 doors, 7:30p show 🆓 🎼
Singers Monday Movies Series: Period Films presents Romeo and Juliet at Singers (Bed Stuy), 9p 🆓 🎬 🍸
Tuesday, April 22
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham at the Joyce
Like Alvin Ailey’s recent treatment at the Whitney, we suspect Kyle Abraham will have a whole gorgeous retrospective of his own one day. He’s known as one of the world’s brightest choreographers, winning a MacArthur genius grant and numerous awards and creating spellbinding art.
Tonight, his company A.I.M. “brings thought-provoking movement rooted in Black and queer history and culture to the forefront under Abraham’s visionary leadership” at the Joyce Theater. Performances run through Sunday.
The Joyce Theater, Chelsea
Tues at 7:30p 🎭 (performances run through April 27)
Other Tuesday events, briefly noted:
Artists’ Books: Examples & Methods class with Ben Denzer kicks off at the Center for Book Arts (Nomad), 12-2p 📚 🎨 (two sessions in this class: 4/22 and 4/29)
222 Tuesdays at Giorno Poetry Systems (Bowery), 4-7p 🎨 📚 🦩
Hanami Nights on the Cherry Esplanade at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Crown Heights), 5-8:30p 🌳 🍸 (also Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday)
The Village Preservation Society presents Walking New York: Manhattan History on Foot, a presentation by author Keith Taillon about his new book at La Nacional - Spanish Benevolent Society (Greenwich Village), 6p 🆓 📚 🗽
A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker: Deborah Treisman & Jennifer Egan at Rizzoli Bookstore (Nomad), 6-8p 🆓 📚 🗽
The Art of the Short Story: Marie-Helene Bertino on Exit Zero with the New Yorker’s brilliant Vinson Cunningham at the Center for Fiction (Fort Greene and online), 7-8:15p 📚
Earth Day performance of Images—a show written and performed by Gideon Jacobs at Earth (Lower East Side), 7p 🎭
Fleiss-Vallois & The Whitney Review of New Writing present: EXPERIENCE OF VASTNESS & THE ROSE—a reading and conversation with Ariana Reines, Alex Aude Marissa Zappas, and Whitney Mallett on the polymathic legacies of Niki de Saint Phalle (!!) and Leonora Carrington at Fleiss-Vallois (Upper East Side), 7p 🆓 📚 🎨
Wednesday, April 23
Nile Harris presents Organizational Strategic Consultant (a lecture-based performance) at Performance Space (East Village), 7p 🎭 🎨
Brad Mehldau on piano performs Après Fauré at the 92nd Street Y’s Kaufmann Concert Hall (Upper East Side), 7:30p 🎼
The Poetry Project presents Love is a Dangerous Word: The Selected Poems of Essex Hemphill — Book Launch with John Keene and Robert F. Reid-Pharr to celebrate the late poet Essex Hemphill at St. Mark’s Church (East Village), 8p 📚
Thursday, April 24
Opening reception for Dana Powell's The Moon is Still Free
What is it that the Buddha said? “Emptiness is a form of fullness” or something like that? So, too, with Dana Powell’s paintings. The canvases are still shots paused in time, lacking action and people although both are suggested. They’re so uncluttered with extra space to breathe, so they can slowly become whole cinematic universes in their own right. It’s magic how it works.
Also opening tonight at the gallery: Laura Lima's latest installment of the remarkable Balé Literal series, where objects dance in space. It reminds us of Urs Fischer’s Play, one of the best things we’ve ever seen.
Tanya Bonakdar, Chelsea
Thurs from 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Opening reception for DEVIATIONS at James Fuentes
Curated by the wonderful painter Oscar yi Hou (who had a stand-out solo show at James Fuentes last year), Deviations is a group show featuring a dozen artists, mostly friends of yi Hou, mostly making portraits, self-portraits, or sculpture. We love when artists act as curators.
James Fuentes, Tribeca
Thurs from 6-8p 🆓 🎨
The Rose by Ariana Reines book launch with Naomi Fry at Canada
Ariana Reines’ new book of poetry feels like the talk of the town, with two cool book launches at different art galleries this week alone plus an event at the divine Giorno Poetry Systems. Tonight, she talks with the New Yorker’s fan favorite culture critic Naomi Fry at Canada as part of the marvelous Couch Paintings show/series of events.
Canada’s 61 Lispenard St. Gallery, Tribeca
Thurs at 6p 🆓 📚 🎨 🧠
Other Thursday events, briefly noted:
The Gatherers opens at MoMA PS1 (Long Island City), 12-6p 🎨
The Photography Show 2025 presented by AIPAD opens at the Park Avenue Armory (Upper East Side), 🎨 runs through Sunday
The Superfair, an artist-led art fair, opens at Brooklyn Navy Yard (Navy Yard), runs through April 27 🎨
Thomas J Price’s Resilience of Scale opens at Hauser & Wirth on Wooster St (SoHo), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Yu Nishimura’s Clearing Unfolds opens at David Zwirner on E. 68th Street (Upper East Side), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
ARCHIVE FEVER: Gordon Matta-Clark and NYC Graffiti 1972/73—a conversation with the exhibition's curators at White Columns (Meatpacking District), 6p 🆓 🎨🗽
Opening reception for Lucas Foglia’s Constant Bloom at Fredericks & Freiser (Chelsea), 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Opening reception for Caitlin Lonegan's Gems and Roses at Broadway Gallery (Tribeca), 6-8p 🆓 🎨
William J. Simmons’ Love and Degradation: Book Launch & Conversation at Hauser & Wirth on 18th St (Chelsea), 6-8p 🆓 📚 🎨 🍸
Artist Talk: Cynthia Hawkins in conversation with Donna De Salvo at Paula Cooper Gallery (Chelsea), 6p 🆓 🎨
Opening reception for Rose Salane: Periphery in Red, Yellow, Blue at the NYU Institute of Fine Arts (Upper East Side), 6p 🆓 🎨
Book launch: Cynthia Hawkins on Art Notes, Art at Paula Cooper Gallery (Chelsea), 6p 🆓 📚 🎨
Nile Harris presents Organizational Strategic Consultant (a lecture-based performance) at Performance Space (East Village), 7p 🎭 🎨
The Road to City Hall: The NYC Mayoral Race of 2025 with Errol Louis, Dana Rubinstein, and Brigid Bergin at the Museum of the City of New York (East Harlem), 7p 🗽
Opening night performance of SPLIT BILL #44 by Valentina Bache and Kanon Sugino at Triskelion Arts (Greenpoint), 8p 🎭 (shows run through Saturday)
Friday, April 25
WRITING THE CITY: NYC Graffiti 1972/73—a conversation with early New York graffiti writers at White Columns (Meatpacking District), 6p 🆓 🎨🗽
Opening reception for Elena Redmond’s Sitting Ducks at DIMIN (Tribeca), 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Peter Brooks and Michael Gorra talk about the writer Henry James at Rizzoli Books (Flatiron), 6-8p 🆓 📚 🗽
The Poetry Project presents a reading with Tess Dworman / Isa Spector / Francesca D’Uva at St. Mark’s Church (East Village), 8p 🎭 📚
Sudanese Cinema film series kicks off at BAM (Fort Greene), runs through April 30 🎬 🍸
Saturday, April 26
Radicle Wine and Catch & Release launch party
For their latest collab, Rad Wine and Catch & Release unveil the world’s best orange wine, which we had the distinct honor of sampling it last week. (Folks: she’s a winner. Perfect for spring/summer/all year drinking.)
Head to the world’s best wine shop to pick up a bottle, listen to tunes, and make friends. We’ll probably host people for a party upstairs at Days & Nights HQ after the event; drop us a line if you want to hang.
Radicle Wine, Clinton Hill
Sat from 6-10p 🆓 🍷 🦩 🎼
CHERYL teaches us the divine talent of throwing a party with PUTTANESCA
If you’re not serving unlimited breadsticks at a party, are you doing anything right? CHERYL’s latest mad evening and their first party of 2025 is themed PUTTANESCA. If you like costumes and are fun, you’ll love everything about this. It’s not quite our scene, but we deeply admire everything that Cheryl does from a loving distance.
Rubulaud, Bushwick
Sat from 9p-2a 🎼 🦩 🥖
Other Saturday events, briefly noted:
Spring Music Festival kicks off at The Frick (Upper East Side), 🎼 🎨 runs through May 11
Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at Greenlight Books (Fort Greene) or wherever you usually buy books 🆓 📚
Closing reception of Love Poems and poetry reading with several poets including the great Charles Bernstein reading from his latest book, The Kind of Poetry I Want at Anton Kern (Midtown), 4-6p 🆓 🎨 📚
BEAUTY IS IN THE STREET: NYC Graffiti, Fashion, Music & Culture—A conversation with early New York graffiti writers followed by a book signing at White Columns (Meatpacking District), 5p 🆓 🎨 📚🗽
Opening reception for Mary Heilmann’s Breaking Waves at the Project Room in 303 Gallery (Chelsea), 5-7p 🆓 🎨
Opening reception for Jeppe Hein’s Expect A Miracle at 303 Gallery (Chelsea), 5-7p 🆓 🎨
Marie Antoinette dinner theater at Ann Liv Young’s Apartment (DM Ann Liv for details) 🎭
THE ALCHEMY TOUR: An Evening with Suleika Jaouad hosted by Jon Batiste at BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House (Fort Greene), 7p 🎼 📚
Last call for these art shows closing on Saturday:
Danielle Orchard and Aristide Maillol at Lévy Gorvy Dayan (Upper East Side), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Taryn Simon’s solo show at Gagosian on Park and 75th (Upper East Side), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Keita Morimoto’s To Nowhere and Back at Almine Rech (Tribeca), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Mungo Thompson’s two exhibitions across Karma’s East Village galleries: Time Life at 22 East 2nd St and A Universal Picture at 188 East 2nd St gallery (East Village), 11a-6p 🆓 🎨
Forget-Me-Nots: James Morse, TJ Rinoski, Margaret R. Thompson and Dylan Williams at 1969 Gallery (Tribeca), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Robert Polidoro’s Oh The Places You’ll Go at 1969 Gallery (Tribeca), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Lior Modan’s The Foundations at Dinner Gallery (Chelsea), 11a-6p 🆓 🎨
Troy Montes Michie’s Black on the Face of the Moon at Company Gallery (Nolita), 12-6p 🆓 🎨
Sunday, April 27
The Inaugural Tape Fair at Selva
Featuring cassettes, VHS, ephemera, and other recently old stuff from analog merchants around the city at Selva, the great art gallery/record shop/bar. We would have loved this as high schoolers and we will love it for sure as grown ups.
Selva, Bushwick
Sun from 12-6p 🆓 🎬 📚 🎼 🎨 🦩
Other Sunday events, briefly noted:
Sargent and Paris opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Upper East Side), 🎨
Last day to see Pierre Bellot’s Zephyr at 56 Henry (Two Bridges), 12-6p 🆓 🎨
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