Week of November 4
We’ll always have friends, art, trees, naps
Weird week coming up; thank goodness the programming is coming through.
This week’s report is mostly briefly noted because we’ve been busy spending the past week celebrating two great men: our Dad, on the occasion of his 75th birthday, and our late Uncle Doc, who passed away recently while sleeping peacefully on a boat. If only we could all be so lucky.
🆓 = 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, November 4
Jacques Tati’s Playtime screening at BAM
The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s “Silent” Films Series continues through November 7, and you have one more chance to catch Playtime on the big screen. Jacques Tati, the great French mime artist and filmmaker, got pretty much every shot of this film perfect.
BAM, Fort Greene
Tues at 7p 🎬
Tuesday, November 5
Programming is CLOSED for the Election. Vote and don’t be weird about it.
Wednesday, November 6
Three weeks of Paul Taylor Dance Company performances kick off at Lincoln Center
“One of the most exciting, innovative, and delightful dance companies in the entire world” (New York Times) does their thing at the David Koch Theater in Lincoln Center for three weeks, featuring ten programs. New York’s own Orchestra of St. Luke’s plays live with every performance.
David Koch Theater, Lincoln Square
Wed at 7p 🎭 🎼 (through 11/24)
Thursday, November 7
BOMB Fall Issue Reading & Celebration: Rumaan Alam, Garth Greenwell, and Angie Sijun Lou
NYU’s Lillian Vernon House is one of the best places for free readings, and after a week like this you will probably be happy to have something nice to look forward to. BOMB Magazine’s editor in chief, Benjamin Samuel, moderates a conversation with great writers in their prime, including the divinely genius Garth Greenwell whose latest book, Small Rain, just hit our nightstand. Stick around for wine after the conversation.
NYU’s Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, Greenwich Village
Thurs from 7-9p 🆓 (with RSVP here) 📚🧠🍸
The Letters of Oliver Sacks at 92nd Street Y
Letters, a posthumous collection of writing from the great Oliver Sacks, will be published this week. The 92nd Street Y got a fun cast of characters together to read from the book and talk about it—catch Zachary Quinto, Kay Redfield Jamison, Maria Popova, Wendy Lesser, Bill Hayes, Ira Flatow and Michael Grassi on stage.
The 92nd Street Y, Upper East Side
Thurs at 8p 📚🧠
The Bitch, Matthew Barney and Alex Katz opens at O’Flaherty’s
The city’s wildest gallery puts on another great show at their new location on Allen Street. Keep an eye out for timing details on the opening reception.
O’Flaherty’s new location, 165 Allen Street, Lower East Side
11a-6p🆓 🎨
Other Thursday events, briefly noted:
Public Records and Pioneer Works presents Durations, a weekend-long multi-instrumental exploration of sound, asking how music connects body, mind, memory, and imagination across time at Pioneer Works (Red Hook), 🎼 🎨 (runs through Saturday)
JJJJJerome Ellis’s Aster of Ceremonies at The Kitchen at Westbeth (West Village), 7p 🎨
Corydon Cowansage solo show opens at Kaufmann Repetto (Tribeca), 6-8p 🆓 🎨
April Gornik talks about landscapes as part of Egon Schilele’s Living Landscapes at the Neue Galerie (Upper East Side), 7p 🧠 🎨
We Are Your Robots: a new musical play by Ethan Lipton opens at the Theatre for a New Audience (Downtown Brooklyn), 7:30p 🎭 🎼
Friday, November 8
Friday events, briefly noted:
The New York Comedy Festival kicks off across town, runs through November 17
Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston opens at the Jewish Museum (Upper East Side), 11a-6p 🎨
Hal Foster and Dialogues host Helen Molesworth talk about Richard Serra at David Zwirner on 20th St (Chelsea), 🆓 🎨 (but RSVP to events@davidzwirner.com to grab a spot) (There are some real Serra haters subscribed to this list, but c’mon who could resist the charm of Helen Molesworth?)
The Lady and the Unicorn: New Tapestry opening reception at Salon 94 (Upper East Side), 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Hella Jongerius’s Roped Beings opening reception at Salon 94 (Upper East Side), 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Brook Hsu’s The Oklahoma Nature Theater opening reception at Gladstone 64 (Upper East Side), 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Justin Warsh’s film Extended Play, or a trailer for Infinite Jest at SARA’s at Dunkunsthalle (Financial District), 6-8p 🆓 🎬 🎨
Vera PR presents THE MAGICIAN LAUNCH PARTY featuring readings from The Magician author Christopher Zeischegg, Tess Manhattan, and Reuben Dendinger and a screening of the short film The Magician about the harrowing story behind the book at Sovereign House (Lower East Side), 7-11p 📚 🍸 🦩 ($10 ticket gets you an open bar and a night of fun)
Saturday, November 9
Saturday events, briefly noted:
IAAC Literary Festival featuring Amitava Kumar at the International House (Morningside Heights), 🆓 📚 also Sunday
Last day to see Lynsey Addario’s RAW (curated by Danny Moynihan) at Lyles & King (Two Bridges), 12-6p 🆓 🎨
"Crash" Writing: A Two-Day Generative Fiction Workshop with Zeynep Özakat kicks off today through the Center for Fiction (virtual), class runs today and Sunday Nov 10 from 12-3p 📚🧠
Last day to see Carrie Mae Weems’ The Shape of Things at Gladstone Gallery (Chelsea), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Bill Viola’s The Raft, an exhibition of video works, opening reception at James Cohan (Lower East Side), 4-6p 🆓 🎨
New York Comedy Festival presents Joel Kim Booster doing Rude Little Pig at the Bell House (Gowanus), 7p doors, 7:30p show 🎭 🍸
Sunday, November 10
Great Trees of Green-Wood walking tour
It’s the best time of year for Green-Wood’s 8,000+ trees to show off their autumn looks. Join a walking tour (or go on your own) to see ‘em in all their glory. We recently learned that Green-Wood Cemetery is one of just 46 sites in the world accredited as a Level III Arboretum. Those dead people are lucky, and so are we.
Green-Wood Cemetery, Greenwood Heights
Sun from 2-3:30p 🌳
Other Sunday events, briefly noted:
Birding in Peace at Greenwood Cemetery (Greenwood Heights), 6:30a 🌳
Last day to see ARLENE SHECHET: GIRL GROUP at Storm King Art Center (New Windsor, NY), 10a-5p 🎨 🌳
Last day to see MANILA: ANDREA BLUM organized by Rufus Tureen at Essex Flowers (Two Bridge), 12-6p 🆓 🎨
Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir present Sunday Services at Earth Chxrch (East Village), 5p 🆓
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