★The Gutenberg Bible
December 11, 2008 – February 6, 2009
The New York Public Library: Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Fifth Ave at 42nd St
Manhattan, NY 10017
subway: B, D, F, V to 42nd St–Bryant Park; 7 to Fifth Ave.
(212) 868-4444
description/
When this 550-year-old Bible arrived in New York City in 1847, Custom House agents were instructed to remove their hats in its presence. You might feel inclined to do the same when looking at the monumental tome, one of only 48 surviving editions of the first printed book in the Western world.
★“Two New York Memoirs”
Lower East Side Tenement Museum Shop
108 Orchard St (at Broome St)
Lower East Side | Map
212-431-0233
Subway: F to Delancey St; J, M, Z to Delancey–Essex Sts. | Directions
Prices
Tickets: Free
Description
Mort Zachter and Carl Capotorto read from their NYC-centric memoirs tonight. In Dough, Zachter tells the story of his family’s bakery, and the surprising secret he unearthed later in life. Capotorto (who is known for his role at Little Paulie Germani on The Sopranos) describes growing up in the Bronx in his new tome, A Twisted Head. When
Tue 6:30pm .
★Extremely Hungary
Dates, prices and times vary
(212-750-4450, extremelyhungary.com)
Central Park
212-750-4450
http://www.extremelyhungary.com
Description
The Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture and Foreign Affairs will help satiate your appetite for its country’s arts and culture in this year-long Hungarian festival. And they’ll have events for everybody’s tastes: Pick and choose from film screenings and musical performances to painting exhibits and mustache contests. This jam-packed fest will have you coming back for seconds. When
Daily . Through Dec 31.
★Campaigning for President: New York and the American Election
The Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10029
at 103rd St. See Map | Subway Directions
212-534-1672 Send to Phone
Reader Rating: Write a Review
Type of Show: Drawing/Illustration, Multimedia/Installation, Museum Exhibits, Photography
Price
$9 suggested contribution ($20 families), $5 students and seniors; Sun. 10–noon free.
Reservations
No Recommendation
Nearby Subway Stops
6 at 103rd St.
Official Website
mcny.org
Schedule
Ongoing Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm
Profile
Provocative and often humorous examination of New York’s role in campaign strategies over the last 200 years.
★Mercy Corps’ Action Center to End World Hunger
6 River Terr (at the Hudson River)
Financial District | Map
212-537-0511
Subway: E to World Trade Center; 1, 2, 3 to Chambers St | Directions
Prices
Tickets: $5–$8, children 12 and under free
Description
This giant Ed Schlossberg–designed space is loaded with hands-on exhibits (like a map that provides info on poverty and malnutrition at the touch of a finger) and videos (narrated by Tina Fey!)—basically the kinda 101 stuff it takes to make people care about this unforgiveable global epidemic. When
Sundays 10am–5pm , Tuesdays 10am–6pm , Wednesdays 10am–8pm , Thursdays 10am–6pm , Fridays 10am–6pm , Saturdays 10am–6pm .
★Book-in-Hand Reading Group
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
nr. Bleecker St. See Map | Subway Directions
212-614-0505 Send to Phone
Price
Free
Reservations
No Recommendation
Nearby Subway Stops
6 at Bleecker St.; F, V at Lower East Side-Second Ave.
Schedule
Ongoing Every Tue, 5:30pm-7pm
Profile
While the phrase “reading group” suggests a gaggle of suburban soccer moms chatting over Oprah’s latest pick, rest assured that isn’t the case here. To the contrary, Book in Hand favors esoteric classics over the flavor of the month. These guys are infinitely more likely to opine about Rainer Maria Rilke or Elizabeth Barrett Browning than James Frey or Wally Lamb. If you always kept your brilliant comments to yourself during lit lectures in college, here's your second chance to impress your peers with your erudition. — Kaitlin Jessing-Butz
★“A New President Takes Command: FDR’s First Hundred Days”
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West (between 76th and 77th Sts)
Upper West Side | Map
212-873-3400
Subway: B, C to 81st St–Museum of Natural History; 1 to 79th St | Directions
Description
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt’s first presidential inauguration; this exhibit examines the 32nd President’s first 100 days in office, which included the repeal of Prohibition and the establishment of many New Deal programs. When
Sundays 11am–5:45pm , Mondays , Tuesdays 10am–6pm , Wednesdays 10am–6pm , Thursdays 10am–6pm , Fridays 10am–8pm , Saturdays 10am–6pm . Through May 3.
★Cinéma Tuesdays
French Institute Alliance Francaise
55 East 59th Street, Florence Gould Hall, New York, NY 10022
(212)355-6160
Event: Film Events
Tickets: Buy tickets online
Price
$10 general public; $7 students; $2 FIAF members
Reservations
Advance Tickets Recommended
Official Website
fiaf.org
Ongoing Every Tue, 4pm, 7:30pm, 12:30pm
For screening times, see official website.
Profile
FIAF presents a variety of French and Francophone films, showcasing classics and contemporary film. 5/13: The 1974 drama Muna Moto, one of the first films ever shot in Cameroon.
★“A Poet Speaks: Zahra Partovi”
Center for Book Arts
28 W 27th St (between Broadway and Sixth Ave, third floor)
Gramercy/Flatiron | Map
212-481-0295
Subway: F, V to 23rd St; N, R, W to 28th St | Directions
http://www.centerforbookarts.org
Prices
Tickets: Free
Description
Three different parts make up this exhibit devoted to the works and message of Persian poet Rumi: huge sheets of paper with the poet’s work sewn into them, an aural component featuring 60 different readers reciting his poems, and a video installation displaying images that represent Rumi’s core beliefs. When
Mondays 10am–6pm , Tuesdays 10am–6pm , Wednesdays 10am–6pm , Thursdays 10am–6pm , Fridays 10am–6pm , Saturdays 10am–4pm . Through Mar 28.
★Eudora Welty in New York: Photographs of the Early 1930s
Eudora Welty in New York: Photographs of the Early 1930s
Type of Show: Modern, Museum Exhibits, Photography
Price
$9 suggested contribution ($20 families), $5 students and seniors; Sun. 10–noon free
Reservations
No Recommendation
Official Website
mcny.org
Schedule
Thru 2/16 Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm
Profile
Fifty black-and-white photographs by the Mississippi author capture the effects of the Great Depression on her home state while constituting a near complete re-creation of her 1936 solo exhibition in New York.
★“Cities of Peace”
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Ave (at 112th St)
Upper West Side | Map
212-316-7490
Subway: 1 to 110th St–Cathedral Pkwy | Directions
Prices
Tickets: Free
Description
The Cathedral’s long-running visual artist program resumes after a seven-year hiatus with an exhibition of nine large paintings that depict grief-stricken cities such as Baghdad and Hiroshima. Dial up the free cell-phone tour narrated by Fred Melamed (star of the upcoming Coen brothers film A Serious Man) and discover the symbolism in the details; for example, crimson is placed in each artwork in honor of the dead. When
Today 7am–6pm , Tomorrow 7am–7pm , Mon–Fri 7am–6pm . Ongoing through Feb 16
★Freshwater
Women's Project Theater
424 W. 55th St., New York, NY 10019
nr. Ninth Ave. See Map | Subway Directions
212-765-1706 Send to Phone
Type of Show: Off-Broadway, Comedy
Tickets: 212-239-6200 | Buy tickets online
Price
$15-442
Tickets
Box Office: 212-239-6200
Advance Tickets Recommended
Nearby Subway Stops
C, E at 50th St.
Official Website
womensproject.org
Schedule Buy Tickets
In Previews
Thru 1/24 Tue-Wed, Sun, 7pm; Thu-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 3pm
Runs
1/25 thru 2/15 Tue-Wed, Sun, 7pm; Thu-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 3pm
Profile
Recently Opened
The first professional U.S. production of Virginia Woolf’s witty, offbeat 1923 play depicts artists, friends, and lovers conversing in a Victorian garden on a summer evening.
★★“Yaddo: Making American Culture”
The New York Public Library: Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Fifth Ave (at 42nd St)
Midtown West
212-930-0830
Subway: B, D, F, V to 42nd St–Bryant Park; 7 to Fifth Ave. | Directions
Prices
Tickets: Free
Description
What do Leonard Bernstein, Sylvia Plath and Robert Lowell have in common? Two things: They’re all from Massachusetts, and they’re all former residents of Yaddo, perhaps the most famous artists’ colony in the country. Works from these and other artists, spanning the years 1926–80, are on display, both from the library’s own collection and from the colony itself. When
Today 11am–6pm , Tomorrow 1pm–5pm , Mon 11am–6pm , Tue–Wed 11am–7:30pm , Thu, Fri 11am–6pm . Ongoing through Feb 15.
★Gothic: Dark Glamour
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Seventh Ave. at 27th St., New York, NY 10001
212-217-4558
Type of Show: Museum Exhibits, Postwar/Contemporary
Price
Free
Nearby Subway Stops
1 at 28th St.; C, E at 23rd St.
Schedule
Thru 2/21 Tue-Fri, noon-8pm; Sat, 10am-5pm
Profile
The first-ever exhibition devoted to gothic fashion features 75 looks from designers such as Alexander McQueen, Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh, Anne Demeulemeester, Anna Sui, Olivier Theyskens, and Yohji Yamamoto as well as those exemplifying subcultural styles such as cyber-goth and Japanese gothic Lolita. Set theatrically in a gothic labyrinth, a ruined castle, and a laboratory.
★TO BE CONTINUED!
