Wed - Sun, May 2 - Aug 26, 2012New MuseumIn the hands of Swedish artist Nathalie Djurberg, animation becomes a medium for transgressive and nightmarish allegories of desire and malcontent. “The Parade: Nathalie Djurberg with Music by Hans Berg” is Djurberg’s most ambitious multimedia installation to date. Originally organized by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Djurberg will adapt this spectacular installation for the New Museum’s ‘Studio 231’ space.
Wednesday, March 14 - Sunday, June 10FABnycFourth Arts Block (FABnyc) presents Ordo Ab Chao by BEAU, as part of ArtUp, FABnyc’s rotating public art program. The outdoor component of the exhibition will feature a panoramic mixed-media mural mounted 14 feet above the sidewalk, on the ArtUp scaffolding bridge at the 70 East 4th Street Cultural Center. BEAU’s mural continues the artist’s ongoing examination into the seemingly chaotic systems of nature and mankind’s attempts to find order within these systems.
May 17 @ 7:00pm & May 19 @ 3:00pmNew MuseumLaToya Ruby Frazier's Proposition will address her concern for preserving the stories and lives of residents in her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania. While most of Frazier's photographic works address psychological space, in her new project she will explore an architectural public space. Frazier will face the challenge of how to create a new archive that preserves local memory and a process that opens space to reflect on the current state of revitalization.
May 17 @ 7:00pmNuyorican Poets CafeNational comedy contest winner Ben Milam presents a diverse group of "minority" comics ready to show that they're better at bringing the humor than being the punchline. Come out for a night of fun with sensational comics Akash Bhasin, Regina DeCicco, Charles McBee, Ndidi Oriji, Jordan Elizabeth, Kenny Neal Shults, and more.
May 3 - 19 @ 7:30pm, & 9:30pm on SaturdaysDixon PlaceSluice and Suzy Q—well past their youth—perform a subterranean pop music concert accompanied by back up singers and a rock band: The Peripherals. They sing original songs that juxtapose pop music and stories of peripheral people who slip by unnoticed but whose lives are unexpectedly deep, colorful, complex, subtle and unique. "One of those most exceptional experimental theater companies in the country." — American Theater
Thursday, May 17 - Sunday, May 20 @ 7:30pmLa MaMa E.T.C. Ann Liv Young who has routinely provoked, tormented, and enraptured audiences, will do it all again in the U.S. premiere of "Mermaid Show." Young is, of course, the Mermaid, but one who challenges her audience's passivity in her turn from the sweet Disney creation into a raw fish eating, spitting creature as she emerges from her blow-up pool.
Thursday, May 17 - Sunday, May 20 @ 7:30pmLa MaMa E.T.C.Hailed by The Washington Post as "fascinating and fantastic," Beauty takes a gimlet-eyed look at the extremes women go to achieve impossible beauty. Jane Comfort's wildly versatile company members don false eyelashes, sequins, and Spanx to compete in a nightly Barbie Beauty Contest judged by random audience members. Beauty invites men and women of all ages to consider how they perceive and project notions of female beauty in both benign and malev...
Thursday, May 17 @ 7:30pmFABnycCelebrate with a night of contemporary art, theater, poetry & music inspired by ancient Jewish texts. All profits will go to supporting innovative arts and culture programming at the 14th Street Y. Tickets: $120
May 3 - 19, Thu - Sat, Sun 5/13 @ 8:00pmHorse Trade Theater GroupSitting in a bar watching a game are a couple and a woman sitting by herself. Before the game ends, time stops, and the three of them have the ability to play out new reality after new reality. As the variations play on, the three begin to learn too much about each other, and are forced to make a decision whether to be free of the past or to hold on to what is theirs. By David L. Williams, directed by Rachel Dart.
April 21 - May 20, Wed - Sat @ 8:00pm, Sun (& Sat 5/19) @ 3:00pmThe Metropolitan PlayhouseEdith Wharton's novel of Society heart and heartlessness, adapted with the author by the master of the turn-of-the-century stage, Clyde Fitch. Lily Bart is radiant, witty, and admired--but nearly destitute. Her refusal to marry without love or return 'favors' for the support of married men leaves her at the mercy of her friends...but friendship is a rare commodity in the vicious circus of the New York social set. Preview performances 4/21 - 4/27.
May 17 @ 9:00pmNuyorican Poets Cafefeat. Hector Martignon $7, $5 students
Daily @ 10:30pmMind The Art EntertainmentImagine if you will a world unencumbered by the stress of decision-making, a world where you never have to wonder if you made the “right” decision. At pivotal moments in the play, the audience is called upon to break the fourth wall and roll the die on the protagonist’s behalf. Thanks to audience participation, George and his reclusive roommate Rob embark on a comical, strange, and seemingly unpredictable journey. Their fate… Your hands… Roll the DIE.
May 17 @ 10:30pmHorse Trade Theater GroupThe dark and dirty side of Wasabassco. The greatest burlesque organization in the world unveils their most adult show ever, transforming The Red Room into a den of erotic and sinful decadence...The Wasabassco Hellfire Club. Step through the gates of this exclusive club for the premiere edition of our new monthly erotic salon, curated to cater to your most sophisticated and lustful desires. $40
May 18 @ 7:00pmNew MuseumThe New Museum presents the world premiere of a new video work by Jibz Cameron, starring her alter ego Dynasty Handbag. A very special postmodern, post-performance performance of a Q&A and Awards Ceremony follows. Eternal Quadrangle: This latest green screen adventure finds Dynasty Handbag on a dating game show where she must choose between 4 contestants vying for a spot in her vast cosmic emptiness.
May 18 - Jun 24, Tue & Wed @ 7:00pm, Thu-Sat @ 8:00pm, Sat @ 3:00pm (except 5/26), Sun @ 2:00pm & 7:00pmNew York Theatre WorkshopMeet Fadwa Faranesh, an unmarried, 30-something Palestinian woman living in Bethlehem in the politically volatile West Bank. Known for her delectable cooking and deep-seated sense of duty to her family and aging father, our kitchen maven insists on continuing the preparations for the wedding of her younger sister, despite constraints of daily life under occupation. By Lameece Issaq and Jacob Kader; Directed by Shana Gold; A co-production with Noor Theatre.
Friday, May 18-19 @ 10:00pm & Sunday, May 20 @ 5:30pmLa MaMa E.T.C.Three works by a group of diverse artists: So Young, So Dear by Yuko Takahashi Dance Company, Silent Noise by Eun Hee Lee and The Middle of Where She Is by Risa Jaroslow and Dancers.
May 18 @ 10:00 pmWOW Cafe TheaterA Classic & Neo Burlesque Review featuring All African- American Burlesque Beauties! Enjoy this Extravaganza as the performers awaken ALL of your senses. Come experience the world of Burlesque from their unique perspectives! This is a show you gotta see :) $20 at the door; $15 advance tickets w/discount code: SHADES
May 18 & 25 @ 10:00pmNuyorican Poets CafeFriday Night Slam Run-Offs! Hosted by Mahogany Browne $10 at the door
Fridays & Saturdays @ 10:30pmThe New York Neo-FuturistsOur show is an ever-changing attempt to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes--an original concept by Greg Allen and the Neo-Futurists. The single unifying element of these plays is that they are performed from a perspective of absolute honesty. Each short play is written by a performer, honed by the ensemble, and randomly collaged with twenty-nine other plays through high energy audience participation.
April 20 @ 10:30pmHorse Trade Theater GroupSummer Friday’s is a showcase for independent and established improv teams. For each show, two teams join Thank You, Robot to perform sets of unscripted comedy, never seen before and never to be seen again. $5
Saturday, 5/19 @ 2:00pmFABnycFABnyc presents the opening reception for "Music Machine" in Artist Alley @ Extra Place. Come toast this public art piece, which will will cover the sidewalk of Extra Place with vibrant, playful, and heartwarming imagery. This exhibit is the latest in a series of temporary art installations in the LES, produced through FABnyc's ArtUp program in collaboration with MaNY Project.
Saturday, May 19 @ 2:30pmLa MaMa E.T.C. Interactive tTelepresence performances connecting dance artists/choreographers from Manchester, England with New York dance artists.
Apr. 28 - May 20, Saturdays & Sundays @ 3:15PMDowntown ArtThe culmination of this 2-part rock musical tracing the lives of an immigrant Romeo and Juliet and the history of the Lower East Side, once the densest place on the face of the earth.The Bowery Wars looks at the history of a city divided: its promise, its corruption, its violence, and its efforts to remake itself. Tickets: Adults $15; Students/Seniors $10
May 19 @ 7:00pmNuyorican Poets CafeThis event is a poetry slam style competition at which artists read or recite original work. These performances are then judged on a numeric scale by previously randomly selected members of the audience and qualified judges. This event will showcase the impact of poetry in Latin American culture with performances by Latin American Fraternities and Sororities.
Saturday, May 19 @ 8pmFABnycCome check out contemporary art with a Jewish spin. Enjoy art, music, performances, puppets and poetry complimented by cocktails and dessert. Tickets: $24 in advance, $30 at the door. (Visit 14streety.interticket.com)
May 19 @ 8:30pmWOW Cafe TheaterAn evening of Creativity & Beauty kissed by the Goddess OSHUN! Featuring women from the African Diaspora, the magic they possess will surely overflow :) Come experience LIVE MUSIC, DANCE, POETRY, BURLESQUE & MORE!!! This event is a part of The Goddess Festival: OSHUN RETURNS ! $20 at the door $15 advance tickets w/discount code: CREATE
Sunday, May 20 @ 1:30pm & 3:30pmLa MaMa E.T.C. East Village Dance Project is a dance development program for youth founded in 1997 by Artistic Director, Martha Tornay. The 2012 concert features dancers ages 4 to 18 who study at the East Village Dance Project at Avenue C Studio in Manhattan in 9 works including Bal-Led, by Martha Tornay with music by Led Zeppelin and a new work by the EVDP Junior Co. with live music performed by teen musician Jack Lazar.
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