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MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's 'Street Scene' (1914) is on view at the Museum of Modern Art as part of the exhibit, 'Kirchner and the Berlin Street.'
GLOBAL GREENERY In Gardens 'Round the World, a family workshop at the New York Botanical Garden, children learn about gardening and agriculture from different regions of the planet. Craft, planting, and harvesting demonstrations are offered, as well as tours of the Global Garden, home to plants from various countries and climates. On weekends, children can try cuisines from a wide variety of countries. Through Sunday, August 31, Tuesday–Sunday, 1–5:30 p.m., NYBG, Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden, Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road, Bronx, 718-817-8700, $20 general, $18 students and seniors, $12 children, free for members and children younger than 2.FAMILY
ENCHANTED EVENING "The Spiderwick Chronicles" (2008) screens in Little Bay Park in Queens as part of the Movies Under the Bridge series. The film tells the story of three siblings who move into the run-down Spiderwick Estate and stumble upon an alternate world full of fairies and other fantastic creatures. The children become involved in the mysteries of the enchanted house, and must investigate the truth behind it. Bring a blanket or chairs to watch the film, and to enjoy the view of Long Island Sound. Tonight, 8 p.m., Little Bay Park Zone 1, Bayside, Queens, 212th Street at Bell Boulevard, 718-352-4793, free. For more information, go to nycgovparks.org.
MUSEUMS
STREETSCAPES German Expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner portrayed fashionable urbanites of the turn of the 20th century. A selection of these paintings is now on view at the Museum of Modern Art in "Kirchner and the Berlin Street." The artist "presents us with an energetic, cinematic wall of city street, people, color, and line — tight clusters of figures that rustle and rise like windblown foliage," Lance Esplund wrote in the July 31 edition of the New York Sun. Such can be seen in "Street Scene" (1914), a detail of which is above. Kirchner is known for laying the groundwork for 20th-century German Expressionism by co-founding the artists' group, Die Brücke. Through Monday, November 10, Saturday–Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Friday, 9:30 a.m.–8 p.m., fall hours begin September 1, MoMA, 11 W. 53rd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-708-9400, $20 general, $16 seniors, $12 students, free for members and for children younger than 16.
FILM
TYPING POOL TRIUMPH The Central Park Film Festival kicks off with "Working Girl" (1988), an Oscar Award-winning comedy about the 1980s corporate ladder. Melanie Griffith plays Tess, a frustrated secretary who designs a successful idea for a merger. Her boss (Sigourney Weaver), almost steals it — but breaks her leg in Europe and is unable to work. Tess moves along with her own plan, teaming up with her boss's boyfriend (Harrison Ford) to work on the deal. The five-day film festival celebrates 100 years of movie-making in New York by showing movies shot in all five boroughs. Screenings begin at 8 p.m., and the gates open at 6 p.m. for those eager to secure a good spot. Tonight, 8 p.m., Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, enter at Fifth Avenue and 69th Street, free. For more information, go to nycgovparks.org.
READINGS
INTERNET ADVICE Author Greg Atwan reads from "The Facebook Book" (Abrams Image), a satirical commentary about the online social networking Web site. Mr. Atwan wrote the book with fellow Harvard alums Evan Lushing and Aurora Adams, who were among the first Facebookers when their classmate, Mark Zuckerberg, founded the Web site in 2003. The book is full of etiquette tips and advice for parents of Facebook-addicted children. Today, 7 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
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