MONSTER MASH A retrospective of the work of artist and illustrator Gris Grimly is on display at a gallery specializing in animation. Mr. Grimly’s kiddie-gothic drawings depict whimsical monsters, dragons, witches, and ghouls. The show also features illustrations from Mr. Grimley’s most recent book, the chil dren’s story “Little Jordan Ray’s Muddy Spud” (Baby Tattoo). Through Monday, May 30, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Animazing Gallery, 461 Broome St., between Greene and Mercer streets, 212-226-7374, free.

CONRAD IN THE CITY Over the next few weeks, sound artist Tony Conrad’s works will be heard all over Manhattan. The screening series “Eye & Ear Controlled,” which gathers “movies and sonic oddities” by experimental musicians who produced films and videos, kicks off tonight with a program of Mr. Conrad’s short films (tonight, 7:30 p.m., Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave. at 2nd Street, 212-505-5181, $8 general, $6 seniors and students, $5 members). At the Kitchen, the American premiere of Mr. Conrad’s “Quadranga,” which features string music in the style of the Afro-Latin Charanga dance, is performed along with three recent video works (Tuesday, 8 p.m., the Kitchen, 512 W. 19th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-255-5793 ext. 11, $10). And at the sound gallery Diapason, a Conrad “space narrative” installation will be presented three times (Saturdays, May 28-June 11, 6 p.m.-midnight, Diapason, 1026 Sixth Ave., between 38th and 39th streets, 212-719-4393, free).

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