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ART


OPEN MIC Paolo Arao’s first solo exhibit, “Make Them Love You,” closes this weekend. His paintings and drawings depict microphones stretching toward unseen (or nonexistent) speakers. Seen alone, they resemble characters huddling together, bowing their heads, or searching longingly for a voice. Through Saturday, tomorrow-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Jeff Bailey Gallery, 511 W. 25th St. at Tenth Avenue, no. 808, 212-989-0156, free.


NEY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD A retrospective of the sculpture of New York artist Alexander Ney closes this weekend. Through Saturday, today-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Mimi Ferzt, 114 Prince St. at Greene Street, 212-343-9377, free.


BENEFITS


PRIMARY COLORS The theater group Primary Stages celebrates its 20th season with a gala honoring its founder and executive producer, Casey Childs, and writer Horton Foote. Actor Robert Duvall serves as the event’s honorary chairman, and the committee includes Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, Terrence McNally, Estelle Parsons, Gary Sinise, Isabella Rossellini, and Jean Stapleton.The evening benefits Primary Stages’s development program for up-and-coming playwrights. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Tavern on the Green, Central Park at West 67th Street, 212-840-9705, $300-$3,000.


WINNING EVENT Morley Safer hosts the New York Hall of Science’s Victory Gala, which honors the chairman of the Mets, Fred Wilpon, and a professor at NYU, Red Burns. The president of the Bank of New York, Gerald Hassell, receives the award for technology in the financial services industry. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. cocktails, 7:30 p.m. dinner, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St. at 47th Avenue, Flushing, Queens, 212-627-1000, 212-627-1000, $50.


BOOKS


SKY WRITING Chang-rae Lee reads from his novel “Aloft” (Riverhead), the story of a retired Long Island man who escapes from his worries by becoming an amateur pilot. Tonight, 8 p.m., National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, between Lexington Avenue and Gramercy Park West, 212-475-3424, free. Note: Business attire required.


RED SECRETS A former writer for the New Yorker, Ved Mehta, reads from his book “The Red Letters” (Thunder’s Mouth), the last in his 11-volume series “Continents of Exile.” After writing several volumes of memoirs about his parents, Mr. Mehta was given a packet of love letters from his father’s previously secret adulterous relationship. “The Red Letters” traces how they shaped the author’s view of his parents and himself. Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th Street, 212-674-8780, free.


FILM


SISTERS ON SCREEN The French film “Un flic (Dirty Money)” is screened as part of a series focusing on Catherine Deneuve and her older sister, Francoise Dorleac, an actress who died in a car accident at age 25. Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1972 film follows a Paris nightclub owner who is also the leader of a gang of thieves. The film, Melville’s last, is presented by the French Institute Alliance Francaise. Tomorrow, 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, and 9 p.m., Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-355-6160, $9 general, $7 students, free for members.


BUNUEL IN MEXICO Rarely seen films by Luis Bunuel are screened during a festival that focuses on the Spanish artist’s work during his exile in Mexico. Bunuel’s 1954 version of “Wuthering Heights” transports Emily Bronte’s love story from the moors of England to Mexico’s desert chaparral (Wednesday, 6 p.m., in Spanish only). Festival: Through Friday, November 19, days and times vary, Instituto Cervantes, 211-215 E. 49th St. at Third Avenue, 212-308-7720, free, reservations recommended. See www.cervantes.org for full schedule.


FOOD & DRINK


COOKING WITH GAS An editor of Cook’s Illustrated, Chris Kimball, discusses and signs the new cookbook “The New Best Recipe” (America’s Test Kitchen). The heavily illustrated volume features recipes culled from the magazine, which compulsively tests techniques and ingredients. Readers looking for detailed illustrated instructions on peeling an egg have found their bible. The event also includes a tasting. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.


HEALTH


MATTERS OF THE HEART Dr. Neil Coplan gives a lecture that explains the causes of heart attacks and what individuals can do on their own and with their doctors to prevent heart disease. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Lenox Hill Hospital, Einhorn Auditorium, 131 E. 76th St. at Lexington Avenue, 212-434-2980, free.


MUSIC


HONKY TONK IN NEW YORK Countrified rockers BR-549 play two shows in a local bar specializing in Tex-Mex flavors (in food and music). Tomorrow and Wednes day, 10 p.m., Rodeo Bar, 375 Third Ave. at 27th Street, 212-683-6500, free.


MEMORIES OF WAR The Collegiate Chorale opens its 63rd season with a performance of Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” conducted by Robert Bass. The piece was commissioned for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral, which was destroyed during the Battle of Britain in World War II. The text intersperses the Latin Mass for the Dead with poems by World War I poet Wilfred Owen. The Veteran’s Day concert also features the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. The concert is preceded by a lecture by British baritone Benjamin Luxon. Thursday, 7 p.m. talk, 8 p.m. performance, Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, 212-247-7800, $15-$85.


PARTIES


NONPROFIT NIGHT An evening shindig celebrates the Taproot Foundation, which places volunteers at nonprofits. The party is open to all professionals interested in volunteering. Tomorrow, 7-10 p.m., PM Lounge, 50 Gansevoort St. at Greenwich Street, 718-923-1400 ext. 243, $50 includes open bar.


READINGS


WHISKEY AND WRITERS One Story magazine is a literary journal that publishes small volumes each containing a single short story. The magazine presents a reading next week with the author of the novel “Tales Out of School” (Turtle Point), Benjamin Taylor. A cocktail hour features $3 Knob Creek whiskey and soda as a drink special. Tomorrow, 6:30-8 p.m. cocktails, 7 p.m. reading, Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton St., between Ludlow and Orchard streets, free. See www.one-story.com for more information.


TALKS


NEWMAN’S LEGACY Reverend Ian Ker of Oxford University, who is the author of more than 20 books on Christian theologian John Henry Newman, gives a discussion on “Why Newman Matters.” Tomorrow, 4 p.m., Fordham University, Rose Hill campus, Duane Library Great Hall, 441 East Fordham Road, between Washington and Park avenues, Bronx, 718-817-3040, free.


SPROCKETTES AND CELL PHONES Professor Julie Wosk gives a lecture based on her book “Women and the Machine: Representation from the Spinning Wheel to the Electronic Age” (Johns Hopkins), which examines fiction, film, advertising, photography, and drama in a look at the cultural impact of machines – how, for instance, are cell phones marketed to women differently than men? Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., Cooper Union, Wollman Auditorium, Albert Nerken School of Engineering, 51 Astor Place at Fourth Avenue, 212-353-4195, free.


BANNED BAND Olympia Press regularly subverted restrictive literary bans during the 1950s. A panel discussing the imprint’s legacy includes author Iris Owens, who wrote several regularly banned erotic novels for Olympia’s “Traveller’s Companion” series, and Nile Southern, the son of author Terry Southern and the author of “The Candy Men: The Rollicking Life and Times of the Notorious Novel ‘Candy'” (Arcade). Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., New York Public Library, South Court Auditorium, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, 212-930-0855, $10 general, $7 members.


TECHNOLOGY


SCIENCE SCENE Popular Science magazine displays its “Best of What’s New” in advanced technology. Among the items on display are a hybrid SUV, a “liquid fire-suppression system” that is safe for electronics, the world’s smallest digital camera, and a golf club with changeable weights. Tomorrow through Thursday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Grand Central Terminal, Vanderbilt Hall, 42nd Street at Park Avenue, free.


THEATER


SICK DAYS AND PENGUINS The host of the humorous “Rejection Show” reading series, Jon Friedman, is the producer and director of the new short plays “Swollen Head” and “Penguin.” Writer and performer Rich Zeroth’s “Swollen Head” is the story of a fifth-grader desperate for attention who feigns illness 127 days in a row. The result is a rare brain disease diagnosis and a school play devoted to his recovery. Adam Wade’s “Penguin” is a glimpse at high school life as observed by a penguin. Wednesday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 7 p.m., Juvie Hall, 24 Bond St. at Lafayette St., 917-650 5878, $7, no reservations.


KING SONG The Beijing Opera performs “The Adventures of the Monkey King” using spears, swords, and martial arts moves – all while attired in elaborate silk brocade costumes. The performance is created for American audiences, with some of the dialogue in English. Friday, 8 p.m., NYU Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place at West 3rd Street, 212-992-8484, $35 general, $20 students.



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