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ARCHITECTURE


WRIGHT TO THE SKY The Skyscraper Museum’s exhibit “Frank Lloyd Wright: The Vertical Dimension” explores Wright’s high-rise designs. Though the architect is known for his work on horizontal planes, he translated his theories to the vertical for designs including his 1956 Mile-High Skyscraper Project, an 8-foottall section of which is on view at the museum. He drew up plans for 12 skyscrapers but only two were built: the Johnson Research Tower in Racine, Wis., and the Price Tower in Bartlesville, Okla. Tomorrow, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Anthony Alofsin, discusses the history of Price Tower and architect Wendy Evans Joseph talks about her design for converting part of the building into a boutique hotel named the Inn at Price Tower. Talk: Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., free, reservations required. Exhibit: Through January 9, Wednesday-Sunday, noon-6 p.m., Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place at Little West Street, 212-968-1961, $5 general, $2.50 seniors and students.


ART


NOW HEAR THIS New Yorkers are famous for speaking their minds, and a public art installation called “The Freedom of Expression National Monument” – an enormous red megaphone – makes it easier to be heard. Installed in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan, the monument is presented by CreativeTime and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Intended to be both celebratory and ironic, it offers passersby a unique opportunity for self-expression as it evokes the frustration faced by many groups as they struggle to be heard. Through Saturday, daily, Foley Square, at Centre Street and Pearl Street, 212-206-6674, free.


SCHMO COOL The exhibit “Schmo,” featuring Vancouver artist Jeff Ladouceur’s drawings of worn-around-the-edges characters, closes this weekend. His doodles focus on beings that seem to be in the middle of a perpetual sigh: One character rests against a totem pole, frowning through a bandage wrapped around his head, while another fellow looks perplexed to find his ropy limbs tangled in the branches of a winter tree. Mr. Ladouceur’s ink drawings are created with hand-made nibs that he sharpens to a one-hair’s-breadth point. Through Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., ZieherSmith Inc., 531 W. 25th St., 212-229-1088, free.


AMERICAN ETCHINGS An exhibit closing this weekend features the work of Edward Hopper and John Marin. The collection includes prints, drawings, watercolors, and a large selection of etchings. Marin’s suite of etchings, created between 1913 and 1915, captures the rapidly changing Lower Manhattan cityscape. Hopper’s stark etchings of urban scenes, which he made between 1915 and 1923, pare down and simplify compositional elements. Through Saturday, Tuesday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., Saturday, 9:30-4:45 p.m., Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 21 E. 70th St., between Madison and Fifth avenues, 212-535-8810, free.


BENEFITS


MOTHS TO A FLAME Satirist Andy Borowitz hosts a gala that benefits the Moth, a nonprofit storytelling organization. The theme of the event, “A Thousand and One Nights,” recalls the story of Sheherazade and celebrates the 1,001st Moth story told this year. The Moth Ball also includes appearances by Ethan Hawke, John Cameron Mitchell, Lewis Black, Lewis Lapham, Leonard Lopate, Malcolm Gladwell, and Suzanne Vega. Tonight, 6:30 p.m. V.I.P cocktails, 7:30 p.m. dinner, 9 p.m. stories and live auction, 9:45 dessert, 10:15 dancing, Capitale, 130 Bowery, between Grand and Broome streets, 425-591-8781, $150 general, $250 V.I.P tickets.


HEALING HANDS The Children’s Health Environmental Coalition joins the nonprofit center Arts for Healing for the “One World One Child” benefit. Olivia New ton-John; the co-founder of Creative Music Therapy, Clive Robbins, and Whole Foods are honored for their contributions. Beth Nielsen Chapman and Richard Marx provide musical entertainment and a live auction is hosted by Christie’s. Thursday, 6:30 p.m. cocktails, 7:30 p.m. dinner, the Plaza, Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, 914-834-2868, $500-$5,000.


BOOKS


FIRST VERSE R&B diva Alicia Keys bolsters her reputation as an earnest wordsmith with the release of her poetry collection “Tears for Water” (Putnam). Ms. Keys signs her book today at two bookstores. Today, 1 p.m., Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free, pre-purchase and early arrival suggested. Also: Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Hue-Man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at 125th Street, 212-665-7400, free, priority given to those who have purchased the book at Hue-Man.


EMERALD ISLE Actor and writer Malachy McCourt reads from and signs his latest, “Malachy McCourt’s History of Ireland” (Running Press). Mr. McCourt was born in Brooklyn, raised in Limerick, Ireland, and now lives in New York City. Tomorrow, 6 p.m., Columbia University Bookstore, 2922 Broadway at 115th Street, 212-854-4131, free.


CHICKEN LITTLE New York writer Sloane Tanen reads her children’s book “Where Is Coco Going?” (Bloomsbury), about a chicken who embarks on an arduous journey. Ms. Tanen is also the author of the adult book “Bitter With Baggage Seeks Same” (Bloomsbury), a charming collection of photos of dioramas featuring tiny plastic chickens complaining about calories and boyfriends. Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th Street, 212-674-8780, free.


WHITE NIGHT Tom Wolfe reads from his new novel “I Am Charlotte Simmons” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), about a small-town girl’s freshman year on a college campus. Thursday, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Broadway, 212-253-0810, free. 476 1673 635 1683


COMEDY


FUNNY BUSINESS The New York City Comedy Festival brings some big names back to the stand-up stage. Roseanne Barr performs under the unlikely sponsorship of Ladies Home Journal (tonight, 8 p.m., Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, $60-$81). Mo’Nique, the host of “Showtime at the Apollo” and star of the sitcom “The Parkers” closes the festival (Saturday, 7 p.m. requested arrival, 8 p.m. show, the Theater at Madison Square Garden, 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue, $49-$69.50). Other performers include Denis Leary, Steven Wright, Drew Carey, Paul Mooney, and shock-jocks Opie and Anthony, who were kicked off the air in 2002 for indecency and are now broadcasting on XM satellite stations. Festival: Tonight through Saturday, various times and locations, 212-307-7171, prices vary. See www.nycomedyfestival.com for full schedule and more information.


FAMILY


COSTUME CUSTOMS A workshop shows children ages 6 to 12 how people around the world use costumes in theater, rituals, Halloween, and Mardi Gras. Participants first check out 19thcentury sculptural portraits from Africa, Asia, and Europe. Afterward, children can decorate their own masks to take home. Saturday, 2-3:30 p.m., Dahesh Museum of Art, 580 Madison Ave., between 56th and 57th streets, 212-759-0606, program free for children 12 and under, companions pay regular museum admission, $9 general, $4 seniors and students.


FILM


CELEBRATING SURVIVAL Filmmakers Ruth Walk and Yael Perlov discuss their film “The Birthday Party” with survivors of the Kovno Ghetto after a screening. The film tells the story of 130 Jewish boys who lived through an attack in Lithuania only to be transported to Auschwitz. The few surviving children were liberated on May 5, 1945, and they gather each year to celebrate their mutual “new birthday.” Tomorrow, 6 p.m., Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Brookdale Center, 1 W. 4th St., between Broadway and Mercer Street, 877-586-9462, free, reservations and photo I.D. required.


LESS IS MORE The Asbury Short Film Festival collects the best of the independent short film scene. This year’s roster include the 1989 Academy Award-winner for animated short, “Balance,” and the 1992 winner in the same category, “Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase.” Thursday, 8 p.m., the New School, Tishman Auditorium, West 12th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 917-612-2928, $15.


FOOD & DRINK


COZY COCKTAILS “Master mixologist” Dale DeGroff teaches a class in creating holiday cocktails. The Cocktail College session is titled “Nogs, Grogs, and Gloggs” and includes a tasting of unique eggnog and glogg recipes. Tonight, 6:30-8 p.m., New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, between 45th and 46th streets, 212-704-8890, $45.


MUSIC


MIXED-UP ZAPPA The Ed Palermo Big Band plays the music of Frank Zappa, using traditional big band instruments to reinterpret Zappa’s large canon of kooky songs. Tomorrow, 11:30 p.m., Iridium Jazz Club, 1650 Broadway at 51st Street, 212-582-2121, $25, $5 minimum in cocktail section, $10 minimum at tables.


STYLISH SONGS Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi croons in a cabaret act that also features jazz pianist Ben Waltzer and his quintet. Friday, 7:30 p.m., Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St. at Astor Place, 212-539-8778, $20.


GREEK MYSTIQUE The New York Festival of Song presents “From the Grecian Isles,” a program of scenes and verses inspired by Greek mythology and poetry. The concert includes John Musto’s song cycle “Penelope,” Karl Loewe’s “An Sich Selbst” sung in both German and Greek, and works by Schubert, Ravel, Spathy, and Tsitsanis. The program concludes with a selection of Greek art songs and popular songs accompanied by piano and bouzuki, a Greek stringed instrument. Other season highlights include a musical tribute to Russian poets Alexander Blok and Anna Akhmatova (January 19) and a selection of songs by opera composers including Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner (March 23). Wednesday, November 17, 8 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-501-3330, $45 general, $35 seniors, $22.50 for students a half-hour before showtime.


PHOTOGRAPHY


WOMAN IN UNIFORM Japanese photographer Tomoko Sawada dresses in various uniforms and poses in on-the-job vignettes for her latest series, “Costume,” which closes this weekend. Her characters include a stern policewoman, a sultry retail clerk, a smiling nun, a kimonoclad landlady, and a saintly nurse. Through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Zabriskie Gallery, 41 E. 57th St., between Park and Madison avenues, fourth floor, 212-752-1223, free.


DOG DAYS John Divola took the photographs in his series “Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert” in Morongo Valley in Southern California in the 1990s. When he noticed stray dogs occasionally racing alongside his car, he began carrying a 35mm camera with a motor drive and snapped photographs in grainy black-and-white film. Though Mr. Divola describes the series as “evidence of devotion to a hopeless enterprise,” the photographs also have a giddy spontaneity. Through Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Charles Cowles Gallery, 537 W. 24th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-741-8999, free.


READINGS


BOUNCY EVENING The Trampoline Hall lecture series invites amateur scholars to orate on subjects for which they have enthusiasm but no expertise. Tonight’s topics include “Inside the World of New York Pedicab Drivers” and “There Are Two Kinds of Corgis, and Hopefully This Is One of Them.” Tonight, 7:30 p.m. doors open, 8 p.m. show, the Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St., between Rivington and Stanton streets, $8. See www.trampolinehall.net for more information.


TALKS


TEENAGE BLUES A crisis intervention teacher, Danny Napoli, discusses teenage depression with the clinical coordina tor at the Institute for Anxiety and Mood Disorder, Alexandra Barzvi, and other experts. The talk is subtitled “When Is It More Than Just a Bad Mood?” Tomorrow, 4:15-6 p.m., NYU Child Study Center, 215 Lexington Ave. at 33rd Street, 16th floor auditorium, 212-263-8982, free.


THEATER


DIVINE DRAMA The theater piece “Hell,” which recreates Dante’s descent into the inferno, is performed by a singer, a dancer, and a cellist. Nine arias in the original Italian, seven dance pieces, and a series of scenes (in English) tells the story of Dante’s journey. The work uses sources from tango, flamenco, opera, classical theater, and vaudeville, and is set against a backdrop of images borrowed from fine art, photojournalism, and police archival photography. Amelia Arenas wrote and directs the work, which is the first in a three-part series – the next two installations are inspired by Augustine of Hippo and the early career of Sigmund Freud. Thursday, 7 p.m., Saturday, 2 p.m., Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St. at Seventh Avenue, 212-620-5000 ext. 318, $25.


SHE’S ON THE CASE The new family musical “Cam Jansen” is based on David Adler’s popular book series featuring a young heroine of the same name. The character of Cam has a photographic memory and a knack for solving mysteries. In Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin’s staged version of her adventures, she goes after the Case of the Emerald Elephant of Pajamastan. Opens: Friday, 7 p.m. Runs: Friday through Sunday, November 28,Tuesday-Friday, 7 p.m., Saturday, noon, 3:30, and 7 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Lamb’s Theatre, 130 W. 44th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-239-6200, $25. Note: No performance on Thursday, November 25 (Thanksgiving) and additional performance on Friday, November 26 at 2 p.m.


MOVIE MEMENTOS The 100th anniversary of the Loews movie theater chain is celebrated with an exhibit at the American Museum of the Moving Image highlighting the company’s history, “From Penny Arcade to Megaplex.” Highlights include a chandelier from New York’s Capitol Theater, archival film footage (including Clark Gable and Vivien


Leigh’s arrival at the premiere of “Gone With the Wind”), several doorman and usher uniforms, a Shirley Temple paper-doll teaser for the 1935 film “CurlyTop,” above left, and a 1930 photograph of a Loews theater on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, at right. The exhibit is part of “Behind the Screen,” the museum’s core exhibit. Tomorrow through January, Wednesday and Thursday, noon-5 p.m., Friday, noon-8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m., American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077, $10 general, $7.50 seniors and students, $5 for members and children under 5, free for all Fridays between 4 and 8 p.m.



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