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ART


GORGEOUS PERFORMANCE The Nicaraguan performance artist Eva Gasteazoro performs Jeannie Hutchins’s “Endemoniadamente bella” (Gorgeous as All Hell). The piece was recently performed at a theater festival in Managua, Nicaragua. A reception follows the performance, which will be in Spanish with English translation. Ms. Hutchins directs. Saturday, 8 p.m., Micro Museum, 123 Smith St., between Dean and Pacific streets, Brooklyn, 718-797-3116, free, reservations requested.


BENEFITS


SCHOOL DAYS An awards dinner benefits the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Edward Cardinal Egan presents an award for supporting education to the vice chairman of AIG, Martin Sullivan. The nonprofit scholarship organization provides funds for needy children to attend Catholic schools in New York. Monday, 6:30 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. dinner, Waldorf-Astoria, Park Avenue between 49th and 50th streets, 212-371-1011 ext. 3332, $750.


BOOKS


EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Writer Sarah Mlynowski reads from and signs “Monkey Business” (Red Dress Ink), her romantic novel set at a Connecticut university. The main players are four MBA students: a young socialite, a bed-hopping student, her castaway paramour, and a conflicted boyfriend. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Chelsea, 675 Sixth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-727-1227, free.


FLORIDA TO HARLEM Lucy Ann Hurston reads from and discusses “Speak, So You Can Speak Again” (Doubleday), a multimedia tribute to her aunt, Zora Neale Hurston. Tonight, 7 p.m., the Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 W. 125th St., between Lenox and Seventh avenues, 212-864-4500, free. Note: Early arrival is strongly suggested.


PRACTICAL ART Writers including Colson Whitehead, Suji Kwok Kim, and Jonathan Dee participate in a reading that celebrates Poets & Writers magazine and the publication of its manual “The Practical Writer” (Penguin). Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Village Community School, 272 W. 10th St. at Greenwich Street, 212-255-7075, $5.


DANCE


IN THE NOW The NuDanceNow Festival showcases emerging choreographers and companies with a series of performances and workshops. The first two days feature open rehearsals with choreographers, so audiences can observe the creative process (Tuesday and Wednesday, December 8, 7 p.m., $5). Performances over the next three days feature the Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company, La Manga, and other up-and-coming companies (Thursday, December 9-Saturday, December 11, 8 p.m., $15 general, $12 seniors and students). All events: The Theatre of the Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave., between 120th and 122nd streets, 212-870-6784.


FAMILY


STORYTELLING ACROSS THE SEA The author and illustrator of “Chinese Children’s Favorite Stories” (Tuttle), Mingmei Yip, reads from her book and conducts a coloring activity. Her book focuses on characters including the goddess of the moon, Chang-E; the story of the Eight Immortals, and Guan Yin, goddess of compassion. Ms. Yip also gives a short performance on the qin, a traditional Chinese stringed instrument.Saturday,1 p.m., Museum of Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St. at Bayard Street, second floor, 212-610-4785, free with $3 museum admission, $1 children, reservations required.


FOOD & DRINK


SIPPING SAKE A sake dinner features a menu of sashimi, sake black cod, sirloin steak, and kabocha (pumpkin) pie. The RKA Sake Club provides drinks and the four-course meal is prepared by the chef from Matsuri, Tadashi Ono. Monday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 212-421-7144, Maritime Hotel, Matsuri restaurant, 369 W. 16th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 212-421-7144, $65, reservations required.


MUSIC


OLD-SCHOOL JAZZ Jazz’s longest-running concert series, “Highlights in Jazz,” features drummer Roy Haynes (leading his Fountain of Youth Quartet), singer-pianist Bob “Schoolhouse Rock” Dorough, and two of the more formidable players on the current scene, pianist Benny Green and guitarist Russell Malone. Tonight, 8 p.m., Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St. at West Side Highway, 212-346-8510, $27.50.


DEF JAM Renaissance man Mos Def – Broadway star, movie actor, and musician – performs songs from his recent album “The New Danger” at a benefit for schoolchildren in Jamaica. The admission price includes reserved seating and Jamaican cocktails. Tonight, 11 p.m., Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St. at Astor Place, 212-539-8778, $100.


CHOIR AND KLEZMER The “Prez of Klez,” composer and musician Harold Seletsky, leads a concert that blends the sounds of his group, the West End Klezmorim, with the Lavender Light Gospel Choir. Sunday, 2 p.m., Cooper Union Great Hall, 7 E. 7th St. at Third Avenue, 212-684-3191, free.


POETRY


PAIRED POETS The Poetry Society of America presents a reading featuring judges and contributors to its recent chapbook. Each judge reads with the poet whose manuscript he or she selected. Participants include Robert Creeley with K.E. Allen. A reception follows.


Tonight, 7:30 p.m., New York University, Hemmerdinger Hall, 100 Washington Square East, between Waverly Place and Washington Place, 212-254-2698, $10 general, $7 members and students.


TALKS


DANGER ZONE The author of the extremesports chronicle “Amped” (Bloomsbury), David Browne, moderates a panel discussion about alternative sports such as skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX biking, and motocross. The discussion covers topics from the emotional rush of participating in extreme sports to the financial prospects of the growing industry. Tonight, 7 p.m., Housing Works Used Books Cafe, 126 Crosby St., between Houston and Prince streets, 212-334-3324, free, used book donations encouraged.


WOMEN AND ISLAM The author of “The Trouble with Islam” (St. Martin’s), Irshad Manji, talks with writer and activist Asra Nomani about the role of women in Islam.


Sunday, 7:30 p.m., 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $25.


TALKING SHOP Sculptor Josiah McElheny talks about his recent projects inspired by a 1920s conversation between R. Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi.


Tuesday, 7 p.m., Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave. at 75th Street, 877-944-8639, $8 general, $6 seniors, students, and members, reservations strongly recommended.


THEATER


JULIE ON STAGE An adaptation of August Strindberg’s “Miss Julie” is presented by the Backyard Theater Company. Amanda Charlton directs. Tonight through Saturday, December 11, 8 p.m. all performances except Sunday, 5 p.m., Access Theater, 280 Broadway at White Street, 212-352- 3101, $15. Note: No performance on Wednesday, December 8.


TOURS


BRONX FROM THE BUS A Municipal Art Society bus tour of the Grand Concourse examines the history of the boulevard, which stretches almost the entire length of the Bronx. Buildings along the way include Cardinal Hayes High School and Edgar Allen Poe’s cottage. Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., tour begins and ends at the Municipal Art Society, 457 Madison Ave., between 50th and 51st streets, 212-935-3960, $70 general, $60 members, ticket price includes lunch, reservations required.


FILM


CITY SHORTS Rarely seen short films shot in New York City are screened in Williamsburg this weekend. The earliest shows a four-minute ride uptown on the then brand-new Broadway subway line in 1905, as seen from the first car. “Lost in the Alps” (1907) shows a heroic mountain rescue filmed partially in Central Park. D.W. Griffith’s “The Musketeers of Pig Alley” (1912) stars the Gish sisters in an urban gangster story. Skyscrapers are the subject of the 1945 film “Window Cleaner” and the experimental short “Architectural Millinery” (1952).The most recent film to be screened is photographer Rudy Burckhardt’s “Under the Brooklyn Bridge” from 1953. Above and at right are frames from Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler’s 1921 film “Manhatta,” a lyrical tribute to the city’s grandeur. An associate curator of film and media at the Museum of Modern Art, Charles Silver, introduces the program, which is part of the Ocularis screening series. Sunday, 7 p.m., Galapagos Art Space, 70 N. 6th St., between Kent and Wythe avenues, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 718-388-8713, $6.







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