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ART
THREE CONTINENTS A three-artist show is on view at Nabi Gallery, which opened in Chelsea in January after a move from Sag Harbor. The exhibit is the first in New York for Korean painter Dae-Woong Nam.New paintings by Long Island artist Giglio Dante are also on display. Born in Rome, Mr. Dante was trained in mural painting by his father in Italy before moving to Boston as a teenager. Colombian artist Nohra Barros, who now lives on Long Island, shows small etchings and lithographs that illustrate scenes from stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges, and Patricia Highsmith. Through Saturday, January 29, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Nabi Gallery, 137 W. 25th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-929-6063, free.
BUILDING A MYSTERY Artist John Kirchner takes photographs of architectural icons, strips them of their accoutrements, and gently distorts their shapes to make them seem even more imposing. The exhibit “Architectural Voodoo,” closing this weekend at Kim Foster Gallery, includes an image of the Metropolitan Museum of Art without its banners and tourists resting on its steps.The Empire State Building juts perilously high into the sky, and the Federal Reserve building appears almost ominously broad. Through Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Kim Foster Gallery, 529 W. 20th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-229-0044, free.
CASSATT COLLECTION A collection of 48 counterproofs by Mary Cassatt are on view for the first time at Adelson Galleries.”Art in a Mirror” includes the subjects for which Cassatt is best known: women, mothers and children, and girls with their pets. Through January 14, Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sat urday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., the Mark Hotel, Adelson Galleries, 25 E. 77th St. at Madison Avenue, third floor, 212-439-6800, free. Note: The gallery will be closed between December 25 and January 2, and from January 2 to January 14 will be closed on Saturdays.
BEAUTY
HIP HAIRDOS Hairstylist Diane Da Costa signs her book “Textured Tresses: The Ultimate Guide to Maintaining and Styling Natural Hair” (Fireside). Ms. Da Costa is the “hairstylist of choice” for African-American celebrities including Lauryn Hill, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Lenny Kravitz. Actor Blair Underwood penned the book’s foreward. Friday, 6 p.m., Hue-Man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at 125th Street, 212-665-7400, free.
BOOKS
STRANGE DAYS Susanna Clarke discusses her novel “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell” (Bloomsbury) twice this weekend. The sprawling work of science fiction tells the story of two magicians in 19th-century England who changed the country’s future. Friday, 7-9 p.m., South Street Seaport Museum, 12 Fulton St., between Front and South streets, 212-748-8735, $5 suggested donation. Also: Saturday, noon-2 p.m., Books of Wonder, 18 W. 18th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-989-3270, free.
IN THE WORKS Writers Lisa Selin Davis and Cris Beam read from their forthcoming books. Ms. Davis is the author of the upcoming novel “Belly” and Ms. Beam’s “Transparent,” about transgendered street children in Los Angeles, is due in 2006. Friday, 7 p.m., Freebird Books, 123 Columbia St. at Kane Street, Brooklyn, 718-643-8484, free.
COMEDY
PAJAMA PARTY Jon Benjamin and Jon Glaser host the Midnight Pajama Jam, a quirky collection of video tributes to obscure Web sites, interviews with fake experts, and goofy songs. The show is presented by PSNBC, NBC’s performance and development lab. Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. doors open, 8 p.m. show, the Marquee Theater, 356 Bowery between 3rd and 4th streets, www.nbc.com/psnbc,$5.
DANCE
WORKING ON IT Dance in Progress showcases work by Erin Cornell,MyName & Company/Kepple + Osorio, and Morgan Thorson.The series invites emerging choreographers to try out new ideas in a twomonth laboratory that culminates in a public performance. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., the Kitchen, 512 W. 19th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-255-5793 ext. 11, $12.
FAMILY
CRACKED TEAM David Parker’s “Nut/ cracked” is an interpretation of the holiday favorite “The Nutcracker” that features traditional pointe work, singing, and “booty shaking.” Mr. Parker uses pop versions of Tchaikovsky’s melodies by composers including Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller. Eleven teenaged dancers join professional performers, including Mr. Parker himself. Through Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Dance Theater Workshop, 219 W. 19th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues, 212-924-0077, $25.
KWANZAA AND BEYOND The World Financial Center Winter Garden celebrates the holidays this weekend. Tammy Hall and Joy Kelly join musician Hasan Bakr to tell the story of an American boy’s discovery of his neighborhood’s various cultures. “Malik’s Journey” includes “travels” to North Africa, Russia, India, and beyond (Saturday, 12:30 p.m.). A Kwanzaa storytelling celebration follows a child who draws on his African-American heritage to celebrate the season (Sunday, 12:30 p.m.). All weekend long, the a capella group the Accidentals perform seasonal songs (Friday, noon, Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m.) and children can visit with Santa Claus (Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4-7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m.). All activities: World Financial Center Winter Garden, 220 Vesey St. at West Side Highway, 212-945-0505, free.
AFTERNOON VISITORS The Little Orchestra Society, now in its 25th season, curates interactive concerts for children. Up next is Gian Carlo Menotti’s children’s opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” The Christmas story focuses on one evening during the journey of the three Magi – they stop at the home of a poor woman and her optimistic crippled son. Saturday, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, Broadway and West 65th Street, 212-971-9500, $10-$35.
SONGS AND STORIES More than 80 children participate in the family musical “Song in the Night.” The play tells the traditional Christmas story of Jesus’s birth in Bethlehem, as seen by the farm and desert animals who were in the stable. Audience members will meet an innkeeper’s angry cat, a depressed donkey, and the royal camels. Saturday, 2 p.m., Thursday and Friday, December 24, 7 p.m., doors open one hour early, Mark Hellinger Theatre, Times Square Church, 51st Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, 212-541-6300 ext. 270, free.
SWEDISH CELEBRATION Julmarknad is a traditional Swedish Christmas street market. Attendees can taste Nordic food and drinks, make a gingerbread house, enjoy a fiskdamm (a fishing pond for small children), hear live music, and pick up some last-minute gifts.The fair ends with a light 347 2170 504 2183show projected onto surrounding buildings. Sunday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Orchard Street between Canal and Division streets, www.goodworldbar.com,free.
FILM
LOVE AND RENT Billy Wilder’s “The Apartment” (1960) is screened at the Brooklyn Public Library. The classic comedy stars Jack Lemmon as a gloomy corporate drone and Shirley MacLaine as the elevator girl who perks him up. Friday, 6 p.m., Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 718-230-2100, free.
SILENT NIGHT Three silent films are screened with piano accompaniment by Ben Model.The Museum of Modern Art recently restored two short films written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, “The Floorwalker” (1916) and “The Cure” (1917). Rounding out the program is a restored version of Mack Sennett’s feature-length comedy “Tillie’s Punctured Romance” (1914), which has nine extra minutes. Friday, 8:30 p.m., Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. at Fifth Avenue, $10 general, $8 seniors, $6 full-time students.
JOURNEYS IN ISRAEL The Israel Film Festival in Brooklyn includes “Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi,” known as the “Israeli ‘Good Will Hunting'” (Saturday, 8 p.m.) and the family drama “Broken Wings” (Sunday, 7 p.m.). Kane Street Synagogue, 236 Kane St., between Court and Clinton streets, Brooklyn, 718-875-1550, $8 in advance, $10 at the door.
HOLIDAYS
FAMILY FILMS A festive event at the Met features three short movies from the museum’s family film archive. The pro gram includes a film based on Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando,” set near the frozen Thames River, and a version of the Nativity story told with small Baroque woodcarvings.Visitors can also view an 18th-century Neapolitan creche scene, on view until January. Saturday, 12:30-1:05 p.m., the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd Street, 212-570-3961, free with admission, $12 general, $7 seniors and students.
HARP ON IT Folkie harpist Joanna Newsom performs with label-mates from Drag City records at a musical Christmas party titled “It’s a Wonderful Next Life.”The party’s festive dress code is “a sweater with a knip cap or scarf.” Saturday and Sunday, 8 p.m. doors open, Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St. at Bowery, 212-533-2111, $15. Note: Over 21 only.
MUSIC
RETRO METRO The early music ensemble MetroBaroque presents holiday music for soprano, baroque flute, viola da gamba, and harpsichord. Friday, 7:30 p.m. concert, 9 p.m. reception, Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton Street, Brooklyn, 718-222-4111 ext. 250, $25 general, $20 members, seniors, and students, free for children under 12, reservations and prepayment required.
ROCK AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Local musicians play covers of Christmas songs by the Ramones, the Kinks, the Sex Pistols, James Brown, and John Lennon at a downtown concert called “Have Yourself a Rock ‘n’ Glitter Christmas.” Friday, 7:30-11 p.m., Crash Mansion, 199 Bowery at Spring Street, 212-982-7767, $20.
CHAMBER CONCERT The Brooklyn Chamber Music Society presents a program featuring Boccherini’s Quintet for strings in E major and Schubert’s Quintet for strings in C major. Friday, 8 p.m., First Unitarian Church, Pierrepont Street between Monroe Place and Clinton Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, 718-858-0718, $25.
FRIEND IN NEED Friends of the drummer from the band “Solace,” Kenny Lund – and fans of rock, heavy metal, and “doom” music in general – gather for a marathon concert to raise money for Mr. Lund’s bills for cancer treatment. Bands on the bill include the inauspiciously named “We’re All Gonna Die,” “Puny Human,” and “Negative Reaction.” Saturday, 2 p.m.-2 a.m., 2-5 p.m., the Pyramid, 101 Avenue A, between 6th and 7th streets, 212-228-4888; 6 p.m.-2 a.m., CBGBs, 315 Bowery, between 1st and 2nd streets, 212-982-4052 $5 Pyramid show, $15 CBGBs.
CAROL CONCERT A choral vespers service includes a performance of Benjamin Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols” by the Saint Cecilia Choir, organ, and harp. Saturday, 3 p.m., Grace Church in New York, 802 Broadway at 10th Street, 212-254-2000, free.
FINNISH FLOURISH Finnish jazz musicians Klaus Suonsaari,a drummer, and Frank Carlberg,a pianist, perform at Wave Hill. Sunday, 2 p.m., Wave Hill, 675 W. 252nd St. at Independence Avenue, Bronx, 718-549-3200, 718-549-3200 ext. 385, $18 general, $12 members, reservations strongly recommended.
CEILI MINOGUE Celtic harpist and singer Aine Minogue performs traditional music from the British Isles’ winter solstice and Christmas celebrations. Sunday, 7:30 p.m., Satella, 37 W. 26 St., between Sixth Avenue and Broadway, 212-576-1155, $15 general, $10 children under 12.
POETRY
VOICES AND VERSES “Jazz poet” Sonia Sanchez reads work from her poetry album “Full Moon of Sonia.” Musical guests including Oscar Brown Jr. and T.C. Carson perform in between her poetry readings. Friday, 7 p.m., Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St. at West Side Highway, 212-220-1460, $30 general, $20 students, $50 V.I.P tickets including post-show reception.
WASHINGTON SQUARE WRITING A poetry and fiction reading benefits Washington Square, NYU’s Graduate Writing Program literary journal. Readers include James Frey, Hannah Tinti, and Matthew Rohrer. Friday, 7 p.m., New York University, 19 University Place at 8th Street, first floor lounge, 212-998-8816, $5 general, $3 students.
STATEN ISLAND STORIES The next install ment of the Staten Island Museum’s Club Cicada performance series features local storytellers Ben Jacobs and Joyce Parr.The “Winter Stories for Grown-Ups” program includes works by Langston Hughes and O. Henry. Friday, 7:30 p.m. doors open, 8-10 p.m. show, Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, between Hamilton Avenue and Wall Street, Staten Island, 718-727-1135, free.
NEW YORKER NOEL Selected Shorts presents an afternoon reading of Christmas stories from the pages of The New Yorker. Roger Angell hosts the familyfriendly program of stories read by Malachy McCourt, James Naughton, and Tony Roberts. Sunday, 3 p.m., Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, 212-669-3333, $21 and $25 general, $19 and $23 seniors and students, $18 and $22 members.
TALKS
COMPOSERS AND CULTURE Music historian Joel Sachs examines the cultural identity of Jewish composers from the former Soviet Union. Saturday, 1:15-2:30, Society for the Advancement of Judaism, 15 W. 86th St., between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West, 212-724-7000, free.
WORLD AFFAIRS The editor in chief of Foreign Affairs, James F. Hoge, interviews the editor of Newsweek International, Fareed Zakaria,about terrorism and foreign policy. Sunday, 7:30 p.m., 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $25.
THEATER
TRYING TIMES Andre Gide and Jean-Louis Barrault’s adaptation of Kafka’s “The Trial” opens this weekend. John Lenartz stars as Joseph K in the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble production. Opens: Friday, 8 p.m. Runs: Friday through Sunday, January 9, days vary, 8 p.m. all days except Sundays, 3 p.m., the Mint Space, 311 W. 43rd St. at Eighth Avenue, fifth floor, 212-352-3101, $15.
GAMES OF THE ART Dancers, musicians, and actors present staged versions of dozens of Asian games in “Game/Play.” Performers from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and Burma present children’s clapping games, rhyming word games, and others. The performance accompanies the exhibit “Asian Games: The Art of Contest.” Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m., Asia Society, 725 Park Ave. at 70th Street, 212-517-2742, $20 general, $16 members, seniors, and students, $8 children under 16. Exhibit: Through Sunday, January 16, Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., open Fridays until 9 p.m., $10 general, $7 seniors, $5 students, free for members and children under 16.
A GRANDMOTHER AND A PRINCE Actress Lynn Redgrave reads from her play “Nightengale,” a one-woman drama about her grandmother. She also reads from Tom Stoppard’s “The Fifteen Minute Hamlet,” an abridged version of Shakespeare’s play. Friday, 5:30 p.m. cocktails, 6:30 p.m. reading, National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, between Irving Place and Gramercy Park West, 212-362-2560, $47 includes drinks and reading.
TOURS
OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS A candlelit tour of the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum transports visitors to the holiday season of 1827. The tour features live seasonal music, fresh eggnog, and rooms decked in period holiday decorations. A special Saturday afternoon tour includes a craft session for families with children ages 4 and older (Saturday, 3 p.m.). Friday, 6, 7, and 8 p.m.; Saturday, 3, 4, and 5 p.m., Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden, 421 E. 61st St., between First and York avenues, 212-838-6878 $12 general, $6 members and children under 12, reservations required.
FESTIVE FEET New Yorkers can celebrate the Christmas season with a walking tour that explores sites associated with the holidays. “The Victorian Christmas” tour includes a stop at Pete’s Tavern, where O. Henry wrote “The Gift of the Magi” and Clement Clark Moore penned “The Night Before Christmas,” and Ladies Mile, the Christmas shopping area of the 1800s. Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m., 212-465-3331 for meeting place and reservations, $13.
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