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ART


PETIT PORTRAITS John Singer Sargent’s paintings of children are on view at the Brooklyn Museum through January 16 in the exhibit “Great Expectations.” The exhibit connects Sargent’s career with developing ideas about childhood at the end of the 19th century, when Americans and Europeans stopped viewing children as miniature adults. Sargent’s portraits helped elevate paintings of children into the realm of high art – previously the subject was considered best suited for female painters and sentimental souvenir artists. The museum’s usual “First Saturdays” family party will not take place in January, but visitors can take advantage of a full day of free admission this Sunday. Through Sunday, January 16, Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway at Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-638-5000, $8 general, $4 seniors and students, free for children under 12.


LOOKING FORWARD An exhibit of art inspired by science fiction is on display at the New York Academy of Sciences gallery. “From Imagination to Reality” posits that futuristic art is responsible for making icons of robots, ray guns, and aliens – even to those who have never read a science fiction story. Michael Whelen’s “The Robots of Dawn” is a romantic view of a mechanical man created for Isaac Asimov’s book of the same name. A haunting painting by John Schoenherr portrays alien visitors to Earth demanding IQ tests of its inhabitants. Much of the art on display depicts the effects of technology on people, and many of the works are permeated with hope for a more humane future. John Berkey’s image of a space station, for example, suggests that humans will outlive the earth and still manage to maintain order. One section of the show is devoted to a selection of sci-fi movie props, including an early prototype for the Gill Man from “Creature from the Black Lagoon.” Through Friday, January 28, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., New York Academy of Sciences, 2 E. 63rd St. at Fifth Avenue, 212-838-0230, free.


MYSTERY WOMAN Raphael’s “La Fornarina” is on display for the first time in America at the Frick Collection. The portrait of a mystery woman, believed to have been Raphael’s mistress, is on loan from the National Gallery of Art at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. Through Sunday, January 30, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, 1-6 p.m., the Frick Collection, 1 E. 70th St., between Madison and Fifth avenues, 212-288-0700, $12 general, $8 seniors, $5 students. Note: Children under 10 not admitted; children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. The museum is closed this Saturday.


SPANISH VIEWS Twenty-one Spanish drawings by 19 artists, including Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, and Juan Gris, are on display at Instituto Cervantes. Through Friday, February 5,Tuesday-Friday, 12:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Instituto Cervantes, 211 E. 49th St., between Second and Third avenues, 212-308-7720, free.


BOOKS


THE KING AT THE HALF KING Pamela Clarke Keogh reads from her illustrated biography “Elvis Presley: The Man. The Life. The Legend.” (Atria). The book which was written with the cooperation of Elvis Presley Enterprises and access to the Graceland archives. Presley would have turned 70 on January 8. Monday, 7 p.m., the Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. at 10th Avenue, 212-462-4300, free.


WHAT WOULD BUDDHA DO? Charlotte Kasl discusses her self-help book “If the Buddha Got Stuck” (Penguin), which advises readers stuck in a spiritual rut to follow the Buddha’s advice, as extrapolated by the author. Ms. Kasl’s previous books are “If the Buddha Dated” and “If the Buddha Married.” Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Astor Place, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.


DANCE


SWING INTO 2005 Families ring in the new year one day early at an all-ages dance party in Brooklyn. Attendees can learn how to swing, jitterbug, and tap dance. Today, 2:30 p.m., Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. at St. Mark’s Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-735-4400, free with museum admission, $4 general, members free.


TAP INTO THE CLASSICS Tap-dance impresario Savion Glover performs a program set to composers including Stravinsky and Bach. “Classical Savion” is accompanied by a live ensemble. Tuesday through Sunday, January 23, Tuesday-Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 and 7:30 p.m., the Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave. at 19th Street, 212-242-0800, $42.


FAMILY


CHOO-CHOO CHRISTMAS A model train exhibit at Citigroup Center closes this weekend. The miniature world, decorated in the style of midcentury New York, bustles with holiday activities. “High Noon” plays in a miniature drive-in theater and children decorate a Christmas tree as the train winds its way through the scenery. Through Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Citigroup Center atrium, 153 E. 53rd St. at Lexington Avenue, 212-559-1747, free.


FILM


HOLLYWOOD HOLIDAY Writer-director Preston Sturges once said that Hollywood is “a comic opera in which fat businessmen and good fathers are condemned to a conjugal existence with a heap of drunkards, madmen, divorcees, sloths, epileptics, and morphinomaniacs who are – in the considered opinions of the management – artists.” What better fellow to spend a holiday weekend with? The Museum of the Moving Image presents a screening series of Sturges’s work which closes this weekend with “The Lady Eve” (Saturday, 2 p.m.), “Hail the Conquering Hero” (Saturday, 4 p.m.), “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek” (Sunday, 2 p.m.), and “Unfaithfully Yours” (Sunday, 4 p.m.). All screenings: American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077, $10 general, $7.50 seniors and students, free for members.


UPPER EAST SIDE STORY The new DVD restoration of the 1917 silent film “The Poor Little Rich Girl,” which was shot in New York City, is screened this weekend. A 20-something Mary Pickford stars as an 11-year-old in the melodrama about a neglected youngster whose father cares only for cash and whose mother is obsessed with maintaining her social status. Ben Model provides a live musical accompaniment. Sunday, 2 p.m., Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave., between 103rd and 104th streets, 212-534-1672 ext. 3393, free with museum admission, $7 general, $5 seniors, students, and children, $15 for adults with children.


GLOBAL GAI PAN Filmmaker Cheuk Kwan screens a selection from his 13-part documentary series “Chinese Restaurants,” which takes him to eateries all over the world. The segment introduces viewers to Lima, Peru’s Luis Yong, who operates a rundown restaurant in the city’s Barrio Chino; Foo-Ching Chiang, the “Spring Roll King” of Argentina; and a family from Tromso, Norway, in the Arctic Circle. After the screening, Mr. Kwan participates in a question-and-answer session. Thursday, January 6, 7-9 p.m., Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., between 37th and 38th streets, 212-619-4785, $12 general, $10 members, reservations suggested. The event is cosponsored by the Museum of Chinese in America, which is currently displaying the related exhibit “Have You Eaten Yet? The Chinese Restaurant in America.” It collects personal narratives from restaurant employees, travel diaries, vintage radio commercials, and menus, spanning from the “chow chow” restaurants that dotted the American West during the mid-19th-century through the present. Through June, 2005, Tuesday-Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, noon-6 p.m., Friday, noon-7 p.m., Museum of Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St., between Mott and Mulberry streets, second floor, 212-619- 969-4785, $3 general, $1 seniors and students, free admission on Fridays. Note: The museum will be closed this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.


GAMES


VIDEO TEST-DRIVE “Gamers Nite Groove” is a showcase of new video games that attendees can test play – some games haven’t even hit stores yet. Even nonplayers can participate: Electronic music is blasting, digital art is on display, and Asia Society’s exhibit “Asian Games: The Art of Contest” is on view afterhours. Thursday, January 13, 7-11 p.m., Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Ave. at 70th Street, 212-517-1741, free, reservations atgame@newyork-tokyo.com.


KWANZAA


PARK CELEBRATIONS The Central Park Conservancy hosts a celebration of Kwanzaa that ends today with a local talent showcase featuring Def Dance Jam, the Quadrille Dance Group, Taneka Shavelle Banks, and others. Today, 3-4:30 p.m., the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox avenues, 212-360-1370, free.


KWANZAA TALES The African Folk Heritage Circle celebrates Kwanzaa with a family story-telling session. Tomorrow, 4-6:30 p.m., the Fred Samuels Recreation Center, 669 Malcolm X Boulevard, between 143rd and 144th streets, 212-807-1570, free.


MUSIC


EXCLAMATORY EVENING The band !!! (usually pronounced “chik-chik-chik”) plays its hipster dance music in two shows tonight. Freddy Mas opens the first show, and Shy Child kicks off the second. Tonight, 7 p.m. doors and 8 p.m. performance, 10:30 p.m. doors and 11:30 p.m. performance, Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St. at Essex Street, 212-260-4700, $14, 21 and older.


PA RUM PUM PUM PUM Move over drummer boy. The Hungry March Band presents its novel interpretation of the traditional marching band, in which the audience becomes part of the spectacle. The band features 16 brass and horn players, seven percussionists, and a seven-person color guard. Tonight, 10 p.m., Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St., between Wythe and Kent, 718-782-5188, free.


NEW YEAR, CLASSIC SOUNDS Tenor saxophonist J.D. Allen performs his regular gig on the East Side this weekend. His jazz trio is completed by bassist Joseph Lepore and drummer Luca Santaniello. Saturday, 8-11 p.m., Louis 649, 649 E. 9th St., between avenues B and C, 212-673-1190, free.


EARLY JAZZ The series “Highlights in Jazz” presents an evening of early jazz performed by trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, clarinetist Ken Peplowski, trumpeter Randy Sandke, and vocalist Carrie Smith. The eight-piece Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra joins in. Thursday, January 6, 8 p.m., Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., between Greenwich and West streets, 212-220-1460, $27.50 general, $25 students.


NEW YEAR’S EVE


PEACHES AND SCREAM The hyper-sexualized, rough-and-tough popster Peaches performs a New Year’s concert at the Tribeca Grand Hotel. Revelers can dance the night away to catchy songs with lyrics that are unprintable in a family newspaper. Tomorrow, 11 p.m. doors open, 1 a.m. performance, Tribeca Grand Hotel, Hudson room, 2 Sixth Ave. at White Street, 212-519-6677, $99.


TALKS


FINANCIAL FRIENDSHIP The governor of the Bank of Japan, Toshihiko Fukui, discusses the economic relationship between Japan and America. Mr. Fukui has been with the bank since 1958.”ATale of Two Cities in the Eyes of a Central Banker” commemorates the 100th anniversary of the bank’s office in New York. The lecture is preceded by a sold-out luncheon, but tickets to the talk are still available. Thursday, January 6, 1 p.m. talk, Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St., between First and Second avenues, 212-715-1247, $15 general, $10 members, reservations suggested.


ISLAND LIVING A roundtable discussion about Staten Island’s history takes place in the new Greenbelt Nature Center. The borough’s official historian, Dick Dickenson, moderates the free-flowing discussion, which is open to anyone with an interest in local lore. The “Historian’s Roundtable” program is presented by the Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences. Thursday, January 6, 7 p.m., Greenbelt Nature Center, 700 Rockland Ave., at La Tourette Park between Brielle Avenue and Forest Hill Road, Staten Island, 718-727-1135 ext. 21 for information, 718-351-3450 for required reservations, free.


DOWNTOWN ARCHITECTURE The Alliance for Downtown New York is hosting a lecture series, with each event taking place at a landmark downtown building. The first talk is at the Collector’s Office of the U.S. Customs House, which is rarely open to the public. Paul Goldberger speaks on the struggle to create and build on the 16 acres where the World Trade Center stood. Mr. Goldberger is the author of “Up From Zero: Architecture, Politics and the Rebuilding of New York” (Random House), as well as the architecture critic for The New Yorker. Thursday, January 20, 6 p.m. refreshments, 7 p.m. talk, U.S. Customs House Rotunda, One Bowling Green, 212-835-2789, free, reservations required.


THEATER


TRYING TIMES Andre Gide and Jean-Louis Barrault’s adaptation of Kafka’s “The Trial” stars John Lenartz as Joseph K. The Phoenix Theatre Ensemble produces the play. Through Sunday, tonight and Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., the Mint Space, 311 W. 43rd St. at Eighth Avenue, fifth floor, 212-352-3101, $15.


SECRETS AND LIES Escape holiday family traumas with Robert Mitchell’s new musical “They All Knew.” The lead character faces an identity crisis when he uncovers a family secret. Through Saturday, January 22, Thursday-Saturday and Monday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 3:30 p.m., Wings Theatre, 154 Christopher St., 212-627-2961, $19. Note: No performances this Friday and Saturday.


SOUL FOOD ON STAGE “The Collard Green: Contributions by Cornbread Divas” tells the stories of black women writers through dance, song, and “theatrical ritual.” The John Montgomery Theatre and the Cracked Plate production is presented by the Horse Trade Theatre Group. Thursday, January 6 through Saturday, January 8, 8 p.m., Kraine Theatre, 85 E. 4th St. at Second Avenue, 212-868-4444, $15.


TOURS


TONY TIME On Location Tours presents a bus tour of Sopranos territory, perfect for those seeking a between-seasons fix (or something to do on New Year’s Day besides watching those first-season DVDs yet again). Stops include the Bada Bing, Satriales, and the Muffler Man. Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m., meet in front of the Garment District button, Seventh Avenue and 39th Street, 212-683-2027, $40, look for the tour guide with the blue flag.



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