ART

PENCIL PEOPLE Adam Baumgold Gallery displays recent sculpture by Andras Borocz, who began working with pencils more than a dozen years ago. A series of tableaux in the exhibit depicts carved pencil figurines reading, drawing, and building a house of cards in rooms lined with painted, glued-together pencils. Pencil-drawn scenes can be seen behind paper “windows” in each scene. Mr. Borocz’s other sculptures incorporate ostrich eggs, walnut wood, soap, and more pencils. The artist, who discovered his Jewish ancestry as a young adult, also displays a model for a Holocaust memorial to be built in his hometown of Budapest. In “Broom,” tiny carved pencilpeople hold up the object’s handle, which resembles a chimney. Through Saturday, March 5, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Adam Baumgold Gallery, 74 E. 79th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-861-7338, free.

BENEFIT

MEDICINE MEN AND WOMEN The New York Academy of Medicine honors “Today Show” host Katie Couric; a Harvard professor of medical anthropology, Dr. Paul Farmer; the chairman of Essence Communications, Edward Lewis, and the chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, John Whitehead. The gala this week, which features a black-tie dinner, is the academy’s major fund-raising event of the year. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. cocktails, 7:15 p.m. dinner, Cipriani 42nd Street, 110 42nd St., between Park and Lexingon avenues, 212-822-7285, $1,000.

BOOKS

BABY STORY Stephen Elliott reads from his “Happy Baby” (Picador), a novel about a boy who grew up in a Chicago housing project. Sam Lipsyte, author of the novel “Home Land” (Picador), joins him. Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Astor Place, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.

DANCE

MOVE TO THE MUSIC Buglisi/Foreman Dance presents two programs that pair musicians with dance pieces on which they collaborated. Daniel Binelli plays the bandoneon, a type of concertina, in Donlin Foreman’s new dance piece “Gravel Bed” (Program A). Jacqulyn Buglisi’s “The Conversation” features cello accompaniment by Maya Beiser (Program A). Artist Jacobo Borges created the set design for “Rain,” which evokes the Venezuelan rain forest (Program B). Program A: Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday,8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m. Program B: Wednesday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Family matinee program: Saturday, 2 p.m. All shows: the Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave. at 19th Street, 212-242-0800, $38.

FILM

GIRL GONE WILD Film Forum screens a version of the scandalous-in-its-time “Baby Face” (1934) that includes five extra minutes of footage that was deemed too racy when the movie was released. The movie was made during a period when Hollywood effectively ignored censors and offered up a series of sexually charged films, forcing a strict production code to be passed soon after the release of “Baby Face.” Barbara Stanwyck stars as a Pennsylvania prostitute who takes Manhattan (2 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 8:20 p.m.). It is screened in a double feature with a new print of the Edward G. Robinson Depression drama “Two Seconds” that was made from the original camera negative (3:40 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 10 p.m.). Today, Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St., between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street, 212-727-8110, $10 general, $5 members and children under 12, $5 seniors on Monday-Friday before 5 p.m.

SUBWAY HORROR Traveling Cinema is screening a vintage horror flick at Barbes each Monday in January. Tonight, a warning for those who want to expand the subway system: In “Quartermass and the Pit” (1968), a dangerous artifact, possibly from outer space, surfaces during the construction of a new subway line in London. After the screening, Las Rubias del Norte play live Latin music at the cozy Brooklyn bar. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barbes, 376 9th St. at Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-965-9177, free.

MAYSLES AT HERMES As New York prepares for Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s site-specific work “The Gates,” which will be installed in Central Park on February 12, the gallery at Hermes screens excerpts from an unfinished documentary about the artists. The film is the latest in a decades-long collaboration between filmmaker Albert Maysles and the duo that began with “Christo’s Valley Curtain” (1974). Mr. Maysles has followed “The Gates” since the early 1980s, when Christo and Jeanne-Claude first tried to convince New York City officials to let them hang 7,500 saffron yellow fabric panels in the park. The store also hosts a discussion with Mr. Maysles (tomorrow, 6:30 p.m.), for which reservations are strongly suggested. (Hermes has also designed a commemorative scarf named “The Gates.”) Screenings: Through Sunday, February 27, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., until 7 p.m. on Thursdays, the gallery at Hermes, 691 Madison Ave. at 62nd Street, fourth floor, 212-751-3181, free.

FOOD & DRINK

SCHOOL SIPS The next session of the weekly wine class “Vino-Versity” focuses on New York wines including Cabernet Francs from Long Island and Rieslings from Lake Seneca. Some Canadian vintages are thrown in for good measure. The tasting features several dozen wines along with a bread-and-cheese buffet. Tomorrow, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Divine Bar West, 236 W. 54th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, 212-265-9463, $45 at the door, $35 in advance at www.vino-versity.com.

BIG APPLE MARTINI Gotham foodie Arthur Schwartz unveils his new “Stony Brook Cocktail” at an event hosted by the Manhattan division of SUNY Stony Brook. The evening is dedicated to the history of drinking in New York, from early Dutch alcohol to Carrie Bradshaw’s Cosmopolitans. Mr. Schwartz discusses Manhattan specialty drinks and pairs each up with local treats like Nathan’s hot dogs and Second Avenue Deli sandwiches. The decadent dinner, peppered with Mr. Schwartz’s “theoretically scholarly discussion,” ends with a piece of Junior’s cheesecake. Mr. Schwartz is the author of “Arthur Schwartz’s New York City Food” (Stewart, Tabori and Chang). Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., SUNY Stony Brook – Manhattan, 401 Park Ave. South at 28th Street, 631-632-9404, $85 includes autographed copy of book, age 21 and above.

MUSIC

AMERICAN MUSIC Kristin Chenoweth performs with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra in a program of American songs including “America” from “West Side Story,” several tunes from “The Music Man,” and “For Good” from “Wicked,” in which Ms. Chenoweth starred on Broadway. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, Isaac Stern Auditorium, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, 212-247-7800, $24-$85.

CHAMBER TRIO Flutist Gretchen Pusch joins cellist David Heiss and marimbist She-e Wu for an evening of chamber music. The program features work by Bach, Duke Ellington, and Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., St. Bartholomew’s Church, Park Avenue at 51st Street, 212-378-0248, $20 general, $15 seniors and students.

ROCK FOR OXFAM Sandra Bernhard, Cyndi Lauper, and Nancy Sinatra perform in a benefit rock concert for Oxfam’s tsunami relief fund. Thursday, 8 p.m., Crobar, 530 W. 28th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 800-494-8497, $40 general, $125 V.I.P. pass includes reserved seating and open bar.

CRAZY TIMES Musician Lenny Kaye reads from his new book, “You Call It Madness” (Villard/Random House), and performs romantic songs from the 1930s. Friday, 10:30 p.m., Poetry Project at St.-Mark’s-in-the-Bowery Church, 131 E. 10th St. at Second Avenue, 212-674-0910, $8 general, $6 students and seniors, $8 general, $7 seniors and students, $5 members.

PUPPETS

BULGARIAN RHAPSODY The puppetry-and dance piece “Lyubo” tells the story of Philip Lloyd Sweetbriar, an American engineer and naturalist living in 1920s Bulgaria, who was suspected of being a spy. Though he was later presumed killed by gangsters, Sweetbriar’s daughter in Arkansas continued to receive packages from her father filled with letters, songs, prayers, and stories. In “Lyubo,” director and creator Chris Green uses cinematic zooms, framing devices, and shifts in perspective to tell Sweetbriar’s story. It includes original songs for piano and tuba accompaniment, and a Balkan vocal duet. The performances are a production of HERE’s Dream Music Puppetry program under the artistic direction of puppeteer Basil Twist. Through Sunday, tomorrow-Saturday, 8:30 p.m., Sunday, 4 and 8:30 p.m., HERE Arts Center, 145 Sixth Ave., between Spring and Broome streets, 212-647-0202 for information, 212-868-4444 for tickets, $15.

READINGS

KICK START Humorists Todd Levin and Bob Powers host the “How to Kick People” reading series. The next installment, which takes the theme “International Male,” features guests Liam McEneany, Kimya Dawson, and A.J. Jacobs, who wrote “The Know-It-All” (Simon & Schuster) about reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica. Wednesday, 8 p.m., Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks St., between First Avenue and Avenue A, $7.

STORIES

LAKE WOEBEGON DAYS Tickets for four live broadcast performances of the radio program “A Prairie Home Companion” go on sale online today at 1 p.m. Garrison Keillor will bring his Minnesota-based public radio show, which features storytelling and music, to Town Hall in April. Performances: Saturdays, April 2 through 23, 5:45 p.m., Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, $48 and $55. Online tickets are available today at 1 p.m. though Friday at 6 p.m. via prairiehome.publicradio.org, click on “Schedule/Tickets.” Tickets will be available at the box office and through Ticketmaster beginning Sunday, March 13.

TALKS

COLLECTOR MEETS CURATOR Art collector Raymond Nasher discusses how he built his large collection of modern and contemporary sculpture. The curator of exhibitions for the American Federation of Arts, Yvette Lee, leads the talk, which is part of the organization’s ArtTalks series. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., American Federation of Arts, 41 E. 65th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-998-7700 ext. 64, $15 general, $10 members and students, reservations required.

WOMEN IN JAZZ A panel makes the case that women in jazz have been excluded from serious historical study. A rough cut of Kay Ray’s documentary “Lady Be Good: Instrumental Women in Jazz” will be screened at the discussion. Tomorrow, 7-10 p.m., Columbia University, 301 Philosophy Hall, 116th Street and Broadway, 212-851-1633, free.

FORGING AHEAD Ingrid Rowland of the American Academy in Rome discusses a 17th-century forgery scandal perpetuated by an Italian teenager. Curzio Inghi rami forged Etruscan documents that became the talk of the Europe when his prank was discovered. Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. seating, 6 p.m. talk, the Frick Collection, 1 E. 70th St. at Fifth Avenue, 212-288-0700, free.

THEATER

IMMIGRATION IMPROV The Big Apple Playback Company performs a new version of the theater piece “Inside the Golden Door: Personal Stories of Immigration” at every show. During each performance, one audience member will be selected to tell their life story or immigration experiences, which will then be acted out on the spot. Through Sunday, February 20, Fridays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m., Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 90 Orchard St. at Broome Street, 800-965-4827, $15 general, $12 seniors, students, and members, $22 tickets include 6:30 p.m. guided tour of museum.

ALL FOR LOVE In the Elizabethan play “The Shoemaker’s Holiday,” a young aristocrat is tapped to join Henry V in invading France. Instead, he stays in London to disguise himself as a shoemaker in order to woo a middle-class girl for whom he has fallen. The play was one of the most popular of its era, though its success didn’t help its author, Thomas Dekker, stay out of debtors prison for long periods during his life. Peter Dobbins, the artistic director of the Storm Theatre, directs the production. Previews begin: Friday, 7:30 p.m. Opens: Monday, January 31, 7:30 p.m. Runs: Through Sunday, February 27, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Storm Theatre, 145 W. 46th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-868-4444, $19.

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