ART

FESTIVE FOLKS The group exhibit “Home for the Holidays!” runs through the weekend at Kerrigan Campbell Art + Projects. Though some work on display, including Lisa Krivacka’s festive paintings, are tinged with Christmas sentiment, most are more concerned with home than holidays. Included are photographs of cozy doll houses by Beauregard Houston-Montgomery, paintings of imaginary homes with spindly spires by Denise Minnerly, and Susan Daboll’s photographs of a farmer’s home in Paros, Greece. Through Sunday, tomorrow-Saturday, noon-7 p.m., Sunday, 1-6 p.m., Kerrigan Campbell Art + Projects, 317 E. 9th St., between First and Second avenues, 212-505-7196, free.

VANISHED VIEW The DFN Gallery’s exhibit “NYC” features contemporary art by three generations of New York artists. The centerpiece of the exhibit is Christopher Evans’s painting “New York: In the Light of Memory: A Spherical Panorama From The South Tower of The World Trade Center.” An oil painting on a Plexiglas globe, it provides a 360-degree view of New York. Through Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., DFN Gallery, 176 Franklin St., between Greenwich and Hudson streets, 212-334-3400, free.

SPIRITUALITY MEETS SCIENCE For her installation “Nano Mandala,” Victoria Vesna collaborated with nanoscientist James Gimzewski. A video based on the molecular structure of a single grain of sand is projected onto an 8-foot disk of sand on the gallery’s floor. The projection evolves into a mandala designed by monks in India. Through Saturday, noon-6 p.m., Location One, 26 Greene St., between Canal and Grand streets, 212-334-3347, free.

BENEFITS

MEDICINE MEN AND WOMEN The New York Academy of Medicine honors “Today” 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, which features a black-tie dinner, is the academy’s major fund-raising event of the year. Tonight, 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.

ON THE TOWN The Drama League celebrates the work of musical writing team Betty Comden and Adolph Green at its annual black-tie benefit. “A Musical Celebration of Broadway” will include appearances by Lauren Bacall, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Melissa Errico, Donna Murphy, Cady Huffman, Judy Kaye, Lea DeLaria, Nancy Dussault, Donna McKechnie, Rick Lyon, Jennifer Hope Wills, Martin Moran, Evan Pappas, Mary Testa, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Monday, 7:30 p.m., the Pierre Hotel, Fifth Avenue and 61st Street, 212-244-9494 ext. 5, $500-$2,500.

BOOKS

RELAX, DON’T DO IT Wendy Wasserstein reads from her latest, “Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins” (Oxford University), a cheeky self-help guide to embracing laziness. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Broadway, 212-253-0810, free.

FISH STORIES Travel writer Redmond O’Hanlon discusses his book “Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic” (Knopf), which is about his two-week sojourn on a deep-sea fishing boat. Mr. O’Hanlon was equally interested in the catches of the day, which he took part in cataloging, and the stories of the boat’s hardy crew. Tonight, 6:30 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. talk, Explorers Club, 46 E. 70th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-628-8383, $15 general, $10 members, $5 students.

COMEDY

SUNDAY SNICKERS The “Sunday Night Improv” series, which has played at various venues around the city since 1992, is now at the 78th Street Theater Lab on Sundays. The show features performers from Chicago City Limits, Ka-Baam, the Improvoholics, and other comedy groups. Sundays through February 27, 7 p.m., 78th Street Theater Lab, 236 W. 78th St. at Broadway, 212-353-7716, $10.

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). Artist Jacobo Borges designed the set for “Rain,” which evokes the Venezuelan rain forest (Program B). Program A: Tomorrow and Friday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m. Program B: Tonight 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.

FAMILY

BEDTIME STORIES The Brooklyn Public Library this week kicks off the Ezra Jack Keats Bedtime Storytelling Hour, a new monthly series. Children can wear their pajamas and bring a stuffed animal for a cozy session of songs and stories. Every child will receive a book by Keats, who wrote children’s classics including “The Snowy Day” and “Peter’s Chair.” Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library Youth Wing, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 718-230-2117, free.

PRAIRIE DOG PREDICTIONS Getting a leg up on Punxsutawney Phil, the Queens Zoo trots out its prairie dogs, Flushing Meadows Phil and Corona Kate, to predict when spring will arrive. Visitors for Grounddog’s Weekend can make prairie-dog crafts and weather instruments, and learn how to make meteorological forecasts with their new tools. Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 p.m., Queens Zoo, 53-51 111th St., between 53rd and 54th avenues, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, 718-271-1500, $5 general, $1.25 seniors, $1 children between ages 3 and 12, free for children under 3.

FILM

DR. T AND THE BOYS Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, wrote the screenplay and song lyrics and designed the sets for the 1953 film “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.” The movie’s hero, Bart, has to save 500 young boys from a maniacal piano teacher, Dr. Terwilliger, who plans to force them to practice 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (“Simpsons” fans will notice the parellels – Bart Simpson’s sworn enemy is the power-mad “Sideshow Bob” Terwilliger.) Friday, 9 p.m., Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 Fourth Avenue at President Street, Brooklyn, 718-857-4816, $8.

CRITICS’ PICKS Members of the New York Film Critics Circle introduce some of their favorite movies at a series at the American Museum of the Moving Image. This weekend, Matt Zoller Seitz of the New York Press introduces Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” (Saturday, 2 p.m.), and Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly presents “Putney Swope” (1969), about an African-American man accidentally elected head of a Madison Avenue advertising agency (Saturday, 4:30 p.m.). Series: Through Sunday, February 13, Saturday and Sunday afternoons, 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.

FOOD & DRINK

ALE AND EATS The West End hosts the first of its monthy ale-pairing dinners this weekend. The six-course meal includes dishes prepared by chef Conrado Ramos and ales created by brewer Neill Acer. Highlights include an Octoberfest beer with stuffed risotto cakes, a pale ale paired with grilled scallops, and chocolate beer with fresh berries. Saturday, 8 p.m., the West End, 2911 Broadway between 113th and 114th streets, 212-662-8830, $60, reservations required.

MAGIC

ABRACADABRA! Brooklyn magician Richard Steven Cohn and his wife, Alexandra, host an evening of “legerdemain and laughter.” The “Night of Magic” includes sleights of hand and mind by Michael Chaut, Ryan Oakes, Diggy Fontaine, David Oliver, and a surprise mystery guest. Friday, 8 p.m., Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, between 1st and 2nd streets, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-768-2972, $12. Note: Advance tickets, recommended to “avoid disappointment,” are sold at Park Slope Copy, 123 Seventh Ave. at Carroll Street. Tickets are also available at the door.

MEMORIAL

TSUNAMI TRIBUTE Asia Society marks the December tsunami with a ceremony that brings together members of New York City’s Indonesian, Indian, Sri Lankan, and Thai communities to remember those who have lost their lives. The program includes blessings and performances rooted in the represented cultures. Saturday, 1-3 p.m., Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Ave. at 70th Street, 212-517-2742, free, donations accepted.

MUSIC

SPANISH TUNES Mezzo-soprano Barbara Hollinshead and lute player Howard Bass perform music from Renaissance Spain for voice and lute in an afternoon concert today. The duo perform music by composers of the Spanish court along with songs on the same topics sung by Sephardic Jews of the era. Today, 1:15 p.m., Church of St. Francis of Assisi, 135 W. 31st St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-967-9157, free.

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. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., St. Bartholomew’s Church, Park Avenue at 51st Street, 212-378-0248, $20 general, $15 seniors and students.

SEPHARDIC SONGS Guitarist Paco Diez plays traditional Sephardic songs from Morocco, Greece, Turkey, and Bosnia at the Spanish cultural center Instituto Cervantes. The exhibit “20th Century Spanish Drawings,” which includes work by Picasso, Miro, Dali, and others, is on view until February 5. Concert: Tomorrow, 7 p.m., 212-308-7720, $15 general, $10 members, reservations recommended. Exhibit: Tuesday-Friday, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Instituto Cervantes, 211-215 E. 49th St., between Second and Third avenues, free.

LOVE AND WAR “George & Ruth: Songs and Letters of the Spanish Civil War” is a musical love story set against the backdrop of war. The true story follows George, a member of the Lincoln Brigade, and Ruth, who is working in New York City to drum up support for the war. Daniel Lynn Watt (George’s son) and Mary Lynn Watt (Ruth’s daughter-in-law) read excerpts from letters the couple exchanged. Folk singer Tony Saletan performs songs in Spanish, English, German, French, and Yiddish, many of which were first popularized by Paul Robeson and Pete Seeger. Friday, 7:15 p.m., NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South, between Thompson and Sullivan streets, 212-998-3950, free.

CRAZY TIMES Musician Lenny Kaye reads from his new book, “You Call It Madness: The Sensuous Song of the Croon” (Villard), 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.

POETRY

DEF JAM The “Def Poetry Plugged In” evening fuses poetry and music. Playwright and poet Reg E. Gaines hosts the performance, which features guitarist Vernon Read, poets Sonia Sanchez and Ursula Rucker, hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons, and others. Danny Simmons serves as a producer of the show, which is part of the “Rhythm and BAM” series. Friday, 7:30 p.m., BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place, 718-636-4100, $20 and $25.

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. Tonight, 8 p.m., Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks St., between First Avenue and Avenue A, $7.

TALKS

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

EAST SIDE ON THE WEST SIDE The curator of the New Museum’s exhibit “East Village USA,” Dan Cameron, discusses graffiti art with filmmaker Charlie Ahearn, graffiti artist Lady Pink, and Patti Astor, who exhibited graffiti artworks in her East Village gallery during the 1980s. Tomorrow, 6:30-8 p.m., New Museum of Contemporary Art at the Chelsea Art Museum, 556 W. 22nd St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-219-1222, $3.

FAME, ART, AND MORALITY Painter Wolf Kahn discusses the role of morality in artists’ attempts to become famous. Part of the lecture focuses on controversies that artists have used to raise public interest in their work. Tomorrow, 7:30-8:30 p.m., YWCA-NYC, 610 Lexington Ave. at 53rd Street, 212-735-9716, free.

THEATER

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, disguising himself as a shoemaker in order to woo a middle-class girl for whom he has fallen. Peter Dobbins, the artistic director of the Storm Theatre, directs the production. Previews begin: Friday, 7:30 p.m. Opens: Monday, 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.

SHYLOCK RECONSIDERED The Perry Street Theatre will reopen after nine years with a production of Gareth Armstrong’s “Shylock,” currently in previews. The story is told from the perspective of the best friend of Shylock, the villain of “The Merchant of Venice.” Tubal has just eight lines in Shakespeare’s play, but in “Shylock,” he takes center stage to confront the play’s anti-Semitic stereotypes. Frank Barrie directs the show, which stars Mr. Armstrong. Opens: Sunday. Runs: Through Sunday, March 13, Wednesday-Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 and 7 p.m., Perry Street Theatre, 31 Perry St. at Seventh Avenue, 212-868-4444, $55 general, $20 senior and student rush tickets.

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