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GOOD LONG LOOK The Long Island Museum in Stony Brook offers an exhibit of local landscapes from the mid-19th century to the present. “The Little Continent of Long Island” features scenes for which the island is best known: serene seascapes, picturesque farms, and traffic jams on the L.I.E. Paintings by Charles Henry Miller (1842-1922), touted as the artist who discovered the area’s aesthetic potential, are on display along with pieces by Robert Bruce Crane, Jane Wilson, Jane Freilicher, and others. After years overseas, Miller told newspaper reporters, “One does not need to travel abroad to obtain an inspiration from the manifold works of nature. Long Island affords to the observing an ideal spot for landscape study.” The museum is about an hour and a half’s drive from the city. Through September 11, Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, noon-5 p.m., 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook, 631-751-0066, $7 general, $6 seniors, $3 students, free for members and children under 6.

BOOKS

THE THIN WOMAN Frances Kuffel reads from “Passing For Thin: Losing Half My Weight and Finding Myself” (Broadway Books), her memoir of drastic weight loss. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 Seventh Ave. at 6th Street, Brooklyn, 718-832-9066, free.

PEARL OF WISDOM Mary Gordon reads from her latest novel, “Pearl” (Pantheon), about a New York single mother whose daughter chains herself to a flagpole outside the American Embassy in Dublin while studying linguistics in Ireland. Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.

DANCE

NO SHAME Mariana Bekerman Dance Company presents “Shameless,” a new dance-theater piece. Segments of the program have been influenced by John Gray’s “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus,” Ms. Bekerman’s childhood in Russia, a risque painting by Rockaway artist Ann Murphy, and 1960s hula-hoop styles. Tonight and tomorrow, 9 p.m., Saturday, 8 p.m., Merce Cunningham Studio, 55 Bethune St at Washington Street, 11th floor, 718-445-4028, $17 general, $15 seniors and students.

FILM

BAD BOY The Onion Film Series, which screens “soon-to-be cult classics,” presents Tim Burton’s biopic “Ed Wood”(1994). Wood was a director of true cult classic films such as “Plan 9 From Outer Space” – frequently cited as the worst film ever made. Tonight, 8 p.m., Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave. at 2nd Street, 212-505-5181, $8 general, $5 students, tickets are available at the theater one hour before showtime.

MARTIAL MOVIE A screening of “The Last Dragon” (1985), a musical blaxploitation martial-arts film produced by Motown mogul Berry Gordy, is introduced tomorrow night by its star, Taimak. He plays Leroy Green, a martial-arts devotee on a journey to find “the glow” – a high level of mastery – and rescue a gorgeous singer from an evil music promoter. Taimak, who was just 19 when the film was shot, has been studying martial arts since he was 6 years old and went on to work as a trainer in Hollywood. The screening is part of the “Fist and Sword” series, a monthly showcase of martial-arts films accompanied by discussions with martial-arts masters. Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., 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.

HILARITY ENSUES Symphony Space hosts a marathon screening of Three Stooges shorts. In “Three Little Beers” (1935), the trio are inept beer deliverymen; in “A Plumbing We Will Go” (1940), they’re hired to fix the plumbing in a leaky mansion; and “An Ache in Every Stake,” an ice delivery goes very wrong. The more topical short “I’ll Never Heil Again” (1941) is a wartime satire of Hitler. Sunday, 2 p.m., Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, 212-864-5400, $10 general, $8 seniors and students, $6 members.

FOOD & DRINK

VINTAGE WINE A lecture and tasting titled “Uncorking Ancient Vintages” promises the low-down on 7,000-year-old wine varietals and samples of varieties such as muscat, Shiraz and its ancestors, and Turkish varietals. Participants include the executive chef for Joseph’s Citarella, Bill Yosses, and scientist Patrick Mc-Govern, who will discuss how work in molecular and DNA sleuthing have shed light on the history of wine. Tonight, 7 p.m., American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, 212-769-5200, $15 general, $13.50 seniors, students, and members.

MUSIC

HISTORY AND TUNES Macy’s kicks off Black History Month a few days early with an opening-night cocktail reception for an exhibit of watercolors, prints, and oil paintings by Romare Bearden. The J.D. Allen Quartet provides music. Tonight, 6 p.m., Macy’s Herald Square, Broadway and 34th Street, eighth floor,212-695-4400, free. Exhibit: Daily, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m.

ZOOM ROOM Jazz pianist and composer Vijay Iyer performs as part of the “Zoom: Composers Close Up” series. The program includes the world premiere of “Mutations, ” a piece for piano, string quartet, and electronics commissioned by the experimental string quartet ETHEL, which will join Mr. Iyer in the concert. Tonight, 8 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, 129 W. 67th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-501-3330, $25.

SEEGER’S SONGS Folk singer Pete Seeger performs with six choirs in a Brooklyn concert that opens the People’s Music Network Winter Gathering. The concert’s finale is a new piece written by the director of the Brooklyn Women’s Chorus, Bev Grant. Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Brooklyn High School of the Arts, 345 Dean St., between Third and Fourth avenues, 718-230-4999, $20.

PIANO PROGRAM Russian pianist Alexander Izbitser performs a solo program of Shostakovich, Mussorgsky, and Rachmaninoff. Monday, 8 p.m. Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, 154 W. 57th St. at Seventh Avenue, 212-247-7800, $25.

AMERICAN MUSIC Lincoln Center’s “American Songbook” series draws a wide variety of vocalists to Frederick P. Rose Hall. Actress Jane Krakowski makes her solo concert debut with a program of racy songs that were banned between the Prohibition era and the introduction of the 1930 Hays Code in Hollywood. Sinful selections include “When I’m Low I Get High,” “But in the Morning No,” Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday,” and Noel Coward’s “Mad About the Boy” with its original lyrics (Tuesday, February 1, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., $40-$70). Darius De Haas performs a program of Stevie Wonder songs (Friday, February 4, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., $20-$45), Ann Hampton Callaway hosts “Cafe Society” with Bobby Short and Julie Wilson (Friday, February 25, 8:30 p.m., 935 1950 1040 1960$30-$60), and old soul Nellie McKay performs her original songs (Tuesday, March 1, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., $20-$40). All shows: Frederick P. Rose Hall,Time Warner Center, Broadway at 60th Street, 212-721-6500. See www.lincolncenter.org for full schedule.

STORIES

COME IN FROM THE COLD Humorist Andy Borowitz hosts a “story slam” competition sponsored by the Moth. The theme is all things cold, from city streets to ex-boyfriends’ hearts, and all are welcome to bring their best chilly stories to recount on stage. Each story should be five minutes long, no notes are allowed, and organizers say that contestants should stick to the theme and tell a story that has both a conflict and a resolution.Monday,7 p.m. registration, 7:30 p.m. show, the Bitter End, 147 Bleecker St., between Thompson Street and La Guardia Place, $6.

TALKS

GUIDE BOOK Richard Hetu’s historical novel “The Lost Guide” (East Village) explores Lewis and Clark’s travels through the eyes of their guide and interpreter, Toussaint Charbonneau, Sacagawea’s common-law husband. In a lecture tonight, Mr. Hetu makes the case that Charbonneau should be remembered as “the true precursor of Jack Kerouac,” rather than as a coward. Tonight, 7 p.m., Florence Gould Hall, Tinker Auditorium, 55 E. 59th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-307-4100, $5.

FAITH AND FEMINISM Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Erica Jong, and Karen DeCrow take part in a panel discussion about Jewish women involved in feminist activism. Tonight, 8:15 p.m., 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $20.

ART AND THE MTA The director of MTA Arts for Transit, Sandra Bloodworth, and artist James Carpenter, participate in an illustrated talk about Mr. Carpenter’s artwork in the Fulton Street Transit Center. Monday, 6:30 p.m., Center for Architecture, 536 La Guardia Place at Bleecker Street, 212-358-6111, free.

THEATER

STAR TALK Actors in “Verbatim Verboten” read word-for-word transcripts of taped conversations of the rich and famous. The lineup changes, but covertly recorded talks involving Britney Spears, Mayor Giuliani, Michael Alig, Orson Welles, Madonna and her daughter Lourdes, and Enron executives are all in regular rotation. The show made headlines when Tom Cruise threatened to sue after a performance included a phone conversation between he and Nicole Kidman as their marriage was on the verge of collapse. It arrives in New York next week after successful runs in New Orleans and Chicago. Mondays, January 31 through February 28, 6:30 p.m. doors open, 7:30 p.m. show, Fez Under Time Cafe, 380 Lafayette St. at Great Jones Street, 212-533-2680, $10.

TOP 10 TUNES Alec Duffy ‘s musical theater piece “The Top Ten People of the Millennium Sing Their Favorite Schubert Lieder” puts Einstein, Copernicus, Galileo, and other “top 10” figures together in a salon like setting. The characters chat about civilization, try to build friendships, and sing haunting songs by Schubert. Through Saturday, February 5, Wednesday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Bank Street Theater, 155 Bank St., between West and Washington streets, 212-868-4444, $15.

TOUR

MUSEUM HISTORY The Municipal Art Society presents a tour of some of the 23 interconnected buildings that make up the American Museum of Natural History. One highlight is the fourth-floor galleries, where recent renovations exposed long-hidden Victorian architectural details. Architectural historian Matt Postal leads the tour. Sunday, 11 a.m., meet at the southwest corner of 81st Street and Central Park West, 212-439-1049, $25 general, $20 members, ticket includes museum admission.

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