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ART


LANDSCAPES AT THE LIBRARY Brooklyn landscapes by artists Catharine Balco and Albert Fayngold are on view at the Brooklyn Public Library. Mr. Fayngold, a Urkainian immigrant, uses chalk, pastels, watercolors, and gouache to paint his soft images of Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene, and Coney Island. Ms. Balco’s plein air paintings were made in Sunset Park, Gowanus, Green-Wood Cemetery, and Park Slope. Through Sunday, May 15, Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, 1-6 p.m., Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 718-230-2100, free.


TIMES SQUARE MEMORIES Kodak estimates that nearly 100 million pictures are taken of Times Square each year. The exhibit “At the Crossroads of Desire,” which closes this weekend, celebrates Times Square’s centennial with a selection of photographs from throughout its history. Photographs by Rudy Burckhardt, Weegee, Robert Frank, and William Klein are included. Through Saturday, Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, noon-5 p.m., AXA Gallery, Equitable Tower atrium lobby, 787 Seventh Ave. at 51st Street, 212-554-4818, free.


BENEFIT


CAR STARS Gruppo Ferrari Maserati sponsors a gala preview of the International Auto Show. The event is a benefit for the East Side House Settlement, which provides family services in the South Bronx. Tonight, 6 p.m. cocktails, 8:30 p.m. dinner, 9:30 p.m. live auction, Jacob Javits Center, Eleventh Avenue at 35th Street, 718-292-7392, $150 cocktails only, $1,000 dinner.


BOOKS


CONSPIRACY THEORY The author of “Paranoia and Contentment” (University Press of Virginia), John Hampsey, reads from his account of Western intellectual history. Mr. Hampsey believes paranoia can be a positive force, by encouraging expansive thinking, but makes the case that society has become “paranoidic” – deluded and crippled by fear. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Labyrinth Books, 536 W. 112th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-865-1588, free.


HOMEWARD BOUND Ernestine Bradley reads from her memoir “The Way Home” (Knopf), which traces her childhood in wartime Germany, her jobs as a stewardess and literature professor, and her marriage to former senator Bill Bradley. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.


FAMILY


PAPER PROJECTS Papermaker Randy Brozen leads a workshop on making a nest and bird with handmade paper. Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 p.m., Wave Hill, Kerlin Learning Center, 675 W. 252nd St. at Independence Avenue, Bronx, 718-549-3200, free with admission, $4 general, $2 seniors and students, free for children under 6.


CHILDREN’S CIRCUS Bindlestiff Family Cirkus presents an afternoon showcase of its youngest performers. The jugglers, dancers, and acrobats who perform in “The Cavalcade of Youth” are all under 21. Sunday, 2 p.m., Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave., between 9th and 10th streets, 212-254-1109 for information, 212-352-0255 for tickets, $15 general, $10 under 21.


FILM


BIG RED A screening series of Samuel Fuller’s war films culminates with a newly reconstructed version of “The Big Red One” (1980). The semiautobiographical movie stars Lee Marvin as a World War II commander leading his troops through combat and boredom. The producer of the reconstructed edition, Richard Schickel, introduces one of the screenings (Sunday, 5:30 p.m.). “The Big Red One”: Saturday and Sunday, 2, 5:30 and 9 p.m. Fuller festival: Tomorrow through Sunday, times vary, BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette St., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, $10 general, $7 seniors, students, and children under 12, $6 members.


FOOD & DRINK


BROOKLYN BREWS Rheingold Beer sponsors a Brooklyn bar crawl that offers $1 Rheingolds at six watering holes along Atlantic Avenue. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m.-11 p.m. or later, meet at Larosas Pizza, 98 Smith St., between Pacific Street and Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, 212-685-4300 for general information, free to attend. Please see www.rheingoldbeer.com for full list of locations.


SAVORY SANUKI The Upper East Side tea boutique Ito En and its attached restaurant, Kai, offer a noodle-making demonstration and special lunch menu this weekend. The star of the menu is sanuki, a type of udon noodle. Japanese chefs will make fresh noodles in the restaurant’s window and guests can enjoy a prix fixe (or a la carte) lunch of sanuki-based dishes. Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Ito En and Kai, 822 Madison Ave. at 69th Street, 212-988-7277, $25 prix fixe lunch, reservations recommended.


MUSIC


MERRY MELODIES The host of WNYC’s “Soundcheck,” John Schaeffer, emcees an evening of cartoons, music, and a discussion about the relationship between them. Panelists include animation historian John Canemaker, cartoonist Ben Katchor, and the director of the Raymond Scott Archives, Irwin Chusid. “Looney Toons” cartoons are screened and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra per forms. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077, free.


EARLY ELECTRONICA The Archives Listening Project is a monthly gathering devoted to “obscure, lost, or forgotten” musicians and albums. Up next is an evening devoted to Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001), a British electronic music pioneer who joined the BBC as a trainee studio manager in 1960. She went on to compose music for drama and documentary programs set in the distant past and the remote future – wherever an orchestra would sound out of place. Though Derbyshire’s influence is wide-ranging, much of her work was credited simply to the BBC, so attempts to catalogue her music are ongoing. After the listening party, a DJ takes over to spin other early electronic music. Tomorrow, 9 p.m., 12″ Bar, 179 Essex St., between Stanton and Houston streets, 212-505-6027, free.


MOZART ON GOOD FRIDAY The National Chorale performs Mozart’s “Requiem.” Also on the program: Haydn’s “Paukenmesse.” Friday, 8 p.m., Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, Columbus Avenue and 65th Street, 212-875-5030, $27-$97.


READING


TALK DIRTY “Saturday Night Live” cast member Rachel Dratch performs in a staged reading of Elizabeth Meriwether’s “The Mistakes Madeline Made.” The play follows three personal assistants, living in close quarters, who are afflicted with ablutophobia – the fear of bathing. Evan Cabnet directs the reading, with a cast that also includes Austin Lysy, Susan Pourfar, and Zak Orth. The event is an installment of “Out Loud,” which produces readings of new plays by emerging playwrights. Monday, 7 p.m., Ars Nova, 511 W. 54th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-977-1700, free, reservations required.


STORIES


TALES OF THE CITY The Moth presents an evening of “New York Stories,” featuring graduates of the community outreach program “Stories on Stage.” Humorist Andy Borowitz emcees the evening, which also includes author Ted Conover and John Ventimiglia of “The Sopranos.” Tonight, 6:30 p.m. doors open, 7:30 p.m. performance, Crash Mansion, 199 Bowery, between Rivington and Spring streets, 212-868-4444, $20.


TALKS


CAR TALK In anticipation of the International Automobile Show opening Friday at the Javits Center, a panel of car designers discuss industry trends and the best new models on the market. Automobile columnist Phil Patton moderates. Tonight, 4:30-7 p.m., Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Fifth Avenue at 91st Street, 212-849-8380, $65 general, $50 members.


FUTURE OF THE U.N. As the United Nations celebrates its 60th anniversary, a panel discussion sponsored by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York addresses its failures and possibilities. Topics include Security Council reform, the Human Rights Commission, and the need for member states to develop counterterrorism strategies. Law professor Elizabeth Defeis moderates the talk, with panelists including the U.N. correspondent for NBC News, Linda Fasulo; Ambassador Patrick Kennedy, and the research director for the U.N.’s High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges & Change, Stephen Stedman. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., House of the Association, 42 W. 44th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-382-6713, free.


THEATER


LOVE AND THE DEVIL “Faust in Love,” which opens tonight, is the second installment in Target Margin Theater’s three-year attempt to adapt Goethe’s “Faust.” David Greenspan plays Mephisto and Eunice Wong is Gretchen, the object of Faust’s affection. The artistic director of Target Margin, David Herskovits, directs. Opens: Tonight, 8 p.m. Runs: Through Saturday, April 30, Wednesday-Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 4 and 8 p.m., Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster St., between Spring and Broome streets, 212-358-3657, $20. Note: Additional performances take place at 7 p.m. on Mondays, March 21 and April 11-25.



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