ART

HISTORICAL THREADS Fiber artist Chana Cromer created 12 textiles, including shirts and curtains, for the exhibit “The Story of Joseph: Unveiling the Text,” which reinterprets Joseph’s story from the Old Testament. Ms. Cromer currently lives in Jerusalem. Through Sunday, March 25, Tuesday-Thursday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Yeshiva University Museum, 15 W. 16th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-294-8330, $8 general, $6 students and seniors.

DANCE

ALL NEW, ALL THE TIME “Fresh Tracks” is the longest-running series of new dance and performance by Dance Theater Workshop. The group’s 41st presentation of the series features choreography by Ursula Eagly, Lala Ghahreman, Heather McArdle, Tara O’Connor, Deganit Shemy, and Ain Weinstein. Tonight through Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Dance Theater Workshop, 219 W. 19th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues, 212-924-0077, $20 general, $12 students, members, and artists.

BUILDING BLOCKS Dance New Amsterdam kicks off the new year with “Gene Pool,” a program featuring the choreography of Janessa Clark, Nia Love, Shelley Poovey, and B.J. Sullivan. Tomorrow through Sunday, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway at Chambers and Church streets, 212-625-8369, $17 general, $12 members.

FAMILY

OLDE TYME SOUNDS “Re-creating Radio” is a workshop designed for children that lets participants create old-time radio drama using scripts, sound effects, and music. The workshop takes participants through the many stages of radio production, including casting, microphone and sound effects training, and a cue rehearsal, before they put on a “live” broadcast. Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon, the Museum of Television and Radio, 25 W. 52nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-621-6600, $10.

FESTIVALS

WE THREE KINGS Dia de Reyes, or Three Kings’ Day, commemorates the journey of the three kings to the site of the Nativity. The holiday is celebrated across Latin America and the Caribbean as an occasion to spend time with family and friends. El Museo del Barrio presents a parade through Spanish Harlem to honor the holiday, featuring groups of schoolchildren and floats. The three kings are represented by poet Jesús “Papoleto” Meléndez, visual artist Freddy Rodríguez, and a third guest to be announced at the parade. Tomorrow, 11 a.m., El Museo del Barrio, 106th Street, between Madison and Park avenues, 212-660-7144, free.

… AND IN WILLIAMSBURG The second annual Galapagos Art Space Staff Show-Off Festival features music, performance and visual art, and comedy from the club’s employees, most of whom are artists themselves. Performers include Christi Waldon, Max Jones, and the bands Deep Sea Sound Diver and Mercat. Saturday, 8 p.m., Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St., between Wythe and Kent avenues, 718-384-4586, $5 donation suggested.

THE GOOD EARTH The Lower East Side Ecology Center presents a free electronic waste-recycling event. Electronics contribute to more than 70% of toxins found in landfills, according to the center. New Yorkers are invited to bring obsolete or discarded gadgets such as computers, monitors, keyboards, televisions, and cellular phones, which are recycled with attention to the preservation of the environment. Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Union Square Park, North Plaza, Broadway, between 14th and 17th streets, 212-477-4022. For more information, go to lesecologycenter.org.

FILM

CAPTURING MOVES The “Dance on Camera” festival, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance Films Association, features the best of contemporary dance in the movies. The series continues with a screening of Serge Lifar Musagète’s “Dominique Delouche” (2005). Today, 1 p.m., FSLC, Walter Reade Theater, 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-875-5601, $10 general, $7 students, $6 members, $5 children. For complete information, please go to filmlinc.com.

TIGHT GROUPS Hisham Mayet’s “Musical Brotherhoods From the Trans-Saharan Highway” (2006) is a documentary of North Africa’s best street musicians, and the mystical brotherhoods of musicians from the Moroccan cities of Marrakesh and Essaouira. Mr. Mayet answers questions after each screening. Tomorrow, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave. at 2nd Street, 212-505-5181, $8 general, $6 students and seniors, $5 members.

ALTMAN’S INFLUENCE “An Artist and a Gambler” is a monthlong retrospective of works by the director Robert Altman, who was widely regarded as a groundbreaking director. The series opens with a two-day screening of the Korean War film “M*A*S*H” (1970). Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:30, 7, and 9:30 p.m., IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave. at 3rd Street, 212-924-7771, $10.50 general.

VIEWS OF WAR A film critic for Time Out New York magazine, David Fear, introduces a screening of Emile de Antonio’s “In the Year of the Pig” (1968), about America’s participation in the Vietnam War. The film is presented as part of the “Critics Choice: Great Documentaries” series. Saturday, 2 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 3601 35th Ave. at 36th Street, Long Island City, Queens, 718-784-0077, $10 general, $7.50 students and seniors, $5 children.

FOOD & DRINK

NEW YORK MUNCHES “The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour” is a walking tour of New York’s best neighborhoods in which to chow down. City sections include the Jewish East Side, Little Italy, and Chinatown. Favorite snacks include plaintains, pickles, dim sum, and fresh mozzarella. Sunday, 1 p.m., meeting point at the southeast corner of Essex and Delancey streets, 212-439-1090, $19 general, $16 seniors, $14 students and members of the New-York Historical Society.

MUSIC

VIOLIN CONCERTO The New York Philharmonic presents “Pinchas Zukerman Plays Beethoven,” a concert featuring the Israeli violinist and violist. Conductor Zubin Mehta leads the orchestra in a performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” Tonight and Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., tomorrow, 11 a.m., Saturday, 8 p.m., Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza., between Broadway and 65th Street, 212-875-5900, $33–$99.

DONALDSON’S MUSIC The concert series “Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights in Jazz” presents “A Salute to Lou Donaldson,” which pays tribute to the saxophonist. Performers include the Lou Donaldson Trio, the Cyrus Chestnut Trio, Eric Alexander, Pe ter Bernstein , and Mike LeDonne. Tonight, 8 p.m., Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., between Greenwich Street and the West Side Highway, 212-220-1460, $30 general, $27.50 students.

MOUNTAIN JAZZ The “Harlem in the Himalayas” series at the Rubin Museum of Art features uptown jazz musicians in the museum’s downtown setting. Hard-bop trumpeter Dizzy Reece celebrates his 76th birthday with a solo performance. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Rubin Museum, 150 W. 17th St. at Seventh Avenue, 212-620-5000, $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

AMAZON AWARENESS The Brazilian ensemble the Bachiana Chamber Orchestra opens Carnegie Hall’s season for the new year. The concert is designed to raise awareness about the current state of affairs in the Amazon rain forest. Saturday, 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Ave. at 57th Street, 212-903-9600, $1.

MUSIC IN SPACE Composer and soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom performs “Beyond the Bloom,” a program of new works. Accompanying musicians include drummer Matt Wilson. A former artist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ms Bloom has an asteroid named after her. Saturday, 8 p.m., Tonic, 107 Norfolk St., between Rivington and Delancey streets, 212-358-7501, $15.

SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE The record label Little (i) Music is the host of a release party for Shakers n’ Bakers, an ensemble that performs music by the utopian religious community, the Shakers. The program consists of songs composed by young women between 1837 and 1850 that were inspired by “trance” sessions. The ensemble has reinterpreted the songs through a contemporary jazz lens inspired by John Lennon and Albert Ayler. Tomorrow, 9 p.m., BAMcafé, 30 Lafayette St., between St. Felix Place and Ashland Street, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, free.

ROCK ON, MONSTER A former guitarist for Captain Beefheart, Gary Lucas, performs with his new ensemble, Gods and Monsters. The group focuses on avantgarde jazz with a hint of country. Saturday, 10 p.m., Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, between Bleecker and 1st streets, 212-614-0505, $20.

YOU’RE UNFORGETTABLE The New York Public Library presents a daytime tribute to the singer Nat King Cole. Jazz vocalist Cody Childs performs hit songs such as “Unforgettable” and “Mona Lisa.” Cole would have been 88 this year. Saturday, 2:30 p.m., NYPL, Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. at Fordham Road, the Bronx, 718-579-4244, free.

PAINTINGS

OUT FROM THE EARTH Jeanne Risica and Ron Ottaviano created their newest paintings, currently being shown in the exhibit “Volcano,” from digital enlargements found in books that the painters researched at the New York Public Library. The paintings feature volcanic interpretations from various countries. Selected works include “Eruption Jet (Chinese)” (2006). Through Saturday, January 20, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Dillon Gallery, 555 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-727-8585, free.

READINGS

TALES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD Borders Books and Music presents rap superstar 50 Cent, who celebrates the launch of his publishing venture, G-Unit Books, with a signing and readings. Featured authors include the “queen of hip-hop fiction,” Nikki Turner, and K. Elliott. Tonight, 5 p.m., Borders, Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle at 60th Street, 212-823-9775, free.

TALKS

COUTURE CUSTOMER As part of its “Sunday at the Met” series, the Metropolitan Museum of Art presents “Nan Kempner: Client to Muse,” a talk given by the curator for the Costume Institute, Harold Koda, who discusses the late American socialite’s enduring relationship with leading fashion houses and designers. A related exhibit, “Nan Kempner: American Chic,” is on view through Saturday, March 4. Sunday, 3 p.m., the Met Museum, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd Street, 212-535-7710, free with museum admission, $20 donation suggested, $10 students and seniors, free for members and children younger than 12.

THEATER

REVELATION NATION The performance theater group Great Small Works presents “The Rapture Project,” which examines the influence of religion on American culture and politics, bringing together tabloid newspaper stories, biblical literature, and evangelicalism. The show stars John Bell, Trudi Cohen, Stephen Kaplin, and Jenny Romaine. Tonight through Sunday, January 21, Thursday and Friday, 7 p.m., Saturday, 7 and 10:30 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m., HERE Arts Center, 145 Sixth Ave., between Spring and Broome streets, 212-352-3101, $20.

GULF DUO Paul Zimet’s “Party Time” follows two soldiers, Frankie and Sal, as they fight through a desert war, facing death while enduring epiphanies and brutal situations. Produced by the Talking Band, the play is directed by the playwright, and featured actors include William Badgett and Joe Roseto. Tonight through Sunday, January 14, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2:30 and 8 p.m., La MaMa E.T.C., 74 E. 4th St., between Second Avenue and the Bowery, 212-475-7710, $18.

LONG TITLES Matt Morillo’s “Angry Young Women in Low-Rise Jeans With High Class Issues” is a send-up of the television show “Sex and the City,” which follows the trials of urban goddesses in New York. The play is directed by the playwright, and featured actors include Rachel Nau, Thomas Pilutik, and Angelique Letizia. Tonight through Sunday, February 11, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave. at 10th Street, 212-868-4444, $20.

RISQUÉ BUSINESS Horse Trade and Firecracker productions present “Dirty Girl,” a story about a “nice Jewish girl from Long Island” who answers a newspaper advertisement to become an editor of a magazine that features male nudity. The play is based on the autobiography of Ronnie Koenig, a former editor at Playgirl magazine. The show is directed by Robert Mc-Master, and featured actors include Corrie Beula and Bridget Harvey. Ms. Koenig also appears in the play. Tonight through Saturday, January 27, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Kraine Theater, 85 W. 4th St., between Second Avenue and the Bowery, 212-868-4444, $18 general, $15 students and seniors.

BRAINS ON THE LOOSE Jonathan Leaf’s “The Germans in Paris” follows three exiled thinkers — Heinrich Heine, Richard Wagner, and Karl Marx — as they wend their way through Paris in the 1840s. The play is directed by James Milton, and featured actors include Angelica Torn and Bruce Barton. Tomorrow through Saturday, January 27, Wednesday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Arclight Theater, 152 W. 71st St., between Broadway and Columbus Avenue, 212-352-3101, $18.

LOUD MOUTHS The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players present 10 days of performances featuring the best of the songwriting duo’s comic operas. Featured plays include “The Yeomen of the Guard.” The director of the three plays is Albert Bergeret, and featured actors include Stephen Quint. Tomorrow through Sunday, January 14, showtimes vary, City Center, 55th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-581-1212, $40-$96. For complete information, go to nycitycenter.org.

QUICK HUMOR Before the American Broadcasting Company ever aired an episode of the short-lived but popular improv comedy show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” England’s Channel 4 had been pioneering the show for years. Members of the various British casts perform in a weeklong reunion. Comedians and musicians include Richard Vranch and Steven Frost. Through Sunday, 8 p.m., Ars Nova, 511 W. 54th St., between Ninth and Tenth avenues, 212-868-4444, $20.

EVENTS

Exploring Exhibits Before It’s Too Late

With the beginning of the new year comes a new series of exhibitions at the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Queens. Opening next month are two exhibitions of photographs by Tom Sandberg and Vik Muniz, and the group show “Silicone Valley.” Another project, “Emergency Room,” conceived by French artist Thierry Geoffroy, who goes by Colonel, will offer an evolving display of work made in response to the news and events of each day.

Before the new shows open, visitors can still catch the final exhibitions of 2006, including the group show “Altered, Stitched and Gathered.” The exhibition, which closes January 22, brings together work by contemporary artists who incorporate objects taken from everyday life into their work. Christopher Lew, Erica Papernik, and Elna Svenle, all members of the museum’s assistant staff, curated the show.

Much of the work on view has roots in the playful, do-it-yourself practices of Fluxus artists, represented in the exhibition with work by Yoko Ono and Ben Vautier. For her project “Shopdropping,” Zoë Sheehan Saldaña made her own versions of Wal-Mart clothing and accessories she had purchased. The fakes were then surreptitiously placed on the Wal-Mart racks to be sold as the real thing. P.S.1 displays a Wal-Mart tote bag alongside a life-size photograph of the artist’s replica. Ms. Saldaña said she is interested in the value we attach to everyday objects as well as to works of art. “Wal-Mart could be my gallery,” she said. When she returns her handmade bag to the shop rack it “goes back into the slipstream and disappears.”

Serkan Özkaya employs the same strategy of the precise reproduction. His “Today Could Be a Day of Historical Importance” is a faithful hand-drawn copy of two pages from the Turkish newspaper Radikal. Emily Jacir performs a similarly exacting copying ritual in painting a selection of her personal e-mail messages onto a series of white canvases.

In some of the pieces, destruction plays a significant role. Ted Riederer’s video installation shows members of the artist’s punk rock band smashing their instruments to pieces in slow motion. Mr. Riederer described the action as a metaphor for “the nihilistic aesthetic which has pervaded the art world in the last 15 to 20 years.” After the destruction, he put each instrument back together “so that it could make noise again,” and used the instruments to record a soundtrack for the video. One of the patched-up guitars is on display alongside the video installation.

– Daniel Morgan

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