DANCE

BUILDING BLOCKS Dance New Amsterdam kicks off the new year with “Gene Pool,” a program featuring the choreography of Janessa Clark and Nia Love . Friday 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 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. El Museo del Barrio presents a parade through Spanish Harlem to honor the holiday, featuring groups of schoolchildren and floats. Friday, 11 a.m., El Museo del Barrio, 106th Street, between Madison and Park avenues, 212-660-7144, free.

THE GOOD EARTH The Lower East Side Ecology Center presents a free electronic-waste recycling event. New Yorkers are invited to bring obsolete or discarded gadgets such as computers, televisions, and cellular phones. 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

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 twoday 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.

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.

MUSEUMS

TANGLED IN BLUE “Bob Dylan’s American Journey, 1956–1966” is an exhibit devoted to the folk legend’s early career (through Saturday). Also on view is “Saul Steinberg: Illuminations,” a major retrospective of works by the late artist, which features pieces that appeared for six decades in the New Yorker magazine (through Saturday, March 4). Friday, 10:30 a.m.–9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Tuesday–Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m., Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Ave. at 36th Street, 212- 685-0008, free on Fridays 7-9 p.m., $12 general, $8 seniors, students, free for members and children.

MUSIC

THE STARRY NIGHT As part of its “Starry Nights” program, presented on the first Friday of every month, the American Museum of Natural History presents a swinging, jazz concert given by guitarist Dave Stryker and his band, Blue to the Bone. Guests are also invited to feast on tapas, wine, and other beverages. Friday, 6 and 7:30 p.m., AMNH, Rose Center for Earth and Space, 175 Central Park West at 79th Street, 212-769-5100, free with museum admission, $14 suggested donation, $10.50 for students and seniors, $8 for children.

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 the Amazon rain forest. Saturday, 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Ave. at 57th Street, 212-903-9600, $1.

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 Shakers, a utopian religious community. The program consists of songs composed by young women between 1837 and 1850 that were inspired by “trance” sessions. Friday, 9 p.m., BAMcafé, 30 Lafayette St., between St. Felix Place and Ashland Street, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, free.

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.” Saturday, 2:30 p.m., NYPL, Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. at Fordham Road, the Bronx, 718-579-4244, 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. 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.

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