FAMILY

MONKEY AROUND A six-member band, the Funkey Monkeys, gives a concert for families that features a blend of comic sketches and improvisation, and quirky musical selections such as “Hip Hop Hatikva.” The band is led by a musical director for Nickelodeon’s “Dora the Explorer,” composer Joshua Sitron. Sunday, 2 p.m., the Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, $12 general, $10 members.

FESTIVALS

LET’S GO FLY A KITE Makar Sankranti, known as Pongal in southern India and Lohri or Maghi in the Punjab region, is a celebration of the passing of the sun over the astrological sign Capricorn. The Rajasthani folk singer guitarist Deepak Kumar Pareek performs devotional and classic Hindi film songs to honor the auspicious day. In India, the holiday is celebrated with the flying of colorful kites that honor the sun god, Surya. Saturday, 7 p.m., ARCH Arts Center, 66 W. 39th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-924-0718, $20 general, $10 students.

FILM

THE JEWISH DIASPORA The New York Jewish Film Festival, presented by the Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, features 31 productions documenting the international Jewish experience, from countries including Sweden, Switzerland, England, and Germany. The series continues with Lisa Azuelos’s “Gorgeous! / Comme t’y es belle!” (2006), about four first-generation North African Jewish women living out urban lives in Paris. Saturday, 7 p.m., FSLC, Walter Reade Theater, 165 W. 65th St., between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, 212-875-5600, $10 general, $7 students, $6 members of FSLC and the Jewish Museum, $5 seniors.

DIRECTOR’S CHAIR The director of “God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan” (2006), Christopher Quinn, discusses his documentary about four young men who flee the crisis in Sudan for America after years of wandering sub-Saharan Africa in search of safety. A senior vice president of the International Rescue Committee, George Biddle, joins the director on Friday. Friday and Saturday, 7:40 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m. Landmark Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston St., between First and Second avenues, 212-358-7709, $10.75 general, $7 seniors.

FOOD & DRINK

GAME AT HIGH SPEEDS Chef Franck Delatrain of Café Centro guides students through a fivecourse menu aimed to dispel fears that home cooks might have toward wild game. Dishes include sturgeon saltimbocca with sage, smoked duck, and beluga lentils, pappardelle with wild boar, and venison with white polenta and juniper berry sauce. Saturday, 11 a.m., MetLife Building, Café Centry, 200 Park Ave. at 45th Street, 212-584-4308, $75.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY

DANCE FOR MARTIN “An Evening of Konpa-Zouk-Dance,” a bash commemorating the life of Martin Luther King Jr., is featured as part of the French Caribbean Concerts series at S.O.B.s. Both genres indigenous to Haiti, konpa has its origins in European ballroom dancing, West Indian Creole culture, and underpinnings of meringue, while zouk blends touches of jazz, soca, and Brooklyn hip-hop to achieve a distinct flavor. A Parisian turntablist, D.J. Spike, and D.J. Bobby Jamz are featured guests. Sunday, 10 p.m., S.O.B.s, 204 Varick St. at Houston Street, 212-243-4940, free.

MUSIC

JAZZ STARS OF TOMORROW “Improvisational Contemporary Jazz at the Intersection of Musical Cultures,” a concert given by the Dan Tepfer Trio, is featured as part of the “French Quarter Festival.” The ongoing festival is presented by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. Double bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Richie Barshay accompany Mr. Tepfer, a pianist who formed the well-traveled trio in 2003. Friday, 8 p.m., New York University, La Maison Française, 16 Washington Mews at University Place, 212-998-8750, free.

THE PASSION OF THE BACH The Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s perform Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion.” Conductor Helmuth Rilling leads the orchestra and featured performers include tenor James Taylor, in the role of the evangelist, and bassist Klaus Häger, who sings the part of Christ. Although the Passion was given a treatment by several composers, Bach’s, which wasn’t praised immediately in 1729, is widely considered the most monumental ever written. Saturday, 7 p.m., Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium, 54 W. 57th St. at Seventh Avenue, 212-247-7800, $25-$82.

CELEBRATING 30 YEARS The Manhattan School of Music presents the American String Quartet, which performs Mozart’s String Quintet in G minor, and early works by Berg and Ravel. Ensemble members include violinists Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney. A faculty member of MSM and mentor to generations of string musicians, including members of the quartet whom he taught as students at Juilliard, violist Robert Mann, is a featured performer. Sunday, 3 p.m., MSM, John C. Borden Auditorium, Broadway at 122nd Street, 917-493-4428, $15 general, $7 students and seniors.

READINGS

HAPPILY EVER AFTER “Just Married,” a reading by Tom Hopkins and Emily Barton, is featured as part of the One Story Cocktail Hour and Reading Series. Mr. Hopkins is a contributor to Daphne Gottlieb’s “Homewrecker: An Adultery Anthology” (Soft Skull Press). Ms. Barton is the author of “Brookland: A Novel” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), about sisters who run a gin distillery in late 18th-century Brooklyn. An editor of the journal, Hannah Tinti, is host of the event. Friday, 7 p.m., Pianos, 158 Ludlow St., between Rivington and Stanton streets, 212-505-3733, free.

SCULPTURE

AMERICAN ART DEBUT The Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery presents an exhibit of works by Veron Urdarianu. The Romanian-born artist’s works explore the relationships between sculpture, architecture, and painting, using such materials as wood, plastic, and metal. Selections include “La Strada” (2004). Through Friday, February 17, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Mitchell-Innes & Nash Chelsea, 534 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-744-7400, free.

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