ART

GOLD RUSH “Living in America,” an annual program of the American Museum of Natural History that showcases distinct communities, continues this Sunday with its series tracing the historical and cultural influence of gold. Adorned in the traditional regalia of Canada’s Yukon First Nations, members of the Tagish Nation Singers and Dancers give a history through song and dance at 2 p.m. The nation fought to preserve its culture and territory following the arrival in the mid-1800s of gold miners and prospectors. A question-and-answer session follows. “Columbus: His Enterprise,” a lecture about the explorer’s famed voyages and allconsuming desire to find gold, is given by the author of a book of the same name, Hans Koning, at 3 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m., “Gold” exhibit through Sunday, August 19, AMNH, 175 Central Park West at 79th Street, 212-769-5100, $14 donation suggested, $10.50 students and seniors, $8 children, free with admission. For complete information, go to amnh.org.

FAMILY

YOU CAN PLAY MY MARIMBA The Players Theatre hosts “Percussion People,” an ongoing interactive music series for the entire family. Featured guests include the snare drum group Drum Drops and students from the Queens College Center of Preparatory Studies in Music, who perform a beat-heavy arrangement of “Skip to My Lou.” A music director for the Percussion People, Michael Sgouros, invites audience members of all ages to experiment with a range of percussive instruments. A complimentary pre-show instrument-building program is at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, 11 a.m., Players Theatre, 115 Mac-Dougal St., between West 3rd Street and Minetta Lane, 212-352-3101, $15.

FOOD & DRINK

ALE AND CHEESE Chanterelle Restaurant hosts “Winter Warmers: Robust Brews and Rich Cheese,” which is featured as its inaugural Sunday Salon event for the year. Bold beers are paired with seasonal cheese selections, and guests are treated to a special guide to the city’s cheese and brew resources. A fromager at Chanterelle, Adrian Murcia, and sous chef Scott Levine lead the salon. Sunday, 4 p.m., Chanterelle, 2 Harrison St. at Hudson Street, 212-966-6960, $55.

MUSIC

GALA AT THE GALLERY The Location One gallery hosts a former member of the duo Cibo Matto, multi-instrumentalist Yuka Honda, and singer-violinist Petra Haden, who perform as part of its monthly party. The pair has been collaborating in the past year on an album of atmospheric, improvisational music. Saturday, 7 p.m., Location One, 26 Greene St., between Grand and Canal streets, 212-334-3347, $20 general, free for members.

CLASSICAL CASSATT The Kosciuszko Foundation for Polish Culture presents the Cassatt String Quartet, which performs Ravel’s Quartet in F Major and Dohnanyi’s Piano Quintet, Op. 1 in C minor. Members of the Manhattan-based ensemble, which is currently in residence at Syracuse University, include violist Michiko Oshima and cellist Nicole Johnson. Sunday, 3 p.m., Kosciuszko Foundation, 15 East 65th St., between Fifth and Madison avenues, 212-734-2130, $30.

PHOTOGRAPHY

BEFORE COMMENCEMENT The final projects of 13 graduating seniors from the Department of Photography and Imaging at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts are on display. Artists include Alyson Perry, Ryan James MacFarland, and Blaine Davis, who photographed the female members of a middle class family in Dakar, Senegal. Included in the exhibit is a photo from 2006 of a teenager helping her friend apply lip gloss before she goes to a friend’s wedding in the neighborhood, above. Through February 18, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday, noon–5 p.m., Tisch School of the Arts, Gulf+Western Gallery and the 8th Floor Gallery, 721 Broadway at Waverly Place, 212-998-1930, free.

READINGS

A DREAM DEFERRED “Langston Hughes in Harlem: A Song Cycle” is a 55-minute reading of more than 50 works by the iconic Harlem Renaissance poet. Featured actors Russell Jordan, Valerie Donaldson, and Jarrel Newsome are among the readers. Harry Mann and Neal Kirkwood are featured musicians. In addition to his work as a poet, Hughes was a novelist, playwright, and essayist who became one of the first black Americans to achieve literary fame. Saturday and consecutive Saturdays through February 3, 2 p.m., Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, between Bleecker and Houston streets, 212-614-0505, $10 general, $5 students.

TALKS

BROOKLYN MASTERPIECES The Pratt Institute and the Web site artcritical.com present “The Review Panel: Brooklyn Special,” a discussion with New York art critics about recent exhibits at the Brooklyn Museum and two Brooklyn galleries, Pierogi Gallery and Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery. Speakers include a writer for the Brooklyn Rail, Stephanie Buhmann, and a reviewer for Art Critical, Greg Lindquist. A critic for The New York Sun, David Cohen, moderates the discussion. Friday, 6:45 p.m., Pratt Institute, Higgins Hall, 61 St. James Place at Lafayette Avenue, 718-636-3669, free.

THEATER

THE DISTURBING STATE OF MODERN LIFE The Kitchen presents “Dead Set #3,” a hybrid video and theatrical performance featuring members of the Caden Manson /Big Art Group performance company. The piece explores trauma by using “sampled” movement and reenacting pirated dialogue such as borrowed excerpts of online chat. Friday, 8 p.m., the Kitchen, 512 W.19th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-255-5793, $15 general, $10 with an Under the Radar festival pass.

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