ART

IN THE RING Brooklyn-based artist Charles Miller paints and draws Jewish boxers from the golden era of New York boxing, 1910 to 1940. Athletes in the exhibit “Jewish Boxers” include Jackie “Kid” Berg, aka. “The Whitechapel Whirlwind,” Lew Tendler, and Barney Ross. Thursday through an open run, Monday–Friday, noon–6 p.m., Thnk Tank 3, 447 Hudson St., between Morton and Barrow streets, 212-647-8595, free.

AUCTIONS

STAR POWER Swann Auction Galleries host “From the 20th Century Fox Archives: Documents from the Golden Age of Hollywood,” a benefit auction for the Motion Picture and Television Fund’s insurance program, which provides health insurance to actors. Documents include an internal memo announcing Marilyn Monroe’s name change from Norma Jean Dougherty, and Humphrey Bogart’s first studio contract. Through Thursday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.,–Thursday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Swann Auction Galleries, 104 E. 25th St., between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue, 212-254-4710, prices vary on sale items.

FILM

WORLDWIDE 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 features the premiere of Margien Rogaar’s short film “Matzes” (2006), about a boy’s apprehension before his first Passover seder. Today, 3:30 and 8 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.

MUSIC

WATCH THOSE HANDS “Pianos/Pianists — A Celebration of the Keyboard” is a concert given by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The program includes Faure’s Dolly Suite for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 56, Witold Lutoslawski’s Variations on a Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos, and Mozart’s Andante and Five Variations in G major for Piano, Four Hands, K. 501. Fourhand music was popular in the era before the introduction of the phonograph and proved particularly useful in the seductive arts: One never knew when a player’s hand might discreetly brush that of his partner during a delicate musical passage. Performers include Gilles Vonsattel, Wu Han, and Anne-Marie McDermott. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, 1941 Broadway at 65th Street, 212-875-5050, $30-$52.

INTO THE WOODWINDS The “Woodwind Soiree,” a concert to showcase the Juilliard School’s wind faculty, is featured as part of the school’s Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital Series. The program includes Francis Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano, Op. 43; Thomas Kessler’s “Unisono,” and Mozart’s “La ci Darem la Mano,” a popular selection from the opera “Don Giovanni.” Featured performers include Pedro Diaz on English horn, Robyn Jutrys on bassoon, and Nathan Hughes on oboe. For almost 60 seasons, the New York Woodwind Quintet has maintained an active performance schedule in America and abroad while also teaching matriculated woodwind students. Tonight, 8 p.m., Juilliard, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 65th Street at Broadway, between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, 212-769-7406, free with tickets.

SOUL SISTER A former protégé of producer Quincy Jones, singer Tamia performs as part of the “Who’s Next Live Music Series.” The concert series is presented by S.O.B.s in conjunction with local radio station Hot 97 and the video network VH1 Soul. While Tamia might not appear the best fit for a program designed to showcase new artists — her self-titled debut album was released in 1998 — the talented R&B vocalist has yet to reap the fame and accolades of her single-moniker peers, including Brandy, Monica, and Beyoncé. Concertgoers receive a complimentary copy of her new album, “Between Friends.” Tomorrow, 8 p.m., S.O.B.s, 204 Varick St. at Houston Street, 212-243-4940, $30.

PHOTOGRAPHY

TO LIVE AND DIE IN EAST L.A. Photographer Joseph Rodriguez discusses his work as part of an ongoing lecture series presented by the Camera Club of New York. The artist presents two bodies of work: “East Side Stories, Gang Life in East L.A.,” a photo essay that explores the violent lives of Latino gang members in 1990s Los Angeles, and “Flesh Life, Sex in Mexico City,” which depicts a “resexualized and respiritualized country in flux.” Mr. Rodriguez’s often brutally frank work has been featured in National Geographic, GQ, Newsweek, and Der Spiegel, among other publications. Thursday, 7 p.m., the School of Visual Arts, Amphitheater, 3rd floor, 209 E. 23rd St., between Second and Third avenues, 212-260-9927, $10 general, $5 for SVA faculty, staff, and students, free for members.

TURNING PAGES Barbara Grossman’s colorful paintings depict figures in various states of reading — standing up, sitting down, and talking with other people. Her paintings are on view at Bowery Gallery. Ms. Grossman currently resides in Connecticut. Through Saturday, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Bowery Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 646-230-6655, free.

POETRY

BEYOND THE D’URBERVILLES The Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination presents “Our Life in Six Lyrical Poems,” a study of six Thomas Hardy poems, including “His Visitor” and “The Going,” which details the death of Hardy’s first wife. The publisher of Persea Books, Michael Braziller, and a professor of English at Vassar College, Eamon Grennan, instruct the course. Tonight, 7 p.m., Philoctetes Center, 247 E. 82nd St., between Second and Third avenues, 646-246-9752, free.

POETRY IN A POSTMODERN AGE The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church presents Alan Gilbert, who discusses “Another Future: Poetry and Art in a Postmodern Twilight (Wesleyan),” his book of critical writings about how we write and think about poetry and visual art in the wake of postmodernism. A poet who is featured in the book, Roberto Tejada, and a professor of creative writing, Bill Mohr, are featured panelists. Mr. Gilbert addresses such wide-ranging topics and figures as documentary aesthetics, globalization, artist Andreas Gursky, and photographer David LaChapelle. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, Poetry Project, 131 E. 10th St. at Second Avenue, 212-674-0910, $8 general, $7 students and seniors, $5 members.

READINGS

CIVIL WAR STORIES Novelist E.L. Doctorow reads from and discusses his novel “The March” (Random House), which details General William Tecumseh Sherman’s trek through Georgia and the Carolinas during the Civil War. The reading and discussion is presented as part of the New-York Historical Society’s exhibit “New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War.” Thursday, 6:30 p.m., NYHS, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street, 212- 868-4444, $18 general, $12 students, seniors, and educators, $10 members.

TALKS

MASTERLY WORKS As part of the exhibit “Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History,” the Guggenheim Museum presents “Velázquez, Zurbarán, and the Spanish Manner,” a lecture by a curator at the Institute of Fine Arts, Jonathan Brown. He discusses how despite their contrasting styles, Francisco de Zurbarán and Diego Velázquez typify a “Spanish” style of painting that was common during the Renaissance. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave. at 89th Street, 212-423-3587, $10 general, $7 students, seniors, and members.

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