ART

SATURDAY MORNING Anthony Lister’s work in the exhibit “Rest on Nails” reflects upon his attempts as a parent to protect his children from overt sexuality in television advertising. His work includes provocative looks at common cartoon characters, including Mickey Mouse and Bart Simpson. The videos are shown through a pyramid of stacked boxes, top, and works include “Down by the Corner” (2006), above. Through Saturday, February 10, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Lyons Wier Ortt Contemporary Art, 511 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-242-6220, free.

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Artalks hosts a guided tour of “Spanish Painting: El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History,” an exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum. Led by Deb Markow, an art lover who earned a Ph.D. in art history as a second act, Artalks offer participants an experience that is perhaps more connected than museum-issue audio guides. All are encouraged to stop and ask questions during the 90-minute tour. The exhibit brings together for the first time works by the great Spanish masters of the 16th through the 20th centuries. Tomorrow, 1 p.m., Friday, 5:30 p.m., exhibit through Wednesday, March 28, Saturday–Wednesday, 10 a.m.–5:45 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m.–7:45 p.m., Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave. at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, $43-$50, includes museum admission. For complete information and for reservations, go to artalks.com.

WHAT DID I DO TO BE SO BLACK AND BLUE? “Breaking Barriers: Louis Armstrong and Civil Rights” is an exhibit of film clips and artifacts from the 1950’s that includes the jazz trumpeter’s FBI file. The Louis Armstrong House Museum hosts an opening reception on Thursday. Armstrong had come under criticism from early on for playing before segregated audiences. But the influential singer and musician, a flashy stage personality easily recognizable in photos by an ever-present toothy smile, was also a quiet financial supporter of Martin Luther King Jr. and other black activists. Tomorrow, 6 p.m., exhibit through Monday, October 8, Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday–Sunday, noon–5 p.m., Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107th St., between 34th and 37th streets, Corona, Queens, 718-478-8274, $8 general, $6 seniors, students, children, and group rate, free for members. For complete information, go to louisarmstronghouse.com.

THE HUNGER FOR MORE The Chelsea Art Museum presents “The Food Show: The Hungry Eye,” a group exhibit of works which ventures beyond the representation of food as still life to explore with irony and humor the human preoccupation with food. Featured artists include Jonathan Seliger, Priscilla Monge, Will Cotton, and Janet Fish. Robert Edelman and Gina Fiore are curators of the show. Through Saturday, February 24, Tuesday–Saturday, noon–6 p.m., Thursday, noon–8 p.m., Chelsea Art Museum, 556 W. 22nd St. at Eleventh Avenue, 212-255-0719, free.

RAY OF LIGHT The Rubin Museum of Art presents “Humanitas II,” an exhibit of 26 photographs by Frederic Roberts, who depicts his spiritual trek through Asia between 1986 and 2006. Deborah Willis is curator of the exhibit. Through Monday, February 26, hours vary, Rubin Museum, 150 W. 17th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-620-5000, $10 general, $7 seniors, students, artists, and museum neighbors, free for children and members. For complete information, go to rmanyc.org.

THE HISTORY OF GENGHIS The exhibit “Mongolia: Beyond Chinggis Khan” explores the history of the Asian country on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the Mongol empire’s founding. Through Monday, April 16, Monday and Thursday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., closed Tuesday, Wednesday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-620-5000, $10 general, $7 students, seniors, artists, and neighbors, free for children and members.

FAMILY

PRACTICALLY PERFECT Broadway actress Julie Andrews is honored during Child magazine’s sixth annual “50 Best Books of the Year” celebration. The editor in chief of Child magazine, Miriam Around, is host of the event. Featured authors include Harriet Ziefert, Rosemary Wells, and Bryan Collier. Tonight, 5 p.m., Books of Wonder, 18 W. 18th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-989-3270, free.

FILM

MAKE IT SUNTORY TIME As part of its ongoing Still Moving series, the Museum of Modern Art hosts a screening of Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” (2003), about two Americans in Tokyo — one a disenchanted young newlywed, the other an aging film star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial. The pair strikes up a surprising friendship. The series celebrates the museum’s expanding film and media collections. Today and tomorrow, 4:30 p.m., MoMA, Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2, 11 W. 53rd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-408-6347, free with museum admission, $20 general, $16 seniors, $12 students, free for children under 16.

MUSIC

FROM ANOTHER ROOM A singersongwriter from Texas, Jack Ingram scored a number one hit this past summer with the song “Lips of an Angel.” He performs his mix of rock and country as part of the Live From Home series, curated by a former editor of SPIN magazine, Alan Light. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Housing Words Booksore Café, 126 Crosby St., between Houston and Prince streets, 212-334-3324, $10.

THE DRY, DRUNK EMPEROR A guitarist and songwriter for the acclaimed band TV on the Radio, Kyp Malone, performs a solo concert. The bespectacled and afroed Mr. Malone has composed a collection of genuine, if idiosyncratic, protest songs, addressing such concerns as pollution in his adopted Greenpoint, Brooklyn, or having empathy for the confused. “I’m a very tiny, tiny, tiny little thing in this universe,” the musician recently told Fader magazine. “But I have more of a forum now and more of a voice than I’ve ever had in my life.” Tonight, 9 p.m., Zebulon Café Concert, 258 Wythe Ave., between Metropolitan Avenue and N. Third Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 718-218-6934, free.

BURNING An emerging indie-pop band, the Harlem Shakes, performs a concert in celebration of the release of its debut EP “Burning Birthdays.” The band’s music has been described as lo-fi, tinny, garage-rock, referencing decades of New York’s underground, not unlike another local group hailed as leaders of the rock revival – the Strokes. Accompanying acts include Get Him, Eat Him, and the Subjects. Band members include drummer Brent Katz and singer Lexy Benaim. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Canal Room, 285 W. Broadway at Canal Street, 212-941-8100, $8-$12.

POETRY

DRIVE ON The Queens Borough Public Library presents a reading by Davidson Garrett, a poet, actor, and taxi driver. He reads from his collection of poetry, “King Lear of the Taxi: Musings of a New York City Actor Taxi Driver” (Advent Purple Press). Thursday, 1:30 p.m., Bay Terrace Community Library, 18-36 Bell Blvd. at 23rd Avenue, 718-423-7004, free.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Galway Kinnell is best known for rejecting the poetic tradition of escaping reality to ease personal pain, writing poems about dealing with life through examination and meditation, such as “After Making Love We Hear Footsteps.” His 80th birthday is celebrated at the Cooper Union with a gala reading. Featured authors include E.L. Doctorow, Edward Hirsch, Mark Doty, Cornelius Eady, and Sharon Olds. The event is cosponsored by Poets House. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., the Cooper Union, Great Hall, 7 E. 7th St. at Third Avenue, 212-353-4195, free.

READINGS

ABRAHAMIC ROCK Steven Lee Beeber discusses his book “The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB’s: A Secret History of Jewish Punk” (Chicago Review Press) with guests Genya Ravan, Danny Fields, and Chris Stein of the band Blondie. The reading is presented by the New York Book Club. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Visitors Center and Museum Shop, 108 Orchard St. at Delancey Street, 212-431-0233, free, RSVP to bookclub@tenement.org.

EVERYDAY PEOPLE Cartoonist Danny Gregory reads from “Everyday Matters” (Hyperion), his illustrated memoir recounting how he learned to cope after his wife was hit by a no. 9 subway train and subsequently paralyzed from the waist down. Mr. Gregory found comfort in teaching himself to draw. The book includes poignant sketches of the author, his wife, and their son, Jack, as they adjusted to a new life in their downtown neighborhood. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., McNally Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St., between Mulberry and Lafayette streets, 212-274-1160, free.

SOIRÉES

INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION The National Black Fine Art Show features work by black, African, and Caribbean artists. The weekend-long show begins with a benefit to raise funds for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research library devoted to documenting the history of the African diaspora. New York galleries represented in the show include ACA Galleries and Daniel Aubry Gallery. Tonight, early entry 5 p.m., general admission 6:30 p.m., the Puck Building, 295 Lafayette St., between Jersey and Houston streets, 212-491-2206, $150 for early entry, $100 general.

LOVE MONTH The nonprofit organizations V-Day and the Center Against Domestic Violence present the first of six events in February to raise funds for the center, which provides shelter and services to abused women and children. Rapper Hank Schocklee of Public Enemy and the dance company Smokifantastic perform. The Gotham Girls Roller Derby also makes an appearance. Friday, 7 p.m., Hell Gate Social, 12-21 Astoria Blvd. at 14th Street, Astoria, Queens, 212-686-4551, $10 donation suggested.

TALKS

A VISION FOR THE CITY’S FUTURE The Museum of the City of New York hosts “Lessons from Robert Moses,” a panel discussion to address such topics as regional planning, open space initiatives, sustainable development, and the enduring legacy of the New York municipal official whose ambitious public works helped to transform the city. Featured panelists include Deputy Mayor Doctoroff, and the executive director of Sustainable South Bronx, Majora Carter. An architecture critic for Bloomberg News, James Russell, is moderator of the talk. Tomorrow, 5:30 p.m., Tuesday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., MCNY, 1220 Fifth Ave. at 103 Street, 212-534-1672, free with museum admission, $9 general, $5 students and seniors.

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