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SOUTH ASIAN SEDER Tabla restaurant presents its second annual “Unleavened Bread Bar” dinner, featuring traditional seder dishes combined with Indian spicings and cooking techniques. Dishes include gefilte fish with Goan spices and Goan spiced brisket. Tonight, 7 p.m., Tabla, 11 Madison Ave. at 25th Street, 212-889-0667, $90.

TYPE IT OUT “Key Promises” by Jean Shin is a gallery-wide installation made entirely from hundreds of deconstructed computer key caps that wrap around the gallery walls. The exhibit also features “Duet,” a video installation of two keyboards typing simultaneously.

Through Saturday, April 7, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Frederieke Taylor Gallery, 535 W. 22nd St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 6th floor, 646-230-0992, free.

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.

DANCE

FRIENDS FOREVER The New York premiere of “Becky, Jodi and John,” choreographed by John Jasperse, is a piece that celebrates the friendship among Mr. Jasperse and dancers Becky Hilton and Jodi Melnick, who all met in the dance world 20 years ago. The work is a celebration of their varied senses of humor and their commitment to dance.

Tomorrow through Saturday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Friday, 7:30 and 10 p.m., Dance Theater Workshop, 219 W. 19th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues, 212-924-0077, $25 general, $15 students, seniors, and members.

SELF-ANALYSIS Symphony Space begins “Gender Benders,” a three-week series of performances that explores sexual confusion through contemporary dance. The series begins with a performance by the Keigwin Kabaret, whose work combines contemporary dance and burlesque performed as sitespecific work. Thursday through Saturday, 8:30 p.m., Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, 212-864-5400, $17–$25.

EASTER

JESUS AND A SAXOPHONE “Good Friday Blues,” a musical exploration of the story of Easter, is presented by St. Marks Church in the Bowery. The priest-incharge, John De Naro, an actor and producer, Bishop Catherine Roskam, and the director of music at St. Marks Church, Jeannine Otis, use the blues as a musical guide to revisit the events leading up to and including the Crucifixion. Performers include bassist Stanley Banks, guitarist Jimi Ponzi, and drummer Bernice Brooks. Friday, noon, St. Marks Church, 131 E 10th St., between Second and Third avenues, 212-714-7617, free.

FILM

A COUNTRY AT THE BRINK Journalism Calvin Sims and filmmaker Ken Levis screen and discuss their latest documentary, “Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia.” The film looks at how radical religious factions within Indonesia are challenging the country’s tradition of moderation, and how the nation is combating the fundamentalist threat while promoting democratic values. Participants in the postscreening discussion include a fellow at the Asia Society, Sadanand Dhume, and the director of the Liberal Islam Network, Ulil Abshar Abdalla. The film will also be screened on television as part of the “America at a Crossroads” movie series on PBS in mid-April. Tomorrow, 6 p.m., Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., between 70th and 71st streets, 212-517-2742, $15 general, $10 members.

MUSIC

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE The Manhattan School of Music’s contemporary music ensemble, Tactus, performs a double bill: The first concert features selections from the American cabaret songbook, including works by Arnold Schoenberg, Kurt Weill, William Bolcom, and an MSM faculty member, Nils Vigeland. The second concert explores avant-garde 20thcentury composers, including works by Iannis Xenakis, Tristan Murail, George Crumb, and Philip Glass. Tonight, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., MSM, John C. Bordern Auditorium, 122nd Street at Broadway, 212-749-2802, free.

SINGING IN THE MOTHER TONGUE As part of the “Sing Into Spring Festival” presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Claudia Acuña Quintet performs a program of original works by Ms. Acuña, Violeta Parra, Victor Jara, and other South American songwriters. The evening’s Latin fusion selections are influenced by tropical rock, flamenco, and funk. Ms. Acuña leads the quintet on vocals and is accompanied by featured performers including Jason Lindner on piano, Juancho Herrera on guitar, and Clarence Penn on drums.

Tonight through Thursday, 7:30, 9:30, and 11 p.m., Friday–Saturday, 7:30, 9:30, and 11:30 p.m., Sunday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., JALC, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, 33 W. 60th St. at Broadway, 212-258-9800, $30.

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN Carnegie Hall hosts “Fred and Gene: The Music That Made Them Dance,” an evening of standards led by the artistic director of the concert, singer Michael Feinstein. For many, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly represent the Golden Age of Hollywood film musicals. Still, the gentleman hoofers were determined to remain distinguished from each other: Kelly took to incorporating less ballroom dancing elements and more athleticism into his footwork. Among the featured guests are Broadway performers Debbie Gravitte and Jeffry Denman.

Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, 54 W. 57th St. at Seventh Avenue, 212-247-7800, $82.

IVORY TICKLING The spring 2007 concert series at Columbia University’s Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America continues with a solo recital by pianist Blair McMillen. The program includes works by Joan Tower, Steven Stucky, and Barbara White, and Marco Stroppa’s “Passacaglia Canonica,” and the New York premiere of excerpts from “Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Goldbergs” by Stanley Walden, Mischa Zupko, Fred Hersch, and Derek Bermel.

Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Columbia University, Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Ave. at 118th Street, 212-854-1623, free.

POETRY

COOL CAREER “Carl Sandburg: Modernist?” is a group discussion about the work of the poet who wrote “Chicago” in 1914 and “Prairie” in 1943. Sandburg’s work was considered to be modernist during the first half of the 20th century — his work was championed by Ezra Pound as innovative and inspiring. But Sandburg’s early modernist work was forgotten during the later years of his career. As part of National Poetry Month, New York University hosts this talk on Sandburg’s work, featuring readings of his poetry. Participants include poets Edward Hirsch, Geoffrey O’Brien, Meghan O’Rourke, and Harvey Shapiro, and historian Sean Wilentz. The editor of the American Poets Project edition of “Carl Sandburg: Selected Poems,” Paul Berman, is curator of the event. Tomorrow, 6 p.m., NYU, Hemmerdinger Hall, 100 Washington Square East at Washington Place, 212-998-2101, free.

TALKS

INCLUSION SITUATION “Turkey — or is it Europe? — at the Crossroads” is a roundtable discussion about the controversy posed by the potential of Turkey gaining full membership in the European Union. Panelists include a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Steven Cook; the ambassador and permanent representative of Turkey to the United Nations, Baki Ilkin; the director of the Remarque Institute at New York University, Tony Judt; the permanent representative of the Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association to the E.U. in Brussels, Bahadir Kaleagasi, and the ambassador and permanent observer of the European Commission to the United Nations, Fernando Valenzuela. The talk is moderated by the founder and director of NYU’s lecture series “Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West,” Mustapha Tlili. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., NYU, Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St., between University Place and Greene Street, 212-998-8693, free, RSVP required.

ART ON A HEROIC SCALE As part of an ongoing series of discussions, the Public Art Fund and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School host a talk with painter Alex Katz. In. 1977, Mr. Katz created one of the first projects of the Public Art Fund — a monumental frieze that featured multistory head shots of glamorous women, draped on the wraparound advertising space of a building in Times Square. The New York artist came to be known for his vibrantly colored canvases, many of which feature his wife and most famous subject, Ada. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., New School, John Tishman Auditorium, 66 W. 12th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-980-3942, $5 general, $3 seniors, free for all students.

PHOTOGRAPHY

SHOT INSTINCT “Reflex” is a survey of works by Brazilian photographer Vik Muniz. Included in the survey is Mr. Muniz’s “Weimar” series, a suite of black-andwhite photographs that reference espionage, surveillance, and intelligence gathering. Selections include “Akte Weimar# 157” (2006), above. Through Monday, May 7, Thursday–Monday, noon–6 p.m., P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 22-25 Jackson Ave. at 46th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens, 718-784-2084, $5 donation suggested, $2 students and seniors, free for members of the Museum of Modern Art and MoMA admission ticket holders.

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