ART

BIG PAPER The Pratt Institute’s printmaking department presents its third annual “Big Damn Prints” outdoor workshop with more than 40 artists, dozens of students, and local residents who print huge 4-foot-by-8-foot woodblock prints with a giant industrial streetpaving steamroller. Live music and on-site T-shirt printing are also offered. The project was conceived by a professor of fine arts at Pratt, Dennis McNett, as a way of pushing printmaking students outside the usual boundaries of the medium. Tomorrow, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Pratt Institute, 200 Willoughby Ave., between Emerson and Hall streets, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, 201-892-6850, free.

FAMILY

COMPUTERS FOR ALL Samsung’s Hope for Education program is designed to minimize the technology gap in the educational system through a partnership with Microsoft Corp. The program donates more than $2 million worth of technology and software to schools across the country. Teenage musicians Aly and AJ perform a concert to celebrate the program’s launch. Tomorrow, 2 p.m., Time Warner Center, Samsung Experience, 10 Columbus Circle at Eighth Avenue, free.

FASHION

A LIFE IN STYLE “Fashion Life Now” is the title of a panel discussion about the state of fashion. A fashion critic, Cathy Horyn, leads a talk with such leading designers as Narciso Rodriguez, pictured at right, Maria Cornejo, and Ralph Rucci. The designers, who count celebrities, socialites, and fashion devotees among their clientele, expound on the role of fashion in contemporary culture. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2 E. 91st St. at Fifth Avenue, 212-849-8380, $20 general, $15 students.

MUSIC

IVORIES AND STRINGS The 92nd Street Y’s “Distinguished Artist in Recital” series presents cellist Miklós Perényi and pianist András Schiff in two concerts. The first program includes Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano and Cello in F Major. The second program features the composer’s Variations in E-flat Major on “Bei Männern, welche Lie be fühlen” from “The Magic Flute.” Tomorrow and Thursday, 8 p.m., 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $45.

MONK DAY The Tribeca Performing Arts Center of the Borough of Manhattan Community College presents a 90th birthday celebration for Thelonious Monk. Headlining the celebration is jazz pianist Kenny Barron, drummer Ben Riley, and his Monk Legacy Septet, including alto saxophonist Bruce Williams, tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffrey, and baritone saxophonist Jay Brandford. Thursday, 8 p.m., BMCC, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., between Greenwich Street and the West Side Highway, 212-220-1460, $30 general, $27.50 students.

MELTING POT Ukrainian-born pianist Inna Faliks immigrated to America at the age of 10, after she had already composed an opera and played her first solo recital in Rome. She performs as part of the ARIUM series. Pieces include Tchaikovsky’s “Nocturne” in C sharp minor, Massenet’s “Meditation From Thais,” and Paganini’s “Caprice” for Solo Violin, featuring violinist Sergey Ostrovsky. Sunday, 5 p.m., ARIUM, 31 Little W. 12th St., between Ninth and Tenth avenues, 212-463-8630, $40.

PAINTINGS

FACES AND MORE FACES Sylvia Sleigh’s figurative paintings feature her friends, nudes, and allegorical scenes. Her work is being featured in the WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution exhibit at the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles and at the I-20 Gallery in New York. Selections from her self-titled exhibit include “Arakawa & Madeline Gins” (1971), above. Through Thursday, May 10, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., I-20 Gallery, 557 W. 23rd St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-645-1100, free.

POETRY

FESTIVAL OF VERSE The Poetry Society of America celebrates National Poetry Month with a twonight Festival of New American Poets, featuring readings and talks. Poets include Tyehimba Jess, Richard Siken, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Tony Tost. Also featured are members of the PSA’s 2005 and 2006 Chapbook Fellows, including Dan Chelotti and Jessica Fjeld. Tomorrow and Thursday, 7 p.m., the New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 W. 12th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-254-9628, $10 general for both nights, $7 for each night, $7 for both nights for members and students, $5 for each night for members and students.

READINGS

THE PERFECT CHEF The James Beard Foundation’s “Beard on Books” series features Laura Shapiro, author of “Julia Child” (Penguin). Ms. Shapiro discusses Child’s larger-than-life personality and her seamless transition from writing cookbooks to hosting public broadcasting cooking shows in the 1960s. Tomorrow, noon, James Beard House, 167 W. 12th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-627-2308, $20 general, free for students.

TALKS

TAXING SITUATION “The AMT Ticking Time Bomb: What Should We Do About It?” is a talk presented by the New York University School of Law about the alternative minimum tax, which was created to prevent 155 rich households from avoiding income taxes. Now, more than one-third of America pay their taxes under the AMT. Panelists discuss the consequences of repealing the tax, which would cost over $800 billion over 10 years. Participants include a senior economist for President Bush’s Advisory Council on Tax Reform of 2005, Rosanne Altshuler, a professor of law at NYU, Dan Shaviro, and a fellow at the Urban Institute, Leonard Burman. An NYU assistant professor of law, Lily Batchelder, is moderator of the event. Today, 4 p.m., NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South, between Mac-Dougal and Sullivan streets, 212-998-6150, free.

MODERN MOVES The Richard York Memorial Lecture at the National Academy presents “John Marin and American Modernism,” a talk by a curator at the Whitney Museum of Art, Barbara Haskell. York founded an eponymous gallery in 1981, supporting modern American painters. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., National Academy Museum, Huntington Library, 1083 Fifth Ave. at 89th Street, 212-369-4880 ext. 300, free, reservations required.

STORIES IN PICTURES “In Reinventing Allegory,” a lecture at School of Visual Arts, features a panel of scholars that considers the allegory, an age-old artistic device often used to circumvent censorship, in which images refer to something entirely different from what they depict. Panelists include a professor of the humanities in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, Richard Brilliant; a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Theresa Kelley, and a faculty member at SVA, Michèle Cone. The chairman of the Art Department at SVA, Tom Huhn, moderates the event. Thursday, 7 p.m., SVA, 209 E. 23rd St. at Third Avenue, 212-592-2010, free.

NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality of New York University hosts “After CBGB: Gender, Sexuality, and the Future of Subculture,” a discussion of the role urban subculture plays in how our society thinks about gender, sexual, and racial situations — and whether the underground is being outmoded. Featured speakers include the journalist Kandia Crazy Horse, a member of the bands Matmos and Soft Pink Truth, Drew Daniel; filmmaker and artist James Spooner, and an assistant professor of English and gender studies at the University of Southern California, Karen Tongson. Performance artists Lady Jaye and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge are also featured. The event is co-sponsored by NYU’s Performance Studies and the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music. Friday, 2 p.m., NYU, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, Room 102, 13–19 University Place, between 8th Street and Waverly Place, 212-992-9540, free.

YOUNG VOICES Etgar Keret is considered a voice of the new Israeli generation: He began writing in 1992, and more than 40 short movies have been based on his stories. He speaks about his career and about writing in Israel in a rare American appearance. Saturday, 9 p.m., Jewish Community Center, 334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th Street, 646-505-5708, $15 general, $12 members.

THEATER

FUNNYHAHA Primary Stages presents a one-night-only benefit event, “An Evening of Humor and More With Charles Grodin.” Mr. Grodin is best known for his television and stage work. His Broadway plays include “Tchin-Tchin, “Absence of a Cello,” and “Same Time, Next Year.” He is currently a commentator for CBS News. Sunday, 7 p.m., 59E59 Theaters, 59 E. 59th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-279-4200, $100–$200.

OH, LIFE Brian Harris’s “Tall Grass” is a dark comedy about three couples with three problems: A lazy young executive is obsessed with a career-obsessed woman; a middleaged couple’s fantasies lurch out of control, and two octogenarians fight for their lives. The play is directed by Nick Corley, and featured actors include Mark Dold, Edward O’Blenis, and Marla Schaffel. Through Sunday, Tuesday–Saturday, 8 p.m., Theatre Row, the Beckett Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St., between Ninth and Dyer avenues, 212-279-4200, $51.25.

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