2007 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

BEGINNING OF THE WEEK The Tribeca Film Festival rolls along with a screening of Kira Muratova’s “Two in One” (2006), a two-part movie about the death of a stage ac tor that turns a theatrical drama into a real one (Today, 4 p.m., AMC Kips Bay, 570 Second Ave. at 32nd Street, 212-447 0638, $14). Jeff Nichols’s “Encounters” (2007) fol lows two sets of half-brothers who collide at the funeral of their father in Arkansas (Tonight, 7:30 p.m. AMC Kips Bay, 570 Second Ave. at 32nd Street, 212-447 0638, $18).

ART

DON’T BE SO DOWN “Lamentations and Drawings” is a new exhibit of sculpture and drawings by Mel Chin, whose work attempts to combine psychological and political issues with cross-cultural aesthetics. Selections from the exhibit include “Shape of a Lie” (2005), above. Through Saturday, May 19, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Frederieke Taylor Gallery, 535 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 646-230-0992, free.

A GRAVE MATTER Monya Rowe Gallery presents “130,000 Years of Last Tendencies,” a solo exhibit of works by artist Abigail Lazkoz. Ms Lazkoz shows a series of large-scale works on paper that act as a site specific installation. Visitors to the gallery are thrust upon entering the installation, into a cemetery where not only are the headstones visible but also the inhabitants of the graveyard. Her drawings depict an array of characters in compromis ing arrangements and are suffused with the artist’s dark humor and ex istentialist references. Scientists have concluded that the first burial rituals by human were conducted about 130,000 years ago. Through Saturday, May 12, Tuesday–Satur day, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Monya Rowe Gallery, 526 W. 26th St., no. 605, be tween Tenth and Eleventh avenues 212-255-5065, free.

A BIRD’S EYE VIEWING The New York Historical Society presents “Audubon’s Aviary: Natural Selec tion,” an exhibit of 43 watercolor paintings by John James Audubon drawn from the society’s perma nent collection. Twenty-one bird species are represented in the show – portraits that the artist frequently reworked two or three times. The show is complemented by recorded birdcalls from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and a video that un derscores Audubon’s mastery at encapsulating each bird’s personal ity. Through Sunday, May 20, Tues day-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free ad mission and open till 8 p.m. on Fri day, NYHS, 170 Central Park W. at 77th Street, 212-868-4444, $10 gen eral, $7 educators and seniors, $6 students, free for NYHS members and children under 12. For complete information, go to nyhistory.org.

FASHION

A DRESS FOR THE RECEPTION A sample sale of signature gowns from the Bridal Collection of de signer Reem Acra ends tonight Sample frocks are sold between 75% and 80% off and stock starts at a discount of 60%. Dresses that re tailed between $450 and $10,000 are now between $150 and $4,000 and are available in sizes 4 to 14 Ms. Acra’s evening and wedding dresses have become highly sought after among Hollywood starlets and have been featured in the pages of such publications as In Style, Vogue, and Town & Country Today, 8:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m., 14 E 60th St., suite 212, second floor, be tween Fifth and Madison avenues 212-421-3200, ext. 25, free.

FESTIVALS

NOT SO ITSY-BITSY The City of New York and Columbia Pictures present “Spider-Man Week in NYC,” a series of events related to the release of the new film “Spider-Man 3,” which has its premiere tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival. Events include “Spidey Goes Wild Week,” a scavenger hunt at the Bronx Zoo (Fordham Road and Bronx River Parkway, the Bronx), the exhibit “Spiders: Alive!” at the American Museum of Natural History (79 Central Park West at 79th Street), and more. Today through Saturday, dates, times, and locations vary. For complete information, call 311.

FILM

A NEW YORK BOY “The Magic of Paul Mazursky” is a series present ed by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and is the first major retrospective of the writer, director, actor, and producer, a New York native. The series begins with a screening of “Next Stop, Greenwich Village” (1976), a semi-autobiographical account of Mr. Mazursky’s move to Greenwich Village. Actors include Shelley Winters, Lenny Baker, and Christopher Walken. The screening is preceded by a short clip of Mr. Mazursky trying his hand at acting, and a question-and-answer with the director. Friday, 6:15 p.m., FSLC, Walter Reade Theater, 165 W. 65th St. at Broadway, 212-875-5600, $11 general, $7 children, students, and members.

MUSIC

TEACHING THE NOTES The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola of Jazz at Lincoln Center present two distinct sets led by noted musician and New School Jazz faculty member Charles Tolliver. The 7:30 p.m. set features classic works performed by the New School Jazz Orchestra. The 9:30 p.m. set features music by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Repertory. A trumpeter, Mr. Tolliver began his career in 1964. Tonight, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., JALC, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Broadway at 60th Street, Time Warner Center, 212-258-9595, $15 general, $10 students, $10 food and drink minimum.

SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN A renowned jazz vocalist, Cassandra Wilson, makes a rare club appearance during an engagement at the Blue Note. The Mississippi native with the distinctive alto sings a program that reflects her deep musical and cultural education in the South, blues, and American jazz and classics. Selections include songs from her breakthrough album “New Moon Daughter,” which featured sublime covers of titles by the Beatles and Hoagy Carmichael. Songs from Ms. Wilson’s aural tribute to Miles Davis, “Traveling Miles,” which includes a haunting rendition of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” are also featured. Guitarist Marvin Sewell, pianist Cyrus Chestnut, and drummer Herlin Riley are among the accompanying musicians. Wednesday–Friday, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., Saturday, 9 and 11:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St., between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street, 212-475-8592, $55 at a table, $35 at the bar.

NETHERLAND STRINGS Janine Jansen makes her Carnegie Hall debut with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. The Dutch violinist performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 in C Major, and other pieces off of her latest album “Concerto and Romance.” Saturday, 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, Seventh Avenue at 57th Street, 212-247-7800, $30-$98.

READINGS

PROMINENT VOICES Novelist Peter Carey and poet Tom Sleigh read from their works during an installment of Hunter College’s Distinguished Writers Series. Mr. Carey’s “Theft: A Love Story” (Knopf ) is about how twin brothers in Wales cope after one brother’s career spirals downward. Mr. Sleigh reads from his collection “Space Walk” (Houghton Mifflin). Tomorrow, 1:30 p.m., Hunter College, Hunter West, Faculty Dining Room, eighth floor, southwest corner of 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, 212-772-4007, free.

THE PARIS REVIEW READINGS Housing Works Bookstore Café and the Academy of American Poets present “An Evening with Paris Review Poets.” Featured guests including Emily Moore, Matthew Thorburn, and Mary Karr read from recent work. A professor of literature at Syracuse University, Ms. Karr is the author of four books of poetry and the best-selling memoirs “The Liar’s Club” (Penguin) and “Cherry” (Picador). The Texas native frequently mines her dysfunctional adolescence, including life in a dull town and a subsequent escape into literature in her comic and often razor-edged verse. A book signing follows. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Housing Works Bookstore Café, 126 Crosby St., between Houston and Prince streets, 212-334-3324, free, donated books welcome.

AMERICAN MESSAGES Editors Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove introduce dramatic readings from their collection “Voices of a People’s History of the United States” (Seven Stories Press), which features essays by important American personages, including Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Malcolm X, and Frederick Douglass. Readers include Danny Glover, Ally Sheedy, Brian Jones, Deepa Fernades, and Harris Yulin. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., the Cooper Union, the Great Hall, 7 E. 7th St. at Third Avenue, 212-353-4195, free.

SOIRÉES

AN EXCELLENT CAUSE The Center Against Domestic Violence is a nonprofit organization that provides shelter and services to abused women and their children. The group hosts an art exhibit and silent auction including works by established and emerging artists and children’s art called “Drawing the Line Against Domestic Violence.” In addition to the exhibit and auction, VIPs are invited to a private reception with the artists. Featured artists include Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Donald Baechler, Danica Phelps, and Elliot Land. Photographer Patrick McMullan is the honorary chair of the event. Wednesday, VIP reception, 6 p.m., auction, 7 p.m., Metropolitan Pavilion, the Gallery, 123 W. 18th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 718-254-9134, $100 general, $250 VIP admission.

RUNNING FOR GOOD The Entertainment Industry Foundation’s 10th annual Revlon Run/Walk For Women raises funds for women’s cancer research, counseling, and outreach programs. Celebrities expected to appear include Halle Berry, Jesse L. Martin, Mandy Moore, and Chaka Khan. Saturday, 7 a.m., meet in Times Square, 212-379-3199, $30 to participate.

TALKS

HORSING AROUND The Frick Collection presents “George Stubbs and the Image of the Horse,” a lec ture by a senior curator at the Kim bell Art Museum in Fort Worth Texas, Malcolm Warner. Although Stubbs rejected the label “horse painter,” he drew and painted hors es differently from any artist be fore him, bringing to his work a classical sensibility, and a powerful charge of intellectual and imagina tive associations. The lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibit “George Stubbs (1724 1806): A Celebration.” Wednesday 6 p.m., the Frick Collection, 1 E. 70th St. at Fifth Avenue, 212-547-6844 free.

MOSES ON A SWING In conjunc tion with the exhibit “Robert Moses and the Modern City: Re making the Metropolis,” the Muse um of the City of New York pres ents “New Plans for Parks: A 21st Century Vision,” a talk about Moses’s influence over the city’s public spaces, and how parks are undergoing a renewed period of transformation and expansion Parks commissioner Adrian Benepe presents an illustrated talk about the legacy of Robert Moses and new efforts to reinvent the park system for the 21st century He is followed by a panel discus sion featuring the president of the Bronx and urban planner, Adolfo Carrión Jr., a landscape architect and the Parks Department Direc tor of Field Operations, James Cor ner, and landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh, in a dis cussion moderated by the Chief of Design for the Department of Parks and Recreation, Charles McKinney. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. MCNY, 1220 Fifth Ave. at 103rd Street, 212-534-1672, $9 general, $5 students, seniors, and members.

COME SAIL AWAY Arden Scott hails from Greenport, N.Y., and makes sculptures of sailing vessels and their riggings. Inspired by the sea, she keeps near her home a 28 foot sailboat, Annie, which she built 20 years ago. Through Sunday, May 20, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, 529 W. 20th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-366-5368 free.

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