ART

TEXT AND FLY Adam Baumgold Gallery presents the group exhibit “Text Messages,” which includes paintings, drawings and sculptures by 32 artists for whom words or text are a significant element in their work. Selections include James Castle’s “Untitled (Lucky Strike book)” (c. 1940), above left, and Felipe Jesus Consalvos’s “Arsenic Complexion Wafers” (c. 1920-50), above right. Through Wednesday, August 15, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Adam Baumgold Gallery, 74 E. 79th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-861-7338, free.

WOMEN BUILT TO FIGHT The Bravin Lee gallery hosts a reception to celebrate the opening of the “Vogue Series,” an exhibit of works on paper by Marcia Kure. Ms. Kure’s technique is inspired by the ancient cave drawings of southern Africa and the Uli wall murals of Nigeria. In this show, Ms. Kure depicts a small army of voluminous female figures using pigment derived from the West African kola nut. The images evoke glamour, even as they present a commentary on the impersonal sexuality of fashion and advertising. Through Friday, July 13, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., BravinLee, suite 211, 526 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-462-4404, free.

FAMILY

CHOCOLATE FUN Cobble Hill’s Big Movies for Little Kids series presents a screening of Mel Stuart’s “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” (1971). The local chocolate shop CaryMo chocolates offers 100 “golden tickets,” redeemable at the Stinky Bklyn restaurant or One Girl Cookies. Today, 4 p.m., Cobble Hill Cinemas, 265 Court St. at Butler Street, 718-596-4995, $6.

FILM

FUMBLING THROUGH LOVE The HBO/Bryant Park Summer Film Festival features sunset screenings of classic American movies. The series opens with Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall” (1977), about a neurotic New York comic who mends his broken heart by reminiscing about past relationships. Tonight, 5 p.m., Bryant Park, between 40th and 42nd streets and Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-274-0343, free.

MUSIC

ROCK REINTERPRETED The New York Musical Theater Festival ends its spring concert series with “Undercover Showtunes,” a concert comprising pop and rock songs that weren’t written for musicals, but sound as if they might have been. Songs include Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit,” the Decemberists’ “16 Military Wives,” Elvis Costello’s “Every Day I Write This Book,” and Rufus Wainwright’s “Oh What a World.” Performers include Broadway actors Nancy Opel, Ann Morrison, and Michael Winther, and television actors Gloria Reuben and Christian Campbell. Tonight, 7 p.m., the Zipper Factory, 336 W. 37th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 212-352-3101, $50 and $90.

EYE ON JAZZ The 12th annual Vision Festival features the best and most renowned avant-garde jazz musicians from New York and around the world. The festival opens tomorrow with the premiere of William Parker’s “Double Sunrise Over Neptune,” featuring trumpeter Lewis Barnes, alto saxophonist Rob Brown, and baritone saxophonist Dave Sewelson. The trio Fieldwork follows at 8:30 p.m., featuring pianist Vijay Iyer, saxophonist Steve Lehman, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. The Cooper-Moore Project teams up with dancer Marlies Yearby at 9:30 p.m., and Spiritual Unity, featuring guitarist Marc Ribot, bassist Henry Grimes, drummer Chad Taylor, and trumpeter, Roy Campbell, closes the night at 10:30. The festival’s opening is sponsored by MTV’s URGE Nights series. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Angel Orensanz Foundation, 172 Norfolk St., between Houston and Stanton streets, 800-838-3006, $125 for festival pass, $30 in advance per night, $35 at the doors.

IVORIES RECITAL The Abby Whiteside Foundation presents pianist John Kamitsuka in his fifth concert in five consecutive years at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Kamitsuka’s program consists of works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert. Pieces include Brahms’s “Two Intermezzi” from “Klavierstücke” in B minor and E minor. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, 881 Seventh Ave. at 57th Street, 212-247-7800, $35, $15 students and seniors.

PHOTOGRAPHY

CLICK THIS The International Center of Photography hosts “Click,” its annual summer party, featuring an auction including opportunities to work with photographers Mona Kuhn and Matthew Jordan Smith, and the opportunity to shoot for American PHOTO and Popular Photography magazines. Summer cocktails and Asian fusion appetizers are offered. Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Lotus, 409 W. 14th St., between Ninth Avenue and Washington Street, 212-857-0032, $125.

DANGEROUS SITUATIONS Mischa Bar-Am is considered by some to be Israel’s most prominent photographer. His latest retrospective of works is presented in conjunction with the Magnum Photo Festival. In The New York Sun on June 7, William Meyers wrote that Mr. Bar-Am has “a talent for dramatic composition, a determination to find the truth in a situation, and a predisposition for irony.” Through Friday, June 29, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Andrea Meislin Gallery, 526 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, suite 214, 212-627-2552, free.

READINGS

TELLING TALES The storytelling of Diane Wolkstein is a time-honored tradition in New York City In April, Mayor Bloomberg declared June 22nd as “Diane Wolkstein Day,” to celebrate Ms. Wolkstein’s 40-year career as a storyteller. She is currently the artistic director of storytelling at the Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park. Her work is celebrated during an all-day festival featuring readings by Dovie Thompson, Laura Simms, Gioia Timpanelli, and fifth-grade students from P.S. 242. Saturday, 11 a.m., Central Park, Hans Christian Andersen Statue, 72nd Street at Fifth Avenue, 609-896-1792, free.

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