ART

BRIDGE OVER MANY WATERS Roland Kulla’s paintings are inspired by his fascination with the metalwork of bridges and other public structures: Mr. Kulla photographs intricate metalwork, and uses his photos as a guide for his paintings. He began his work in Chicago in 2000 and recently moved to New York City to continue his collection. Maureen Mullarkey wrote in The New York Sun on June 7: “His hard-edged paint handling is as austere and rigorous as his subject.” Through Saturday, July 14, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., George Billis Gallery, 511 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-645-2621, free.

DANCE

LEAPS AND BOUNDS An ensemble of young dancers from the Juilliard School and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Hell’s Kitchen Dance, perform with famed dancer and choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov. The performance marks the troupe’s first New York City performance. Mr. Baryshnikov is the founder of the Baryshnikov Arts Center, a creative laboratory for a community of experimental artists working in the fields of dance, music, theater, film, design and visual arts. Among the highlights are Donna Uchizono’s “Leap to Tall” and Aszure Barton’s “Come In,” two dances commissioned and created at BAC in 2006. Featured dancers include Hristoula Harakas Jonathan Alsberry, Shamel Pitts and Emily Proctor. Tomorrow, 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday, 3 p.m., Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 W. 37th St., between Ninth and Tenth avenues, 212-279-4200, $30.

FAMILY

READ IT UP The Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment is a nonprofit organization that educates children and city dwellers about the built and natural environments of the city. The organization hosts its second annual literary fair featuring poetry workshops, quilt making, community Monopoly model building, and mock neighborhood walk throughs with families and students from I.S. 49, P.S 377, P.S. 375, and P.S. 196. A performance by the children’s indie rock band Audra Rox is also featured. Saturday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m., Prospect Park Tennis House, Prospect Park Drive West at 3rd, 9th, and 15th streets, Brooklyn, 718-788-8500 free.

VOICE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE The Brooklyn Youth Chorus performs “SoundScapes,” three concerts to celebrate its 15th anniversary. The Grammy-award winning chorus features junior, prepatory, and in termediate divisions. Among the highlights are five world premieres from the BYC Commissioning Project. Those include a trilogy of works created by composers Paul Moravec, David Lang, and Nico Muhly on the theme of “Myths and Origins,” inspired by such texts and tales as Genesis and Old Norse mythology. Other selections include Joel Martin’s jazz-classical vocal suite, “Fauré’s En Sourdine” and “I Hear a Rhapsody.” A composers’ forum moderated by the education director at the New York Philharmonic, Theodore Wiprud, is at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, and a VIP reception follows the concert. To morrow, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m., Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University, Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, 1 University Plaza, between Flatbush and DeKalb avenues, Brooklyn, 718 488-1624, $15 and $35 general, $70 includes entry to VIP reception.

THE BACK OF THE BUS “Mother of Exiles, Daughters of Song” is the theme of this year’s annual spring concert given by the Brooklyn Women’s Chorus. The multimedia performance addresses social is sues including immigration and civil rights, and features spoken word and projected images Among the selected works is Woody Guthrie’s “Deportee,” and “In America,” written by the direc tor of the BWC, Bev Grant. Tomor row, 8 p.m., Brooklyn Society of Eth ical Culture, Very Good Coffee House, 53 Prospect Park West at 2nd Street, 718-230-4999, $10 gen eral, $6 children.

FESTIVALS

SUMMER IS HERE The Socrates Sculpture Park presents its annual summer solstice celebration, featuring family-friendly activities and performances. Featured performers include JoJo and the Latin All Stars and the musician Yarina, who performs traditional music from the Andes mountain region. The dance companies Abara and Capoeira Brasil perform capoeira dances, and the Agostino Arts organization offers storytelling and costumemaking. The celebration is co-presented with Materials for the Arts, the Noguchi Museum, the Free Style Arts Association, and the Queens Museum of Art. Tonight, 5 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd. at Broadway, Long Island City, Queens, 718-956-1819, free.

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. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Lotus, 409 W. 14th St., between Ninth Avenue and Washington Street, 212-857-0032, $125.

READINGS

WOMAN AT 40 OVERBOARD As part of its “Live at Lincoln” series, Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center Triangle, hosts Mary South, who reads from “The Cure for Anything Is Saltwater: How I Threw My Life Overboard and Found Happiness at Sea” (HarperCollins). In her memoir, Ms. South, a successful New York book editor, recounts how a midlife crisis led her to give up her life in publishing and take up residence on a steel-hull trawler she bought before knowing how to captain it, the Bossanova. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.

TELLING TALES The storytelling of Diane Wolkstein is a time-honored tradition in New York City. In April, Mayor Bloomberg declared June 22 “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 allday 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.

RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL

A SMORGASBORD OF FUN The festival and the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy celebrate the first day of summer in the traditional Swedish way, with picnicking, making floral headdresses, a maypole procession, and dancing until dark to traditional fiddle music. Music is provided by Paul Dahlin and fiddlers from Minneapolis’s American Swedish Institute. Dancers include the Barnklubben Elsa Rix ensemble and the Swedish Folkdancers of New York. A co-sponsor of the night is the Consul General of Sweden. Tomorrow, 5 p.m., Wagner Park, Battery Place, between West Street and First Place, 212-267-9700, free.

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