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FALLACI AGAINST THE MACHINE An exhibit to celebrate the life and work of Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, “My America,” opens Friday. A premiere screening of the documentary “Oriana Fallaci and America” is a featured part of the exhibit, and is among several events presented by the Italian Ministry of Culture to advance the study of one of Italy’s most prominent journalists. Fallaci, who died in 2006 after succumbing to breast cancer, was a political writer known for her combative interviews with world leaders and provocative stances. Her best-selling book “The Rage and the Pride” (Rizzoli) was published weeks after the attacks of September 11 and drew accusations of racism and inciting hatred against Muslims. Manhattan was selected as the venue for the first of this series because of the important role the city played in Fallaci’s life. Friday through Thursday, July 5, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Italian Cultural Institute of New York, 686 Park Ave. at 68th Street, 212-879-4242, free.

CIRCLE ON THE CANVAS The exhibit “Looking Forward,” by Nobu Fukui, is a collection of paintings featuring whimsical circles of bold colors. The works are inspired by his fascinations with the art of anime and comic book heroes and heroines. Through Saturday, July 7, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Stephen Haller Gallery, 542 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-741-7777, free.

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 hardedged 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.

SPEAKING IN FIGURES “Body Beware: 18 American Artists” features paintings and sculptures that each present an individual view on anatomy or human interaction. Artists include Pavel Tchelitchew, Walt Kuhn, Romare Bearden, and Federico Castellon. Through Friday, July 27, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 24 W. 57th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-247-0082, free.

SOUTH ASIAN SENSATION “Where the Sand Meets the Sky,” the latest exhibit of paintings by Bengali artist Jayashree Chakravarty, opens today at Bodhi Fine Arts. She is known for interspersing representations of ducks, sparrows, and insects into her paintings, and takes inspiration from Byzantine mosaics and French Impressionism. Through Tuesday, July 31, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Bodhi Fine Arts, 535 W. 24th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-352-2644, free.

POP GENERATION Gerald Laing’s latest exhibit, “Sex and Speed: British Pop from the 1960s,” features bold prints of American-influenced images, including women in bikinis and drag racers. His collection of prints of pinup girls, titled “Baby Baby Wild Things,” includes a print of Brigitte Bardot. Selections from the exhibit at Mary Ryan Gallery include “CT Strokers” (1968), above. Through Friday, August 3, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Mary Ryan Gallery, 527 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-397-0766.

DANCE

DANCE OF THE SWAN MAIDENS The American Ballet Theatre dances the classic “Swan Lake,” a four-act piece set to the score by Tchaikovsky. The romantic tale of love and forgiveness is based on an ancient German legend and widely considered the world’s most beloved ballet. The ABT staging features lavish costumes and spectacular sets depicting a lakeside, renaissance royal court. Kevin McKenzie is artistic director of the production. Featured performers include Paloma Herrera, who dances the role of Odette/Odile, and Angel Corella, who dances the role of Prince Siegfried. Both principal dancers appear during Saturday’s final performance. Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., ABT, Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Opera House, between Columbus Avenue and 64th Street, 212-362-6000, $24–$91.

TAPPING WITH HAPPY FEET An American dancer and choreographer, Savion Glover, performs a summer season at the Joyce. Mr. Glover is the force behind the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, “Bring in the Noise, Bring in the Funk” (1996), and the choreographer for the tap dancing penguin featured in the animated film “Happy Feet” (2006). For this show, Mr. Glover delivers an energetic program including his signature style of tap, “hitting,” and footwork that appears to double as musical accompaniment. Through Saturday, July 14, Monday–Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, 2 and 7:30 p.m., Thursday–Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., between 18th and 19th streets, 212-242-0800, $44 general, $33 members.

FILM

STRAWBERRY FIELDS As part of its Weekend Classics series, the IFC Center presents a screening of Ingmar Bergman’s “Wild Strawberries” (1957). The film is a featured part of the IFC program “Essential Art House: Janus at 50,” an ongoing tribute to the legendary cinema distributor. The plot centers on a 76-year-old professor, a distinguished medical scientist who travels from Stockholm to Lund with his daughterin-law to receive an honorary doctorate. During the 400-mile car journey the old man remembers his past, including the girl he loved who married his brother instead, and his own bitter marriage. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, noon, IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave. at West 3rd Street, 212-924-7771, $10.75 general, $7 seniors and ICP members.

MUSIC

UPSTATE CLASSICAL The Caramoor Music Festival in Katonah, N.Y., 50 miles north of the city, presents a weekend of classical music and musical comedy. On Friday, the festival presents “Un Mundo — The Music of Venezuela,” featuring the premiere of Marco Granados’s “The Venezuelan Suite.” Mr. Granados also leads an all-Venezuelan musical ensemble, which includes trumpeter Francisco Flores, bassist Roberto Koch, cuatro player Jorge Glem, and maracas player and vocalist Leonardo Granados. Saturday’s Caramoor Cavalcade features six concerts in one day. The night ends with a performance by jazz clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera. On Sunday, former Monty Python troupe member Eric Idle, along with composer John Du Prez present the premiere of their work for orchestra, chorus, and soloists, “Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy).” The performance features Mr. Idle in a baritone-ish role, as well as soprano Shannon Mercer, and mezzo-soprano Jean Stilwell. The Orchestra of St. Luke’s accompanies the performance. Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, begins at 1 p.m., Sunday, 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, 914-232-1252, Friday, $25–$35, Saturday, $15 for all day concerts, $17.50–$67.50 for night jazz concert, Sunday, $40–$125.

UPRIGHT JAZZ BRIGADE Bassist Christian McBride performs at the Village Vanguard for the first time in a decade. He celebrates the ar rival with the formation of a new band, the Christian McBride Quin tet, featuring pianist Eric Reed, al to saxophonist Steve Wilson, and drummer Carl Allen. The Philadel phia-born bassist began his career in New York as a short-term stu dent at Juilliard, but was quickly absorbed into the downtown jazz scene. Through Sunday, 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Ave. South at Perry Street, 212-255 4037, $35.

CASUAL CONCERT SERIES The New York Philharmonic performs as part of its Summertime Classics series, indoor and outdoor con certs highlighting popular and themed repertoire. This week’s program, “On the Beautiful Blue Danube,” features works by Franz Liszt and Johann Strauss II. A guest conductor, Bramwell Tovey leads the orchestra, and pianist Markus Groh has his debut with the Philharmonic. Concertgoers are invited to arrive early for a drink on the piazza by the foun tain. Friday, 8 p.m., New York Phil harmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, Broadway and 65th Street, 212-875-5900 $24–$54.

STRINGS AND SERRA The Flux String Quartet performs a new string quartet commissioned by the Bargemusic organization from composer Yotam Haber. Mr. Haber wrote the piece inspired by the sculptures of Richard Serra, some of which are on view now at the Mu seum of Modern Art in the exhibit “Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years.” Concert, Friday and Satur day, 8 p.m., Bargemusic, Fulton Fer ry Landing, Fulton Street and Cad man Plaza West, Brooklyn, 718-624 4061, $35 general, $30 seniors, $20 students. Exhibit, Saturday–Monday and Wednesday–Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Friday, 10:30 a.m.–8 p.m., MoMA, 11 W. 53rd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-708-9400, $20 general, $16 seniors, $12 students, free for children.

PHOTOGRAPHY

IN THE EYE OF THE LENS The exhibit “Melissa Ann Pinney: Recent Work” features the artist’s interpretations of life in the suburbs, capturing young children and adolescents in the midst of growing up. Through Saturday, Wednesday–Saturday, noon–6 p.m., Alan Klotz Gallery, 511 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-741-4764, free.

TURN ON THE LIGHT “Illuminations: Photographs by Lynn Davis” is an exhibit that documents Ms. Davis’s travels throughout the world in search of the greatest universal sites, both man-made and natural. Ms. Davis documented individuals interacting with their local environments, and religious artifacts. Through Monday, July 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, and neighbors of the museum, free for children.

READINGS

ONE MAN’S QUEST The fiction reading group of Barnes & Noble gathers for an open discussion of W. Somerset Maugham’s “The Razor’s Edge” (Penguin Classics), a tale of one man’s search for enlightenment. The book, published in 1944, depicts the journey of its main character, which takes him from the start of World War I on through the Great Depression. Characters from every niche of French, American, and English society are introduced along the way. The novel presents Maugham’s reflections on the nature of the human spirit. Friday, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.

THEATER

SELF-OBSESSION Jason Schafer, a writer for the Showtime drama “Queer as Folk,” presents the premiere of his newest play, “I Google Myself.” The comedy follows three different men with the same name: One is a gay pornography star with a difficult secret; one is a mechanic addicted to marijuana who maintains a poetry Web log and has anger management issues, and the last is a stalker with a penchant for balloons. The three men meet when one uses the search engine Google to look for others with his name. “I Google Myself” is directed by Jason Jacobs, and stars Reed Prescott, Tim Cusack, and John Gardner. Through Saturday, July 7, Thursday and Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 8 and 10:30 p.m., Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place, between First Avenue and Avenue A, 212-352-3101 18.

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