MUSIC

MUSICAL JOURNEY TO WESTCHESTER The Bel Canto at Caramoor series, taking place at the Caramoor Music Festival, opens its 10th anniversary season with a performance of Rossini’s “Petite Messe Solennelle.” The piece was the composer’s last great work, 35 years after Rossini had taken a public retirement. Performers include soprano Julianna Di Giacomo, mezzo-soprano Laura Vlasak Nolen , and tenor Barry Banks. Friday, 4:30 p.m., Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, 914-232-1252, $15–$45.

ART

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.

SIDEWALKING “The Secret Lives of Streets” is an exhibit organized by students who researched how Brooklyn’s streets were originally named. The students used the resources of the Brooklyn Historical Society to complete their research, in a pilot after-school program called Exhibition Laboratory. The teenagers curated the entire exhibit, showing how historic Brooklyn events and notable Brooklyn residents factored into the naming of the streets. Through Sunday, September 2, Wednesday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m., Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepoint St. at Clinton Street, 718-222-4111, free.

NEO-GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents an exhibit of new paintings by Neo Rauch. The works depict a parallel world of hypertrophied humans, for which the acclaimed 47-year-old artist references surrealism, public murals, and the heroic 1950s workmen and women of Eastern Bloc political posters. Through Sunday, October 14, the Met, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd Street, 212-535-7710, $20 suggested donation, $10 seniors and students, free for members and children under 12. For more information, go to metmuseum.org.

DANCE

SHAKE LOOSE MY SKIN The City Parks Foundation hosts the Ronald K. Brown/Evidence dance company, which dances a program of ballet, modern, and African as part of its Central Park Summer Stage series. Mr. Brown and his troupe dance several works from the Evidence repertoire, including “High Life,” an interpretation of the journey from slavery to freedom. A group devoted to the art of breakdancing , rap, and street-culture, Full Circle Soul Productions, also performs. Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio and Anita “Rokafella” Garcia are artistic directors of FCP. Friday, 8 p.m., Central Park Summer-Stage, Rumsey Playfield, enter on 69th Street at Fifth Avenue on the east side, or 72nd Street at Central Park West on the west side, 212 360-2756, free.

FILM

FANS OF HARRISON In 1982, three 12-year-olds from Mississippi decided to make a shot-for-shot adaptation of their favorite Indiana Jones film, “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” It took the children seven years to finish the film, at which time the tribute was promptly shelved and forgotten. In 2003, director Eli Roth took it upon himself to screen the film at an Austin, Texas, art house, and the tribute immediately became a cult classic. Anthology Film Archives screens “Raiders of the Lost Art: An Adapatation” (1982–89), which was created by Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala, and Jayson Lamb. The grown Mr. Zala is on hand for post-screening discussions. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., AFA, 32 Second Ave. at 2nd Street, 212-505-5181, $8 general, $6 students and seniors, $5 members.

A GREAT LESSON BEFORE DYING The IFC Center hosts a screening of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s restored underground classic “El Topo” (1970), as part of its “Waverly Midnights” series. The film, a strange and ultra-violent, allegorical Western, is set in two acts that have widely been compared to the Hebrew and Christian Bible. In the first half, a gunfighter, El Topo sets off on a mission to challenge four Zen masters of gunfighting, and learns a Great Lesson from each before they die. In the second half, El Topo, played by the director, sets out to find personal redemption, but unfortunately death is never far away. Friday, and Saturday, midnight, IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave. at West 3rd Street, 212-924-7771, $10.75 general, $7 seniors and ICP members.

MIRROR, MIRROR Filmmaker Jennifer Fox is known for her documentary films “Beirut: The Last Home Movie” and “An American Love Story.” For her latest film, “Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman” (2007), she turns the camera on herself for a visual autobiography, documenting her struggle in balancing her work and a pregnancy while maintaining two long-distance romantic relationships, one with a Swiss boyfriend and the other with a married South African man. In the film, she also interviews 17 women from around the world who offer their own perspectives on love, marriage, and independence. The six-hour film is shown in two parts: Each is a separate screening and is just under three hours. Part 1, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 1:15 and 8 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, 5 p.m.; part 2, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 5p.m.,Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday , 1:15 and 8 p.m., Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St., between Varick Street and Sixth Avenue, 212-627-2035, $10.50 general, $5.50 seniors and members.

SHIBUYA SURPRISE As part of its centennial celebration, the Japan Societypresents”JapanCuts:Festival of New Japanese Film,” a series of over 80 films presented over 11 days. The festival is split among “Long Cuts,” full-length feature films that include 15 American and New York premieres; “Short Cuts,” which feature free screenings of short films; “A Cut Above the Stars,” a free outdoor family screening, and “NY-Japan Cuts,” a screening of films by New York and Japan based directors that culminates in a public networking reception with filmmakers and industry insiders. The festival begins with a screening of Takashi Miike’s “Big Bang Love, Juvenile A” (“46 okunen no koi”) (2006), which opens with what might be a questionable murder, and revolves around two young prisoners who are connected by violence and jealousy. Through Sunday, July 15, screening times vary, Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St., between First and Second avenues, 212-715-1205, $10 general, $7.50 members and seniors, $4.50 students.

MUSIC

SOUL ON GRASS The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum kicks off the first of its “Summer Sessions” series with “Design + DJs + Dancing,” an evening of revelry and eclectic sounds provided by DJs among the most in demand in the city. Guests are invited to spend the night dancing or simply lounging on the grass. A flutist and saxophonist, Jay Rodriguez, of the ensemble Groove Collective, is a featured performer. DJ Jeannie Hopper is curator of the musical lineup. Friday, 6–9 p.m., first Fridays through September 7, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden, 2 E. 91st St. at Fifth Avenue, free with museum admission, $12 general, $9 seniors, students, museum and Smithsonian Institution members, free for children under 12.

PETER AND THE WOLF The New York Philharmonic presents “Moscow on the Hudson,” a program of works by Russian composers such as Glinka, Aram Khachaturian, Alexander Borodin, and Tchaikovsky . Conductor Bramwell Tovey leads the orchestra, which performs as part of its “Summertime Classics” series. Among the highlights is a performance of Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf,” the lighthearted 1936 composition written to introduce children to the sounds of an orchestra. The composer was given a libretto, but opted to rewrite it himself. The tale follows Peter as he ventures into a forbidden meadow and together with his animal friends catches a wolf, which he later hands over to a band of hunters. Actor Kevin Kline narrates during this concert. Friday, 8 p.m., New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, Broadway and 65th Street, 212-875-5900, $24–$54.

DELTA BLUES AND JAZZ TheHighline Ballroom presents cornetist and singer Olu Dara and bassist-guitarist Alonzo Gardner, who perform as part of its “Another Side Series.” Mr. Dara blends Mississippi blues, modern funk, and a plethora of African styles. Of late, the multi-instrumentalist, who is the father of hip-hop artist Nas, has ventured into rap and spoken word. Mr. Gardner, a Long Island Native, has played with Mr. Dara for more than 25 years. A 1920’sstyle Vaudevillian throwback ensemble, TJG, is a featured act. Saturday, 9 p.m., Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St., between Ninth and Tenth avenues, 212-414-5994, $25, $10 minimum a person at tables.

SUNDAY STRINGS The Music in the Garden series at the Noguchi Museum in Queens presents the Gli Altri ensemble in a performance of Jefferson Friedman’s String Quartet No. 2. The quartet includes violinists Amie Weiss and Annaliesa Place, violist Miranda Sielaff, and cellist Clarice Jensen. Sunday, 3 p.m., the Noguchi Museum, 9–01 33rd Road at Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens, 718-204-7088, free with museum admission, $10 general, $5 students and seniors.

A SWEET ESCAPE Singer Akon performs selections from his chart topping album “Konvicted,”including the melodic, uptempo ballad “Don’t Matter.” The Senegal-born singer is frequently called upon to lend his twangy, genre-bending vocals to tracks by performers, including Jay-Z, Eminem, and Gwen Stefani, for whom he has recently served as an opening act during the pop star’s “The Sweet Escape” tour. But, as the title of his debut album “Trouble” suggests, the singer can be given to misbehaving onstage. On two recent stops , Akon ran afoul of concert etiquette, for which he is said to be eager to make amends with a theatrical show. Sunday, 8 p.m., Nokia Theatre Times Square, 1515 Broadway at 44th Street, 212-307-7171, $39.50.

SOIRÉES

ANIMAL BUSINESS The Brooklyn Animal Foster Network holds its third annual benefit party, “Stray Pride,” to raise funds for medical services. Food, bingo, face painting, raffles, karaoke, and pet adoptions are all offered. Sponsors include the Veterinary Emergency and Referral Group in Cobble Hill. The network consists of more than 400 foster homes that work to place stray and abused pets in safe homes. Sunday, 2 p.m., Ginger’s Bar, 363 Fifth Ave. at 5th Street, Brooklyn, 718-789-6865, free.

THEATER

THE A TRAIN TO WEST 4TH The Manhattan Theatre Source presents Andrew Frank and Doug Silver’s “The Greenwich Village Follies,” a spirited musical about the history of the neighborhood .Songs include “Oh, Chumley’s” (about a Prohibition-era barbershop quartet) and “Splatter Me All Over” (a tribute to painter Jackson Pollock). Mr. Frank directs the play, and featured actors include John-Andrew Morrison, Charlie Parker, Guy Olivieri, and Patti Goettlicher. Through Saturday, July 28, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., special presentation tonight, 8 p.m., Manhattan Theatre Source, 177 MacDougal St., between Waverly Place and 8th Street, 212-260-4698, $18.

ART

LANDS ALL AROUND Fourteen Forum Gallery artists are represented in the gallery’s summer group show “The Contemporary Landscape.” Depictions of various landscapes include Linden Frederick’s snapshot of a hot dog truck, and William Beckman’s untitled charcoal drawing of three bulls. In yesterday’s New York Sun, John Goodrich wrote: “In the most remarkable works, the identity of the subjects emerges not so much from diligent technique or novel concepts as from formal invention; pulses of color and line define their characters.” Selections from the exhibit include Emma Tapley’s “Inverted Treescape” (2004-05), above. Through Friday, August 31, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Forum Gallery, 745 Fifth Ave., between 57th and 58th streets, 212-355-4545, free.

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