FILM

ON THE AIR The Film Society of Lincoln Center hosts a special advance screening and discussion of Kasi Lemmons’s “Talk To Me” (2007). Don Cheadle, who appears in the film, joins the conversation and reminisces about his career in Hollywood. The film follows the life of an ex-convict, Petey Greene, who became a radio and television talk show success in Washington, D.C., during the turbulent era of social consciousness of the late 1960s, but who could not overcome his alcohol addiction. Featured actors include Martin Sheen and Cedric “the Entertainer” Keyes. The associate director of programming at the Film Society, Kent Jones, is moderator of the event. Tonight, 7 p.m., Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, 165 W. 65th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-496-3809, $30 general, $25 members.

MOVIES IN THE LOT Quisqueya Henríquez is a Cuban-Dominican artist who has been highly regarded during her decades-long career for fashioning art from the simplest of city sights and sounds. The Bronx Museum of Art plans to open a retrospective of her work in September. As a preview, the museum holds a free outdoor viewing in Manhattan of some of Ms. Henríquez’s films, including “El mundo de afuera” (“The World Outside”) (2006), which depicts over three years of street life that the artist shot from her balcony in Santo Domingo. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., at a Chelsea parking lot at 7 W. 21st St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 718-681-6000, free, e-mailed reservations are required to anne@anneedgar.com or lsalmon@bronxmuseum.org.

FOOD & DRINK

NO SNOBS AT THE TABLE Makor hosts “Wine Tasting Without the Attitude: PinotMania! Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir!” Instructor Stefani Jackenthal leads a wine tasting of between six and eight wines from various regions as featured experts offer instruction. Wines are matched with gourmet edibles, and non-kosher and kosher wines alike are served. Participants are invited to sip, sniff, and swirl their way through an assortment of the pinot family of purple and white grapes. Thursday, 6:30 p.m., 92nd Street Y, Weill Art Gallery, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $35.

MUSIC

THE BRONX BEAT As part of the City Parks Concerts seriespresented by the City Parks Foundation, salsa singer Adalberto Santiago performs. Once called the “Puerto Rican Elvis,” Mr. Santiago first made a splash on the salsa scene in the 1960s as part of the bands Tipica 73 and Los Kimbos. Tonight, 7 p.m., St. Mary’s Park, 146th Street andSt. Ann’sAvenue, theBronx,212 360-2756, free.

SAY MY NAME Once a member of the R&B super-girl-group Destiny’s Child, Kelly Rowland is now celebrating the release of her solo album, “Ms. Kelly,” featuring the current hit single “Like This.” The party is held by the LIFEbeat’s AfterParty Series, which organizes celebrity parties to raise funds for AIDS research and awareness. Tonight, 8 p.m., Guesthouse, 542 W. 27th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-459-2590, $15 in advance, $20 at the doors.

BLACK BEAT The Nigerian-born scion of the father of Afrobeat, Femi Kuti performs with his band, the Positive Force, as part of the Central Park SummerStage concert series. Mr. Kuti took up the musical and political mantle left in the wake of the AIDS-related death of his father, Fela Kuti, in 1997. Among Mr. Kuti’s acclaimed recordings is “Fight To Win” and “Shoki, Shoki,” for which he collaborated with such artists as Mos Def and Common. DJ Rich Medina spins a signature set of soul, hiphop, and world music. A screening of Stephane Tchal-Gadjieff’s and Jean Jacques Flori’s “Music Is a Weapon” (1982), a documentary on the life of Fela Kuti, is also featured. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Central Park SummerStage, 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.

READINGS

SHADE The Academy of American Poets and the Bryant Park Restoration Project host a reading by poets Matthew Lippman, Geoffrey O’Brien, andCatherine Barnett. The outdoor event is featured as part of the Word for Word Poetry series, an ongoing program of readings at thepark. Ms. Barnett, aninstructor at New York University, is the recipient of the 2003 Beatrice Hawley Award for her first collection of poems, “Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced” (Alice James), about the response to the sudden deaths of the writer’s two young nieces. Mr. O’Brien reads from his most recent collection, “Green and Gray” (University of California), and Mr. Lippman reads from his own collection, “The New Year of Yellow” (Sarabande). Tonight, 6:30 p.m., through Tuesday, September 11, dates and times vary, Bryant Park Reading Room, 42nd Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-768-4242, free. For complete information, go to bryantpark.org/ calendar.

RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL

TINKERBELL’S COLLEAGUES “Enchanted Fairies and Elves: Protectors of Woods and Streams,” also co-presented by the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, features storyteller Laura Martin as she regales children with fairy stories found in worldwide cultures. Children can make fairy houses and wings to take home. Sunday, 11 a.m., Battery Park City, Teardrop Park, River Terrace, between Warren and Murray streets, 212-267-9700, free.

TOURS

WHARTON’S CENTRAL PARK The Central Park Conservancy hosts “Views from the Past,” a one-hour promenade through the heart of the park. Guests are invited to imagine life as it was lived in 19th-century New York City, including a guided tour of the park’s history, and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the public greens. Tomorrow, 6 p.m., meet at the Central Park, Dairy Visitor Center, mid-park at 65th Street, 212-794-6564, free.

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