ART

FULL SCOPE The third annual Scope Hamptons art fair takes over the East Hampton Studios this weekend. Sixty galleries from across New York and over 20 countries offer a full selection of contemporary art. The fair presents an opening night gala to benefit the Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, Queens, the Guild Hall in East Hampton, and Scope’s own Foundation Education Program, which provides workshops and classes for children. Tomorrow, gala, 5–9 p.m., Thursday though Sunday, fair, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., East Hampton Studios, 77 Industrial Road, Wainscott, N.Y., 212-268-1522, free.

DANCE

WHITE LINES The White Wave Dance Company, led by choreographer Young Soon Kim, celebrates her 30th anniversary in the New York dance world with the premiere of “Ssoot,” performed with an original score by Korean composers Ki Young Kim and Dae Soo Hahn. The word “ssoot” in Korean literally translates to “charcoal” in English, but also has a colloquial meaning of “fresh energy.” Performers include Pascal Benichou, Eric Hosington, and Benjamin Degenhardt. Tonight through Saturday, Wednesday–Friday, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m., Dance Theater Workshop, 219 W. 19th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues, 212-924-0077, $20 general, $12 members.

BOW HOUSE The Ballet National de Marseille dances “Metapolis II,” a collaboration between the company’s choreographer and artisitic director, Frédéric Flamand, and architect Zaha Hadid. The performance, which has its North American premiere this week, is a featured event of the 2007 Lincoln Center Festival. With “Metapolis II,” Mr. Flamand and Ms. Hadid have added a futuristic dimension to the stage, which is awash in changing shades of blue and green. A live feed of the dancers is combined with imagery of forward-looking urban spaces and disaster footage. The result is a production that addresses contemporary ideas through movement and set design. Wednesday through Friday, 8 p.m., Lincoln Center, New York State Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plz., Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street, 212-721-6500, $50–$70.

FILM

THE JOYS OF PINOT The Summer on the Hudson arts festival, which takes place in Riverside Park South, presents its Movies Under the Stars series. This week’s screening is Alexander Payne’s “Sideways” (2004), a classic midlife crisis tale about a divorced writer who takes his engaged best friend on a bachelor party road trip through California wine country, looking for the best of America’s pinot noirs. The film stars Paul Giamatti, and Thomas Haden Church, whose performance earned him an Oscar nomination. Tonight, 8:30 p.m., Riverside Park South, 70th Street and Riverside Drive, free. For more information, call 311.

SUGAR AND SPICE The Two Boots Pioneer Theater presents the premiere of Camila Guzmán Urzúa’s “The Sugar Factory” (“El Telón de Azúcar”) (2007), a documentary about the filmmaker’s own experience with Cuba. Her family fled to the island in 1973, after they were forced to move from Chile. She left Havana in 1990, before the island had succumbed to economic and social failure following the fall of the Soviet Union. Ms. Guzmán Urzúa attempts to find old friends and observes how her own neighborhood has changed in almost two decades. Tonight through Tuesday, July 31, screening times vary, Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. at Avenue A, 212-591-0434, $9 general, $6.50 members.

MUSIC

THE BRONX KEEPS CREATING IT The City Parks Foundation hosts the 25th Anniversary Reunion of the release of Charlie Ahearn’s “Wild Style” (1982), a compelling portrait of youth culture in the South Bronx that depicts hip-hop in its nascence, including the emerging break-dancing, freestyle, and graffiti scenes. In the film, the most lauded and elusive graffiti writer in the city, Zoro, struggles between his passion for art and his romance with a fellow artist, Rose. Now a cult classic in the genre, the film featured cameos by many of the “godfathers of hip-hop.” Among the featured live performers are cast members and rap pioneers Grand Master Caz, DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore, Fab 5 Freddy, and the Cold Crush Brothers. Sunday, 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.

BALKAN BOOGIE The Brooklyn Children’s Museum and the Brooklyn-QueensConservatory of Music host an evening to celebrate Balkan culture. The event is featured as part of the Museum’s Free Friday Family Jam, a summer series featuring multicultural music and dance performances. Among the highlights is a performance by a traditional brass band and a dance lesson. Friday, 6:30 p.m., Brooklyn Children’s Museum, CommonsTheater, 145 Brooklyn Ave. at St. Marks Avenue, 718-735-4400, free.

A SEASON FOR CLASSICS As part of the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts series in Central Park, the Brooklyn Philharmonic presents the creatively-titled program “The Eight Seasons,” featuring performances of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” and Piazolla’s “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.” The concert is conducted by a resident conductor and the music advisor of the Chicago Opera Theater, Alexander Platt. Performers include Canadian-born violinist Lara St. John. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Central Park, Naumberg Bandshell, mid-park at 72nd Street, 718-340-3018, free.

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC The Queens Symphony Orchestra continues its Concerts in the Parks series — which features free public performances in parks across Queens — with the program “A Night at the Movies,” featuring musical hits from the big screen, including cinematic soundtracks from “2001 A Space Odyssey” and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” Performers include soprano Kate Oberjat. Tonight, 5 p.m., Forest Park Bandshell, Jackie Robinson Parkway at Myrtle Avenue, Woodhaven, Queens, 718-326-4455, free.

PHOTOGRAPHY

HELLENIC ENCHANTMENT The Queen Sofia of Spain Institute presents an exhibit of 50 black-and-white photographs by Robert McCabe from his latest monograph, “Greece: Images of an Enchanted Land, 1954-1965.” The exhibit was mounted to honor Queen Sofia’s trip to Greece in 1954, during which she met her future husband, Prince Juan Carlos of Spain. Selections include McCabe’s “Mykonos Dancers” (c. 1954), above left, and “Thera Aegaion” (c. 1954). Through Saturday, August 25, Monday–Thursday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Queen Sofia of Spain Institute, 684 Park Ave. at 68th Street, 212-628-0420, free.

READINGS

FARM ON A HILL New York University’s Fales Collection hosts “Sustainable Agriculture vs. Industrial Food: A Conversation with Dan Imhoff and Dan Barber.” Mr. Imhoff is an author and activist who writes about sustainable farming, and Mr. Barber is the chef and proprietor of the restaurant Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Westchester County, N.Y. The restaurant is situated on a farm that provides the kitchen with most of its meats and vegetables. The two men, and a beverage and restaurant consultant, moderator Clark Wolf, discuss the impact of the 2007 Farm Bill. Today, 4 p.m., NYU, Bobst Library, Fales Collection, 70 Washington Square South at West 4th Street, 212-992-9018, free, reservations suggested.

FOR PETE’S SAKE Pete Hamill’s latest novel, “North River” (Little, Brown), follows the story of a New York doctor in the late 1930s who lives in a house against the Hudson River (then called the North River) while he adopts a long-lost grandson, inheriting an Italian housekeeper, and battles neighborhood wars with the Mob. Mr. Hamill reads from his book as part of the New York Murder Mystery Night, hosted by the New York Book Club at the Tenement Museum. The author is best known for his memoir “A Drinking Life,” about his life as a newspaper columnist and a struggling alcoholic. Tonight, 6 p.m., Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 108 Orchard St. at Delancey Street, 212-431-0233, free.

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