ART

FROM KOREA TO BROOKLYN The Korean-born (and Brooklyn resident) artist Il Lee presents his latest exhibit, “Ballpoint Drawings,” which features large format blue and black ink drawings, including a 50-foot drawing installation. His work is inspired by the sumukhwa technique of ink-and-wash painting. Selections include “BL-071” (2007). Through Sunday, September 30, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday, noon–6 p.m., Friday, noon–8 p.m., Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, New York City Building, Grand Central Parkway and Meridian Road, Flushing, Queens, 718-592-9700, $5 general, $2.50 children and seniors.

FILM

THE ARCADE FIRE A special advance screening of Seth Gordon’s “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters” (2007) and a discussion of the gaming documentary is presented by the Museum of the Moving Image. The reigning “Donkey Kong” champion, Steve Wiebe, and his son are on hand to talk about the film. In it, die-hard classic arcade game fans compete to break world records, and an arcane subculture is explored. Sunday, 3 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, 718–784–4520, $10 general, $7.50 students and seniors. $5 children under age 18, free for members. For complete information, go to movingimage. us.

‘GREEN’ HOUSE GASES The IFC Center hosts a screening of Todd Haynes’s “Safe” (1999), as part of its “Waverly Midnights” series, devoted in part this month to the work of the late film editor James Lyons. In “Safe,” a California housewife, played by Julianne Moore, suffers a seizure that leaves her increasingly sensitive to everyday chemicals and fumes. When doctors can find no diagnosis for her ailments, she retreats from her once well-ordered life and enters a mysterious retreat for the “environmentally ill.” Friday and Saturday, midnight, IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave. at West 3rd Street, 212-924-7771, $10.75 general, $7 seniors and ICP members.

MUSIC

STEADY AS SHE GOES A band that hails from Brooklyn — by way of Minnesota — the Hold Steady performs selections from its albums “Almost Killed Me” and “Boys and Girls in America.” The concert is featured as part of the ongoing “Celebrate Brooklyn” performing arts festival. The band’s lead vocalist and guitarist, Craig Finn, has been widely praised for writing smart rock songs. Many of those songs have had unusual sources of inspiration, among them the musings of Jack Kerouac, seedy bars, and the quest for spiritual redemption. The group has been hailed as the best bar band in America, and includes guitarist Tad Kubler and bass guitarist Galen Polivka. Tonight, 7 p.m., Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park West at 9th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-855-7882, free. For complete information, go to celebratebrooklyn.org.

UP WITH PEOPLE The City Parks Foundation presents a concert program of African music. A world music group, Zap Mama, performs its signature harmonic and percussive sounds without the use of accompanying instruments. Singer Angelique Kidjo merges the Beninese music she heard as a child with contemporary genres. Sunday, 3 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.

PAINTINGS

LIGHT SHOW The Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library presents Olive Ayhens’s “Rivers of Light,” an exhibit that includes “Bristlecones on the Balcony” (2003), above. Her works depict light at night and movement in cities. Through Thursday, August 23, Monday–Wednesday, 9 a.m.–9 p.m., Thursday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., NYPL, third floor, 455 Fifth Ave. at 40th Street, 212-340-0833, free.

TALKS

SHAPING UP The author of “Through Thick and Thin” (Berkley/Penguin), Alison Pace, discusses her third novel in conversation with the editorial director at Berkley, Susan Allison. The talk is featured as part of the “Author/Editor” series at McNally Robinson bookstore, which focuses on the process of creation and on a book’s underlying themes. Ms. Pace’s book tells the story of two sisters who set aside their differences in a mutual quest to shed pounds. Tonight, 7 p.m., McNally Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St., between Lafayette and Mulberry streets, 212-274-1160, free.

THEATER

AND JULIET IS THE SUN Andràs Visky’s “Juliet: A Dialogue About Love” is featured as part of the 11th annual International Fringe Festival. In this play, a woman’s enduring love for her husband is tested while she is imprisoned with her children in a detention camp. Christopher Markle is the director and Melissa Hawkins is cast in the title role. Friday, 9:30 p.m., Sunday, noon, through Sunday, August 26, dates and times vary, Independent Theater, 52-A W. 8th St., between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street, 212-279-4488, $15.

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