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STREETS OF NEW YORK “NewYork Rises: Photographs by Eugene de Salignac,” on view at the Museum of the City of New York, is a selection of the striking images taken by the photographer for the New York City Department of Bridges/ Plant and Structures for the first three decades of the 20th century. “Municipal Building (showing front elevation from Pearl Street,” taken in January 1912 is among the highlights. Through Sunday, October 28, Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. at 103rd Street, 212-534-1672, free with museum admission, $9 general, $5 students and seniors.

ASIA MAJOR “Rococo Exotic: FrenchMountedPorcelainandthe AllureoftheEast,”anexhibitatthe Frick Collection, highlights museum’s holdings in the genre. In the mid-18th century, porcelain pieces were imported from Asia and mounted in decorative metal cases upon arrival in Europe. Through Sunday, September 9, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., the Frick Collection, One E. 70th St. at Fifth Avenue, 212-288-0700, $15 general, $10 seniors, $5 students, pay what you wish on Sundays, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

FILM

SHORT CUTS “The World According to Shorts 2007” is the IFC Center’s annual screening of acclaimed short works, a featured part of its “Short Attention Span Cinema” series. Films include Guiherme Marcondes’s “Tyger,” based on the William Blake poem about a freewheeling odyssey through a metropolis, and Bobbie Peers’s “Sniffer,” a science-fiction snapshot of a world in which everyone can fly. Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave., at 3rd Street, 212 924-7771, $11 general, $7.50 children and seniors.

WITH A HEART OF GOLD The Museum of the Moving Image presents a screening of Alan Pakula’s “Klute” (1971) on Saturday. The film is presented as part of the museum’s ongoing series “Uneasy Riders: American Film in the Nixon Years, 1970–1974.” In “Klute,” an example of 1970s “paranoia cinema,” actress Jane Fonda portrays Bree, a prostitute who falls in love with a detective, played by Donald Sutherland. Bree assists in solving two mysterious deaths. Saturday, 3 p.m., through Sunday, September 2, dates and times vary, Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077, $10 general, $7.50 students and seniors, $5 children under age 18, free for members. For complete information, go to movingimage. us.

PAINTINGS

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN A native of North Adams, Mass., Robert Emmett Owen, painted numerous landscapes of the New England countryside during the early 20th century. After moving to New Rochelle in 1941, Owen found his impressionistic style had fallen out of favor. Spanierman Gallery has mounted a retrospective of his work in “Landscape Paintings of New England by Robert Owen: The Road Less Traveled.” Of Owen, Francis Morrone wrote in the August 2 New York Sun that he “falls to that category of artists whose dogged pursuit of a vision lands them on the periphery, yet whose works may startle with subtle technique.” Selections include “CountryRoad”(c.1910s–1930s), above. Through Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Spanierman Gallery, 45 E. 58th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-832-0208, free.

SOIRÉES

IN TIME OF NEED A fund-raising event, “Dedicated to Darfur,” benefits the International Rescue Committee. The committee is a nonprofit organization that provides ground support for refugees in the war-torn area. Admission includes dinner and a beverage. Tonight, 7 p.m., happy hour, 7–9 p.m., Katra Lounge, 217 Bowery at Rivington Street, $25 in advance, $30 at the door. For tickets, e-mail info@dedicatedtodarfur.org.

THEATER

AWAY FROM HOME Lucy Thurber’s “Scarcity” depicts the plight of two siblings as they struggle to escape hardscrabble lives in rural Massachusetts. When 16-year-old Billy is offered the chance to change schools and move out of town, his life at home begins to unravel. The play is directed by Jackson Gay, and featured actors include Michael Weiss, Kristen Johnston, and Jesse Eisenberg. Tonight, 8 p.m., through Sunday, October 14, Tuesday–Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Atlantic Theater Company, 336 W. 20th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 212-279-4200, $55.

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