ART

GOING, GOING, GONE The typically exclusive New York artscene opens up to the masses at hpgrp NY gallery during the “$99 Art Fair.” There, artworks by contemporary local artists are sold at prices beginning at $99, and sold for no more than $499. Photography, drawings, and paintings are all on offer. Through Sunday, noon–7 p.m., hpgrp NY gallery, 32-36 Little W. 12th St., between Ninth Avenue and Washington Street, 212-727-2491, free.

NEW YORK ART STARS “Montclair in Manhattan,” an exhibit on view at Montclair State University, features the work former art and design graduate students who are now making names for themselves in the art world. Featured artists Amer Kobaslija, whose works have been displayed in the GalerieRX in Paris and the Jaxon House in Venice, Calif., and Ruijun Shen, whose works have been displayed in galleries in New York, Chicago, China, and Hong Kong. Montclair State is the second largest university in New Jersey. Through Saturday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., P.P.O.W. Gallery, 555 W. 25th street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-647-1044, free.

BRIGHT MOMENTS, BIG CITY The Tabla Rasa gallery presents “Bright Moments,” an exhibit of abstract expressionist oil works by painter Danny Simmons. Mr. Simmons is also a collector and philanthropist who converted a section of his Clinton Hill loft to form his Corridor Gallery, where the work of young artists is nurtured. Through Saturday, October 6, Thursday–Saturday, noon–5 p.m., Tabla Rasa Gallery, 224 48th St., between Second and Third avenues, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, 718-833-9100, free.

RIGHT BEFORE THE EYES The Barbara Mathes Gallery presents an exhibit of paintings by German artist Karin Kneffel, whose paintings include both somber and over-size depictions of ordinary items. Through Saturday, September 8, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Barbara Mathes Gallery, 22 E. 80th St., between Fifth and Madison avenues, 212-570-4190, free.

DRAWINGS

THE GREAT WEIMAR WAY A Broadway lyricist, Fred Ebb, collected drawings and watercolors by German and Austrian artists that depict theater life in an expressionist style that dates back to the years between 1910 and 1925. Upon Ebb’s death, the collection was left to the Morgan Library, which has mounted the exhibit “From Berlin to Broadway: The Ebb Bequest of Modern German and Austrian Drawings.” Egon Schiele, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Dix, and Paula Modersohn-Becker are among the artists represented in the exhibit. Selections include Kirchner’s “Figures on a Busy Street” (1914), above. Through Sunday, September2,Friday,10:30a.m.–9p.m.,Saturday,10a.m.–6p.m.,Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., the Morgan Library, 225 Madison Ave. at 36th Street, 212-685-0008, $12 general, $8 students, seniors, and children.

FILM

WITH A HEART OF GOLD The Mueum 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 concluding series “Uneasy Riders: American Film in the Nixon Years, 1970–1974.” In “Klute,” an example of 1970s “paranoia cinema,” 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.

TALK TO ME The IFC Center hosts “The New Talkies: Generation DIY,” a series of screenings to introduce an exciting new breed of American indie filmmaking known asmumblecore. Theinsular, improvisational films often bear the mark and aesthetic of such pioneering directors as John Cassavetes and French filmmaker Eric Rohmer. Joe Swanberg’s “LOL” (2006), about three young men who struggle to reconcile their online fantasies and addictions with real life, is shown Sunday and Monday, at 11 a.m., 12:45 p.m., and 9:55 p.m. Frank Ross’s “Quietly On By” (2006), in which the lonely, central figure mourns the end of a love affair, screens on Tuesday, September 4, at 12:30 and 8 p.m. Mr. Ross is on hand to discuss his work after both screenings. Through Tuesday, September 4, screening times vary. IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave. at West 3rd Street,212-924-7771,$10.75general, $7 seniors and ICP members.

ROUND ‘EM UP The Museum of the Moving Image concludes its series “Uneasy Riders: American Film in the Nixon Years, 1970–1974” this Labor Day weekend with a screening of Robert Aldrich’s “Ulzana’s Raid” (1972). The film, which is meant as an allegory about the Vietnam War, features Burt Lancaster as one of two cavalry officers trying to capture renegade American Indians in the 1880s. The museum mounted the series to celebrate the changing cinema of the 1970s, which generated several films whose plots were reactions to the end of the “free love” period of the 1960s and struggled with issues including Vietnam and the Watergate scandal. Sunday, 3 p.m., MMI, 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077, $10 general, $7.50 students and seniors, $5 children.

BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY The New York Korean Film Festival hosts a series of screenings of films produced by a vibrant Korean film community. Selections include Choi Ho’s action-packed “Bloody Ties,” about a drug kingpin who is being hunted by a relentless rival and a tough-as-nails narcotics detective. It is shown on Friday at 6:50 p.m. “200 Pound Beauty” (2006) follows Hanna, a shy and overweight backup singer who has become a target for cruel jokes. Hanna decides to undergo extensive plastic surgery which brings unintended results. Kim Yonghwa is the director of the comedy, which screens on Saturday at 3 p.m. Through Sunday, screening times vary, BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette St., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Fort Greene, 718-636-4139, $10 general, $7 seniors, students, children, and BAM Cinema Club members. For complete information, go to koreanfilmfestival.org.

MUSIC

DISCO BY DESIGN “The Beat Goes On” as the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum continues its summer sessions series with an evening of revelry and eclectic sounds provided by DJs who are among the most in demand in the city. On Friday, the London-based DJ Cosmo spins a set that ranges from electro to disco to soul. Friday, 6–9 p.m., 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 age 12.

HOW SWEET THE SOUND Singer Ledisi performs selections from her forthcoming album “Lost and Found,” which marks her debut with the jazz label Verve. The singer, who has eluded mainstream notice after having her music painted with the broad brush of “R&B/soul” more fitting to her contemporaries such as Mary J. Blige or Keyshia Cole, combines elements of urban music with jazz and funk to create a sound all her own. Friday, 8 p.m., Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St., between Ninth and Tenth avenues, 212-414-5994, $25–$28.

BEAUTIFUL NOISE The New York band Battles performs songs from its first full-length album “Mirrored.” The group is poised to break out from the local scene now that its “math rock” has caught on with fans of the complex, experimental music. Battles places a heavy emphasis on pushing boundaries, often fusing free-form jazz with far-out electronica. Band members include drummer John Stanier, and guitarists Ian Williams and Dave Konopka. The band Deerhunter is an accompanying act, performing selections from the album “Cryptograms.” Friday, 6 p.m., South Street Seaport, Pier 17, between Fulton and South streets, 212-732-7678, free.

ELECTRIC ATMOSPHERE The tripjazz band Ergo includes the music of such electronic acts as Aphex Twin and Sigur Ros among its influences, and released its first album, “Quality Anatomechanical Music Since 2005,” this year. The group is made up of trombonist Brett Sroka, keyboardist Carl Maguire, and drummer Shawn Baltazor. Ergo is joined by the groups Foxhound and Mainspring. Saturday, 9:45 p.m., the Tank at Collective Unconscious, 279 Church St., between Franklin and White streets, 212-352-3101, $8.

THEATER

PRIVATE TO PUBLIC David Rhodes’s one-man show “Rites of Privacy” allows audiences to follow him through as he takes on a series of different characters — including himself. Those figures include a fading Southern pageant queen, a fish-out-of-water Jewish resident in New Hampshire, and a suspicious European socialite. The director of the play is Charles Loffredo. Through Sunday, September 23, Tuesday–Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 7 p.m., Urban Stages, 259 W. 30th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues, 212-868-4444, $35.

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