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TALKS

WORDS ABOUT WORDS The future of book reviewing is a pervasive topic in many of the nation’s literary circles .This past year’s BookExpo was host to three different panels devoted to the issue. Housing Works Bookstore Café and the National Book Critics Circle present two more panel discussions with the fate of the book review as their focus. On Friday afternoon, “Grub Street 2.0” takes on the future of newspaper book coverage. Panelists include a senior editor for Harper’s magazine, Jennifer Szalai. “What We Talk About When We Talk About Books: Can Criticism and Promotion Coexist Today?” follows the same evening. The talk features publisher Nan A. Talese and the editor in chief of Bookforum, Eric Banks. Friday, 4:30 and 5:45 p.m., Housing Works Used Book Café, 126 Crosby St., between Houston and Prince streets, 212-334-3324, free, donations of books are welcome.

ART

MASTERPIECE FOR SALE Greenpoint’s Galeria Janet Kurnatowski holds its semi-annual Flat File event, offering affordable works of art by gallery artists. The works of artists including Ben La Rocco, Kim Piotrowski, Kim Uchiyama, Deborah Spiroff, and James Biederman are on offer. Friday, 7–11 p.m., Galeria Janet Kurnatowski, 205 Norman Ave., at Humboldt and Moultrie streets, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 718-383-9380, free.

DANCE

APPLE OF MY EYE The M.E.L.D. Danceworks company has its debut concert at the Merce Cunningham Studio. The company dances “Sydney Ann’s Apple,” a new work that explores how female identity is shaped by religious doctrine. The piece is set to an original score by composer Nathan Bowen. Other dances include repertory pieces suchas”Genesis”(2004)and”Connect Our Words” (2005). Choreographer Marin Elizabeth Leggat performs a new solo work. Friday, 9 p.m., Saturday, 3 and 8 p.m., Merce Cunningham Studio, 11th floor, 55 Bethune St. at Washington Street, 212-868-4444, $15.

THE SPANISH MARCH St. Ann’s Warehouse kicks off its 2007–08 season with “Paso Doble,” a collaboration between a Catalan painter and sculptor, Miquel Barcelo, and French choreographer Josef Nadj. Employing their bodies, the dancer and painter create a series of ephemeral paintings on a red clay canvas. The piece was praised by critics when it was first danced during the 60th anniversary Festival d’Avignon last summer. In “Paso Doble,” visual art, theater, dance, and even elements of mime converge in an exploration of the artistic process. Friday–Sunday, 8 p.m., St. Ann’s Warehouse, 38 Water St., between Main and Dock streets, DUMBO, Brooklyn, 718-254-8779, $35. For complete information, go stannswarehouse.org.

DON’T STRAY Choreographers Charlotte Vanden Eynde and Kurt Vandendriessche present “Map Me” at the Dance Theater Workshop. The piece is based on a view of intimate lovers, and uses both video recordings and real-time dance to create an impression of unity between the two dancers.

Through Saturday, 7:30 p.m., DTW, 219W.19thSt.,betweenSeventhand Eighth avenues, 212-691-6500, $20 general, $12 members.

FILM

CROATIA IN MOTION The inaugural Croatian Film Festival NYC kicks off tonight and is presented by the Doors Art Foundation and the Croatian Ministry of Culture ,atthe Museum of the Moving Image and the Tribeca Cinemas. The festival features 18 films, including works by Croatian directors Arsen Ostojic and Dalibor Matanic. A new video exhibit “Up Close and Personal,” which compiles video art from the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, Croatia, screens at the Museum of the Moving Image on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. Tonight, the Croatian rock band Svadbas performs at the Knitting Factory. Through Sunday, screening times vary, Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St., between Broadway and Church Street, 212-219-3055, free; 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; TriBeCa Cinemas, 54 Varick St. at Laight Street, 212-941-2001. For complete information, go to cffny.com.

MUSIC

JAZZ FROM THE HILL A New Orleans-based vocalist, Stephanie Jordan, performs with the Harlem Renaissance Orchestra as part of its “Great Jazz on the Great Hill” concert. Other featured performers include saxophonist Yosvany Terry and his Afro-Cuban Septet the Yédégbe Project, and musician Ty Stephens, who also serves as Master of Ceremonies. The orchestra was developed 15 years ago to celebrate the music of jazz great Charlie Parker. Saturday, 2 p.m., Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, enter from Fifth Avenue and 69th Street, 212-860-1370, free.

PHOTOGRAPHY

CITY IN BLACK AND WHITE Photographer Andreas Feininger is best known for his stunning ,black-andwhite New York cityscapes. With “Andreas Feininger: Stockholm 1933–1939,” Scandinavia House showcases the Life magazine photographer’s early work. Trained at the Bauhaus school in Germany, Feininger relocated to Stockholm when the Nazi regime came to power. There, he focused on urban street scenes and harbor panoramas, often using a camera of his own design, and honed the technical skill that would later capture the attention of American audiences. Saturday through Wednesday, November 7, Tuesday through Saturday, noon-6 p.m., Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, 58 Park Ave., between 37th and 38th streets, 212-879-9779, $3 general, $2 students and seniors.

THEATER

BECOMING A RHODES SCHOLAR David Rhodes’s one-man show “RitesofPrivacy”allowsaudiences to follow him 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.

BADGE OF HONOR Burgess Clark’s “Purple Hearts” revisits the true story of sailors who were trapped on the sunken U.S.S. West Virginia after the attacks on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The sailors survived for three weeks waiting to be rescued. The Invisible City Theatre Company stages the play, which won the “Best of the Fest” award at the Edinburgh International Festival. “Purple Hearts” is directed by David Epstein, and featured actors include Ryan Serhant, Dan Patrick Brady, and Rebecca White. Through Saturday, September 22, Wednesday–Saturday, 8 p.m., Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond St., between Lafayette Street and the Bowery, 212-352-3101, $18.

ART

STORM AWAY Ward Davenny’s latest exhibit, “Big Weather: New Photographs and Drawings,” depicts Mr. Davenny’s fascination with storms, which he documents throughout the Midwest in his art. His photographs depict the largesse of storms from the perspectives of open plains, from dust storms to hail storms. Selections from the exhibit include “Irrigation and Green” (2007), above. Through Saturday, October 13, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Mary Ryan Gallery, 527 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh streets, 212-397-0669, free.

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This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.


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