DANCE

CROUCHING TIGERS A master of the traditional Japanese dance form butoh, Akaji Maro, returns to the Japan Society with a pair of new works choreographed by members of his company. Kumotaro Mukai’s “Tiger’s Cave: Butoh Boot Camp,” an all-male piece, had its debut this week. “Yupiters,” a piece danced by female members of the company and created by Yuko Kobayashi, is performed on Friday and Saturday. Mr. Maro makes a special appearance for all performances. Friday, and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., the Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St., between First and Second avenues, 212-715-1258, $35 general, $30 members.

MUSIC

IVAN THE GREAT A Czech-born concert pianist, Ivan Moravec, gives his sole New York recital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Moravec is featured as part of the museum’s “Piano Forte” series. The program comprises Haydn’s Sonata in D major, Debussy’s “Estampes,” and various works by Chopin, including “Nocturnes in E minor.” Saturday, 8 p.m., Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd street, 212-570-3949, $45.

PAINTINGS

REAR WINDOW Stephen Pentak traveled to Italy’s Tuscan and Umbrian coastlines for his fourth and latest exhibit with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts. “Trasimeno” features watercolor paintings based on photographs and study drawings Mr. Pentak made during his travels by train through Italy. Selections from the exhibit include “VII. III.” (2007), above. Through Saturday, November 11, Tuesday–Friday, 10a.m.–6p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, 529 W. 20th St., between Tenth Avenue and the West Side Highway, 212-366-5368, free.

PHOTOGRAPHY

A THIEF’S DREAM A self-taught filmmaker and photographer, Danny Lyon, discusses his new book, “Like a Thief’s Dream” (Powerhouse). Based on actual events, the book recounts the story of a close friend of the artist, James Ray Renton, who became one of America’s 10 Most Wanted Men in the 1970s after being charged with murdering an Arkansas policeman. Mr. Lyon’s work is also the subject of an exhibit on view at the Whitney Museum, “Danny Lyon: Montage, Film and Still Photography,” which reflects Mr. Lyon’s tendency to become exceedingly intimate with his photographic subjects. Friday, 7 p.m., exhibit through Sunday, December 2, The Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave. at 75thStreet,800-944-8639,free with online registration. For complete information, go to whitney.org.

TALKS

MAKING IT AFTER ALL The Paley Center for Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio) hosts an “Evening With Mary Tyler Moore.” The event celebrates the actress’s contributions to the medium of television and focuses as well on the profound impact her work has had on the portrayal of women on the small screen. Ms. Moore’s vital, funny, self-reliant female characters, including 1960s housewife Laura Petrie of “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” and a single 30-something network broadcaster, Mary Richards, of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” changed the television landscape, making way for the Carrie Bradshaws of the world. Tonight, 6 p.m., Paley Center for Media, 25 W. 52nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-621-6800, $15–$30, $10–$25 for Paley Center members.

THE SECRET LIVES OF WOMEN The Lower East Side Tenement Museum presents “New York Women,” a panel discussion with authors Pamela Thompson, Deborah Siegel, and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. Ms. Thatcher Ulrich is the author of the newly published “Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History” (Knopf ), an analysis of four 19th-century women, including Harriet Tubman and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and the interplay of race and gender in questions of liberation. The featured panelists discuss the public and private lives of these and other 19th-century women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a leading figure of the American women’s rights movement, and an anarchist writer, Emma Goldman, and debate the consequences of living life against the grain. Tonight, 6 p.m., Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Museum Shop, 108 Orchard St., between Delancey and Broome streets, 212-982-8420, free.

THE ‘TRAGIC MULATTO’ The Center for the Humanities at the City University of New York hosts “Representing Cuba: Sujatha Fernandes and Elio Rodríguez in Conversation.” A Cuban artist, Mr. Rodríguez discusses his work with Ms. Fernandes, an assistant professor of sociology at Queens College. The artist frequently addresses issues of racial identity, desire, and sexuality, particularly between black men and women of mixed ethnicity, in his art. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., the Center for the Humanities at CUNY, room 5116, 365 Fifth Ave., between 34th and 35th streets, 212-817-2005, free.

THEATER

MAD SCIENTIST The 37 Arts theater presents the new off-Broadway musical “Frankenstein,” about the antics of a scientist who creates a monster during an experiment. Bill Fennelly directs the play, and Hunter Foster plays Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Other actors include Christiane Noll and Steve Blanchard. Tonight through an open run, Monday, Thursday, and Friday, 8 p.m., Wednesday, 3 and 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., 37 Arts, 450 W. 37th St. at Dyer Avenue, 212-307-4100, $50–$120. To submit an event for consideration for the Calendar, please wire the particulars to calendar@nysun.com, placing the date of the event in the subject line.

To submit an event for consideration for the Calendar, please wire the particulars to calendar@nysun.com, placing the date of the event in the subject line.