ART

INDESTRUCTIBLE “Reactive Sculpture: Kinetic Work by Mark Andreas” features the artist’s sculpture, which aims to harness the power of natural energy using everything from steel beams to cubes of ice. “Conservation of Momentum (deployed with red cloak)” (2007) is above. “New Work,” an exhibit of recent paintings by the artist Cristobal Dam, is also on view at the Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery. The gallery itself was born of Mr. Dam’s art and his nagging desire to relinquish his role as gallerist and dealer. The show is the result of his newfound studio time. Through Sunday, Friday, 3–8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, noon–6 p.m., Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, 38 Marcy Ave. at Hope Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 718-387-9818, free.FADE TO DARK Black and white photography rules at Hasted Hunt, where three ongoing exhibits all employ the medium. “Portfolio of 12 Photographs” is a companion exhibit of works by Lisette Model, held in conjunction with a retrospective at Aperture Gallery. “Found” by Gerald Slota features fuzzy, nostalgic photos of families. Through Saturday, October 27, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Hasted Hunt, 529 W. 20th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-627-0006, free.

UNDER WRAPS Kohei Yoshiyuki’s provocative exhibit “The Park,” at Yossi Milo Gallery, features shots of clandestine gatherings taken in various Tokyo parks during the 1970s. In the September 6 edition of The New York Sun, critic David Cohen wrote, “The thrill and squalor of these images reflects far more on the act of taking them than the actions captured.” Through Saturday, October 20, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Yossi Milo Gallery, 525 W.25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-414-0370, free.

FAMILY

BIKES ON PARADE The first annual Kids Art Bike Ride for the Lower East Side takes place on Saturday. To help the children of New York get their bicycles and tricycles parade-ready, the Children’s Museum of the Arts is hosting the Art Bike Workshops. Attendees can make decorations that will transform their wheels into moving works of art for Saturday’s parade. Workshops, tomorrow through Friday, 1–4:30 p.m., Children’s Museum of the Arts, 182 Lafayette St., between Grand and Broome streets, 212-274-0986, $8; parade, Saturday, 11 a.m.–2 p.m., Tompkins Square Park, meet at 9th Street and Avenue A, 212-979-2344, free.

FASHION

‘8 MILE’ OF STYLE An avant-garde fashion label, House of Diehl, hosts “Style Wars: The Style Battle Championship Tour 2007.” Aspiring designers equipped with cloth, a needle, and thread, square off — against the clock — in a contest to createthemostimaginativefrocks. Musical accompaniment and performances by DJ’s Druzie & Mattie and the Ruff Kids are also featured. Participants use recycled garments only, and arejudged on their skill in draping and other design techniques. Guest judges include Casey Spooner of the band Fischerspooner, and glam rock photographer Mick Rock. Saturday, Don Hill’s, 511 Greenwich St. at Spring Street, 212-219-2850, $8–$12.

FILM

A BIG RED TENT “The Emotional Camera: Mikhail Kalatozov,” a film series presented by BAMCinématek, concludes this weekend. The program celebrates the work of the filmmaker who seized the opportunity to break from the strict propaganda of Soviet cinema following the death of Stalin. Kalatozov’s strikingly visual films employ athletic handheld camerawork to convey the emotions of the characters. Among the highlights is “The Red Tent” (1969), the director’s final film, about an ill-fated 1928 expedition to the North Pole, which stranded its entire crew. The film is set to a score by Ennio Morricone, and features Sean Connery as the famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Friday, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., through Sunday, times vary, BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, $20–$60. For complete information, go to bam.org.

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.

READINGS

A LYRIC FOR LINCOLN The Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York hosts “Lincoln Kirstein Centennial Reading,” an evening of poetry written by the balletomane and philanthropist, and by his favorite poets, including W.H. Auden and Hart Crane. Featured readers include a writer for the New Yorker, Hilton Als; the author of “The Worlds of Kirstein” (Knopf ), Martin Duberman, and the Lionel Trilling Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University, Edward Mendelson. The event is co-presented by the Poetry Society of America. Friday, 6:30 p.m., CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave., between 34th and 35th streets, 212-817-2005, free.

A THIEF’S DREAM A self-taught filmmaker and photographer, Danny Lyon, reads from and discusses the images in 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. Friday, 7 p.m., The Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave. at 75th Street, 800-944-8639, free with online registration at whitney.org.

TALKS

FACE-OFF The National Academy Museum and Art critical.com host “The Review Panel,” a discussion of the ongoing exhibit of work by Georgina Starr. “The Face of Another” at Tracy Williams, Ltd. focuses on the nature of performing and performance in the public and private arena. Ms. Starr spent a year revisiting the lost film performances of silent screen actress Theda Bara, and began to reflect on her own performances in her work, and in her “real” life, as well as on the routines and gestures of her own mother. Featured panelists, including Nancy Princenthal and Gregory Volk of Art in America, discuss the work, and an art critic of The New York Sun, David Cohen, leads the talk. Friday, 6:45 p.m., National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Ave. at 89th Street, 212-369-4880, free.

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