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ART
‘TIL DEATH “I Am As You Will Be: The Skeleton in Art,” a group exhibit featuring more than 30 works, is on view at Cheim & Read. Among the highlights is artist Alice Neel’s “Natura Morte” (1964–65). The art of such varied figures as Damien Hirst, Pablo Picasso, Jenny Holzer, and Jean Michel Basquiat is also featured. The pieces are an examination of the long history of the skeleton’s artistic representation, and are emblematic of human nature’s invested interest in mortality. The show is curated in part by scholar Xavier Tricot. Through Saturday, November 3, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Cheim & Read, 547 W. 25th St., 212-242-7727, 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, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Yossi Milo Gallery, 525 W.25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-414-0370, free.
BENEFITS
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE The Actors Fund, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary, hosts a concert to benefit the nonprofit service organization devoted to aiding performing arts professionals during periods of crisis. A veteran Broadway actor, baritone Brian Stokes Mitchell, leads the program, which also includes guest performances by singer-actress Reba McEntire and actress Phylicia Rashad, among others. Richard Jay-Alexander is musical director of the event. Tonight, 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, 54 W. 57th St. at Seventh Avenue, 212-247-7800, $50–$150.
FILM
FIRST COMES LOVE The Film Society of Lincoln Center screens Tang Huang’s “June Bride” (1960). The film is featured as part of its series “Chinese Modern: A Tribute to Cathay Studios,” a celebration of the innovative films distributed by the short-lived Hong Kong movie house. Based on a screenplay by Eileen Chang, this fast-paced romantic comedy follows Wang Tanlin, played by Grace Chang, who becomes a pawn in her greedy father’s financial scheme. Soon after her father arranges for her to marry a wealthy suitor, Wang finds herself captivated by both a charming Chinese-Filipino musician and a rugged sailor. Tomorrow, 4:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, 165 W. 65th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam avenues, 212-875-5600, $11 general, $7 students and FSLC members.
MUSIC
THE LOW END THEORY Rapper Q-Tip performs a solo set as part of the kick-off to the CMJ Music Festival. The beloved Queensbred rapper, born Jonathan Davis, is fresh off an appearance at VH1’s “Hip-Hop Honors” awards ceremony, during which his group, A Tribe Called Quest, was among the featured guests of honor. Q-Tip appeases audience members with a smattering of classics from the Tribe catalog, including “Electric Relaxation,” “Bonita Appelbaum,” and “Check the Rhime,” along with cuts from his solo forays such as “Kamaal the Abstract” and the forthcoming “The Renaissance.” Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Blender Theatre at Gramercy, 127 E. 23rd St., between Park and Lexington avenues, 212-777-6800, $25.
RAVI DOES RAGA World music icon Ravi Shankar and his youngest daughter, Anoushka Shankar, perform as part of the “Around the Globe” series at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Shankar has served as an ambassador of Indian culture, bringing the complex and spiritual sound of Indian raga to the West. He first became well known to Westerners during the 1960s, when he famously tutored a young Beatle, George Harrison (who called Mr. Shankar “the godfather of world music”). The sitar player’s performances at the legendary Monterey Pop Festival and at Woodstock have since entered the pop concert canon. More proof that musical gifts can be hereditary, Mr. Shankar is also the father of singer Norah Jones. Saturday, 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, 54 W. 57th St. at Seventh Avenue, 212-247-7800, $31–$106.
READINGS
GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Mario Vargas Llosa reads from and discusses his most recent novel, “The Bad Girl” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), about a rambunctious teenager, Ricardo, in an affluent suburb of Lima, Peru, who a meets 14-year-old nymph, Lily, masquerading as a wealthy, liberated Chilean girl to disguise her slum origins. She is soon exposed by a jealous schoolmate and disappears, but Ricardo is smitten. The novel begins in the summer of 1950 and follows the rich young adolescent decades into adulthood, as he travels unable to shake his “badgirl.” Mr. Llosa is the author of more than 15 novels and a recipient of the PEN/Nabokov Award. The novelist takes questions about his lauded literary career. Tonight, 8 p.m., 92nd Street Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $18 general, $10 age 35 and under, free for Unterberg Poetry Center members.
A MALLOMAR AND A DREAM The author of “Dough: A Memoir” (University of Georgia), Mort Zachter, reads from his newly published book. In it, Mr. Zachter chronicles a childhood that revolved around a small bakery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, owned by his two eccentric uncles. At age 36, the author discovered that he was heir to several million dollars bequeathed to him by his bachelor uncles. The life-altering inheritance allowed Mr. Zachter to abandon his pragmatic accounting career in favor of a more meaningful existence. Wednesday, 7 p.m., McNally Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St., between Lafayette and Mulberry streets, 212-274-1160, free.
TALKS
HOLOCAUST HORRORS The Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York presents “The Holocaust, Racism, and the Mentally Ill.” A clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at New York University Medical School, Martin Gittelman, gives a talk on the beliefs and theories related to eugenics and on Nazi regime attitudes toward the victims of this practice. During the early half of the 20th century, a movement emerged arguing for the “improvement” and purification of the human race by regulating heredity. The talk is co-presented by the Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies. Wednesday, 6:15 p.m., CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave., between 34th and 35th streets, 212-817-2005, free.
THE BAG SNOB An assistant curator at the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Clare Sauro, gives a talk on accessories. Ms. Sauro explores the fashion-obsessed consumer’s insatiable search for the next “It” bag, shoe, or gem. Accessories have now become the driving force in contemporary fashion, often underwriting the garment businesses of major retailers and design houses such as Louis Vuitton and Chanel. Wednesday, 6 p.m., the Museum at FIT, Seventh Avenue at 27th Street, 212-217-4585, free.
TOURS
HIGH ART The Chelsea High Line Open Studios Art Walk offers public access to a selection of more than 50 private studios where artists, designers, and jewelers have workspaces. The walking tour brings visitors to the High Line, an elevated structure soon to become a city park, in West Chelsea. A reception and group show by participating artists, “Floating above the Highline,” kicks off at Art Gotham. Featured artists include painters Tad Wiley, Asya Geisberg, and Cynthia Rojas, and photographers Bonnie Portelance and Phyllis Murray. Opening reception, Thursday, 6–8 p.m., tours, Friday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Art Gotham, fifth floor, 547 W. 27th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-714-1100, maps of the artist’s studios are available in the lobby of 508 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, or at artgotham.com/highline, free.
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