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HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING The authors of “The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers” (Monthly Review), Jane Guskin and David Wilson, participate in a dialogue about the hot-button issue. Immigration is increasingly at the forefront of the American public discourse, particularly in the months leading up to the 2008 presidential election. In New York, a now-abandoned move by Governor Spitzer to grant driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants was met with fervent support and equally fierce opposition. Ms. Guskin and Mr. Wilson debate current policy and examine possible solutions.

Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 108 Orchard St. at Delancey Street, 212-433-0233, free.

ART

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH The art on view in “Granite Pier,” an exhibit of works by Bernard Chaet that concludes today, is divided between two types of painting: landscapes and still lifes. Mr. Chaet’s scenic topography depicts rocky cliffs, alight in fiery yellows and oranges, or painted in more muted, “granite” tones, such as grays, whites, and steely blues. Elsewhere in the show are flowers in bloom. “Though more modest in size,” critic John Goodrich wrote of the artist’s still lifes in the November 8 New York Sun, “they catch with sober intensity the impression of radiant blossoms, fallen petals, and stems refracted in glass vases.”

Today, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, 41 E. 57th St. at Madison Avenue, 212-486-7660, free.

MOVIES ON THE WALL “Love and Death,” an exhibit of vintage posters, highlights the films of two cinematic legends, directors Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni. The original movie posters for the Swedish releases of Bergman’s “Persona” and “Fanny and Alexander” are on view, as is a poster for Antonioni’s “Il filo pericoloso delle cose,” a contribution he made to the three-part film “Eros.” Other selections include posters from two of Antonioni’s masterworks, a Japanese poster for “L’Avventura,” and a Belgian one for “Blow-Up.”

Through Thursday, January 31, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m., Sunday, noon–6 p.m., Monday by appointment, Posteritati Movie Posters, 239 Centre St., between Broome and Grand streets, 212-226-2207, free.

DANCE

REFLECTIONS IN D The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater hosts its season opening gala, for which hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons serves as honorary chairman. The gala features a program of highlights from the season, including Ailey’s “Reflections in D,” which is restaged by artistic director Judith Jameson, and his classic, “Revelations.” The dancers perform to live musical accompaniment led by conductor Eric Reed. Gala-goers are also treated to the American premiere of choreographer Maurice Béjart’s reworking of Fokine’s ballet, “Firebird.” Tomorrow, 7 p.m., through Monday, December 31, dates and times vary, New York City Center, West 55th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-405-9031 for gala tickets, 212-581-1212 for performance tickets, $400 and up for gala tickets, $35 and up for performances. For more information, go to nycitycenter.org.

NIGHTS AT THE PALLADIUM Ballet Hispanico celebrates its 20th engagement at the Joyce Theater with performances of Willie Rosario’s “Palladium Nights.” The fiery dance has been updated by Broadway choreographer Sergio Trujillo and features live music by the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O’Farrill. The dance re-creates a night at the Palladium Ballroom at the height of the mambo craze. A selection of repertory dances chosen by the artistic director of the company, Tina Ramirez, caps off the season. They include Tally Beatty’s “Caravanserai,” which is set to music by Carlos Santana, and has not been staged in 17 years; Pedro Ruiz’s “Club Havana,” and William Whitener’s “Tito on Timbales,” featuring the music of Tito Puente with live accompaniment by original members of the Tito Puente Ensemble. “Palladium Nights” opens tonight, 7:30 p.m., through Sunday, December 2, times vary, repertory program, Tuesday, December 4–Sunday, December 9, Tuesday–Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Thursday–Saturday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 and 7:30 p.m., the Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., between 18th and 19th streets, 212-242-0800, $44 general, $33 Joyce members, $25 for Sunday evening performances.

MUSIC

GET KLOSE TO YOU A singer-songwriter who has drawn comparisons to the late Jeff Buckley, Jann Klose, performs with his band at the Rockwood Music Hall. Mr. Klose’s first full-length album, “Reverie,” was released last week. The record combines folk and soul sounds. Tonight, 7 p.m., Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St., between East Houston and Stanton streets, 212-477-4166, $5 suggested donation.

POETRY

FOUND IN TRANSLATION “Translating Jacint Verdaguer into Words and Music” is presented by the Catalan Center of New York University. The translator of the 2007 edition of “Selected Poems of Jacint Verdaguer” (University of Chicago), Ronald Puppo, gives a bilingual reading of the poet’s work and discusses the unique challenges in translating writing that is both stylistically accessible and rhetorically complex. Verdaguer is credited with laying the foundation for the revival of a Catalan literary tradition before he died in 1902. A professor and director of the Foundation for Iberian Music at the City University of New York, Antoni Pizà, leads a discussion about setting Verdaguer’s verse to music. A book signing follows the event. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., New York University, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Sq. S., between Thompson and Sullivan streets, 212-998-8686, free.

TALKS

ACROSS THE WATERS New York City’s waterfront is currently at the center of countless debates concerning developers, environmentalists, and politicians as pollution problems are addressed, and as neighborhoods continue to grow. In the last two years, the Municipal Art Society and the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance have been collaborating on a documentary, “City of Water,” which examines the future of New York’s waterfront in the context of development changes taking place along the Hudson and East rivers. Featured speakers in the film include the city’s deputy mayor for economic development and rebuilding, Dan Doctoroff, the founder of the nonprofit organization Sustainable South Bronx, Majora Carter, and U.S. Rept. Nydia Velazquez. A panel discussion about the city’s waterfront follows the screening, and features Ms. Carter; the director of the MWA, Carter Craft, and a professor at the City University of New York, William Kornblum. Friday, 6 p.m., Center for Architecture, 536 La Guardia Place, between Bleecker and West 3rd streets, 212-935-3960, free.

TOURS

HYSTERIA LANE Watson Adventures hosts an adults-only whirlwind tour of the American Museum of Natural History during its “Museum of Natural Hysteria Scavenger Hunt.” Participants divided into teams are given the expanse of the museum to go in search of such oddities as a duckbilled dinosaur, a cunning cannibal, and a mummified mammoth, among other attractions. No prior knowledge of the museum is required; comfortable shoes are suggested. Saturday, 3 p.m., American Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West at 79th Street, 877-9-GO HUNT, advance reservations required, $36.50 includes museum admission.

PHOTOGRAPHY

STARS OF THE ’60s Gianfranco Gorgoni rode the wave of Pop Art in the 1960s, enjoying the camaraderie of artists such as Warhol, Rauschenberg, and Lichtenstein through his work as a photojournalist. He came to New York in 1968 to work on a photographic essay. Intending to return to Italy, he instead remained, taking on journalism assignments and shooting for magazines including Harper’s, Time, and Esquire. Selections from “Icons: Photographs of the Art World” include “Andy Warhol” (1971), left, and “Truman Capote” (1979), above. Through Wednesday, December 12, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Jim Kempner Fine Art, 501 W. 23rd St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-206-6872, free.

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