ART

INDIANA’S LOVE JONES “Love Wall,” a 12-foot-high steel sculpture, was initially conceived of in 1968 by artist Robert Indiana in the form of a painting. This reinterpretation of the artist’s iconic work is featured as part of “Art in the Parks: Celebrating 40 Years,” a tribute to the 40th anniversary of New York City’s public art program. In “Love Wall,” four “LOVE” sculptures have been stacked to create a sort of visual puzzle. Mr. Indiana is among the heroes of the Pop-art movement, and became famous for employing the symbols of commercial art to express an existential viewpoint. The exhibition is presented by the Paul Kasmin Gallery and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. On view through Friday, February 29, at Park Avenue and 57th Street, 212-563-4474, free.

FAMILY

PENCIL TO PAPER For middle school students this Saturday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art becomes a virtual drawing studio during the Portfolio Class. Students in grades 7 to 9 can participate in one of two drawing sessions, led by Jessica Houston and Gary Horn, in which drawing techniques are honed through observation and understanding of the museum’s art. Techniques include the exploration of line, the use of lights and darks to create form, understanding measurement and proportion, composition, and drawing objects and figures to scale. Students should bring a 9-by-12-inch sketchbook and pencils. Saturday, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 2:30–4:30 p.m., the Met Museum, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd Street, 212-396-5121, free, registration required with student’s name, school, telephone number, and the name of the class the student wishes to attend (morning or afternoon).

HOLIDAY

DIVINE CHORUS The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine hosts its annual Cathedral Christmas concert. The program includes performances by the Cathedral Choristers and Stewart Brass Works. Special guest performers include Three Mo’ Tenors, the stars of the Off-Broadway show of the same name. Saturday,7:30p.m., Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave., between 111th and 112th streets, 866-468-7619, $20. To purchase tickets online go to ticketweb.com.

MAKE YOUR OWN MENORAH “Imaginative Hanukkah Light Sculptures,” an art workshop and gallery tour at the Jewish Museum, is geared toward children between ages 8 and 12. A selection of the museum’s collection of Chanukah lamps is on display, including pieces with intricate designs such as curving snakes and branching trees. Participants can sketch and then create their own menorah from self-hardening clay. Sunday, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, $12 general, $10 children, reduced admission for museum members.

LET THERE BE LIGHT Central Park hosts its annual “Holiday Lighting,” an afternoon event that includes an ornament-making workshop, tree decorating, live music by an a cappella group, the Accidentals, and other entertainment. Families are also invited to decorate and snack on festive cookies and other refreshments. Sunday, 3–5 p.m., Central Park, Dana Discovery Center, Harlem Meer, inside the park at 110th Street and Lenox Avenue, 212-860-1370, free.

MUSIC

FIRST FRIDAY PARTY The Bronx Museum of the Arts hosts its inaugural “First Fridays” event on Friday. To complement this month’s theme, “From Salsa & Bachata to Merengue & Son: The Popular Music of Two Islands,” the entertainment takes on a Cuban and Dominican flavor. The program includes a live band performance, a selection of DJs spinning contemporary music and classics, and film and video screenings. The museum also offers guided tours of the ongoing exhibit “Quisqueya Henriquez: The World Outside,” led by student docents from the Bronx High School of the Visual Arts. Friday, 6 p.m., the Bronx Museum of Arts, South Wing, Lower Gallery, 1040 Concourse at 165th Street, 718-681-6000, $5 adults, $3 Students and seniors, free on Fridays.

PHOTOGRAPHY

EUROPEAN LENS New York’s love affair with everything modern finds yet another home at the Guggenheim in “Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918–1945,” an exhibit containing more than 150 photographs by prominent and lesser known artists from Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Poland, including László Moholy-Nagy and Trude Fleischmann. These artists used photography to document the significant events and emotions of the first half of the 20th century, including reactions to World War I, and the spread of Surrealism. Selections from the exhibit include Hans Bellmer’s “The Doll (Self-Portrait with the Doll)” (“Die Puppe [Selbstporträt mit der Puppe]”) (1934), above left, and Janusz Maria Brzeski’s “Twentieth-Century Idyll no. 7” (“VII. sielanka XX. Wieku”) (1933), above right. Through Sunday, January 13, Saturday–Wednesday, 10 a.m.–5:45 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m.–7:45 p.m., Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave. at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, $18 general, $15 students and seniors, free for children and members.

SOIRÉES

IN CELEBRATION OF MICE ON TOAST A nonprofit group committed to preserving everyday artifacts that represent the diversity of our metropolis, the City Reliquary Museum and Civic Organization, hosts its second annual City Reliquary Benefit Gala. The author of “Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology” (Vintage), Lawrence Weschler, is this year’s featured speaker. Mr. Weschler is also the director of the New York Institute of Humanities at New York University. A Puerto Rican rhythm-and-dance group, Los Bomberos de Brooklyn, performs. Monday, 7 p.m., McCarren Park, Automotive High School Auditorium, 50 Bedford Ave., between Manhattan Avenue and Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 718-782-4842, $30.

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