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ART
CHANGE IS IN THE AIR The Allan Stone Gallery celebrates its relationship with Abstract Expressionist painter Willem de Kooning: For more than 45 years, the gallery has exhibited the artist’s works, chronicling de Kooning’s artistic shift from representation to a stronger affiliation with abstraction. De Kooning’s drawings are seen by many as precursors to shift changes in his paintings, but the drawings are also considered to be important works of art on their own. Through Saturday, December 22, Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Allan Stone Gallery, 113 E. 90th St. at Park Avenue, 212-987-4997, free.
DANCE
BEHOLD! THE KING OF MICE Marching toy soldiers and adorable dancing mice take to the stage at Lincoln Center during New York City Ballet’s presentation of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.” The seasonal staple for the entire family features Little Marie at her family’s Christmas party, and a timeless cast of lavishly costumed characters, including the Sugar Plum Fairy and Mother Ginger in her 85-pound dress, all set to Tchaikovsky’s memorable score. Tonight through Thursday, 6 p.m., Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday, 1 and 5 p.m., through Sunday, December 30, dates and times vary, New York State Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, between West 63rd Street and Columbus Avenue, 212-870-5570, $20–$120.
FILM
PROVINCIAL ROMANCE The French Institute Alliance Française hosts a screening of a restored print of French filmmaker Jacques Demy’s “The Young Girls of Rochefort” (1967). The screening is featured as part of the institute’s series “Cinéma Tuesdays: French Musicals.” Set in a coastal French town, the Oscar-nominated film follows twin sisters Delphine and Solange (one a ballet instructor, the other a music teacher) who dream of escaping their provincial lives to find love in Paris — only to discover that love has found them first, at home in Rochefort. The movie has a score by Michel Legrand and was inspired by the glamour of Hollywood musicals of the 1940s. Featured actors include Catherine Deneuve, Gene Kelly, and Françoise Dorléac (Ms. Deneuve’s elder sister, who died the year of the film’s release). Today, 12:30 and 9 p.m., 22 E. 60th St. at Madison Avenue, $10 general, $7 students,$2members. For complete information, go to fiaf.org.
WARPED TOUR Scandinavia House hosts a screening of the Danish animated film “Terkel in Trouble” (2004), directed by Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen and Thornbjørn Christoffersen. The brash shockcomedy, with characters that rival those of the ribald Comedy Central animated series “South Park,” cleverly contrasts the appeal of traditional animation with the liberal use of more adult-themed content to create a searing critique of contemporary culture. The film concludes “A Celebration of Danish Cinema: Nordisk Film at 100,” a series highlighting some of the best offerings from one of the oldest production and distribution companies in the world. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., Saturday, 3 p.m., Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., between 37th and 38th streets, 212- 879-9779, $8, general, $6 members.
HOLIDAY
CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT The Chelsea Community Church conducts its annual Candlelight Carol Service with a special reading of Clement Clarke Moore’s poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. (of HBO’s “The Wire”) delivers the reading at historic St. Peter’s Church. The program also includes popular carols, and a performance by the church’s choir, led by music director Christopher Johnson. Sunday, 6 p.m., St. Peter’s Church, 346 W. 20th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 212-229-1890, free.
PAINTINGS
ESCAPE TO LANDSCAPE Raised in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution, artist Z.Z. Wei came of age during a period in which landscape painting of any kind was banned. Mr. Wei’s father, also an artist, bucked the prohibition, furtively trading landscape paintings with other artists. Mr. Wei, who now lives in the Pacific Northwest, has embraced the genre, combining influences from his childhood with scenes depicting his adopted Washington State to produce colorful panoramas, with surrealist flourishes. Selections from his self-titled exhibit include “Crow’s Eye View I” (2007), above. Through Saturday, January 12, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Jenkins Johnson Gallery, 521 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-629-0707, free.
READINGS
A TRIBUTE TO GRACE PALEY Members of the literary community pay tribute to the life and work of short-story writer and poet Grace Paley, who died in August. Paley studied writing with W.H. Auden at the New School in the 1940s. She wentontowriteseveralcollections of short fiction and volumes of poetry, including “The Little Disturbances of Man” (Penguin) and “Later the Same Day” (Penguin). Featured readers include authors Amy Hempel, A.M. Homes, Galway Kinnell, Allan Gurganus, and Jean Valentine. The event is co-sponsored by Poets House and the Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., the New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 W. 12th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-229-5630, free.
SCULPTURE
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 became famous for employing the symbols of commercial art to express an existential viewpoint. On view through Friday, February 29, at Park Avenue and 57th Street, 212-563-4474, free.
TALKS
A NEWSMAN FOR THE AGES “Peter Jennings: A Reporter’s Life” (PublicAffairs) is a collection of interviews conducted with family members, friends, and colleagues of the ABC News veteran shortly after he died in 2005. The book charts the course of Jennings’s career, including his work as anchor for the “World News Tonight” broadcast, through the memories of those who knew him best. Two of the book’s editors, Lynn Sherr, a colleague of Mr. Jennings from ABC News, and Jennings’s widow, Kayce Freed Jennings, discuss the newsman’s life, work, and enduring legacy. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.
LIT FROM WITHIN The National Academy Museum presents a discussion with its senior curator of 19th-century art, Bruce Weber. He leads a conversation on Joseph Seymour Guy, the Victorian-era painter, born and trained in England before immigrating to New York City in 1854. Guy specialized in genre paintings of children, using a glazing technique he had learned in Europe to give his paintings a smooth, lacquered finish. Guy also became known for his skill at concealing light sources in his paintings, giving his young subjects the unique appearance of being lit from within. The Durand Society sponsors the lecture. Thursday, 6:30 p.m., National Academy Museum, third floor, 1083 Fifth Ave., between 89th and 90th streets, 212-369-4880, $5 general, free for Durand Society members.
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