DESIGN

BEST IN CLASS The New York School of Interior Design presents its annual B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, featuring the work of 17 candidates for the degree from the school’s graduating class. Artists include Violeta Lekutanoy, right, whose design for a memorial to the victims of war in Sarajevo during the 1990s provides perspective on what everyday life was like for that city’s inhabitants. Also included in the exhibit are views of the lobby and ceiling of Stefan Steil’s “Sander Haus,” a redesign of SoHo’s Cable Building into a spa and luxury apartment building owned by fashion designer Jil Sander. Through Friday, February 15, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., New York School of Interior Design, 170 E. 70th St., between Third and Lexington avenues, 212-472-5100, free.

DESIGN OF A CENTURY “Piranesi as Designer,” an exhibit that examines the artist’s role in the reform of architecture, is on view at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. An 18th-century Italian architect and designer, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, created elaborate interiors and exquisite furnishings that continue to have an impact on how artists work within the two mediums. The show includes etchings, original drawings, and prints by Piranesi, as well as a selection of three-dimensional objects by the artist and his successors. Through Sunday, January 20, Monday–Thursday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Sunday, noon–6 p.m., Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2 E. 91st St. at Fifth Avenue, 212-849-8400, $12 general, $9 seniors and students, free for Cooper-Hewitt and Smithsonian Institution members, and children under 12.

FAMILY

THE SWEET LIFE OF ZACK “A Kid’s Life,” a musical, follows the adventures of a 5-year-old boy, Zack, his golden retriever, Starsky, and a shy new girl in town, Zoe. The trio wanders around their neighborhood, while learning lessons about the passing of time, the ability of animals to have feelings, and the beauty of nature — from a talking clock, a spotted owl, and an orange tree. Theatergoers are invited to meet and greet all of the characters and pose for pictures with them after the show. The musical is recommended for children between the ages of 2 and 12. Saturday, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Sunday, 12:30 p.m., Wednesday–Thursday, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., through January 12, dates and times vary, The Theatre at Saint Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Ave. at 54th Street, 212-935-2200, $20–$35. For more information, go to divalyssciousmoms.com or akidslife.net.

FILM

DANCE INTO THE NEW YEAR The form-fitting pants, the fedoras, the swiveling hips — choreographer Bob Fosse was a master at combining athleticism with sensuality, giving theater dancing more than just a slight touch of sex appeal. The Film Society of Lincoln Center remembers the artist with “All That Fosse,” a series of eight movies based on Fosse’s choreography, five of which Fosse directed. His two most memorable directorial works are “Cabaret” (1972) and “All That Jazz” (1979), but the Film Society also highlights three lesser-known films from the 1950s, “Give a Girl a Break” (1953), “My Sister Eileen” (1955), and “The Pajama Game” (1957). In these last three films, Fosse performed as well as directed, and “The Pajama Game” is notable for being the first work that showcased Fosse’s sensual style. Saturday through Tuesday, screening times vary, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. at Amsterdam Avenue, 212-875-5601, $11 general, $7 students, seniors, and members.

INTO THIN AIR An aspiring filmmaker, Danny Williams, was a lighting designer and sometime lover of artist Andy Warhol during the Factory days. “A Walk Into the Sea” (2007), directed by Williams’s niece, Esther Robinson, explores her uncle’s artistic promise and mysterious disappearance in 1966. One afternoon, during a family gathering in Massachusetts, Williams borrowed his mother’s car, saying only that he was stepping out for air. He was never seen or heard from again. A lesser-known regular at the Factory, Williams worked on more than 20 films featuring such Warhol disciples as Edie Sedgwick and the Velvet Underground. Through Friday, times vary, Cinema Village, 22 E. 12th St., between Fifth Avenue and University Place, 212-924-3363, $10.50.

ALLEZ, ALLEZ BAMcinématek presents a double feature of two celebrated children’s films by French director Albert Lamorisse, “The Red Balloon” and “The White Mane.” “The Red Balloon,” originally released in 1956, follows a boy and a wily red balloon through the neighborhoods of Paris. The young son of the director, named Pascal in real life and in the film, plays the central character. In “The White Mane,” a young fisherman helps a wild horse avoid capture. Through Tuesday, January 1, 1 p.m. daily, BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, $11 adults, $7.50 children and seniors.

MUSEUMS

THE MARTINI HOUR The Museum of the City of New York presents “Manhattan Noon: Photographs by Gus Powell,” a collection of about 30 recent works inspired by poet Frank O’Hara’s 1964 volume, “Lunch Poems.” Mr. Powell photographed New Yorkers during his own lunch break: He found the full range, from lounging construction workers to ladies rushing by in stilettos, all of them lit by the midday sun. Through Saturday, March 15, Tuesday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. at 103rd St., 212-534-1672, $9 general, $20 families, $5 students and seniors, free 10 a.m.–noon on Sunday.

MUSIC

POST-CHRISTMAS CAROLS If you haven’t heard enough Christmas songs yet, St. Bartholomew’s Church offers an alternative take on what’s been playing on the radio: The church, along with ARTEK (The Art of the Early Keyboard), presents “Angels and Shepherds: Baroque Pastorales,” performed by a chamber orchestra led by Gwendolyn Toth, and singers including soprano Jessica Tranzillo, mezzo-soprano Barbara Hollinshead, and tenors Philip Anderson and Michael Brown. Composers on the program include Tarquinio Merula, Philipp Friedrich Böddecker, Pietro Paolo Bencini, and Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Saturday, 8 p.m., St. Bartholomew’s Church, 109 E. 50th St. at Park Avenue, 212-378-0222, $20–$40.

PAINTINGS

UPSIDE DOWN, INSIDE OUT Per Kirkeby is best known for his multimedia work, but he is also a filmmaker, author, architect, and visual artist. Michael Werner Gallery presents his latest work in “New Paintings.” In the December 20 edition of The New York Sun, Stephen Maine wrote, “For many years, he has resisted a slide down the slippery slope to landscape, complicating that genre by any means necessary. The artist attempts to defy pictorial gravity by disorienting the viewer’s conceptions of figure and ground, abstraction and representation, up and down.” Selections include two untitled works from 2007, above. Through Saturday, January 19, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Michael Werner Gallery, 4 E. 77th St. at Fifth Avenue, 212-888-1623, free.

THEATER

THE GREAT WHITE MONSTER Playwright Michael Gorman suffered a tragic loss when his brother, a fisherman from New England, died of a heroin overdose. He turned his experience into a trilogy of fictional plays, the second of which, “The Honor and Glory of Whaling,” premieres at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Annex, presented in conjunction with the Forty Hour Club, a nonprofit organization that works to generate social and political discussions around art. “The Honor and Glory” focuses on the situations of addiction and recovery in the New England fishing community, following captain Robby Foerster, famous for his adventurous pride on his fishing boat, but also his struggles with heroin addiction. The play is co-directed by the playwright and David Bennett, and actors include Al Joyce, Michael Kimball, Mr. Bennett, and David Branch. Friday through Sunday, January 6, Thursday–Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., La MaMa e.t.c., 74A E. 4th St., between Second Avenue and the Bowery, 212-475-7710, $20 general, $15 students and seniors.

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