DESIGN

YOUR WORLD UP CLOSE The Pratt Manhattan Gallery at the campus of the Pratt Institute presents “My World,” an exhibit of works by seven British designers. The touring show’s appearance at the gallery marks its only stop in America. The pieces reflect what the designers perceive as our desire for a stamp of personal identity in the things that populate our lives — from mattresses to standing lamps. Highlights include Alison Willoughby’s installation “One” and “10 Skirts,” right, a collection of sizeless circle skirts juxtaposed with a stack of raw fabric. The garments are embellished with small collages of dye, glass, and other materials. Other featured designers include Peter Tragg, Danny Brown, and Neutral, the brainchild of Christian Grou and Tapio Snellman. Through Saturday, February 23, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Pratt Manhattan Gallery, 144 W. 14th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-647-7778, free.

DANCE

SHINING STARS The Parsons Dance Company celebrates its 20th anniversary. It kicks off the year at the Joyce Theater. The artistic director and founder of the troupe, David Parsons, stages two eclectic programs, which include his “Caught,” as well as other pieces from the company’s repertory of more than 70 dances. Tonight and Friday, 8 p.m., runs through Sunday, January 20, dates and times vary, Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave. at 19th Street, 212-691-9740, $25–$44.

A RUSSIAN FOLK COCKTAIL Russia’s Moiseyev Dance Company performs a program of folk and traditional dances as part of the “World of Dance” series at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts. The selections honor the dance tradition of Russia, as well as other countries, including Ukraine, Mongolia, and Uzbekistan, lending the choreography an international flavor. Saturday, 8 p.m., Brooklyn College, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Walt Whitman Theatre, 2900 Campus Rd., between Flatbush and Nostrand avenues, Brooklyn, 718-951-4500, $30–$45.

A TEENAGE LOVE “Romeo + Juliet” is among the featured ballets this season at the New York City Ballet. The recent staging of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy features choreography by the company’s ballet-master-in-chief, Peter Martins, and set designs by Danish painter Per Kirkeby. Saturday, 2 p.m., and Sunday 3 p.m., New York State Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, between West 63rd Street and Columbus Avenue, 212-870-5570, $20–$120.

DRAWINGS

WALK THE LINE The Adam Baumgold Gallery, which specializes in illustrated works and drawings, presents “On Line,” an exhibition roundup of art by some of the most well-known names in illustration. Featured in the exhibit are ink drawings by Pablo Picasso, Saul Steinberg’s “I Do, I Have, I Am” (1971), and a piece by the Swiss duo Elvis Studio (Helge Reumann and Xavier Robel), “Elvis Road.” Other highlights from the show include an untitled work by Matt Leines from 2007. Through Saturday, January 26, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Adam Baumgold Gallery, 74 E. 79th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-861-7338, free.

FAMILY

TALES OF YORE “Mother Goose in an Air-Ship” at the Brooklyn Historical Society features an extensive collection of 19th-century children’s books and games. Many of the selections included were created in the now-shuttered McLoughlin Bros. Factory, long housed in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Early adaptations of children’s classics, as well as instructive — and now, charmingly antiquated — morality tales, including the “Little Slovenly Peter” series, are on view. Many of the pieces in the show were donated to the Brooklyn Historical Society by Ellen Liman, who with her late husband, Arthur, amassed a large body of children’s literature from the 1800s. Ongoing, Wednesday–Sunday, noon–5 p.m., Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton Street, $6 general, $4 seniors and students, free for children under 12.

FILM

‘CARMEN’ GOES TO HARLEM Film Forum toasts Otto Preminger during a film festival devoted to the director. Preminger’s oeuvre boasts noirs and pop-culture classics such as “Bonjour Tristesse” (1959), about a swinging widower who falls hard for a new woman, drawing the scorn of his daughter, Cecile (Jean Seberg). Other highlights include “Carmen Jones” (1954), a modern adaptation of Bizet’s opera “Carmen.” Set in 1950s Harlem, it features an all-black cast that includes starlet Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte. It screens Friday at 1, 4:45, and 8:30 p.m. Through Thursday, January 17, dates and times vary, Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-727-8110, $10.50 general, $5.50 for seniors weekdays before 5 p.m., $5.50 children.

MUSEUMS

LE BON MOT The Rubin Museum of Art takes a look at one group native to Northern India called the Bon in “Bon: The Magic Word — The Indigenous Religion of Tibet,” an exhibit that explores, through painting and sculpture, the group’s existence from a religious point of view. Despite the popularity of Buddhism in Tibet, Hinduism has had significant influence on the Bon. Through Monday, April 14, Monday and Thursday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Wednesday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Saturday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Rubin Museum of Art, 15 W. 17th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-620-5000, $10 general, $7 students, seniors, artists, and neighbors, free for children and members.

FEVER FOR THE FERVOR “Rejoicing in Tsfat and Meron: Capturing the Fervor: Photography by Win Robins,” an exhibit at the Yeshiva University Museum, features 11-by-17-inch images of Hasidic men captured in various states of spiritual release, whether dancing, entranced, or deep in prayer. All the images were taken in Israel between 2005 and 2007. Through Sunday, February 24, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Center for Jewish History, Yeshiva University Museum, 15 W. 16th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-294-8330, $8 general, $6 seniors and students, free for members, children under 5, and Yeshiva University faculty, staff, and students.

MUSIC

CLASSIC DYLAN REVISITED The New York Guitar Festival kicks off the year with a commemoration of Bob Dylan’s legendary concert on May 17, 1966, at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The acoustic concert recording was famously bootlegged for years before Sony produced a legitimate release in 1998. Guitarists and singers each perform a tune from the ’66 set list. Featured artists include Laura Cantrell, Jesse Harris, Chocolate Genius, Oakley Hall, Marshall Crenshaw, and others.

Saturday, 8 p.m., World Financial Center, Winter Garden, 250 Vesey St., Battery Park City, bordered by West Street and the Hudson River, 212-945-2600, free.

COME TOGETHER This year, the annual avant-garde jazz series, Vision Festival, takes place in June. In the meantime, the organization behind the series is producing various mini-festivals around the city, including the Vision Collaboration Festival at Symphony Space. It pairs jazz musicians with dance companies and visual artists during multimedia concerts. Tonight, performers include bassist William Parker, dancer Patricia Nicholson, and visual artist Katy Martin. Trumpeter Roy Campbell and tap dancer Kendrick James are featured on Friday. Tonight through Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, 212-696-6681, $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $15 students and seniors.

COME FLY WITH ME The 92nd Street Y hosts an evening of song to honor the work of composer Sammy Cahn. The prolific American lyricist began his career writing for the vaudeville circuit in the 1930s. A collaboration with composer Jule Styne earned him four Academy Awards. Cahn’s work with the “Chairman of the Board,” Frank Sinatra, brought additional success: Sinatra recorded 89 songs from Cahn’s catalog, including such memorable tunes as “All the Way” and “Call Me Irresponsible.” Vocalists Julian Fleisher, Laura Marie Duncan, and Karen Morrow are among the featured performers. Saturday, 8 p.m., 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $50–$60.

THEATER

COME ON DOWN! In her past stage roles, comedian Lisa Levy has played a psychotherapist and a celebrity reporter. In her onewoman show, “You Bet Your Life Live!,” Ms. Levy takes on the role of game show host. Basing the unscritped piece on the 1950s Groucho Marx quiz program, Ms. Levy uses the original music and commercials employed by Marx. Audience members are encouraged to participate and answer trivia in such categories as “Oprah!,” “Formerly Unanswerable Not Trivial Questions,” and “Body Functions.”

Friday, 10:30 p.m., through an open run, the Green Room, 45 Bleecker St. at Lafayette Street, 212-239-6200, $12.

TALK TO ME LIKE THE RAIN The experimental theater group La MaMa E.T.C. presents “Morning, Afternoon and Good Night,” a program of three one-act plays directed by Oleg Braude. The program comprises the first original play staged by the company in 1962, Michael Locascio’s “A Corner of a Morning”; William M. Hoffman’s “Good Night, and I Love You,” and Tennessee Williams’s “Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen…” In Williams’s play, a man and a woman in a dingy flat on the Lower East Side let loose their despair in a stream of monologues. Tonight through Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2:30 and 8 p.m., First Floor Theatre, 74A E. 4th St., between Bowery and Second Avenue, 212-475-7710, $15.

PAINTINGS

IN THE ABSTRACT Born in 1930, Robert Natkin is considered to be one of a pioneering group of abstract painters who flourished in Chicago during the 1950s and ’60s. In recent years, he has increasingly focused on painting portraits. Still, he has not abandoned entirely his signature abstract works, which feature oblong shapes painted with soft lines. A selection that reflects both genres is currently on view. Highlights from the eponymous exhibit include “Isadora” (2006), above. Through Saturday, January 26, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, 41 E. 57th St. at Madison Avenue, 212-486-7660, free.

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