FAMILY

HEALTHY HEROES Super Grover has not been himself lately. In “Sesame Street Live: Ready for Action,” youngsters can watch as Elmo and an all-superhero team band together to show Grover how to maintain healthy habits, including eating right, staying active, and sleeping plenty. Through song, dance, and well-meaning antics, Grover’s friends get him back on track. The production includes new renditions of familiar tunes such as “Old MacDonald,” “Splish Splash,” and “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”; audience members are invited to sing along. Thursday, 11 a.m., Friday, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saturday–Sunday, 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., through Monday, February 18, dates and times vary, Madison Square Garden, WaMu Theater, 4 Pennsylvania Plaza at 32nd Street, 212-465-6741, $19.50–$54.

DANCE

LIQUID MOVEMENT In her latest performance piece, “Iodine,” Israeli choreographer Deganit Shemy uses the element’s healing and stinging properties as a metaphor for the highs and lows of falling in love. The piece features six dancers who struggle to reconcile their desire for intimacy with their fear of losing their distinct personal identities in the process. Ms. Shemy is currently in residence at the 92nd Street Y and Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Tonight through Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 6 p.m., Performance Space 122, 150 First Ave. at 9th Street, 212-352-3101, $20.

FILM

AGAINST THE ROPES A screening of “Sweet Dreams” is followed by a Q&A with the documentary’s director, Eric Latek. The film is presented as part of the IFC Center’s Stranger Than Fiction series. It tells the story of two Italian-American boxers: Gary “Tiger” Balletto, a seasoned professional who attempts to organize the first-ever boxers’ union in order to obtain benefits and health insurance for fighters, and 19-year-old Derek Fleming, an up-and-comer struggling to establish a fighter’s persona, a disposition that is at odds with his quiet nature. Mr. Latek followed the two men for three years as they pursued their dreams in spite of the daily struggles of working-class life. Tonight, 8 p.m., IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave. at W. 3rd Street, 212-924-7771, $15 general, $12 members.

MUSIC

TIED UP WITH STRINGS The Tokyo String Quartet performs at the 92nd Street Y, where it is in residence this season. The program celebrates two masterpieces of chamber music, Haydn’s String Quartet in C Major and Brahms’s String Quartet in A minor, but the concert also makes a case for the future of the genre with the American premiere of “Blossoming,” a piece for string quartet by Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa. The quartet, now in its 39th year, includes violinists Martin Beaver and Kikuei Ikeda, violist Kazuhide Isomura, and cellist Clive Greensmith. A professor at the Yale School of Music, Robert Holzer, gives a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. Saturday, 8 p.m., 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $40 general, $25 for age 35 and under.

PHOTOGRAPHY

AN EYE ON THE HOMELAND Israeli photojournalist David Rubinger celebrates the opening tonight of “Israel Through My Lens,” a retrospective exhibit spanning his 60-year career, at the 92nd Street Y. Born in Vienna in 1924, Mr. Rubinger emigrated to British Palestine in 1939 and developed a passion for photography while serving in the British army’s Jewish Brigade. He became an eyewitness to the history of Israel — first as a news photographer working for the nascent Israeli press and then as a staffer for Time and Life magazines. His photographs are the only ones on permanent display at the Knesset, the site of the Israeli legislature. Mr. Rubinger attends the opening reception and signs copies of his new book, a companion to the exhibit of the same title. Tomorrow he presents a slide show derived from the book at the New York Public Library. Reception tonight, 6 p.m., exhibit through Friday, February 29, 92nd Street Y, Weill Art Gallery, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, free; lecture tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Library, sixth floor, 455 Fifth Ave. at 40th Street, 212-340-0871, free.

THEATER

SUPER TUESDAY In David Mamet’s new political farce, “November,” actor Nathan Lane plays a corrupt president facing long odds of reelection. He must rely on his lawyer, played by Dylan Baker, and his trusted speechwriter, played by Laurie Metcalf, to navigate a world of corrupt officials and special interest groups, which include the manufacturers of turkey by-products. The incumbent contends with such issues as gay marriage, dubious pardons, and questionable campaign contributions as he tries to maintain his grasp on the highest office. Joe Mantello directs the comedy. Tonight through Saturday, 8 p.m., Wednesday and Saturday, 2 p.m., ongoing, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 243 W. 47th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, 212-239-6200, $46.50–$99.50.

SCULPTURE

ICY HOT Atmospheric and environmental worlds collide in “Islands,” the seventh exhibit that P.P.O.W. Gallery has mounted of the collaborative work of artists Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz. The duo creates panoramas and snow globes of frozen island landscapes, conjuring alternative realities. Doll-like figures are depicted climbing mountains on which they will seek refuge. Selections from the exhibit include “Meanwhile Further South” (2007), above. Through Saturday, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., P.P.O.W. Gallery, 555 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-647-1044, free.

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