FAMILY

THAT’S ALL FOLK! While the Brooklyn Children’s Museum undergoes renovations, expected to end this spring, the organization is hosting off-site family events at Brooklyn’s public libraries. The “On-the-Go” series includes hands-on activities for children focusing on a variety of themes, including food and holidays. On Friday, the Brower Park Public Library is the site of a workshop about world folk art. Children and parents engage in discussions on the various types of folk art. Youngsters are also invited to create their own folk masterpiece from fabric, paper, and paint. Friday, noon, Brower Park Public Library, 725 St. Marks Ave. at Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-735-4400, free.

FILM

‘FRIDAY’ ON THURSDAY A classic Hollywood screwball romance directed by Howard Hawks,”HisGirl Friday” (1940) stars Cary Grant as a hard-nosed newspaper editor who goes out of his way to keep his ace reporter (and his ex-wife), played by Rosalind Russell, from remarrying. The screening is featured as part of a Valentine’s Day “Dinner and a Movie” package at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; a four-course dinner and complimentary Champagne are served at BAMcafé. (The romantic dessert is a warm chocolate fondant cake with espresso gelato, whipped cream, cherries, and vanilla crème anglaise.) Thursday, 6:30 p.m. screening with 8:30 p.m. dinner, or 6:45 p.m. dinner with 8:30 p.m. screening, BAMcafé, 30 Lafayette Ave., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Brooklyn, 718-623-7811, $63.

MUSIC

A FUNNY VALENTINE Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright performs with his band on Valentine’s Day. Mr. Wainwright, whose confessional style has made him a favorite among fans, once compared his lover in song to cravings for chocolate milk and cigarettes. He performs selections from his new album, “Release the Stars.” The son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, opens the show.

Thursday, 8 p.m., Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Sixth Ave. at 50th Street, 212-307-1000, $39–$55.

READING

POETIC JUSTICE The McNally Robinson Bookstore hosts a reading by some of the emerging poets whose work is included in “The Best New Poets of 2007.” The annual publication is produced by Meridian, the University of Virginia’s literary journal. The 50 writers who made the cut were chosen from more than 200 entrants. Featured poets include Robert Sawyer; Jee Leong Koh; Cecily Parks, whose work has appeared in the Paris Review and theYale Review, and Robin Beth Schaer, who has taught poetry at Columbia University and Cooper Union. Tonight, 7 p.m., McNally Robinson, 50 Prince St. at Lafayette Street, 212-274-1160, free.

THEATER

VONNEGUT ONSTAGE The Godlight Theatre Company stages “Slaughterhouse-Five or: The Children’s Crusade” at 59E59 Theaters. The play is adapted from Kurt Vonnegut’s novel by Eric Simonson and directed by Godlight’s artistic director, Joe Tantalo. In this anti-war, science-fiction tale, a former American prisoner of war and alien abductee time-travels through various stages of his life, including a tragic childhood and the bombing of Dresden during World War II. Through Monday, February 17, Tuesday–Friday, 8:30 p.m., Saturday, 2:30 and 8:30 p.m., Sunday, 3:30 p.m., 59E59 Theaters, 59 E. 59th St., between Madison and Park avenues, 212-753-5959, $25, $17.50 members.

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 getting enough sleep. 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. Wednesday–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 February 18, Madison Square Garden, WaMu Theater, 4 Pennsylvania Plaza at 32nd Street, 212-465-6741, $19.50–$54.

REVIVING INGE William Inge’s “Come Back, Little Sheba” returns to Broadway, this time under the direction of Michael Pressman. Veteran television actress S. Epatha Merkerson plays Lola Delaney, who once traded on her looks and has now grown slovenly. She is trapped in an oppressive marriage to an alcoholic chiropractor, Doc, played by Kevin Anderson. When the couple invites a young boarder, Marie (Zoe Kazan), into their cramped home, her assured sexuality sets off a tense dynamic between the married couple. Tuesday–Saturday, 8 p.m., Wednesday and Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m., through Sunday, March 16, Biltmore Theater, 261 W. 47th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, 212-239-6200, $46.50–$91.50.

PAINTINGS

RISING UP “Recent Paintings,” an exhibit by Vincent Hamel, contains works that, at first glance, appear to be monochromatic. In fact, Mr. Hamel creates the artworks by applying thick layers of multi-hued paint to create a three-dimensional effect. The artist takes great pains to treat his surfaces with brushstrokes of varying lengths and directions. Selections from the exhibit include “Untitled 10 (Crop Lak)” (2007), above right; “Untitled 2 (Dark Green Over White)” (2007), above left, and “Untitled 6 (Green)” (2007), top. Through Saturday, Tuesday–Saturday, 10:30 a.m.–6 p.m., seventh floor, 529 W. 20th St., between Tenth Avenue and the West Side Highway, 646-486-7004, free.

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