FOOD & DRINK

99 BARRELS OF ALE In honor of St. Patrick’s Day next Monday, the Sam Adams beer company hosts a pre-holiday beer tasting. Experts from Sam Adams lead discussions on the company’s brewing processes and its range of beers, which include winter ales, summer ales, and double bock beers. The Boston-based company was founded in 1984 by Jim Koch, a descendant of five generations of brewers. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., New York, 130 W. 39th St., between Park and Lexington avenues, free. Reservations required to nychappeningsrsvp@whotels.com.

ART

NEW YORK STATE OF MIND The Gallery of the Office of the Manhattan Borough President presents a retrospective of work by artist Lynda Caspe. Her latest collection of paintings, drawings, sculpture, and sculptural reliefs has Gotham as its focus and features scenes of New York streets such as Franklin and Delancey, as well as abstract views of the city and of human figures. A native New Yorker, Ms. Caspe is an adjunct associate professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. Through Friday, March 28, Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Municipal Building, 1 Centre St., 19th floor, at Chambers Street, 212-669-8300, free.

GERMAN FANTASY Tim Berresheim’s latest exhibit, “Scheuche (Mild),” features paintings and prints on wood. The artist’s works are populated by a series of abstract plants and one-legged or one-armed figures. In some works, Mr. Berresheim’s subjects dance in a way that recalls episodes of “Monty Python.” In others, a protruding green arm, draped in a letterman’s jacket, appears to sprout shrubbery, twigs, and other plant life where limbs should be. Mr. Berresheim, who lives in Cologne, Germany, is also an electronic music producer and musician; his album was recently released. Through Saturday, March 29, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Marc Jancou Contemporary, 680 Broadway at Great Jones Alley (near West 3rd Street), entrance on Great Jones, 212-473-2100, free.

MULTIMEDIA

THE FINNISH LINE The Ars Fennica Prize is awarded each year by the Finnish government to an outstanding native visual artist. The work of four finalists for last year’s prize is featured in “Ars Fennica: Finnish Art Now,” on view at Scandinavia House. Artists include photographer and video artist Elina Brotherus, sculptor Markus Kåhre, painter Elina Merenmies, and painter Anna Tuori. Among the selections from the exhibit are two of Ms. Tuori’s paintings, “Ennen aamupäivää” (“Before Noon”) (2006), above left, and “Tapahtumatta jäänyt” (“Never happened”) (2005), above right. Through Saturday, April 12, Tuesday–Saturday, noon–6 p.m., Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave. at 38th Street, 212-879-9779, free.

FAMILY

PURIM PARTY The Jewish holiday Purim doesn’t begin until sunset next Thursday, but the Jewish Museum is celebrating it early
with a concert and dance party featuring Shira Klein, a children’s music performer who specializes in Jewish-themed songs. Ms.
Klein performs original material from her songbook as well as traditional Purim favorites that aim to teach listeners about the festive and jubilant nature of the holiday. Children and parents are encouraged to wear party clothes. Sunday, 2 p.m., Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave., between 92nd and 93rd streets, 212-423-3200, $15 general, $10 children, $12 for adult members, $8 for child members.

OPERA

MARK MY WORDS The New York City Opera has collaborated with the Mark Morris Dance Company to stage a modern interpretation of
Henry Purcell’s 1691 semi-opera, “King Arthur.” The plot turns on the titular king’s struggle against the invading Saxons and his heroic
rescue of his lover, Emmeline. The production is directed and choreographed by Mr. Morris, who has entirely eliminated dramatist
John Dryden’s libretto. Mr. Morris isn’t the only heavyweight name attached to the opera: The sets are designed by award-winning
Broadway veteran Adrianne Lobel and the colorful costumes by fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., tomorrow, 8 p.m.,
Saturday, 1:30 and 8 p.m., New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza near 65th Street, 212-721-6500, $16-$130.

READINGS

VINTAGE WOLFE Author Tom Wolfe celebrates Picador’s reissue of his first novel as part of the “Upstairs at the Square” series presented by Barnes & Noble Union Square. When it was published in 1987, “The Bonfire of the Vanities” was held up as the ultimate
satire of the “Me Decade.” Going from Wall Street to the mean streets of New York City, Mr. Wolfe captures comically and cynically the similarities among that era’s social climbers, ruling class, and underprivileged. Argentinean composer and pianist Fernando Otero performs and joins Mr. Wolfe in a conversation moderated by journalist Katherine Lanpher. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Union Square, 212-253-0810, free.

TALKS

FAMILY MATTERS A poet and senior broadcaster for Wisconsin Public Radio, Jean Feraca, reads from her new memoir, “I Hear Voices:
A Memoir of Love, Death and the Radio” (University of Wisconsin Press). Ms. Feraca’s son, Dominick Fernow, joins her in a discussion
of the book. In her memoir, Ms. Feraca recalls her late brother, Stephen, who left home at an early age and was later adopted by the
Sioux tribe. The author describes Stephen as a man with “a life force that verged on the diabolic.” Ms. Feraca also retraces her Catholic upbringing, two failed marriages, and efforts to lead a monastic existence. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway at 12th
Street, 212-473-1452, free.

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