TALKS

DON’T GET AROUND MUCH The New York Sun’s resident jazz critic, Will Friedwald, gives a talk about the musical collaboration in the 1940s between composer Duke Ellington and lyricist Bob Russell. The conversation is presented by the Duke Ellington Society of New York. Russell’s work with Ellington produced enduring standards, including “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” “Do Nothing ‘Till You Hear from Me,” and “I Didn’t Know About You.” Besides his work with Ellington, Russell also became famous for such compositions as “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” written with Bobby Scott, and later collaborations for film with producer and composer Quincy Jones. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Saint Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Ave. at 59th Street, free.

ART

WORLDS COLLIDE Fawad Khan’s first solo exhibit comprises a series of gouache drawings. Mr. Khan was born on a Libyan military base and raised in Karachi before moving to America. His work bears the stamp of this experience: He frequently juxtaposes images of soldiers with crashing vehicles, whether buses or postal trucks, against camouflage backdrops. Through Thursday, April 24, Tuesday–Friday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Saturday, noon–6 p.m., 33 Bond Gallery, 33 Bond St., between Lafayette Street and the Bowery, 212-845-9257, free.

WONDER BREAD The exhibit “Bread/Lechem: Photographs by Margalit Mannor” focuses on a recycling tradition in Israel in which stale bread is collected from bakeries and turned into cattle fodder on some contemporary Israeli farms. A Jewish man who had fled a Polish ghetto is said to have started the practice in 1943. The Hebrew words beit and lechem — reminiscent of the word “Bethlehem” — together mean “Home of Bread,” and the title of the exhibit evokes the phrase. Through Sunday, April 27, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Yeshiva University Museum, 15 W. 16th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-294-8330, $8 general, $6 students and seniors, free for children and members.

ASIA WEEK

ARTIST SURVEY Kips Gallery hosts an exhibition tour and conversation with Fay Ku, a Chinese-born artist whose dark, haunting drawings combine sexually-tinged, morbid, and childlike overtones. Curated by M. Brendon MacInnis, the show presents a survey of the artist’s most significant works, including a piece depicting scantily clad figures carrying guns while another group of youngsters appears blindfolded nearby. Tomorrow, 6–9 p.m., exhibit runs through Saturday, April 5, Kips Gallery, 531 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-242-4215, free.

FAMILY

HIPPITY-HOP This Easter weekend, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo hosts its annual “Egg-stravaganza” event, where children can indulge in jelly beans and chocolate bunnies. Youngsters can also pet and play with the zoo’s two giant Flemish rabbits, Henry and Herbie. The human-size Billy the Bunny distributes candy around the zoo, while an “Egg Quest” sends scavengers in search of well-hidden Easter eggs.

Saturday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m., Queens Zoo, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 53-51 111th St. at 53rd Avenue, Flushing, Queens, 718-271-1500, $6 general, $2.25 seniors, $2 for children ages 3–12, free for children under 3.

MUSIC

GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BACH The first music director emeritus of the New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur, conducts the Philharmonic in four performances of Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion,” composed in 1727. Bach’s masterpiece includes text culled from two chapters in the Christian Bible’s Gospel of Matthew and 28 short poems by Picander, one of Bach’s primary librettists. The work is widely regarded as the apotheosis of the northern German tradition of Passion narratives, which tell the tale of the trial and suffering of Jesus. Featured performers include baritone Matthias Goerne (Jesus), tenor James Taylor (Evangelist), the Westminster Choir, and the American Boychoir. Today and tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Friday–Saturday, 8 p.m., Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, Columbus Avenue at 65th Street, 212-875-5656, $34–$107.

PHOTOGRAPHY

WALL TO WALL Canadian photographer Jeff Wall, known for his technique of mounting large-scale photographs on light boxes, has a self-titled exhibit of new works at the Marian Goodman Gallery. The show is made up of eight new photographs of scenes that have been mounted alongside documentary images of deserted landscapes.

Through Saturday, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Marian Goodman Gallery, 24 W. 57th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-977-7160, free.

TOWN OF DREAMS Paolo Ventura’s scenes of a fictional Italian circus town in the 1950s are presented in “Winter Stories,” his latest exhibit at Hasted Hunt. The large-format color photographs are remarkably realistic. Figures in fedoras loiter outside an abandoned bookstore, while circus-goers in raincoats hold slick umbrellas above their heads. Mr. Ventura constructed the set design and the costumes for each scene, down to the subway stations and windows in a department store. Through Saturday, April 12, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Hasted Hunt, 529 W. 20th St., 3rd floor, between Tenth Avenue and the West Side Highway, 212-627-0006, free.

TALKS

EXTREME MAKEOVER The Museum of the City of New York presents “The Future of Coney Island,” a discussion with the president of the Coney Island Development Corporation, Lynn Kelly. She is joined in conversation by representatives from various city agencies who have formed a coalition for the transformation of the amusement park into a year-round entertainment complex. After a period of tremendous popularity in the early 20th century, New York’s quintessential amusement park and resort has suffered from neglect. Panelists discuss plans to revitalize this famed part of the New York seashore. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. at 103rd Street, 212-534-1672, $9 general, $5 students and seniors.

PAINTINGS

FRESH FACES Robert Bauer makes paintings only of people whom he knows, and it is perhaps because of this that his portraits seem to bear an unusual sensitivity. In his latest exhibit, a show dominated by male subjects, Mr. Bauer paints both from sittings and from drawings and photographs. The self-titled exhibit spans four years. Highlights include “Josh” (2008), above left, “Todd” (2008), center, and “Nate” (2008), right. Through Saturday, April 26, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Forum Gallery, 745 Fifth Ave., 5th floor, at 57th Street, 212-355-4545, free.

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