FILM

ESCAPE INTO NOWHERE Li Yang’s dramatic film, “Blind Mountain” (2007), is set amid the modern Chinese slave trade, as a college-educated woman, who believes she is leaving her mountainous province for a promised job, is instead kidnapped, drugged, and sold as a bride. When the woman, played by Huang Li, makes multiple attempts to escape, she finds that the community she has been taken to is run by government cohorts, dampening her chances at freedom. Mr. Li is also known for exposing abuses in the Chinese mining industry in his 2003 film “Blind Shaft.” Friday, 6 and 8 p.m., Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-727-8110, $10.50 general, $5.50 seniors, members, and children.

ART

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION Deitch Projects presents “Be Kind Rewind,” an exhibit of new work by director Michel Gondry, whose film of the same name is in theaters. The exhibit includes material related to the movie as well as a recreation of the video store featured in the film. “Be Kind Rewind” follows a Passaic, N.J., junkyard worker, Jerry, who, having unwittingly become magnetized, erases the entire VHS inventory. Jerry and a video shop clerk, Mike, conspire to reenact and film the popular movies themselves. Visitors to the gallery can explore the shop and create their own renditions of the home-entertainment fare, which is then displayed in the gallery. Through Saturday, noon–6 p.m., Deitch Projects, 18 Wooster St., between Grand and Canal streets, 212-343-7300, free.

RESCUE AND RECOVERY Canadian artist Geneviève Castrée has her first New York exhibit at the Adam Baumgold Gallery. The show comprises 50 works that were the basis for Ms. Castrée’s book, “Tout Seul dans la Forêt en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur?,” All Alone in the Forest in Broad Daylight, Are You Scared?. The drawings examine how war affects modern life, concentrating on victims of conflict. Through Saturday, April 26, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Adam Baumgold Gallery, 74 E. 79th St., between Madison and Park avenues, 212-861-7338, 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.

FILM

ADAPTATION French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard’s “Contempt” (1963) is either a cinematic masterpiece or among the most self-indulgent exercises in filmmaking to be given a green light by a major studio. The film stars Brigitte Bardot as the wife of a struggling screenwriter (Michael Piccoli) who can’t resist a lucrative offer from a shameless Hollywood producer (Jack Palance). The art-house film’s pacing can be slow, but the locations — 1960s Capri — and costume design are sublime. Through Thursday, March 27, times vary, Film Forum, 209 W Houston St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-727-8110, $10.50 general, $5.50 members.

MUSIC

OOH, LA LA Brooklyn-based band La Laque performs as part of a lineup that includes indie groups Murder Mystery and Day For Night. The lead singer of La Laque, Devery, fronts the band’s 1960sinspired mod-rock sound, singing airy ballads, all in French. Their set list includes selections from the group’s self-titled EP, including “Le Weekend” and “La Sirene Dort.” La Laque goes onstage at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, 7 p.m., Luna Lounge, 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 866-468-7619, $8.

SWEETER THAN HONEY A singer with pipes of steel and honey, Aretha Franklin, was offended when starlet Beyoncé Knowles introduced singer Tina Turner as “the queen” during a duet at this year’s Grammy Awards, calling it a “cheap shot.” This weekend, the “queen of soul” herself, Ms. Franklin, gives two concerts at Radio City Music Hall, and settles any doubt about where the crown should rest. The second-most Grammy winning female recording artist, Ms. Franklin, has had 20 no. 1 R&B singles on the Billboard charts and a career that spans more than four decades. She sings selections from her catalog of classics, including “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” “Think,” and “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You).” Friday–Saturday, 8 p.m., Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Sixth Ave. at 49th Street, 212-632-4000, $54.50–$94.50.

PHOTOGRAPHY

KOREA COMES ALIVE The well-regarded Gana Art Gallery of South Korea opens its latest location in New York today. The gallery now has four locations: two in South Korea, one in Paris, and now one in Chelsea. For its inaugural exhibit in the city, Gana Art presents an exhibit of works by Bae Bien-U, a professor of photography at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. Other artists to be exhibited this year include sculpture artist Yong Ho Ji and multimedia artist Young Hoon Ko. Exhibit through Sunday, April 13, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Gana Art, 564 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-454-0220, free.

ASIA WEEK

MADE IN CHINA “88 Conversations,” a series of portraits depicting members of the contemporary Chinese art movement in New York City, Beijing, Shanghai, and Zhongzhou, is the result of collaboration between photographer Erin Kornfeld and writer Charlie Schultz. A reception to toast the exhibition opening is held at Ms. Kornfeld’s studio on Friday. The photo-portraits celebrate the Chinese avant-garde during what is being hailed by art observers as one of the most influential periods for the Chinese art market. The subjects of these photographs exemplify the exchange of artistic ideas between East and West. Highlights include “Lilly Wei and Kiki Tuner, New York City” (2007), above, and “Shifo Art Village” (2007), left. Friday, 4–8 p.m., exhibit through Monday, March 31, 1–6 p.m., 13-17 Laight St., suite 26, 5th floor, between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street, 917-545-4299, free.

THEATER

HASTY PUDDING IN THE CITY Harvard’s annual Hasty Pudding revue comes to New York this weekend for a staging of “HPT 160: Fable Attraction,” a burlesque comedy about a wooden boy who suffers unfortunate consequences for his transgressions. In this musical set in a far-away land, it’s not his nose, but (ahem) another appendage that grows with each lie. A magic mirror and a lady in a stiletto also feature here. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, E. 68th Street, between Park and Lexington avenues, 212-772-4448, $34. For complete information, go to hastypudding.org.

FREE RADICALS Primary Stages presents Willy Holtzman’s “Something You Did,” about an aging ’60s radical up for parole after serving a 30-year prison sentence for the accidental killing of a black police officer during a war protest. Tony award winner Joanna Gleason is cast in the leading role. Through Saturday, April 26, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Wednesday–Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., 59E59 Theaters, 59 E. 59th St., between Madison and Park avenues, 212-753-5959, $60.

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