DESIGN

THE TWO ISAMUS “Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi” celebrates the collaboration between Noguchi, an industrial designer, and Japan’s most influential Modernist designer, Kenmochi. The two men, who met in Japan in 1950, shared a mission to design a universally exceptional object. Through Sunday, May 25, Wednesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33rd Rd. at Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens, 718-204-7088, $10 general, $5 seniors and students, free for children under 12.

FAMILY

CANDIED APPLE ORCHARDS It may not be apple-picking season, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had in the apple orchard at the Queens County Farm Museum, where a children’s carnival opens. Among the event highlights are carnival rides, a petting zoo, hayrides, and magic shows. Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., and April 19–20, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, between 73rd Road and 74th Avenue, Floral Park, Queens, 718-347-3276, $9.

MUSIC

BERLIN IN HARMONY The Juilliard School and musicians of the Hanns-Eisler Academy perform a joint concert at the German Consulate. The event is featured as part of an ongoing musical exchange program between America and Germany that was founded in 2004 to recognize the 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The program includes works by Brahms, Mozart, and Eugene Ysaye. Friday, 6 p.m., German Consulate General, German House Auditorium, 871 United Nations Plaza, between First Avenue and 49th Street, 212-610-9759, free.

VERDI’S HIDDEN TREASURE The Metropolitan Opera presents “Ernani,” one of Verdi’s first operas, last performed at the Met more than 20 years ago. This infrequently staged opera is based on Victor Hugo’s play, “Hernani,” and contains what many consider one of Verdi’s finest comedic ensemble scenes, as John of Aragon escapes a murderous rival and falls in love with Donna Elvira. Acclaimed Italian tenor Marcello Giordani stars in the title role, with Roberto Abbado conducting.

Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Opera House, 150 W. 65th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-362-6000, $15–$295.

TALKS

FEMINISM ON FILM The Museum of Modern Art presents “Gender and Film: Resituating the Past in the Present,” a discussion featured as part of the Museum of Modern Art’s Feminist Future Series. Panelists address the relationship between gender and film from the 1970s to the present, including a look at the depiction of the rise of feminism on film. Guest speakers include filmmakers Chantal Akerman and Trinh Minh-ha, and a film critic and professor at the University of London, Laura Mulvey. Friday, 5:30 p.m., MoMA, the Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2, 11 W. 53rd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-708-9400, $10 general, $5 students and seniors.

TOURS

BUILDING BUSHWICK The Municipal Art Society hosts “Bushwick: Old and New,” a tour of the historic architecture of the Brooklyn neighborhood. Although Bushwick has enjoyed revitalization of late, its history is long and tumultuous. Stops along the tour include an old brewery, beer baron mansions, and multiple churches, including the newly restored St. Barbara’s, built in 1910. Urban historian Joe Svehlak leads the tour. Sunday, 11 a.m., meet at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Broadway, Bushwick, Brooklyn, 212-935-2075, $15 general, $12 for Municipal Art Society members.

ART

AMERICAN DREAM Congregation Or Zarua, a Conservative synagogue on the Upper East Side, presents “From Yankel to Yankee: The Americanization of Jews Reflected in Yiddish Theater and Popular Music, 1882–1924.” The exhibit shows, through movie posters and sheet music, the cultural assimilation of Eastern European Jews in America during a time of high immigration. Selections from the collection include the sheet music cover for “It’s Tough When Izzy Rosenstein Loves Genevieve Malone” (1910), above. Through Monday, September 15, exhibit can be viewed by appointment or on Saturday mornings after Sabbath services, 127 E. 82nd St., between Park and Lexington avenues,212-452-2310, free.

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