FILM

SCANDALOUS SKATERS The Brooklyn Academy of Music presents a screening of cinematographer Ed Lachman’s 2002 directorial debut (with Larry Clark), “Ken Park.” The movie follows a group of teenagers dealing with suicide, abuse, sex, and troubled relationships with their parents. Written by Harmony Korine and Mr. Clark, the film was banned in Australia for its strong sexual content, and has had only limited screenings throughout America. A question-and-answer session with Mr. Lachman and Mr. Clark follows. Friday, 7 p.m., Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, $11 general, $7.50 seniors and members.

FIRST TIME AROUND For moviegoers who were disappointed by director Wong Kar-Wai’s first English-language feature, “My Blueberry Nights” (2008), an expiation is in order. Any memories of the lackluster road-trip romance that goes nowhere should be expunged by a viewing of Mr. Wong’s superb debut, “As Tears Go By,” or “Wong gok ka moon” (1988), which is screened at BAMcinématek. The film is set in Hong Kong’s frenetic Mongkok district, and focuses on a love triangle between a beautiful woman, a brooding gangster, and his fumbling protégé. It marks the first of Mr. Wong’s collaborations with actress Maggie Cheung, who would become as much his muse as the streets of Hong Kong. “As Tears Go By” also stars Andy Lau. Through tomorrow, times vary, BAM Rose Cinemas, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 30 Lafayette Ave., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 718-777-3456, $11 general, $7.50 students, seniors, and members. For complete information, go to bam.org.

MUSIC

LEGEND OF KING ARTHUR The New York Philharmonic presents a partial staging of Lerner and Loewe’s “Camelot.” Actor Gabriel Byrne, in the role of King Arthur, leads an all-star cast of actors that includes Fran Drescher as Morgan Le Fey and Stacey Keach as Merlyn. The musical is based on the T.H. White novel “The Once and Future King,” and tells the tale of a monarch whose idealized kingdom meets a tragic end at the hands of his illegitimate son. The royal must also cope with a disastrous affair between his most trusted knight, Sir Lancelot, and his beautiful queen, Guenevere. Tonight and tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, 132 W. 65th St. at Columbus Avenue, 212-875-5030, $65­-$250.

DANCING WITH DUMBLEDORE The band Harry and the Potters combines wizardry and rock for the literary set. The duo, made up of brothers Paul and Joe DeGeorge, are inspired, of course, by J.K. Rowling’s fictional wizard, Harry Potter. At their concerts, Messrs. DeGeorge usually appear in costumes that depict the Hogwarts student at different stages of his studies: Paul, 28, acts as Harry during Year 7, and Joe, 20, is Harry at Year 4. Song lyrics are based on memorable episodes from the series. Saturday, 7 p.m., New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, 455 Fifth Ave. at 42nd Street, 917-229-7660, free. Tickets available at the NYPL’s Astor Hall Friday, noon-3 p.m., Saturday, noon-5 p.m., on a first-come, first-served basis.

THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS R&B star Mary J. Blige and rapper Jay-Z — whose classic duet “Can’t Knock the Hustle” is nonpareil in the hip-hop canon — co-headline the Heart of the City tour at Madison Square Garden. The Brooklyn-born hip-hop mogul and the Yonkers-bred songstress both released albums in the last quarter of 2007. Jay-Z’s “American Gangster” features songs inspired by the film of the same name, and Ms. Blige’s “Growing Pains” boasts the hit single “Just Fine.” Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Madison Square Garden, WaMu Theater, 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, at 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue, 212-307-7171, $69.75-$199.75.

OPERA

FRESH COMPOSITIONS New York City Opera presents “VOX 2008: Showcasing American Composers.” Among the highlights is David Little’s “Soldier Songs,” based on interviews Mr. Little conducted with military personnel, and Scott Davenport Richards’s jazz opera “Charlie Crosses the Nation,” about a biracial jazz musician making a living during the big-band era. The VOX committee selects up to 12 operas (either finished or in progress) by emerging and established composers to stage with full orchestration and professional casts. The program is now in its ninth season. Pre-concert discussions begin at noon. Saturday-Sunday, 2-5:30 p.m., New York University, Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 La Guardia Place at Washington Square Park South, reserve tickets at vox-nyco.com, free.

PHOTOGRAPHY

LONG-RANGE VIEW Sze Tsung Leong’s exhibit “Horizons” features expansive yet detailed vistas. And while his horizontal prints can be described as landscapes, the subject matter is diverse, from rooftops and pastoral fields to desert plains, many in faraway places such as India, Iceland, the Dead Sea, Mexico, and Italy. Through Saturday, May 17, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Yossi Milo Gallery, 525 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-414-0370, free.

READINGS

COMIC CALAMITY Author David Hajdu discusses his new book, “The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Mr. Hajdu examines the censorship debate over comic books that raged in the 1950s, prompting congressional hearings and highlighting the growing generation gap. He casts the controversy as a prelude to the culture war that would follow in the next decade over rock music. Mr. Hajdu also presents a slide show of some of the best vintage comics. Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Freebird Books and Goods, 123 Columbia St., between Kane and Degraw streets, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, 718-643-8484, free.

Talks

REID BETWEEN THE LINES The 92nd Street Y hosts a conversation with the Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, a Democrat of Nevada, and a CBS News senior political correspondent, Jeff Greenfield. The two men discuss the managing of the ongoing war in Iraq, the economy, and possible complications at the upcoming Democratic convention in this election year. The senator also discusses his new book, “The Good Fight: Hard Lessons from Searchlight to Washington” (Putnam). Tomorrow, 8 p.m., 92nd Street Y, Kaufman Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $26.

SATISFY SUMMER CRAVINGS An online food editor at New York magazine, Josh Ozersky, divulges the best places for summer food adventures in New York City. As editor of the popular New York magazine Web log Grub Street, Mr. Ozersky has the inside scoop on the city’s good eats. He is the author of “Meat Me in Manhattan: A Carnivore’s Guide to New York” (Gamble Guides). Tonight, 7 p.m., East 54th Street Recreation Center, 348 E. 54th St., between First and Second avenues, 212-408-0296, free.

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