The film festival is not all that’s going on in TriBeCa. Here are some other events happening in the neighborhood during the next few weeks.

ART

GALLERY GOING Many Tribeca galleries extend their evening hours and remain open on Sundays during the duration of the film festival. Abstract paintings by Sharon Bartel-Clements are on display at one such gallery.

Through Saturday, April 30, Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday, April 23, noon-5 p.m., Sunday, April 30, noon-6 p.m., Franklin 54 Gallery, 54-56 Franklin St., between Lafayette and Cortlandt streets, 212-732-0009, free. Please go to www.cherylpelavin.com/TGAfull.html for a complete list of galleries.

BENEFIT

SWEET STUFF “La Dolce Vita” is the theme of this year’s TriBeCa Ball. Fittingly, Dolce & Gabbana designed the decor at the gala downtown dinner. Eileen Guggenheim and Russell Wilkinson are the evening’s honorary chairs. The party is a benefit for the New York Academy of Art, a graduate school devoted to teaching figurative painting, sculpture, and drawing. Thursday, April 21, 7:30 p.m. cocktails, 8:30 p.m. dinner, Skylight, 275 Hudson St. at Dominick Street, 212-759-2800 ext. 16, $1,000.

FAMILY

HAIR-RAISING The new all-ages production at the Manhattan Children’s Theatre is a twist on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “Rapunzel.” In this musical version, the long-haired captive and her rescuer, who is not who he seems to be, work together to defeat the witch. Saturday through Sunday, May 22, Saturday and Sunday, noon and 2 p.m., Manhattan Children’s Theatre, 380 Broadway at White Street, 212-226-4085 for information, 212-352-3101 for tickets, $15 general, $10 children.

FILM

SHORT STUFF The TriBeCa Underground Film Festival, which screens only short films, takes place during that other neighborhood movie fest. Wednesday, April 27, through Saturday, April 30, daily, 7-9 p.m., Ice House building, 22-26 Ericsson Pl., at Varick and Beach streets, free. See www.tribecaundergroundfilmfestival.org for full schedule.

MUSIC

BIG TIME

Former “Saturday Night Live” star Ana Gasteyer is the guest performer at a concert by unpredictable jazz singer Julian Fleisher and his “Rather Big Band.” Thursday, April 21, 7:30 p.m., World Financial Center, Winter Garden, 220 Vesey St. at the West Side Highway, 212-945-2600, free.

NEW TUNES

The New York Art Ensemble’s “Tribeca New Music Festival” includes a workshop performance of Michael Sahl and Margaret Yard’s new opera “Sally Anne,” about an injured child who escapes into an absurdist fantasy (Sunday, April 24, 7 p.m.). Also upcoming in the festival: “Ten Children,” a 10-song concert by bass clarinetist Michael Lowenstern, blended with computer elements and electronics (Sunday, April 24, 3 p.m.). All performances: Flea Theater, 41 White St., between Broadway and Church Street, 212-352-3101, $15.

TALK

ON THE CASE

Lawyers and legal commentators talk about press coverage of high-profile court cases from O.J. Simpson to Michael Jackson. Panelists include journalists Adam Liptak, Dan Abrams, and Rikki Klieman. The discussion is the first event produced by the Program in Law and Journalism at New York Law School. Thursday, April 21, noon-1:30 p.m., New York Law School, Stiefel Reading Room, 47 Worth St., between Church Street and West Broadway, 212-431-2109, free.

TOUR

STUDIO STROLL

More than 100 artists throw open the doors to their work spaces for the TriBeCa Open Artist Studio Tour. Visitors can see works in progress, chat with artists, and see where the art is made, from basements to airy lofts. This year’s participants include photographer Brian Riley, sculptor Karen Kettering Dimit, and painter Jill Hoffman. Saturday, April 30, through Monday, May 2, 1-6 p.m., free. Note: Maps can be picked up at several locations listed at www.toastartwalk.com.

To submit an event for consideration for the Calendar, please wire the particulars to calendar@nysun.com, placing the date of the event in the subject line.