Theater
 Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party- Acorn Theatre
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A Christmas pageant in Abraham Lincoln's hometown leads to a debate over the president's sexuality, in this thought-provoking comedy that premiered in last year's Fringe Festival. More »
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Classical
 Dancenow Festival-
This year, the festival showcasing choreographers in all stages of their careers features 40 dance-makers' new and repertory works. More »
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Art
 Christian Marclay: Festival- Whitney Museum of American Art
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Continuing this season's focus on audience participation, artist-composer Marclay's epic new work encourages visitors to mark up a wall-size chalkboard with musical-staff lines, creating a collective musical score that will be performed throughout the run of the exhibition. More »
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Art
 Andy Warhol: The Last Decade- Brooklyn Museum
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Despite his weirdo-celebrity status in his final years, Warhol was making amazing paintings right up to the end. More »
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Art
 Brion Gysin- The New Museum of Contemporary A
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The first U.S. retrospective of the the painter, performer, poet, and writer includes over 300 drawings, books, paintings, photo-collages, films, slide projections, and sound works. More »
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Theater
 Trust- Second Stage Theatre
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A wealthy married man who's unsatisifed with his life searches for something real to experience in Paul Weitz's look at the corrosive effect of power on personal relationships. More »
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Movies
 A Film Unfinished-
This striking documentary-about-another-documentary explores the arresting footage of a propaganda film shot by Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto. More »
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Reading
- Gregory Levey
- Borders Books, Music and Movies
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The former speechwriter for the Israeli government reads from his humorous new tome "How to Make Peace in the Middle East in Six Months or Less: Without Leaving Your Apartment." More »
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Reading
- Jonathan Franzen
- Barnes & Noble
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The National Book Award--winning author of The Corrections reads from his long-awaited follow-up, Freedom, which has received near-universal raves (including in our own pages). More »
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Reading
- Monique Truong
- powerHouse Books
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A book-launch party and reading from Bitter in the Mouth, the new novel by the award-winning author of The Book of Salt. More »
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Art
- Anselm Reyle
- Gagosian Gallery
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Super-snazzy, super-shiny sculptures and wall works that harken back to the most recent art-market boom, when stuff like this ruled art fairs and auctions. More »
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Art
- Heat Waves in a Swamp
- Whitney Museum of American Art
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Watercolors, oils, doodles, journals, and sketches by the twentieth-century artist known for his visionary interpretation of landscape painting. More »
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reading
- KGB Bar Fiction Reading Series
- KGB Bar
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Forget "The Sopranos" or "The Simpsons"; Gotham's literary cognoscenti know that Sunday nights are reserved for KGB Bar. More »
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nightlife
- Whiplash
- Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
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A night of alternative stand-up that has featured unleashed sets from local heroes like Todd Barry, Arj Barker, Brett Gelman, Aziz Ansari, Baron Vaughn, and Dave Hill. More »
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Reading
- Lee Houck
- Barnes & Noble
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The author reads from his debut novel Yield, a work seen through the eyes of a twentysomething hustler living in Manhattan. More »
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Reading
- Monique Truong
- powerHouse Books
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A book-launch party and reading from Bitter in the Mouth, the new novel by the award-winning author of The Book of Salt. More »
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Reading
- Jonathan Franzen
- Barnes & Noble
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The National Book Award--winning author of The Corrections reads from his long-awaited follow-up, Freedom, which has received near-universal raves (including in our own pages). More »
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Art
- Collecting Biennials
- Whitney Museum of American Art
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An all-star refresher course in the past eight decades' surveys, in anticipation of the next one. More »
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art
- Rising Currents
- The Museum of Modern Art
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Models, proposals, drawings, and analytical materials--developed by five teams during P.S. 1's most recent architects-in-residence program--re-envision the New York and New Jersey coastlines to address rising sea levels. More »
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Art
- The Dinner Party
- Brooklyn Museum
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A permanent installation by Judy Chicago incorporating a triangular table with 39 place settings, each dedicated to a prominent woman in history. More »
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nightlife
- Mingus Big Band
- Jazz Standard
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The high-energy big-band institution. More »
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