NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

ManhattanFri, Nov 4, 2011 – Sun, March 25, 2012

The Radical Camera offers a comprehensive look at the Photo League, a group of politically engaged photographers who explored social documentary and street photography from the end of the Great Depression to the start of the Cold War. Featuring more than 150 works by some of the most noted 20th-century photographers.

• Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey

  Jewish Museum

  ManhattanOngoing

  This two-floor exhibition features objects from the museum's collection, which documents the Jewish experience over a 4000-year period.

• The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

  Jewish Museum

  ManhattanFri, Nov 4, 2011 – Sun, March 25, 2012

  The Radical Camera offers a comprehensive look at the Photo League, a group of politically engaged photographers who explored social documentary and street photography from the end of the Great Depression to the start of the Cold War. Featuring more than 150 works by some of the most noted 20th-century photographers.

• Jem Cohen: NYC Weights and Measures

  Jewish Museum

  ManhattanFri, Nov 4, 2011 – Sun, March 25, 2012

  In this 2006 video, Cohen chronicles a city that exudes noise and bustle, balanced with beauty and tranquility. Overlaid with an intricate soundscape that includes fragments of street music, the film evokes the city’s fast-paced rhythms juxtaposed with quieter, more contemplative moments.