"Coolist" Things to Do
The NYC-ARTS editors' suggestions of weird, wild, wonderful and rare special events in our fair city.
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QueensPlease check full listing for event date and times
The stage has been set to Björk’s Biophilia specifications at NYSCI's Great Hall. Her unique audio-visual show, based off an app, includes weird and amazing custom instruments and an all female choir in an intimate setting with no seat more than a few yards from the round stage. More -
Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus
BrooklynTues, Feb 7, 2012
Brooklyn Boheme takes a look back at the New York neighborhood of Fort Greene in the late 1980s and 1990s, prior to gentrification, when this closely-knit African American and Latino community nurtured a new wave of original and uniquely talented artists. More -
Film and Illustrated Lecture - "Leonard Ursachi: The Journey of Hiding Place"
Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale
BronxThurs, Feb 9, 2012
The short documentary that will be screened chronicles the journey of the sculpture Hiding Place in its various incarnations and installation sites. The version of the sculpture that is now part of the Hebrew Home’s permanent collection is a work made of willow branches that was originally created in 2007 as a public art project for Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. More -
Sway Machinery with Piano Music and Song Trio
Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
ManhattanWed, Feb 15, 2012
In their latest album, Sway Machinery combines neo-cantorial vocals with the mystical traditions of Mali. The band is joined by the experimental Piano Music and Song Trio. More -
Investigating "Manhattan's Most Haunted House"
ManhattanSat, Feb 18, 2012
Dan Sturges, paranormal researcher extraordinaire, explains the methodology and best practices of "ghost hunting" and shares some of the remarkable, but inexplicable, occurrences during five years of investigations at the Merchant's House Museum. More -
ManhattanOngoing
Create With Taylor is a micro-commissioning project inviting dance enthusiasts and the public at large to get a behind-the-scenes look at Paul Taylor’s creative process. More -
Eric Fonteneau: La Bibliothèque
French Institute Alliance Française
ManhattanThurs, Jan 19, 2012 – Sat, Feb 11, 2012
French artist Eric Fonteneau creates a trompe l’oeil library that hints at the impending end of print in an increasingly digital world. Thousands of graphite and charcoal rubbings of book bindings---souvenirs copied at libraries during Fonteneau’s travels in Europe and America---line the walls of the site-specific installation. More -
ManhattanSat, Jan 28, 2012 – Sat, March 3, 2012
After traveling with a camera for 40 years, Mark Chester has culled images to present in pairs that are related by subject matter, graphic interest or, as Chester puts it, “a stretch of the imagination.” Twosomes is a wide-reaching body of work that connects architectural icons with sidewalk signage; Japan with Iowa; 1979 with 2002; celebrity with passersby. More -
Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays
ManhattanSun, Nov 13, 2011 – Sun, Feb 26, 2012
Eight of America’s most illustrious and award-winning playwrights have created nine short plays that make up the evening, Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, directed by Stuart Ross. The open-ended run begins Nov 13. More -
Doug Elkins Choreography, Etc. - 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival: Stripped/Dressed
ManhattanPlease check full listing for event date and times
This is dance for people who don't often go to see dance. Doug Elkins Choreography, Etc. presents "Mo(or)town/Redux," with Elkins taking the audience on a carousel ride of ideas as he explains the making of the work. More