Out & About
Thu 7
Daniil Simkin’s “INTENSIO”The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave.
Through January 10: Thu. & Fri.: 8 p.m.; Sat. 2 & 8 p.m.; Sun.: 2 p.m. $10 at 212-242-0800. All other tickets can be purchased online
“Nocturne/Etude/Prelude,” “Welcome a Stranger,” “Simkin and the City,” “Simkin and the Stage,” “Island of Memories,” with American Ballet Theatre company members and Céline Cassone from Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal.
212-691-9740. www.joyce.org/
“BRIGADOON”
Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy St.
2 p.m.
The classic movie version of the original musical with Gene Kelly.
212-243-6876. www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/01/07/moviemusicial-brigadoon-1954-120-mins
Fri 8
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS ON FRANK STELLAWhitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St., Susan and John Hess Family Theater
6 p.m. Event tickets are required ($8 adults; $6 students and seniors; free for members and children under 18).
A roundtable discussion with artists Walead Beshty, Keltie Ferris, Jordan Kantor and Sarah Morris explores key aspects of Stella’s heterogeneous approach to painting and its significance for younger generations of artists.
212-570-3600. whitney.org/Events/WorkingSpace
Big Dance TheaterThe Kitchen, 512 West 19th St.
8 p.m., January 6–9, 13–16. $25
The company returns to its dance roots for its 25th anniversary celebration, theatrically re-imagining the conventions of a repertory program.
212-255-5793. www.thekitchen.org/event/big-dance-short-form
Sat 9
“Sicario”Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy St.
2 p.m.
After rising through the ranks of her male-dominated profession, an idealistic FBI agent receives a top assignment in this 2015 feature.
212-243-6876. www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/01/09/film-screening-sicario
Art Gallery Tour in ChelseaMeet at 526 West 26th St.
1 p.m. $25
Art scholar Rafael Risemberg leads a visit to seven modern art galleries, considering exhibits in painting, sculpture, electronic media and photography.
212-946-1548. www.nygallerytours.com
Sun 10
Violinist Hlif SigurjonsdottirNational Opera Center, 330 Seventh Ave.
8 p.m. $15
Icelandic violinist Hlif Sigurjonsdottir performs solo violin compositions, including Runa Ingimundar’s “From My Home,” J.S. Bach’s “Partita II” in d minor, BWV 1004 and American composer Merrill Clark’s “The Sorceress.”
516-586-3433. www.operaamerica.org/Applications/Calendar/index2.aspx
MulchfestVarious locations citywide.
Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
The 20th annual MulchFest provides New Yorkers with a fun and environmentally-friendly opportunity to recycle their trees into woodchips that will nourish trees and gardens throughout the city.
www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/festivals/mulchfest
Mon 11
“Tamaduni Y Leyendas” Glass Box, 55 West 13th St.
7 p.m. Free, seating first-come, first-served.
Recital by flutist Valerie Coleman, composer and founder of Mannes College of Music’s ensemble-in-residence Imani Winds.
events.newschool.edu/event/tamaduni_y_leyendas_-_faculty_recital_by_flutist_valerie_coleman#.VoLwLvkrJ1t
Community Board 1Community Board 1, 1 Centre St. , Room 2202A-North, conference room
6 p.m.
World Trade Center updates by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official and Silverstein Properties and other matters.
212-669-7970. www.nyc.gov/html/mancb1/html/community/community.shtml
Tue 12
Pen Parentis Celebrates Winter Poetry NightThe ANDAZ Wall Street, 75 Wall St.
7-9:30 p.m.
Meet editor and founder of Drunken Boat, Ravi Shankar, and other award-winning poets, Lydia Cortes, Amy Dryansky, and Karen Skolfield.
212-501-2031. www.penparentis.org
Wed 13
LIss Fain Dance New Installation at 3LD 1/13-173LD Art & Technology Center, 80 Greenwich St.
7-9 p.m. $20.
An evening-length immersive installation for six dancers, “The Imperfect is Our Paradise” integrates text from William Faulkner’s 1929 novel The Sound and The Fury into highly physical choreography.
866-811-4111. www.3LDnyc.org
Global/Local 1960–2015: Six Artists from IranGrey Art Gallery, New York University, 100 Washington Square East
6:30 p.m. Free.
Conversation with Shiva Ahmadi, artist in Global/Local, and Lynn Gumpert and Ally Mintz, Grey Art Gallery in conjunction with an exhibit on view at the gallery
212-998-6780. events.nyu.edu/#event_id/85863/view/event