PERFORMANCE ART ALUMINUM ACETATE ACTION Artist Bertrand ...

Artist Bertrand Lemarche "interacts with an aquarium-like vortex observatory made from transparent cylinders, inside which propelled water rotates...," you get the picture; Thread Waxing Space, 476 B'way, 2nd fl. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-966-9520; Fri. & Sat. at 8, $5.

RETURN OF THE BLUE ANGEL Ute Hanna brings back flamboyant burlesque w/dancers, magicians, torch singers & circus performers (if you're lucky you might see Drew Barrymore's tits, but then again who hasn't); Gene Frankel Theater, 24 Bond St. (betw. Bowery & Lafayette St.), RSVP 212-252-5336; Fri. & Sat. at 8 & 11, $20.

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British percussion performance troupe; Orpheum Theater, 126 2nd Ave. (betw. 7th & 8th Sts.), 212-477-2477; call for sched., $24.50-$49.50.

TV DINNER Artist Jordan Crandall exposes systems of power in our daily environment through multimedia; The Kitchen, 512 W. 19th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-255-5793, ext.11, res. req.; Sat. at 6, $20, incl. dinner.