September 26, 2008

Friday in NY: film fests, Catherine Opie, Spike Lee

Today’s Friday, September 26, and things have been a bit busy at NewYorkology (mainly due to the OHNY reservations list,) so the regular weekend-on-tap last will go live later this afternoon. In the meantime, here’s the list of things to do today in New York:

Catherine Opie: American Photographer opens at the Guggenheim

Start of the weekend-long 12th Annual Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival 2008

46th New York Film Festival begins

Live from the NYPL lecture series at 7 p.m.: Spike Lee in conversation, Miracle at St. Anna

The New York Anime Festival begins at the Javits Center

Coney Island Film Festival

Rooftop Films’ Closing Night on the Lower East Side with a live set by Chairlift and highlights from the 2008 Summer Series films on the roof of the Open Road Rooftop - “In the event of rain the show will be held indoors at the same location”

Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series at the Brooklyn Campus of the Long Island University

Tropfest – the world’s largest short film festival, at the World Financial Center

Marlene Dietrich weekend begins at the Loew’s Jersey City

Lebanese Food Festival at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, at the corner of Remsen and Henry in Brooklyn Heights

Mets vs. Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.

Salome at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.

Bernstein Festival: The Age of Anxiety at the NY Philharmonic at 11 a.m.

San Francisco Symphony at 8 p.m. plays Beethoven and Knussen at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium’s Perelman Stage

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Compañia Nacional de Danza, Artistic Director Nacho Duato, Paul Taylor Dance Company perform as part of the $10 Fall for Dance Festival at City Center

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Carnival of the Animals at the Met Museum at 8 p.m. with narration by Philippe de Montebello, and Orion Weiss and Inon Barnatan on piano

Latino Artists Round Table: Nancy Mercado, Urayoan Noel, Jose Osorio, Yrene Santos at Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble at 7 p.m.

Susan Meiselas at the International Center of Photography to sign copies of her books: Carnival Strippers, Encounters with the Dani, Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History, Nicaragua June 1978-July 1979 and Susan Meiselas: In History

Folk Dance Fridays at the Hungarian House

Free Jazzmobile Concert from 6 p.m. at new location: Wadleigh High School

Todd Glass at Comix

Denali at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

Old Crow Medicine Show plays Webster Hall

Built To Spill Performing Perfect From Now On, with Meat Puppets and : Dinosaur Jr at Terminal 5

Municipal Art Society free program with Xefirotarch, Hernan Diaz Alonzo at 6:30 p.m.

Free NY Public Library class on Researching Costume and Fashion History at 12:30 p.m.

Tickets go on sale for “Pal Joey” on Broadway

Friday’s weekly free walking tours include the Grand Central neighborhood tour at 12:30 and the Times Square Exposé at noon

Museums open after 7 p.m.: American Folk Art Museum, to 7:30 p.m. (with free admission from 5:30 to close;) and the Guggenheim to 7:45 p.m. (where admission is pay-what-you-wish from 5:45 to close)

Museums open to 8 p.m.: International Center of Photography, (which has “voluntary contribution” admission from 5 to close;) Museum of Modern Art, (which is free from 4 to 8 p.m.;) New-York Historical Society, (with free admission from 6 p.m.;) and the Bronx Museum, (which is free all day)

Museums open to 9 p.m.: the Met; Whitney, (which is pay-what-you-wish from 6 to 9 p.m. and sometimes hosts Whitney Live dance parties;) Cooper-Hewitt; the Morgan, (with free admission from 7 p.m.;) Neue Galerie

Closing at 10 p.m.: Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, (with free admission from 7 p.m. to close.)

More late night NY: Top of the Rock (last ticket sold at 11 p.m.) and Empire State Building (last elevator up at 1:15 a.m.)

Picture Source: Catherine Opie, Justin Bond, 1993. Chromogenic print, 20 × 16 inches, edition of 8. © Catherine Opie. Courtesy the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles from Catherine Opie: American Photographer at the Guggenheim

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