Manhattan Happenings
BY SYDNEY PEREIRA
ARTS
“Battle! Hip-Hop in Armor”: Hip-hop dancers will
meet knights in armor in a dance performance commissioned
by MetLiveArts with the Met’s Arms and
Armor Department and dance organization Dancing
in the Streets of the South Bronx on Sat., Jan. 11,
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at The Met Fifth Avenue, Gallery
371, the Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Arms
and Armor Court. Future performance dates are Feb.
8, March 22, April 12 and June 7. Free with museum
admission. For more information, visit www.metmuseum.
org/events/programs/met-live-arts/battle-hiphop
in-armor-3.
Tibetan epic opera: The Prototype Festival features
the opera “Mila, Great Sorcerer” on Sat., Jan. 12, and
Sun., Jan 13, at 1 p.m. At Saturday’s show, a postperformance
conversation will be held at the Gerald
W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
This opera details an “epic tale” that originates
in Tibet about folk hero, singer and spiritual teacher
Milarepa’s life journey from mass murder to enlightenment.
Tickets $30. For more information, visit
www.prototypefestival.org/shows/mila-great-sorcerer/.
Keith Duncan: “The Big Easy”: Fort Gansevoort,
at 5 Ninth Ave. in the Meatpacking District, features
works by Keith Duncan in his latest collection, “The
Big Easy.” The New Orleans-based artist’s show opens
Thurs., Jan. 10, and runs through Sat., Feb. 23. Duncan’s
paintings are inspired by Southern infl uences,
the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
and African-American history. For more information,
visit http://www.fortgansevoort.com/. FREE
“Charles White: A Retrospective” will be on display
through Jan. 13 at the Museum of Modern Art on
the third fl oor. This is the fi rst major exhibit devoted
to the African-American artist in more than 30 years,
according to MoMA. More than 100 works, including
drawings, paintings, photographs and other archival
materials, from White’s full career from the 1930s
through his death in 1979 will be on display. Tickets
$25; students $14; seniors $18. Children 16 and under
free. For more information, visit www.moma.org/
calendar/exhibitions/3930?locale=en.
Lexus LF-1 Limitless Concept: The Lexus LF-1
Limitless vehicle is on display, fl aunting its “unrestrained
luxury,” at INTERSECT BY LEXUS – NYC
Gallery, at 412 W. 14th St., through Sun., Jan 20. For
more information, visit www.meatpacking-district.
com/events/lexus-lf-1-limitless-concept/. FREE
COMEDY
“Drug Test”: Lower East Side venue Caveat at 21
A Clinton St. hosts a frank and funny talk with experts
and comedians about drugs and drug use on
Tues., Jan. 15, at 6:30 p.m. Sarah Rose Siskind, comedy
writer for “StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson” on
National Geographic, will host psychologist Ingmar
Gorman and Adam Strauss, writer and performer
of “The Mushroom Cure.” Tickets, $15 in advance
or $20 at the door. Doors open 6:30 p.m. and show
The author Ha Jin will talk about the the great
romantic poet Li Bai at the New York Public
Library’s Main Branch, at 42nd St. and Fifth
Ave.
starts 7 p.m. Ages 21 and up. For more information,
visit www.caveat.nyc/event/drug-test-1-15-2019.
BOOKS
Author talk: “The Banished Immortal”: The New
York Public Library features author Ha Jin, who
documents the life of eighth-century poet Li Bai (also
known as Li Po) in “The Banished Immortal” at the
Berger Forum on the second fl oor at the Stephen A.
Schwarzman Building, at 42nd St. and Fifth Ave on
Wed., Jan. 16, at 6:30 p.m. The N.Y.P.L. recommends
registering in advance for free events. Registration
does not guarantee admission. For more information,
visit www.showclix.com/event/banishedimmortal/
tag/nyplwebsite. FREE
Reading: “Bad With Money”: Author Gaby Dunn
appears in the city on Wed., Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m., at
the Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway, with Josh Gondelman
of Showtime’s “Desus and Mero,” and again
on Thurs., Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. at the 92nd St. Y, 1395
Lexington Ave., with Akilah Hughes of HBO’s “Pod
Save America.” Admission for the Strand’s Jan. 16
event is either buy a copy of “Bad With Money” or a
$5 gift card. To purchase tickets, visit https://www.
strandbooks.com/event/gaby-dunn-bad-with-money.
Admission for the 92nd St. Y’s Jan. 17 event starts at
$30. To purchase tickets, visit https://www.92y.org/
event/bad-with-money.
Movies @ Kips Bay Library: “All The President’s
Men”: On Fri., Jan. 11, at 1 p.m., the Kips Bay Library,
at 446 Third Ave., will show “All The President’s
Men,” the 1976 movie about reporters Bob Woodward
(Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin
Hoffman) breaking the story of the 1972 burglary of
the Democratic National Committee headquarters in
Washington, D.C., that led to the Watergate scandal.
For more information, visit www.nypl.org/events/
programs/2019/01/11/movies-kips-bay-library-presents
book-movie-adaptations-all-presidents. FREE
St. Agnes Library Book Sale: The St. Agnes Library,
at 444 Amsterdam Ave., will hold a used-book
sale Sat., Jan. 12, and Wed., Jan. 23, from noon to 4
p.m. For more information, visit https://www.nypl.
org/events/programs/2019/01/12/st-agnes-librarybook
sale. FREE
KIDS
Festa Em Português: The Battery Park City Authority
holds family workshops to celebrate Portuguese
speaking countries through music and art for
kids age 4 and older at 6 River Terrace, Sat., Jan. 12,
at 4 p.m. Pianist Renato Diz will perform “I Will Play
Your Soul” in an interactive, improvised piece. There
will also be an art workshop to create azulejos (“tiles”
in Portuguese), inspired by those in Lisbon, Portugal.
For more information, visit https://bpca.ny.gov/
news/events/. FREE
PROFESSIONAL
Tuesday Talks: Women’s Werk: The Battery Park
City Authority hosts a lecture for dreamers, freelancers
and entrepreneurs for a meet-and-greet and panel
session with women who are “gig economy pros” —
workers in short-term jobs — on Tues., Jan. 15, 7
p.m., at 6 River Terrace. For more information, visit
https://bpca.ny.gov/news/events/. FREE
COMMUNITY BOARD
Community Board 5 holds its monthly full board
meeting at Xavier High School, 30 W. 16th St., second
fl oor library, Thurs., Jan., 17, at 6 p.m.
PRECINCT COUNCIL
Ninth Precinct Community Council meeting at
325 E. Fifth St., Tues., Jan. 15, at 7 p.m.
13th Precinct Community Council meeting at 230
E. 21st St., Tues., Jan. 15, at 6:30 p.m.
Midtown South Community Council meeting in
the lobby of the New Yorker Hotel at 481 Eighth Ave.,
Thurs., Jan. 17, at 7 p.m.
Midtown North Community Council meeting at
306 W. 54th St., Tues., Jan. 15, at 7 p.m.
24th Precinct Community Council meeting at 151
W. 100th St., Wed., Jan. 16, at 7 p.m.
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