Manhattan Happenings
“Snowball Stand,” by Keith Duncan, 2014, 28 inches by 22 inches,
acrylic on paper.
BY SYDNEY PEREIRA
ARTS
Keith Duncan: “The Big Easy”: Fort
Gansevoort, at 5 Ninth Ave., 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 the fi rst major exhibit
devoted to this seminal African-
American artist in more than 30 years,
according to MoMA. More than 100
works, including drawings, paintings,
photographs and other archival materials,
spanning White’s full career
from the 1930s through his death in
1979, will be on display. Tickets $25;
COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND FORT GANSEVOORT, N.Y.
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, 412 W. 14th St., through
Sun., Jan 20. For more information
visit www.meatpacking-district.com/
events/lexus-lf-1-limitless-concept/.
FREE
“Battle! Hip-Hop in Armor”: Hiphop
dancers will meet knights in armor
in a dance performance commissioned
by MetLiveArts with the Metropolitan
Museum of Art’s Arms and Armor
Department and South Bronx dance
organization Dancing in the Streets on
Sat., Jan. 11, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at The
Met Fifth Ave., at 1000 Fifth Ave.,
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/
“Black Star Era,” by Keith Duncan, 2017, 24 inches by 18 inches, acrylic on
fabric mounted on canvas.
events/programs/met-live-arts/battlehip
hop-in-armor-3.
Tavche Gravche: The jazz quartet
Tavche Gravche performs at the Museum
at Eldridge St., Sun., Jan. 6, at
6:30 p.m., merging Macedonian and
Mediterranean melodies in the museum’s
historic sanctuary. Tickets $25;
students and seniors $15. For more
information, visit www.eldridgestreet.
org/event/tavche-gravche/.
COMEDY
“On this day…”: Caveat, at 21A
Clinton St., features comedians Nicole
Pasquale, Sandi Marx, Jacqui
Rossi, Calvin Cato and Eva Kirkman
in a show of nostalgia based on Facebook
memories and the Timehop app,
which shows what users posted in the
past years ago. Hosted by Angel Yau
and Ross Brunetti, Thurs., Jan. 3, at
6:30 p.m. Tickets $10. For tickets, visit
https://www.caveat.nyc/event/on-thisday
1-3-2019.
MOVIES
Movies at 53rd — “Runaway Train”:
The New York Public Library screens
the 1985 thriller “Runaway Train,”
starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts and
Rebecca De Mornay, at the 53rd St.
Library, 18 W. 53rd St., Community
Room on Fri., Jan. 4, at 2 p.m. For
more information, visit www.nypl.org/
events/programs/2019/01/04/clonemovies
53rd-movie-name-year. FREE
At the Movies — “Crazy Rich
Asians”: The New York Public Library
screens the new movie “Crazy Rich
Asians” at the Fort Washington Library,
535 W. 179th St., Sat., Jan. 5, at 2 p.m.
For more information, visit www.nypl.
org/events/programs/2019/01/05/
movies-crazy-rich-asians. FREE
BOOKS
Reading: Gaby Dunn’s “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
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