In [1]:
import pandas as pd
from textblob import TextBlob
import nltk
import math
import matplotlib
import numpy as np
from sklearn.feature_extraction.text import TfidfVectorizer
from sklearn.feature_extraction import text
from sklearn.metrics.pairwise import cosine_similarity
from sklearn.decomposition import PCA
import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline
In [2]:
from library.clean import mask, double_mask
from library.analyze import df_to_li, stem_li, remove_stopwords, join_words, get_tf, calc_idf, get_tf_idf
In [3]:
# load data as dataframe
df = pd.read_pickle('data/re_merge/clean.pickle')
df['hl_lead'] = df['hl'] + ' '+ df['lead']
#df = df[df['date_pub'] <= '2016-02-31']
df.reset_index(inplace=True)
df['year'] = df['date_pub'].dt.year
df['half_dec'] = ((df['year'] % 1900)/5).astype(int)*5 # create column of half-decades
df.head(100)
Out[3]:
index
nyt_id
org
hl
lead
date_pub
hl_lead
year
half_dec
0
3
4fc0a09745c1498b0d3ba216
none
marijuana smoking is reported safe hemp leaves...
a panaman judge recently sentenced an american...
1926-11-21
marijuana smoking is reported safe hemp leaves...
1926
25
1
9
4fc1d8e345c1498b0d4ccb9f
none
use of marijuana spreading in west poisonous w...
although as appalling in its effects on the hu...
1934-09-16
use of marijuana spreading in west poisonous w...
1934
30
2
12
4fc1ebab45c1498b0d528e5b
the associated press
rhode island to end weed as drug source state ...
providence ri jan 19 rhode island authorities ...
1935-01-20
rhode island to end weed as drug source state ...
1935
35
3
18
4fc1e47f45c1498b0d505955
none
police study marijuana to kill growing crops
to enable policemen to familiarize themselves ...
1936-07-24
police study marijuana to kill growing crops t...
1936
35
4
19
4fc1fc6445c1498b0d578c35
none
3000000 bonfire destroys marijuana police burn...
at bootleg prices of marijuana weed which is ...
1936-08-14
3000000 bonfire destroys marijuana police burn...
1936
35
5
20
4fc1e92c45c1498b0d51c3fa
none
5 acres of marijuana uprooted by police barren...
the police began uprooting yesterday a fiveacr...
1936-08-19
5 acres of marijuana uprooted by police barren...
1936
35
6
30
4fc2051f45c1498b0d5a1f00
none
world group to push fight on marijuana illicit...
with special emphasis on the increasing use of...
1937-02-21
world group to push fight on marijuana illicit...
1937
35
7
44
4fc2019145c1498b0d592436
none
drive on narcotics sped by treasury campaign t...
the virtual elimination of rumrunning from the...
1938-01-31
drive on narcotics sped by treasury campaign t...
1938
35
8
45
4fc1fef745c1498b0d58582e
none
mrs sohl admits holdup shooting but says narco...
attributing her brief criminal career to addic...
1938-02-11
mrs sohl admits holdup shooting but says narco...
1938
35
9
47
4fc1fec245c1498b0d5848c5
none
insanity stressed in mrs sohls case her defens...
further testimony intended to show that mrs et...
1938-02-13
insanity stressed in mrs sohls case her defens...
1938
35
10
50
4fc1f70945c1498b0d55f4f0
none
narcotic seller gets 10 years
general sessions judge william allen establish...
1938-02-24
narcotic seller gets 10 years general sessions...
1938
35
11
56
4fc1f81b45c1498b0d565125
none
16 indicted here in marijuana ring new york ga...
a federal grand jury delivering what lamar har...
1938-04-30
16 indicted here in marijuana ring new york ga...
1938
35
12
59
4fc2015c45c1498b0d590e7f
none
sale of marijuana fought by arrests westcheste...
starting a campaign to bar the sale of marijua...
1938-05-23
sale of marijuana fought by arrests westcheste...
1938
35
13
200
4fc1fec145c1498b0d584729
none
westchester hunts marijuana sources drive on t...
the campaign against the marijuana traffic in ...
1938-05-24
westchester hunts marijuana sources drive on t...
1938
35
14
201
4fc2113a45c1498b0d5d7d00
none
bail set for captives in marijuana raid six he...
while george a casey sheriff of westchester co...
1938-05-25
bail set for captives in marijuana raid six he...
1938
35
15
202
4fc1ffde45c1498b0d589ccc
none
marijuana film barred board of regents refuses...
a license to show the motion picture assassin ...
1938-06-14
marijuana film barred board of regents refuses...
1938
35
16
203
4fc2012945c1498b0d58fdbd
none
wpa uproots marijuana
fifty wpa employes started today to uproot and...
1938-06-17
wpa uproots marijuana fifty wpa employes start...
1938
35
17
206
4fc1f32d45c1498b0d54ce2c
none
cleared of marijuana charges
indictments accusing william harris and robert...
1938-07-01
cleared of marijuana charges indictments accus...
1938
35
18
208
4fc2004e45c1498b0d58bc73
none
125000 in marijuana will be burned today
the fireman in the police property clerks offi...
1938-07-29
125000 in marijuana will be burned today the f...
1938
35
19
209
4fc2008a45c1498b0d58cd4d
none
marijuana ring broken twelve arrested upstate ...
harold c mckenney a federal narcotic agent ann...
1938-08-14
marijuana ring broken twelve arrested upstate ...
1938
35
20
260
4fc1f9f945c1498b0d56e7aa
none
wild marijuana burned
five hundred marijuana plants some of them nin...
1938-09-09
wild marijuana burned five hundred marijuana p...
1938
35
21
265
4fc1fd4c45c1498b0d57d78c
none
rumrich admits he used narcotic spy case witne...
guenther gustav rumrich star witness in the go...
1938-11-18
rumrich admits he used narcotic spy case witne...
1938
35
22
277
4fc21fe945c1498b0d618a80
none
crazed man puts subway in uproar he wounds bro...
a marijuanacrazed negro went berserk in a crow...
1939-11-11
crazed man puts subway in uproar he wounds bro...
1939
35
23
290
4fc21bcb45c1498b0d606315
none
the play
the play called sweet charity that has been wa...
1942-12-29
the play the play called sweet charity that ha...
1942
40
24
304
4fc22eb845c1498b0d65aebd
none
marijuana valued at 238400 is seized 2 sisters...
one a former riveter were arrested here yeste...
1944-12-16
marijuana valued at 238400 is seized 2 sisters...
1944
40
25
306
4fc23f1545c1498b0d6a75f0
none
experts discount marijuana as big factor in cr...
studies by the committee on the marijuana prob...
1945-01-12
experts discount marijuana as big factor in cr...
1945
45
26
307
4fc23f0e45c1498b0d6a6a47
none
marijuana traffic is on the increase this city...
an increase in the traffic in marijuana reappe...
1945-01-31
marijuana traffic is on the increase this city...
1945
45
27
308
4fc2426d45c1498b0d6b6f41
none
six are indicted in marijuana case 3 women and...
three men and three women were indicted yester...
1945-02-02
six are indicted in marijuana case 3 women and...
1945
45
28
314
4fc221b045c1498b0d620850
none
night club dope ring believed smashed jazz ban...
a marijuana and heroin ring that supplied narc...
1945-07-10
night club dope ring believed smashed jazz ban...
1945
45
29
319
4fc22ce545c1498b0d65262f
none
federal agents smash dope ring us attorneys of...
federal narcotic agents have cut off the large...
1946-10-16
federal agents smash dope ring us attorneys of...
1946
45
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
70
603
4fc3a38d45c1498b0d7b04b2
none
the kick that failed go by clellon holmes 311 ...
all the people in go go the chic word to yell ...
1952-11-09
the kick that failed go by clellon holmes 311 ...
1952
50
71
607
4fc39e1245c1498b0d798f59
none
this is the beat generation despite its excess...
several months ago a national magazine ran a s...
1952-11-16
this is the beat generation despite its excess...
1952
50
72
613
4fc39c5945c1498b0d790a6a
none
exdetective gets 2 12 years in jail plotter of...
a former city detective and four members of a ...
1952-12-23
exdetective gets 2 12 years in jail plotter of...
1952
50
73
623
4fc3ac3545c1498b0d7d8e7e
none
25000aday ring in narcotics broken
a narcotics ring that imported 3000 pounds of ...
1953-03-21
25000aday ring in narcotics broken a narcotics...
1953
50
74
629
4fc3a76145c1498b0d7c2715
none
brooklyn raid seizes 120000 in narcotics
three youthful federal narcotic agents found 1...
1953-06-06
brooklyn raid seizes 120000 in narcotics three...
1953
50
75
631
4fc3a52445c1498b0d7b81c6
none
reds led to smoking of weed pows say
a released american war prisoner said today he...
1953-08-08
reds led to smoking of weed pows say a release...
1953
50
76
653
4fc3a43d45c1498b0d7b4207
none
police show off for state chiefs city force pl...
marijuana grew in the ballroom foyer of the ne...
1954-07-28
police show off for state chiefs city force pl...
1954
50
77
655
4fc3af9f45c1498b0d7e8c1d
none
girl and man held in marijuana raid
the police stumbled across a stock of thirty p...
1954-08-16
girl and man held in marijuana raid the police...
1954
50
78
670
4fc3b3af45c1498b0d7fb832
none
50000 marijuana seized 6 men held
the breakup of a narcotics sales ring on state...
1955-09-12
50000 marijuana seized 6 men held the breakup ...
1955
55
79
672
4fc3ad1045c1498b0d7dd2d5
none
man marijuana seized 19 pounds found in hotel ...
a 22yearold disabled veteran father of two was...
1955-09-22
man marijuana seized 19 pounds found in hotel ...
1955
55
80
673
4fc3ad0a45c1498b0d7dcad0
none
convict gives data on narcotics ring
a federal prisoner taken in handcuffs before a...
1955-09-23
convict gives data on narcotics ring a federal...
1955
55
81
705
4fc3bdf145c1498b0d82bdbb
none
criminals at large
cornell woolrich is fond of plots in which the...
1956-09-02
criminals at large cornell woolrich is fond of...
1956
55
82
718
4fc3b7b345c1498b0d80e803
none
jansen to seek inquiry on drugs but superinten...
superintendent of schools william jansen said ...
1957-09-26
jansen to seek inquiry on drugs but superinten...
1957
55
83
735
4fc3c88d45c1498b0d85c235
none
catnip cigarettes free man in narcotics case
a case against a man charged with the possessi...
1958-08-16
catnip cigarettes free man in narcotics case a...
1958
55
84
738
4fc3c3b445c1498b0d845ca4
none
last of bareknuckle fighters still spry at 93 ...
some old men will attribute their longevity to...
1958-11-23
last of bareknuckle fighters still spry at 93 ...
1958
55
85
743
4fc3d39545c1498b0d890308
none
little rock holds 12 in narcotics raid
the arkansas police have broken up a little ro...
1959-02-27
little rock holds 12 in narcotics raid the ark...
1959
55
86
746
4fc3c4fd45c1498b0d84bb87
none
marijuana seller gets death in cuba
a military court of the revolutionary governme...
1959-04-09
marijuana seller gets death in cuba a military...
1959
55
87
772
4fc3d0c045c1498b0d88344c
none
five seized here with marijuana 180 pounds is ...
a major link in the traffic of marijuana betwe...
1959-11-10
five seized here with marijuana 180 pounds is ...
1959
55
88
777
4fc40ae245c1498b0d8cd5ad
none
senate unit seeks ways to curb flow of marijua...
the senate subcommittee on juvenile delinquenc...
1960-01-23
senate unit seeks ways to curb flow of marijua...
1960
60
89
799
4fc3d81b45c1498b0d8a63e6
none
poverty fought in east pakistan new governor o...
the governor of east pakistan stood on the ric...
1960-07-24
poverty fought in east pakistan new governor o...
1960
60
90
821
4fc4094d45c1498b0d8c53d4
none
the marcello case
carlos marcello reputedly a major figure in ga...
1961-04-11
the marcello case carlos marcello reputedly a ...
1961
60
91
822
4fc4122b45c1498b0d8eeee2
none
32 arrested here in narcotics raid
a police narcotics squad lying in wait in a ha...
1961-05-21
32 arrested here in narcotics raid a police na...
1961
60
92
837
4fc40ab645c1498b0d8cca63
none
addiction spread in harlem scored negro democr...
marijuana smoking among harlem teenagers is al...
1961-12-09
addiction spread in harlem scored negro democr...
1961
60
93
842
4fc41c7a45c1498b0d91e3ee
none
20 bricks hurled at 2 detectives 200 on east s...
two hundred persons stood by last night as two...
1962-02-24
20 bricks hurled at 2 detectives 200 on east s...
1962
60
94
883
4fc4221245c1498b0d9386eb
none
marijuana raid nets huge cache 1000 pounds con...
federal agents reported here yesterday that mo...
1963-09-13
marijuana raid nets huge cache 1000 pounds con...
1963
60
95
886
4fc4221345c1498b0d9387be
none
juror arrested but trial goes on man seized on...
a juror in a supreme court assault trial has b...
1963-09-21
juror arrested but trial goes on man seized on...
1963
60
96
900
4fc4255845c1498b0d9481b7
none
marijuana seizure set record for year
the customs bureau seized a record 597 tons of...
1966-08-28
marijuana seizure set record for year the cust...
1966
65
97
902
4fc42ff845c1498b0d9778ef
none
1million in narcotics seized in new orleans
the police said they seized over 1million wort...
1966-09-12
1million in narcotics seized in new orleans th...
1966
65
98
903
4fc42ffe45c1498b0d978221
none
dr leary starts new religion with sacramental ...
dr timothy leary the leading exponent of the c...
1966-09-20
dr leary starts new religion with sacramental ...
1966
65
99
904
4fc4240745c1498b0d9425a8
none
us agents seize 3 in marijuana deal
a college student a wig salesman and a raincoa...
1966-09-23
us agents seize 3 in marijuana deal a college ...
1966
65
100 rows × 9 columns
In [48]:
li = df_to_li(df, 'hl_lead'); li[0]
#li_stemmed = stem_li(li); li_stemmed[0]
#li_sw = remove_stopwords(li_stemmed); li_sw[0]
#documents = join_words(li_sw); documents[0]
Out[48]:
'marijuana smoking is reported safe hemp leaves classed in some states with drugs tested by canal zone committee experiment made on 17 panaman judge recently gave sailor a years sentence for possessing the weed a panaman judge recently sentenced an american seaman hamilton main to a year of penal confinement for smoking and having in his possession cigarettes made of the leaves of the cannabis indica known also as marijuana canjac and by various other names and often incorrectly referred to as hashish'
In [49]:
cleaned = pd.Series(li, name = 'clean'); cleaned.head(3)
Out[49]:
0 marijuana smoking is reported safe hemp leaves...
1 use of marijuana spreading in west poisonous w...
2 rhode island to end weed as drug source state ...
Name: clean, dtype: object
In [50]:
result = df.join(cleaned)
result.drop(['index', 'nyt_id', 'org', 'hl', 'lead', 'hl_lead', 'year'], axis=1, inplace=True)
result.head(3)
Out[50]:
date_pub
half_dec
clean
0
1926-11-21
25
marijuana smoking is reported safe hemp leaves...
1
1934-09-16
30
use of marijuana spreading in west poisonous w...
2
1935-01-20
35
rhode island to end weed as drug source state ...
In [51]:
df_half_dec = result.groupby('half_dec')['clean'].apply(lambda x: '%s' % ' '.join(x)).to_frame(name='clean')
df_half_dec = df_half_dec.loc[df_half_dec.index >= 35]
df_half_dec.head(3)
Out[51]:
clean
half_dec
35
rhode island to end weed as drug source state ...
40
the play the play called sweet charity that ha...
45
experts discount marijuana as big factor in cr...
In [52]:
li = df_to_li(df_half_dec, 'clean'); len(li)
Out[52]:
17
In [122]:
add_on_stop_words = ['tomorrow','sunday','thursday','sisario','730','wednesday','tonight','tonight tomorrow', 'a1','212','2396200','212 2396200','said', 'say', 'said today', 'today', 'brantley', 'chinen', 'street brantley', 'tonight tomorrow', '10', '100']
ultimate_stop_words = text.ENGLISH_STOP_WORDS.union(add_on_stop_words)
tfidf_vectorizer = TfidfVectorizer(encoding='latin-1', decode_error='replace', strip_accents='unicode', analyzer='word', ngram_range=(1,4), stop_words=ultimate_stop_words)
tfidf = tfidf_vectorizer.fit_transform(li)
pca = PCA(n_components=12)
tfidf_pca = pca.fit_transform(tfidf.toarray())
explained_variance = pca.explained_variance_ratio_
In [123]:
plt.plot(explained_variance)
Out[123]:
[<matplotlib.lines.Line2D at 0x140458cd0>]
In [124]:
plt.plot((np.ones(12) - explained_variance))
Out[124]:
[<matplotlib.lines.Line2D at 0x1452184d0>]
In [146]:
X_top_1 = (tfidf_pca.T[:1]).T
X_top_2 = (tfidf_pca.T[:2]).T
X_top_9 = (tfidf_pca.T[:9]).T
X_top_12 = (tfidf_pca.T[:12]).T
In [147]:
co_sim_matrix_1 = cosine_similarity(X_top_1, X_top_1)
co_sim_matrix_2 = cosine_similarity(X_top_2, X_top_2)
co_sim_matrix_9 = cosine_similarity(X_top_9, X_top_9)
co_sim_matrix_12 = cosine_similarity(X_top_12, X_top_12)
In [148]:
ax_1 = sns.heatmap(co_sim_matrix_1, cmap="RdBu_r", annot=False)
In [149]:
ax_2 = sns.heatmap(co_sim_matrix_2, cmap="RdBu_r", annot=False)
In [150]:
ax_9 = sns.heatmap(co_sim_matrix_9, cmap="RdBu_r", annot=False)
In [151]:
ax_12 = sns.heatmap(co_sim_matrix_12, cmap="RdBu_r", annot=False)
In [128]:
# clusters
lower_cutoffs = [65, 80, 90, 105, 110]
upper_cutoffs = [75, 85, 100, 105, 115]
cutoffs = zip(lower_cutoffs, upper_cutoffs); cutoffs
Out[128]:
[(65, 75), (80, 85), (90, 100), (105, 105), (110, 115)]
In [129]:
df_bins = df_half_dec.copy()
df_bins['bin'] = 0
df_bins.reset_index(inplace=True)
for i, j in enumerate(cutoffs):
bin_filter = (df_bins['half_dec'] >= j[0]) & (df_bins['half_dec'] <= j[1])
df_bins.loc[bin_filter, 'bin'] = i + 1
df_bins = df_bins.loc[df_bins['bin'] > 0]
df_bins.head(3)
Out[129]:
half_dec
clean
bin
6
65
marijuana seizure set record for year the cust...
1
7
70
virginia governor pardons youth 20 on drug con...
1
8
75
197475 college freshman is found more conserva...
1
In [130]:
df_binned = df_bins.groupby('bin')['clean'].apply(lambda x: '%s' % ' '.join(x)).to_frame(name='clean'); df_binned.head(3)
Out[130]:
clean
bin
1
marijuana seizure set record for year the cust...
2
police plan a new drive on chronic felons 25ma...
3
judge denies bail to woman extradited on drug ...
In [131]:
li2 = df_to_li(df_binned, 'clean'); li2[3]
Out[131]:
'meeting death with a cool heart in 22 years of using bangkoks airport don muang the busiest in southeast asia i have never known it to be anything but crowded on new years eve five days after the tsunami that devastated phuket and much of the rest of southern thailand it was empty i called friends from the airport and found that nobody i knew had died but everyone knew someone who was missing from every walk of life businessmen prostitutes dealers in marijuana doctors politicians the tsunami made no social distinctions i was returning from laos where my family and i had spent the christmas vacation by the banks of the mekong in the delightful town of luang prabang when we heard the news my first thought was it could have been us i had originally planned to take us sailing in the andaman sea off phuket what chance would we have had in a small sailboat when people drowned in their hotel rooms we were saved by indolence i decided to drink laotian beer by the mekong rather than face the hassle of sailing world briefing africa south africa farmer held snake freed the police arrested a 37yearold farmer in magaliesburg 30 miles northwest of johannesburg after finding 110 pounds of harvested and dried marijuana in a room guarded by a snake whose species was unknown a police spokeswoman said the farmer would be charged with illegal possession of marijuana and with keeping a snake without a permit officials said the snake would be released into the wild michael wines nyt justices uphold use of drugsniffing dogs in traffic stops the supreme court ruled on monday that in making a routine traffic stop the police can permit a trained dog to sniff the car for drugs without the need for any particular reason to suspect the driver of a narcotics violation the 6to2 decision set aside a ruling by the illinois supreme court which held in 2003 that a state trooper who had stopped a man for speeding had broadened the scope of the encounter beyond constitutional limits by having the dog sniff the car the dog alerted the police to the trunk which contained 250000 worth of marijuana the addition of the dog impermissibly turned a traffic stop into a drug investigation the illinois court said national briefing southwest texas illegal immigrants detained four illegal immigrants from china two men and two women were discovered aboard a singleengine private plane that first fled from airborne federal agents and then followed its flight plan and landed in san antonio the authorities said after questioning the four that none appeared to pose a security threat and that they had probably paid to be smuggled into the united states to find work the four are likely to be deported and the pilot a mexican will probably be charged with immigrant smuggling the police said the plane was spotted by agents who were pursuing a second aircraft which they also forced to land and which was carrying 100 pounds of marijuana steve barnes nyt news summary international a39 insurgents warn iraqis that voting means death guerrilla groups in iraq determined to undermine the coming elections are trying to intimidate iraqi citizens and scare them away from the polls with threats of death for those attempting to vote a1 registration of iraqi voters living abroad drew to a close but fell well below expectations a8 the caretakers of iraqs decrepit infrastructure are facing frustrations running for a seat in the new government while struggling to keep the water electricity and oil flowing for the citizens who will be casting their votes a8 orphan mirrors regional loss in the story of an unidentified orphan in sri lanka and the number of couples claiming that he is their child lies a hint of the peculiar distress of parents who lost children in the tsunami of the 30000 dead in sri lanka unicef estimates that 4 of 10 were children a1 criticism before confirmation senate democrats denounced condoleezza rice as the architect of a failed and misleading iraq policy turning a daylong debate on her nomination as secretary of state into a discussion of the conduct of the war a7 fda approves aids cocktail the food and drug administration has approved the first generic tripletherapy cocktail for aids opening the way for american taxpayer dollars to be used to buy generic medicines for use in poor countries a9 national a1014 white house says deficit will reach 427 billion the white house announced that the federal budget deficit was expected to rise this year to 427 billion a figure that includes a new 80 billion request from president bush to help pay for the war in iraq a1 doubts about social security after a meeting with president bush republican senators said they had cautioned the president that the drive to change the social security system was faltering because the public was not convinced that an overhaul was necessary a12 trial opens for expriest paul r shanley a defrocked priest at the center of the sexual abuse crisis in the roman catholic archdiocese of boston went on trial with a prosecutor accusing him repeatedly sexually abusing a boy a10 meatpacking and human rights for the first time human rights watch has issued a report that criticizes a single industry in the united states concluding that working conditions among the nations meatpackers and slaughterhouses violate basic human rights a13 us seizes oil wells the federal government has seized control of 43 oil wells in pennsylvania that it says were financed with drug money laundered by a florida marijuana smuggler a13 new yorkregion b18 crippled subway lines may be restored sooner transit officials said that service on the a and c lines could be restored to full capacity in six to nine months substantially revising their earlier prognosis that a fire in a lower manhattan signaling room would disrupt service on the lines for as long as three to five years a1 sheik wins a ruling in court in a victory for a yemeni sheik charged with financing terrorism a federal judge prevented prosecutors from introducing what they have described as vital evidence b1 neediest cases b4 education b9 sportswednesday d16 arts e112 oscar nominations the aviator martin scorseses sweeping tale of the genius and phobias of howard hughes took a lead in the oscar race with 11 nominations e1 beverly sills quits met post beverly sills the former opera diva arts administrator and seemingly permanent fixture on new yorks cultural map said she was resigning as chairwoman of the metropolitan opera e1 business day c116 executive trials begin the trial of richard m scrushy began with the chief federal prosecutor calling mr scrushy the mastermind of a sweeping accounting fraud at healthsouth the hospital chain he founded c1 business digest c1 dining in f112 obituaries a15 editorial a1617 editorials the wrong attorney general pricing the ultimate sacrifice a costly but valuable medical device adam cohen on the politically incorrect guide to american history columns nicholas d kristof crossword e9 tv listings e11 public lives b2 weather d7 government seizes oil wells it links to money laundering the federal government has seized control of 43 oil wells in northwestern pennsylvania that it says were financed with drug money laundered by a florida marijuana smuggler in the 1970s officials said tuesday the federal government has never before taken control of oil wells as part of a money laundering investigation said officials with the department of homeland security which ran the investigation back from death row exonerated or just freed critics say that some deathpenalty cases portrayed in the exonerated being shown on court tv tonight are not clearcut instances of the wrongfully accused being cleared kerry max cook played by aidan quinn below the case mr cook was twice found guilty and sentenced for the 1977 killing of linda jo edwards in 1996 the texas court of criminal appeals reversed his second conviction and ordered another trial saying that prosecutorial and police misconduct has tainted this entire matter from the outset mr cook instead agreed to plead no contest to a murder charge in exchange for time served the critique david e dobbs the prosecutor who handled the 1996 plea deal but was not involved in the earlier misconduct said the plea accurately reflected the facts he is unequivocally guilty of this crime mr dobbs said gary gauger played by brian dennehy below the case in 1993 mr gauger was convicted of killing his parents the year before the trial judge initially sentenced him to death but later reduced the sentence to life in prison in 1996 an appeals court ordered that he be retried ruling that some incriminating statements mr gauger had made during many hours of questioning should not have been presented to the jury because police officers did not have cause to arrest him prosecutors instead dropped the charges and members of the outlaws a motorcycle gang confessed to the murders the critique in 2003 a federal appeals court judge in chicago richard a posner summarized some of the facts in an interim ruling in mr gaugers civil suit for false arrest the absence of signs of forced entry or a struggle he wrote together with gaugers suspicious behavior and statements the financial benefit to him of his parents death his share of their estate was several hundred thousand dollars and his acknowledgment that members of the outlaws motorcycle gang had been occasional customers of his fathers motorcycle shop has left a lingering suspicion that he was somehow complicit robert hayes played by david brown jr below the case in 1991 mr hayes was sentenced to death for strangling a coworker at the pompano harness track in 1995 the florida supreme court reversed his conviction and ordered a retrial saying that some of the dna evidence used to convict mr hayes was not reliable while evidence exists in this case to establish that hayes committed this offense the court ruled physical evidence also exists to establish that someone other than hayes committed the offense at the retrial in 1997 the jury heard evidence that mr hayess dna was found inside the victim pamela albertson and also that hairs found clutched in her hand were inconsistent with those of mr hayes he was acquitted the critique the acquittal on retrial was based on reasonable doubt not actual innocence said ward a campbell a supervising deputy state attorney general in sacramento who has studied cases of people released from death row delbert tibbs played by delroy lindo below the case in 1975 mr tibbs was sentenced to death for murdering terry milroy and to life for raping cynthia nadeau two florida hitchhikers the only evidence against him was ms nadeaus testimony the next year the florida supreme court reversed his conviction and granted him a new trial saying there was a very real possibility that tibbs had nothing to do with these crimes years passed as appeals courts considered whether a retrial should be barred as double jeopardy in 1982 the united states supreme court ruled that a retrial was appropriate soon afterward prosecutors dropped the case the critique joseph dalessandro a state attorney told the florida commission on capital cases in 2002 that ms nadeau had progressed from a marijuana smoker to a crack user and i could not put her up on the stand so i declined to prosecute he added tibbs in my opinion was never an innocent man wrongfully accused he was a lucky human being he was guilty he was lucky and now he is free adam liptak codey throws his hat in the ring sort of acting gov richard j codey got an earful of what passes for wit on talk radio last week and it was enough to bring out the feisty side of a politician respected in trenton for his conciliatory style on monday one of the generic shock jocks on nj 1015 radio craig carton chose as his target women who suffer from postpartum depression women like mr codeys wife mary jo mr carton said the acting governor should support a measure to legalize marijuana for medical use mr codey does not so that women can have a joint and relax instead of putting their babies in a microwave it was a sophomoric reference to mrs codeys admission that she was so ill from depression she considered harming her infants arts briefly no indie rock in libya a littleknown indie rock band that had hoped to be the first american group to tour in libya could not perform because of visa problems government officials told reuters the heavenly states from oakland calif arrived in libya on tuesday to play a series of concerts but could not go on with the tour they came with a tourist visa an official said the groups singer ted nesseth said no american band has performed in libya there is a certain myth in america about libya part of the reason to come here was to dispel the rumors i can say its safer to be here than in oakland trouble for suge knight suge knight below the embattled rap impresario was arrested on saturday outside los angeles on charges of violating his parole after the police said they found marijuana in his truck during a traffic stop the associated press reported mr knight 39 was pulled over in barstow calif for making an unsafe uturn and the police searched his ford pickup he was also cited for not having insurance mr knight was released from prison in 2001 after serving time for assault and weapons violations and recently served 10 months for violating his parole and striking a nightclub valet new cd technology first came the cd then came the super audio cd then dvd audio the newest gourmet audio product is the dual disc a doublesided cddvd hybrid with regular cd audio on one side and enhanced sound plus multimedia goodies on the dvd side that was introduced late last year sony bmg has been slow to join in with dual discs but it plans to catch up fast tomorrow by issuing 18 of them including classical albums by yoyo ma and joshua bell evergreen reissues like acdcs back in black and miles daviss kind of blue and recent albums by destinys child avril lavigne and john mayer new releases of regular old cds tomorrow include the boudoirsoul singer brian mcknights gemini universal the rock band 3 doors downs seventeen days universal the country singer lee ann womacks theres more where that came from mercury nashville and the irish band the frames burn the maps anti a big series of herb alpert reissues on shout factory starts tomorrow with three albums the lonely bull first released in 1962 south of the border from 1964 and lost treasures rare and unreleased dutoit extends contract charles dutoit has signed a contract extension with the philadelphia orchestra that would keep him the artistic director and principal conductor of the orchestras summer series at the saratoga performing arts center through 2008 mr dutoit 68 the former music director of the montreal symphony orchestra has led the summer season in philadelphia since 1990 stamps for sinners and other taxpayers a slice of 20thcentury american history will be auctioned for the first time on saturday in new york when the national postal museum part of the smithsonian institution sells some 35000 examples of ornate and colorful revenue stamps among the stamps offered for sale are ones once affixed to wine beer narcotics and even marijuana as proof that sin taxes had been paid on those items the federal government stopped using such stamps decades ago metro briefing new york brooklyn body parts found near subway tracks a transit worker on a routine inspection shortly before 3 am yesterday found a plastic bag containing two human legs and an arm beside the tracks of the southbound a train in bedfordstuyvesant the police said last night the police identified the victim as rashawn brazell 19 of bedfordstuyvesant he was identified after the police traced a fingerprint to an arrest for possession of marijuana the only arrest on his record investigators could not say whether mr brazell had been reported missing before the discovery of the remains or how long they had been at the tracks another bag containing tools drill bits and what appeared to be blood was found near the remains investigators said but it was unclear whether the two discoveries were connected neighbors at mr brazells apartment building said that he worked at a clothing store in manhattan and lived with his mother and stepfather he was last seen by his family on monday a neighbor said before his remains were found the police had been seen searching the building neighbors said michael wilson nyt where the kids are and were there is a slightly illicit thrill that comes with stepping inside an arcade and this remains true long after youre old enough to know that more dangerous places exist perhaps it is the strange interior light which has the dim quality of a backroom gambling hall or maybe it is the complete loss of the temporal world of hour or minute day or night chinatown fair an arcade on mott street is such a teenage netherworld the kind of place that erases the span between 1985 and 2005 the interior is dark and subterranean and noticeably absent of grownups occasionally the air thickens with the smell of marijuana smoke among the rows of blinking contraptions are a startlingly realistic shootout game called time crisis 3 two pinball machines a photo booth no fewer than a dozen fighting games and an ancient wooden box that measures sexual attractiveness on a scale of blah to uncontrollable my addicted son this was the most powerful story of one familys struggle with drugs that ive ever read beneath the constant exposure to marijuana and alcohol and the teen angst and rebellion that can add fuel to that fiery mix is something else an ugly divorce can ruin lives it can leave kids with residual dysfunction manifested in countless ways ben gilbert white plains ny forced to go home again cornelius johnson came to new york from jamaica in 1993 as a legal resident he settled in upstate new york with his extended family in 1997 he was arrested for criminal possession of marijuana and spent a few days in jail in an agreement with the state he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to time served neither the lawyer nor the judge mentioned that in accepting a plea bargain he could be deported and guess what today eight years after the conviction and with a clean record mr johnson faces mandatory deportation cornelius johnsons case is emblematic of a plea bargaining system in new york that is unfair to immigrants when plea bargaining works it works well in exchange for a reduction in charges a defendant pleads guilty eliminating the expense and uncertainty of a trial for both him and the state but theres one big problem for defendants in new yorks immigrant community unlike many other states new york does not inform immigrant criminal defendants that part of what they bargained for may include deportation forced to go home again cornelius johnson came to new york from jamaica in 1993 as a legal resident he settled in upstate new york with his extended family in 1997 he was arrested for criminal possession of marijuana and spent a few days in jail in an agreement with the state he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to time served neither the lawyer nor the judge mentioned that in accepting a plea bargain he could be deported and guess what today eight years after the conviction and with a clean record mr johnson faces mandatory deportation cornelius johnsons case is emblematic of a plea bargaining system in new york that is unfair to immigrants when plea bargaining works it works well in exchange for a reduction in charges a defendant pleads guilty eliminating the expense and uncertainty of a trial for both him and the state but theres one big problem for defendants in new yorks immigrant community unlike many other states new york does not inform immigrant criminal defendants that part of what they bargained for may include deportation forced to go home again cornelius johnson came to new york from jamaica in 1993 as a legal resident he settled in upstate new york with his extended family in 1997 he was arrested for criminal possession of marijuana in an agreement with the state he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to time served neither the lawyer or the judge mentioned that in accepting a plea bargain he could be deported and guess what today eight years after the conviction and with a clean record mr johnson faces mandatory deportation cornelius johnsons case is emblematic of a plea bargaining system in new york that is unfair to immigrants when plea bargaining works it works well in exchange for a reduction in charges a defendant pleads guilty eliminating the expense and uncertainty of a trial for both him and the state but theres one big problem for defendants in new yorks immigrant community unlike many other states new york does not inform immigrant criminal defendants that part of what they bargained for may include deportation from a scream to a whisper ying yang twins lets say youre a successful but not quite respected hiphop duo from deacatur ga two guys who do nothing but yell about sex how do you prove your versatility you release a single called wait tvt in which two guys do nothing but whisper about sex over a sly muted beat the rappers unleash one hissed proposition after another its crude gimmicky unnerving and strange which is to say perfect tweet its been 2 years 10 months 3 weeks and 6 days since this rb singer released southern hummingbird a remarkable debut album full of elegant slow jams and woozy electronic beats if you cant wait until march 22 when her new album is due you can visit tweetmusiccom to hear the new single turn da lights off produced by kwame the same forgottenrapper turnedmemorableproducer responsible for on fire by lloyd banks for this seduction song kwame echoes the singers flickering urges by toying with an old luther vandross record speeding it up dragging it to a halt even running it backward mary gauthier on mercy now lost highwayuniversal this weathered country singer and storyteller unfurls one lovely narrative after another chronicling a merciless world in which its always a little bit too late to change your mind falling out of love follows an exlover whos suffering an outlaws fate condemned to keep moving and your sister cried written by fred eaglesmith is simpler and spookier your sister cried all the way home she sings again and again as if she cant get the image out of her head krayzie bone this hiphop pioneer invented a singrapping style that has influenced everyone from usher to nelly all he got was this lousy career his group bone thugsnharmony suffered a long and totally undeserved slide into obscurity now comes gemini good vs evil ballrbmg krayzie bones third solo cd this one is less weird and less ambitious than 2001s mournful thug on da line but its still a joy to hear krayzie unleash his fast and flexible sung rhymes especially on getchu twisted produced by lil jon and chaos interlude which is 90 seconds of apocalyptic verse krayzie bone also appears on bone brothers koch the new album by two other thuggers it seems a better nickname than the alternative layzie bone and bizzy bone heres hoping that the inevitable bone thugsnharmony reunion album isnt merely a return to form but a return to the charts too if they have any sense of decency musical descendants like nelly will be more than happy to lend a hand m ward this singer and strummer from portland ore records songs that are sometimes enthralling sometimes slight and sometimes somehow both at once his new album transistor radio merge errs on the side of slightness it consists of 16 little compositions that seem more hummed than sung including a carter family cover oh take me back still mr ward has a lovely rasp frayed and exquisitely soft and he lets it out like steam this is 43 minutes of notsoheavy breathing steven lenky marsden dancehall reggae is slumping but someone forgot to tell mr marsden who recently cooked up yet another thrilling electronic riddim bubble up a brisk track with rubbery synthesizers and a crisp backbeat sean paul uses the riddim for well be burning a breezy marijuana tribute danny englishs it deh ya lays gruff vocals over the sparkling beat and elephant man outdoes himself with it sweet me which grafts a fluttering synthesizer line over the beat to create a huge daft chorus visit unitysoundscom to buy vinyl singles of all the tracks my chemical romance emo is in its own slump after the feeding frenzy of 2003 but someone forgot to tell this wildeyed new jersey band which just released yet another absurd video for yet another grand deathobsessed love song in helena watch it at mychemicalromancecom the singer gerard way presides over a carefully choreographed punkrock wake a church full of mourners twirl and tumble in time to the frantic beat metro briefing new york yippie founder arrested in new mexico dana beal a founding member of the 1960s group the youth international party or yippies has been arrested in tohatchi nm on the navajo indian reservation the navajo police said mr beal and a companion were stopped friday for speeding and that mr beal a passenger was observed eating what mr beal said was marijuana a manhattan resident and organizer of promarijuana marches mr beal was charged with felony tampering with evidence he was released saturday after pleading not guilty and posting a 5000 cash bond joseph kolb nyt marijuana violence on border slide show a potent form of marijuana from canada has become the center of an increasingly violent cultivation and smuggling industry news summary international a26 freed italian journalist fired on by us soldiers american soldiers guarding a checkpoint in baghdad fired on a car carrying a kidnapped italian journalist who had just been freed wounding the journalist and killing an italian intelligence agent the military said the car approached the checkpoint at a high speed and soldiers tried to signal it to stop including firing warning shots a1 two newly elected politicians announced they were withdrawing from the political alliance put together by iraqs most powerful shiite cleric representing the first notable fracture within the alliance the split signaled that any talks to form a new government would probably be protracted as rivals try to take advantage of rifts in the alliance a6 syria to assemble parliament syria said its president bashar alassad would convene a session of parliament to deliver a speech raising expectations that he would announce a partial pullout of syrian troops from lebanon in an effort to ease the growing international pressure on his government a5 exukraine ministers suicide ukraines former interior minister a man suspected of involvement in the abduction and murder of a prominent journalist in 2000 died in a cottage outside kiev in what officials called a suicide yuri f kravchenko shot himself in the head hours before he was supposed to meet with prosecutors to be questioned for the first time in the case a3 us yields to global opposition the united states bowed to global opposition at a united nations conference on womens equality and dropped its insistence on inserting an antiabortion amendment into a document that was then adopted unanimously a5 restitution for nazi seizure a german court ruled that the heirs of a onceprominent jewishowned department store chain were entitled to compensation for what has in recent years become one of berlins most valuable pieces of real estate the decision resolved one of the biggest and most bitterly disputed claims for restitution of property seized by the nazis a6 national a710 14 bush tries to reinvigorate social security campaign stepping into a rapidly escalating battle for public support president bush tried to jumpstart his uphill drive for personal social security accounts insisting the retirement system required a drastic change and challenging skeptics to put their own ideas forward a1 scientist picked for epa post president bush nominated stephen l johnson a scientist who rose through the ranks during a 24year career at the environmental protection agency to be the agencys administrator a1 marijuana violence on border the shooting death of four officers of the royal canadian mounted police who were searching a marijuana growing operation in alberta highlighted the expanding and increasingly violent marijuana trade along the canadian border a1 accuser praised jackson in a videotape produced two years ago by aides to michael jackson the boy he is charged with molesting said the singer was a loving kind humble man a7 of democrats and abortion robert p casey jr pennsylvanias democratic state treasurer and a strong opponent of abortion announced that he will run for the us senate next year gov edward g rendell a fellow democrat endorsed mr casey a14 religion journal a10 sciencehealth cancer drugs benefit debated a federal advisory panel began wrestling with whether to remove from the market a lung cancer drug that was approved for use by desperate patients but has failed to prolong lives in a large clinical trial a8 fda seizes millions of pills angered by qualitycontrol problems it said had dragged on for more than two years the food and drug administration used armed federal marshals to seize millions of tablets from plants operated by the drug giant glaxosmithkline a7 new yorkregion b16 arrests made in murders of jersey city family two former convicts were charged with binding gagging and cutting the throats of four members of an egyptian christian family last january in what prosecutors called a robbery that went awry in their jersey city home while the brutal killings appeared to have the characteristics of a hate crime the authorities stressed that it was a bungled robbery not the result of religious enmity jury is stymied in shooting after five days of deliberations in the trial of a police officer who killed an unarmed man the jury said in a handwritten note to the judge that they were deadlocked the judge is expected to order them back to deliberations b1 severed hands reattached in a rare procedure surgeons at stony brook university medical center simultaneously reattached both of a long island mans hands after they were accidentally sliced off while he was operating a vacuum form machine at a factory in north bay shore b6 fashion b67 sportssaturday d16 obituaries a11 martin denny a bandleader who mingled easygoing jazz with polynesian instrumentation and jungle sounds to exemplify the exotica sound that swept suburban america in the 1950s and 60s he was 93 a11 arts b919 bolshoi theater reconstruction the main building of the bolshoi theater in moscow will close on july 1 for a longanticipated reconstruction the general director of the house said the bolshoi which comprises both an opera company and a ballet company will be leaving its historic home for the first time in 150 years b11 business day c110 labor market grows employment grew by 262000 jobs last month the government reported providing fresh evidence that the economy remained on a path of robust and sustained growth c1 stewart returns home martha stewart returned to one of her homes beginning five months of home confinement as the next part of her sentence c1 choicepoint woes continue choicepoint the commercial data broker that inadvertently sold tens of thousands of consumer records to thieves masquerading as smallbusiness clients announced that it was the subject of at least two consumer lawsuits a barrage of inquiries from state attorneys general and two federal investigations c2 aon reaches settlement aon the worlds secondlargest insurance broker reached settlements with new york connecticut and illinois agreeing to pay restitution of 190 million for directing transactions that helped mislead customers and and possibly increased costs the new york attorney general eliot spitzer said c3 business digest c1 editorial a1213 editorials a fighting strategy for veterans the bush teams abortion misstep aids drugs threatened lobbyist as snapping turtle columns david brooks nicholas d kristof bridge b17 crossword b17 tv listings b19 weather b20 stopping illicit drugs is still uphill battle report shows twenty years after a federal law took effect authorizing the united states to penalize countries that do not control illicit narcotics production the same countries by and large are producing large quantities of heroin cocaine marijuana and other drugs according to the state departments annual drugtrafficking report published friday the united states has been providing antinarcotics aid to more than a dozen nations for more than two decades roughly 1 billion a year in recent years each year the government reports largescale eradication of crops and seizures of illicit drugs but this year as every year reports of progress are overwhelmed by the weight of the problem world briefing americas canada judges are too soft on drug growers minister says justice minister irwin cotler criticized judges for being too lenient in sentencing people charged in canadas marijuana drug trade calling the illegal industry a scourge the marijuana industry in canada is estimated to be worth 7 billion with drugs increasingly being produced in large sophisticated growing operations run by criminal organizations and smuggled into the united states mr cotler told cbc radio that the government would move ahead with plans to double prison sentences against marijuana growers to as many as 14 years from 7 as part of legislation that would also decriminalize the personal possession of small amounts of the drug colin campbell nyt corrections a frontpage article on saturday about violence related to marijuana trafficking from the canadian province of british columbia misstated the murder rate there although the police say drugrelated violence has risen greatly in the last two years the overall murder rate has remained stable it has not soared corrections because of an editing error a report in the metro briefing column on march 1 about the arrest of dana beal of manhattan an advocate for marijuana legalization on charges of tampering with evidence referred imprecisely to his role in the youth international party the 1960s group known as the yippies he was an original leader but not a founding member drugwar violence to the editor your article about the highly potent form of marijuana called bc bud violent new front in drug war opens on the canadian border front page march 5 alarmed me im sure i wasnt alone in thinking that we need to put a swift end to this violence but i dont understand why the article didnt explore an obvious solution to the problem clothier who retired to prison may sway fate of 2 detectives burton kaplan 71 had a long career in the garment industry he traveled to hong kong for his wholesale clothing business he had a warehouse on staten island he worked hard according to some people who knew him and raised a family a diminutive man in hornrimmed spectacles he appeared to live a quiet unexceptional life but mr kaplan it turns out had other business interests namely drug dealing he worked hard for many years prosecutors said smuggling heroin cocaine and tons of marijuana into new york that lucrative sideline earned mr kaplan at 64 a retirement to be spent behind bars he was sentenced in 1998 to 27 years in federal prison in effect a life term arent juries grand im on a grand jury weve been given cases involving someone who views pornography on his computer behind locked doors and someone caught in the presence of marijuana the assistant da indicates that i shouldnt abstain from voting but my conscience wont let me sleep if i make felons out of such people may i vote not to indict ld fountain hills ariz ethically you may legally its debatable the attorneys i consulted were not unanimous but most agreed that unlike petit jurors who must convict if the evidence warrants grand jurors are entirely free to charge what the government proposes to charge differently or not charge at all as claudia conway a capital defender with new yorks legal aid society put it and so without disavowing the marijuana law for example you might honorably find it not applicable in this case another option youve overlooked indict not for a felony but for a lesser charge in memorial i love tacky souvenirs but occasionally give in to good taste i shall always regret in particular one that i did not buy it was in hammerfest in northern norway and the object in question was made of a reindeer hoof the toes or whatever you call them painted white to serve as big buckteeth there were eyes of those sort of googly things with the pupils that roll around and some kind of antlers it may have been an ashtray or a pincushion or a toast rack it was appalling and hilarious and i mourn it to this day an informal survey of kitschloving friends and acquaintances has revealed that almost all of them remember an object pined for but not attained lewis marshall for example an episcopal priest was recently delighted to find that the 1960s lived on in eugene ore as witnessed by a hempupholstered toiletseat cover decorated with an embroidered marijuana leaf he reconsidered after his partner asked him if hed lost his mind metro briefing new york queens man arrested and weapons seized a rockaway man was arrested yesterday after the police acting on a search warrant found four guns including a shotgun and an assault rifle as well as a cache of bullets and drugs at his home the suspect gary ogrady 47 of beach 74th street was arrested after officers found 2500 rounds of ammunition an ak47 rifle with 100 rounds in the magazine a 22caliber rifle a 12gauge shotgun and a 3030 winchester rifle in his home the police said cocaine and marijuana were also seized the police said mr ogrady was charged with possession of a weapon a controlled substance and marijuana the police said michael wilson nyt metro briefing new york brooklyn 5 charged in marijuana ring five men were charged in federal district court in brooklyn yesterday with operating a wholesale marijuana cultivation and distribution ring out of three sites including two near elementary schools peter zuccaro michael lezamiz leonard palone joseph iorio and harry gabor were charged with operating the indoor hydroponic growing scheme which employed 15 people and had grossed nearly 12 million since 1997 according to the office of roslynn r mauskopf the united states attorney for the eastern district of new york and district attorney denis dillon of nassau county one of the growing warehouses was across the street from public school 109 in east flatbush and another in the basement of mr lezamizs home in bayside queens opposite st robert bellarmine school the authorities said mr zuccaro whom the authorities identified as the rings leader is in federal prison in florida on an unrelated conviction and is to be brought to new york next week for arraignment the other four pleaded not guilty at their arraignments last week the authorities said all except mr lezamiz were ordered held without bail he was released on 5 million bail michelle odonnell nyt arts briefly whitney houston in rehab whitney houston below has checked back into a drug rehabilitation program a year after first entering a program for substance abuse reuters reported it was not immediately clear where the singer was seeking treatment or when she went in ms houston 41 first checked into a rehabilitation center last march after a string of canceled appearances and erratic behavior in an interview with diane sawyer on abc in 2002 ms houston admitted to using marijuana cocaine alcohol and prescription drugs but said that a spiritual adviser had helped her stop scholarships from a critic when harold c schonberg below the former chief music critic of the new york times died in 2003 he established in his will a 5 million trust to support piano students at four major music schools juilliard mannes college of music and the manhattan school of music in new york and the curtis institute of music in philadelphia the trust established through the estate of schonberg and his wife helene who died shortly before him is to be used for scholarships at the four schools primarily for piano students although the schools are free to award the money as they see fit said jay h mcdowell a lawyer at the law firm of withers bergman who is a trustee of the fund the fund will distribute 5 percent a year to the schools divided equally mr mcdowell said representatives of juilliard and curtis said they expected to begin awarding the money to students in the fall crowes final grunt russell crowes rock band 30 odd foot of grunts has not always been well received in a review of its last album blender magazine said mr crowes lyrics run the gamut from mundane to embarrassing now it is apparently defunct in a posting on the bands web site announcing the completion of a new album mr crowe above said the band would seem to have dissolvedevolved in his posting mr crowe said he was disappointed about the end of the band but now enjoys the joy of writing unrestricted footnotes jerry springers new radio talk show springer on the radio which he began in january in cincinnati and has taken to a handful of markets around the country will now be heard on the air america network on 51 stations and on both sirius and xm satellite radio it will be broadcast from 9 am to noon each weekday beginning april 1 leonard slatkin has been given a newly created post by the los angeles philharmonic principal guest conductor at the hollywood bowl the orchestras summer home the twoyear assignment begins this summer i wanna be loved by you the brooklyn museums exhibition of 200 photographs of marilyn monroe right by 39 photographers has been extended through april 3 by popular demand the museum said brandeis university is renaming its annual brandeis festival of the creative arts for leonard bernstein now called the leonard bernstein festival of the creative arts it will run this year from april 13 to 17 bernstein taught there from 1951 to 1955 and in 1952 created the festival whose first season had the premiere of his oneact opera trouble in tahiti medicinal marijuana on trial medical marijuana is now legal in 11 states and bills to legalize it are pending in at least 7 more the drug is also at the heart of a case being considered by the united states supreme court yet there remains much confusion over whether marijuana in fact has any significant medical effect justices decline to rule on limits for drugsniffing dogs the supreme court in recent years has drawn constitutional rules for the use of newly popular law enforcement techniques the police need a warrant before aiming a heatdetecting device at a private home in an effort to find out whether marijuana is growing inside under highintensity lights the police do not need a warrant before permitting a trained dog to sniff a car or a piece of luggage at an airport in order to detect drugs those precedents converged in a case from texas that posed this question can the police bring a trained dog to stand outside a private home and sniff for drugs arts briefly police find stolen picasso the french police returned a stolen painting by picasso yesterday to the pompidou center in paris the 1924 cubist oil on canvas nature morte la charlotte valued at 32 million disappeared from one of the museums warehouses and a complaint was filed in march 2004 investigators discovered that a 32yearold guard had given his marijuana dealer access to the building and that the dealer had carried out the theft he passed the painting to a third man who confessed to hiding it behind a cabinet in his house on the outskirts of paris where the police found it in good condition on tuesday i dont think they realized what the value of this painting was said catherine driguet a paris police spokeswoman they deal drugs not stolen artworks the investigation is continuing hlne fouquet whats on tonight tonights double feature starts with a rerun of the pilot introducing jake john stamos above young urban single publicist to the stars wacky supporting characters include his pregnant middleaged boss naomi wendie malick and a depressed performance artist rick hoffman who wants to be jakes best friend at 830 jake goes on a date with the bosss sister mdchen amick 8 pm ovation scandalize my name stories from the blacklist this 1998 documentary about black entertainers during the mccarthy era features ossie davis harry belafonte sidney poitier paul robeson hazel scott and tim moore kingfish of amos n andy morgan freeman narrates 8 pm showtime pieces of april 2003 katie holmes stars as april a young manhattanite who runs into more than the usual trouble trying to cook her first thanksgiving dinner patricia clarkson right was nominated for the supporting actress oscar as aprils suburban mother who has cancer and enjoys a few hits of medical marijuana during the drive into the city 920 pm bbca monty pythons flying circus how to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away 1130 pm tcm kiss me kate 1953 this is hollywoods translation of the broadway musical about actors in a stage musical of the taming of the shrew kathryn grayson and howard keel play the divorced costars ann miller is the ingnue memorable cole porter tunes include brush up your shakespeare and too darn hot anita gates zombies get the munchies too no one else can leer quite like alan cumming he perfected the expression on broadway playing the mc in cabaret and has been known to show it off even in wholesome family entertainment like annie the occasional leer is worth waiting for in showtimes musical version of reefer madness but more often mr cumming is wearing a smirk that look is appropriate enough for mr cummings character the lecturer who has come to speak to a group of smalltown parents about the evils of a vile narcotic an unspeakable scourge the real public enemy no 1 marijuana crime ring is crushed police say new york police officers and federal agents have dismantled a harlem marijuana ring that was grossing 10 million to 15 million a year and was responsible for as many as seven murders law enforcement officials said yesterday the ring called two mile posse after the area of jamaica where many of the members came from had been in operation for 10 years the police said homestyle when artists turn a hand to furniture the results are usually not for the timid this small show of five poporiented artists from different generations makes the point with yayoi kusamas silverpainted stool covered with popup phalluses and more orderly if not as pretty tom sachss bong station a roughhewn console organized in compartments to contain the licit and illicit a mirror an electric clock a machete a remotecontrolled toy racing car cigarettes a beer can a water bottle and a bong for marijuana but there are more decorous works too like roy lichtensteins dashing chair and ottoman of painted bronze above formed from several heroic blue and black brushstrokes and ed ruschas highly lacquered fivepanel wood screen painted on both sides with dreamy atmospheric cloud drifts they carry lines in block lettering from an elvis ballad i forgot to remember to forget on one side i remembered to forget to remember on the other jeff koons is seen here at his most minimal with a trio of simplified wallmounted floral cutouts of mirrorfinish stainless steel each having a differentcolored center cutesy but not very koonsy artists doing furniture is by no means a new phenomenon and given more room the gallery could undoubtedly have provided many other examples but in this case the shows intimacy adds to its punch leo castelli 18 east 77th street manhattan 2122494470 through may 27 free grace glueck adam and eve sittin in a tree the worst case of overacting at a recent performance of dan israelys orgasms at the soho playhouse was in the audience two women to my right were either employed by the management as professional laughers or under the influence of some dangerous new recreational drug maybe some of that superfastacting marijuana from reefer madness or they were just odd one found the strangest lines hilarious including lets take a simple situation and laughter was not enough to express her delight she continually clapped like a child watching a magician at a birthday party sometimes calling out yes to dialogue that particularly pleased her this was all very strange since there isnt a single genuinely funny line in this overlong oneact wouldbe comedy metro briefing new york brooklyn agents charge 8 with drug smuggling federal prosecutors in brooklyn charged eight people yesterday with operating a marijuana smuggling ring between arizona several southeastern states and the new york city area the prosecutors said the arrests were part of a wider investigation conducted by agents from united states immigration and customs enforcement that has resulted in charges against 20 people the prosecutors said the ring smuggled a potent form of marijuana which was sold for as much as 2200 per pound they said about 100 pounds of the marijuana was sold between november 2004 and last month federal agents also seized 50000 in cash prosecutors said fixed position village green washington square park greenwich villages freewheeling home to chess players marijuana dealers college students and guitarbearing bohemians has become cleaner in recent years its much cleaner than it was in the early 19th century when it was used for public hangings now a 16 million redesign plan calls for more changes including new landscaping and a fourfoothigh granite and wrought iron fence around the perimeter one afternoon last week some park users said they liked the plan some had their own suggestions but most had more personal things on their minds seth kugel desperate housewives actor arrested on marijuana charge when more than 17 million of the nations television households last saw zach young the sullen teenager burdened by secrets on the abc show desperate housewives he was being abandoned or so it seemed by his sinister father it was the latest blow in a plot that began with his mothers baffling suicide and continued with his fathers descent into murder yesterday however real life itself took a distressing turn the police announced that cody kasch 17 the actor who plays zach had been arrested on a charge of smoking marijuana in public on an east village street mr kasch was released by the police and has returned to his home in california indonesia sentences australian to 20 years on marijuana count a drug smuggling case that has captivated and outraged australia came to a climax on friday when a 27yearold australian woman was given a 20year prison term for trying to bring nine pounds of marijuana into bali hidden in her bodyboard bag the verdict read in a packed courtroom in bali was carried live on australian television and radio the three judges who heard the case could have sentenced the defendant schapelle corby to death a fate met by many foreigners convicted of drug offenses in indonesia and other southeast asian countries whats on tonight the group which made its name in the 1970s plays its big hits including hotel california and desperado and new songs in what the band above from left timothy b schmidt joe walsh don henley and glenn frey is calling its farewell 1 tour taped in melbourne 6 pm science understanding laughter this episode delves into laughing patterns what makes a joke work and how the brain processes humor 8 pm 11 beauty and the geek the women are goodlooking but not that academically accomplished the men are really smart but lack social skills this new reality series pairs them up to try to remedy each others shortcomings there will be a spelling bee a rocketscience exercise dancing classes and massage lessons 8 pm tcm steve mcqueen the essence of cool yes he was in films like the thomas crown affair the sand pebbles and the great escape right up until his death in 1980 mcqueen shown with jacqueline bisset in bullitt would have turned 75 this year 9 pm 7 dancing with the stars pair a celebrity with a professional ballroom dancer put them into training then have them compete with similar pairs trista sutter the bachelorette rachel hunter and evander holyfield are among the famous participants who in the first episode will try the chacha and a waltz 9 pm tnt the contender 2000 joan allen stars as a united states senator nominated for vice president who finds herself embroiled in a sex scandal something about a party she attended in college 10 pm comedy central south park in die hippie die first shown in march cartman left tries to warn the townspeople that college educated knowitall marijuanasmoking hippies may soon infest south park sure enough hippie jam fest 2005 is soon under way and cartman will have to do something drastic 10 pm bravo sports kids moms dads this eightepisode series follows five young people who have decided to go for the gold in their respective sports football basketball figure skating riding and cheerleading and the parents who encourage inspire push and live through them anita gates powder shuts indonesian office in australia the indonesian embassy in australia closed wednesday after a package arrived containing a white powder that prime minister john howard said was some kind of biological agent mr howard linked the case to public anger in australia over the conviction last week of a 27yearold australian woman schapelle corby on charges of smuggling marijuana into bali ms corby filed an appeal on wednesday drugs users say ruling wont end their efforts advocates of medicinal uses of marijuana suffered a legal setback on monday in the united states supreme court but there was little panic or despair amid the tears of disappointment just because we lost this little battle does not mean that the war is over angel mcclary raich one of the marijuana users whose case was before the supreme court said at a news conference here she added were just sick were not criminals news summary international a315 hussein trial evidence lies in mass grave at hatra while the trial against saddam hussein will focus on the killings of nearly 160 men from dujail a predominantly shiite village north of baghdad american legal advisers say the mass grave at hatra shows that his government made a business of killing people a1 hezbollah firm on weapons the hezbollahled coalition that won all 23 seats in southern lebanon turned the election into a referendum on the resistance that is keeping hezbollahs weapons along the tense border with israel a3 syrian chief hints at change president bashar alassad indicated a forthcoming transformation of the syrian baath party from a panarab to a nationalist party as well as calling for political reform and a focus on syrias economy a3 blair seeks reciprocity prime minister tony blair of britain will meet with president bush in the hope of securing american backing for two initiatives at the top of his agenda to increase aid to africa and do more to fight global warming a9 britain said it would suspend plans for a referendum on the european constitution which was rejected last week by voters in france and the netherlands a10 bolton compromise possible senator christopher j dodd has signaled that democrats would drop their objections to a vote on mr boltons nomination if the white house would compromise over access to information about his actions a15 first step for sudan war crimes prosecutors for the international criminal court announced that they had officially opened an investigation into war crimes in sudan a15 national a1621 justices uphold us law over states on marijuana the supreme court upheld the power of congress to prohibit and prosecute the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes even in the 11 states that permit it a1 judge dismisses election suit rejecting claims that fraud and illegal votes wrongly put a democrat in the governors office a judge in washington state dismissed a republican lawsuit that had sought to overturn the election a16 privacy law loosened an authoritative new ruling by the justice department sharply limits the governments ability to prosecute people for criminal violations of the law that protects the privacy of medical records a16 detroit fireworks threatened detroits fourth of july fireworks display is in danger of being cancelled after the city council ignored a threat from the mayor to call off the fireworks and overrode his veto of the citys 14 billion budget a18 terror trial opens a federal prosecutor charged that sami alarian a fired florida professor who was a wellknown and outspoken advocate on palestinian issues lived a double life for more than a decade as the american leader of palestinian islamic jihad a20 bush nominee nears vote the senate moved toward the confirmation of janice rogers brown another federal appeals court candidate whose nomination had been blocked by filibuster a18 prosperity skips poor enclaves as developers provide resort quality amenities in the newest subdivisions in moore county nc some neighborhoods have been left without sewers police or garbage pickup a1 new yorkregion b17 state leaders opposition sinks stadium plan mayor bloombergs nearly fouryear quest to build a manhattan football stadium that could spark the redevelopment of the west side and lure the olympics to new york was defeated when two of albanys leaders refused to approve the 22 billion project the decision threw into serious doubt the citys ability to win its bid for the 2012 olympics a1 senator clinton assails bush senator hillary rodham clinton in her first major reelection fundraiser castigated president bush and congressional republicans as mad with power and selfrighteousness and complained that the news media had been timid in taking on the administration b1 actor accused of assault russell crowe the actor with a combustible mix of temper badboy image and a new film to promote was arrested in a soho hotel police said he struck a desk clerk with a telephone because he could not get a call through to his wife in australia b1 science times f18 health fitness f5 sportstuesday d18 arts e112 obituaries c16 adolfo aguilar zinser the mexican diplomat and politician whose outspokenness infuriated leaders on both sides of the border he was 55 c16 business day c115 illegal trade in identities a secondary trade in identities has emerged straddling both sides of the mexicounited states border operating below the radar in immigrant communities from coast to coast and remaining virtually undetected by american authorities a1 more personal data lost citifinancial the consumer finance subsidiary of citigroup announced that a box of computer tapes containing information on 39 million customers was lost by united parcel service last month while in transit to a credit reporting agency c1 uniteds pension loophole loopholes in the federal pension law allowed united airlines to treat its pension fund as solid for years when in fact it was dangerously weakening according to an analysis by the agency that guarantees pensions c1 business digest c2 editorial a2223 editorials the bush economy crushing upward mobility a stand against the stadium cold white peas columns john tierney nicholas d kristof crossword e4 tv list e1011 weather b8 justices say us may prohibit the use of medical marijuana the supreme court on monday upheld the power of congress to prohibit and prosecute the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes even in the 11 states that permit it the 6to3 decision a firm reassertion of federal authority revealed a deep fissure within the coalition that over the past decade has provided the majority for a series of decisions curbing congressional power and elevating the role of the states within the federal system two members of that coalition justices anthony m kennedy and antonin scalia voted this time to uphold federal authority limited enforcement some advocates of the medical use of marijuana feared that the court ruling might embolden opponents of the practice but there are few federal prosecutions of such cases article page a21 the court and marijuana we read the supreme courts decision on the medicinal use of marijuana with mixed emotions we certainly wish that the justice department could be weaned from the gross misuse of the federal controlled substances act that led to its campaign against the use of marijuana by terminally ill people in the 11 states where it is legal for doctors to prescribe it but we take very seriously the courts concern about protecting the commerce clause the vital constitutional principle that has allowed the federal government to thwart evils like child labor and segregation the dissenters in the 6to3 decision justices sandra day oconnor and clarence thomas and chief justice william rehnquist opened the door for conservatives who want to sharply reduce congresss use of its power to regulate and protect interstate commerce these conservatives want to turn the clock back to before the new deal when workers were exploited factories polluted at will and the elderly faced insecure retirements news summary international a38 north korea will resume talks us and china say the united states and china said that north korea has committed itself to eventually returning to multinational negotiations over its nuclear program but officials said the north had set no date a6 car bombs kill 20 iraqis insurgents set off three simultaneous suicide car bombs at checkpoints around a town in northern iraq killing at least 20 iraqis and wounding 30 others a police chief said a8 bush and blair defend policy president bush and prime minister tony blair of britain defended themselves against a british government memorandum that reported that american intelligence was being fixed around the policy of removing saddam hussein from iraq a7 series of attacks in afghanistan the bombing of a mosque that killed at least 20 people was part of a series of attacks aimed at disrupting the political process in afghanistan a government spokesman said a8 attack by palestinian backfires a mortar shell fired by palestinian militants in gaza struck a greenhouse in the israeli settlement of ganei tal killing two palestinians and a chinese laborer a3 uzbek riot called massacre uzbekistans crackdown on a mass protest has been labeled a massacre in a report by a prominent human rights group which says responsibility for much of the death lies with the uzbek government a4 bolivia reels from protests thousands streamed into the bolivian capital la paz as indian protests against the ruling elite gained force even after president carlos mesa offered his resignation a8 national a916 security rules for recruits are under cia review the central intelligence agency is reviewing security procedures that have led the agency to turn away large numbers of arabiclanguage linguists and other potential recruits with skills avidly sought by the agency intelligence officials say a1 army misses recruitment goal even after reducing its recruiting target for may the army still missed it by about 25 percent army officials said a9 vote nears for bush nominee the senate voted 65 to 32 to end debate on the nomination of janice rogers brown to a federal appeals court setting the stage for a final vote in a bipartisan compromise on judicial confirmations a14 terror prosecution faulted defense lawyers for three muslim men accused of helping a former professor sami alarian finance palestinian terror attacks told a florida jury that prosecutors had built prominent case on vague innuendo and faulty evidence a16 student faces deportation a 17yearold chinese student who was smuggled in the united states at 14 now faces deportation and torture for failing to follow instructions from his smugglers who were to be paid 60000 by his father a16 sciencehealth official edited climate data a white house official who once led the oil industrys fight against limits on greenhouse gases has repeatedly edited government climate reports in ways that play down links between such emissions and global warming according to internal documents a1 new yorkregion b18 bloomberg ignored albany to his peril critics say mayor bloomberg did not win state leaders support for his west side stadium plan because he and his aides failed to build a political coalition in albany early enough to sway key lawmakers according to critics of the plan a1 state restores estate tax the connecticut legislature approved a twoyear 31 billion budget that increases funds for health care education and other social services in part by restoring an estate tax on properties valued at 2 million or more b1 education b9 sportswednesday d18 arts e110 dining out f112 obituaries a17 anne bancroft the stage and film star whose signature triumphs during her 50year career ranged from the saintly annie sullivan in the miracle worker to the seductive mrs robinson above with dustin hoffmans ben braddock in the graduate she was 73 a17 business day c119 gm to cut 25000 jobs general motors said that it would cut about 25000 jobs from its bluecollar work force in the united states by the end of 2008 a1 cost overruns on weapons as prices soar the number of new weapons that the united states military can afford shrinks even with the biggest budget in decades a1 feeling isolated at pfizer peter rost a pfizer vice president who has criticizing the pharmaceutical industry over the price of drugs has found himself increasingly isolated at the office c1 business digest c2 editorial a2425 editorials crumbs for africa the court and marijuana after the stadium brent staples on the hiphop media a world where crime really pays columns thomas l friedman stacy schiff crossword e8 weather b10 tv listings e9 good to grow relief for medical marijuana patients was snatched away this week in gonzales v raich the supreme court ruled that such patients will be subject to federal prosecution even if their own states laws permit use of marijuana now short of congress legalizing medical marijuana the only way that its users can avoid stiff financial penalties or jail is if it is turned into a prescription medicine approved by the food and drug administration justice stephen g breyer said as much during oral arguments last november with his comment that medicine by regulation is better than medicine by referendum fair enough the problem is that the very agencies integral to facilitating the research and development of medical marijuana have actually been impeding progress metro briefing new york brooklyn officer released from hospital a police officer who was shot last week while chasing a suspect said yesterday that he was grateful for the support he has received from the new york police department and the staff of brookdale medical center standing in the lobby of his apartment building in crown heights with a bandage on one arm and leaning on a metal cane officer patrick caprice 42 said he was still recovering from the june 1 shooting in brownsville he was shot five times by david redden 18 whom the officer and his partner chased after they saw him buy marijuana the police said officer caprice who spoke to reporters yesterday for the first time since the shooting said he was particularly grateful to officer gwen johnson and sgt anthony carter who arrived first after he was shot and scooped him into a police van without thinking they took me straight to the hospital he said without them id be dead right now he declined to say anything about his partner who the police said fled when mr redden opened fire michelle odonnell nyt the nation the rehnquist court and its imperiled states rights legacy will the rehnquist courts federalism revolution outlast the rehnquist court if chief justice william h rehnquist retires this summer as appears likely the courts ruling last week that federal drug law trumps states on the use of medical marijuana will be its last word on federalstate relations during his tenure medical marijuana a casual users tale i am not one of the seriously ill californians that proposition 215 the states medical marijuana law passed by voters in 1996 was designed to help im a 31yearold marathon runner whos generally in peak health unless ive had a few too many margaritas but two months ago i decided to read proposition 215 to find out just how sick you had to be to obtain marijuana legally i made a startling discovery the state health code listing the conditions for which marijuana can be recommended by a doctor includes migraine right after aids cancer and glaucoma every month or so i get a migraine headache from dehydration or the stress of a deadline although i had a hard time believing someone like me might qualify as a medical marijuana patient there it was in cold print metro briefing new york manhattan two city workers arrested two city workers were arrested in separate incidents saturday according to the police one was charged with assaulting a police officer and the other with driving while intoxicated jessica smith 27 an offduty emergency medical technician for the fire departments emergency medical services was arrested at east 106th street and third avenue at 730 pm and charged with driving under the influence and marijuana possession the police said the second employee doris morgan 44 an offduty correction officer was arrested by the police responding to a report of a domestic disturbance at east 106th street and park avenue she was charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest the police said metro briefing new york manhattan 80 charged in drug case a colombian drug cartel that prosecutors say moved millions of dollars from american cities to colombia was the focus of a federal indictment unsealed yesterday eighty people in new york puerto rico canada and colombia were charged with drug trafficking and money laundering said david n kelley above the united states attorney for the southern district of new york federal agents seized more than 50 million in marijuana cocaine and heroin during a twoyear investigation mr kelley said alan feuer nyt news summary international a311 suicide bomber kills 22in attack at iraq bank a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd lining up to receive pensions in the northern city of kirkuk killing at least 22 people and injuring 80 others police and hospital officials said it was the deadliest attack in kirkuk since the toppling of the hussein government a1 chernobyl attracting tourists chernobyl largely closed to the world since its reactor no 4 exploded in 1986 is now becoming a tourist attraction a1 bolivian cocaine production up cocaine production has shot up in bolivia the united nations said warning that international assistance is urgently needed to wean poor farmers from growing drug crops a5 south african fires his no 2 president thabo mbeki fired his deputy president jacob zuma after a durban court convicted mr zumas financial adviser of bribing him in exchange for political influence on government contracts a9 chinese defector denied twice the highranking chinese diplomat who defected only to be rebuffed by the australian government also sought political asylum at the united states embassy and was turned away there as well a6 britain confirms withdrawal the british defense ministry confirmed that it hoped to reduce its troop levels in iraq sooner rather than later and to send more troops to afghanistan but said there was no fixed date for the plan a10 senator vows bolton vote senator bill frist of tennessee vowed to hold another vote by the end of this week on the stalled nomination of john r bolton to be united nations ambassador a9 national a1421 medical marijuana doubts preceded court ruling even before the supreme court upheld the federal governments authority over marijuana including states where its use for medical purposes is legal san francisco officials dispensary owners and medical marijuana advocates have been questioning how much of the drug is enough a1 bush assails democrats in the face of resistance to his social security plan and much of the rest of his secondterm agenda president bush struck an aggressive new tone by accusing democrats of standing for nothing but obstructionism a19 us given assurances on beef the agriculture department won assurance from the japanese government that a second potential case of mad cow disease found on american soil would not affect negotiations to resume beef exports to japan a20 senate revisits energy bill with president bush pressing congress to deliver an energy bill this summer the senate is adding yet another contentious issue to the mix of politically combustible elements global warming a16 ethics panel draws fire with the house ethics panel locked in a tense stalemate the majority leader representative tom delay of texas accused democrats of stalling an investigation of him to drag it into next years midterm elections a19 jackson pledges change after enduring a threemonth trial on child molesting charges and winning acquittal michael jackson has yielded to advice not to repeat the behavior that got him into so much trouble his lawyers and others close to him said a14 new yorkregion b17 schoolchildren swelter in new york city schools as new york wilted under the 11th day of a stubborn june heat spike children stuck in aging schools without airconditioning were surely the most uncomfortable and worried parents bombarded principals and school officials with urgent email messages a1 east river helicopter crash a sightseeing helicopter lifting off from a lower manhattan pier plunged nose first into the east river leaving the pilot and its six passengers bobbing in the swiftmoving water and clinging to the craft until police boats could reach them all survived but one passenger was in critical condition b1 education b8 arts e114 dining out f116 obituaries c20 sportswednesday d17 detroit bounces back in the palace of auburn hills where the pistons raised the larry obrien trophy one year ago they got back in touch with their inner champions detroit won its first game of the series with a 9679 rout of the san antonio spurs that put life back into the nba finals d1 phil jackson is returning to coach the los angeles lakers completing the most unlikely oneyear turnabout in recent memory d1 business day c119 debate over natural gas international energy companies the bush administration and governments in gasrich countries are aggressively championing the creation of a global market for natural gas with the united states at its center as the largest importer but to judge by the battle over energy legislation currently being debated in the senate it will not happen easily a1 medicare choices widened as companies devise insurance policies for the new medicare drug program federal officials are pressing them to offer a surprisingly generous array of prescription drug choices according to industry executives a1 another enron settlement jp morgan chase announced that it had agreed to pay 22 billion to enron investors who accused the bank of participating in the accounting scandal that led to enrons collapse c1 business digest c2 editorial a2223 editorials with friends like this squelching public broadcasting genes and a hoe fair sentencing in connecticut columns thomas l friedman stacy schiff crossword e12 weather d8 tv listings e13 federal push or not california is reining in marijuana clinics the best sellers at the green cross medical marijuana dispensary here are whipped up in the kitchen of kevin reed the founder and president freshbaked marijuana cakes marijuana cookies with ghirardelli chocolate chips marijuana peanut butter lollipops peanut brittle and espresso truffles each comes packaged with a warning please keep out of the reach of children and pets news summary international a310 iraqi airline opens flight from baghdad to basra an iraqi airways flight between baghdad and basra allows quick and safe passage between the capital and the city at the heart of iraqs economy making it perhaps the most significant incountry transportation development since the war began a1 law strands romanian orphans a new child welfare law passed in romania essentially forbids international adoptions leaving hundreds of families in western europe and the united states without children they had counted as theirs a1 us to send north korea food the bush administration said it would send 50000 metric tons of food to north korea this year even as other american officials press ahead with plans to deprive the country of hard currency if there is no progress in talks over ending the countrys nuclear weapons program a3 calls for iraq pullout plan the top democrat on the senate armed services committee called for a shift in american policy toward iraq saying the administration must hold out the prospect of a major troop withdrawal unless iraqis agree on a constitution by february a10 three nearly simultaneous car bombs exploded less than a half mile apart in a mainly shiite suburb of baghdad killing at least 18 people and injuring 46 others according to an interior ministry official a10 air force pilot dies in u2 crash the pilot of an american spy plane was killed when his aircraft crashed in the united arab emirates after completing a surveillance mission over afghanistan military officials said it was the first crash of a u2 flying reconnaissance missions in support of the military operations in afghanistan and iraq a6 national a1217 senators investigate dealings by lobbyist the senate indian affairs committee heard testimony contending that jack abramoff a republican lobbyist and his associates defrauded several indian tribes by charging them millions of dollars in fees and expenses to promote their gambling interests a1 us raids marijuana clubs federal agents executed search warrants at three medical marijuana dispensaries as part of an investigation into marijuana trafficking in san francisco setting off fears among medical marijuana advocates that a crackdown had begun on the sickest users of the drug a12 study cites ohio voting flaws a fivemonth study for the democratic national committee found that more than one in four ohio voters experienced problems at the polls in last years election but the study did not find evidence of widespread fraud that might have contributed to president bushs narrow victory there a12 prostitutes patrons online the chicago police department began posting on its web site the photographs names and partial addresses of people arrested for soliciting prostitutes in hopes of embarrassing offenders and deterring people from making such solicitations a16 sciencehealth chemotherapy for lung cancer for the first time in decades doctors have begun making major changes in the treatment of lung cancer based on research proving that chemotherapy can significantly lengthen life in many patients in whom it was once thought to be useless a1 new yorkregion b19 council drops veto fight over mayors trash plan the new york city council abandoned its veto fight with mayor bloomberg over his trash disposal plan handing mr bloomberg a major political victory in what had become a test of wills with council speaker gifford miller who is also running for mayor b1 contraceptive bill passed the new york senate passed a bill that would allow pharmacists and nurses to dispense the socalled morningafter pill to women who do not have prescriptions the assembly has already passed the bill which now goes to governor pataki b1 drunken airborne caper an intoxicated 20yearold man stole an airplane from an airport in danbury conn and took two friends on a joy ride that somehow ended with a safe landing at the westchester county airport the authorities said b3 sportsthursday d17 house home f18 thursday styles g110 arts e112 obituaries c20 dr charles d keeling the scientist who set off current concerns of global warming through measurements beginning in the 1950s that showed a steady rise in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air he was 77 c20 business day c119 chinese bid for unocal one of chinas largest statecontrolled oil companies the china national offshore oil corporation bid 185 billion for unocal beginning the firstever big takeover battle by a chinese company for an american corporation a1 scrushy jury must restart the jury in the fraud trial of richard m scrushy the former chief executive of healthsouth was ordered to begin deliberations over again after the judge replaced an ill juror with an alternate a1 kpmg seeks lower liability kpmg the big accounting firm under federal scrutiny over sham tax shelters has been working to limit its liability from civil suits filed by clients who bought the shelters according to documents filed in a federal district court in arkansas c3 business digest c2 editorial a1819 editorials social security follies obfuscating intolerance brazils right to save lives a verdict in mississippi columns david brooks bob herbert bridge e6 tv listings e12 crossword e6 weather d8 arrests follow searches in medical marijuana raids federal agents executed search warrants at three medical marijuana dispensaries on wednesday as part of a broad investigation into marijuana trafficking in san francisco setting off fears among medical marijuana advocates that a federal crackdown on the drugs use by sick people was beginning about 20 residences businesses and growing sites were also searched leading to multiple arrests a law enforcement official said agents outside a club in the ingleside neighborhood spent much of the afternoon dragging scores of leafy marijuana plants into an alley and stuffing them into plastic bags news summary international a311 iraqis tally corruption since american invasion an office originally set up by the american occupation to investigate governmental corruption in iraq now run by the iraqis has accumulated estimates of how corruption has dogged the government since the invasion in 2003 when billions of dollars for reconstruction and training began pouring into the country a1 gen john p abizaid the top american commander in the middle east said the insurgency in iraq had not diminished seeming to contradict statements by vice president dick cheney in recent days that the insurgents were in their last throes a1 four car bomb blasts struck a central baghdad commercial district killing at least 17 people the bombings raised the combined toll in the capital to at least 43 dead and 100 wounded in a string of similar attacks a9 us sees consensus on syria bush administration officials said an international consensus had emerged that syria had been stoking the violence in lebanon and iraq and they said they were now certain that syrian agents had been operating in lebanon a5 antius moods abating the antiamericanism that surged through much of the world over the war in iraq shows signs of abating although distinctly negative views persist in the muslim world an international opinion poll indicates a10 customs standards agreed on the world customs organization voted to endorse comprehensive standards intended to fight terrorism which united states officials predict will revolutionize the way goods are tracked a4 national a1420 justices back governmentin eminent domain case in one of its most closely watched property rights cases in years the supreme court ruled 5 to 4 that fostering economic development is an appropriate use of the governments power of eminent domain a1 doctors role at guantnamo military doctors at guantnamo bay cuba have aided interrogators in conducting and refining coercive interrogations of detainees including providing advice on how to increase stress levels and exploit fears according to detailed accounts given by former interrogators a1 exklansman gets 60 years edgar ray killen an 80yearold former klansman in a wheelchair was sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in the deaths of three civil rights workers in 1964 a14 medical marijuana as cover federal authorities said they had cracked their biggest case involving the use of medical marijuana dispensaries in california as a cover for drug dealing and money laundering a14 rove under fire for comments leading democrats reacted furiously to remarks by karl rove that their party had responded to the sept 11 attacks by wanting to prepare indictments and offer therapy a16 education language barriers in academia with a steep rise in the number of foreign graduate students undergraduates at often find themselves in classes and laboratories run by graduate teaching assistants whose mastery of english is less than complete a1 new yorkregion b18 modest change expectedin rules for skyscrapers a federal agency released a final report on the collapse of the world trade center recommending fundamental changes in the next generation of skyscrapers but many structural engineers expect that any change will be modest and slow b1 move to hold early primary new jersey legislators voted overwhelmingly this week to move the states presidential primary to february from june the bill awaits the signature of acting gov richard b codey who is one of the bills sponsors b1 weekend e132 e3340 escapes f114 sportsfriday d18 spurs win championship the san antonio spurs defeated the defending champion detroit pistons 8174 in game 7 of the national basketball association finals d1 obituaries a21 sciencehealth a millionyear el nio the last time the earth was warm the waters of the pacific ocean may have been stuck in an el nio pattern that lasted more than a million years scientists reported providing clues about how the earths current warming trend could affect climate a18 business day c113 china bid turns political an unsolicited bid by a stateowned oil company in china for unocal the large independent american oil company is shaping into a test of chineseamerican strategic and economic relations c4 ibm moves jobs to india as it proceeds with layoffs of up to 13000 workers in europe and the united states ibm plans to increase its payroll in india this year by more than 14000 workers according to an internal company document c1 business digest c2 editorial a2223 editorials the limits of property rights a victory for women star wars political bullseye when medical marijuana is misused columns thomas l friedman paul krugman crossword e40 weather c14 tv listings e30 when medical marijuana is misused those who believe as we do that marijuana should be legally available for medical treatments have to be concerned about reports of abuses in californias pioneering medical marijuana program if the abuses cannot be curbed a political backlash could undermine the ability of thousands of patients to get marijuana to treat the nausea of chemotherapy the loss of appetite that accompanies aids and other medical problems the future of medical marijuana in california and 10 other states that allow its use is already precarious given a recent supreme court decision that the federal government may prohibit and prosecute the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes nobody yet knows what impact that decision will have on the states but raids by federal agents on medical marijuana dispensaries in san francisco this week could be harbingers of a broader crackdown public officials would be wise to clean up their programs lest flagrant abuses by a few bad actors bring about destruction of a program that benefits many officials say drug raids found clubs were a front federal authorities said thursday that they had cracked the biggest case ever involving the use of medical marijuana dispensaries in california as a cover for international drug dealing and money laundering which they said extended to canada and countries in asia this organization had been operating for over four years javier f pea the special agent in charge of the drug enforcement administration in san francisco said at a news conference it is now dismantled in illinois kicking drugs and the prison habit andre willis started selling cocaine and heroin when he was 14 and by 25 had been sent to prison four times each time he got out he vowed to look for an honest job but employers did not want to hire an exconvict so he would give up after two months and go back to selling drugs and smoking marijuana the fourth time the state offered a different kind of sentence a year at a new state prison dedicated solely to drug treatment where mr willis was given job training and addiction counseling that has continued into his parole national briefing new england rhode island marijuana bill gains the legislature passed a bill allowing the use of medical marijuana three weeks after the supreme court ruled that federal authorities could prosecute users even in states with laws allowing medical use katie zezima nyt in rhode island uncertainty about medical marijuana law hearing that the rhode island legislature approved the use of medical marijuana tuesday night rhonda odonnell sat in her warwick ri living room and giddily thought about legally sauting the drug in some butter and putting it into a cake mix ms odonnell 42 who has multiple sclerosis hopes ingesting marijuana will ease the stiffness and numbness in her legs that leave her unable to work or move without pain easing troubled emotions inside a troubled school driving to a memorial service for his mother one day in late 2000 alex briscoe took a wrong turn into the flat forgotten streets of west oakland finally idling his motor outside mcclymonds high school he saw a teenager smoking marijuana on the front lawn until a security guard gave chase he noticed the razor wire around the perimeter even as an educator who had worked in south philadelphia no place for the nave mr briscoe asked himself how can this be mcclymonds ranked by any measure among the worst handful of high schools in the entire state barely a fifth of entering ninth graders lasted until graduation virtually none of those survivors could qualify for admission to the university of california system just a few months earlier an 18yearold senior khadafy washington had been shot and left to die on the school playground metro briefing new york staten island judges say dean can be fired the dean of students at an intermediate school on staten island can be fired for a criminal conviction for drug possession an appellate court ruled unanimously yesterday the ruling by the appellate division first department overturned a lower court ruling and invalidated an arbitrators determination that the new york city department of education could not fire the dean michael campbell of is 72 in the heartland village section mr campbell who was arrested in 2002 after detectives found cocaine and marijuana in his car was a teacher at the school for about a decade and its dean for four years and had no history of wrongdoing an arbitrator ordered that he be reinstated after completing a drug treatment program but the appellate division said in its ruling that it found the decision to defy common sense as it would place mr campbell in charge of the program that discourages drug use among students michelle odonnell nyt out of practice senate crams for battle over court nominee the placard that identified pete jensens office as part of the senate judiciary committee was removed not long ago to discourage unwanted visitors from riffling through his voluminous files security is being tightened soon mr jensen a top aide to senator arlen specter republican of pennsylvania and the committee chairman will need an electronic passkey to get in not on our watch mr jensen declared vowing to prevent leaks of the sort that doomed the supreme court confirmation of douglas h ginsburg who withdrew from consideration in 1987 when it was revealed that he had smoked marijuana california stops issuing drug id cards concerned that state workers might be charged with abetting federal crimes california health officials announced friday that they would no longer issue identification cards to medical marijuana patients sandra shewry the state health director said the decision came in response to a united states supreme court ruling last month in a 6to3 vote the court upheld the power of the federal authorities to prosecute the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes even in states like california that allow such use under state law australians riled over indonesian case it would be hard to find an australian who knows about a woman named tran thi hong loan a 33year old australian citizen who is serving a life sentence in vietnam for drug trafficking but on this vast continent it would be harder to come across anyone who does not know about schapelle corby the 27yearold australian who was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison by an indonesian court at the end of may for smuggling nine pounds of marijuana into bali in her boogieboard bag another party heard from mayoral candidates spent last week scrambling to get enough signatures to get on the ballot on the democratic or republican lines but one party registered in new york was ignored by the candidates the marijuana reform party there are 25 voters registered with the party in new york city according to the citys board of elections that compares with 26 million registered democrats and 477000 registered republicans national briefing west california medical marijuana program resumes state officials have revived a medical marijuana identification card program saying that it did not violate federal law the state health director sandra shewry closed the program 10 days ago citing concerns over a recent united states supreme court ruling that allows the federal prosecution of people who smoke marijuana under a doctors recommendation the ruling did not strike down laws in california and nine other states that permit medical cannabis use but said federal drug laws took precedence us agents shut tunnel to canada built by smugglers federal agents have shut down an elaborate 360foot tunnel used to smuggle drugs from canada into the united states the first such passageway discovered on the nations northern border officials said thursday five people linked to the tunnel were arrested on marijuana trafficking charges john mckay a united states attorney said in this border town about 90 miles north of seattle whats on tonight mr maher right whose series politically incorrect bit the dust after he described the sept 11 terrorists as not cowardly returns in this performance special filmed in portland ore his topics include the presidential election marijuana homeland security and gay marriage 7 pm we love story 1970 ryan oneal and ali macgraw star in this unashamed tearjerker adapted from erich segals novel mr oneal is oliver barrett iv a rich harvard student with a cold unfeeling father ray milland ms macgraw is jennifer cavalleri a poor radcliffe music major from rhode island ollie and jenny love each other but the world is against them and eventually so is medical science 9 pm food julia child a tribute food network chefs pay homage to child who brought french cooking to americans she died last august 9 pm starz the forgotten 2004 telly julianne moore left is a brooklyn woman whose son disappears as do all the photographs of him then a psychiatrist gary sinise tells her that the boy never existed that she had invented him to deal with the anguish of a recent miscarriage telly doesnt believe the doctor for a minute and goes in search of the truth 9 pm sci fi bloodsuckers 2005 this film about an elite team of intergalactic vampire hunters stars among others joe lando as nicholas churchill the commander aj cook michael ironside and natassia malthe 10 pm cinemax napoleon dynamite 2004 jon heder stars as the title character a nerdy idaho high school boy whose uneventful life shifts slightly when his grandmother is hospitalized and his strange uncle rico jon gries moves in then napoleon coordinates a student election campaign for his new friend pedro efren ramirez who is running against summer wheatly haylie duff sister of hilary 11 pm history mysterious disappearance of jimmy hoffa on july 30 1975 james r hoffa the former teamster president left to meet two men at a michigan restaurant and was never seen again midnight 55 the xfiles in this 1997 episode fox mulder david duchovny right brooding fbi agent and true believer and dana scully gillian anderson his skeptical partner investigate the death of a woman found trapped inside a bowlingalley pin setter aliens do not appear to be involved anita gates mommy whats that in your purse it doesnt take long for weeds a gleefully transgressive new showtime series to light a fire underneath the exhausted form of the halfhour television comedy in the opening scene of the pilot episode we are introduced to nancy botwin a recently widowed soccer mom played by marylouise parker at a pta meeting while she is arguing to have soda machines banned from her childrens school her peer group of despairing homemakers is quietly gossiping about the authenticity of her new designer handbag and wondering how the suddenly single mother of two has been able to maintain her standard of living cut to scene 2 where we find a more relaxed nancy casually trading quips barbs and homespun wisdom with the people who make her feel most at home a family of drug dealers who supply her with the marijuana she sells to the residents of her sleepy california suburb metro briefing new york manhattan man charged with drug possession a lower east side man was charged yesterday with criminal possession of marijuana and attempting to bribe a police officer law enforcement officials said police officers responding to reports of a dispute said they were overwhelmed by the smell of marijuana in an apartment on essex street they said the occupant sami chartouni 31 had dozens of plastic bags filled with the drug after one of the officers arrested mr chartouni he offered the officer a bag filled with thousands of dollars the police said the police said they seized about 150 pounds of marijuana and 375000 in cash jennifer medina nyt inside british report hints about a new attack plan the british police began carrying out their largest security campaign here since world war ii as intelligence officials said they had picked up information in the form of a cellphone text message that another team might be planning a synchronized bombing in london or elsewhere in britain page a6 jewish militant kills 4 on bus an israeli army deserter killed four israeli arabs on a bus in northern israel and wounded at least a dozen others before a crowd beat him to death witnesses said page a4 harvard asset job unfilled eight months after the investment manager of harvard universitys 23 billion in assets resigned the school has yet to name a successor business day page c1 an intimate view of degas the arthur m sackler museum in cambridge mass offers a glimpse of edgar degass artistic career in degas at harvard an exhibition made up of more than 70 works from the universitys collection page e25 digging for a jewish capital the seal above is of an official mentioned in the book of jeremiah it was dug up by an israeli archaeologist in jerusalem in what she believes may be the palace of the biblical king david that might prove that jerusalem was the capital of an ancient jewish kingdom page a4 orioles dismiss mazzilli the turbulent week of the baltimore orioles continued with the dismissal of manager lee mazzilli the move came shortly after rafael palmeiros suspension for steroid use sportsfriday page d2 dealing in the suburbs the heroine of the darkly comic new showtime series weeds is a suddenly widowed soccer mom who sells marijuana to make ends meet a review by alessandra stanley weekendarts page e1 tightrope walk between twin towers is recalled few things draw double takes in washington square park and yesterday that greenwich village venue bustled with its usual weekend array of street musicians and performers speedchess players and marijuana sellers suddenly out of the typical cast of characters the elderly rastafarian with long gray dreadlocks and clad in a loincloth the guy crafting boxes out of burnt matchsticks the flutist playing hiphop there came a truly odd sight a man dressed all in black swooped down on the scene riding a unicycle and blowing a shrill whistle word for word from micks lips the detective the star and the white powder the rolling stones may be the worlds greatest rock n roll band but for years it was the most notorious as well one of the stones most infamous public dustups took place on may 28 1969 when the police raided the london apartment of mick jagger the bobbies said they found heroin lsd and marijuana mr jagger insisted that the drugs had been planted there ultimately he was fined 200 pounds about 500 for possession of cannabis it shall be released which the times critic kelefa sanneh wrote unfolds as a series of cyclical strummed melodies and lyrics that float by like ominous daydreams are enjoying their moment as lost treasures heres where theyve been for the last 32 years and how they reemerged may 1965 gary higgins a native of sharon conn starts playing in a rock band called random concept with five friends the band plays the greenwich village circuit where it backs up gary us bonds and the singer dee dee sharp eventually it becomes the house band at the hookah club in torrington conn march 1971 random concept breaks up mr higgins forms an acoustic band called wooden wheel october 1972 mr higgins is arrested in a drug sting and convicted of selling marijuana in early 1973 before his incarceration he records red hash at the odyssey studio in harwinton conn march 1973 mr higgins enters the maximumsecurity state prison in somers conn where he will serve 13 months red hash will be released on the nufusmoon label while he is behind bars he has no say in naming the album april 1974 mr higgins is released and takes a number of odd jobs including dishwasher and waiter 1990s red hash is rediscovered by collectors of vinyl albums most know nothing about mr higgins yet sealed copies of the album sell for 200 and more on ebay july 2003 the vinyl enthusiast zach cowie is given a cd burn of red hash by ben chasny of the band comets on fire entranced mr cowie is determined to track down mr higgins and release the album on the chicago independent label drag city where he works in sales over the next year he contacts every gary higgins he can locate in the united states november 2004 mr cowie hits pay dirt when he gets an email message from mr higgins now a registered nurse in connecticut who writes that he is flattered and a bit amazed that there are some folks out there that still find pleasure from the music july 2005 mr higgins plays his first solo show ever in new york at tonic on the lower east side his backup band includes some members of random concept the first pressing of 5000 cds of red hash sells out marc weingarten forgivable to the editor i read dave itzkoffs article about the new showtime series weeds mommy whats that in your purse last sunday with some interest but the characterization of the main characters decision to sell marijuana as unforgivable was puzzling given that she is described as having sufficient scruples not to sell to kids there is no indication of anything unforgivable in her actions unless one believes that marijuana itself is horribly dangerous in fact research has consistently found marijuana to be far less toxic and addictive than alcohol or tobacco bruce mirken san francisco the writer is a spokesman for the marijuana policy project a nonprofit group opposed to the prohibition of marijuana metro briefing new jersey newark guard accused of smuggling drugs for the third time in two months essex county authorities have charged a guard with smuggling drugs into the county jail and selling them to inmates authorities said on friday that the latest culprit was jay griggs 35 a correction officer who worked at the jail for 10 years according to the police officer griggs was arrested on wednesday night lugging trash bags full of marijuana heroin cocaine cigarettes rolling papers and other contraband into the jail the scheme prosecutors said involved a jailed drug dealer jibreel williams who placed orders over the telephone to his girlfriend janie k singletary in suburban orange officer griggs then picked up the drugs and contraband at ms singletarys home and smuggled them into the jail prosecutors said officer griggs has been charged with official misconduct and drug possession and conspiracy mr williams 25 and ms singletary 31 face similar charges all three remain in jail jeffrey gettleman nyt this johnny appleseed is wanted by the law freshly released on bail marc emery faced the camera of his pottvnet web site the other day to make an urgent appeal for money to finance his legal struggle to avert extradition to the united states for trafficking marijuana seeds south of the border let me be the light that shines on the american gulag he said sterneyed pointing into the camera without notes mr emery sermonized for a halfhour about everything from the marvelous medicinal and spiritual qualities of pot to the greatness of thomas jefferson who gave america on hemp paper the declaration of independence whats on tonight 8 pm hbo six feet under 2001 2005 the fisher family including nate peter krause and david michael c hall above left with mr krause and their california funeral home have been through a lot in five seasons in anticipation of the series finale on sunday night this is a onehour twopart special on their lives loves crises and panic attacks 7 pm history modern marvels the chrysler building it is arguably the most gorgeous example of art deco architecture in new york completed in 1930 at the corner of lexington avenue and 42nd street it was briefly the tallest building 1046 feet in the world that sevenstory sunburst spire was built in secret then set in place at the last minute 9 pm 2 two and a half men the price of healthy gums is eternal vigilance charlie charlie sheen has always been the bad boy and alan jon cryer far right with mr sheen the goody twoshoes in this episode first shown in october the truth comes out about which brother was actually guilty of shoplifting a toy 9 pm lifetime captive hearts its that old story husband is kidnapped wife and detective team up and discover international conspiracy wife and detective fall in love greg evigan robin givens and tracey gold star in this television movie 10 pm showtime weeds selling marijuana to maintain your pleasant suburban lifestyle has its downside as nancy botwin marylouise parker learns in tonights episode of this wicked new series like being forced to pay your bills with cash or not being able to pay them at all so her accountant kevin nealon suggests she establish another business as a front meanwhile her friend celia elizabeth perkins in a role she can sink her teeth into ships her older daughter off to mexico and shaves her unfaithful husbands head 10 pm travel anthony bourdain no reservations the island of mr sang having tackled paris and iceland mrbourdain leftpossibly the only chef on television whose series isnt a cooking show visits vietnam anita gates news summary international a310 israeli army and protesters clash at gaza synagogues the israeli army and the police moved to break the back of resistance to the pullout from gaza seizing control of two synagogues where hundreds of the most fervent and aggressive protesters had barricaded themselves a1 us aid cuts causing strain aid cuts for countries that refused to sign agreements to shield americans from the international criminal court are generating resentment particularly in latin america and the caribbean home to 12 nations that have been penalized officials in seven countries said a1 roadside bomb kills 4 in iraq a roadside bomb killed four american soldiers as the political stalemate over the countrys draft constitution stretched into another day in russia president vladimir v putin called for a timetable for withdrawing foreign troops from iraq russian news agencies reported a9 rice admonishes china secretary of state condoleezza rice warned china this week that it must make changes to its economic policies lest it remain a problem for the international economy a10 2 soldiers killed in afghanistan two american soldiers were killed and two wounded in a roadside explosion in southern afghanistan the united states military said a4 pope addresses youth festival benedict xvi in his first trip abroad as pope returned to his home germany in a trip that seems likely to be judged on how he connects with half a million or more young catholics at the 20th world youth day an event founded by his predecessor john paul ii a3 national a1116 attorney general pledges harder line against meth attorney general alberto r gonzales and two other top officials vowed that the government was committed to battling methamphetamine responding to growing criticism over the white houses concentration on marijuana a11 ozone levels drop in 19 states a new report by the environmental protection agency shows that ozone levels are falling in 19 eastern states the reduction reflects a significant decline in emissions of nitrogen oxides a11 more roberts records the national archives released 40000 documents related to judge john g roberts jrs work during the reagan years a12 child safety initiative succeeds a nineyear campaign to persuade drivers to keep children out of the front seats of cars and to put them in ageappropriate restraints is saving about 200 lives a year based on federal crash records a12 10 life terms for btk killer a judge sentenced serial killer dennis l rader to 10 consecutive life terms with a minimum 175 years before the possibility of parole a14 sciencehealth mri accidents increase as the number of magnetic resonance imaging scanners in the country has soared and as magnets have quadrupled in power careless accidents have become more frequent some have caused serious injuries and even death prompting widespread calls for more regulation a1 new yorkregion b17 exmassachusetts leaderto run in new york william f weld a republican said he planned to run for governor of new york next year hoping to become the first twostate leader since sam houston a1 victory for ailing immigrants new york state cannot give lowincome people who are elderly blind and disabled less benefit money just because they are immigrants even though the federal government has stopped paying its share a state judge has ruled b1 illness traced to state park a play area filled with water jets and sprinklers at a state park in western new york has been identified as the source of a severe intestinal illness that has stricken nearly 750 people in three weeks the state health department said b1 city to sell last of lots the last vacant lots taken over by new york from delinquent taxpayers will be sold to developers who agree to build lowincome housing on the plots mayor bloomberg announced b1 weekend e130e3138 escapes f112 sportsfriday d18 obituaries c1314 manfred korfmann a german archaeologist whose excavations revived research and debate about ancient troy he was 63 c14 business day c113 indictment in fraud case f david radler former press baron conrad m blacks longtime business partner was indicted on criminal fraud charges and has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate in the ongoing investigation c1 google plans stock offering google inc said that it would raise a 4 billion war chest with a new stock offering c1 assessing stocks vs homes as the value of real estate has skyrocketed many owners have began concluding that real estate is now a safer and better investment than stocks in fact by a wide margin over time stock prices have risen more quickly than home values a1 business digest c2 editorial a1819 editorials mismanaging the shuttle fixes tony blairs antiterrorism moves how to poison a river column paul krugman crossword e38 tv listings e29 weather d7 raiders moss admits using marijuana oakland raiders receiver randy moss admitted he had used marijuana since entering the nfl seven years ago and said he still smoked it every blue moon in an interview for hbos real sports with bryant gumbel i have used you know marijuana moss is quoted as saying in a transcript of the show which is scheduled to run tuesday night but as far as abusing it and you know letting it take control over me i dont do that no a summer too darn hot for real work for much of the summer its been too hot to do any real work bakingly hot you might say so here are 20 halfbaked ideas for columns i might have actually written in a cooler season 1 dumb backtoschool stuff im not sure what this has to do with new jersey but some marketing outfit sent me a boxful of new products for the fashionable student most ridiculous among them papermate antibacterial pens yes antibacterial pens but note antibacterial technology is designed to protect the pens surface and does not extend protection to the skin the package explains apparently the idea is to prevent the pen itself from getting a cold also in the box an auto advance mechanical pencil which ensures youll never have to click to advance the lead in a mechanical pencil again just when you thought americans couldnt be lazier we cant even exert the energy to click a mechanical pencil 2 worst tshirt of the summer seen in seaside heights it said what happens in seaside heights stays in seaside heights what grates about this is not just that were so lame we have to steal another citys catchphrase its that nothing ever happens in seaside heights which brings us to another column 3 lets face it the jersey shore is boring ratty amusement parks with ancient rides the same five unappetizing foods being sold at stand after stand unattractive bods on the beach ugh shut it down 4 new jersey the obtuse state not long ago two state assemblymen jon m bramnick and gordon m johnson introduced a resolution encouraging us to treat one another civilly but in my experience our biggest problem isnt the occasional raising of the middle finger its that average new jerseyans seem incapable of recognizing their own thoughtless behavior or that it might affect people around them case in point a newspaper columnist is riding the train into the city the people in the seat in front of him have a boy maybe 3 years old who apparently has never been on a train and who has one of those earsplitting kiddie voices inexplicably they let him hang over the seat back and look out the columnists window for the entire hourlong trip during which he continually shouts mommy look at that directly into the columnists face at a distance of two feet 5 new jerseyans not as bright as washingtonians in washington where i once lived everyone who rides the subway seems to have mastered a simple escalator rule stand to the right so that people in a hurry neurosurgeons with patients waiting on the operating table for instance can scurry up the left side but on the new jersey transit platforms at penn station in new york the first two arriving new jerseyans to reach a given escalator will stop dead side by side theyll thereby clog the way for hundreds of people behind them causing the deaths of countless neurosurgery patients these same two people at the top of the escalator will take one step and again stop dead to discuss where to eat lunch while behind them the escalator continues to disgorge fellow passengers who having no room to exit are ground up like hamburger in the stairways powerful mechanism 6 what happened to the yams my favorite headline of the year so far was on a news brief moved in february by the associated press out of port elizabeth customs agents find over 6 tons of marijuana in yam shipment the pot was seized the fate of the yams remains unclear 7 the ezpass conspiracy the printing on turnpike tickets has become so teeny that it can be read only with an electron microscope a plot to force the last holdouts to cave in and get ezpass and ezpass of course was created by a secret government agency whose mandate is to track our movements and eventually control us through signals sent by satellite to our ezpass tags cellphones and ipods 8 through 16 nine things im tired of hearing about bears deer mcmansions whether camden can revitalize itself whether newark can revitalize itself whether atlantic city can revitalize itself whether asbury park can revitalize itself whether christie whitman can revitalize herself springsteen 17 anagrams from state legislators names linda greenstein straining needle ronald rice idle rancor 18 through 20 things we dont need anymore of anagrams from state legislators names books by former governors halfbaked newspaper columns whats on tonight the twohour conclusion of this documentary focuses on the experiences of survivors of the sept 11 2001 terrorist attacks and the last minutes of those who died there part 2 of 2 8 pm tv guide ready set change this new series combines two of americas current fascinations show business and home improvement the designers redo rooms to look like the sets of the homeowners favorite shows 8 pm ovation the great gatsby midnight in manhattan f scott fitzgeralds novel about a mysterious doomed long island millionaire in love with a married woman was published in 1925 fitzgeralds friends and family authors and others analyze its appeal 80 years later 9 pm lifetime fighting the odds the marilyn gambrell story jami gertz left a star of the sitcom still standing turns serious in this television film about a texas parole officer who quits her job to start a support group for teenagers whose parents are in prison the idea is to help them avoid ending up the same way the crimeridden high school where ms gambrell chooses to work does not make this easy 9 pm history decoding the past countdown to armageddon asteroids hurtle toward earth supervolcanoes simmer killer viruses seem to appear out of nowhere and global warming just gets worse this special asks if there have always been disastersinwaiting like these or if they are signs of the end of the world predicted in the bible part 1 of 2 10 pm showtime weeds nancy botwin marylouise parker suburban widow mom and pot dealer has to do something to compete with legal medical marijuana as one client kevin nealon says i love california so she puts her product into tasty baked goods meanwhile elizabeth perkinss vicious character celia humiliates her slightly overweight little daughter and is repaid appropriately 1105 pm spike the ultimate fighter 2 yes martial arts experts below have their own reality competition show in las vegas anita gates drug policy and priorities to the editor though we are fortunate to have such an astute observer of national drug policy as sally satel a whiff of reefer madness in us drug policy commentary aug 16 is unfair at best in presenting the true picture about why national leaders have particularly focused on marijuana use among youth our decision to drive attention toward marijuana was borne primarily in new unsettling scientific data pointing to marijuana use alone as a major risk factor in mental illness roadside accidents cognitive impairment and poor performance in school drug policy and priorities to the editor the truth about marijuana like so many things is irrelevant to government policy reefer madness if other drug abuse needs marijuana as a gateway why doesnt marijuana use require a gateway drug policy and priorities to the editor re reefer madness the logic of the gateway effect which attributes hard drug use to preceding marijuana use has never been able to reconcile the fact that 99999 percent of all hard drug users started first with mothers milk whats on tonight some people would love to suffer from emptynest syndrome in this new reality series eight sets of parents whose adult sons and daughters have come back home to live or have never left throw the kids out now theyll be forced to prove they can make it in the real world and possibly do their own laundry justin above left and jason shown with their parents are among the newly independent 8 pm discovery health body challenge ultimate slimdown there are many ways to try to lose weight courtney caplan a 27yearold hotel catering and special events coordinator from austin tex decided to go to the duke diet and fitness center in north carolina her weightloss goal was 75 pounds 9 pm 4 law order cut a novelists death seems to have been caused by careless liposuction this episode was first shown in october 2004 earlier that year olivia goldsmith author of the first wives club died after minor cosmetic surgery at a new york hospital 10 pm bravo kathy griffin my life on the dlist in this quasireality series ms griffin left is hired to work with star jones doing redcarpet interviews at the grammy awards but in last weeks episode the two had a bit of a confrontation on the daytime talk show the view 10 pm comedy central south park goobacks the town of south park colo has seen many kinds of invaders from space aliens to a barbra streisand monster to unwanted hippies in this 2004 episode immigrants from the year 3045 arrive through a time portal looking for jobs they will work for practically nothing and are soon so numerous that schools are required to teach both english and futurespeak stan kyle cartman and kenny who had hoped to make extra money shoveling snow are unhappy 10 pm fx over there embedded theres no shortage of horror in this series about an american fighting unit in iraq tonight smoke played by kirk jones below right the innercity californian who loves marijuana and hates white people is implicated in the killing of a civilian bo josh henderson the babyfaced texan football hero too poor to go to college is now learning to walk with a prosthetic leg anita gates news summary international a311 cellphone boom in africa a technological revolution the privatization of telephone monopolies in some african nations has made the continent which has an average of just one land line for every 33 people the worlds fastestgrowing cellphone market a1 fighting in najaf kills 4 fighting erupted between followers of the rebellious shiite cleric moktada alsadr and his opponents in the holy city of najaf killing at least four people and wounding at least 20 officials said a10 president bush told thousands of national guard members and their families that an immediate withdrawal of american troops from iraq would only embolden terrorists and make america and its allies more vulnerable to attack a10 israel claims land in west bank israeli officials said the government has issued orders to seize west bank land needed to extend the separation barrier around the largest jewish settlement and link it up to jerusalem a3 bolton pushes plan for un john r bolton in his first public initiative as american ambassador told envoys at the united nations that time was running out on crafting institutional change a6 air crashes point to safety gap the five airline crashes of recent weeks appear to underscore the gap between safety practices in wealthy countries like the united states and those in many other countries a11 fund suspends uganda grants a global health organization said it had suspended more than 150 million in grants to uganda because of serious mismanagement problems a11 britain sets deportation rules the british home secretary published a catalog of terrorismrelated offenses setting the ground rules for britain to bar or deport foreign militants accused of fomenting hatred violence and extremism a7 national a1218 2 northeast bases spared by vote of commission the independent commission reviewing a defense department plan to shut or shrink hundreds of military bases nationwide voted not to close the oldest american submarine base in groton conn and the historic portsmouth naval shipyard in kittery me a1 fda to tackle maggot use flesheating maggots and bloodsucking leeches long thought of as the tools of bygone medicine have experienced a quiet renaissance among hightech surgeons and a federal advisory board will discuss how to regulate them a1 faulty vests prompt changes a type of lightweight police vest used by tens of thousands of officers around the united states failed to stop a bullet in nearly 6 out of every 10 tests according to a justice department study that resulted in immediate changes in federal safety guidelines a12 inmate claims lost evidence after nearly 17 years on death row a texas woman facing lethal injection next month in the killings of her husband and two children is raising new claims of innocence based largely on conflicting accounts of whether a mysterious second gun had been recovered and never revealed to the defense a17 250000 bail is set for boy a juvenile court judge in boston who said he was trying to protect the public from serious problem with guns set bail at 250000 this week for a 12yearold boy arrested after police officers found him with a loaded gun a17 education schools chief is arrested a school superintendent in a chicago suburb has been arrested on charges of stealing more than 100000 from his district prompting angry residents to picket for the removal of the entire school board a12 new yorkregion b18 ferrer friend figured in corruption case a corruption investigation involving manuel gonzalez a longtime friend of fernando ferrer the democratic mayoral candidate is a reminder of mr ferrers roots in a bronx political culture where promises of favors and campaign contributions are often intertwined b1 toward a wired subway the decision to introduce cellphone service in new york citys underground subway stations touched off a flurry of interest in the telecommunications industry b1 emissions regulation plan the mayors of more than 40 cities in the northeast have urged the governors of new york and eight other states to quickly adopt a regional plan to regulate greenhouse gases b3 rabbi suspended rabbi steven c kane of congregation sons of israel in briarcliff manor ny received a 30day paid suspension from the synagogues board after his arrest on charges of possessing marijuana and driving while ability impaired b1 house home f18 thursday styles g18 obituaries b9 arts e110 sportsthursday d17 roller hockey in iraq roller hockey has become a nightly ritual for soldiers at camp warhorse in iraq near the city of baquba using equipment donated by sporting goods stores in wisconsin soldiers play to relieve stress d1 business day c116 rents rising across us rents are rising again across the country squeezing tenants who are already coping with high gasoline prices and bringing relief to landlords after a deep fiveyear slump the turnaround appears to be another sign that the boom in house prices and sales is finally slowing a1 northwests crucial battle as the labor confrontation between northwest airlines and its striking mechanics union continues the battle for consumer trust is becoming increasingly critical c1 hedge fund investigation state and federal officials in connecticut are investigating the possible collapse of the bayou group a hedge fund and brokerage firm in stamford that managed an estimated 400 million for its investors according to two people briefed on the investigation c1 another high for oil prices oil prices climbed to an alltime high driving stocks lower and leaving all three major market gauges in negative territory for the year c7 business digest c2 editorial a2223 editorials states to the rescue judgment malfunction rating the ratings a golden goldman sachs columns david brooks bob herbert bridge e4 tv listings e9 crossword e4 weather d8 congregation suspends rabbi in drug arrest the congregations leaders were like disappointed parents earlier this month their widely popular rabbi had been charged with possessing marijuana and driving while his ability was impaired by drugs both misdemeanors now the board of trustees at congregation sons of israel had to decide on the proper punishment in the end after a meeting that began on tuesday night and lasted until 2 am on wednesday they decided that the rabbi steven c kane 50 should receive a 30day paid suspension marijuana pipe dreams when the supreme court ruled in june that states could not legalize marijuana for medical uses justice stephen breyer voted with the majority but during oral arguments he suggested an alternative way for patients to get it let the federal food and drug administration decide if marijuana should be a prescription drug medicine by regulation is better than medicine by referendum he said in theory that sounds reasonable but what if the officials doing the regulation are afflicted with a bad case of reefer madness where theres smoke to the sports editor whats the big deal if oakland raiders receiver randy moss uses marijuana the reality that exists in our country today is that millions of otherwise lawabiding productive taxpaying adults use marijuana in the privacy of their homes with no consequence to the community their families or anyone else whats on tonight what do you do when someone you love is about to be executed in this onehour drama filmed at joliet prison in illinois michael scofield wentworth miller left a structural engineer deliberately gets himself arrested and sent to prison so he can help his brother dominic purcell escape from death row michael has an advantage he helped design the place 8 pm 11 7th heaven honor thy mother bo derek gueststars in this april episode of the most aggressively wholesome longrunning show in prime time twentysix years after 10 ms derek has moved on to motherinlaw roles 8 and 830 pm trio johnny staccato yes the great john cassavetes once starred in a television series a 195960 privateeye drama which trio is showing monday through friday cassavetes who died in 1989 also directed tonights two episodes one about a jockey and a dancehall girl the other about a gang of counterfeiters 9 pm lifetime stranger in my bed jamie luner left the star of the last season of profiler and a regular on melrose place plays an abused wife in thistelevision movie toescape her husbandchris kramer she fakes her own deathand starts a new life with a new identity but her husband tracks her down which is exactly the same plot as julia robertss 1991 movie sleeping with the enemy 10 pm showtime weeds fashion of the christ nancy marylouise parker is not happy when her brotherinlaw andy justin kirk of angels in america comes to visit and to sell chris died for your sins tshirtswithout a t to impressionable children he also finds out about nancys thriving marijuana dealership 10 pm national geographic naked science bermuda triangle of all the strange stories of lost ships and planes that have been told about this area stretching from miami to bermuda to puerto ricoflight 19 is the best known it was a training exercise in which 14 military aviators in five bombers disappeared this episode retracestheir route in a vintage avenger bomber midnight cmt 20 greatest city songs okie from muskogee written and performedby merle haggardright is a lovely tribute to oklahoma valuesbut includingit calls for arather loose definitionof city anita gates california patrol wont seize marijuana used as medicine in a turnaround one of the states biggest law enforcement agencies says it is taking a handsoff approach to the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes the new policy by the california highway patrol states that an individual is to be released and the marijuana is not to be seized if the person qualifies under state law to possess marijuana for medicinal purposes it also says that officers shall not conduct traffic enforcement stops for the primary purpose of drug interdiction involving the authorized use of medical marijuana news summary international a39 petty corruption stunts developing economies petty corruption is an everyday trial for millions of poor people across asia africa and latin america increasingly it is being recognized as an obstacle to economic development and robbing the impoverished of already measly incomes a1 us aids policy challenged a top united nations official and a number of advocacy groups for aids patients charged that bush administration policy had led to a shortage of condoms in uganda increasing the risk of infection for many people a4 sunnis protest constitution more leaders of iraqs sunni arab minority spoke out against the nations draft constitution as thousands of people took to the streets to denounce the document in tikrit saddam husseins hometown a9 the air forces top general said american warplanes would have to support iraqs fledgling security forces well after american ground troops eventually withdrew from the country a9 north korea delays talks north korea said it would not return to negotiations in beijing over its nuclear program this week as scheduled but proposed to resume the talks the week of sept 12 a3 us weapons sales up the value of military weapons sales worldwide jumped in 2004 to the highest level since 2000 driven by arms deals with developing nations especially india saudi arabia and china according to a new congressional study a8 national a1016 hurricane katrina rips through the gulf coast hurricane katrina slammed into the gulf coast with devastating force at daybreak sparing new orleans the catastrophic hit that had been feared but tearing down neighborhoods in louisiana and mississippi tossing boats onto highways and leaving hundreds of people clinging to buildings that had lost their roofs a1 state national guard units joined federal state and private organizations in a broad effort to provide relief a13 insurance companies said that damages could top 9 billion making hurricane katrina one of the costliest storms on record a12 residents and officials of gulfport miss one of the cities hit hardest by the storm could hardly find the words to describe the devastation streets clogged with fallen trees and power lines fancy casinos with giant holes punched in the outer walls collapsed buildings and flooded beachfront homes a1 husband father defendant matthew koso 22 the father of a 4dayold baby is scheduled to be arraigned on tuesday on sexual assault charges for having sex with the babys 14 yearold mother whom he later married a10 religion guidelines for air force the air force issued new religion guidelines to its commanders that caution against promoting any particular faith in official communications or functions a10 marijuana policy in california the california highway patrol says it is taking a handsoff approach to the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes a15 new yorkregion b18 exconnecticut governorfaces new felony charges john g rowland who is serving a year in federal prison in pennsylvania on a corruption charge is expected to return to connecticut to face new felony charges that he violated the states laws against lobbying after leaving office his lawyer said b1 connecticut sues over jets connecticut sued to stop the pentagons planned transfer and retirement of fighter jets from the air national guard base at bradley international airport saying the move would exceed the federal governments authority b4 preppy killer back in jail robert e chambers jr the man known as the preppy killer went back to jail two and a half years after his release from prison after pleading guilty to possessing traces of heroin b1 science times f18 health fitness f5 arts e18 obituaries a17 sportstuesday d17 first round at us open svetlana kuznetsova became the first womens defending champion in the history of the united states open to lose in the first round d1 business day c114 cellphone with itunes apple computer and motorola plan next week to unveil a longawaited mobile phone and music player that will incorporate apples itunes software said a telecommunications industry analyst who has been briefed on the announcement c1 questions on funds fall after the apparent collapse of bayou group a connecticut hedge fund firm under investigation by federal and stateauthorities some investors are asking why no one stepped in to halt the firms deceptive practices after what should have been clear red flags c1 kpmg employees indicted eight former partners of kpmg were named by federal prosecutors in an indictment unsealed in federal court in manhattan c1 business digest c2 editorial a1819 editorials when to end an era natures revenge no way to treat visitors morningafter maneuvers column john tierney crossword e2 tv listings e7 weather d10 nominee opposed police role for agencies and sometimes getting police powers to handle problems like toxic waste investigations and armed marijuana growers in the west medical marijuana to the editor glaucoma and the side effects of aids treatments and chemotherapy are not the only conditions for which marijuana use can be a critical palliative marijuana pipe dreams by john tierney column aug 27 because thc can lower blood pressure it may also be useful for a variety of heart conditions arts briefly dancefloor focus group test audiences are a longtime staple of movie marketing now a pop music star has borrowed the technique madonna right has chosen songs for her next album confessions on a dancefloor after trying them out on unsuspecting british night clubbers the sunday telegraph reported stuart price 28 a dj and producer who is collaborating on the cd said in an interview for the singers web site that the tunes minus her vocals were played in clubs in liverpool ibiza and elsewhere in june with the reaction of the crowds filmed for the singer you can work on a song for 12 hours mr price said but i guarantee youll know within just 10 seconds of putting it on at a club whether it works or not so these songs were tested on unwitting subjects throughout europe a spokesman for madonna 47 declined to comment the album from warner brothers records is scheduled for a november release ozzfest dustup it was a raucous performance on a raucous tour but the commotion wasnt the bands doing when iron maiden took the stage for its last appearance on the ozzfest tour this month in devore calif the groups sound was cut off several times last week the tours organizer sharon osbourne left admitted she was responsible billboardcom reported in a statement that took the form of an open letter to iron maidens manager rod smallwood ms osbourne said her action came in response to derogatory remarks she said the groups singer bruce dickinson had made onstage about the tour and black sabbath the group led by her husband ozzy osbourne was dickinson so nave to think that i was going to let him get away with comments about her family she asked in the statement she signed the letter as the real iron maiden mr smallwood said this week that he had never seen anything anywhere near as disgusting and unprofessional as what went on that night garfunkel and the law the singer art garfunkel below is facing another charge of marijuana possession again in upstate new york the daily freeman of kingston ny reported tuesday that mr garfunkel 63 of manhattan had been pulled over in woodstock for failing to stop his car at a stop sign and a trooper who smelled an odor had found a joint in his car ashtray he was issued a ticket and is due back in woodstock town court on sept 22 in january 2004 the singer was charged with marijuana possession after the state police stopped his limousine for speeding in the ulster county town of hurley and found a small amount of pot in his jacket he pleaded guilty to that charge and paid 200 in fines forget the show another performance would not make up for a canceled las vegas concert that is at the heart of a dispute between rod stewart below and harrahs entertainment the companys head testified on monday the associated press reported at a federal court in las vegas where the breachofcontract suit was being heard gary loveman the chairman and chief executive of harrahs said the show scheduled for new years eve 2000 in the companys rio hotel was meant to celebrate the millennium and thus was expected to be a big draw mr loveman also said mr stewart had refused at the last minute to perform a new years eve 1999 show unless he was also hired for the 2000 date and paid 2 million in advance mr stewarts lawyer louis miller has said that the show was canceled because of the singers operation for thyroid cancer in may 2000 and that mr stewart offered to play a makeup date the company is seeking the return of the 2 million composers with cash mozart famously died penniless but its less well known which composers were the wealthiest a classical music station in britain set out to estimate the earnings adjusted for inflation accrued in a composers lifetime and came up with a list led by george gershwin above the guardian reported on monday gershwin earned millions of dollars from rhapsody in blue summertime and many other compositions ranking him ahead of johann strauss who charged more than 50000 an appearance verdi was third on the list his take included a commissioning fee of nearly 300000 for aida rounding out the top 10 in order were rossini who received more than 5000 a lesson handel haydn rachmaninoff puccini paganini and tchaikovsky theater notes with the phantom of the opera on track to surpass cats in january as the longestrunning show in broadway history the phantom who has logged the most stage time in the role on the great white way is returning to the show howard mcgillin who has played the masked one more than 1200 times will take over on oct 3 for hugh panaro who has played the part more than 1000 times on jan 9 the show will break the longevity record with performance no 7486 the producers will welcome back an original cast member on tuesday gary beach who left in 2003 returns to play roger de bris the role for which he won a tony award its possible he could be on stage and screen in the same role at the same time he also plays roger de bris in the producers movie scheduled for release in december though little is known about a twyla tharp show based on bob dylan songs one mystery has been cleared up the title will be the times they are achangin broadwaycom reported yesterday it is set to play the old globe theater in san diego early next year a loan criticized in 2001 the british prime minister tony blair lent a bronze bust of winston churchill to president bush a fan of the wartime leader but the littleknown gesture of friendship is drawing a great deal of attention now the observer in london reported on sunday that the work created in 1946 by jacob epstein after six sittings with his subject is owned by the public british government art collection which is allowed to lend its holdings for display only on property owned by britain the collection has come under scrutiny for its handling of art worth millions of pounds and the busts move is being examined in a radio documentary to be broadcast on the bbc tomorrow this is usually a wellrun collection but they should stick to their rules gill hedley of the contemporary art society told the observer the naked and the dead when the performance artists delia bajo and brainard carey fell in love in 1999 they say they gave up everything to explore their newfound happiness it was a little irresponsible ms bajo said recently sipping tea in a pastry shop near ps 122 on the lower east side we stayed in bed all day rejoicing in the sensuality of life it was euphoric ms bajo 32 who had studied ballet and mr carey 38 a former gallery owner soon began sharing their feelings with others in interactive multidisciplinary projects presented under the name praxis at places like the whitney biennial and the dublin fringe festival in neohappenings they offered audience members and passersby hugs foot washings prayers and on one occasion marijuana that event also featured a johnandyokolike couple frolicking naked on a bed mr careys mother died recently and in their new piece forget me not a new economy mass at ps 122 from wednesday through sept 13 ms bajo and mr carey hope to help others find ways to cope with loss we use ambient music dance text art and prayer to create a comforting atmosphere mr carey said we have 10 performers but we also want audience members to participate we watch the gestures and movements of nonprofessionals and incorporate them into our work whats on tonight zebras are stampeding dolphins are beaching themselves and fireballs are vaporizing the western united states the world is going toend in seven days just after the sun explodes and the only person behaving sensibly is a nobel prizewinning scientist peter fonda who heads to a tropical island however an astrophysicist luke perry a government agent tia carrere and a reporter emma samms above with mr fonda may be able to make a difference 6 pm tcm sunset boulevard 1950 william holdens character a struggling young screenwriter narrates the story but norma desmond gloria swanson the faded silentfilm actress is the center of the universe in this scorching classic drama one of them ends up face down in a swimming pool the other flips out and begins raving about cecil b demille 9 pm tnt the closer season finale brenda leigh johnson kyra sedgwick an abrasive southern policewoman has settled into her job handling highprofile murdercases in los angeles tonight while shes investigating the death of a filmmaker someone files a grievance against her brendas personality has always been a problem 9 pm history rome engineeringan empire while hbo turnsancient romeinto fiction in its new series this documentary sticks to the facts equallysordid or close to it about julius caesar therise of the roman empire especially its architecture and the cultures eventual demise 9 pm sundance i am trying to break your heart 2002 in this documentary the band wilco makes its fourth album yankee hotel foxtrot andlearns that its recording label under newmanagement has decided not to release it 1030 pm showtime weeds lude awakening nothing is simple for an honest hardworking suburban marijuana dealer marylouise parker these days her visiting brotherinlaw andy justin kirk decides to take up drug sales himself celia elizabeth perkins who announced last week that she had cancer seeks out a faith healer lorna raver below left with ms perkins anita gates whats on tonight 2005 kathy bates directedand stars inthis factbased television movie about jane stern a troubled food writer with a bad marriage she takes up a new avocationas a volunteer emergency medical technician and finds a new sense of purpose above ms bates as ms stern with robin thomas as her husband michael 8 pm abc family wildfire season finale kris genevieve cortese a former juvenile delinquent is in luck shes going to be able to ride wildfire her cherished horse in the big race after all thats because the competing ranch has stolen away tina sharp amy jo johnson the obnoxious star jockey the raintree ranch had hired meanwhile a gambling addiction is getting the best of gorgeous young matt micah alberti 9 pm usa in and out 1997 kevin kline stars as a smalltown schoolteacher who watches the academy awards on television one night only to hear a former student refer to him as gay this comes as a surprise to his fiancee joan cusack above with mr kline and to mr klines character himself its a comedy 9 pm abc family beautiful people the new york adventures of lynn kerr daphne zuniga and her two lovely teenage daughters sarah foret and torrey devitto continue with a visit to the hamptons the kerrs are just smalltown girls from new mexico getting used to the east coast fast lane their host is the rich powerful and very married julian fiske james mccaffrey who happens to be an ex of lynns 10 pm showtime weeds dead in the nethers the people around nancy botwin marylouise parker suburban pot dealer are busy in tonights episode her friend celia elizabeth perkins below left with ms parker has a hot night out her brotherinlaw andy justin kirk who was arrested for drug possession meets an attractive woman at marijuana anonymous and her housekeeper lupita renee victor finally becomes suspicious about just how nancy is making her money these days anita gates brodeurs surprise result he takes 4 percent of the votes christopher x brodeur a political gadfly who has been arrested three times on charges that he harassed members of the mayors press office staff won a surprising 4 percent of the vote in yesterdays party primary for mayoral nominee maybe it was his pledge to eliminate all subway fares or perhaps it was his desultory campaign promises as outlined in a column in the new york press several months ago to cap apartment rent increases at 10 percent legalize marijuana eliminate the posts of borough president and install free public toilets throughout the city whatever the reason more than 17000 of the roughly 455000 democrats who cast primary ballots yesterday chose mr brodeur for mayor over a raft of higherprofile candidates with full campaign staffs murder case called a tale of 3 worlds it was a long late night of drinking and coincidental meetings and three worlds collided prosecutors said a preppy college kid from fairfield university crossed paths with a long island girl he knew and wound up at the house of a young man from brooklyn whom prosecutors called an aspiring thug there was a party late into the night with beer and marijuana and eventually a gun and in the morning mark fisher the college student was found wrapped in a blanket shot five times in the torso and dumped near the curb on argyle road in prospect park south forgiven or banished a rabbi who erred awaits his fate nothing more than a traffic violation but the real conflict was never in the legal system it was in rabbi kanes community at congregation sons of israel here in the weeks since he was stopped by the state police after driving erratically and was found with just under an ounce of marijuana the rift among the faithful whom he has led for 13 years has only widened none of the above and here most people assumed that the race for governor involved two selfsufficient oligarchs senator jon s corzine the democrat and douglas r forrester his stern republican rival yet like ghosts hovering on the fringes of this years race there are a handful of independent candidates clamoring to be heard often with great persistence and ingenuity but little success there is matt thieke a computer programmer who has tried to get attention for his lowprofile campaign by ambushing the major candidates at public events edward forchion who as a proponent of legalizing marijuana is better known to a small segment of the electorate as njweedman slipped into the news briefly but only by being arrested at protests in trenton and seaside heights nanny caring for 1yearold faces drug possession charge a westchester county nanny was arrested in dobbs ferry this week when she was caught transporting 10 pounds of marijuana in her employers sport utility vehicle while her 1yearold charge sat in the back seat the authorities said yesterday the nanny sanjay rodriques 24 was acting as a drug courier for a housekeeper who works nearby and had planned to give the drugs to a dealer for sale on the street said thomas belfiore the countys public safety commissioner officers who received a tip about the package began trailing ms rodriques on monday morning they caught up to her hours later as she was meeting with the housekeeper paula bennet 33 who was also arrested mr belfiore said arts briefly well goes to broadway written by and starring the author well lisa krons highly praised memoir about her mother herself and the ultimate unknowability of people is coming to broadway the play called wonderful by ben brantley of the new york times when it opened last year at the public theater is to begin previews at the longacre theater on march 10 and regular performances on march 30 ms kron above as the daughter and jayne houdyshell as the mother will reprise their roles and leigh silverman will once again direct dangelo im all right dangelo wants everybody to know that he is ok and eager to record the grammywinning rhythmandblues crooner told the associated press that he had banged up my ribs but other than that im fine although he had been hospitalized for a few days in an car crash the virginia state police reported that he was listed in critical condition after he was ejected from a hummer on sept 19 when it crossed a roadway and hit a fence dangelo whose real name is michael eugene archer said he was a passenger and the police said he was not wearing a seat belt after hits in the 1990s and a grammy in 2001 he has had problems with the law this year he has been convicted on cocaine marijuana and alcohol charges and his drivers license was suspended dead beats notorious big may be dead but that doesnt mean he cant go right on rapping even with fellow dead people like bob marley big right also known as biggie smalls who died in a shooting in march 1997 is heard with marley the reggae star who died in 1981 on hold ya hand released on monday by aol music reuters reported hold ya hand will also be heard on the notorious big duets the final chapter to be released on nov 29 by bad boy bruce springsteen and the e street band of 1975 vintage will be seen and heard once more when columbia records releases the threedisc born to run 30th anniversary edition on nov 15 the set includes a dvd of their memorable 1975 concert at the hammersmith odeon in london as well as the dvd wings for wheels the making of born to run and a cd of a remastered born to run as well as a 48page booklet of previously unreleased photographs whats on tonight well it gives you fabulous cleavage if thats what youre going for and you can be everybodys bestfriend or a man in a giant dog costume like john candy above in spaceballs so says this satire about stereotypes the first in a fivepart series the weeks other episodes address advantages in being gay 30 blond and a resident of a red state 730 pm usa monday night raw this threehour homecoming episode of world wrestling entertainments big ratings hit welcomes the series back to its original channel after some time at spike 9 pm speed worlds greatest auto shows at the 61st international motor show in frankfurt new cars include the fiat grande punto peugeot 407 coupe porsche cayman s and volvo c70 convertible 9 pm lifetime haunting sarah kim raver above of 24 third watch and sesame street when she was 6 plays erica and heather identical twins in this supernatural drama the twins have 6yearold children who are inseparable when little david dies little sarah still seems to be hearing from him 10 pm showtime weeds nancy botwin marylouise parker suburban marijuana dealer has a runin with campus security at the local community college and ends up short of 14000 in product her younger son alexander gould demands antidepressants her best friend elizabeth perkins going through chemotherapy for breast cancer recaptures the pta presidency by coup 10 pm 4 medium allison dubois patricia arquette left nowan emmy winnerfor this role has yet another disturbingdream about being a woman in a mental institution in 1959 in allisonsworld its not so strange to learn that the womanreally existed itis a bit odd though that the woman claimed to be allison dubois from the future 2005 anita gates metro briefing new york brooklyn two arrested in marijuana delivery a driver for fedex was arrested yesterday after he delivered 135 pounds of marijuana to an suv on 49th street in sunset park the police said both the fedex driver rudolph hill 43 and the suv driver douglas martin 32 both of brooklyn were charged with criminal possession of marijuana the police said the drug which was packed in 10 fedex boxes had been sent from tucson and was addressed to two fictitious addresses in sunset park jennifer 8 lee nyt popular demand pamela anderson above was the most popular search term of the last decade on lycoscom tattoos marijuana the bible and las vegas are no longer counted in the weekly top 50 list because they are too broad they didnt really speak to what was happening in any given week said dean tsouvalas who writes a daily column on the list http50lycoscom metro briefing new york staten island district attorney announces arrest a st george man has been arrested in connection with the rape of a 15yearold staten island girl in 1999 after being linked to the crime by dna according to the richmond county district attorney daniel m donovan jr mr donovan left said yesterday that a dna sample from lee calvin 36 that was on file in the states database was matched with dna taken from the victim mr calvin was placed under arrest yesterday morning in st george by members of the police warrant squad under a bench warrant issued last month for failure to pay a 370 fine on a marijuana possession conviction he was later arrested by investigators from the district attorneys office in connection with the rape which took place in a boardinghouse at 122 central avenue the police said that about 2 am on april 29 1999 the victim was punched and dragged from a sidewalk in the vicinity of bay street and victory boulevard to the boardinghouse where she was raped 13 arrested in police raid on poker club the police raided a manhattan poker parlor on friday night arresting 13 employees and seizing 56000 a law enforcement official said yesterday the 13 face charges including promoting gambling the official said adding that marijuana was also found at the establishment on west 25th street in the flatiron district metro briefing new york manhattan arrests made in widespread drug sales twentyone people have been arrested in connection with the sale of drugs along a stretch of post avenue between dyckman and 204th streets in inwood the police said yesterday the arrests made last week followed a yearlong investigation in which undercover officers made 28 purchases of illegal drugs from two groups along the avenue said bridget brennan the special narcotics prosecutor ms brennan said the groups sold cocaine and a highpotency strain of marijuana called purple haze the area which became known as the home of the haze has had 11 shootings and four homicides in the past nine months ms brennan said national briefing west california arrest in killing a 16yearold boy was arrested by sheriffs deputies wednesday night in lafayette in the killing of pamela vitale the wife of daniel horowitz a wellknown criminal defense lawyer who had been in the middle of a highprofile murder case ms vitale was killed saturday morning in the couples remote home in lafayette while her husband was away according to the san francisco chronicles web site the teenager had stolen creditcard receipts and ordered marijuanagrowing equipment to be sent to the horowitz home when the boy arrived at the home he fought with ms vitale hitting her 39 times in the head with crown molding according to the chronicle carol pogash nyt campaign rule 1 be no more virtuous than the voters quebec voters are a famously tolerant lot they elect many gay and lesbian politicians and they seem to think that political leaders who dont admit to having smoked marijuana are lacking in joie de vivre one premier in the 1970s ran over and killed a homeless man and then was reelected preparing for snow in the skifree zone tell me in what ski store anywhere in the country could you buy a bag that is specially designed to hide your drugs this is perhaps the most striking difference between skiing and snowboarding two sports so culturally opposed that the only thing they share is a winter slope ski stores sell expensive austrian sweaters with snowflake designs in the new burton store you can buy a kit bag for your marijuana you can also buy a jacket into which you can plug an ipod a purse for onenight stands and a knapsack that doubles as a traveling bar complete with martini shaker national briefing washington former mayor pleads marion s barry jr a former mayor who is now on the city council pleaded guilty in federal court to two misdemeanor charges of failing to file his 2000 income tax returns mr barry 69 could face 18 months in prison and a 25000 fine as part of the plea agreement mr barry asked for probation he provided no explanation for not filing mr barry served three terms as mayor from 1978 to 1990 before spending six months in prison for drug possession and another term from 1994 to 1998 in 2002 his bid for a seat on the city council ended after the united states park police reported finding small amounts of crack cocaine and marijuana in his illegally parked car no charges were filed in that case voters returned him to the council in 2004 john files nyt speaking in the third person removed from reality almost from the moment he walked into my office something bothered me about my 18yearold patient mark sent to see me by his parents after they found marijuana and steroids in his bedroom he was tall and muscular with tousled dirtyblonde hair outfitted in a faded tshirt emblazoned with the words sunset strip distressed jeans made to look threadbare at midthigh and along the edges of the pockets and a 70s retro leather choker with a few clay beads on it metro briefing new york spring valley police officials son arrested the son of john f timoney the former new york city first deputy police commissioner was charged on tuesday with trying to buy 400 pounds of marijuana from an undercover federal agent the drug enforcement administration said yesterday a court complaint said sean timoney 25 of philadelphia gave the agent a gym bag filled with 450000 in cash mr timoney and jae seu 23 of glenside pa were arrested on tuesday night in spring valley in rockland county john timoney is now chief of police in miami he does not have all the details and hes not going to comment on it publicly because its a private family matter said delrish moss a miami police spokesman metro briefing new york brooklyn police seize drugs after a traffic stop officers who pulled over a van for running a stop sign in marine park on wednesday night found more than 500 pounds of marijuana inside the police said the vans two occupants ran but officers caught and arrested one of them marcus king 30 of miami the police said the police said officers also found 25000 in cash in the van mr king was charged with resisting arrest and possession of marijuana the police said national briefing west california santa cruz approves medical marijuana ordinance the santa cruz city council gave final approval to an ordinance that would establish a cityrun medical marijuana program the measure written with guidance from the american civil liberties union includes a clause that delays the start of the program until the federal courts rule on it sponsors of the ordinance said it would serve as a test for what city officials believe to be states constitutional right to opt out of joining the federal governments recent efforts to close medical marijuana dispensaries mayor mike rotkin said we want to help medical marijuana patients obtain their medicine while also protecting them from the undesirable consequences of an unregulated black market carolyn marshall nyt prisoner flees custody in atlanta but is caught for the second time in eight months a prisoner escaped from custody in fulton county on thursday morning setting off a major manhunt the prisoner james henderson 25 was being held thursday on felony charges of marijuana possession child endangerment and reckless conduct when he escaped on foot from the fulton county jail into the nearby vine city neighborhood officials from the atlanta police department and the fulton county sheriffs department said drug arrest on bridge officers arrested a hillburn ny man identified as shawn chance 23 after he was stopped yesterday on the george washington bridge with 600 pounds of marijuana worth 1 million the port authority police said they said they pulled over mr chance because he was driving on the bridges lower level where trucks are not permitted he was charged with possession of and intent to distribute marijuana gift from out of the blue a home is made livable responding to a domestic violence call last april at an apartment in this citys largest housing project officer joe poggioli jr flipped on his flashlight peered into a bedroom and saw two boys huddled together on a bed cockroaches were crawling all over one wall and the bedsheets one inched across the face of the younger boy officer poggioli a 25year veteran of the police force here had seen other rundown apartments like this one thick layers of peeling paint hung from the walls the faucet leaked a musty odor mingled with the sweet smell of marijuana in the hallway a mouse scurried across the floor the door of the refrigerator hung open no matter it did not work anyway suspects history with police emerges at hearing when two officers turned on their turret light and siren and pulled a uturn on a brooklyn street early monday they most likely had no inkling that they might be trailing a man who had reasons to resist being caught the driver allan cameron was wanted for assaulting officers in pennsylvania two years ago had 53 small bags of marijuana in his car and was carrying a loaded 9millimeter handgun the authorities said and just nine days before the police said he robbed an offduty officer in brooklyn stealing his jewelry and police identification card before shooting him in the shoulder a police death in brooklyn that he was a man already wanted by the authorities who sped through a traffic light while carrying 53 bags of marijuana provide a perfect description of a person who would not be prudent enough to resist grabbing a handy gun rather than increasing the potential consequence of a shooting it would be far better to remove the gun the rising amount of gun violence in new york city which has some of the toughest gun control laws in the country demonstrates a basic fact states and localities can make rules on where and how their residents may carry guns but the regulation of the sales and trafficking of those deadly weapons needs to be done on a federal level torturing the facts our secretary of states tortuous defense of supposedly nonexistent cia torture chambers in eastern europe was an acid flashback to clintonian parsing just as bill clinton during the 92 campaign pranced around questions about marijuana use at oxford by saying he had never broken the laws of his country so condoleezza rice pranced around questions about outsourcing torture by suggesting that president bush had never broken the laws of his country videos long and short that can really move combine a gripe against glitzy pop objects no money a yen for the new and maybe a little marijuana and you have a possible recipe for how and why video became art in the 1970s even with chemicals factored in though todays art audience must wonder at the patience that some of those early videos demanded of viewers with their minimal content spun out for many grainy minutes and hours it was as if art were saying this is not hollywood or television this is not entertainment though sometimes it was this is serious this is work when teenagers abuse prescription drugs the fault may be the doctors alcohol marijuana amphetamines lsd and cocaine are involved but a new type of addiction has crept into the mix controlled prescription drugs including potent opiate painkillers tranquilizers and stimulants used to treat attention deficit disorders forgetfulness and responsibility some years ago we had a criminal prosecution in scotland of a man who was found to have a small quantity of marijuana in one of the pockets of his golf bag these days the police hardly concern themselves with such cases but at the time the possession of even barely detectable quantities of controlled drugs was a more serious matter his defense was simple he had placed it there some years before and forgotten about it this did him no good he was convicted some may feel sympathy for him other may not but whatever ones view on the outcome this case raises interesting issues of whether you can be said to possess something that you have forgotten you have police charge six in cellphone pot sales the police in farmington recently arrested six teenagers charging them with involvement in a marijuana deal pitched to potential buyers on their camera phones detectives were tipped off after the mother of a farmington high school student saw an advertisement for the marijuana with a photograph and text while using his cellphone the police said she notified the police who obtained warrants to monitor cellphone calls and messages from the suspects and also began to watch them cheap rooms and a drug for every floor the greenpoint hotel is still listed in a few tourist guides which promise cheap rooms and warn of the brusque if efficient staff but few mapcarrying bargainhunters stay there these days the hallways stink of marijuana and urine the bathrooms one per floor are caked in dirt and hot water is rare the front desk is barricaded shut with sheets of plywood theft and violence are a constant threat my room is a box its the size of a prison cell one resident jaime rodriguez said as he stood outside a deli near the hotel recently swaying slightly his eyes cloudy mr rodriguez said he had lived at the greenpoint for a decade paying rent with disability checks this whole place is a prison he said national briefing new england rhode island new marijuana law rhode island has become the first state to enact a law sanctioning the use of medical marijuana since the supreme court ruled in june that the authorities could prosecute users even in states with laws that allow its use the state house of representatives overrode the veto of gov donald l carcieri a republican who rejected the measure last year 59 to 13 rhode island is the 11th state to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes katie zezima nyt whats on tonight his daughter is arrested for marijuana possession his son wants to cure cancer for the wrong reasons his brotherinlaw has disappeared along with some churchschool funds thank heaven the rev daniel webster aidan quinn above has someone to talk to jesus garret dillahunt who is a cast regular in this new drama series a second episode being shown tonight is mostly about sex 8 pm cbs ghost whisperer sometimes ghosts really do want to kill you thats what melinda jennifer love hewitt has to deal with tonight her new neighbor is not only being haunted his ghost the grandfather of a friend is out for revenge guest stars include dominique swain jeremy ironss young costar in adrian lynes lolita and jonathan banks 8 to 11 pm sci fi three outerspace series are back with new episodes beginning with stargate sg1 now in the bottom half of its ninth season its characters are dealing with a plague at 9 stargate atlantis returns with a story about hostages on a wraith ship the wraith are zombielike aliens their queen left is played by andee frizzell and at 10 the good guys of battlestar galactica join forces to destroy a cylon target the cylon are a robot race they started out as servants but rose up and defeated their masters 8 pm abc dancing with the stars this is the results show when we learn how viewers voted after the season premiere on thursday 830 pm fox malcolm in the middle from the beginning january 2000 one of the strengths of this sitcom has been that the parents arent always perfect or noble sometimes theyre not even sensible tonight a 10000 check made out to malcolm frankie muniz arrives and after due consideration his mother lois jane kaczmarek spends it all on a fancy dollhouse 9 pm discovery egypt untold the curse of king tut tutankhamen died young howard carter portrayed by stuart graham right found his tomb in 1922 carters sponsor lord carnarvon died shortly thereafter some believe he was a victim of the boy pharaohs revenge 10 pm cmt the 20 greatest pbr moments that stands for professional bull riding anita gates those little green leaves arent for brewing grams i cant say that grandmas boy is exactly a good movie and given that 20th century fox did not bother to show it to critics before it opened yesterday i doubt that the folks at the studio would disagree nor however can i deny that along with at least some of the halfdozen other reviewers attending a courtesy screening yesterday morning i did manage to be more tickled than annoyed at some of the movies dumb crude attempts at humor perhaps it was a contact high from the prodigious quantities of marijuana consumed on screen but this vulgar stoner comedy about an underachieving overage videogame tester did make me laugh more than once produced and written with barry wernick and nick swardson by allen covert who also stars grandmas boy has a perverse kind of integrity its characters in particular alex the xboxaddicted reefermad couch potato played by mr covert do not apologize for their immature irresponsible ways and the film does not force them to grow up or to learn any valuable lessons instead it cheerfully invites the audience to descend to their level where no joke is too silly or raunchy and a plot is just a way of passing time between game levels and bong hits prison term of 55 years for drugs is upheld a federal appeals court has upheld a 55year prison term imposed on a utah man with no criminal record who was convicted in 2003 of selling several hundred dollars worth of marijuana on three occasions the case of the man weldon h angelos a record producer from salt lake city who was 22 at the time of his crime has become a benchmark in the debate about sentencing rules and justice the trial judge in the case complained in issuing the sentence which was required by federal statutes that he thought it excessive and 29 former judges and prosecutors agreed in a brief filed on mr angeloss behalf 2 approaches to the nations obesity epidemic coming up for review for consumers and for the companies behind the drugs one called acomplia would be a prescription pill to control appetite by blocking the same brain receptors that stimulate the munchies in marijuana smokers some financial analysts see acomplia as the most promising new drug of the year and they predict multibilliondollar sales eventually for its maker the french company sanofiaventis metro briefing new york manhattan music executive convicted the chief executive of a reggae music production company has been convicted of smuggling more than a ton of marijuana a week from california to new york over the past eight years federal prosecutors said the executive horatio hamilton president of lords of yard inc was convicted of conspiracy to traffic in marijuana michael j garcia the united states attorney said yesterday in a written statement mr garcia said mr hamilton jumped bail after he was arrested in 1999 with nearly two tons of marijuana in los angeles he later became a prominent music producer and creator of sashi a threeday reggae concert in jamaica mr hamilton who was rearrested last year faces a mandatory sentence of 20 years in federal prison prosecutors said arts briefly threat leads museum to hide klimt art a threat to destroy five gustav klimt masterpieces valued at nearly 250 million prompted an austrian museum to remove them from view yesterday agence francepress reported the paintings dispatched to safety by the belvedere gallery in vienna were under a recent court order to be returned to maria altmann the 89yearold californian who is the niece and heir of ferdinand blochbauer an austrian industrialist whose possessions were expropriated by the nazis the museum said mrs altmanns american lawyer e randol schoenberg received the threat by email and added that in safeguarding the two portraits and three landscapes regarded as jewels of the austrian public collections it was acting on recommendations from the austrian interior ministry and an insurance company mr schoenberg said on wednesday that austria without a right of preemption had negotiated an option to buy back some or all of the paintings by may making music and money u2 below with revenues totaling 25502263335 stands atop billboards inaugural money makers chart a list of the 20 acts that generated the most income in 2005 the sum is derived from all album and digital sales and boxoffice receipts for the 11 months from the first nielsen soundscan sales week of 2005 which ended on jan 9 through the week of dec 4 u2 ranked 27th in album sales ninth in digital sales and first at the box office on the chart released yesterday the rolling stones finished a distant second with 1523 million kenny chesney third with 877 million sir paul mccartney fourth with 842 million and sir elton john fifth with 771 million j d salinger slept here some aspiring writer will get to live in the old dorm room of j d salinger left at ursinus college in collegeville pa as the recipient of a 25000 annual scholarship developed by jon volkmer and matthew kozusko two professors of english the associated press reported whats more the scholarship intended for creative writers wont necessarily go to someone with towering grades in a statement professor volkmer said as many great writers including salinger have shown the best writers are often not the best students in the spirit of holden caulfield were looking to help out the quirky kid with unique vision this is not just another award for the high sat crowd ursinus officials said the reclusive mr salinger the author of the catcher in the rye had not commented on the scholarship he studied at ursinus a liberal arts college in the fall of 1938 punishment and crime remember the fellow who was arrested in june for stealing and trying to sell advance copies of harry potter and the halfblood prince his name was aaron lambert he was a 20yearold security guard at a distribution center for the eagerly awaited j k rowling novel the guardian of london reported and oh yes he was also accused of shooting a blank pistol at a journalist when he failed to make the sale mr lambert who admitted trying to blackmail the publisher bloomsbury by revealing the contents of the book has been sentenced to 12 months for theft 18 months for a firearms offense and two years for blackmail pete doherty below the troubleprone british singer pleaded guilty yesterday in a london court to charges of heroin crack cocaine morphine and marijuana possession stemming from an arrest on dec 4 mr doherty 26 was also arrested on nov 30 and charged with possession of heroin and cocaine he pleaded guilty last week and was released on bail he was arrested again last saturday on suspicion of possessing drugs and released on bail he is to appear for questioning on feb 2 in yesterdays case he was again freed on bail he is to be sentenced on feb 8 national briefing southwest texas drug smugglers and police face off men in uniforms like those worn by the mexican military crossed the rio grande into the united states on monday on a marijuanasmuggling foray leading to an armed confrontation with texas law officers the authorities said no shots were fired the men retreated and escaped back across the border with much of the marijuana though they abandoned more than a halfton as they fled and set fire to one of their vehicles the authorities said the mexican government said its military was not involved gov rick perry a republican ordered an investigation into the incident which occurred near neelys crossing about 50 miles southeast of el paso national briefing southwest us demands investigation in mexico the united states demanded that mexico fully investigate how and why men dressed in mexican military uniforms crossed the rio grande on monday and ended up in an armed standoff with texas law enforcement officers the men who appeared to be mexican soldiers helped marijuana smugglers who were being chased by the police escape back across the river into mexico about 50 miles east of el paso a spokesman for mexicos president vicente fox denied mexican soldiers were involved suggesting that the men were drug dealers in stolen uniforms the mexican military meanwhile issued an order that all its units stay out of a milewide zone along the border james c mckinley jr nyt officials find drug tunnel with surprising amenities drug smugglers have dug one of the longest most sophisticated tunnels discovered in recent years along the mexican border and the american and mexican authorities have hauled nearly two tons of marijuana out of it since they entered it on wednesday officials said the tunnel is 60 feet below ground at some points five feet high and nearly half a mile long extending from a warehouse near the international airport in tijuana mexico to a vacant industrial building in otay mesa calif about 20 miles southeast of downtown san diego the sophistication of the tunnel surprised officials who found it outfitted with a concrete floor electricity lights and ventilation and groundwater pumping systems news summary international a311 hamas a surprise winner in palestinian elections the radical islamic party hamas scored an overwhelming and unexpected victory in palestinian legislative elections taking 76 out of the 132 seats deposing the former ruling fatah party which won only 43 seats the results give hamas the right to form the next government ending more than 40 years of domination by fatah a1 hamass victory threw president bush and his aides on the defensive complicating the administrations policy of trying to promote democracy as an antidote to the spread of terrorism in the arab world mr bush said the results spoke to the failures of the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas to root out corruption not to any flaws in the bush administrations policy a11 the elections were met with a mixture of jubilation and consternation in much of the arab world and for some it raised the concern that in winning hamas would almost certainly have to change a11 european leaders whose countries are major financial donors to the palestinian authority registered disquiet verging on hostility toward hamass triumph a11 strife at world economic forum a magazine article calling on nations to boycott israel because of its treatment of palestinians has provoked a tempest at the world economic forums annual meeting prompting the organizers to pull the magazine from its shelves and issue an apology a11 us and china back plan for iran president bush and the chinese government both declared their full support for a russian proposal to allow iran to run civilian nuclear facilities as long as russia and international nuclear inspectors are in full control of the fuel a3 unmet pledges to rebuild iraq because of unforeseen security costs haphazard planning and shifting priorities the americanfinanced reconstruction program in iraq will not complete scores of projects that were promised to help rebuild the country a federal oversight agency reported a8 the american military said it had released five iraqi women half those held in its prisons but said the release had been previously scheduled and was unrelated to demands made by the kidnappers of the american journalist jill carroll a8 more energy woes for georgia energy shortages struck georgia anew as a wind storm toppled a major power transmission line and russias gas monopoly failed to restore the flow of natural gas to the country after pipelines were sabotaged last weekend energy officials said a4 groups protest un proposal human rights organizations and the congressional human rights caucus protested a decision by the united states to back a measure introduced by iran denying two international gay rights groups a voice at the united nations a4 national a1421 poll finds mixed support for domestic spy program americans are willing to tolerate eavesdropping without warrants to fight terrorism but are concerned that the aggressive antiterrorism programs championed by the bush administration are encroaching on civil liberties according to the latest new york timescbs news poll a1 president bush declared again that his administrations program for eavesdropping without warrants was well within existing law and said efforts in congress to write legislation expressly giving him authority for such a program were unnecessary and dangerous a20 lobbyist inquiry takes a turn the investigation into jack abramoff the disgraced republican lobbyist took a new turn when the justice department said the chief prosecutor in the inquiry would step down next week because he had been nominated to a federal judgeship by president bush a21 kerry calls for filibuster senator john kerry of massachusetts left called for a filibuster of the supreme court nomination of judge samuel a alito jr more than 60 senators have already vowed to support him and the leaders of both parties said they expected to hold the full vote on tuesday a14 officials discover drug tunnel drug smugglers have dug one of the longest most sophisticated tunnels discovered in recent years along the mexican border and the american and mexican authorities have hauled nearly two tons of marijuana out of it since it was found officials said a14 new yorkregion b18 bloomberg wants to speed rebuilding at ground zero mayor bloomberg used his state of the city speech to call for a drastic change in the world trade center development plan so the project can finally move forward a1 children displaced hundreds of new york city children who had been in contact with child welfare workers have been placed in foster care or under court supervision since the death of 7yearold nixzmary brown b1 neediest cases b6 escapes f112 sportsfriday d16 obituaries b7 weekend e130 e3140 disputed author confronted in an extraordinary reversal of her defense of the author whose memoir she catapulted to the top of the bestseller list oprah winfrey rebuked james frey the author of a million little pieces on her television show for lying about his past and portraying the book as a truthful account of his life a1 business day c114 banks and health care banks credit unions and money management firms are positioning themselves to become central players in the business of health care in anticipation of health savings accounts which are the centerpiece of president george w bushs plans on health care a1 boston scientific warned a day after winning a 27 billion takeover battle for the medical device maker guidant boston scientific received a broad warning from federal health regulators that is likely to temporarily prevent the company from introducing new products and could result in a fine c1 profits rise at microsoft microsoft said its quarterly profit rose 5 percent roughly matching wall streets forecasts as the high cost of launching the xbox 360 game console was offset by strong sales of servers and software tools c7 business digest c2 editorial a2223 editorials in the mideast a giant step back the state of the mayor on oprahs couch justice and junkets columns paul krugman thomas l friedman crossword e38 tv listings e28 weather d8 worth a click josh marshall of talking points memo tries to figure out why photos of president bush with jack abramoff were deleted from an online photo database the wall street journals daniel henninger blames congressional reform efforts from the 70s and two laws in particular one that limited campaign contributions and one that changed the budget process for inexorably leading to the abramoff scandal colby cosh a columnist for canadas national post writes in the los angeles times about the other earthquake of an election this week the new regime is likely to end the recent drift toward decriminalization of soft drugs so visitors will still have to consume marijuana with discretion on the other hand liberal proposals to apply special taxes on junk food are also dead for frequent pot users it sounds like a wash metro briefing new york manhattan li man accused of kidnapping and sexual attack a 41yearold long island man was arrested and charged with kidnapping and sexually abusing a 24yearold woman on monday morning the police said the man richard padilla of huntington station is accused of forcing the woman into a car at gunpoint at second avenue and east 12th street about 6 am mr padilla then sexually assaulted her the police said police officers on patrol said they stopped the car in harlem after they saw mr padilla commit a traffic violation the officers had the woman step out of the car and she told them that she had been abducted and sexually assaulted the police said the woman was taken to a hospital in stable condition mr padilla was also charged with committing a criminal sexual act and criminal possession of marijuana jennifer 8 lee nyt the listings feb 10 feb 16 selective listings by critics of the new york times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the new york metropolitan region this week denotes a highly recommended film concert show or exhibition theater approximate running times are in parentheses theaters are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of current shows additional listings showtimes and tickets nytimescomtheater previews and openings jumpcut opens sunday neena bebers cinematic dry play about the love triangle of two aspiring filmmakers and a manicdepressive was a hit in washington leigh silverman directs 210 julia miles theater 424 west 55th street clinton 212 2396200 the seven opens sunday the hiphop theater pioneer will powers largecast adaptation of aeschylus seven against thebes jo bonney directs 200 new york theater workshop 79 east fourth street east village 212 2396200 fanny hill opens tuesday a musical based on the 18thcentury novel about a country girl who moves to london to become a prostitute 200 york theater at st peters lutheran church 619 lexington avenue at east 54th street 212 8684444 i love you because opens tuesday mr darcy becomes marcy in this genderswitching musical retelling of pride and prejudice which stars stephane dabruzzo from avenue q 200 village theater 158 bleecker street near sullivan street east village 212 3074100 clean alternatives opens wednesday a comedy by brian dykstra about a woman who must choose between taking a check or saving the environment or doing both 200 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 barefoot in the park opens thursday patrick wilson and amanda peet star in neil simons classic romantic comedy about new york newlyweds 220 cort theater 138 west 48th street 212 2396200 bernarda alba previews start tomorrow opens march 6 the tony winner phylicia rashad a raisin in the sun plays another formidable matriarchal figure with an iron will in lincoln centers musical version of lorcas house of bernarda alba michael john lachiusa who already has one musical to his name this season see what i wanna see contributes music and lyrics 130 mitzi newhouse theater 150 west 65th street 212 2396200 defiance opens feb 28 set on a marine corps base during the 1970s john patrick shanleys new play his first since doubt revolves around an explosive incident between an africanamerican marine and a white one doug hughes directs 130 manhattan theater club theater 1 131 west 55th street 212 5811212 grey gardens a new musical previews start today opens march 7 maybe the biggest question mark of the musical season this intriguing show is an adaptation of the cult documentary about the eccentric socialite relatives of jacqueline kennedy onassis 230 playwrights horizons 416 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 indooroutdoor opens feb 22 the playwright kenny finkle aims for the cat lover demographic in this relationship comedy about a computer programmer and his chatty feline companion 150 dr2 theater 103 east 15th street flatiron district 212 2396200 the lieutenant of inishmore opens feb 27 dead pets severed limbs black irish humor martin mcdonagh pillowman is up to his old tricks in this devilish comedy about terrorism and torture 145 atlantic theater 336 west 20th street chelsea 212 2396200 the pajama game opens feb 23 labor unrest leads to romance in this classic musical about a manager and a union representative at a pajama factory harry connick jr stars and kathleen marshall directs 230 american airlines theater 227 west 42nd street 212 7191300 ring of fire opens march 12 johnny cash hits form the backbone of this musical about three couples so far its received surprisingly good buzz richard maltby jr directs 200 ethel barrymore theater 243 west 47th street 212 2396200 soldiers wife opens feb 23 the mint theater revives another forgotten drama rose frankens romantic comedy from the 1940s set against the backdrop of world war ii 200 mint theater 311 west 43rd street clinton 212 3150231 title of show previews start wednesday opens feb 26 this new york musical theater festival hit is a satirical musical about several artists racing to finish a musical in three weeks apparently they got it done 130 vineyard theater 108 east 15th street flatiron district 212 3530303 the wooden breeks opens feb 21 mcc theater presents glen bergers gothic fairy tale set in the fictitious scottish town of brood 200 lucille lortel theater 121 christopher street west village 212 2794200 broadway bridge tunnel this delightful solo show written and performed by sarah jones is a sweetspirited valentine to new york city its polyglot citizens and the larger notion of an allinclusive america in 90 minutes of acutely observed portraiture gently tinted with humor ms jones plays more than a dozen men and women participating in an openmike evening of poetry for immigrants 130 helen hayes theater 240 west 44th street 212 2396200charles isherwood chita rivera the dancers life at 72 ms rivera still has the voice the attitude and oh yes the legs to magnetize all eyes in an audience if the singing scrapbook of a show that surrounds her is less than electric there is no denying the electricity of the woman at its center 200 schoenfeld theater 236 west 45th street 212 2396200 ben brantley the color purple so much plot so many years so many characters to cram into less than three hours this beattheclock musical adaptation of alice walkers pulitzer prizewinning novel about southern black women finding their inner warriors never slows down long enough for you to embrace it lachanze leads the vibrant hardworking cast 240 broadway theater 1681 broadway at 53rd street 212 2396200 brantley dirty rotten scoundrels on paper this musical tale of two mismatched scam artists has an awful lot in common with the producers but if you are going to court comparison with giants you had better be prepared to stand tall dirty rotten scoundrels starring jonathan pryce and norbert leo butz never straightens out of a slouch 235 imperial theater 249 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley doubt a parable pulitzer prize best play 2005 and tony award best play 2005 set in the bronx in 1964 this play by john patrick shanley is structured as a clash of wills and generations between sister aloysius eileen atkins the head of a parochial school and father flynn ron eldard the young priest who may or may not be too fond of the boys in his charge the plays elements bring to mind those tidy topical melodramas that were once so popular but mr shanley makes subversive use of musty conventions 130 walter kerr theater 219 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley jersey boys from grit to glamour with the four seasons directed by the pop repackager des mcanuff the whos tommy the real thrill of this shrinkwrapped biomusical for those who want something more than recycled chart toppers and a story line poured from a can is watching the wonderful john lloyd young as frankie valli cross the line from exact impersonation into something far more compelling 230 august wilson theater 245 west 52nd street 212 2396200 brantley the light in the piazza love is a manyflavored thing from sugary to sour in adam guettel and craig lucass encouragingly ambitious and discouragingly unfulfilled new musical the show soars only in the sweetly bitter songs performed by the wonderful victoria clark as an american abroad 215 beaumont theater lincoln center 212 2396200 brantley the odd couple odd is not the word for this couple how could an adjective suggesting strangeness or surprise apply to a production so calculatedly devoted to the known the cozy the conventional as the title characters in neil simons 1965 comedy directed as if to a metronome by joe mantello nathan lane and matthew broderick reprise their star performances from the producers and its not a natural fit dont even consider killing yourself because the show is already sold out 210 brooks atkinson theater 256 west 47th street 212 3074100 brantley rabbit hole thanks to a certain former american president it has become almost impossible to say that you feel someone elses pain without its sounding like a punchline yet the sad sweet release of david lindsayabaires wrenching play about the impact of the death of a small child lies precisely in the access it allows to the pain of others in its meticulously mapped empathy with an emotionally transparent fivemember cast led by cynthia nixon and tyne daly directed by daniel sullivan this anatomy of grief doesnt so much jerk tears as tap them 210 biltmore theater 261 west 47th street 212 2396200 brantley spamalot tony award best musical 2005 this staged recreation of the mockmedieval movie monty python and the holy grail is basically a singing scrapbook for python fans such a good time is being had by so many people that this fitful eager celebration of inanity and irreverence has found a large and lucrative audience 220 shubert theater 225 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley sweeney todd sweet dreams new york this thrilling new revival of stephen sondheim and hugh wheelers musical with michael cerveris and patti lupone leading a cast of 10 who double as their own musicians burrows into your thoughts like a campfire storyteller who knows what really scares you the inventive director john doyle aims his pareddown interpretation at the squirming child in everyone who wants to have his worst fears both confirmed and dispelled 230 eugene oneill theater 230 west 49th street 212 2396200 brantley the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee the happy news for this happymaking little musical is that the move to larger quarters has dissipated none of its quirky charm william finns score sounds plumper and more rewarding than it did on off broadway providing a sprinkling of sugar to complement the sass in rachel sheinkins zingerfilled book the performances are flawless gold stars all around 145 circle in the square 1633 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 isherwood the woman in white bravely flouting centuries of accepted scientific theory the creators of this adaptation of wilkie collinss spine tingler have set out to prove that the world is flat after all this latest offering from andrew lloyd webber directed by trevor nunn seems to exist entirely in two dimensions from its computergenerated backdrops to its decorative chesspiecelike characters 250 beginning tuesday judy kuhn replaces maria friedman marquis theater 211 west 45th street 212 3074100 brantley off broadway abigails party scott elliotts thoroughly delectable production of mike leighs 1977 comedy about domestic discord among the british middle classes jennifer jason leigh leads a superb ensemble cast as a party hostess who wields the gin bottle like a deadly weapon resulting in an evening of savagely funny chaos 215 acorn theater at theater row 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 isherwood altar boyz this sweetly satirical show about a christian pop group made up of five potential teen people cover boys is an enjoyable silly diversion 130 dodger stages stage 4 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200isherwood beauty of the father a crisp outline of the pulitzer prizewinner nilo cruzs new play suggests the crazyquilt melodramas of early almodvar father and daughter are attracted to the same sexy bad boy igniting all manner of emotional fireworks but mr cruzs reflective unhurried pace and his meandering lyrical dialogue allow his fuses to burn a little too long resulting in more fizzle than flash 210 manhattan theater club at city center stage ii 131 west 55th street 212 5811212 isherwood confessions of a mormon boy steven fales a sixthgeneration mormon describes leaving his family and becoming a gay escort in this fairly conventional although admittedly compelling piece of confessional theater 130 soho playhouse 15 vandam street between avenue of the americas and varick street 212 6911555 jason zinoman december fools sherman yellen takes a stab at the lettersinadrawer play old letters are discovered and lives are changed and things get off to a promising start a new york matrons disgruntled daughter finds some of moms old screeds and turns them into weapons but the play is too long and some dandy comedy is undercut by some tired melodrama 215 abington theater arts complex 312 west 36th street 212 8684444 neil genzlinger dog sees god confessions of a teenage blockhead the peanuts characters grow up do drugs and have sex in this dark disposable parody good grief 130 century center for the performing arts 111 east 15th street flatiron district 212 2396200 zinoman forbidden broadway special victims unit this production features the expected caricatures of egodriven singing stars but even more than usual the show offers an acute list of grievances about the sickly state of the broadway musical where as the lyrics have it everything old is old again 145 47th street theater 304 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley in the continuum danai gurira and nikkole salter are both the authors and the performers of this smart spirited and disarmingly funny show about two women one a middleclass mother in zimbabwe the other a 19yearold at loose ends in los angeles whose lives are upended by hiv diagnoses emphatically not a downer 130 perry street theater 31 perry street greenwich village 212 8684444 isherwood lenny bruce in his own words jason fisher does an impressive facsimile of this legendary comic in a nostalgic greatesthits collection of his standup routines 110 zipper theater 336 west 37th street 212 2396200 zinoman the little dog laughed lean mean and about as deep as a shot glass diane the hollywood agent is just the tonic new york theatergoers need in the depths of an urban winter played by julie white in an irresistible adrenaline rush of a performance diane is the archmanipulator in douglas carter beanes tangy fable of fame and its discontents directed by scott ellis with neal huff as a closeted hollywood star and johnny galecki as the rent boy who loves him 210 second stage theater 307 west 43rd street clinton 212 2464422 brantley mrs warrens profession an absolutely splendid dana ivey takes the title role in charlotte moores sensitively acted production of bernard shaws famously provocative play which is celebrating its 100th anniversary on the new york stage this year 220 irish repertory theater 132 west 22nd street chelsea 212 7272737 isherwood rfk this solo show written and starring jack holmes is a reasonably accurate historical portrait but the performance unfortunately lacks the charisma and charm that made the real bobby kennedy a star 135 culture project 45 bleecker 45 bleecker street at lafayette street east village 212 2539983 jonathan kalb the trip to bountiful led by lois smith in a heartwrenching performance the cast never strikes a false note in harris yulins beautifully mounted revival of horton footes drama finding an emotional authenticity in a work largely remembered as a tearjerking chestnut this is not to say you should neglect to bring handkerchiefs 150 signature theater 555 west 42nd street clinton 212 2447529 brantley off off broadway avalon glory sims bowens retelling of the camelot legend from the womens point of view is entertaining but too long and uncertain in tone the comic moments work better than the earnest ones 220 looking glass theater 422 west 57th street clinton 212 3523101 anita gates a bitter taste when an academic gets too close to one of his case studies his mistake haunts him in this twisty acid drama about repression friendship and the intersection between sex and power 200 ensemble studio theater 549 west 52nd street clinton 212 3523101 zinoman elliot a soldiers fugue true to its title elliot a soldiers fugue is composed like a fugue with several narrative strands playing in point and counterpoint around one theme a soldiers experience of war the play by quiara alegria hudes traces the legacy of war through three generations of a puerto rican family and without invoking current politics manages to indict the war in iraq 110 45 below at the culture project 45 bleecker street at lafayette street east village 212 3523101 phoebe hoban girl in heat nelson avidons predictable dramedy about joseph a randy lawyer and marilyn a flirtatious office temp is salvaged to some extent by the plays two performers as their characters reveal themselves uneasily mr avidon and cheryl leibert make the struggle believable 120 michael weller theater 311 west 43rd street clinton 212 3523101 andrea stevens lenny lou this black comedy by ian cohen about two brothers and their foulmouthed demented mother has the right ingredients for shock theater fourletter words sex talk sex acts but it somehow doesnt shock 215 29th street rep 212 west 29th street chelsea 212 8684444 genzlinger major bang or how i learned to stop worrying and love the dirty bomb this disarming exercise in political cabaret demonstrates that laughter in the dark need not be desperate written by kirk lynn this multilevel multiform tale of nuclear anxiety resurrects the sane inquisitive satiric spirit of the early 1960s a time when irony was a strategic tool instead of a conditioned reflex paul lazar directs steve cuiffo and maggie hoffman in a multitude of roles 110 st anns warehouse 38 water street at dock street brooklyn 718 2548779 brantley 25 questions for a jewish mother this is the comedian judy golds fiercely funny monologue based on her own life as a single jewish lesbian mother and interviews with more than 50 other jewish mothers 110 ars nova 511 west 54th street clinton 212 8684444 hoban zomboid filmperformance project 1 o the heresy of it richard foreman has introduced film into the realm of exquisitely artificial abstract theater in which he has specialized for four decades as it turns out juxtaposing two art forms allows mr foreman to underscore in resonant new ways what he has been saying for years reality is well relative and he continues to work in a style guaranteed to infect your perceptions for hours after 115 ontologicalhysteric theater 131 east 10th street east village 212 3523101 brantley longrunning shows avenue q rrated puppets give lively life lessons 210 golden 252 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley beauty and the beast cartoon made flesh sort of 230 luntfontanne theater 205 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley chicago irrefutable proof that crime pays 225 ambassador theater 219 west 49th street 212 2396200brantley hairspray fizzy pop cute kids large man in a housedress 230 neil simon theater 250 west 52nd street 212 3074100 brantley the lion king disney on safari where the big bucks roam 245 new amsterdam theater 214 west 42nd street 212 3074100 brantley mamma mia the jukebox that devoured broadway 220 cadillac winter garden theater 1634 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 brantley the phantom of the opera who was that masked man anyway 230 majestic theater 247 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the producers the ne plus ultra of showbiz scams 245 st james theater 246 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley rent east village angst and love songs to die for 245 nederlander theater 208 west 41st street 212 3074100 brantley wicked oz revisited with political corrections 245 gershwin theater 222 west 51st street 212 3074100 brantley last chance almost maine john carianis comedy comprises almost a dozen twocharacter vignettes exploring the sudden thunderclap of love and the scorched earth that sometimes follows it will evoke either awwws or icks depending on your affection for its whimsical approach to the joys and perils of romance 200 daryl roth theater 101 east 15th street flatiron district 212 2396200 closing sunday isherwood apartment 3a jeff danielss romance about a woman who lost her faith is written with wit conviction and a real affection for its characters 130 arclight theater 152 west 71st street 212 3520255 closing tomorrow zinoman buried child sam shepards dark and sometimes funny portrait of a dysfunctional midwestern family doesnt translate successfully into the bright colors of norman rockwell americana the director cyndy a marion and her white horse theater company did much better a year ago with a production of another shepard play about family the late henry moss which was full of mystery and emotion 240 the american theater of actors sargent theater 314 west 54th street clinton 212 8684444 closing sunday stevens funnyhouse of a negro adrienne kennedys oneact nightmare from 1964 about a young black woman obsessed with whiteness is still innovative theater but it also plays as a period piece making it doubly interesting 50 minutes harlem school of the arts 645 st nicholas avenue near 141st street hamilton heights 212 8684444 closing sunday genzlinger hecuba at an intermissionless 90 minutes this rendition of euripides tragedy is fairly painless though thats not necessarily a good thing 130 pearl theater company at theater 80 80 st marks place east village 212 5989802 closing sunday genzlinger safety a cynical contrived portrayal of the life of a war photographer that attacks its subject with a heavy hand 125 urban stages 259 west 30th street 212 8684444 closing sunday zinoman movies ratings and running times are in parentheses foreign films have english subtitles full reviews of all current releases movie trailers showtimes and tickets nytimescommovies annapolis pg13 108 minutes annapolis is so gungho about the united states naval academys ability to turn boys into fighting men and rebels into scrappy team players that it could easily be confused with a military recruiting film stephen holden big mommas house 2 pg13 98 minutes martin lawrence is back in fatlady drag in this inconsequential sequel for undemanding moviegoers mr lawrence makes the most of the incongruity of a manly fbi agent posing as a nanny in floralprint dresses but the humor doesnt go much beyond oversize underwear and a tequiladrinking dog anita gates brokeback mountain r 134 minutes annie proulxs heartbreaking story of two ranch hands who fall in love while herding sheep in 1963 has been faithfully translated onto the screen in ang lees landmark film heath ledger in a great performance worthy of brando at his peak and jake gyllenhaal bring them fully alive holden bubble r 72 minutes a rigorously minimalist story about three factory workers all played by nonprofessionals whose placid existence is shattered after two in the little group become romantically linked violence liberates the three from the bubble of their existence much as creative experimentation has periodically liberated the movies director steven soderbergh from the prison of commercial mainstream filmmaking manohla dargis cach hidden r 121 minutes in french michael haneke one of the most elegantly sadistic european directors working today deposits his audience at the intersection of voyeurism and paranoia in this tense politically tinged psychological thriller about vengeance and injustice juliette binoche and daniel auteuil are in top form as an affluent parisian couple menaced by mysterious drawings and videotapes a o scott casanova r 110 minutes heath ledger affirms his status as the pansexual arthouse heartthrob of the moment in this highspirited farce suggested by the career of 18thcentury venices most notorious seducer silly sly and delightful scott cowboy del amor no rating 86 minutes in english and spanish for 16 years ivan thompson a selfstyled cowboy cupid has been supporting himself by helping disenchanted american men meet hopeful mexican women directed by michle ohayon with an attentive ear for the regressive attitudes beneath the humor cowboy del amor is a slyly insightful portrait of conflicting expectations in the search for the perfect partner jeannette catsoulis end of the spear pg13 112 minutes this factbased story of conflict and resolution between a primitive warrior tribe in ecuador and north american missionaries in the mid1950s is inspiring enough to make you wish that the sentimental excesses of this kiplingesque tale had been reined in holden final destination 3 r 92 minutes its more dead teenagers and lunatic determinism in this grim third installment of the enjoyably preposterous final destination franchise nathan lee glory road pg 109 minutes the true story more or less of the 1966 texas western college basketball team the first allblack starting five to play in an ncaa final by the numbers but inspiring all the same scott a good woman r 93 minutes this loose adaptation of oscar wildes 1892 comedy lady windermeres fan moves it out of the drawing room and out of england to the italian riviera in 1930 casting as its leads two american actors helen hunt and scarlett johansson who have no feel for wildes hightoned repartee fatal mistakes all holden good night and good luck pg 90 minutes george clooney with impressive rigor and intelligence examines the confrontation between the cbs newsman edward r murrow a superb david strathairn and senator joseph r mccarthy himself plunging you into a smoky blackandwhite world of political paranoia and commercial pressure the film is a history lesson and a passionate essay on power responsibility and the ethics of journalism scott harry potter and the goblet of fire pg13 150 minutes childhood ends for the young wizard with the zigzag scar in the latest addition to the potter saga even as the director mike newell keeps its british eccentricity fatalism and steadyon pluck irresistibly intact dargis hoodwinked pg 81 minutes little red riding hood is deconstructed in this subshrek bummer the latest collaboration between computers and cynicism lee hostel r 95 minutes two ugly americans rampage through europe before finding themselves ensnared in an underground slovakian snuff club the calculated outrages of this brutal exploitation film prove less shocking than its relentless bigotry lee imagine me you r 93 minutes a bland romance from the british writer and director ol parker about a woman piper perabo whos fasttracking down the straight and narrow when the floristnextdoor lena headey throws up a roadblock dargis king kong pg13 180 minutes peter jacksons remake is almost by definition too much too long too big too stuffed with characters and effectsdriven set pieces but it is also remarkably nimble and sweet going back to the depressionera setting of the 1933 original mr jacksons film is as much a tribute to the old seatofthepants spirit of early motion pictures as it is an exercise in technological bravura naomi watts as the wouldbe movie star ann darrow and andy serkis as the big monkey who loves her have a rapport that gives the spectacle the pathos and sweetness it needs and help to turn a brute spectacle into a pop tragedy scott the last holiday pg13 112 minutes based on a 1950 british film wayne wangs comedy about a gentle soul who learns to live only after learning of her imminent death is one of those generic wishfulfillment flicks in which the soul in question actualizes her goals through perseverance and pluck the star queen latifah charms but even she cant goldplate junk dargis manderlay r 138 minutes to warm to manderlay the chilly second installment of the danish filmmaker lars von triers yettobecompleted threepart brechtian allegory examining american history you must be willing to tolerate the derision and moral arrogance of a snide european intellectual thumbing his nose at american barbarism those willing to endure his scorn are in for a bracing satire of the legacy of slavery in the united states holden match point r 124 minutes woody allens best in years and one of his best ever beneath the dazzling sexy surface this tale of social climbing in london brilliantly acted by jonathan rhysmeyers scarlett johansson and emily mortimer is ice cold and pitch black which curiously enough makes it a superior diversion scott the matador r 96 minutes pithy remarks put into the mouth of a star pierce brosnan playing against type impart a greasy sheen of sophistication to this weightless amoral romp about a professional hit man facing a midlife crisis holden memoirs of a geisha pg13 144 minutes think as the geisha turns with devious rivals swoonworthy swains a jawdropping dance number recycled from madonnas drowned world tour and much clinching panting and scheming directed by rob marshall from the arthur golden book and starring ziyi zhang gong li and michelle yeoh dargis munich r 164 minutes with his latest steven spielberg forgoes the emotional bullying and pop thrills that come so easily to him to tell the story of a campaign of vengeance that israel purportedly brought against palestinian terrorists in the wake of the 1972 olympics an unsparingly brutal look at two peoples all but drowning in a sea of their own blood munich is by far the toughest film of the directors career and the most anguished dargis nanny mcphee pg 99 minutes in the endearing but somewhat scatterbrained british film nanny mcphee emma thompson creates an indelible character reminiscent of the predisney mary poppins working benign magic to shape up an unruly brood of children holden pride prejudice pg 128 minutes in this sumptuous extravagantly romantic adaptation of jane austens 1813 novel keira knightleys elizabeth bennet exudes a radiance that suffuses the movie this is a banquet of highend comfort food perfectly cooked and seasoned to anglophilic tastes holden roving mars g 40 minutes mars imax if you want to grow up to be an astronaut prepare to bliss out lee syriana r 122 minutes ambitious angry and complicated stephen gaghans second film tackles terrorism american foreign policy global trade and the oil business through four interwoven stories there are at least a halfdozen firstrate performances and mr gaghan who wrote and directed reinvents the political thriller as a vehicle for serious engagement with the state of the world scott tamara r 98 minutes low in budget as well as ambition this carrie knockoff is a movie of few innovations but one genuine surprise the inability of the title character an evil sorceress to manage in high heels lee transamerica r 103 minutes felicity huffmans performance as a preoperative transsexual on a crosscountry journey with her longlost son is sensitive and convincing and helps the picture rise above its indie roadpicture clichs scott tristram shandy a cock and bull story r 91 minutes michael winterbottom both confirms and refutes the assumption that laurence sternes 18thcentury masterpiece of digression could never be made into a movie by making a movie about the making of such a movie steve coogan is wonderful as tristram tristrams father and himself though rob brydon steals more than a few of mr coogans scenes scott through the fire no rating 103 minutes jonathan hocks unwaveringly upbeat documentary follows the basketball sensation sebastian telfair a senior at lincoln high school in coney island as he chooses between the university of louisville and the nba yet behind the cheering and popping flashbulbs lurks another much darker movie one that questions the relationship between sneaker manufacturers and financially deprived kids with exceptional talent catsoulis walk the line pg13 138 minutes johnny cash gets the musical biopic treatment in this moderately entertaining never quite convincing chronicle of his early years joaquin phoenix sweaty inarticulate and intense as cash is upstaged by reese witherspoon who tears into the role of june carter cashs creative partner long before she became his second wife with her usual charm pluck and intelligence scott underworld evolution r 106 minutes in this sequel to underworld 2003 the writer and director len wiseman and the writer danny mcbride pick up the story of the vampire selene kate beckinsale and the vampirewerewolf hybrid michael scott speedman as they race to prevent the release of an imprisoned berwerewolf with leads who strain to manage one facial expression between them and a cinematographer who shoots everything through the same steelblue filter underworld evolution is little more than a monotonous barrage of computergenerated fur and fangs catsoulis yours mine and ours pg 90 minutes dennis quaid and rene russo inhabit roles originated by henry fonda and lucille ball in this snug airtight remake of the 1968 comedy about the combining of two antagonistic families with 18 children between them cutesy unreality prevails holden film series another spanish cinema film in catalunya 19062006 through tuesday the film society of lincoln centers retrospective of cataln film continues this weekend with screenings including pere portabellas warsaw bridge 1989 three parallel stories set all over barcelona agusti villarongas in a glass cage 1987 a drama about depravity that the american director john waters has said he found shocking and fausto 50 2001 the cataln theater group la fura dels bauss interpretation of goethes faust walter reade theater 165 west 65th street lincoln center 212 8755600 10 gates documentary fortnight expanded through march 13 the museum of modern arts exhibition of contemporary nonfiction films runs five weeks this year it continues this weekend with the liberace of baghdad 2004 sean mcallisters portrait of samir peter a concert pianist reduced to playing in a hotel bar erwann briands women of mount ararat about an allfemale unit of kurdish guerrillas and numerous shorts 11 west 53rd street manhattan 212 7089400 10 gates fassbinder through feb 26 ifc centers weekend classics program honoring rainer werner fassbinder 194682 continues this weekend with effi briest 1974 starring hanna schygulla as a 19thcentury teenager who marries an older man 323 avenue of the americas at west third street greenwich village 212 9247771 1075 gates foreign affairs through sunday this year the theme of the museum of the moving image and the new york film critics circles series is the experience of being a stranger in a strange land the series ends this weekend with five films including stephen frearss 1985 comic drama my beautiful laundrette selected by gene seymour about two young men who go into business together and fall in love and roko belics genghis blues 1999 selected by lisa schwarzbaum a documentary about a blind american blues musician who teaches himself throatsinging 3601 35th avenue at 36th street astoria queens 718 7840077 10 gates prix jean vigo through dec 30 the museum of modern art is honoring vigo 190534 the french filmmaker with a series of 41 films from directors who have won the prize that bears his name the first weekends films include dont forget youre going to die 1995 xavier beauvoiss tale of a student who is told hes not long for this world the gardener 1980 jeanpierre sentiers absurdist fairy tale set at a factory and jeanluc godards 1960 new wave classic breathless 11 west 53rd street manhattan 212 7089400 10 gates recent films from sweden through feb 22 scandinavia houses program of swedish features continues with harrys daughters 2005 richard hoberts psychological thriller about two sisters who become pregnant at the same time 58 park avenue at 38th street 212 8799779 8 gates pop full reviews of recent concerts nytimescommusic oleta adams tuesday the comfort and uplift of gospel music infuse oleta adamss secular and kindly songs 8 and 1030 pm b b king blues club grill 237 west 42nd street manhattan 212 9974144 32 in advance 35 at the door jon pareles bishop allen tonight the indie pop outfit bishop allen is in the spotlight lately for its frontman justin rices leadingman turn in andrew bujalskis film mutual appreciation in it he plays to a receptive but sparse brooklyn crowd his own band has a slightly larger following 930 pm pianos 158 ludlow street at stanton street lower east side 212 4201466 8 laura sinagra laura cantrell tonight this singer guitarist and songwriter has a deep altcountry rsum that includes an oldtimey country radio show on wfmu 911 fm and real southern roots she writes clever ditties about the urban romantic experience 730 mo pitkins 34 avenue a near east third street east village 212 7775660 15 sinagra celebration thursday celebrations noisy rock is a vehicle for the vocalist katrina fords guttural acrobatics this bill also includes hong kong and baby shakes 9 pm rothko 116 suffolk street at rivington street lower east side 212 4757088 10 sinagra electric six she wants revenge tomorrow sunday and monday the detroit garage rockers electric six broke out of the pack by virtue of the singer dick valentines mania on songs like danger high voltage the bands new album senor smoke is less compelling but features the timely apocalyptic rumination jimmy carter she wants revenge plays postpunk in the dark interpol style tomorrow and sunday at 8 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 15 in advance 17 at the door both days sold out monday at 8 pm maxwells 1039 washington street hoboken nj 201 6531703 13 sold out sinagra feist jason collett mates of state tonight the canadian bohemian leslie feist is good at affecting a continental beerhall gloom but her best cabaretpop songs are quirky jazz numbers she sounds like a hipper norah jones jason collett makes loud music with the broken social scene collective and softer music on his own the indiepop duo mates of state open 6 webster hall 125 east 11th street east village 212 3531600 20 sold out sinagra diamanda galas tuesday putting the demon in demonstrative the vocalist and pianist diamanda gals uses loves biggest commercial holiday as an excuse to mine the dread and catharsis from romancerelated original songs and covers of some classics 730 and 1030 pm knitting factory 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193006 20 sinagra jesse harris monday in preparation for the release of his album mineral secret sun this singersongwriter and norah jones collaborator will play a regular monday night residency for the month his new material recalls the rootsy but ethereal mood of paul simons early albums with lyrics evoking more dreamy ennui than solitary pathos he has assembled a new band to accompany him 10 pm living room 154 ludlow street near stanton street lower east side 212 5337235 no cover sinagra il divo tonight and tomorrow night in the tradition of the backstreet boys and the spice girls this pop quartet was formed after a twoyear search it goes the international route with its american french swiss and spanish members the group covers toni braxtons unbreak my heart 8 radio city music hall 212 2474777 4950 to 7950 sinagra in flames trivium thursday swedens in flames continues to explore the possibilities of bitesize metal blasts trivium specializes in orchestrated guitar and percussion pileups zao and devildriver also play 7 pm webster hall 125 east 11th street east village 212 3531600 20 in advance 24 at the door sinagra inxs sunday and monday reality tv has provided this 1980s rock band from australia with a replacement for its deceased frontman michael hutchence now its time to see if j d fortune projects the slinky danger of hutchence and if the kids out there in arena land still crave the bands aesthetic 8 pm avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 3950 to 5950 sinagra billy joel tomorrow and thursday the iconic piano man recently released a boxed set celebrating four decades of his music from just the way you are to allentown its the trademark mix of real confidence and false bravado in both his playing and his delivery that keeps him compelling 8 pm madison square garden 212 4656741 54 to 8950 sinagra tom jones tuesday and wednesday the newly knighted welsh pop singer sir tom jones learned a lot from american blues and soul and he seems as amused as anyone by his longestablished image as a sex symbol whether or not anyone hurls valentinepatterned lingerie during these concerts hes still got lung power and a long string of hits to exercise it 8 pm nokia theater 1515 broadway at 44th street ticketmastercom or 212 3077171 65 to 85 both shows sold out pareles phil lesh friends tonight through sunday and tuesday and wednesday the grateful deads repertory and approach to jamming are hydraheaded and phil lesh the deads bassist always recruits skillful friends for his own band to conjure the sparkling unpredictability of the deads finest moments 8 pm beacon theater 2124 broadway at 74th street 212 4967070 3950 to 4750 pareles losers lounge tribute to burt bacharach tomorrow this longrunning homage rock troupe takes a jaunt through the cocktail pop repertory of the beloved bacharach with the help of a rotating stable of vocalists 830 pm frederick p rose hall broadway at 60th street 212 2589800 30 to 60 sold out sinagra ricky martin tonight this puerto rican pop superstar who has been keeping a relatively low profile since his 1990s heyday returns to the spotlight you wonder if he will incorporate any reggaton into his act 8 borgata hotel casino spa atlantic city 212 2474777 or 866 6926742 56 to 76 sold out sinagra mission of burma tonight these seminal indie rock squallers had such success with reunion shows that they decided to spend more time together they have released some new material and though it doesnt matches the best work of their early 1980s heyday they are still powerful live 9 bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 20 sinagra hazmat modine tomorrow the singer and harmonica player wade schumans musical vision sounds like something out of dr suess his group augments ms schumans own avantblues stylings with a contrabass a banjitar tuba flugel trumpet sheng and most important tuvan throat singing 730 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 5398778 12 sinagra the mooney suzuki tonight the bluesy garagerockers the mooney suzuki continue to flaunt the clothes and mannerisms of the brashest 60s sexual revolutionaries their music still hovers too close to its inspirations to really distinguish itself 8 southpaw 125 fifth avenue near sterling place park slope brooklyn 718 2300236 10 sinagra lee perry monday lee perry known as scratch has quirks that are inseparable from his inspirations he is one of reggaes most important producers using the studio to fill arrangements with distortion ghostly echoes and disorienting silences as a performer he sings and rants with lucid nuggets surrounded by malarkey as he discourses on space aliens sex the international monetary fund and marijuana 8 pm b b king blues club grill 237 west 42nd street manhattan 212 9974144 25 in advance 30 at the door pareles lou reed monday this punk godfather remains a vital part of the downtown music and art scene the stephen kasher gallery is currently showing his new york photos hes also playing this show accompanied by rob wasserman tony thunder smith fernando saunders and mike rathke 8 pm crobar 530 west 28th street chelsea 212 6299000 45 sold out sinagra gilberto santa rosa tomorrow the improvisatory salsa master gilberto santa rosa is a true sonero an authoritative blaring singer who prizes his swinging technique over superficial style 11 pm copacabana 560 west 34th street manhattan 212 2392672 35 to 40 sinagra jevetta steele tuesday a soulful veteran of the minneapolis r b scene ms steele is known for both her solo work and that with her familys ensemble the steeles 930 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 5398778 or 212 2396200 20 sinagra st etienne monday these english conceptual electronic romantics songs imagine daily life as a bright sometimes melancholic but always slightly insouciant dance 8 pm irving plaza 17 irving place at 15th street manhattan 212 7776800 20 in advance 22 at the door sinagra the syd straw heartwreck show tuesday syd straw has a big gutsy countrytinged voice that sounds just right in songs about wounded but feisty lovers this valentines day show will also include christine ohlman the beehive hahn rowe konrad meissner zora rasmussen larry saltzman and plankton 8 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587503 20 pareles ben taylor tristan prettyman wednesday ben taylor joined his mother carly simon onstage this fall performing among other things his father james taylors part on the duet mockingbird the vocal resemblance is uncanny his own songs also dont stray too far from his fathers smooth style tristan prettyman is a diaristic pop singersongwriter 730 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 533211113 in advance 15 at the door sinagra trachtenberg sideshow players tonight in this familial performance art project jason trachtenburg plays lofi pop tunes inspired by slides found at yard sales and flea markets while his wife tina runs the projector their 9yearold daughter rachel who has become something of a girlpower poster kid plays drums 730 knitting factory main space 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193006 10 sinagra undertow orchestra vic chestnutt david bazan mark eitzel will johnson monday this package gig finds david bazan from the now defunct pedro the lion american music clubs gloomy mark eitzel and will johnson from the band centromatic playing with the acerbic vic chesnutt each will play his own work as well as sitting in as a background musician for the others 8 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 15 sinagra veronicas tuesday the twin rockers lisa and jess origiassio from brisbane australia perform focusgrouptested radio pop in the kelly clarkson vein this isnt to say that their single 4ever is as good as since u been gone but its still pretty good 7 pm avalon 662 avenue of the americas at 20th street chelsea 212 8077780 10 sinagra wutang clan tuesday before there was gunit or the diplomats there was the wu tang clan this staten island crew created a secret code that mixed kungfu arcana and fivepercenter cosmology its most deliciously unpredictable member old dirty bastard is gone but the group has reconvened for its first tour since 2004 boasting the talents of the thugturnedcomedian method man the master atmospheric producer rza the eloquent gza and raekwon and the excitable absurdist ghostface killah 630 pm hammerstein ballroom 311 west 34th street manhattan 212 2797740 44 sinagra cabaret full reviews of recent cabaret shows nytimescommusic barbara carroll sunday even when swinging out this lady of a thousand songs remains an impressionist with special affinities for thelonious monk and bossa nova 2 pm oak room algonquin hotel 59 west 44th street manhattan 212 4199331 55 including brunch at noon stephen holden annie ross tomorrow cool funny swinging and indestructible this 75yearold singer and sometime actress exemplifies oldtime hip in its most generous incarnation 7 pm dannys skylight room 346 west 46th street clinton 212 2658133 25 with a 12 minimum holden jazz full reviews of recent jazz concerts nytimescommusic andy bey tuesday intimacy is a hallmark of mr beys vocal style which alternates between a burnished falsetto and a velvet baritone its hard to imagine better company for a valentines outing 8 and 10 pm sweet rhythm 88 seventh avenue south at bleecker street west village 212 2553626 cover 20 with a 10 minimum nate chinen dee dee bridgewater tuesday ms bridgewater was recently a grammy contender for jai deux amours sovereign artists an album of love songs inspired by her long residency in paris her interpretations should aptly suit the most overtly sensuous night of the year 8 pm rose theater frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 7216500 wwwjalcorg 10550 and 13550 chinen cyrus chestnut and eric reed tuesday through feb 19 two stellar straightahead pianists share a stage a repertory and a rhythm section gerald cannon on bass and willie jones iii on drums 730 and 930 pm with an 1130 set fridays and saturdays dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 cover 30 with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar thursdays first set is sold out chinen anat cohen quartet thursday ms cohen a saxophonist and clarinetist has delivered an auspicious debut with place and time anzic which infuses worldly melodies with rhythmic nuance 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 cover 20 chinen freddy cole tuesday and wednesday a charismatic and offhandedly urbane vocalist mr cole offers a smooth and timely take on romance 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 cover 25 chinen george coleman quartet wednesday through feb 18 fluent hardbop from a tenor saxophonist with a soulfully modernistic style and a solid group featuring the pianist anthony wonsey 9 and 11 pm birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen rachelle ferrell tuesday through feb 19 ms ferrell tempers her jazz singing with liberal doses of r b on songbook standards as well as on contemporary covers hers is an insistently smoldering sort of lyricism 8 and 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 cover 45 at tables and a 5 minimum or 30 at the bar and a onedrink minimum chinen joe fiedler trio wednesday on his new album joe fiedler trio plays the music of albert mangelsdorff clean feed mr fiedler offers a stark but involving tribute to one of his trombone heroes his trio also includes john hebert on bass and mike sarin on drums 10 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 cover 8 chinen fourplay through sunday this allstar contemporary jazz band has been around for some 15 years its tight yet breezy vibe is a collective product of the keyboardist bob james the guitarist larry carlton the electric bassist nathan east and the drummer harvey mason 8 and 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 cover 55 at tables and a 5 minimum or 30 at the barand a onedrink minimum chinen larry goldings quartet through sunday mr goldings a smartly soulful presence on piano as well as on hammond b3 organ digs in with a working band composed of the trumpeter john sneider the bassist ben allison and the drummer matt wilson theyre celebrating the recent release of quartet a modest but thoroughly likable effort on palmetto records 730 930 and 1130 pm no late show on sunday jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 cover 25 20 on sunday chinen roy hargrove and lionel loueke tuesday mr hargrove is a wily and charismatic trumpeter and mr loueke is a powerfully intriguing guitarist each artist has a significant history with the nonprofit jazz gallery the beneficiary of this valentines day show which comes complete with special guests chocolates and champagne 9 and 1030 pm jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 cover 30 per set chinen tom harrell quartet tonight and tomorrow night an introverted but assertive trumpeter mr harrell has a topshelf modern jazz ensemble consisting of michael cochrane on piano dwayne burno on bass and johnathan blake on drums 8 and 945 pm kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen barry harris trio through sunday a crisp and courtly pianist firmly in the bebop idiom mr harris appears with his longtime rhythm section the drummer leroy williams and the bassist earl may 9 and 11 pm village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south at 11th street west village 212 2554037 cover 20 and 25 with a 10 minimum chinen jackalope thursday the guitarist john abercrombie the alto saxophonist loren stillman and the drummer bob meyer compose this collective trio which couches its experimental urges in a warm and wideopen sound 930 pm jimmys restaurant 43 east seventh street east village 212 9823006 cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen adam makowicz trio tonight and tomorrow night mr makowicz has been a powerful if sometimes elusive presence in jazz since moving to the united states from poland nearly 30 years ago his crystalline piano technique is well supported here by the drummer al foster and the bassist george mraz 9 and 11 pm birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen mahavishnu project wednesday this singleminded repertory project led by the accomplished drummer gregg bendian pursues the visionary fusion of the mahavishnu orchestra this onenight stand will recreate in its entirety the album birds of fire columbialegacy 8 and 10 pm iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 cover 25 with a 10 minimum chinen tony malabys paloma recio tonight mr malaby a versatile and increasingly prominent tenor saxophonist leads a progressive ensemble with a spanish tinge his fellow travelers are michael rodriguez trumpeter ben monder guitarist eivind opsvik bassist and gerald cleaver drummer 8 and 10 barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 cover 10 per set chinen bill mchenry quartet tuesday through feb 19 both as a tenor saxophonist and as a composer mr mchenry heeds a patiently exploratory style he often lets the focus shift to the harmonically advanced guitar playing of ben monder the broadly dynamic bass playing of reid anderson and the sparse intense drumming of paul motian 9 and 11 pm village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south at 11th street west village 212 2554037 cover 25 with a 10 minimum chinen mark murphy thursday through feb 19 mr murphy is a singer known mainly for sly insouciance but on his most recent album once to every heart verve he opts for broken romanticism his appearance here with a jazz quartet should be a balm for any postvalentine blues 8 and 10 pm with an 1130 pm set friday and saturday iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 cover 2750 to 3250 with a 10 minimum chinen olive okkyung ikue and illy tomorrow dj olive joins the cellist okkyung lee the programmer ikue mori and the drummer billy martin for an experimental colloquium their common language will involve the syntax of texture color and pulse 10 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 cover 15 chinen kresten osgood group thursday mr osgood is an energetic young danish drummer who has worked with many of jazzs creative strivers including the saxophonist michael blake who appears here rounding out the band are the bassist ben allison and the slide trumpeter steven bernstein 830 pm cornelia street cafe 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen ben perowsky trio sunday mr perowsky drawing from his tzadik album camp songs applies a jazz process to prayer melodies remembered from his youth in summer camp his fellow interpreters are the pianist uri caine and the bassist drew gress a preceding set at 8 pm will feature mr caines sprightly solo piano playing 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village wwwthestonenyccom cover 10 chinen adam rogers group tonight and tomorrow night as on apparitions criss cross the most recent album by the guitarist adam rogers this threepiece ensemble with scott colley on bass and antonio sanchez on drums features serpentine melodic lines and a rockinformed rhythmic thrust 9 and 1030 jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 cover 15 chinen renee rosnes quintet through sunday ms rosnes a versatile and articulate pianist pays homage to one of her early supporters the saxophonist joe henderson her quintet includes jimmy greene on tenor saxophone eddie henderson on trumpet peter washington on bass and lewis nash on drums 730 and 930 pm with an 1130 set tonight and tomorrow dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 cover 30 with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar chinen classical full reviews of recent music performances nytimescommusic opera aida monday the met and its audiences dont seem to get tired of this big splashy and entertaining production still featuring andrea gruber olga borodina and johan botha 8 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 26 to 175 bernard holland hercules tuesday and thursday this handel opera is rarely heard but it has plenty to offer not least a plot that describes a love triangle that proved lethal for hercules more to the point it is a chance to see william christie lead his extraordinary parisian ensemble les arts florissants whose staged productions at the brooklyn academy of music have been consistently thrilling this production is directed by luc bondy its cast includes william shimell joyce didonato and ingela bohlin 730 pm brooklyn academy of music 30 lafayette avenue at ashland place fort greene 718 6364100 35 to 135 allan kozinn rigoletto tomorrow and wednesday the soprano anna netrebko and the tenor rolando villazn operas hottest vocal couple of late bring star appeal and impressive artistry to the mets 1989 otto schenk production of verdis rigoletto the baritone carlo guelfi makes a stolid but finally sympathetic rigoletto ms netrebko sings gilda tomorrow night but will be replaced by youngok shin on wednesday plcido domingo who knows a thing or two about the lead tenor role conducts 8 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 sold out tomorrow 26 to 100 tickets remaining for wednesday anthony tommasini samson et dalila tonight and tuesday night marina domashenko sings dalila in the elijah moshinsky production of this saintsans opera 8 metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 36 to 205 tonight 26 to 175 on tuesday holland la traviata tomorrow and thursday after a false start eight years ago angela gheorghiu finally does her supercharged star turn as violetta at the met and her performance does a lot to legitimize the immodesty of the director franco zeffirelli tomorrow at 130 pm thursday at 8 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 sold out though returns may be available at the box office holland classical concerts alarm will sound thursday a characteristically varied program by this inventive newmusic chamber orchestra offers frank zappa john cage bernard woma wolfgang rihm derek bermel john adams and edgard varse 730 pm zankel hall at carnegie hall 212 2477800 28 to 33 kozinn artemis quartet tomorrow this dynamic young german quartet returns to new york with mozart schubert and bartok 8 pm grace rainey rogers auditorium metropolitan museum of art fifth avenue and 82nd street 212 5703949 40 jeremy eichler bargemusic tonight tomorrow sunday and thursday great views and typically fresh performances help make this floating concert hall one of the citys more inviting settings for chamber music tonight the violinist anna rabinova completes her survey of solo bach tomorrow and sunday nuno antunes clarinet yuri namkung violin chris gross cello and katya mihailova piano play messiaens great quartet for the end of time on thursday ms mihailova offers bach tchaikovsky and prokofiev tonight and tomorrow and thursday nights at 730 sunday at 4 pm fulton ferry landing next to the brooklyn bridge brooklyn 718 6242083 35 eichler brooklyn chamber music society tonight the violinist carmit zori founded this group in 2002 giving bargemusic a bit of local competition tonight she is joined by ani kavafian robert rinehart and carter brey in music by mozart shostakovich and schumann 8 first unitarian church pierrepont street at monroe place brooklyn heights 718 8580718 30 eichler richard goode dawn upshaw and pomerium sunday the pianist richard goode continues his intriguing perspectives series at carnegie hall after setting the tone with a group of bach preludes and fugues he juxtaposes madrigals by the wildly experimental renaissance composer gesualdo sung by pomerium with expressionistic works from the second viennese school bergs searching piano sonata and schoenbergs riveting song cycle the book of the hanging gardens the soprano dawn upshaw always up for a challenge joins for the schoenberg 730 pm zankel hall at carnegie hall 212 2477800 44 and 52 tommasini sari gruber tonight a fine young soprano appears in a varied recital program sponsored by the naumburg foundation 8 alice tully hall lincoln center 212 7216500 15 5 for students and 65 holland israel philharmonic thursday zubin mehta conducts his longtime orchestra and the pianist lang lang adds a little glamour 7 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 40 to 150 holland juilliard symphony wednesday james conlon begins and ends an adventurous program with varse first the sly tuning up then that crazed and exhilarating din of a piece amriques in between the eager and gifted juilliard musicians take on debussy and schoenberg as well as bernsteins exuberantly jazzy symphony the age of anxiety 8 pm avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 10 and 20 tommasini joan kwuon tonight in addition to her violin playing ms kwuon has worked through the years to rally the musical world around the cause of breast cancer research she makes her new york recital debut with music by bach mozart enescu and andr previn 7 grace rainey rogers auditorium metropolitan museum of art fifth avenue and 82nd street 212 5703949 25 eichler jaap ter linden sunday a star of the periodinstrument world this dutch cellist can be heard on a large discography both on his own and in ensembles of varying sizes the great test for cellists though are bachs unaccompanied suites and he will play three of the six nos 1 4 and 5 at this concert in the music before 1800 series 4 pm corpus christi church 529 west 121st street morningside heights 212 6669266 25 and 40 20 and 35 for students and 62 kozinn dame felicity lott monday this veteran british soprano should make much of fallen women and virtuous wives the title of a themed recital with songs by everyone from haydn and mozart to kurt weill and nol coward accompanied by her perennial and equally excellent partner graham johnson 730 pm zankel hall at carnegie hall 212 2477800 40 to 48 midgette music from japan tomorrow and sunday a twoday festival presents traditional and contemporary music for the shakuhachi tomorrow with akikazu nakamura as the soloist and michiyo yagi playing the 20string koto and a showcase of young japanese composers on sunday tomorrow night at 8 sunday afternoon at 2 merkin concert hall 129 west 67th street manhattan 212 5013330 18 per concert or 30 for both midgette new york collegium tonight french baroque is the theme of the day a concert devoted to the music of louisnicolas clrambault 16761749 includes the cantatas orphe and pirame et thisb robert mealy will lead the group and play violin marc molomot is the vocal soloist 8 society for ethical culture central park west at 64th street 212 7179246 30 to 50 midgette new york festival of song tuesday and wednesday for valentines day this concert offers a program about coming together with a range of ensembles by composers from schubert to the beach boys called all together now 8 pm merkin concert hall 129 west 67th street manhattan 212 5013330 45 midgette new york philharmonic today tomorrow and tuesday in the final week of its mozart series the philharmonic offers the three last symphonies nos 39 40 and 41 true its about as uninventive as programming can be but lorin maazel has proved a surprising mozart conductor lately and during the first two weeks of this minifestival the philharmonic players have been at their zestiest today at 2 pm tomorrow at 8 pm tuesday at 730 pm avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 26 to 94 kozinn pacifica quartet sunday this young ensemble based at the university of illinois in champaignurbana gave a memorable performance at alice tully hall in 2004 and last year released a solid richly played traversal of the mendelssohn string quartets on the cedille label it returns for one of lincoln centers early morning concerts with mendelssohns quartet in e flat and tchaikovskys quartet in d 11 am walter reade theater 165 west 65th street manhattan 212 7216500 20 kozinn staatskapelle berlin tomorrow and sunday daniel barenboim reminds new york that he has an orchestra other than the chicago symphony conducting germanys oldest orchestra which he has led for more than a decade he celebrates this years birthday boy mozart with two programs each with two symphonies and a piano concerto in eflat tomorrows concerto is for two pianos joining mr barenboim will be radu lupu tomorrow night at 8 sunday afternoon at 2 carnegie hall 212 2477800 38 to 130 midgette st lukes chamber ensemble tuesday the orchestra of st lukes may be the most protean group in town here its members appear in various chamber combinations for works by mozart debussy chopin and schoenberg 730 pm zankel hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 28 to 35 eichler voices of light thursday richard einhorn composed this vivid unusual oratorio as a soundtrack for carl theodor dreyers silent classic the passion of joan of arc a compressed telling of joan of arcs trial by an ecclesiastical court and her execution at the stake his texts draw on the bible joans letters the works of hildegard of bingen and other medieval churchwomen and the vices of women a 13thcentury misogynistic ballad his music pivots between the medieval world and ours during a screening of the film it is to be performed live by the ensemble sospeso the new amsterdam singers and anonymous 4 which assembles only for special projects these days 8 pm world financial center west street south of vesey street lower manhattan 212 9450505 free kozinn dance full reviews of recent performances nytimescomdance richard alston dance company tuesday through feb 19 the choreographer richard alston has been a mainstay of english contemporary dance since the early 1970s and his musical often understated work is always worth watching this program presents three dances new to new york audiences fever to monteverdi such longing to chopins nocturnes and tudes and gypsy mixture from the delightfully titled cd electric gypsyland tuesday through feb 18 at 8 pm feb 19 at 2 pm joyce theater 175 eighth avenue at 19th street chelsea 212 2420800 or wwwjoyceorg 38 roslyn sulcas ronald k brownevidence tonight through sunday two programs created in collaboration with the poet chad boseman blend traditional and social dances from the united states senegal and the ivory coast with music by fred hammond terry riley and duke ellington tonight at 8 tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm sunday at 2 and 730 pm joyce theater 175 eighth avenue at 19th street chelsea 212 2420800 or wwwjoyceorg 38 jack anderson dance at dixon place tonight and tomorrow night chosen by kimberly brandt the choreographers in brink are jack ferver matthew rogers and jen rosenblit whose group performing credits include work with chris burnside johannes wieland and ivy baldwin 8 dixon place 258 bowery between houston and prince streets lower east side 212 2190736 or wwwdixonplaceorg 12 or tdf 10 for students and 65 jennifer dunning dance china tomorrow formerly the chinese folk dance company this troupe will join with seven other dance ensembles in a celebration of the lunar new year 2 pm colden center queens college 6530 kissena boulevard flushing 212 3343764 or wwwchinesedanceorg 15 children 12 and under 12 dunning dancemopolitanjoes pub tonight and tomorrow night this installation of dancenownycs dance cabaret will feature work by choreographers including gerald casel mary cochran kriota willberg david grenke wendy osserman laura peterson jessy smith and tami stronach clare byrne and amy larimer are this months hosts 930 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 2396200 or wwwtelechargecom 20 dunning dance theater of harlem sunday this months open house roster of artists includes the companys young dancing through barriers ensemble the williams brothers and the mama lu parks dancers and music by the wolof griot cheikh mbaye and sing sing rhythms of senegal and the aj jazz ensemble 1 and 330 pm dance theater of harlem 466 west 152nd street between amsterdam and st nicholas avenues 212 6902800 or wwwdancetheatreofharlemorg the 1 pm show 8 4 for children 12 and under the 330 show includes a reception 18 14 for children 12 and under dunning flybynight dance theater tomorrow aerial dance by julie ludwig with guest choreography by jody oberfelder elise knudson and elie venezky 830 pm soundance studio 281 north seventh street williamsburg brooklyn 212 3523101 and wwwtheatermaniacom 25 in advance 18 at the door dunning gina gibney dance thursday ms gibney explores the worlds of finite reality and the unknowable and she has made a third new world of them in her mysterious subtle unbounded through feb 19 830 pm danspace project at st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 6748194 or wwwdanspaceprojectorg 15 dunning curt haworth tonight through sunday descent presents a choreographic panorama of 24 hours in a city on the brink of war 830 pm danspace project st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 6748194 or wwwdanspaceprojectorg 15 anderson sara east johnson and lava tonight through sunday and thursday ms johnsons awardwinning allfemale company lava presents whole short for the whole history of life on earth its first new work since 2003 using trapeze chinese acrobatics and swing dancing among other things the company tackles rock formation punctuated equilibrium theory and magnetic polarity reversal with its usual strength and verve through feb 19 tonight and tomorrow night at 7 sunday at 5 pm flea theater 41 white street tribeca 212 3523101 wwwtheatermaniacom 20 to 25erika kinetz heather kravas tonight and tomorrow night what promises to be a lively internationally flavored double bill with a threeyear longdistance collaboration between heather kravas from new york and antonija livingstone from montreal by way of berlin and a duet from povs a dance collective from moscow 730 dance theater workshop 219 west 19th street chelsea 212 9240077 or wwwdtworg 12 and 20 rockwell metro movement project tonight and tomorrow night in modern dance primitive lights dance by choreographers including meg brooker claire elizabeth barratt mark lamb wendy blum and vong phrommala will be presented in four programs all performed in candlelight in a church setting to live music and the spoken word 7 and 9 metro baptist church 410 west 40th street clinton 917 2791941 15 7 for students and 65 dunning the neta dance company award show sunday this free monthly performance series organized and produced by the choreographer neta pulvermacher began in january and runs until may its a great idea each event presents work by four emerging or midcareer choreographers then opens up discussion between the artists and the audience later everyone has a drink melinda ring pele bauch barbara duffy and the wonderful keigwin company are on the lineup and thomas defrantz will moderate the discussion call first the joyce soho had to turn people away last time 7 pm joyce soho 155 mercer street between houston and prince streets 212 3347479 or wwwjoyceorg sulcas new chamber ballet tomorrow choreography by miro magloire the companys director and deborah lohse and constantine baecher will be performed by dancers including deborah wingert 8 pm city center studio 4 130 west 56th street manhattan 212 8684444 or wwwsmartixcom 15 10 for students with id and ages 65 dunning new york flamenco festival 2006 tomorrow through feb 19 the citys annual celebration of all things flamenco continues into its second week tomorrow night with the guitarist vicente amigo and an ensemble that includes the dancer rafael campallo a gala on wednesday night lines up some of flamencos big guns including the legendary manolo marin and soledad barrio often seen in new york with noche flamenca on thursday the nuevo ballet espaol shows flamenco in a more contemporary guise a slightly doubtful enterprise featuring the wonderful lola greco various locations for information 212 5457536 or wwwworldmusicinstituteorgwmicalmainasp sulcas 92nd street y harkness dance festival tomorrow through feb 19 this 12yearold festival has a noteworthy lineup over its second week williamsworks a new troupe directed by a former new york city ballet dancer todd williams gives its final performances this weekend tomorrow at 8 pm and sunday at 2 pm and 7 pm and the tel avivbased sallyanne friedland dance drama company makes its united states debut in her world premiere of borders and the american premiere of red we are promised that the abstraction of dance meets the drama of life wednesday and thursday at 8 pm feb 18 at 8 pm feb 19 at 2 and 7 pm ailey citigroup theater joan weill center for dance 405 west 55th street clinton 212 4155500 or www92yorgharknessfestival 20 students and 62 15 sulcas stars of the 21st century monday cheesy but usually amusing and sometimes thrilling these potpourris of dancers from hither and yon performing to recorded music and offering sometimes challenging choreography but mostly flashy showpieces are always worth a visit this year the galaxy many returning from previous galas includes irina dvorovenko and her husband maxim beloserkovsky from american ballet theater sofiane sylve from the new york city ballet svetlana lunkina and sergei filin from the bolshoi ballet andrian fadeyev from the kirov ballet mathilde froustey and emmanuel thibault from the paris opera ballet lucia lacarra and cyril pierre from the munich ballet pilar alvarez and claudio hoffmann from tango metropolis argentina and desmond richardson from complexions 730 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 8705570 or 212 7216500 20 to 150 rockwell thunderbird american indian dancers tonight through sunday this years powwow the companys 31st includes dances stories and traditional music from the iroquois and american indians of the northwest coast the southwest the plains and the arctic regions repeated next weekend tonight at 8 tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm sunday at 2 pm theater for the new city 155 first avenue at 10th street east village 212 2541109 and wwwtheaterforthenewcitynet evening performances 10 matinees 10 1 for children under 12 accompanied by a ticketholding adult dunning the walden company sunday a new musical all is full of love by the choreographer josh walden is based on the narrative of on the town but set to the music of bjork the onetime performance presumably mr walden is hoping for more partly benefits dancers responding to aids 8 pm theater at st clements 423 west 46th street clinton 212 3523101 or theatermaniacom 3990 to 8150 includes preshow reception sulcas reggie wilsonfist heel performance group wednesday and thursday mr wilson and his superb musicians and dancers create a world that fuses the cultural traditions of the black american south urban america africa and the caribbean this time in the tale npinpee nckutchie and the tail of the golden dek a new work that explores sexual attraction through feb 18 and feb 22 to 25 730 pm dance theater workshop 219 west 19th street chelsea 212 9240077 25 15 for students and 65 dunning art museums and galleries are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of recent art shows nytimescomart museums american folk art museum surface attraction painted furniture from the collection through march 26 the remarkable images abstract patterns and floral motifs that flutter across the 30 or so tables chairs cabinets and blanket chests in this beautiful conventionstretching show confirm that from the late 1600s to the late 1800s quite a bit of american painting talent and ambition was channeled into the decoration of everyday wood objects the combination of imagination and utility of economic means and lush effects defines the human desire for beauty as hardwired 45 west 53rd street 212 2651040 roberta smith cooperhewitt national design museum fashion in colors through march 26 drawn from the collection of the kyoto costume institute in japan this sumptuous show arranges 68 often lavish western gowns and ensembles according to the colors of the spectrum and reinforces their progress with a posh colorcoordinated installation design for an experience of color as color it is hard to beat but it also says a great deal about clothing visual perception and beauty 2 east 91st street 212 8498400smith solomon r guggenheim museum david smith a centennial through may 14 david smith is best known for his worst work bulky sculptures of the important kind that museums and banks like to buy much though not all of that material has been excised from this survey in favor of smaller earlier nonmonumental pieces which the curator carmen gimenez presents with plenty of air and light the result is exemplary as a david smith experience an american modernism experience and a guggenheim museum experience 1071 fifth avenue at 89th street 212 4233500 holland cotter international center of photography che revolution and commerce through feb 26 this is in a sense a oneimage show the image being alberto kordas famous 1960 head shot of che ernesto guevara taken in cuba but the theme is the transformation that the portrait has undergone in the passage of 46 years as ches soulful likeness has migrated from political posters to album covers tshirts paper currency vodka ads and gallery art 1133 avenue of the americas at 43rd street 212 8570000 cotter metropolitan museum of art art of medicine in ancient egypt through may 7 egypt was no picnic 5000 years ago the average life span was about 40 years wild animals were everpresent childbirth was perilous prevention diagnosis and treatment of illness were shots in the dark doctors were priests medicine was a blend of science religion and art the 65 or so objects in this beautiful show functioned as all three fifth avenue and 82nd street 212 5357710 cotter met antonello da messina through march 5 this small focused show presents the work of a sicilian master about 14301479 regarded as the greatest painter to emerge from southern italy in the 15th century his signature work shown here is the virgin annunciate about 147576 depicting mary as a young sicilian girl at the moment of the annunciation when she is told by the angel gabriel that she will bear jesus the genius of the work lies in the way a traditional icon has been imbued with the life force of a fleshandblood human being see above grace glueck met robert rauschenberg combines through april 2 big and handsome almost to a fault theres something weird about seeing once joyfully rude and overthetop contraptions from the 1950s and 60s lined up like choirboys in church with their ties askew and shirttails out but even enshrined the combines still manage to seem incredibly fresh and odd almost otherworldly i thought of a medieval treasury all the rich colors and lights and intricate details the most beautiful tend to be the early ones large but delicate with a subtle fugitive emotional pitch see above michael kimmelman the museum of modern art john szarkowski photographs through may 15 a kind of homecoming this beautiful show surveys the pictures taken by mr szarkowski before and after his influential 29year term at the helm of the moderns photography department the best show him combining the styles of the photographers he has long admired with his native ground the architecture and landscape of the upper midwest 11 west 53rd street 212 7089400 smith onassis cultural center from byzantium to modern greece hellenic art in adversity 14531830 through may 6 this show is a busy ambitious hodgepodge that sets out to present all aspects of the visual art in greece during this period the range spans wonderful early paintings and icons like a panel by the youthful el greco examples of domestic crafts practiced by greek women jewelry and church ornaments and maps and charts 645 fifth avenue at 52nd street 212 4864448 glueck ps 1 peter hujar through march 6 when peter hujar died in 1987 he was a figure of acute interest to a small group of fans and unknown to practically everyone else his photographs of desiccated corpses in sicilian catacombs and studio portraits of new yorks downtown demimonde were a gorgeous shock and their cocktail of nadar weegee and vogue shaped the work of many younger artists this surveyish sampling includes several of his recurrent themes portraits of people and animals landscapes still lifes and erotica sensuality and mortality are the binders throughout inseparable 2225 jackson avenue at 46th avenue long island city queens 718 7842084 cotter studio museum in harlem frequency through march 12 despite some marked unevenness this display of new and recently emerged talent confirms the current vitality of black art contemporary art and midsize new york museums names to look out for include kalup linzy leslie hewitt jeff sonhouse shinique smith demetrius oliver michael paul britto nick cave mickalene thomas and michael queenland but dont stop there 144 west 125th street 212 8644500 smith whitney museum of american art raymond pettibon through feb 19 if you are unfamiliar with the influential mr pettibons emotionally resonant mix of noirish cartooning and enigmatic literary verbiage this show of works on paper and for the first time a lowtech animated video serves as a good introduction see above 945 madison avenue at 75th street 800 9448639johnson galleries uptown ellen brooks vintage photographs from the 70s cultural wars have come and gone actually theyve never really gone since 1976 when ellen brooks first showed a dozen largerthanlifesize studio photographs of nude male and female adolescents eight more pictures never before exhibited from the same series are on view at roth and it is easy to see how in the right meaning wrong setting they could still cause a fuss today the inclusion of documentation including early reviews of the work give these remarkable pictures a historical context andrew roth 160a east 70th street 212 7179067 through feb 18 cotter the hudson river school at the newyork historical society nature and the american vision by the mid19th century the united states was a transatlantic political power in search of a cultural profile hudson river school landscape painting was the answer it presented america as the uneurope europe had its romantic ruins america had its ultraromantic wilderness europe had antique america had primeval europe told time in centuries america told time in eons its all here to see in this display of a venerable local institutions permanent collection newyork historical society 2 west 77th street 212 8733400 through feb 19 cotter galleries 57th street maria elena gonzlez this excellent twogallery show plays with the forms of roman catholic religious imagery and reliquaries that ms gonzlez encountered during a yearlong stay in rome but translates both into highly personal postminimalist forms the symbols of martyrdom at the project become emblems of power the clouded architectural sculptures at knoedler look like reliquaries within reliquaries which is one way to speak of the relationship of memory to art the project 37 west 57th street third floor 212 6881585 through feb 17 and knoedler company 19 east 70th street 212 7940550 through march 4 cotter ron nagle and the holy grail nominally the 12 absurdly beautiful little ceramic objects that make up mr nagels eighth new york solo show are teacups but an exquisite combination of sculptural form color surface and craftsmanship elevates each to a transcendental realm of pure aesthetic contemplation they are smart and slyly humorous too garth clark 24 west 57th street 212 2462205 through feb 25 ken johnson john szarkowski now as a pendant to the photographers survey at the museum of modern art this show focuses on images of the land and outbuildings on his upstate farm with special attention to the seasonal changes and akimbo branches of numerous apple trees pacemacgill gallery 32 east 57th street 212 7597999 through feb 18 smith galleries chelsea willie cole sole to soul an adept recycler of found objects used as tools or in assemblages to evoke different varieties of african sculpture mr cole has expanded both palette and references in his latest efforts here womens high heels arranged by hue handsomely evoke rose windows mandalas and lotus flowers as well as religious multiplicity smith alexander and bonin 132 10th avenue near 18th street 212 3677474 through feb 18 smith molly davies this expansive show features major works from three decades by a veteran avantgardist film and video maker ranging from nearabstraction to dreamlike allegory the video installations of ms davies call to mind artists as various as gary hill and bill viola some involve collaboration with musicians and dancers and the esteemed poet anne carson stars in a sensuous and stately threescreen production from 2002 called desire zone 601 west 26th street 212 2552177 through feb 18 johnson erwin olaf the large carefully staged photographs of people in midcentury american clothes and environments by this successful dutch commercial photographer look like the dreams of a deeply depressed norman rockwell hasted hunt 529 west 20th street 212 6270006 through feb 18 johnson wu jianan daydreams trained in the art of paper cutting this young chinese artist scissors swirling wonderfully intricate and fantastic compositions of figures body parts and animals from single large sheets of white paper chambers 210 11th avenue between 24th and 25th streets 212 4141169 through feb 25 johnson galleries soho its a beautiful day sweet but with an acid center this group show includes mie yims smudgy painting of stuffed animals in an overripe landscape charlene lius pale watercolor vision of wrecked cars in an overgrown valley satoru eguchis architectural photographs cut into lacy patterns margaret lees watercolor pictures of rock formations with graffiti carved into them saeko takagis pastelcolored paintings of wan blond models misaki kawais funky storytelling marine sculptures and koji shimizus sculpture in the form of climbing equipment for cats ise cultural foundation 555 broadway at prince street 212 9251649 through feb 25 johnson other galleries carla accardi and lucio fontana infinite space bridging the gap between higher metaphysics and raw materialism in italy in the 1960s and 70s fontana famously made singlecolor canvases that he decisively slashed or punctured while accardi wrapped strips of painted transparent plastic around wooden stretchers or painted fields of optically vibrating calligraphy a selection of works by both artists makes for a surprisingly handsome and elegant show that is nicely complemented by a small installation ofrecent works by richard tuttle in the project room sperone westwater 415 west 13th street west village 212 9997337 through feb 25 johnson do you think im disco theres a big story to be told about disco culture of the 1970s which had roots in rhythm and blues africanamerican church music 1960s drug culture gay liberation and all manner of antiestablishment politics this modest group show touches on all of these elements however glancingly and unsystematically by considering the trickledown effect of discomania on some new art today longwood art galleryhostos 450 grand concourse at 149th street mott haven the bronx 718 5186728 through march 18 cotter the downtown show the new york art scene 19741984 the real downanddirty downtown art scene when the east village bloomed punk and new wave rock assailed the ears graffiti spread like kudzu and heroin along with extreme style raged is the subject of this wild and woolly show its a humongous time warp of more than 450 paintings sculptures drawings photographs videos posters ephemera and things in between by artists writers performers musicians and maestros of mixed media from a photograph of the transvestite candy darling as she posed on her deathbed to a small painted sculpture made of elephant dung by david hammons with so many clashing ideologies points of view and attitudes toward artmaking this noholdsbarred hodgepodge generates the buzz and stridency of say canal street on payday new york university grey art gallery 100 washington square east 212 9986780 and fales library 70 washington square south 212 9882596 greenwich village through april 1 glueck anya gallaccio one art the viscerally poetic single work occupying sculpture centers spacious main gallery is a 50foot weeping cherry tree that was cut up and reassembled in the gallery where it is held in place by steel cables and bolts sculpture center 4419 purves street at jackson avenue long island city queens 718 3611750 through april 3 johnson last chance maria magdalena campospons backyard dreams see this show for the large gorgeously colored multiphoto works in which drawing painting and photography merge with intimations of the female otherness and a distinctly tropical locale julie saul gallery 535 west 22nd street chelsea 212 6272410 closes tomorrow smith david hammons the unauthorized retrospective how do you do a show if you dont have art use copies how do you get copies find photographs of the original art thats what triple candie has done with david hammonss work the gallery photocopied illustrations of existing or once existing hammons pieces from books and magazines and downloaded others from the internet they then taped the 812 by11 prints to the gallery wall the result a homage that is very much in this important artists maverick dematerialized spirit triple candie 461 west 126th street harlem 212 8650783 closes sundaycotter warren isensee could this be mr isensees breakout show his glowing grid striped and concentric rectangle paintings play adroitly with conventions of modernist abstraction and are almost hallucinogenically beautiful danese 535 west 24th street chelsea 212 2232227 closes tomorrow johnson christopher miner how beautiful heaven must be in this splitpersonality debut the artist mimics a drunken black man in one video and in another takes a remorseful memoryladen tour of his dead grandparents house the prevailing impression is of white male not necessarily southern emptiness and disconnection mitchellinnes nash 534 west 26th street chelsea 212 7447400 closes tomorrow smith whitney museum of american art oscar bluemner a passion for color not exactly a wellknown name today except to devotees of american modernism this germanborn architectturnedpainter 18671938 was one of the major american artists of the early 20th century right up there with the likes of marsden hartley john marin arthur dove and charles demuth to name a few most of his compositions are unpeopled landscapes depicting houses and building fragments in brilliantly stylized settings in which trees clouds smokestacks telephone poles water and snow are rendered as rhythmic and dramatic shapes that play off one another almost musically 945 madison avenue at 75th street 212 5703676 closes sunday glueck news summary international 317 tension as hamas takes reins a new palestinian parliament dominated by the militant group hamas was installed and within hours president mahmoud abbas and hamas lawmakers set out on a collision course over the need to honor existing agreements with israel and conduct negotiations to achieve palestinian statehood 1 german plane missing in iraq an american soldier and three iraqi policemen were killed in two separate roadside bomb attacks in baghdad while iraqi and american forces in the mountains of iraqi kurdistan searched for a missing plane that was carrying five german businessmen 14 the rolling stones in rio more than one and a half million people according to the police and other authorities flocked to copacabana beach in brazil for a free concert starring the rolling stones 10 no new survivors of mudslide rescuers struggling through soft thick mud found bodies but no more survivors of the mountain collapse that buried a southern philippines town the day before apparently killing almost all of its 1800 residents witnesses said there was no longer any sign of the town 6 shirt spurs resignation a day after at least 11 people were killed in libya amid continuing violence over the danish cartoons of the prophet muhammad an italian government minister resigned for wearing a tshirt printed with the cartoons in nigeria muslims protesting the cartoons attacked christians and burned churches killing at least 15 people 16 whale deaths puzzle mexico mexican authorities are investigating the mysterious deaths of eight whales found washed ashore along the sea of cortez last month an unusually large number that suggests someone or something is killing them off 9 national 1830 drug smugglings critical link in the eyes of law enforcement indian reservations have become a critical link in the drug underworld helping traffickers transport highpotency marijuana and ecstasy from eastern canada into cities like buffalo boston and new york 1 gop mainstay may waver older voters a critical component of republican congressional victories for more than a decade could end up being a major vulnerability for the party in this years midterm elections according to strategists in both parties paradoxically one reason is the new medicare drug benefit which was intended to cement their loyalty 1 mardi gras returns in big easy this years mardi gras season began in new orleans with five parades marking the beginning of the annual celebration it is the first mardi gras since hurricane katrina altered the physical and psychic landscape of the city nearly six months ago 1 getting enough of the kind of soil that can stand up to future hurricanes is one of the greatest challenges of the levee rebuilding effort in new orleans but critics say the new construction is likely to fail again 22 obituaries 40 george t davis a criminal lawyer who gained fame in highprofile cases he was 98 40 new yorkregion 3339 the citys growing population the population of new york city is expected to pass nine million by 2020 with higher birth rates among hispanic and asian new yorkers immigrants continued gravitaton to the city and a housing boom the city is struggling to cope 33 neediest cases 37 chess 39 weather 41 debt to society is least of costs for exconvicts it is increasingly expensive to be a criminal beverly dubois a 49yearold former park ranger in washington state spent nine months in jail for growing and selling marijuana she still owes the state almost 1900 for court costs and various fees until she pays up the state has taken away her right to vote weedman turns back on state and provide spiritual guidance in the los angeles area mr forchion who lives in pemberton township has become an institution in protest politics and being a jailhouse lawyer he has lighted up marijuana in protest at the state house in trenton and on federally owned land near the liberty bell in philadelphia after he was arrested for possession with intent to distribute more than 40 pounds of marijuana in 1997 he tried to seek political asylum in cuba it did not work out and there was the namechange effort which mr forchion thought might increase his name recognition on ballots a judge denied it in 2004 a former candidate for pretty much every public office in new jersey mr forchion finished fifth in last years gubernatorial race dickensian democracy stripping convicted felons of the right to vote is a slap at americas democratic ideals many states are backing away from this policy understanding at last that voting rights are in fact basic human rights that should be abridged only in the rarest circumstances that lesson has yet to penetrate the state of washington which has created a form of disenfranchisement that is straight out of oliver twist last week an article by the timess adam liptak introduced us to a disabled woman named beverly dubois who lost the right to vote because she could not pay about 1600 of charges that were assessed in connection with her marijuana conviction the debt is growing rapidly because of the interest charged by the state ms dubois who served nine months in jail has paid her debt to society but until she settles the one to the state she is stripped of her rights as a citizen disabled in a car accident she can send in only 10 per month at that rate she is likely to die before paying off the debt arts briefly britten score surfaces a 15year search for a vanished benjamin britten score has been ended by a casual conversation with a retired banker who is to turn 100 this year britten 19131976 below wrote the music as a setting for a 1937 english broadcast that included the w h auden poem roman wall blues about a disillusioned soldier on guard duty in the northern extremes of the ancient empire over the heather the wet wind blows ive lice in my tunic and cold in my nose now the score is to be displayed in england at the aldeburgh festival in june and perhaps performed next year at the sage gateshead concert hall near newcastle to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the broadcast and the centenary of the birth of auden the guardian of london reported the search for the score was initiated by john mapplebeck a filmmaker whose company plans a project about the broadcast years after his newspaper appeal for information proved fruitless he happened to mention his search to philip pendrelsmith a retired banker whom he drives to evensong every sunday mr pendrelsmith said he once was an actor was involved in the broadcast and picked up and kept the music after the broadcast the score has been sent to the brittenpears library in aldeburgh its a treasure said the librarian chris grogan coming up at the roundabout broadway revivals of shaws heartbreak house and the musical 110 in the shade as well as the american premieres of plays by patrick marber and brian friel and appearances by philip bosco audra mcdonald and alfred molina will be part of the 200607 roundabout theater company season heartbreak house starring mr bosco as captain shotover will open in the winter ms mcdonald a fourtime tony award winner will star in 110 in the shade by the team of harvey schmidt and tom jones the fantasticks based on the n richard nash play the rainmaker it will open in spring 2007 mr molina will star in mr marbers howard katz this tale of a downonhisluck talent agent opens off broadway in the winter mr friels play opening off broadway in spring or summer next year is the home place set in 1878 it tells of a widower his son and the woman they both love in an era of political unrest in ireland surgery for sheryl crow the grammy awardwinning singer sheryl crow underwent surgery for breast cancer last wednesday in los angeles and is recovering without complications the associated press reported on her web site ms crow 44 said the surgery was minimally invasive and added that she planned to undergo radiation treatment as a precaution she canceled north american tour dates in march and april footnotes the british singer george michael said yesterday that he did have drugs when he was arrested on saturday after he was found slumped in a car in central london the associated press reported mr michael 42 was held on suspicion of possessing class c drugs a group that includes marijuana tranquilizers and painkillers he was released on bail pending a return in late march i was in possession of class c drugs which is an offense and i have no complaints about the police who were professional throughout he said in a statement us lists its pluses and minuses in fighting narcotics worldwide the bush administration published an annual report wednesday on international narcotics control listing its accomplishments in disrupting the production and trafficking of cocaine heroin marijuana and other drugs to the united states but perhaps the most important measure of the programs efficacy was issued just a few weeks ago when the white house drugpolicy office reported that cocaine is widely available throughout most of the nation the office offered similar assessments for heroin and marijuana lawyer paid mother for sex with 2 teenagers da says a tax lawyer who worked at a prominent manhattan firm has been indicted on charges of paying two teenage girls for sex and paying their mother to allow it he was arrested in grimsby ontario last week but was released for reasons that were not immediately clear and is considered a fugitive a spokeswoman for the manhattan district attorney said the lawyer james colliton 42 formerly of cravath swaine moore invited one of the girls then 15 to his midtown apartment in 2000 and gave her alcohol and marijuana for sex according to a statement yesterday from the office of district attorney robert m morgenthau mr colliton continued having sex with her through 2004 the statement said national briefing washington probation for marion barry a federal magistrate judge sentenced marion s barry jr 70 a former mayor of washington and a current member of the city council to three years of probation for failing to pay taxes the judge deborah a robinson also ordered mr barry to comply with any drug treatment or counseling requirements imposed by the probation office mr barry tested positive for cocaine and marijuana use in a courtordered drug test last year he pleaded guilty in october to two misdemeanor charges for failing to file his income tax returns for 2000 mr barry served three terms as mayor from 1978 to 1990 before spending six months in prison for drug possession he then served another term as mayor from 1994 to 1998 and was elected to the council in 2004 john files nyt witness says exdetectives served mob and killed for it with clipped tones and a shy retiring manner a convicted marijuana dealer took the stand yesterday in the trial of louis j eppolito and stephen caracappa and told jurors that the two retired new york detectives had served as killers for the mob murdering at least two men and kidnapping another on its behalf it was the first time in the weekold federal racketeering trial that any witness has directly implicated the men who stand accused of taking part in at least eight murders for brooklyns luchese crime family speaking tersely with his hands in his lap the witness burton kaplan said the two detectives not only shot and killed a gambino family captain and a jeweler from long island but also passed on secret police intelligence to anthony casso the luchese underboss who used it to track down his own murder victims trial turns to exdetectives time in vegas the defense lawyers in the racketeering trial of two retired detectives louis j eppolito and stephen caracappa had their first chance yesterday to crossexamine the governments chief witness burton kaplan a geriatric marijuana dealer in four hours on the stand mr kaplan maintained his mild measured manner confessing only to having let down his daughter with his life of crime she lost a lot of respect for me and admitting to little more than not telling the government about a civil lawsuit filed against him by the swiss american national bank of antigua behavior marijuana and a slower mind and body longterm heavy users of marijuana perform significantly worse on tests of mental agility and physical dexterity than shortterm users or nonusers witness tells of pressure to cooperate with prosecution the federal trial of louis j eppolito and stephen caracappa veered yesterday from brooklyn murder and las vegas lunacy to the poker game played by the authorities and turncoats when the trials star witness told the jury of the immense pressure placed on him to cooperate against the two defendants it was a brief but fascinating window into tactics used by federal agents once they believe a criminal has fallen into their hands the witness burton kaplan an aging marijuana dealer testified that after his arrest in 1996 on drug and tax evasion charges the government was willing to go to any length to make him crack and come on board to provide information against mr eppolito 57 and mr caracappa 64 metro briefing new york westchester man charged with manslaughter an 18yearold from bedford ny who was involved in two separate car accidents that killed a friend and left another friend seriously injured was charged yesterday with vehicular manslaughter and 11 other counts said janet difiore the westchester county district attorney toxicology tests showed that the teenager ralph tarchine had been under the influence of marijuana at the time of the first accident on dec 10 in which his friend michael plunkett 17 was killed the authorities said on jan 27 mr tarchine was involved in a second accident and the authorities said that he was drunk mr tarchine faces up to seven years in prison if convicted of vehicular manslaughter said lucian chalfen a spokesman for the district attorneys office mr tarchine was released on bail anahad oconnor nyt lawyer for earlier witness testifies for prosecution thus far the witnesses at the trial of two retired detectives accused of killing for the mob have included an old marijuana dealer a murderous mob boss a suntanned cpa and a grieving brooklyn mother whose son was mistakenly shot outside her house one christmas day nonetheless the federal trial in brooklyn turned yesterday to what may have been its weirdest witness yet or at least most professionally complicated the former lawyer for a government witness his attorneyclient privilege waived the lawyer bolstered the witnesss account that he once served as the liaison between the detectives louis eppolito and stephen caracappa and their patron in the mob anger after man uses sons plight to flee the case of an inmate who was temporarily released in late january to be tested as a potential kidney donor for his teenage son and is now accused of fleeing with his girlfriend to mexico instead has prompted outrage on both sides of the border the inmate byron perkins 37 was released on a 10000 bond from jail where he had been awaiting sentencing for marijuana distribution and unlawful transport of firearms he never showed up for medical tests his son 16yearold destin perkins requires dialysis twice a week canadas new prime minister takes tough stance on marijuana laws prime minister stephen harper announced that he was scrapping draft legislation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana news summary international a313 venezuelan leader spends to counter us aims president hugo chvez is spending billions of dollars of his countrys oil windfall abroad subsidizing samba parades in brazil eye surgery for poor mexicans and even heating fuel for poor families in parts of the united states mr chvez has been building a bulwark against what he has called american imperialistic aims in latin america a1 highest us toll in iraq for 06 in the deadliest day for american forces since the beginning of the year three marines and one sailor were killed in a rebel assault in anbar province in another part of anbar a flash flood toppled a seventon truck killing five marines riding inside it and wounding one the military said a10 trail links sydney to iraq graft a hearing into accusations that the australian companyawb ltd paid kickbacks to saddam hussein under the united nations oilforfood program was delayed while lawyers in sydney examined documents over the weekend a10 liberian denies war crimes in his first appearance before the international tribunal trying him on 11 counts of war crimes charles taylor the former liberian president pleaded not guilty a3 canada ends marijuana plan prime minister stephen harper announced a scrapping of legislation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana a measure that had been strongly criticized by the bush administration a12 un aide blocked from sudan sudan has blocked jan egeland the united nations top emergency aid official from visiting western darfur this week prompting mr egeland to accuse khartoum of trying to hide conditions there a3 national a1420 ensnared in scandal delay to quit congress representative tom delay the relentless texan who helped lead house republicans to power but became ensnared in a corruption scandal has decided to leave congress house officials said a1 supreme court declines case jose padilla the american citizen held for more than three years as an enemy combatant fell a vote short of persuading the supreme court to take his case the result left standing a lower court ruling that affirmed the governments power to seize and hold a citizen indefinitely a1 a federal jury found that zacarias moussaoui was responsible for some of the deaths that occurred during the sept 11 attacks and is thus eligible to be executed a1 standoff on benefits programs president bush and the senate are at an impasse over the appointment of trustees for social security and medicare crippling the panel that supervises the two programs a14 epa proposal is criticized a draft regulation on emissions from oil refineries chemical plants and other industrial operations has angered regional directors of the environmental protection agency a20 handling terrorism at sea a report released by the department of justice inspector general warned that potentially disastrous confusion could arise during a terrorist attack on a cruise ship or ferry because of a power struggle between the federal bureau of investigation and the coast guard a17 tornadoes ravage midwest thunderstorms that spawned produced up to a halfmile wide roared across the midwest and south killing at least 27 people injuring hundreds destroying thousands of homes and businesses and leaving tens of thousands without electricitya14 new yorkregion b18 synagogues attempt a more hip approach jewish religious leaders driven by fears about shrinking numbers are becoming increasingly sophisticated and aggressive about marketing judaism turning to the same kinds of outreach techniques and strategies that evangelical christians rode to megachurch success a1 medicine and connections a report released by a federal monitor has found that patronage hiring was so pervasive at the university of medicine and dentistry of new jersey that job applications were marked with a numeral indicating the potency of the applicants political connections b1 politicians pet projects two reports examining the state budget show that lawmakers in albany have charged allocations which state officials call member items or economic development funds and critics call pork totaling nearly a million dollars to the expense of new york taxpayers b1 science times f18 working organs built in the lab bladders created in the laboratory from a patients own cells and then implanted in seven young people have achieved good longterm results in all of them a team of researchers reported f6 health fitness f5 sportstuesday d18 florida wins championship the florida basketball team began this season unranked with a roster full of talented but unproven players the gators ended it by winning the ncaa championship with a score of 7357 over ucla d1 business day c116 gm board backs its chief the board of general motors expressed support for its chief executive rick wagoner and announced a longanticipated deal to sell a majority stake in its financing arm gmac for 74 billion c1 cbs anchor deal said near cbs may reach a deal this week to recruit katie couric away from nbcs today show and into the nightly anchor chair at cbs news people close to the negotiations said c1 enrons defense testimony the enron trial has moved to the testimony of jeffrey k skilling and kenneth l lay the former chief executives who are accused of fraud and conspiracy c1 business digest c2 editorial a2223 editorials the high court punts flunking the oil addiction test mr schrders gag test verlyn klinkenborg on john mcgahern columns john tierney nicholas d kristof crossword e2 obituaries a21 tv listings e10 weather a18 national briefing new england rhode island applications for medical marijuana chronically ill patients who want to use medicinal marijuana began submitting applications under a new state law in january rhode island became the first state to sanction the use of medical marijuana since the supreme court ruled that the authorities could prosecute marijuana users even in states that allow it to be used medicinally four people submitted applications and 51 others are being completed said maria wahfitta a spokeswoman for the rhode island department of health the state has 30 days to verify with a physician that the patient is eligible for the program a patient and a caretaker can possess up to 25 ounces of marijuana or up to 12 plants the patient and caretaker must carry cards that identify them as part of the program at all times katie zezima nyt sports briefing dolphins running back ricky williams and his lawyer met yesterday with jeff pash general counsel for the nfl in an effort to have the league overturn a positive drug test that could cost williams the 2006 season if the positive test is upheld it will be williamss fourth violation of the nfls substanceabuse policy meaning at least a oneyear suspension previous positive tests were for marijuana grievance against titans the nfl players association filed a grievance against the titans on behalf of quarterback steve mcnair the grievance accuses the team of breaching mcnairs contract when he was barred from working out at the teams facility on monday whats on tonight natasha gregson wagner right natalie woods 35yearold daughter stars in this television movie as a lawyer pursued by a killer he believes she witnessed one of his crimes 8 pm fox prison break michael wentworth miller now an official covermodel hunk is in the psychiatric ward freaking out because part of his tattoo is missing as most people who have even heard of this drama series know the tattoo is a map of the entire prison facility two other inmates cnote rockmond dunbar and tbag robert knepper play poker 8 pm nbc celebrity cooking showdown wolfgang puck is one of the famous chefs in this fivenight series tom arnold near left with mr puck is one of the celebrities who will be partnered with chefs gael greene is one of the judges 8 pm 11 7th heaven everybody in the family seems to have a secret about a wedding ring 9 pm fox 24 day 5 12 pm1 am as this shows fifth season and fifth terrorist crisis near their close martial law is still in effect and theres a significant reunion jack kiefer sutherland audrey kim raver and the secretary of defense william devane 9 pm 11 everwood rose merrilyn gann smokes medical marijuana andy and jake treat williams and scott wolf save a drunk driver 10 pm abc what about brian brian barry watson sets out to hook up as we say now with two different women in one day 10 pm cbs csi miami a tsunami is heading toward florida 10 pm nbc medium viewers must ask just how many dreams allison dubois patricia arquette psychic heroine is going to have about murder victims and how many serial killers she is going to foresee before this generally smart series runs its course but allisons daughter bridgette maria lark does have an unusual problem asked to make a school presentation about her parents careers how is she going to explain her mother 120 am cinemax the accused 1988 jodie foster below won her first best actress oscar for her role as a funloving bluecollar woman who is gangraped and then finds her character rather than her attackers on trial kelly mcgillis plays the prosecutor who believes the men who cheered them on are guilty too anita gates medical marijuana controversy a government statement that no sound scientific studies support the use of marijuana contradicts prior research the timess gardiner harris reports producer adam b ellick news summary international a315 iraq breaks long impasse over disputed premier under intense pressure prime minister ibrahim aljaafari of iraq dropped his bid to retain his job removing an obstacle to forming a new government during a time of rising sectarian violence leaders from each of iraqs main factions called the decision a breakthrough a1 little progress in china talks president bush and chinas president hu jintao pledged to cooperate more closely on fighting nuclear proliferation and reducing trade imbalances but broke no new ground on the most delicate issues that divide the nations a1 hamas builds force of militants the new hamasappointed palestinian interior minister named a wellknown militant to a senior security position and announced the creation of a new force to be made up of militants a6 chad rebellion a family affair president idriss dby of chad who beat back a rebel assault on the countrys capital last week accuses sudan of trying to drive him from power but mr dbys enemies include members of his own family as many of his kinsmen have left the government army to form rebel forces of their own a10 afghan cabinet is approved president hamid karzai won approval from parliament for his reshuffled cabinet in daylong voting with only 5 of the 25 nominees rejected a14 european doubt on cia jails the european unions antiterrorism chief told a parliamentary hearing that he had not been able to prove that secret cia prisons existed in europe but he came under criticism from some legislators who questioned the hearings rigor a14 berlusconi seeks spotlight as romano prodi takes his place as italys new prime minister and begins assembling a coalition government the incumbent silvio berlusconi who has yet to concede the election will be shaping a strategy of his own to stay in the public view a3 national a1623 gop criticized over higher gas prices democrats running for congress are moving quickly to use the most recent surge in oil and gasoline prices to bash republicans over energy policy and more broadly the direction of the country a1 polygamists in tax standoff thousands of polygamists are engaged in a highly unusual standoff in utah over property taxes that could ultimately cost them their homes or thrust them into a mainstream america they fear and despise a22 arrests of immigrants surge the apprehension of more than 1100 illegal immigrants employed by a pallet supply company as well as the arrest of seven of its managers represented the start of a more aggressive federal crackdown on employers homeland security secretary michael chertoff said a1 flaws cited in federal program the federal governments main program for helping the victims of hurricane katrina rebuild their homes and businesses operated by the small business administration has been plagued by inadequate leadership and poor planning federal investigators have told congress a16 911 plot discounted the prosecution acknowledged that even the governments chief investigators do not believe the claim by zacarias moussaoui that richard c reid the socalled shoe bomber was to help him fly a jetliner into the white house on sept 11 a18 ohio candidates push change in a state where the governor has been caught up in a corruption scandal and where the only thing leaving faster than manufacturing jobs are young people candidates for governor of ohio are jockeying for the mantle of reform a21 change of counsel for bush joshua b bolten the new white house chief of staff has raised the possibility of moving harriet e miers from her job as president bushs counsel a22 new yorkregion b17 housing authority plans to raise rents for some the new york city housing authority said it wants to raise the rents paid by tens of thousands of its betteroff tenants to help close a budget gap that has widened as costs have shot up and federal funding has not a1 memorial plan called unsafe gov george e patakis senior adviser for counterterrorism james k kallstrom left has called on architects of the memorial at ground zero to reconsider several critical aspects of the design that he said would leave it vulnerable to a terrorist attack b1 work continues on tramway officials are working to reopen the roosevelt island tramway which broke down on tuesday and trapped dozens of people in midair for hours officials plan to reopen the tramway once their investigation of its failure is complete b1 obituaries b8 scott crossfield a legendary test pilot of the postworld war ii era who was the first person to fly twice the speed of sound he was 84 b8 eberhardt rechtin an electrical engineer and telecommunications expert who helped design the network of earthbound antennas that nasa uses to track radio signals emanating from space he was 80 b8 sciencehealth fda rules against marijuana the food and drug administration declared that no sound scientific studies support the medical use of smoked marijuana inserting the health agency into yet another fierce political fight a1 business day c110 morgan settles ipo case jp morgan chase said it would pay 425 million to settle its part of a classaction lawsuit that contends that dozens of banks cheated investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars from initial public offerings during the 1990s market boom c1 two sides of enrons skilling whether jeffrey k skillings testimony helped or hurt the defense in his fraud trial will depend on how the jury weighs the two personalities they saw in his eight days on the witness stand the vulnerable emotional even affable character and the combative figure who did not like to be questioned c1 proxys possible conflict a memo written in 2004 by hank mckinnell pfizers chief executive urging corporations to buy and promote proxy governances services just as the firm was opening for business raises questions about the advisory firms recent show of support for pfizers board of directors c1 google beats forecast google returned to favor among investors as its profits for the first quarter increased by 60 percent well above expectations c1 business digest c2 editorial a2425 editorials a glimmer of hope in iraq so much for those world trade talks katrina lessons mumps moves back to center stage columns paul krugman thomas l friedman crossword e40 tv listings e29 weather d8 fdas report illuminates wide divide on marijuana a food and drug administration statement denying any medical benefits of marijuana reinforced the divide between us officials and the states that have approved the drugs use in certain cases the politics of pot the bush administrations habit of politicizing its scientific agencies was on display again this week when the food and drug administration for no compelling reason unexpectedly issued a brief poorly documented statement disputing the therapeutic value of marijuana the statement was described as a response to numerous inquiries from capitol hill but its likely intent was to buttress a crackdown on people who smoke marijuana for medical purposes and to counteract state efforts to legalize the practice ordinarily when the fda addresses a thorny issue it convenes a panel of experts who wade through the latest evidence and then render an opinion as to whether a substance is safe and effective to use this time the agency simply issued a skimpy onepage statement asserting that no sound scientific studies supported the medical use of marijuana medical marijuana pro and con to the editor i compliment the food and drug administration for its truthful report indicating that are no sound scientific studies supporting the medical use of marijuana medical marijuana pro and con to the editor the decision by the food and drug administration indicating that the medical use of marijuana is not supported by sound scientific studies is wrong medical marijuana pro and con to the editor as a treatment provider i support the food and drug administrations dismissal of medical benefit from marijuana medical marijuana pro and con to the editor re fda dismisses medical benefit from marijuana front page april 21 reefer medicine last week the food and drug administration staked out its position on the longstanding controversy over the medical use of marijuana and made a lot of people smoking mad the fda endorsed a multiagency study that found that no animal or human data supported the safety or efficacy of marijuana for general medical use this came as an affront to those who claim that cannabis is an appropriate treatment for ailments from nausea and vomiting to muscle spasticity and intractable pain many news reports and commentaries accused the fda of contradicting a 1999 report by the institute of medicine that recommended further research on marijuanas medical potential the regulators were denounced as elevating politics over science inside un agency cuts rations to sudan victims in half the world food program said it would have to reduce by half the amount of food it has been providing to refugees displaced by the conflict in the darfur region of western sudan because it had received just a third of the 746 million it had requested from donor nations page a3 limbaugh settles drug case the radio host rush limbaugh has reached a settlement with florida prosecutors in a case involving prescription painkillers page a12 mexico legalizes some drugs the mexican congress passed a law aimed at combating street dealers while allowing the possession of small amounts of heroin cocaine and marijuana page a7 inquiry into exfda chief a grand jury will question a former commissioner of food and drugs lester m crawford over his finances his lawyer said page a9 the return of rosie rosie odonnell will return to daytime television this fall as a cohost of the view on abc replacing meredith vieira who is joining today on nbc the arts page b7 no delay for shuttle flight despite concerns about debris from the external fuel tanks nasa has decided to fly the shuttle discovery in july as planned page a9 this weekend literatures labors lost the book of lost books by stuart kelly surveys literary works that disappeared were destroyed or were simply never written also the russian oligarch in gary shteyngarts absurdistan wants nothing more than to gorge again at the great american buffet and reunite with his bronx girlfriend book review a grand exit as joseph volpe the impresario of the metropolitan opera prepares to retire he is framing the final impressions of his legacy including a marathon gala he has largely shaped arts leisure playwright at the end of the world as he neared his 78th birthday edward albee traveled to easter island a journey nearly 50 years in the making travel the muslim televangelist amr khaled combines conservative islam with western style and millions of people in the middle east have been tuning in magazine dea and marijuana to the editor john tierney in his april 25 column discussing the drug enforcement administrations registration of marijuana researchers and the national effort to curb methamphetamine production claims that the agency prevents researchers from finding evidence that marijuana is medicine by not allowing highquality marijuana to be supplied to them parents leave a message let students have their cellphones in scanning for weapons and other contraband in public schools the police confiscated seven knives two box cutters a razor some marijuana and 800 cellphones the listings may 19 may 25 selective listings by critics of the new york times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the new york metropolitan region this week denotes a highly recommended film concert show or exhibition theater approximate running times are in parentheses theaters are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of current shows additional listings show times and tickets nytimescomtheater previews and openings burleigh grime previews start on tuesday opens june 13 roger kirbys new comedy sends up wall street and features a gordon gekkolike financial titan david warren directs and interestingly david yazbek dirty rotten scoundrels has written music for the show 210 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 columbinus opens on monday based on the columbine high school shootings this new work weaves together interviews with survivors teachers and parents along with diary excerpts and home videotape 200 new york theater workshop 79 east fourth street east village 212 2396200 the field previews start on tuesday opens june 1 this drama by the irish dramatist john b keane is about a farmer who has leased a few acres of land and decides to take action when the owner sells the property in 1990 it was made into a film starring richard harris 230 irish repertory theater 132 west 22nd street chelsea 212 7272737 hamlet opens on sunday theater by the blind produces a strippeddowntothebasics version of shakespeare 215 theater five 311 west 43rd street clinton 212 8684444 the house in town previews start on wednesday opens on june 19 richard greenbergs latest drama about a troubled marriage is set in early20thcentury new york society doug hughes directs 130 mitzi e newhouse theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 2396200 lee evans same world different planet previews start today opens on thursday standup comedy from a performer popular in britain who starred opposite nathan lane in the west end version of the producers 130 37 arts theater 450 west 37th street 212 3074100 some girls opens on june 8 neil labutes latest relationship drama is about a man played by erik mccormack will and grace who visits four exgirlfriends in four cities before getting married fran drescher also stars in this mcc theater production 140 lucille lortel theater 121 christopher street west village 212 2794200 spring awakening opens on june 15 the atlantic theater presents a musical version of frank wedekinds 19thcentury classic about teenagers growing up fast in a repressive society michael mayer directs duncan sheik wrote the music stephen sater wrote the book and lyrics 210 atlantic theater 336 west 20th street chelsea 212 2396200 stopping traffic previews start on wednesday opens on june 7 a new comic solo show written and performed by mary pat gleason about a woman struggling with bipolar disorder 130 vineyard theater 108 east 15th street 212 3530303 trout stanley previews start today opens on monday this canadian import written by claudia dey follows virgin twins who never married on their 30th birthday 10 years after their parents deaths 150 culture project 45 bleecker street at lafayette street east village 212 8684444 waiting for godot opens on june 1 the classical theater of harlem mounts a new production of becketts absurdist classic christopher mcelroen directs 200 harlem school for the arts 645 st nicholas avenue near 141st street hamilton heights 212 8644444 the waters edge previews start on tuesday opens june 14 kate burton and tony goldwyn star in theresa rebecks new play about a woman whose life is interrupted when her estranged husband shows up at her lakeside home 210 second stage 307 west 43rd street clinton 212 2464422 broadway awake and sing dreams and disappointments hopes and fears encouraging words and bitter putdowns clash by day and night in clifford odetss turbulent comedydrama about a jewish family struggling to stay afloat in the 1930s a gifted roster of performers including mark ruffalo lauren ambrose zo wanamaker and ben gazzara manage to locate the dreaming centers of their characters buried beneath layers of political sloganeering everyday gripes or street slang and even when the focus occasionally blurs in bartlett shers ultimately moving revival odetss zesty dialogue is a joy to hear 230 belasco theater 111 west 44th street 212 2396200 charles isherwood bridge tunnel this delightful solo show written and performed by sarah jones is a sweetspirited valentine to new york city its polyglot citizens and the larger notion of an allinclusive america in 90 minutes of acutely observed portraiture gently tinted with humor ms jones plays more than a dozen men and women participating in an openmike evening of poetry for immigrants 130 helen hayes theater 240 west 44th street 212 2396200 isherwood the color purple so much plot so many years so many characters to cram into less than three hours this beattheclock musical adaptation of alice walkers pulitzer prizewinning novel about southern black women finding their inner warriors never slows down long enough for you to embrace it lachanze leads the vibrant hardworking cast 240 broadway theater 1681 broadway at 53rd street 212 2396200 ben brantley dirty rotten scoundrels the arrival of jonathan pryce and his eloquent eyebrows automatically makes this the seasons most improved musical with mr pryce who replaces the admirable but uneasy john lithgow playing the silken swindler to norbert leo butzs vulgar grifter its as if a mismatched entry in a threelegged race had become an olympic figureskating pair 235 imperial theater 249 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley the drowsy chaperone this small and ingratiating spoof of 1920s stage frolics as imagined by an obsessive show queen may not be a masterpiece but in a dry season for musicals the drowsy chaperone has theatergoers responding as if they were withering house plants finally being watered after long neglect bob martin and sutton foster are the standouts in the eager energetic cast 140 marquis theater 1535 broadway at 45th street 212 3074100 brantley faith healer in the title role of brian friels great play ralph fiennes paints a portrait of the artist as dreamer and destroyer that feels both as old as folklore and so fresh that it might be painted in wet blood also starring cherry jones and the superb ian mcdiarmid this mesmerizing series of monologues has been directed with poetic starkness by jonathan kent 235 booth theater 222 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley the history boys madly enjoyable alans bennetts play about a battle for the hearts and minds of a group of universitybound students imported with the original british cast from the national theater moves with a breezy narrative swagger that transcends cultural barriers directed by nicholas hytner with a perfectly oiled ensemble led by the superb richard griffiths and stephen campbell moore as schoolmasters with opposing views of history and education 240 broadhurst theater 235 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley hot feet a dancing encyclopedia of clichs set to the music of earth wind and fire numbing 230 hilton theater 213 west 42nd street 212 3074100 isherwood jersey boys from grit to glamour with the four seasons directed by the pop repackager des mcanuff the whos tommy the real thrill of this shrinkwrapped biomusical for those who want something more than recycled chart toppers and a story line poured from a can is watching the wonderful john lloyd young as frankie valli cross the line from exact impersonation into something far more compelling 230 august wilson theater 245 west 52nd street 212 2396200 brantley lestat a musical sleeping pill adapted from anne rices vampire chronicles and featuring songs by elton john and bernie taupin that could well give the makers of ambien a run for their money dare to look upon this tale of the undead and keep your eyelids from growing heavier and heavier and heavier 230 palace theater 1564 broadway near 47th street 212 3074100 brantley the lieutenant of inishmore please turn off your political correctness monitor along with your cellphone for martin mcdonaghs gleeful gory and appallingly entertaining play this blood farce about terrorism in rural ireland acutely directed by wilson milam has a carnage factor to rival quentin tarantinos but it is also wildly absurdly funny and even more improbably severely moral 145 lyceum theater 149 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley the light in the piazza love is a manyflavored thing from sugary to sour in adam guettel and craig lucass encouragingly ambitious and discouragingly unfulfilled new musical the show soars only in the sweetly bitter songs performed by the wonderful victoria clark as an american abroad 215 beaumont theater lincoln center 212 2396200 brantley the odd couple odd is not the word for this couple how could an adjective suggesting strangeness or surprise apply to a production so calculatedly devoted to the known the cozy the conventional as the title characters in neil simons 1965 comedy directed as if to a metronome by joe mantello nathan lane and matthew broderick reprise their star performances from the producers and its not a natural fit dont even consider killing yourself because the show is already sold out 210 brooks atkinson theater 256 west 47th street 212 3074100 brantley the pajama game sexual chemistry in a broadway musical isnt that illegal now if it were then harry connick jr and kelli ohara the whitehot stars of kathleen marshalls delicious revival of this 1954 musical would be looking at long jail terms this intoxicating production which features a charming supporting cast led by michael mckean allows grownup audiences the rare chance to witness a bona fide adult love affair translated into hummable songs and sprightly dance 230 american airlines theater 227 west 42nd street 212 7191300 brantley shining city quiet haunting and absolutely glorious conor mcphersons impeccably assembled ghost story about being alone in the crowded city of dublin has been brought to american shores with a firstrate cast brian f obyrne oliver platt martha plimpton and peter scanavino directed by robert falls 145 biltmore theater 261 west 47th street 212 2396200 brantley sweeney todd sweet dreams new york this thrilling new revival of stephen sondheim and hugh wheelers musical with michael cerveris and patti lupone leading a cast of 10 who double as their own musicians burrows into your thoughts like a campfire storyteller who knows what really scares you the inventive director john doyle aims his pareddown interpretation at the squirming child in everyone who wants to have his worst fears both confirmed and dispelled 230 eugene oneill theater 230 west 49th street 212 2396200 brantley tarzan this writhing green blob with music adapted by disney theatrical productions from the 1999 animated film has the feeling of a superdeluxe day care center equipped with lots of bungee cords and karaoke syntheziers where kids can swing when they get tired of singing and viceversa the sodapop score is by phil collins 230 richard rodgers theater 226 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley three days of rain in this revival of richard greenbergs slender elegant drama of family disconnectedness julia roberts is stiff with selfconsciousness glancingly acquainted with the two characters she plays and deeply disturbingly beautiful otherwise it is almost impossible to discern the virtues of the play itself in this wooden and splintered production directed by joe mantello and also starring paul rudd and bradley cooper who have little chance of capturing the audiences attention 230 bernard b jacobs theater 242 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley the threepenny opera presented as a long pansexual orgy scott elliots numbing revival of the brechtweill classic feels like a party where the hangover begins almost as soon as the evening does the starry cast includes alan cumming as mac the knife and a dietrichlike cyndi lauper though only jim dale and nellie mckay appear to have a clue as to what the show is about 240 studio 54 254 west 54th street 212 7191300 brantley the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee the happy news for this happymaking little musical is that the move to larger quarters has dissipated none of its quirky charm william finns score sounds plumper and more rewarding than it did on off broadway providing a sprinkling of sugar to complement the sass in rachel sheinkins zingerfilled book the performances are flawless gold stars all around 145 circle in the square 1633 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 isherwood the wedding singer an assemblykit musical that might as well be called that 80s show this stage version of the 1998 film is all winks and nods and quotations from the era of big hair and junk bonds the cast members who include stephen lynch and laura benanti are personable enough which is not the same as saying they have personalities 220 al hirschfeld theater 302 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley off broadway assisted loving this warm and witty monologue by bob morris who contributes the age of dissonance column to the sunday styles section of the new york times is performed by the author who chronicles his widowed fathers and his own search for love in and around new york engaging subtle and winning 110 daryl roth theater dlounge 103 east 15th street at union square 212 2396200 george hunka based on a totally true story a chatty autobiographical comedy by roberto aguirresacasa about a writer for comic books who moonlights as a screenwriter and playwright juggling his two jobs the busy writer begins backsliding in his unofficial third being a loving giving emotionally available boyfriend minorkey angst ensues in this perky two hours of comic navelgazing 200 manhattan theater club at city center stage ii 131 west 55th street 212 5811212 isherwood billy connolly live this popular comedian will remind you of a scottish george carlin with a bit of eddie izzard mixed in 200 37 arts 450 west 37 street 212 3074100 jason zinoman cirque du soleil corteo the cirque du soleils latest extravaganza which upholds the ubiquitous cirque standard is a fantasy of a dead though cheerful clown imagining his own funeral unsurprisingly his cortege is full of circus acts 230 grand chapiteau at randalls island 800 6785440 john rockwell the contrast royall tylers slender 1787 romantic comedy one of the first professional american plays ever produced should be of more interest to historians than to theatergoers 230 theater at st clements 423 west 46th street clinton 212 8684444 zinoman defiance the second in john patrick shanleys cycle of morality plays that began with doubt this ambitious tale of racial relations and the military mindset on a north carolina marine base feels both overcrowded and oddly diffuse if doubt has an elegant and energyefficient sprinters gait defiance progresses with a flustered air of distraction the excellent margaret colin as an officers wife provides a welcome shot of credibility 130 manhattan theater club theater 1 131 west 55th street 212 5811212 brantley drumstruck this noisy novelty is a mixed blessing providing a twofoot drum on every seat it offers an opportunity to exorcise aggressions by delivering a good beating and on a slightly more elevated level it presents a superficial introduction to african culture lessons in drumming and 90 minutes of nonstop music song and dancing by a goodnatured cast so while literally and figuratively giving off many good vibes it adds up to lightweight entertainment that stops just short of pulverizing the eardrums 130 dodger stages stage 2 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 lawrence van gelder jacques brel is alive and well and living in paris a powerfully sung revival of the 1968 revue presented with affectionate nostalgia by the director gordon greenberg as in the original two men robert cuccioli and rodney hicks and two women natascia diaz and gay marshall perform a wide selection of brels plaintive ballads and stirring anthems ms marshalls captivating performance of ne me quitte pas sung in the original french and with heartstirring transparency represents brel at his best 200 zipper theater 336 west 37th street 212 2396200 isherwood jap chronicles the musical isabel rose an energetic overachiever wrote and performs this onewoman show based on her own novel to her credit she was willing to hack apart her book to make a viable work of theater and belts out tunes that are catchy if uninspired but the result feels superficial trafficking in the kinds of obvious stereotypes her background leads you to believe shed like to challenge 130 perry street theater 31 perry street greenwich village 212 8684444 anne midgette landscape of the body this terrific revival directed by michael greif identifies the unbearable wistfulness of being in john guares delirious heartbreaker of a comedy from 1977 the topflight cast is led by lili taylor and sherie rene scott as sisters one living one a singing ghost who move in and out of a lyrical and sordid world where tabloid prurience has become a religion 220 signature theaters peter norton space 555 west 42nd street clinton 212 2447529 brantley no child teachers will love nilaja suns onewoman show about the challenges of teaching drama at malcolm x high school 110 beckett theater at theater row 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 anita gates red light winter a frank occasionally graphic story of erotic fixation and the havoc it can wreak on sensitive types written and directed by adam rapp this play is both a doomy romantic drama and a morbid comedy about the anxieties of male friendship although somewhat contrived it features a lovely performance by christopher denham as a lonely soul starved for intimacy 225 barrow street theater 27 barrow street west village 212 2396200 isherwood sandra bernhard everything bad and beautiful sandra bernhard was a proverbial rock star long before headlinemaking folks in even the most prosaic walks of life were being referred to as such her new show a collection of songs interspersed with musings on her life and on public figures ranging from britney spears to condoleezza rice is casual to the point of being offhand that said its invigorating to be in the presence of a true original 200 daryl roth theater 101 east 15th street at union square 212 2396200 isherwood a spalding gray matter this darkly comic solo show written and performed by michael brandt tells the story of the playwrights own tragic sickness and recovery it proves that aping spalding gray is not easy 110 the new group at theater row clurman theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 zinoman stuff happens daniel sullivans sharp invigorating production of david hares journalistic drama about the road to war in iraq is conducted on the modest scale of a townhall meeting the characters who have names like bush and blair seem less like destinyshaping gods than the ego trippers in your office if that means theyre too close for comfort then stuff happens is doing its job 250 the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 2396200 brantley tryst a suspense drama of a distinctly oldfashioned stamp about the romance between a handsome cad maxwell caulfield and a lonely spinster amelia campbell will the wily predator seduce and abandon the mousy milliner karoline leachs play springs a few twists that lack psychological credibility but keep the plot on the boil 200 promenade theater 2162 broadway at 76th street 212 2396200 isherwood off off broadway back of the throat an arabamerican playwright yussef el guindi addressing the harassment of arabamericans after 911 interesting but the play would have been even more interesting if the harassers were something other than cardboard characters out of the j edgar hoover closet 115 flea theater 41 white street tribeca 212 3523101 genzlinger cowboys this melodrama spoof with gay men at the straight arrow ranch makes up for what it lacks in professionalism with a goodnatured goofiness 210 wings theater 154 christopher street west village 212 6272961 gates longrunning shows altar boyz this sweetly satirical show about a christian pop group made up of five potential teen people cover boys is an enjoyable silly diversion 130 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200isherwood avenue q rrated puppets give lively life lessons 210 golden 252 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley beauty and the beast cartoon made flesh sort of 230 luntfontanne theater 205 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley chicago irrefutable proof that crime pays 225 ambassador theater 219 west 49th street 212 2396200brantley doubt a parable pulitzer prize best play 2005 and tony award best play 2005 john patrick shanley makes subversive use of musty conventions in the clash between the head of a parochial school and the young priest who may or may not be too fond of the boys in his charge 130 walter kerr theater 219 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley hairspray fizzy pop cute kids large man in a housedress 230 neil simon theater 250 west 52nd street 212 3074100 brantley the lion king disney on safari where the big bucks roam 245 new amsterdam theater 214 west 42nd street 212 3074100 brantley mamma mia the jukebox that devoured broadway 220 cadillac winter garden theater 1634 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 brantley the phantom of the opera who was that masked man anyway 230 majestic theater 247 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the producers the ne plus ultra of showbiz scams 245 st james theater 246 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley rent east village angst and love songs to die for 245 nederlander theater 208 west 41st street 212 3074100 brantley spamalot tony award best musical 2005 this staged recreation of the mockmedieval movie monty python and the holy grail is basically a singing scrapbook for python fans such a good time is being had by so many people that this fitful eager celebration of inanity and irreverence has found a large and lucrative audience 220 shubert theater 225 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley wicked oz revisited with political corrections 245 gershwin theater 222 west 51st street 212 3074100 brantley last chance barefoot in the park for a work that celebrates the liberating force of spontaneity this revival of neil simons 1963 comedy doesnt have one scene that feels organic let alone impromptu directed by scott elliott and starring patrick wilson and a miscast amanda peet as newlyweds in greenwich village this barefoot has the robotic gait of frankensteins monster 220 cort theater 138 west 48th street 212 2396200 closing on sunday brantley brundibar and but the giraffe a curtain raiser to hans krasas brundibar hans krasas brundibar a lively opera for children performed 55 times in the theresienstadt concentration camp with a new english libretto by tony kushner and a curtainraiser by him that explains its history maurice sendak and kris stone designed the charming production 135 new victory theater 209 west 42nd street 212 2396200 closing sunday isherwood the caine mutiny courtmartial an eyeglazing attempt to resurrect herman wouks 1953 courtroom drama adapted from his novel the caine mutiny directed with metronome in hand by jerry zaks and starring david schwimmer tim daly and zeljko ivanek this workmanlike production gives few clues to the enduring appeal of mr wouks tale of a humdinger of a typhoon some disappearing strawberries and a nut job memorably named queeg 215 gerald schoenfeld theater 236 west 45th street 212 2396200 closing on sunday isherwood entertaining mr sloane scott elliss underpowered production of joe ortons great farce of sexual hypocrisy which stars alec baldwin in a comedy sketch of a performance is breezy often funny and rarely convincing 200 laura pels theater at the harold and miriam steinberg center for theater 111 west 46th street 212 7191300 closing on sunday brantley faust parts 1 and 2 david herkskovits and his target margin theaters remarkable performers offer the extravaganza promised in the publicity faust is a circus of operatic scale a fun house a tango of poetry and theatrical and sonic wizardry whose virtuosity renders this work in all its surging strangeness power and extravagant beauty 600 classic stage company 136 east 13th street east village 212 2794200 closing tomorrow honor moore festen an intensely staged indifferently acted production of david eldridges adaptation of a 1998 danish film about a grim family reunion which was a big hit in london under the same director rufus norris while the mise en scne remains unsettlingly stark the broadway cast which includes michael hayden julianna margulies jeremy sisto and ali macgraw registers the tension and testiness of people suffering from a collective bad hair day music box theater 239 west 45th street 212 2396200 closing tomorrow brantley a fine and private place this musical based on a 1960 novel by peter s beagle tells of love in a cemetery that sounds a lot like woodlawn in the bronx one set of wouldbe lovebirds is living one recently deceased the thin story needs a few more memorable songs york theater st peters lutheran church lexington avenue at 54th street 212 8684444 closing on sunday genzlinger i love you because the plotline single new yorkers in search of love couldnt be more familiar but somehow this fluffy funny musical makes it refreshing helped along by an engaging sixmember cast with david a austin making a particularly hilarious impression an impressive start for ryan cunningham book and lyrics and joshua salzman music both still in their 20s 200 village theater 158 bleecker street near sullivan street east village 212 3074100 closing sunday neil genzlinger mary stuart an earnest but uninspired revival that never quite captures either the romance or the tragedy of schillers play there are some bright spots but the production appears aimed more at visual effect than dramatic substance and both queens seem to have the idea that monarchs exert authority simply by speaking loudly 240 the pearl theater company at theater 80 80 st marks place at first avenue east village 212 5989802 closing on sunday wilborn hampton sore throats howard brentons scabrous 1979 drama about the bilious aftermath of a british marriage laila robins and bill camp are a middleaged newly divorced couple warring over the past and the future the plays insights into the irreducible conflict between human needs and the constraints of civilization are a little murky 210 the duke on 42nd street 229 west 42nd street 212 2396200 closing on sunday isherwood the three musketeers the acting companys elegant eloquent take on the familiar adventures of dumass likable swordsmen is a grand evening of theater 230 baruch performing arts center 55 lexington avenue at 25th street 212 2794200 closing tomorrow gates movies ratings and running times are in parentheses foreign films have english subtitles full reviews of all current releases movie trailers show times and tickets nytimescommovies army of shadows no rating 140 minutes in french dark as pitch and without compromise jeanpierre melvilles 1969 masterpiece centers on the feats of a small band of resistance fighters operating during the occupation brilliant harrowing essential viewing manohla dargis clean r 110 minutes this fine french movie written and directed by olivier assayas is one of the few fictional films to evoke realistically the grubby texture of existence for second and thirdtier rock celebrities crumbling under a combination of fading renown and drug addiction maggie cheung and nick nolte offer memorable portrayals as a recovering junkie and her compassionate fatherinlaw stephen holden the da vinci code pg13 148 minutes theology aside the da vinci code is above all a murder mystery and as such once it gets going ron howards movie has its pleasures he and the screenwriter akiva goldsman have deftly rearranged some elements of the plot unkinking a few overelaborate twists and introducing others that keep the action moving along the movie does however take a while to accelerate popping the clutch and leaving rubber on the road as it tries to establish who is who what hes doing and why so i certainly cant support any calls for boycotting or protesting this busy trivial inoffensive film which is not to say that im recommending that you go see it a o scott down in the valley r 114 minutes this allegorical neowestern set in the san fernando valley has dreams as big as the fantasies that consume its protagonist a stetsonwearing suburban cowboy edward norton who is not what he appears to be how much you like it will depend on your appetite for the kind of cultural metaphors that david jacobson flings onto the screen with a reckless abandon holden inside man r 128 minutes the latest from spike lee takes a familiar setup a wall street bank heist that mutates into a hostage crisis and twists it ever so slightly and nicely among the films most sustained pleasures are its holy trinity denzel washington clive owen and jodie foster and the best lineup of pusses and mugs outside the sopranos dargis lenfant the child r 100 minutes in french the latest from the belgian brothers jeanpierre and luc dardenne involves a young thief jrmie renier who one day sells his newborn son for a fat envelope of cash what interests the dardennes is not only how a man would sell a child as casually as a slab of beef but also whether a man like this having committed such a repellent offense can find redemption dargis mission impossible iii pg13 126 minutes er this time its personal as tom cruise plays a dashing operative for a clandestine organization who sweeps a simpering brunette off her feet directed without much flair by j j abrams the small screen auteur behind lost and alias dargis poseidon pg13 100 minutes wolfgang petersens poseidon is unlikely to replace the original in the hearts of actionhungry moviegoers though it will probably expunge the memory of the earlier madefortv remake and also perhaps of the 1979 sequel beyond the poseidon adventure the hardworking cast does a lot of screaming climbing and deathdefying in soakingwet evening wear but they can hardly hope to match the ripe absurdity of shelley winters red buttons gene hackman and ernest borgnine scott the promise pg13 103 minutes in mandarin a lavish spectacle somewhere between grand opera and cartoon from chen kaige about a love triangle involving a general a slave and a cursed princess sometimes breathtaking sometimes out of breath scott russian dolls no rating 129 minutes in english russian french and spanish the sequel to the international hit lauberge espagnole belongs to a long line of airy french films that induce a pleasant buzz of euroenvy like its forerunner it is a generational group portrait of young smart sexy welleducated europeans at work and play filmed in a style that might be called truffaut lite holden stick it pg13 103 minutes somersaulting through happy clichs and unexpected invention this spry teenage comedy gets everything right nathan lee three times no rating 135 minutes in mandarin and taiwanese dialect for this hypnotically beautiful cinematic trilogy the taiwanese director hou hsiaohsien one of the modern masters of the art brings us love and loss in three different time periods dargis united 93 r 115 minutes a scrupulously tasteful hollywood recreation of the downing of the fourth plane hijacked by muslim terrorists on sept 11 and easily the feelbad american movie of the year written and directed by paul greengrass whose earlier films include bloody sunday dargis wahwah r 97 minutes scored to the death rattle of the british empire in africa wahwah observes the disintegration of the compton family through the eyes of its young son in his writing and directorial debut the actor richard e grant probes the pungent details of his own childhood in swaziland vividly recreating a community steeped in boredom booze and casual adultery jeannette catsoulis water pg13 114 minutes in hindi set in india in 1938 water focuses on a group of widows condemned by hindu law to live in an institution on the banks of the river ganges the arrival of a highspirited 8yearold girl encourages one widow to question her faith and another to begin a love affair with a gandhian idealist bobbing back and forth between romantic melodrama and spiritual inquiry water is an exquisitely beautiful film about the institutionalized oppression of an entire class of women catsoulis film series robert altman through june 8 this weekends films at the museum of the moving images 22film retrospective of mr altmans work include vincent and theo 1990 about van goghs relationship with his brother three women 1977 a study of gal pals with unusually deep emotional attachments and the player 1992 starring tim robbins the satire that proves once and for all that in hollywood the writers are dispensable 35th avenue at 36th street astoria queens 718 7840077 10anita gates bnoir through june 15 film forums sixweek festival of 70 lowbudget american thrillers from the 1940s and 50s continues this weekend with two double features gun crazy 1949 about a couple on a robbery spree and the big combo 1955 about a cop determined to nail a mafia boss both directed by joseph h lewis play today and tomorrow sundays double feature is detour 1945 the adventures of a hitchhiker who commits identity theft and the narrow margin 1952 about a beautiful mobtrial witness and her cop bodyguard on a train 209 west houston street west of avenue of the americas south village 212 7278110 10 gates bosnianherzegovinian film festival through sunday two dozen feature short and animated films will be screened at anthology film archives in this threeday annual festival the six films having their american premieres include justice unseen about the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia and asim free man the story of a garbage truck driver who finds solace by playing in a band 32 second avenue at second street east village 917 3022702 10 gates kurosawa through sept 18 the ifc centers weekend series honoring akira kurosawa continues this weekend with rashomon 1950 the directors classic drama about the unreliability of eyewitness testimony the new york film critics circle los angeles film critics association national society of film critics and national board of review all named it best foreign film 323 avenue of the americas at west third street greenwich village 212 9247771 1075 gates ripfest 8 tuesday and wednesday this eighth annual festival at anthology film archives consists of seven original 10minute movie musicals made in the 16 days before their premieres this years theme is desperate measures 32 second avenue at second street east village 212 8684444 15 gates sundance institute at bam through may 21 the brooklyn academy of music is celebrating the sundance institutes 25th anniversary with a series of events including screenings of films from this years sundance film festival in park city utah the openingweekend selections include ricki stern and annie sundbergs documentary the trials of darryl hunt about a black man wrongly convicted of a white womans rape and murder so yong kims in between days the story of a korean teenager trying to assimilate into american culture stephanie daley a drama about a pregnant forensic psychologist and a teenage girl accused of infanticide and goran dukics wristcutters a love story a comedy about dead people 30 lafayette avenue at ashland place fort greene brooklyn 718 6364100 10 gates to save and project the fourth moma international festival of film preservation through june 21 this monthlong program of preserved and restored films begins today at the museum of modern art this weekends features include menschen am sonntag 1929 a neorealist weimarera german silent with a screenplay by the young billy wilder bunny lake is missing 1965 otto premingers swinging60slondon whodunit with laurence olivier and carol lynley and two versions of the mark of zorro 1920 and 1940 roy and niuta titus theaters 212 7089400 10 gates pop full reviews of recent concerts nytimescommusic alice in chains tuesday in the late 1980s and early 90s alice in chains helped create the seattle grunge sound by slowing bluesy metal riffs into a lavalike sludge now four years after the death of its singer layne staley whose mastery of the nasal snarl remains unmatched the surviving members are doing a short tour with william duvall in mr staleys place at 8 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 sold out ben sisario the books wednesday nick zammuto and paul de jong of the books make beguiling electronic collages out of disembodied vocal samples a few plucks from a banjo or another string instrument and unclassifiable noises that fade in and out like traffic part of the pleasure of listening is trying to figure out just why it all works so wonderfully and wittily at 8 pm courtyard gallery world financial center 220 vesey street lower manhattan 212 9450505 free but tickets available at 5 pm are required sisario coheed and cambria avenged sevenfold tonight and tomorrow night with baroque progressive rock riffs that recall rush and liberal use of roman numerals the group coheed and cambria stands out from the painfully earnest emo scene avenged sevenfolds machinegun rhythms bumblebee guitar solos and anthemic vocals make a more overt link to bygone metal particularly that of iron maiden and early metallica at 7 hammerstein ballroom 311 west 34th street manhattan 212 3077171 sold out sisario dub trio tuesday made up of welltraveled session players for the likes of the fugees and mos def dub trio plays spacious reggae grooves spiked with highadrenaline punk rock affectionately recalling bad brains this show celebrates the groups new album new heavy roir with the guests dark room beans and giant panda guerilla dub squad at 730 pm pianos 158 ludlow street near rivington street lower east side 212 4201466 8 sisario erasure tonight this longrunning british synthpop group recently released union street mute recreating some of its bsides and other lesserknown songs on dobro pedal steel and nylonstring guitars prettily but kind of dully expect the same at this acoustic show at 8 new york society for ethical culture 2 west 64th street manhattan 212 3077171 sold out sisario gnarls barkley monday one of the most eagerly anticipated concerts this year is by this brilliantly nutty duo featuring the produceralchemist danger mouse and the heliumvoiced singer and rapper ceelo green their album st elsewhere downtownatlantic giddily tosses together gospel modulations gorgeous soul sensoryoverload beats and a jumble of popculture references surely this is the first hiphop cover of the violent femmes gone daddy gone maybe were crazy ceelo sings probably at 8 pm webster hall 125 east 11th street east village 212 5332111 sold out sisario zakir hussains masters of percussion tomorrow the renowned tabla player zakir hussains annual percussion musicales are leisurely smiley gatherings but there is no slacking in the music the improvisational giveandtake and deft timing are amazing to behold this years guests include the dancing drummers of manipuri jagoi marup the sarangi player ustad sultan khan and the sitar player niladri kumar at 8 pm town hall 123 west 43rd street manhattan 212 5457536 25 to 35 sisario sharon jones tomorrow the brawnyvoiced singer sharon jones is the queen of an active local scene that recreates spiritedly but not too pedantically the sound of stax and other beloved 1960s soul labels her repertory includes a righteously funky reading of this land is your land joining her are binky griptite the budos band naomi davis and the gospel queens the mighty imperials and antibalas at 8 pm irving plaza 17 irving place at 15th street manhattan 212 7776800 1850 in advance 20 at the door sisario kanda bongo man tonight kanda bongo man smoothly croons his songs as his band plays the gleaming intertwining guitar lines and lilting rumba rhythms of congolese soukous at 1130 sobs 204 varick street at houston street south village 212 2434940 25jon pareles the national sunday this brooklyn group has built a significant following with flawless wilting ballads featuring subtly inventive guitar playing by bryce dessner and the dry cynical baritone of matt berninger who seems pained by his ability to conjure cruelties like you could have been a legendbut you became a father baby dayliner and doveman open at 7 pm webster hall 125 east 11th street east village 212 5332111 17 in advance 20 at the door sisario lee scratch perry thursday lee perrys quirks are inseparable from his inspirations he is one of reggaes most important producers using the studio to fill arrangements with distortion ghostly echoes and disorienting silences as a performer he sings and rants with lucid nuggets surrounded by malarkey as he discourses on space aliens sex the international monetary fund and marijuana at 8 pm b b king blues club grill 237 west 42nd street manhattan 212 9974144 25 in advance 30 at the door pareles psychic ills telepathe electroputas tomorrow for any bands that play it an advantage of droning badtrip socalled experimental music is that it never goes out of style because it has never been in style these three new york bands reach back to suicide joy division and german groups like can for their gray soundscapes but with twists psychic ills surrounds its guitars with warbling electronics the two women of telepathe make it spooky with bjorkesque vocals and tribal percussion and electroputas goes for full disorientation at 11 pm knitting factory 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193006 10 in advance 12 at the door sisario rachels clogs thursday attempts to bridge classical music with rock are often dry affairs that get neither right but these two groups gathered for the new sounds live series with john schaefer of wnyc draw exciting music from both sides of the divide in ways that make such distinctions seem silly at 8 pm merkin concert hall 129 west 67th street manhattan 212 5013330 20 sisario rainer maria tomorrow for nearly a decade this emoish trio could be counted on for big urgent cries that sounded just a bit louder than the players were comfortable with but on catastrophe keeps us together grunion they have quieted down a bit and in tender songs like burn gained a new sense of control and expressiveness with ambulette at 8 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 15 sisario the roots tonight this veteran hiphop group from philadelphia has stuck proudly to socially conscious wereallinthistogether lyrics but it is its excellence and flexibility as a live funk band that have made its reputation here the group serves as both the headliner and the house band for a roster of rap and r b heroes including mos def and erykah badu at 8 radio city music hall 212 3077171 50 to 70 sisario route 57 a festival of american roots music monday through thursday carnegie hall has booked four nights of traditional music from various parts of north america a good opportunity to hear these musicians in the intimate acoustics of zankel hall monday features natalie macmaster from the eastern canadian island of cape breton whose celtic fiddle leans to bluegrass and the british singerstoryteller norman kennedy tuesday offers the new orleans pianist henry butler and corey harris a blues guitarist who had a memorably wideeyed meeting with the african master ali farka tour in martin scorseses blues documentary on wednesday the group ollabelle opens for the del mccoury band the great bluegrass traditionalists who have recently been embraced by the jamband world the series closes on thursday with the folk guitarist chris smither and the campbell brothers joyful noisemakers of the sacred steel style with gospel songs led by blazing slide guitar at 830 pm 212 2477800 29 and 35 sisario steel pulse wednesday the close harmonies and steadfast reggae beats of steel pulse have carried righteous sentiments about topics including revolution dancing rastafarianism and racist taxi drivers at 8 pm irving plaza 17 irving place at 15th street manhattan 212 7776800 2750 in advance 30 at the door pareles taj mahal tuesday through thursday in taj mahals hands the blues is no weighty downer but a repository of breezy evocative sounds easily connected to caribbean and hawaiian music at 8 pm with an additional show on thursday at 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 cover 45 at tables with a 5 minimum or 35 at the bar with a onedrink minimum the fingerpicking bluesman guy davis plays on tuesday and wednesday at 1030 pm 15 at tables with a 5 minimum or 10 at the bar with a onedrink minimum sisario tool tonight and tomorrow night on 10000 days volcanozomba its first album in five years tool sticks to a formula that remains as seductive as ever with long cryptic songs that grow steadily from a bassheavy lurch to heroic bolts of pure guitar at 9 city center 131 west 55th street manhattan 212 5811212 sold out sisario tom verlaine tonight tom verlaines pulsating sensuous guitar playing in the 1970s band television had a lasting effect on rock and postpunk and in his solo work he has explored meditative improvisations with megan reilly at 8 bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 25 sisario walkmen wednesday the walkmen emerged five years ago playing exquisitely articulated songs of exhaustion and disaffection with hamilton leithausers weary whine surrounded by an echoey wash of guitar and keyboards the bands new album a hundred miles off record collection begins intriguingly with festive mexican horns but pretty soon its back to the familiar guitarbleached anguish with mazarin and nethers at 730 pm webster hall 125 east 11th street east village 212 5332111 20 sisario cabaret full reviews of recent cabaret shows nytimescommusic barbara carroll sunday even when swinging out this lady of a thousand songs remains an impressionist with special affinities for thelonious monk and bossa nova at 2 pm the algonquin hotel oak room 59 west 44th street manhattan 212 4199331 58 including brunch at noon stephen holden blossom dearie tomorrow and sunday to watch this singer and pianist is to appreciate the power of a carefully deployed popjazz minimalism combined with a highly discriminating taste in songs the songs date from all periods of a career remarkable for its longevity and for ms dearies stubborn independence and sly wit tomorrow at 7 pm sunday at 615 pm dannys skylight room 346 west 46th street clinton 212 2658133 25 with a 15 minimum or 5450 for a dinnerandshow package holden maria friedman tonight and tomorrow and tuesday through thursday this british theater star commands a flexible pitchperfect soprano as pure as spring water in her new show of allsondheim songs her dramatic instincts match her singing in subtlety taste and insight at 845 pm with additional shows tonight and tomorrow night at 1045 caf carlyle carlyle hotel 35 east 76th street manhattan 212 7441600 75 holden rebecca luker tonight and tomorrow night performing a program of theater songs written by women this lustrous broadway soprano lends a sense of robust wellbeing to everything she sings as her voice swells it gains in beauty textural fullness and emotional power at 830 and 11 feinsteins at the regency 540 park avenue at 61st street 212 3394095 60 with a 40 minimum holden annie ross wednesday cool funny swinging and indestructible this 75yearold singer and sometime actress exemplifies oldtime hip in its most generous incarnation at 915 pm dannys skylight room 346 west 46th street clinton 212 2658133 25 with a 12 minimum holden jazz full reviews of recent jazz concerts nytimescommusic john abercrombie supergroup wednesday through may 27 mr abercrombie the guitarist has spent his career thoughtfully stirring together elements of jazz rock and what might uncharitably be termed new age hell be kept on his toes by the allstars assembled here from the clarinetist don byron to the bassist eddie gomez to the drummer lenny white at 9 and 11 pm birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 cover 30 with a 10 minimum nate chinen ralph alessitim berneshane endsley wednesday this collective offers an amalgam of three distinct but related views on contemporary avantgardism courtesy of mr alessi a trumpeter mr berne an alto saxophonist and mr endsley another trumpeter who also plays drums at 10 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 cover 8 chinen ben allisons cowboy justice through sunday the bassist ben allison has a knack for assembling hardy and sophisticated ensembles this one with ron horton on trumpet steve cardenas on guitar and jeff ballard on drums recently released a strong album cowboy justice on palmetto records at 730 and 930 pm with an 1130 set tonight and tomorrow night jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 cover 20 and 25 chinen memorial for derek bailey through may 31 the iconoclastic guitarist derek bailey had originally intended to perform with many of the artists he assembled for this month at the stone which now serves as a fitting tribute highlights in the coming week include solo and trio sets by the bassist mark dresser tomorrow a similar offering by the guitarist fred frith sunday and a pianoandvocal performance by stephanie stone a matron of the downtown scene whose surname provided the name for this club wednesday at 8 and 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village wwwthestonenyccom cover 10 20 on sunday chinen paul bley and frank kimbrough monday mr bley is a prickly but often brilliant pianist and one of the most resourceful musicians ever to adopt the free harmonic movement of ornette coleman as part of the no minimum series at merkin hall he performs duets with mr kimbrough who is one generation removed but deeply in tune with the same aesthetic ideal at 8 pm merkin concert hall 129 west 67th street manhattan 212 5013330 35 chinen bill charlap trio tuesday through may 28 bright and breezy yet unfailingly precise mr charlap the pianist has come to exemplify jazzs modern mainstream so has his working trio which keeps a tin pan alley repertory percolating in the present tense at 730 and 930 pm with an 1130 set fridays and saturdays dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 cover 30 with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar chinen nels clineandrea parkinstom rainey tuesday mr cline is a guitarist with prodigious technique and a penchant for sculptured noise it should all come in handy during this experimental outing with ms parkins on accordion and keyboards and mr rainey on drums at 8 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 cover 10 chinen anthony coleman tonight mr coleman a keyboardist with a paneverything sensibility takes on jelly roll morton a jazz progenitor and kindred spirit with the appropriate pioneer mentality at 8 issue project room 400 carroll street between bond and nevins streets carroll gardens brooklyn 718 3300313 issueprojectroomorg cover 10 chinen john ellis quintet tomorrow mr ellis is a tenor and soprano saxophonist drawn to looselimbed funk but he also has an interest in spacious modern jazz promoting his solid new album by a thread hyena he enlists players comfortable with either style the guitarist mike moreno the pianist aaron goldberg the bassist reuben rogers and the drummer kendrick scott at 9 and 1030 pm jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 cover 15 chinen essentially ellington high school jazz band competition today and tomorrow jazz at lincoln centers nationwide duke ellington repertory competition concludes this weekend as 15 high school jazz orchestras take part in the finals at rose hall the proceedings are free and open to the public this afternoon and most of tomorrow though tickets are required the grand finale featuring the top three bands is at avery fisher hall and costs 20 today at 3 pm tomorrow from 10 to 1130 am and 1 to 230 pm and at 730 pm frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway where free tickets can be picked up tickets for sunday night available at the avery fisher hall box office by calling centercharge at 212 7216500 or at wwwjalcorg chinen robert glasper trio tuesday through may 28 mr glaspers pianism is inquisitive and probing while rooted in gospel and the blues he has honed a sharp trio dynamic with the bassist vicente archer and the drummer damion reid at 9 and 11 pm village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south at 11th street west village 212 2554037 cover 20 25 on friday and saturday with a 10 minimum chinen gutbucket tomorrow frenzy and uplift are unifying principles on sludge test cantalouope this downtown groups twitchy new album its live shows pursue the same ideal forcing a conversation between punk funk and free jazz for saxophone guitar bass and drums at midnight tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 cover 5 chinen gerry hemingway quartet tuesday texture is more of a priority than tempo in mr hemingways drumming and his compositions reveal a fruitful fascination with polytonality he plays here with three longtime collaborators the trumpeter herb robertson the tenor saxophonist ellery eskelin and the bassist mark helias at 10 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 cover 10 chinen nikolaj hess trio wednesday mr hess a danish pianist knows how to put together a rhythm section the bassist franois moutin and the drummer gregory hutchinson should make for a responsive team at 830 and 1030 pm enzos jazz at the jolly madison towers hotel 22 east 38th street manhattan 212 8020600 cover 15 with a onedrink minimum chinen john mcneilbill mchenry quartet sunday mr mcneil a trumpeter and mr mchenry a tenor saxophonist hail from different generations but share an attraction to unfettered harmonic terrain they pay tribute to the 1950s west coast pianist russ freeman in this quartet with tom hubbard on bass and jochen ruckert on drums 8 to 10 pm night and day 230 fifth avenue at president street park slope 718 3992161 cover 7 with a 7 minimum chinen bobby prevites coalition of the willing thursday bearing the name of a gritty and grooveoriented new album on ropeadope records this band makes the most of its component parts mr prevites drums and percussion charlie hunters electric guitars the vintage keyboards of jamie saft and marco benevento and the blaring and bleating of steven bernstein on trumpet and skerik on saxophones at 8 and 10 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 cover 20 per setchinen ben rileys monk legacy septet tonight and tomorrow night mr riley one of the most buoyant drummers to serve under thelonious monks employ honors that pianist and composers memory with a rocksolid group stocked with players like the trumpeter don sickler and the saxophonist wayne escoffery at 9 and 11 birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen jerome sabbagh quartet sunday mr sabbagh a coolly composed tenor saxophonist and composer in the postmodern mainstream leads an ensemble with ben monder on guitar joe martin on bass and ted poor on drums at 8 and 10 pm bar 4 444 seventh avenue at 15th street park slope brooklyn 718 8329800 wwwbar4net cover 5 chinen sex mob tonight the members of this fourpiece band have lately been engaged in other musical pursuits but their sound should still be as raucous and their rapport as rambunctious as ever steven bernstein plays slide trumpet and leads the charge though equal weight is pulled by briggan krauss on alto saxophone tony scherr on bass and guitar and kenny wollesen on drums at 8 and 10 tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 cover 12 chinen dr lonnie smith trio tonight and tomorrow night under the command of dr smith the hammond b3 organ can be subtly atmospheric or growlingly ecstatic together with the guitarist peter bernstein and the drummer fukushi tainaka he delivers a searching brand of soul jazz at 8 10 and 1130 smoke 2751 broadway at 106th street 212 8646662 cover 25 chinen bob stewarts trio akimbo tomorrow mr stewart is one of the most expressive tuba players in jazz a greater distinction than it may initially seem his fascination with timbre partly explains the instrumentation of this group which matches his tuba with jerome harriss acoustic guitar and abdou mboups kora a harplike west african lute at 9 pm cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 cover 12 with a onedrink minimum chinen david weiss sextet wednesday mr weiss a gifted and industrious trumpeter and composer leads a postbop outfit featuring the saxophonists myron walden and marcus strickland the pianist xavier davis the bassist sean conley and the drummer e j strickland at 10 pm 55 bar 55 christopher street west village 212 9299883 cover 10 chinen classical full reviews of recent music performances nytimescommusic opera american opera projects tonight and tomorrow night this organizations mandate is to help the development of new operas in a range of genres first glimpse is the title of this weekends sequence of readings of excerpts from worksinprogress by james borchers david claman conrad cummings jeff grace hannah lash and gilda lyons at 8 south oxford space 138 south oxford street near atlantic avenue fort greene brooklyn 718 3984024 15 12 for students and 65 anne midgette cos fan tutte tonight and tomorrow over decades the bronx opera has established its formula for presenting young singers in credible productions one unusual work a season and one standby this year mozarts frothy classic is the standby led by the companys founder michael spierman tonight at 8 tomorrow at 2 pm john cranford adams playhouse hofstra university hempstead ny 516 4636644 35 midgette lelisir damore tomorrow the big news of the mets revival of its 1991 production of donizettis elixir of love is the entrancing performance of ruth ann swenson as adina some opera buffs have long found ms swensons work vocally exquisite but temperamentally bland here she brings a breezy comic grace to the role of a wealthy young landowner in an italian village who thinks herself immune to sentimental notions about love until the painfully shy peasant nemorino gets through to her ms swenson sings with her trademark creamy sound effortful richness and impressive agility the promising young italian tenor giuseppe filianoti in his debut season at the met sings nemorino maurizio barbacini conducts at 1230 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 220 tickets remaining anthony tommasini faust tomorrow and sunday the diminutive amato opera winds up its season with a brandnew production of gounods chestnut with its usual rotating casts and exuberant conducting from its founder tony amato tomorrow at 730 pm sunday at 230 pm amato opera 319 bowery at second street east village 212 2288200 30 25 for students and 65 midgette rodelinda tonight the mets strongly cast and wellexecuted revival of the handel work tells us that baroque opera in a big opera house can work exceedingly well at 730 metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 36 to 205 bernard holland joseph volpe gala tomorrow the mets luxurious farewell to its longtime boss comes with 6 conductors 28 singers and some steep ticket prices at 530 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 sold out holland classical music american symphony orchestra sunday leon botsteins orchestra is never without an interesting theme this time swiss composers of the last century including work by the wellknown frank martin and arthur honegger and the lessknown othmar schoeck at 3 pm avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 25 to 53 holland cantori new york sunday this capable chorus offers a wideranging program of 20thcentury and contemporary works from morten lauridsen one of the most performed contemporary composers in the choral world to rebekah driscoll to bartok and debussy at 5 pm church of st luke in the fields 487 hudson street at grove street west village 212 4394758 12 and 15midgette frederic chiu thursday this energetic and thoughtful pianist plays the brahms sonata in c op 1 bachs partita in c minor bwv 826 and prelude and fugue in a flat from book ii of the welltempered clavier and a bach keyboard arrangement of a vivaldi concerto at 8 pm metropolitan museum of art 212 5703949 40 allan kozinn early music new york tomorrow you could call rameau a new old master his work has been increasingly explored and performed in the last few decades early music new york isnt the first group to present his opera and ballet suites this season les violins du roy did it well in february and emmanuelle ham at mostly mozart last summer which just goes to show that the music is well worth hearing at 8 pm st jamess church madison avenue at 71st street 212 2800330 40 midgette new york philharmonic wednesday and thursday in an installment of its hear and now discussion series the composer steven stucky explores elliott carters allegro scorrevole with the conductor ludovic morlot the subject was originally to have been peter liebersons world in flower but that works premiere has been postponed on thursday lorin maazel leads berliozs harold in italy with cynthia phelps the orchestras principal violist as the soloist as well as the mahler first symphony the hear and now discussion is wednesday at 645 pm the concert is thursday at 730 pm avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 10 to 20 on wednesday 26 to 94 on thursday kozinn new york youth symphony sunday the concerts by this dynamic orchestra of aspiring young musicians mostly of high school age are never disappointing for the final concert of its 43rd season at carnegie hall the orchestra under its compelling music director paul haas tackles mahlers mighty sixth symphony every concert also includes the premiere of piece by a younger composer and this time it is the concerto for string quartet and orchestra by takuma itoh a student at rice university the shanghai quartet will be the soloists at 2 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 7 to 55 tommasini pittsburgh symphony orchestra tuesday gone from the cleveland orchestra and free to flit from one guest conducting job to the next christoph von dohnanyi alights at carnegie hall with the musically estimable but administratively troubled pittsburgh symphony at 8 pm 212 2477800 26 to 89 holland riverside choral society tonight patrick gardner leads the riverside choral society in brahmss german requiem a magnificent nondenominational meditation on life and death with elizabeth blanckebiggs and stephen lusmann as the soloists at 8 alice tully hall lincoln center 212 7802181 20 to 45 kozinn david russell sunday benjamin brittens cello suites are extraordinary essays modern equivalents of bachs unaccompanied cello works like the bach set they are technically demanding and leave a cellist nowhere to hide as david russell will demonstrate in a promising traversal at 4 pm st peters episcopal church 346 west 20th street chelsea 212 9292390 10 5 for students and 65 kozinn maxim vengerov tomorrow one of the finest violinists of his generation mr vengerov is joined by lilya zilberstein pianist in a program that includes mozarts adagio in e k 261 beethovens sonata in c op 30 no 2 prokofievs sonata no 1 and shostakovichs 10 preludes from op 34 at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 28 to 97 kozinn dance full reviews of recent performances nytimescomdance adaptations variations on deborah hay thursday five dancers present their own adaptations of solos by a leader of postmodern dance who believes that the choreographic process should be pliant through may 27 at 8 pm dance new amsterdam 280 broadway at chambers street lower manhattan 212 2794200 or wwwticketcentralcom 17 jack anderson american ballet theater monday through thursday the companys starstudded eightweek metropolitan opera house season opens with the annual gala on monday night followed by a run of le corsaire with the typical rotating casts the first night tuesday offers a blitz of ballet theater hispanic male firepower julio bocca angel corella jose manuel carreo and herman cornejo monday at 630 pm tuesday through thursday at 8 pm wednesday at 2 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 or abtorg 23 to 100 performanceonly gala tickets 26 to 135 benefit tickets at 1500 and 2000 include dinner 212 4773030 ext 3239 john rockwell american tap dance foundation gala tuesday firstrate tappers including max pollak and the divine ms mable lee will perform to raise money for the foundations gregory hines scholarship fund for young tappers from 6 to 8 pm cielo 18 little west 12th street meatpacking district 646 2309564 250 jennifer dunning arthur aviles typical dance theater thursday new dances by the irrepressible mr aviles include the intriguingly named this pleasant and grateful asylum through next friday at 730 pm pregones theater 571575 walton avenue between east 149th and 150th streets south bronx 718 5851202 or wwwpregonesorg 14 12 students and 65 dunning abby bender schmantze theater tonight and tomorrow ms bender describes her new zoo as organized chaos examining the fine line between animals and humans at 8 pm triskelion arts 118 north 11th street williamsburg brooklyn 718 5993577 12 dunning black dance tradition and transformation tonight shani nwando ikeriona collins and the reggie wilsonfist and heel performance group share a program under the auspices of 651 arts at 8 kumble theater long island university flatbush avenue extension and dekalb avenue downtown brooklyn 718 6364181 or www651artsorg 20 and 25 anderson bojangles tap jam thursday laraine goodman a tap dancer and producer is celebrating the birthday of bill bojangles robinson and national tap dance day with a performance and open tap jam to live music from 7 to 10 pm le petit versailles garden 346 houston street between avenues b and c east village 212 4750588 5 suggested donation limited seating dunning delirious tonight and tomorrow night edisa weekss liaisons the living room project is a series of dances some quirky some elegant about the many facets of love at 8 and 10 puffin room 435 broome street soho 718 4555276 15 10 for students and 65 anderson dixon place under exposed tonight and tomorrow night this showcase features new dance by choreographers chosen by shannon hummel and monica bill barnes at 8 dixon place 258 bowery between houston and prince streets lower east side 212 2190736 or wwwdixonplaceorg 12 or tdf 10 for students and 65 dunning eiko and koma tonight through sunday in cambodian stories these japaneseborn dancers collaborate on a multicultural and multidisciplinary work with young artists from the reyum painting collaborative of phnom penh cambodia tonight and tomorrow night at 8 sunday at 3 pm asia society 725 park avenue at 70th street 212 5172742 20 16 for students and 62 anderson imago dance theater tonight and tomorrow night this sixmember moderndance company directed by erica murkofsky will perform collaborative choreography that explores family dynamics at 8 dance forum 20 east 17th street flatiron district 212 6138456 20 15 for students dancers and 65 dunning in our blood a bronx dance explosion sunday a festive program honors four dancers from the bronx chuck davis jawole willa jo zollar crazy legs and eddie torres at 3 pm lehman center for the performing arts 250 bedford park boulevard west at goulden avenue bedford park the bronx 718 9608833 or wwwlehmancenterorg 15 and 25 anderson cherylyn lavagnino thursday contemporary uses of the tradition of dancing on point will be explored in a program to live music through may 28 at 830 pm danspace project st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 6748194 or wwwdanspaceprojectorg 15 anderson abigail levine tonight and tomorrow night ms levine has moved her any closer a sitespecific dancetheater piece for 12 performers to a funky new setting part indoors and part outside at 745 dixon place 258 bowery between houston and prince streets lower east side 212 2190736 or wwwdixonplaceorg 12 dunning joan millers dance players tonight and tomorrow night reality bytes a new work by ms miller and the guest artist sheila kaminsky shares the program with highlights from the repertory at 730 ailey citigroup theater 405 west 55th street clinton 212 5688854 20 15 for students and 55 anderson morganscott ballet wednesday the company takes its outreach program to the bronx at 730 pm hostos center for the arts and culture 450 grand concourse at 149th street mott haven the bronx 718 5184455 25 anderson moving men tuesday a program organized by arthur aviles includes dances by esteban arana monstah black tom pearson elimar laureano and christopher k morgan at 8 pm dixon place 258 bowery between houston and prince streets lower east side 212 2190736 12 10 for students and 65 anderson new york city ballet tonight through sunday and tuesday through thursday the diamond project premiere of the week comes on thursday with a new ballet by jeanpierre bonnefoux the appealing new christopher wheeldon ballet evenfall can be seen tomorrow night along with peter martinss new red violin and again on tuesday the season runs until june 25 tonight and tomorrow and thursday nights at 8 tomorrow at 2 pm sunday at 3 pm tuesday and wednesday at 730 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 8705570 or nycballetorg 30 to 86 student rush tickets at 15 rockwell elke rindfleisch wednesday and thursday ms rindfleischs new damage set to live music begins with her six dancers struggling as if pushed and dragged by internal physical forces and ends with dancers moving through a setting that includes a moveable staircase a hallway to nowhere and a mysteriously illuminated corner through may 28 at 830 pm wallabout studio 50 taaffe place between flushing and park avenues fort greene brooklyn 917 2514561 15 dunning sitelines keely garfield and zach morris thursday the sitespecific hope and anchor conjures up fleeting images of sailors sirens and storms through may 27 and june 1 through 3 at 7 pm various locations the south street seaport lower manhattan wwwlmccnetsitelines free anderson tap city youth ensemble sunday dance lovers can watch tap dancing while they shop at 5 pm capezio dance theater shop 1650 broadway entrance on 51st street 212 2452130 free anderson christopher williams tonight through sunday mr williams a dancer and choreographer who has worked with the puppeteer basil twist made the remarkable ursula and the 11000 virgins at performance space 122 this new program offers more medievally inspired choreography his portuguese suite and three solos from the golden legend a male adjunct to the female ursula with john kelly as one of the performers at 830 pm danspace project at st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 6748194 or danspaceprojectorg 15 rockwell work in process new york city ballet sunday and monday peter martins who directs city ballet will lead a discussion with the diamond project choreographers jorma elo and jeanpierre bonnefoux at 8 pm guggenheim museum fifth avenue at 89th street 212 4233587 or wwwworksandprocesscom 24 18 for students and 65 dunning zvidance wednesday and thursday new works by zvi gotheiner include les noces his version of stravinskys ballet about marriage and 12a a commentary on superstitions about the number 13 to a commissioned score by scott killian through may 27 at 730 pm dance theater workshop 219 west 19th street chelsea 212 9240077 25 15 students and 65 anderson art museums and galleries are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of recent art shows nytimescomart museums american folk art museum white on white and a little gray through sept 17 the importance of neoclassicism to early american architecture silver and fine furniture is not exactly news this small beautiful show follows its spread into more personal corners of visual culture often exquisite strikingly dimensional whitework bedcovers luminously grisaille sometimes wacky marbledust drawings and printwork embroidery mourning pictures few exhibitions this size 35 pieces present quite such a vivid and rewarding picture of artistic assimilation and transformation 45 west 53rd street 212 2651040 roberta smith bard graduate center american streamlined design the world of tomorrow through june 11 streamlining a particularly american design concept born of our love of speed and admiration for industrial production peaked in the 1930s and 40s and is now said to be undergoing a revival this tribute to it includes more than 180 objects from boring but useful items like a receipt printer designed by walter dorwin teague in 1946 to a plastic bicycle helmet of flowing teardrop shapes designed by john larkin in 2000 the show is perhaps too packed with repetitive examples do we need to see three similar electric drills but dont let that stop you theres no shortage of wonderful things to look at here 18 west 86th street 212 5013000 grace glueck brooklyn museum symphonic poem the art of aminah brenda lynn robinson through aug 13 this prodigious show by an artist born and still living in columbus ohio celebrates her heritage in paintings drawings sculpture stitchery leather work and less classifiable forms of expression besides its sheer visual wizardry using materials like leaves twigs bark buttons and castoff clothes her art is compelling in that it ruminates on the history of black migration to and settlement in the united states from early times to the present in a garrulous very personal way 200 eastern parkway at prospect park 718 6385000 glueck brooklyn museum william wegman funneystrange through may 28 descended from marcel duchamp and buster keaton mr wegman has straddled high and low for more than three decades using his signature weimaraners to make the art worlds funniest videos as well as television commercials calendars and childrens books his popular success has tended to obscure his originality and influence along with a multifarious production that includes wittily captioned drawings wonderfully irreverent paintings and a host of nondog photographic work see above smith frick collection veroneses allegories virtue love and exploration in renaissance venice through july 16 paolo veronese 152888 a superb colorist and one of the most suavely sensuous of renaissance venetian painters used the ageold device of allegory to make abstract concepts visual often by means of human or mythological figures in this fivepainting show the first to include all of his largescale allegories from american collections high ideals mingle with earthy and sometimes erotic physicality as in the painting venus and mars united by love 1 east 70th street 212 2880700 glueck international center of photography snap judgments new positions in contemporary african photography through may 28 if martians tuned into our television news broadcasts theyd have a miserable impression of life on earth war disease poverty heartbreak and nothing else thats exactly how most of the world sees africa filtered through images of calamity the nigerianborn curator okwui enwezor offers a bracing alternative view in this show of recent photography from africa 1133 avenue of the americas at 43rd street 212 8570000holland cotter jewish museum eva hesse sculpture through sept 17 assembled by elizabeth sussman curator at the whitney museum of american art and fred wasserman a curator at the jewish museum this show focuses on a pivotal hesse exhibition chain polymers at the fischbach gallery known for promoting minimalist painters in 1968 arguably a compilation of her best work it was her first and only solo show of sculpture during her lifetime and most of the objects in it along with some earlier and later pieces are here one of the earliest is compart 1966 a fourpanel vertical that starts at the top with a fully formed round breastlike image of neatly wound cord that mysteriously breaks up into part of the same image on each of the three panels beneath the last most startling and most impressive work is untitled rope piece of 1970 made as ms hesse was dying finished with the help of friends an exhibition of her drawings is on view at the drawing center 1109 fifth avenue at 92nd street 212 4233200 glueck metropolitan museum of art anglomania tradition and transgression in british fashion through sept 4 ranging from early18thcentury gowns to next seasons evening wear this show crowds 65 extravagantly clad mannequins into the mets normally serene english period rooms trying to connect the sartorial innovations of the english dandy the aggressive tribal attire of punk and the deconstructive impulses of todays british fashion stars a certain confusion both intellectual and visual reigns but there is more than enough to look at 212 5357710 smith met hatshepsut through july 9 can a queen be a king too consider the case of hatshepsut an egyptian ruler of the 15th century bc she assumed the supreme title of pharaoh and ruled egypt in that powerfully masculine role until her death hatshepsut is the subject of a celebratory show at the metropolitan museum of art one that commemorates the 100th anniversary of the mets department of egyptian art organized by the met and the fine arts museums of san francisco it includes many objects from the mets own extensive holdings excavated at its digs in the 1920s and 30s but it isnt so easy to follow hatshepsuts trail in this ambitious show what with the number of relatives subordinates minor officials and such who also have a place in it along with scarabs jewelry pottery furniture and other artifacts see above glueck morgan library and museum masterworks from the morgan through sept 10 almost three years after closing to build an expansion the morgan is back and brilliant whats new renzo pianos splendid fourstory glassandsteel court a sort of giant solarium with seethrough elevators two goodsize secondfloor galleries and a neat little strongbox of an enclosure called the cube for reliquaries and altar vessels medieval objects made with so much silver and gold that they seem to give off heat whats not new almost everything in this exhibition which fills every gallery with miniexhibitions of master drawings and musical manuscripts as well as illuminated gospels devotional sculptures and historical and literary autograph manuscripts from the brontes to bob dylan 225 madison avenue at east 36th street 212 6850008 or themorganorg individual show closings can be checked by telephone or through the web site cotter museum of modern art against the grain contemporary art from the edward r broida collection the latest collection assembled by the museum of modern art bolsters its holdings of art world mavericks like philip guston jennifer bartlett ken price and vija celmins and includes firsttimers like robert grosvenor john lees and susana solano it also illuminates parts of the untold or forgotten stories of the art of the 1970s and 80s the achievements of painters and sculptors who were not at the forefront of postminimalism photo appropriation or neoexpressionism some of their efforts may disappear into storage but quite a few will shake up the moderns conception of the complicated course of art since 1970 the museum of modern art 212 7089400 through sept 18 smith the studio museum in harlem energyexperimentation black artists and abstraction 19641980 through july 2 during one of the most radical periods in 20thcentury american politics the black power era a group of africanamerican artists was working in one of the most radical forms of 20thcentury art abstraction this show is stylishly installed the 15 artists are intensely individualistic and part of an important history one the sculptor tom lloyd 192196 opened the studio museum with a solo show in 1968 144 west 125th street 212 8644500 cotter whitney museum of american art whitney biennial 2006 day for night through may 28 this biennial will provoke much headscratching by uninitiated visitors a hermetic take on what has been making waves its packaged branded might be the better word as a show long on collaboration and openendedness several shows under one roof including a revival of the 1960s peace tower which rises like a tinker toy construction from the whitney courtyard with contributions by dozens of artists as a counter to the image of the art world as rich youthbesotted and obsessed with crafty little nothings the ethos here is provisional messy halfbaked cantankerous insular radical qualities art used to have when it could still call itself radical and wasnt like a barnacle clinging to the cruise ship of pop culture that was back in the 1970s and much of whats here harks back to that moment 800 9448639 or wwwwhitneyorg michael kimmelman galleries soho eva hesse drawing this show deals in depth with ms hesses works on paper ranging from rough sketches or notes to test pieces made from various materials that function as drawings to finished projects that stand on their own a zealous researcher ms hesse made all kinds of thumbnail notations and calculations to explore the properties of her malleable materials many of these sheets perhaps too many are shown too drawing center 35 wooster street 212 2192166 through july 15 glueck josephsohn a powerful exhibition of five crusty semiabstract oversized heads cast in bronze by a zurichbased sculptor who was born in east prussia in 1920 peter blum 99 wooster street 212 3430441 through may 27 ken johnson galleries chelsea julia condon mandalas inspired by tibetan tradition ms condon uses many thin glazes on square canvases to create entrancing softfocus mandalas in which diaphanous crystalline and floral patterns radiate from glowing centers dinter fine art 547 west 27th street 212 9472818 through june 3 johnson justin craun the individual inspired partly by kitschy christian record album cover images from the 1950s this inventive young painter creates acidic vividly abstracted and patterned portraits of people who look as if theyve been possessed by evil aliens from outer space fredericks freiser 536 west 24th street 212 6336555 through june 10 johnson judy glantzman her congested expressionistic paintings composed of scores of little human heads are like visions of hell by the belgian symbolist james ensor also on view are scary and funny little dolllike figures made of a material called super sculpy betty cuningham 541 west 25th street 212 2422772 through next friday johnson ilya emilia kabakov the painter sculptor storyteller and conceptualist mr kabakov and his partner emilia kabakov present a series of paintings they made recently but that museumstyle labels claim were made in the 1970s by ilya kabakov who may or may not be the same person as the author of this exhibition the paintings adroitly mix passages of modernist abstraction and social realism but the real interest is in the idea of the art history of an alternative universe sean kelly 528 west 29th street 212 2391181 through may 27 johnson never mind the bollocks heres amanda lear muse film actress professional somebody amanda lear is also a painter as her oil portraits of francis bacon salvador dal and leonardo da vinci attest but the point of the show is to pay homage to ms lear herself and some interesting artists scott hug kanishka raja ryan steadman and james j williams iii with paintings michelle lopez and anna sew hoy with small sculptures and best christoph broich with a large work of latex and lace titled the girl who sold her soul to the devil and won envoy 535 west 22nd street sixth floor 212 2427524 through june 3 cotter rosalind solomon american pictures from chapalingas this excellent exhibition of works from 1974 to 2000 surveys the career of a photographer with a keen eye for human individuality and a pitchperfect sense of composition her art bears a family resemblance to that of diane arbus but it is gentler and kinder foley 547 west 27th street 212 2449081 through june 3 johnson christoph worringer in his largescale allegories this young german painter features multiple images of himself with pupilless eyes in mysterious theatrical situations whatever they may mean it is tantalizing to imagine where mr worringers blend of traditionalist figurative painting and postmodernist surrealism might lead lucas schoormans 508 west 26th street 212 2433159 through june 10 johnson other galleries glen fogel and yoko inoue yoko inoue born in japan looks at what it is to be american in a solo show that includes a stack of woolen old glory sweaters made by weavers in south america and a series of portraits of ms inoue made by other artists a new video by glen fogel shot during the billy graham crusade at flushing meadows queens in 2005 focuses on the christian rock bands that served as warmup acts for mr graham the musicians look as if they could be from the 1960s though the message they are delivering is very different or is it momenta 72 berry street near north ninth street williamsburg brooklyn 718 2188058 through june 12 cotter mystic river the artist noah sheldon has assembled a lyrical group show not quite of this world dike blair makes an unearthly thing of las vegas in a fine watercolor painting the excellent peter coffin contributes a portrait in the form of a photographed aura martha friedman offers a levitating rope ian hundley displays a patch of aerial topography in the form of a crazy quilt roger white paints the sun the spirit of stephen shores 1970s photographs of the american landscape flows through it all southfirst 60 north sixth street williamsburg brooklyn 718 5994884 through june 11 cotter last chance yto barrada the frenchmoroccan photographer yto barrada recently seen in snap judgments at the international center of photography makes a new york solo debut with this show it includes excerpts from her documentation of the lives of north african immigrants legally barred from entry to europe and passing time in the city of tangier on the strait of gibraltar also on view is ms barradas wonderful video of a street magician in action the kitchen 512 west 19th street chelsea 212 2555793 closes tomorrow cotter dahesh museum of art stories to tell masterworks from the kelly collection of american illustration during the golden age of illustration the 1880s to the 1930s images made by painters for magazines and books captivated the collective american psyche original works by some of the best of those artists including j c leyendecker n c wyeth and charles dana gibson are included in this extensive and wellselected exhibition 580 madison avenue near 57th street 212 7590606 closes on sunday johnson great pots the vessel as art 1900 to 2000 this extraordinarily rich and varied lobby show presents 164 works by 143 artists from the newark museums famed ceramics collection it focuses on utilitarian vessels vases bowls pots mugs and platters but covers an enormous amount of aesthetic territory taking in pueblo indian arts and crafts classical japanese european modernist pop funk and much more the show includes great craftsmen like george orr beatrice wood peter voulkos and ron nagel the ubs art gallery 1285 avenue of the americas near 51st street 212 7132885 closes today johnson the museum of modern art without boundary seventeen ways of looking this excellent group show considers what islamic means in the work of several contemporary artists and it means many things none simple just to see the uses made of calligraphy by shirazeh houshiary rachid koraichi and shirin neshat is to understand the lesson in variety put forward here 212 7089400 closes on monday cotter neue galerie klee and america for a long time the swissborn artist paul klee 18791940 regarded as a leading modernist figure in europe didnt believe his delicate chimerical work had much of a future in the united states yet thanks to artists collectors and dealers with close contacts in germany who had begun to discover his work by the early 1920s klees impact began to be felt here this show of more than 60 paintings and drawings assembled from american holdings covers the spectrum of klees work 1048 fifth avenue at 86th street 212 6286200 closes on monday glueck cady noland approximately this conceptual stunt of an exhibition presents 11 simulations of works by the influential and much admired sculptor cady noland an artist known for carefully controlling where and when her works are exhibited triple candie 461 west 126th street harlem 212 8650783 closes on sunday johnson aaron parazette all on up this houstonbased painter creates punchy colorful signlike compositions using big letters as his basic building blocks the letters spell words like insane juice and thruster but they are variously inverted reversed and mixed up to enhance the exceptionally gratifying graphic impact marlborough chelsea 211 west 19th street 212 4638634 closes tomorrow johnson dont give up the diabetes fight to the editor your article about the rising costs of diabetes serves to highlight our insane policy against the medical use of marijuana the week ahead may 2127 television sweeps month rolls on nbcs 105 apocalypse sunday and tuesday nights at 9 is a sequel to a 2004 disaster film in which the west coast was devastated by an earthquake that surely qualified as the big one but my oh my now theres an even worse earthquake coming one seismologist frank langella has predicted that it could create a continental divide right down the middle of the united states beau bridges is the president kim delaney a determined seismologist david cubitt her exboyfriend and garcelle beauvaisnilon the fema boss when stephen king thinks about the apocalypse he heads for nevada at least las vegas was the antichrists headquarters in the stand the title of stephen kings desperation abc tuesday night at 8 a threehour movie refers to desperation nev where hapless motorists are stopped by a local lawman ron perlman framed for marijuana possession and thrown in jail the scary part is that dead people are lying all over town and the cop is possessed by something evil tom skerritt annabeth gish matt frewer and charles durning are among the inmates its highly selfreferential yes thats redrum written on a wall one more time its the american idol season finale on fox chris daughtry who even the notoriously demanding simon cowell predicted would win is gone on tuesday night at 8 the two finalists perform then the producers stretch out wednesday nights show also at 8 when the winner is announced to two hours that includes a reunion of the top 12 but some people will still watch only the last 10 minutes for those not swept up so much by sweeps jim hensons the storyteller comes out as a twodisc dvd set sony pictures 1994 on tuesday that means nine fairy tales including one that asks whether a king will marry his beautiful daughter off to a hedgehog and four greek myths with decidedly uncuddly puppets dartmouth fraternity house is searched student arrested the dartmouth college fraternity house that inspired the movie national lampoons animal house was searched and a student was charged with marijuana possession national briefing new england new hampshire police raid fraternity the police in hanover searched the dartmouth college fraternity house that inspired the 1978 movie national lampoons animal house for more than five hours on thursday the search was part of a nearly twoyear investigation they said a member of the fraternity alpha delta was arrested on drug charges and released the police said that the student 19 was charged with marijuana possession and that a second student was expected to face a similar charge police chief nicholas j giaccone jr would not reveal the nature of the investigation and a judge has placed the search warrant and affidavits under seal the police removed 10 crates 2 bags a videotape and a computer the associated press reported the primary object of the search was not drugs chief giaccone said but would not comment further katie zezima nyt banks take a legal gamble on casinos its hard to imagine goldman sachs or merrill lynch investing in a company that grows marijuana or scalps concert tickets yet the two firms along with such houses as morgan stanley jp morgan and fidelity have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in shares of online casinos even though those companies may be breaking united states laws marijuana fight envelops fishermans wharf some san franciscans are fighting to keep a medical marijuana dispensary from opening at a popular tourist destination news summary international a39 israel hits fatah offices as strikes increase in gaza israeli aircraft intensified their attacks on palestinian targets in gaza hitting the downtown offices of the fatah political party and sites in the northern part of the territory after israels prime minister ordered his military to do whatever necessary to pressure militants to free a captured israeli soldier a1 plan guided bali bombings indonesian police have uncovered a document from the computer of a planner of an attack last october in bali that killed 20 people experts say it offers a glimpse into the minds of terrorist plotters and of the kind of meticulous planning involved in even a relatively simple operation a1 mexico votes in tight race millions of mexicans voted to decide the tightest race for president in their history but as the last polling stations closed there was still no clear winner between a leftist firebrand who has promised to lift the poor and a conservative technocrat backed by business leaders a8 iraqi sunnis boycott parliament the main sunni arab political bloc in iraq began a boycott of parliament to protest the kidnapping of a sunni legislator and threatened to withdraw its members from the prime ministers cabinet unless she was freed within the next 48 hours a9 iran rejects deadline on offer iran again rejected a deadline to respond to an international proposal to end the standoff over its nuclear program saying it will respond in a month a4 afghans wary of us tactics a joint military raid by american and afghan forces on a house in kabul afghanistan on march 20 has pointed up the tensions between the american military and the afghan defense ministry over the conduct of counterinsurgency raids a9 exleader of chad faces trial a court in senegal must try hissne habr the former dictator of chad for human rights violations he is accused of committing during his eightyear rule an african union panel said senegals president abdoulaye wade said he would comply with the request a4 world cup disappoints brothels the world cup has not generated a surge in demand for prostitution or an influx of temporary prostitutes from eastern europe as many in germanys legal sex industry had predicted a3 obituaries b7 fernando sanchez a fashion designer who captured the naughty side of 1970s fashion with lingerie collections conceived for elegant boudoirs but often worn in public he was 70 b7 vern leroy bullough a historian of medicine and sexuality noted for chronicling the development of american nursing he was 77 b7 national a1013 old rivals find benefits in political partnership after years of competitive and often contentious dealings president bush and senator john mccain of arizona are building a deepening if impersonal relationship that is serving the political needs of both men and could prove valuable to mr mccain in his efforts to win the republican presidential nomination in 2008 a1 cannabis club moving to wharf the green cross is a cannabis club one of about 30 in san francisco that sell marijuana to patients with a doctors note but none of san franciscos medical marijuana dispensaries have been in places anywhere as popular as fishermans wharf with the opening of the new club just weeks away some are fighting to keep it out a1 senator calls for digital budget exasperated by his partys failure to cut government spending senator tom coburn left republican of oklahoma wants to create a public database searchable over the internet that would list most government contracts and grants exposing hundreds of billions in annual spending to instant desktop view a10 licensing laws save lives laws that restrict 16yearold drivers from carrying passengers and from driving at night help cut fatal accidents substantially a new study said it found that in states with such programs the rate of 16yearolds involved in fatal accidents is 20 percent lower than in states without them a10 congress reacts to court case democratic leaders in response to the supreme courts rebuke of the bush administration last week called for a closer consultation with congress and a broad review of the administrations use of executive power to combat terrorism republican leaders called for a more limited response a11 shuttle launching delayed nasa scrubbed the launching of the shuttle discovery for the second day in a row as thunderstorms and clouds cloaked the kennedy space center if the launching is not completed by july 19 it will have to be postponed until late august a11 new yorkregion b15 bosses move back to city after long period of flight the number of fortune 500 companies based in new york city has been inching upward reversing a long steep decline but the new arrivals do not resemble headquarters of the past packed with middle managers and supporting personnel they are mostly bosses who can network with their peers while keeping the rankandfile in less expensive quarters in suburbs or other cities a1 mob trial details decline as prosecutors and mafia turncoats in federal district court in brooklyn told stories of gangland murder that could land baldassore amato in prison for life they also told another story about the decline of the bonanno family b1 keriks name taken off jail the bernard b kerik complex an 881bed jail dedicated by mayor rudolph w giuliani in 2001 in honor of the former police commissioner was renamed and will again be called the manhattan detention complex the decision was made a day after mr kerik pleaded guilty in state supreme court in the bronx to two misdemeanors b1 arts e112 signs of box office resurgence after abandoning theaters in worrying numbers last summer american moviegoers are returning to the multiplex steadily if slowly through the first 25 weeks of the year domestic boxoffice revenue was up nearly 5 percent to 46 billion according to the tracking company exhibitor relations e1 web site saves sitcom nobodys watching a comedy pilot that was passed on by the wb network has found a new life and a wide audience thanks to youtube where it had been downloaded more than 300000 times by a growing legion of fans e1 beatles tribute in las vegas the premiere of love the new cirque du soleil show set to the music of the beatles not only offered the closest thing possible to a fab four reunion but it also prompted a gathering of beatle families friends and associates that may never be repeated e3 business day c18 airbus chief steps down the head of airbus and the cochief of its parent company resigned following the disclosure of production delays for the airbus a380 jumbo plane and an investigation into insider trading which together have sent its shares tumbling c1 google spends on technology google plans to spend more than 15 billion on plants and technology with most of the hundreds of thousands of servers it will deploy custommade to its own eccentric designs c1 att gets into tv att plans to offer a new service uverse that crams video data and in time phone calls down one highspeed broadband line allowing users to view multiple channels at once get information about programs instantly and eventually access some internet content via their televisions c1 business digest c2 sportsmonday d18 allstar teams named david wright and and jos reyes were among six mets players named to the national league allstar team the yankees will have four players on the american league roster including starters derek jeter and alex rodriguez d1 editorial a1415 editorials crisis postponed at the un protecting all waters how to educate young scientists verlyn klinkenborg on birdwatching columns bob herbert and judith warner bridge e6 crossword e8 metro diary b2 tv listings e11 weather b8 marijuana on the wharf to the editor opponents of the proposed cannabis buyers club at fishermans wharf in san francisco front page july 3 cite the potential for increased crime suggesting that drug dealers will try to acquire marijuana from the club illicitly and resell it corrections an article on monday about the opening of a dispensary for medical marijuana at fishermans wharf in san francisco referred incorrectly to stateissued identification cards for patients who use marijuana california is again issuing the cards a suspension of the program is no longer in effect the week ahead july 9 july 15 television what if tony soprano were irish lived in rhode island and had a cleancut brother in local politics showtime is surely thinking forward to life after the sopranos and as a replacement proposes brotherhood which has its premiere sunday night at 10 jason clarke stars as the providence politician and family man trying to avoid the rampant corruption around him jason isaacs is his gangster brother who has just come back to town after years on the run there are suitcases full of money suspicious construction sites and casual violence including a severed ear in the first hour the last few stephen king television projects havent exactly been masterpieces but the latest nightmares dreamscapes from the stories of stephen king is at least highly ambitious its a fourweek extravaganza of eight stories beginning on wednesday tnt 9 pm with a commercialfree hour and a star turn by william hurt he plays a san francisco hit man who kills a toy manufacturer then finds himself under siege by an army of tiny plastic soldiers with surprisingly real weapons that will be followed by claire forlani and eion bailey as newlyweds honeymooning in another dimension the first season of the showtime series weeds comes out on dvd on tuesday lionsgate 3998 marylouise parker who beat out the desperate housewives stars for a golden globe plays a tasteful suburban widow soccer mom and marijuana dealer hey how else is she going to keep her fabulous house elizabeth perkins is her best friend in a way the most deliciously detestable role of her career and now that bruce springsteen has gone folkie again the latest american masters documentary woody guthrie aint got no home pbs wednesday check local listings seems timely as the film puts it guthrie who gave the world this land is your land wasnt actually a hick he just played one on radio part of alaska marijuana law is struck down a judge on monday struck down part of an alaska law criminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana saying it conflicted with past decisions by the alaska supreme court under the ruling people can possess less than an ounce of marijuana in their homes the judge patricia a collins of superior court granted a summary judgment to the american civil liberties union of alaska which sued when the law took effect in june national briefing northwest alaska part of marijuana law is struck down a judge on monday struck down part of an alaska law criminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana saying it conflicted with past decisions by the alaska supreme court under the ruling people can possess less than an ounce of marijuana in their homes the judge patricia a collins of superior court granted a summary judgment to the american civil liberties union of alaska which sued when the law took effect in june no medical cannabis at fishermans wharf marijuana cannot be sold alongside the cracked crab and souvenirs of fishermans wharf the san francisco planning commission decided staten island borough chiefs grandson arrested a grandson of the borough president has been arrested for at least the third time this year this time on charges that he beat up a paperboy the authorities said yesterday on tuesday afternoon the police said a 14yearold boy was delivering the staten island advance in the grasmere neighborhood when steven molinaro 17 grandson of borough president james p molinaro approached the boy from behind knocked him to the ground and kicked him in the head the boy8217s injuries included a cut lip steven molinaro was charged with misdemeanor assault he was arrested on marijuana charges earlier this year the staten island district attorney8217s office said in february he was charged with attempted murder in a group attack on a youth who was stabbed repeatedly those cases are pending sports briefing nfl commissioner paul tagliabue toured the hurricanedamaged superdome yesterday with the new orleans saints owner tom benson and gov kathleen babineaux blanco of louisiana and said he was encouraged with the progress that had been made i think there are some terrific features in the renovation he said describing an overhaul of the superdomes concession areas and luxury suites theres a feeling of openness freshness superdome officials say they hope to find a corporation to buy naming rights before the saints are scheduled to open at home against atlanta on sept 25 texas player to transfer ramonce taylor who scored 15 touchdowns last season for the university of texas while playing running back and wide receiver said he planned to transfer though he gave no indication where he might go taylor missed spring practice because of academic problems and was arrested in may on a marijuana possession charge basketball liberty ends skid cathrine kraayeveld tied a career high with 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds last night as the visiting liberty defeated the chicago sky 7972 to snap a franchiserecord 11game losing streak the liberty improved to 520 the sky 321 lost its seventh consecutive game becky hammon the libertys leading scorer missed her seventh straight game with a sprained left ankle track and field records set in stockholm asafa powell of jamaica and jeremy wariner of the united states broke stadium records at the dn galan meet in stockholm yesterday powell won the 100 meters in 986 seconds powell who shares the world record 977 with justin gatlin surpassed maurice greenes olympic stadium record 987 set in 1999 in the 400 wariner the olympic and world champion ran a 4402 to break the stadium mark 4457 set by alvin harrison in 2002 russian discus star suspended 2 years the olympic womens discus champion natalya sadova of russia was barred for two years yesterday by the international association of athletics federations track and fields world governing body for a second doping violation hockey devils gomez awarded 5 million devils forward scott gomez was awarded a oneyear 5 million contract by an arbitrator yesterday gomez posted career highs in goals 33 and points 84 last season when he made 2204 million the devils have 48 hours to accept the ruling and sign gomez or let him become an unrestricted free agent rangers to play in puerto rico the rangers will travel to san juan for puerto ricos inaugural nhl game an exhibition against the florida panthers at jos miguel agrelot coliseum on sept 23 nyt news summary international a312 israel says it will occupy part of southern lebanon israel says it will occupy a strip inside southern lebanon with ground troops until an international force can take its place raising the prospect of a more protracted israeli involvement in lebanon than its political and military leadership previously signaled or publicly sought a1 israeli military commanders say they are not surprised that incapacitating hezbollah has been so difficult because the lebanese militia is organized welltrained wellequipped and more like an army than an urban guerrilla force a1 us troop increase in baghdad saying that security in baghdad remained terrible president bush announced an agreement with the prime minister of iraq to significantly strengthen the american military presence in the city a1 one of iraqs most important treasures looted in the ransacking of the national museum three years ago has been recovered in a clandestine operation involving the united states and turned over to iraqi officials a12 typhoon hits china coast typhoon kaemi came ashore on the southern china coast prompting the evacuation of more than 643000 people in a region still recovering from an earlier storm that left more than 600 people dead a6 georgia deploys special forces georgia deployed special forces near the breakaway region of abkhazia to arrest a local ruler who had declared autonomy from federal rule and to disperse a militia under his command a11 national a1315 senate passes bill barring help to minors on abortion the senate passed legislation that would make it a federal crime to help an underage girl escape parental notification laws by crossing state lines to obtain an abortion a1 proposal for terror suspects a white house proposal on terrorism detainees would allow hearsay evidence unless it was deemed unreliable and would permit defendants to be excluded from their own proceedings if necessary to protect national security a1 rangers face urban issues assaults against forest rangers are soaring and urban crime has spilled into the public land that surrounds many of the fastestgrowing cities in the west a1 judge dismisses att lawsuit a federal judge in chicago dismissed a classaction lawsuit against att that said it has illegally provided information about its customers to the national security agency a13 new rules for air controllers the federal aviation administration has rescheduled air traffic controllers at seven of its busiest radar offices to assure that at least 70 percent of the controllers on shift are always at their radar scopes a14 guards seek to unionize the service employees international union is trying to unionize more than 70000 security guards nationwide a group that in many cities is more than 50 percent africanamerican a13 new yorkregion b17 power network in queens was shaky before failure the electrical network for the area of queens where 100000 people endured a lengthy blackout had the most failures of any of the 57 underground networks in new york city for the last two years according to statistics that consolidated edison provided to state regulators b1 gang arrests in new jersey more than 60 people in new jersey were arrested and more than 40 additional arrests were expected in a sweep that the authorities described as the biggest mass arrest of gang members ever to take place in the state b1 spitzer and suozzi debate the two democratic candidates for governor of new york clashed relentlessly in their sole debate over tax cuts gay marriage the death penalty marijuana the queens blackout and even their own future presidential ambitions b1 arts e18 tate modern announces annex tate modern unveiled plans for a 397 million extension intended to be completed in time for the 2012 olympic games in london e3 obituaries c12 h freeman mathews jr a foreign service officer who helped lay the groundwork for the 1978 camp david peace accords he was 78 c12 business day c111 pfizers new heart drug pfizer says it will apply for approval to sell a promising new heart treatment as a standalone pill rather than only in combination with lipitor pfizers bestselling cholesterol treatment c1 slowing home sales sales of both new and existing homes are slackening and experts say the housing industry appears to be moving from a boom to something that is starting to look like a bust c1 taxis in the clouds with new air taxis several companies aim to offer faster more convenient air travel at a price that falls somewhere between private jets and commercial airlines c1 business digest c2 editorial a1617 editorials a long bad six weeks security and chemical plants demanding vs doing accountability and the blackout in queens columns thomas l friedman maureen dowd crossword e6 weather d8 tv listings e9 crackdown on drug goat and dvd smugglers the police in south africa and lesotho said they had arrested 264 people and seized a small mountain of contraband in a late july dragnet intended to curb smuggling between the nations the confiscated goods included 47 tons of marijuana 696 sheep 61 goats 60 head of cattle 43 stolen automobiles 11 firearms and some 10000 in bootleg dvds the police superintendent for free state province in south africa told the south african press association lesotho a tiny kingdom landlocked by western south africa has porous borders that have made it a haven for criminals seeking to evade south african law enforcement world briefing africa crackdown on drug goat and dvd smugglers the police in south africa and lesotho said they had arrested 264 people and seized a small mountain of contraband in a late july dragnet intended to curb smuggling between the nations the confiscated goods included 47 tons of marijuana 696 sheep 61 goats 60 head of cattle 43 stolen automobiles 11 firearms and some 10000 in bootleg dvds the police superintendent for free state province in south africa told the south african press association lesotho a tiny kingdom landlocked by western south africa has porous borders that have made it a haven for criminals seeking to evade south african law enforcement michael wines nyt hoosick man and three children die in fire a fire tore through a home here late wednesday killing three children and their father who had rushed back into the flames to try to save the youngsters the authorities said the blaze broke out in a twostory home outside hoosick falls a village about 30 miles northeast of albany brian decatur 41 and his wife cheryl 38 escaped but mr decatur ran back into the house to try to save the children the authorities said they identified the children as cade may and haley decatur both 8 and gardin decatur 2 the couple each had a child from a previous relationship and had gardin together sixteen marijuana plants were found in the basement the cause remains under investigation the listings august 4 august 10 selective listings by critics of the new york times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the new york metropolitan region this week denotes a highly recommended film concert show or exhibition theater approximate running times are in parentheses theaters are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of current shows additional listings show times and tickets nytimescomtheater previews and openings the fantasticks in previews opens on aug 16 if you were one of the people who missed the 17162 performances of this show the last time around good news harvey schmidt and tom joness romantic musical which closed in 2002 is back 205 snapple theater center 210 west 50th street 212 3074100 indian blood in previews opens on thursday primary stages presents a r gurneys new comedy about a rebellious boy coming of age in the 1940s mark lamos directs 130 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 martin short fame becomes me in previews opens on aug 17 this musical sendup of biographical shows features martin short and an ensemble telling the story of his life mr shorts beloved old characters like ed grimley and jiminy glick make appearances 215 jacobs theater 242 west 45th street 212 2396200 midtown international theater festival through sunday this seventh annual showcase can all too easily get lost in the shuffle despite its large and diverse collection of shows there should be more than 60 productions this season at four locations on 36th street schedules and information 212 8684444 mother courage and her children previews start tuesday opens aug 21 meryl streep plays the title character in tony kushners translation of brechts seminal play about a world at war kevin kline also stars and george c wolfe directs 230 delacorte theater central park free ticket information 212 5398750 seven guitars in previews opens aug 24 signature theater presents its first august wilson revival since the playwrights death last year ruben santiagohudson who starred in the 1996 broadway production directs 245 peter norton space 555 west 42nd street clinton 212 2447529 broadway the color purple so much plot so many years so many characters to cram into less than three hours this beattheclock musical adaptation of alice walkers pulitzer prizewinning novel about southern black women finding their inner warriors never slows down long enough for you to embrace it lachanze leads the vibrant hardworking cast 240 broadway theater 1681 broadway at 53rd street 212 2396200 ben brantley the drowsy chaperone tony awards best book of a musical and best original score 2006 this small and ingratiating spoof of 1920s stage frolics as imagined by an obsessive show queen may not be a masterpiece but in a dry season for musicals the drowsy chaperone has theatergoers responding as if they were withering house plants finally being watered after long neglect bob martin and sutton foster are the standouts in the eager energetic cast 140 marquis theater 1535 broadway at 45th street 212 3074100 brantley faith healer in the title role of brian friels great play ralph fiennes paints a portrait of the artist as dreamer and destroyer that feels both as old as folklore and so fresh that it might be painted in wet blood also starring cherry jones and the superb ian mcdiarmid this mesmerizing series of monologues has been directed with poetic starkness by jonathan kent 235 booth theater 222 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley the history boys tony awards best play and best direction of a play 2006 madly enjoyable alan bennetts play about a battle for the hearts and minds of a group of universitybound students imported with the original british cast from the national theater moves with a breezy narrative swagger that transcends cultural barriers directed by nicholas hytner with a perfectly oiled ensemble led by the superb richard griffiths and stephen campbell moore as schoolmasters with opposing views of history and education 240 broadhurst theater 235 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley jersey boys tony award best musical 2006 from grit to glamour with the four seasons directed by the pop repackager des mcanuff the whos tommy the real thrill of this shrinkwrapped biomusical for those who want something more than recycled chart toppers and a story line poured from a can is watching the wonderful john lloyd young as frankie valli cross the line from exact impersonation into something far more compelling 230 august wilson theater 245 west 52nd street 212 2396200 brantley the lieutenant of inishmore please turn off your politicalcorrectness monitor along with your cellphone for martin mcdonaghs gleeful gory and appallingly entertaining play this blood farce about terrorism in rural ireland acutely directed by wilson milam has a carnage factor to rival quentin tarantinos but it is also wildly absurdly funny and even more improbably severely moral 145 lyceum theater 149 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley sweeney todd tony award best direction of a musical 2006 sweet dreams new york this thrilling new revival of stephen sondheim and hugh wheelers musical with michael cerveris and patti lupone leading a cast of 10 who double as their own musicians burrows into your thoughts like a campfire storyteller who knows what really scares you the inventive director john doyle aims his pareddown interpretation at the squirming child in everyone who wants to have his worst fears both confirmed and dispelled 230 eugene oneill theater 230 west 49th street 212 2396200 brantley tarzan this writhing green blob with music adapted by disney theatrical productions from the 1999 animated film has the feeling of a superdeluxe day care center equipped with lots of bungee cords and karaoke synthesizers where children can swing when they get tired of singing and vice versa the sodapop score is by phil collins 230 richard rodgers theater 226 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee the happy news for this happymaking little musical is that the move to larger quarters has dissipated none of its quirky charm william finns score sounds plumper and more rewarding than it did off broadway providing a sprinkling of sugar to complement the sass in rachel sheinkins zingerfilled book the performances are flawless gold stars all around 145 circle in the square 1633 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 charles isherwood the wedding singer an assemblykit musical that might as well be called that 80s show this stage version of the 1998 film is all winks and nods and quotations from the era of big hair and junk bonds the cast members who include stephen lynch and laura benanti are personable enough which is not the same as saying they have personalities 220 al hirschfeld theater 302 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley off broadway all this intimacy in this notverydeep comedydrama by rajiv joseph a 30yearold poet impregnates not only his girlfriend but also two other women within two weeks the women once they meet are surprisingly unimpressed with his notable virility 145 mcginncazale theater 2162 broadway at 76th street 212 2464422 neil genzlinger amajuba like doves we rise tormenting memories dissolve into soaring music and pain is salved by a collective embrace in this heartfelt powerfully performed theater piece about life under apartheid the recollections of the five cast members and authors are woven together with a cappella performances of spirituals from the apartheid years and vignettes performed by the full cast the actors all but glow with a sense of mission as if telling their stories has given them new purpose and power 130 culture project 45 bleecker street at lafayette street east village 212 3074100 isherwood crazy for the dog christopher boals effective family melodrama about a brother a sister a wife and a boyfriend caught in a web of recrimination and confession touched off by the kidnapping of a shih tzu 200 bouwerie lane theater 330 bowery at bond street east village 212 6770060 ext 16 george hunka forbidden broadway special victims unit this production features the expected caricatures of egodriven singing stars but even more than usual the show offers an acute list of grievances about the sickly state of the broadway musical where as the lyrics have it everything old is old again 145 47th street theater 304 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley jacques brel is alive and well and living in paris a powerfully sung revival of the 1968 revue presented with affectionate nostalgia by the director gordon greenberg as in the original two men robert cuccioli and drew sarich and two women natascia diaz and gay marshall perform a wide selection of brels plaintive ballads and stirring anthems ms marshalls captivating performance of ne me quitte pas sung in the original french and with heartstirring transparency represents brel at his best 200 zipper theater 336 west 37th street 212 2396200 isherwood no child teachers will love nilaja suns onewoman show about the challenges of teaching drama at malcolm x high school barrow street theater 27 barrow street at seventh avenue south west village 212 2396200 110 anita gates pig farm a gleefully stupid comedy by greg kotis about lust and violence in the farm belt with a few gristly bits of satire aimed at the fatbellied american electorate thrown in for good measure powered by the frenzied commitment of the four skilled actors who make up its cast the comedy careers around the stage like an interminable improv session for a stillunformulated sketch on saturday night live 215 harold and miriam steinberg center for theater 111 west 46th street 212 7191300 isherwood shout a miniskirted gogo booted zombie of a musical about women searching for love in london in the 1960s you wont see anything this groovy this farout this withit outside of oh maybe the show room of a carnival cruise ship 130 julia miles theater 424 west 55th street clinton 212 2396200 isherwood a stone carver despite the high clich factor william mastrosimones play about an italian immigrant who is losing his house to a highway exit is timely and sporadically touching in large part because of dan laurias overthetop performance as the title character and oldworld patriarch who makes a mean barrel of wine and never talks when he can shout 140 soho playhouse 15 vandam street south village 212 6911555 andrea stevens tempest tossed fools this musical audienceparticipation childrens version of the tempest is rowdy colorful and not all that shakespearean manhattan ensemble theater 55 mercer street soho 212 2396200 gates title of show jeff bowen and hunter bell are the authors stars and subject matter of this delectable new musical about its own making the selfconsciousness is tempered by a wonderful cast performing with the innocence of kids cavorting in a sandbox its a worthy postmodern homage to classic backstage musicals and an absolute must for show queens 130 vineyard theater 108 east 15th street flatiron district 212 2794200 isherwood off off broadway if you give a mouse a cookie other story books this childrens musical made up of 10 sketches based on 8 books is diverse adorable and free also the adults laugh 100 lucille lortel theater 121 christopher street west village 212 6429033 gates never tell the computerinvolved characters in james christys intriguing drama about trust video art and a societychanging application can be irritating but theyre never boring 150 michael weller theater 311 west 43rd street clinton 212 3523101 gates longrunning shows altar boyz this sweetly satirical show about a christian pop group made up of five potential teen people cover boys is an enjoyable silly diversion 130 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 isherwood avenue q rrated puppets give lively life lessons 210 golden 252 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley beauty and the beast cartoon made flesh sort of 230 luntfontanne theater 205 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley chicago irrefutable proof that crime pays 225 ambassador theater 219 west 49th street 212 2396200 brantley dirty rotten scoundrels another excavation of what seems to have become broadways favorite musical terrain call it scamalot where con men are king see the producers now starring keith carradine and brian darcy james as the mismatched swindlers 235 imperial theater 249 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley drumstruck lightweight entertainment that stops just short of pulverizing the eardrums 130 dodger stages stage 2 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 lawrence van gelder hairspray fizzy pop cute kids large man in a housedress 230 neil simon theater 250 west 52nd street 212 3074100 brantley the lion king disney on safari where the big bucks roam 245 minskoff theater 200 west 45th street at broadway 212 3074100 brantley mamma mia the jukebox that devoured broadway 220 cadillac winter garden theater 1634 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 brantley the phantom of the opera who was that masked man anyway 230 majestic theater 247 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the producers the ne plus ultra of showbiz scams 245 st james theater 246 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley rent east village angst and love songs to die for 245 nederlander theater 208 west 41st street 212 3074100 brantley spamalot this staged recreation of the mockmedieval movie monty python and the holy grail is basically a singing scrapbook for python fans such a good time is being had by so many people that this fitful eager celebration of inanity and irreverence has found a large and lucrative audience 220 shubert theater 225 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley wicked oz revisited with political corrections 245 gershwin theater 222 west 51st street 212 3074100 brantley last chance bridge tunnel tony award special theatrical event 2006 this delightful solo show written and performed by sarah jones is a sweetspirited valentine to new york its polyglot citizens and the larger notion of an allinclusive america in 90 minutes of acutely observed portraiture gently tinted with humor ms jones plays more than a dozen men and women participating in an openmike evening of poetry for immigrants helen hayes theater 240 west 44th street 212 2396200 closes on sunday isherwood cloud tectonics a solid rendition of jose riveras thin fable about time centering on a hitchhiking woman who has been pregnant for two years luis vega is particularly good as the man who gives her a ride and shelter for the night 130 culture project45 below 45 bleecker street at lafayette street east village 212 8684444 closes tomorrow genzlinger the field john b keanes portrait of rural life in ireland in the mid20th century both sorrowful and censorious this sturdy new production directed by ciaran oreilly features marty maguire as bull mccabe a tough farmer who will stop at nothing to preserve his right to raise his cattle on a field about to be auctioned a little moralistic but powerful nonetheless 230 irish repertory theater 132 west 22nd street chelsea 212 7272737 closes on sunday isherwood room service the peccadillo theater company puts a charge into this old comedy from the 1930s thanks to a brisk pace by the director dan wackerman and a dozen dandy performances david edwards is the wouldbe producer whose bills threaten to swamp his efforts to put a show on broadway and fred berman is particularly fine as his director 200 bank street theater 155 bank street west village 212 8684444 closes tomorrow genzlinger spring awakening german schoolboys of the 19th century frolic like rockers in this adventurous new musical adapted from the 1891 play by frank wedekind about sex death and adolescence staged with lan by michael mayer and featuring alluringly melancholy music by the pop singersongwriter duncan sheik this is a flawed but vibrant show that stretches the stage musical in new directions 210 atlantic theater 336 west 20th street chelsea 212 2396200 closes tomorrow isherwood movies ratings and running times are in parentheses foreign films have english subtitles full reviews of all current releases movie trailers show times and tickets nytimescommovies an inconvenient truth pg 96 minutes al gore gives a lecture on climate change one of the most exciting and necessary movies of the year seriously a o scott the ant bully pg 90 minutes a young boy goes to live among the ants who talk remarkably like academy awardwinning actors scott been rich all my life no rating 80 minutes this admiring documentary portrait of the silver belles an indefatigable troupe of veteran harlem tap dancers between the ages of 84 and 96 is a valuable historical footnote and a useful howto movie about making the most of old age stephen holden cars g 114 minutes the latest 3d toon from pixar just putt putt putts along a shining model of technological progress and consumer safety john lasseter directed and owen wilson provides the voice of the little red race car who learns all the right lessons from among others a 1951 hudson hornet given voice by paul newman manohla dargis changing times no rating 95 minutes in french and arabic grard depardieu and catherine deneuve star in andr tchins rich warmhearted exploration of cultural collision in contemporary tangier a halfdozen skillfully interwoven subplots create a set of variations on the theme of divided sensibilities tugging one another into states of perpetual unrest and possible happiness holden clerks ii r 98 minutes more than a decade later kevin smiths new jersey underachievers have moved from a convenience store to a fastfood franchise the humor is reliably filthy and frequently hilarious and the filmmaking is a few steps above rudimentary but the movies poignant sweetness is disarming it has a dirty mind but its heart is remarkably pure scott click pg13 98 minutes adam sandler stars in this unfunny comedy about a harried family man who uses a universal remote to hopscotch through time its a wonderful life not dargis the da vinci code pg13 148 minutes theology aside the da vinci code is above all a murder mystery and as such once it gets going ron howards movie has its pleasures he and the screenwriter akiva goldsman have deftly rearranged some elements of the plot unkinking a few overelaborate twists and introducing others that keep the action moving along the movie does however take a while to accelerate popping the clutch and leaving rubber on the road as it tries to establish who is who what hes doing and why so i certainly cant support any calls for boycotting or protesting this busy trivial inoffensive film which is not to say that im recommending that you go see it scott the devil wears prada pg13 106 minutes lauren weisbergers scoresettling best seller about a terrible and famous boss is reimagined and reversed anne hathaway plays the beleaguered assistant but she is much less interesting and in the end less sympathetic than the boss miranda priestly incarnated by meryl streep as a subtle and searching and very funny portrait of glamour and power scott gabrielle no rating 90 minutes a film of eccentric beauty and wild feeling directed by the consistently inventive patrice chreau and starring the supremely wellmatched pascal greggory and isabelle huppert about the dissolution of a haute bourgeois parisian marriage about 1912 dargis the groomsmen r 93 minutes just when it seems that edward burns might have pulled off an american i vitelloni his xray vision into life in an irishamerican enclave in new york glazes over and he resolves his characters anxiety and despair with tearful hugs and phony reassurances holden heading south no rating 105 minutes in english and french sex tourism involving middleaged white women and black beach boys at a haitian resort in the late 1970s is the subject of laurent cantets third film one of the most truthful explorations of desire age and youth ever filmed with a politically charged subtext about capitalist imperialism holden i like killing flies r 79 minutes the documentary filmmaker matt mahurin paints an engaging if glib portrait of kenny shopsin of the legendary or notorious depending on your experience greenwich village eatery that bears his name dargis keeping up with the steins pg13 84 minutes a rollicking bar mitzvah comedy begins as a growling razortoothed satire of carnivorous consumption in hollywood but after the first halfhour those growls subside into whimpers and the fangs are retracted and the movie morphs turns into a feelgood family comedy oozing good vibes holden lady in the water pg13 108 minutes in this watchable folly paul giamatti plays a building manager who encounters a menagerie of otherworldly creatures most important bryce dallas howards water nymph the writer and director m night shyamalan wants us to believe mostly in the myth of his own genius dargis little man pg13 90 minutes a belligerent midget jewel thief assaults groins and molests women in this infantile comedy from the wayans brothers nathan lee little miss sunshine r 101 minutes a bittersweet comedy of dysfunction that takes place at the terminus of the american dream the excellent cast includes greg kinnear steve carell toni collette paul dano and that national treasure alan arkin dargis miami vice r 133 minutes this updating of the 1980s television series cost more than the annual budget of the reallife miami police department making it the most expensive experimental art film ever made scott monster house pg 86 minutes this scary movie for kids provides more fun in 86 minutes than all the other wouldbe summer blockbusters combined a trio of intrepid youngsters face down a demonic dwelling in a quiet suburb the motioncapture animation produces an uncanny feeling of realism while the fantastical effects are spooky witty and spectacular scott the oh in ohio no rating 91 minutes a feelgood movie about feeling good this fresh and very funny sex comedy stars parker posey as a woman in search of an orgasm paul rudd as her frustrated husband and a delirious supporting cast danny devito as a swimming pool salesman heather graham as a sex shop clerk and liza minnelli as a masturbation guru who encourages frigid women to liberate your labia lee nacho libre pg 91 minutes a sweet blissout from the writers mike white jerusha hess and jared hess who also directed that finds a glorious jack black as a halfmexican halfscandinavian monastery cook who aches to belong to another brotherhood that of the luchadores or masked wrestlers dargis over the hedge pg 83 minutes this tale about some woodland critters threatened by their new human neighbors has the technical trappings of a worthwhile saturday matinee so its too bad no one paid commensurate attention to the script the writers including karey kirkpatrick who directed with tim johnson pad the story with the usual yuks and some glop about family but there is no poetry here and little thought dargis peaceful warrior pg13 120 minutes as ludicrous as the title promises yet supremely unembarrassed this new age enlightenment parable has its heart in the right place but a mind of corny mush lee the photographer his wife her lover not rated 79 minutes art adultery divorce lawyers and pots of money paul yules documentary wades unproductively through the mess surrounding the estate of the brooklynborn photographer o winston link who died in 2001 holden pirates of the caribbean dead mans chest pg13 151 minutes although there are memorable bits and pieces this is a movie with no particular interest in coherence economy or feeling scott a prairie home companion pg13 105 minutes garrison keillors longrunning public radio hootenanny turns out to be the perfect vehicle for robert altmans fluid chaotic humanism the performances especially by lily tomlin and meryl streep as a pair of singing sisters are so full of relaxed vitality that you almost dont notice that the film is at heart a wry sober contemplation of mortality scott a scanner darkly r 100 minutes identities shift and melt like shadows in richard linklaters animated adaptation of the philip k dick semispeculative novel a scanner darkly a look at a future that appears an awful lot like today with the voices and gestures of keanu reeves woody harrelson winona ryder and a wonderful robert downey jr dargis scoop pg13 96 minutes a not especially funny yet oddly appealing comedy in which woody allen and scarlett johansson make like nick and nora but with more shtick and no martinis or asta dargis shadowboxer r 93 minutes this garish thriller starring helen mirren and cuba gooding jr as contract killers and lovers is an extravagance that leaves you with your mouth hanging open partly in admiration of its audacity and partly in disbelief at its preposterousness holden strangers with candy r 87 minutes high school high jinks adapted from the beloved comedy central series the comedy is stretched a little thin by the feature length but there are still some laughs scott my super exgirlfriend pg13 110 minutes a shaky comedy from the director ivan reitman in which fatal attraction meets wonder woman by way of uma thurman luke wilson and some sexist shedevil clichs some funny others not dargis superman returns pg13 157 minutes last seen larking about on the big screen in the 1987 dud superman iv the man of steel has been resurrected in bryan singers leaden new film not only to fight for truth justice and the american way but also to give mel gibsons passion a run for his boxoffice money where once the superhero flew up up and away he now flies down down down sent from above to save mankind from its sins and another bummer summer dargis 13 tzameti no rating 90 minutes the flashy blackandwhite directorial debut of the georgian filmmaker gela babluani is a sadistic arty thriller that suggests a french new wave film infected by a virulent strain of eastern european nihilism holden who killed the electric car pg 92 minutes a murder mystery a call to arms and an effective inducement to rage chris paines film about the recent rise and fall of the electric car is the latest and one of the more successful additions to the growing ranks of issueoriented documentaries dargis xmen the last stand pg13 104 minutes as expected the third and presumably last film about the powerful marvel comics mutants who walk and often fight among us pretty much looks and plays like the first two though perhaps with more noise and babes and a little less glum the credited writers here are simon kinberg and zak penn who like the director brett ratner are not mutant enough to fly dargis you me and dupree pg13 108 minutes owen wilson stars as the dude who comes to dinner and stays way past dessert in joe and anthony russos generally unfunny comedy a fine matt dillon and a decorative kate hudson also star rather more wanly dargis film series the best of buster keaton comedy classics through sept 25 film forums eightweek festival of the silent comedies of the brilliantly stonefaced keaton 18951966 begins on monday night the general 1926 his version of the great civil war locomotive chase will be shown along with three early1920s shorts other films in the series include sherlock jr 1924 and the cameraman 1928 209 west houston street west of avenue of the americas south village 212 7278110 10 anita gates frank borzage hollywood romantic through aug 20 the 24film retrospective of borzage 18931962 continues at the museum of the moving image with four films this weekend they include two world war i love stories with literary pedigrees a farewell to arms 1932 starring gary cooper and helen hayes and three comrades 1938 with robert taylor and margaret sullavan 35th avenue at 36th street astoria queens 718 7840077 10 gates now thats hip through aug 29 as part of the river to river arts festival the hip health plan of new york is sponsoring outdoor screenings of movies set in new york preceded by shorts from new york filmmakers the fourmovie august series begins on tuesday with barefoot in the park 1967 in which robert redford and jane fonda play mismatched newlyweds in a minuscule downtown apartment the other films all to be shown on tuesday nights are pickup on south street 1953 mr deeds goes to town 1936 and rear window 1954 elevated acre 55 water street 212 8352789 free gates play it loud rock docs 2006 through thursday the film society of lincoln centers ninefilm series of rockmusic documentaries rocks on this weekends films include everyone stares the police inside out 2005 the history of the band as seen by its drummer stewart copeland and no direction home bob dylan 2005 martin scorseses portrait of the young dylan walter reade theater 165 west 65th street manhattan 212 8755600 10 gates raising hell sam peckinpah through aug 29 bamcinmateks monthlong tribute to peckinpah 192584 continues monday nights feature is the getaway 1972 in which steve mcqueen and ali mcgraw rob a bank badly tuesday nights is the ballad of cable hogue 1970 starring jason robards as an entrepreneurial prospector bam rose cinemas 718 6364100 10 gates summer swashbucklers through aug 24 film forums 36movie celebration of oldstyle action pictures begins this weekend with two double features captain blood 1935 with errol flynn and the scarlet pimpernel 1935 with leslie howard are on the bill for friday and saturday to be shown with the scarlet pumpernickel 1950 starring the dashing daffy duck sundays films are the prisoner of zenda 1937 with ronald colman and douglas fairbanks jr and the mark of zorro 1920 with the other fairbanks douglas sr see above gates pop full reviews of recent concerts nytimescommusic celebrate brooklyn african festival tomorrow one of the highlights of the celebrate brooklyn schedule each summer is its daylong african concert any 10 minutes of which is well worth the 3 suggested donation this year features kekele a supergroup of congolese rumba elders gathered la buena vista social club and lagbaja a nigerian bandleader who plays muscular afrofunk and hides his face in a scarf to symbolize africas political anonymity his name means anybody in yoruban others on the bill include razia a singer born in madagascar and raised in gabon the african underground allstars a panafrican hiphop collective whose mcs include chosan from sierra leone and dola of tanzania and martino atangana a cameroonian guitarist who lives in new york from 2 to 9 pm prospect park bandshell prospect park west and ninth street park slope 718 8557882 brooklynxorg lagbaja also plays at 8 and 11 pm on wednesday at sobs 204 varick street at houston street south village 212 2434940 sobscom 22 in advance 25 at the door ben sisario marshall crenshaw tuesday and wednesday marshall crenshaws songs seem to roll off the guitar in a casual blend of pre1970s styles folkrock surfrock country and above all the beatles that put melody first with his winsome tenor he delves into the ways love goes right and goes wrong from distant yearning to the aftermath of infidelity hiding turmoil within the chiming tunes at 10 pm rodeo bar 375 third avenue at 27th street manhattan 212 6836500 rodeobarcom no cover jon pareles blossom dearie tomorrow and sunday to watch this singer and pianist is to appreciate the power of a carefully deployed popjazz minimalism combined with a highly discriminating taste in songs the songs date from all periods of a career remarkable for its longevity and for ms dearies stubborn independence and sly wit tomorrow at 7 pm sunday at 615 pm dannys skylight room 346 west 46th street clinton 212 2658133 dannysgrandseapalacecom 25 with a 15 minimum or 5450 for a dinnerandshow package stephen holden hazel dickens bonny billy and captain anomoanon tomorrow and sunday the daughter of a west virginia coal miner hazel dickens sings sharp and unadorned bluegrass songs about hardship and defiant proletarian pride theyll never shoot that union out of me nineteen years ago she appeared in john sayless film matewan alongside will oldham who has since developed a postmodern appalachian folk style he performs as bonny billy one of his many pseudonyms along with his brother ned who appears as captain anomoanon tomorrow at 7 and 930 pm sunday at 4 and 630 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 2396200 joespubcom sold out tomorrow 30 on sunday sisario dirty dozen brass band tuesday the magnificent ensemble that revitalized new orleans brassband music it swaggers through the citys whole musical heritage parades rumba swing bebop and modern jazz for starters solos can head for the far side of tonality but the band never loses touch with gutbucket danceable funk at 815 pm josie robertson plaza at lincoln center columbus avenue at 64th street 212 8755766 lincolncenterorg free pareles forr in the dark wednesday for more than three years now this group has been leading one of new yorks best and lowesttech dance parties at the east village bar nublu the groove is a humble and sexy twobeat dance from northeastern brazil called forr made with accordion handheld percussion and since this is new york whiffs of distorted electric guitar at 11 pm and 1230 am 62 avenue c between fourth and fifth streets east village nublunet 10 sisario diamanda gals thursday she is invariably dressed in black her face in witchy streaks of makeup but diamanda gals needs only her voice to terrify seduce and beguile she slides from a low sensual growl to painful yet musically precise shrieks and has a vast repertory that ranges from darkened johnny cash ballads to her own chilling aids masses in the first of four shows at the new spiegeltent downtown she offers long black veil a program of morbid music by screamin jay hawkins ornette coleman and others at 6 pm fulton fish market pier 17 fulton and south streets lower manhattan 212 2794200 spiegelworldcom 30 sisario hot chip tonight with wobbly electronic rhythms that seem to be made of melting jelly and a strong command of the drippy disco ballad this english group plays a kind of wistful but still snarky dance music get too lost in the beats and youll miss smart gags like the ohsoartrock countdown of nonsense words in descending numbers of letters sexing casio poke with oppenheimer at 7 south street seaport pier 17 fulton and south streets lower manhattan 212 8352789 seaportmusicfestivalcom free sisario jpmorgan chase latino cultural festival tonight through sunday this twoweek multidisciplinary and multinational series in queens winds up this weekend the gritty deepvoiced cuban singer albita performs tonight tomorrow features intiillimani a veteran chilean group that plays traditional andean songs as well as african and spanish hybrids on sunday peru negro a big troupe of dancers and singers traverses three centuries of afroperuvian music tonight and tomorrow night at 8 sunday at 3 and 7 pm queens theater in the park flushing meadowscorona park 718 7600064 queenstheatreorg 35 tonight and sunday 30 tomorrow 5 off when bought in advance sisario latin alternative music conference tonight and tomorrow this annual series of concerts and discussion panels began six years ago when a few latin pop stars stood atop the charts ricky martin jennifer lopez a varied rock and electronic scene flourished underground and rock en espaol was a marketing buzzwordthe situation now is much the same with fewer buzzwords shakira is an international phenomenon while most latin rock artists remain largely unknown to englishspeaking american audiences this will be mulled extensively at the daytime panels but the best proof of the scenes vitality is the music itself this weekend offers two free shows tonight at celebrate brooklyn are the venezuelan grooverockers los amigos invisibles los bunkers from chile and belanova an electropop group from mexico tomorrow afternoon at central park summerstage are gustavo cerati the former leader of the argentine rock heroes soda stereo calle 13 a puerto rican reggaetn group and the mexican institute of sound tonight at 730 prospect park bandshell prospect park west and ninth street park slope 718 8557882 3 suggested donation tomorrow at 3 rumsey playfield midpark at 70th street 212 3602777 free but a donation is suggested information latinalternativecom sisario ll cool j monday one of the first biggerthantheblock personalities of rap ll cool j still follows the same few guidelines of selfrepresentation that have served him throughout his long career appear shirtless as often as possible for photographers title all your albums either after yourself todd smith his latest refers to his given name james todd smith or some superlative that muhammad ali might have used phenomenon greatest of all time and perform in as sweatily vigorous a way as you can at 730 pm wingate field winthrop street between brooklyn and kingston avenues east flatbush brooklyn 718 4691912 brooklynconcertscom free sisario manu chao monday this great globalist rocker makes a rare appearance in the 1980s manu chao a musical omnivore born in france to spanish parents led the pioneering latin rock band mano negra which fused the angry political punk of the clash with flamenco and algerian rai since the late 90s despite minimal output he has been a celebrated and inspirational symbol of highminded doityourself multiculturalism he dabbles in reggae and dub rap salsa calypso and rock and recently produced the eclectic malian duo amadou and mariam he plays a benefit concert for celebrate brooklyn with plastilina mosh as the opening act at 7 pm prospect park bandshell see above sold out sisario dave matthews band tomorrow and sunday his own private bonnaroo dave matthews has programmed two days of kindred spirits at randalls island a minifestival with a much more manageable seven bands instead of seven dozen both days feature the dave matthews band the robotically virtuosic banjoing of bela fleck and the flecktones the threecheersformarijuana ska of slightly stoopid and the grateful deadinfluenced tea leaf green tomorrow also has the mighty southern rockers govt mule and on sunday david gray the british singersongwriter whose ballads mingle acoustic guitar and gentle electronica will perform at noon randalls island near icahn stadium 1 randalls island randallsislandconcertscom 212 3077171 sold out tomorrow 55 and 6250 on sunday sisario the mighty sparrow tuesday with wry lyrics and supple melodies the mighty sparrow who was born slinger francisco made the carnival music of trinidad and tobago a political force and a pop phenomenon with a string of competitionwinning hit songs that stretches back to the mid1950s in which he comments on everything from the shah to the first black miss universe at 7 pm queensbridge park queens 212 3608290 cityparksfoundationorg free pareles newport folk festival tonight through sunday in a way this veteran festival home of we shall overcome singalongs and bob dylans 1965 electric crossing is one of the most creatively programmed in the country to expand the idea of folk music or at least to fill up the weekend at a time when folk groups are in small supply newport folds in jazz soul even greasy funk tonights concert has more traditional fare with ronan tynan and cherish the ladies both from ireland on tomorrows roster are david gray rosanne cash bettye lavette sonny landreth sonya kitchell mary gauthier and others sunday features the indigo girls the veteran new orleans funk group the meters madeleine peyroux keller williams and odetta absent any representation of the vital young and underground freak folk movement tonight at 8 at the international tennis hall of fame tomorrow and sunday from 1130 am to 7 pm at fort adams state park newport ri 401 8473700 newportfolkcom 30 to 75 tonight 59 tomorrow and sunday sisario one ring zero monday this brooklyn band has set words by authors like jonathan lethem margaret atwood and rick moody to kitchensink songs with toy piano and theremin the group offers a screening of as smart as they are a documentary about its formation at 8 pm performance space 122 150 first avenue at ninth street east village 212 2794200 spiegelworldcom 20 10 for members sisario grantlee phillips thursday mr phillips harks back to the earnest ambitions and expansive melodies of bob dylan and john lennon singing with the conviction that rock can still be heroic knitting factory 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193006 knittingfactorycom 15 pareles the red krayola tuesday the first album of the red crayola as it was originally spelled appeared in 1967 and mayo thompson has held on to its skewed psychedelic perspective ever since he also spent some years as a member of pere ubu hes fond of dissolving song structures cryptomarxist messages and woozy sounds and when he reconvened the red krayola the spelling was changed to avoid trademark problems in 1994 he found fans and collaborators among progressive and postrock musicians with coyote featuring members of the bands vaz and man man at 8 pm northsix 66 north sixth street williamsburg brooklyn 718 5995103 northsixcom 12 pareles candi staton wednesday she has been a disco queen a rawvoiced soul belter and for much of the last two decades a gospel singer but ms statons greatest success has been with record collectors who have kept her strong legacy of secular r b alive and may have persuaded her to return to it she recently released his hands honest jonsastralwerks a stirring album of brokenheart songs and rich southern blues that is her first such recording in decades this concert is billed as ms statons first in new york in more than 20 years with stephanie mckay at 8 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 25 sisario warped tour tomorrow now 12 years old this skateboardspunkandtattoos circus includes thursday from autumn to ashes against me helmet joan jett and the blackhearts the sounds motion city soundtrack nofx bouncing souls damone saves the day senses fail and the academy is every time i die and many many more best band name gym class heroes worst gatsbys american dream at noon nassau coliseum 1255 hempstead turnpike uniondale ny 631 8889000 warpedtourcom 35 sisario jazz full reviews of recent jazz concerts nytimescommusic monty alexander jazz and roots ensemble wednesday and thursday mr alexanders most recent album concrete jungle telarc pays tribute to his celebrated countryman bob marley he travels similar territory here featuring his piano and melodica playing in a buoyant ensemble with wendel ferraro on guitar and vocals hassan shakur on bass and george fludas on drums through aug 13 at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 25 nate chinen jeff ballard and mark turner tonight mr ballard a drummer and mr turner a tenor saxophonist constitute twothirds of fly a brainy yet earthy group that seeks adventure in collective interplay without a bassist or any harmonic accompaniment their rapport at this performance should be stark and inspired at 8 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen sam bardfelds stuff smith project thursday mr bardfeld is a violinist with a wideranging rsum who spent all of june on tour with bruce springsteens seeger sessions band here he pays tribute to a swingera hero of his instrument with help from the pianist anthony coleman and the bassist brad jones 8 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 8 chinen sam barsh tonight and tomorrow night mr barsh is a keyboardist with a gift for groove as he has demonstrated on recent albums by the bassist avishai cohen and the guitarist jeff parker performing on a new jazz series with a hudson river view he enlists tim collins on vibraphone ari folmancohen on bass and jaimeo brown on drums at 9 and 1030 the river room riverbank state park riverside drive at 145th street hamilton heights 212 4911500 theriverroomofharlemcom no cover chinen bedrock tonight the keyboardist uri caine the bassist tim lefebvre and the drummer zach danziger make up this trio which absorbs elements of fusion funk and drumandbass into its own deliriously groovy style at 10 pm 55 bar 55 christopher street near seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 55barcom cover 8 chinen steven bernsteins millennial territory orchestra tonight this little big band led by the irrepressible slide trumpeter steven bernstein has a new album called mto volume 1 sunnyside thats full of signature touches like effervescent swing arrangements and covers of hits by prince and stevie wonder at 10 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 tonicnyccom cover 12 chinen david binney tuesday and wednesday this alto saxophonist pursues an avantgardism that embraces harmony melody and rhythm along with amplification he performs in two different settings next week first with his group balance on tuesday and then with a more experimental crew on wednesday tuesday at 10 pm 55 bar 55 christopher street near seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 cover 10 wednesday at 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen caramoor jazz festival tomorrow roughly 50 miles upstate this festival offers some smartly simple programming in a tented openair environment first up is the parisbased pianist kirk lightsey in a tribute to the recently departed john hicks then a quartet led by the trumpeter jeremy pelt then the pianist steve kuhn presenting his third stream compositions for a 12piece string ensemble after a dinner break the pianist mccoy tyner leads the final group conceived as a tribute to the legacy of impulse records his allstar lineup includes david liebman and donald harrison on saxophones nicholas payton on trumpet and steve turre on trombone starts at 230 pm with hourly sets until a dinner break at 630 the final set begins at 8 caramoor katonah ny 914 2321252 caramoororg 45 and 55 chinen ron carter quartet tonight mr carter is a deeply literate bassist and composer whose ensembles usually give off light but little heat thats fitting in a way for this appearance in a luminous glassenclosed planetarium a starry nights performance to be broadcast live on wbgo at 730 pm rose center for earth and space american museum of natural history central park west at 81st street 212 3137278 amnhorg suggested admission 14 1050 for students 8 for children chinen paquito drivera sextet tuesday through thursday mr drivera a clarinetist alto saxophonist and longtime cuban exile favors bright extroversion in his music which usually incorporates latin rhythms his band includes the trumpeter diego urcola the pianist alon yavnai the bassist oscar stagnaro and the percussionists mark walker and pernell saturnino through aug 13 at 8 and 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 30 at tables 20 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen ehran elishas kinetic music sunday in the late 1990s the percussionist ehran elisha recorded an album called lowdown cimp featuring a suitelike composition for a group that included roy campbell jr on trumpet david bindman on tenor saxophone sam bardfeld on violin and bill lowe on tuba add ken filiano on bass and youve got the same personnel here though probably not the same music at 8 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 tonicnyccom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen ben gerstein collective wednesday boisterous free improvisation from bright young players with a history of collaboration mr gerstein on trombone jacob sacks on keyboards jacob garchik on accordion and electronics thomas morgan and dave dambrosio on bass and dan weiss on drums at 10 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 8 chinen jonathon haffner quartet tomorrow and sunday mr haffner an adventurous young alto saxophonist performs tomorrow night with bob hoffnar on pedal steel guitar chris lightcap on bass and dan weiss on drums on sunday mr haffner ventures into a more exposed setting with no accompaniment whatsoever tomorrow at 8 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 cover 8 sunday at 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen arthur kell quartet monday on traveller fresh sound new talent the bassist and composer arthur kell pursues a searching strain of modern jazz he has worthy partners here in the saxophonist donny mccaslin the guitarist brad shepik and the drummer gerald cleaver at 7 pm 55 bar 55 christopher street near seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 55barcom no cover chinen francisco mela monday mr mela is a subtly dynamic drummer attuned to the rhythmic depth of his native cuba but adaptable to seemingly any sort of modern jazz hes also an unassumingly good composer as he demonstrates on melao avya the debut album that he celebrates with a quintet and several special guests including the clarinetist and alto saxophonist paquito drivera the tenor saxophonist mark turner and the pianist jason moran at 8 and 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 10 at tables 5 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen james moody quartet thursday like his mentor dizzy gillespie the saxophonist james moody is a stalwart bebopper and one of jazzs most ebullient entertainers he leads a solid working group consisting of the pianist renee rosnes the bassist todd coolman and the drummer adam nussbaum through aug 13 at 830 and 1030 pm iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen shoko nagais ephemeral tuesday playing piano organ and sho a bamboo pipe instrument ms nagai leads a fivepiece ensemble in a new work inspired by premodern japanese traditions including noh theater her collaborators are ned rothenberg on reeds jennifer choi on violin and the brotherly rhythm section of stomu takeishi on bass and satoshi takeishi on percussion and electronics 8 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen oz noy trio through sunday oz noy is an israeli guitarist with a penchant for funk as he demonstrates on his new album ha magnatude the audacious tone of that singlesyllable title is just about right for mr noy who will play here as on the album with a rhythm team on loan from the cbs late show band will lee on bass and anton fig on drums at 830 and 1030 pm with a midnight show tonight and tomorrow iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 2750 with a 10 minimum chinen gretchen parlato tonight and monday ms parlatos lilting voice has earned her a good many casual admirers but a continuing deluge of critical acclaim has more to do with her musicianship underscored here by her rapport with the guitarist lage lund the bassist alan hampton and the drummer jamire williams tonight at 6 55 bar 55 christopher street near seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 55barcom no cover monday at 730 and 930 pm dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 jalcorg cover 15 with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar chinen jeremy pelt quintet tuesday through thursday the clarion tone and preternatural poise of mr pelts trumpet playing have earmarked him as a rising star in the jazz mainstream as on his most recent album identity maxjazz he is scheduled to play with the pianist frank locrasto the bassist vicente archer and the drummer eric mcpherson through aug 13 at 9 and 11 pm village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south at 11th street west village 212 2554037 villagevanguardcom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen angelica sanchez quintet thursday in her piano playing as well as in her composing ms sanchez seeks out the lyrical heartbeat within any avantgarde storm her working quintet includes the trumpeter herb robertson the tenor saxophonist tony malaby the bassist mark helias and the drummer ches smith at 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen shades of jazz wednesday and thursday this collective ensemble bears a strong resemblance to the joe lovano quartet of 1990s vintage which is almost certainly a good thing in addition to mr lovano on tenor and soprano saxophones it includes tom harrell on trumpet cameron brown on bass and jimmy cobb on drums through aug 12 at 9 and 11 pm birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 birdlandjazzcom cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen todd sickafooses blood orange tuesday mr sickafoose is a bassist and composer equally fond of rough edges and rounded forms as he demonstrated on his last album blood orange secret hatch he showcases his atmospheric compositions in an improvising chamber ensemble that includes russ johnson and josh roseman on trumpet and trombone adam levy and mike gamble on guitars jenny scheinman on violin and ches smith on drums at 7 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 8 chinen john stetch trio tuesday as on his new album bruxin justin time mr stetch upholds an effervescent school of pianism expertly backed by sean smith on bass and rodney green on drums at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen bob stewart trio featuring billy hart tomorrow mr stewart brings agility and wit to the art of jazz tuba playing and he responds well to assertive yet sensitive drummers like mr hart who fully deserves his featured billing at 9 and 1030 pm cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 12 with a onedrink minimum chinen lew tabackin trio tonight and tomorrow night mr tabackin is an expansive tenor saxophonist and a highly lyrical flutist who never sounds freer than in a trio setting backed by only a bassist and a drummer here boris kozlov and mark taylor at 8 and 945 kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 kitanocom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen cedar walton quintet featuring steve turre tuesday through thursday as a pianist and composer mr walton practices an articulate almost courtly variety of hard bop hes at his best when his forms spark solos from collaborators like mr turre a trombonist and vincent herring an alto saxophonist through aug 13 at 730 and 930 pm with an 1130 set fridays and saturdays dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 jalcorg cover 30 with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar chinen tim ziesmers ampersand sunday mr ziesmers guitar playing is fluid and clearly rockinfluenced and his compositions feel sleekly modern especially in the capable hands of the saxophonist and clarinetist chris speed the bassist drew gress and the drummer take toriyama at 8 and 10 pm bar 4 444 seventh avenue at 15th street park slope brooklyn 718 8329800 bar4net suggested cover 5 chinen classical full reviews of recent music performances nytimescommusic opera bard summerscape tonight through thursday this festival at bard college continues tonight with a repeat performance of genoveva schumanns only opera leon botstein leads the american symphony orchestra in what is being billed as its first american production kasper bech holten the dynamic young director of the royal danish opera directs a cast that includes the soprano ylva kihlberg in the title role of the young wife her husband the crusading knight siegfried will be sung by the baritone johannes mannov golo whose love for her is unrequited will be performed by the tenor philippe castagner lighter fare is scheduled for the afternoon the directorchoreographer ken roht will stage three offenbachs operettas les deux aveugles lle de tulipatan and bataclan offenbach today at 5 pm tomorrow and sunday at 3 pm and wednesday and thursday at 8 pm 45 genoveva tonight and tomorrow night at 8 35 to 85 bard college annandaleonhudson ny 845 7587900 summerscapebardedu vivien schweitzer glimmerglass opera tonight through thursday three operas are in this weeks rotation rossinis barber of seville tonight at 8 monday at 130 pm and thursday at 8 pm janaceks jenufa tomorrow night at 8 and tuesday at 130 pm gilbert and sullivans pirates of penzance tomorrow and sunday both at 130 pm the barber is a beauty route 80 north of cooperstown ny 607 5472255 glimmerglassorg 41 to 117 bernard holland classical music aston magna tonight and tomorrow this esteemed earlymusic festival closes its summer programming the aston magna ensemble picks up again in the winter with a performance of monteverdis magnificent first opera orfeo the cast includes the tenor frank kelley in the title role as well as roberta anderson sharon baker laurie monahan and deborah rentzmoore sopranos jeffrey gall countertenor william hite tenor david ripley baritone and robert honeysucker bass daniel stepner will conduct tonight at 8 olin humanities building bard college annandaleonhudson ny 845 7587425 tomorrow at 5 pm arts center at simons rock college great barrington mass 800 8757156 astonmagnaorg 35 allan kozinn bargemusic tonight through thursday there are few cozier places to hear chamber music in new york than this floating concert hall a former coffee barge on the brooklyn side of the east river tonight bargemusic offers two gems of the chamber repertory the first schuberts two cellos quintet will be a video recording from 1967 with the cellists pablo casals and gregor piatigorsky the violinists alexander schneider and isadore cohen and the violist milton thomas after the intermission mark peskanov on violin maurycy banaszek on viola and marieelisabeth hecker on cello will perform mozarts divertimento in e flat k 563 tomorrow and sunday mr peskanov and ms hecker are joined by jos ramos santana a pianist in trios by mozart the e major k 542 and dvorak the dumky and brahmss cello sonata in f and on thursday steven beck a pianist offers three mozart sonatas k 279 280 and 281 as well as preludes and fugues by bach and shostakovich tonight tomorrow and thursday nights at 730 sunday at 4 pm fulton ferry landing next to the brooklyn bridge brooklyn 718 6242083 bargemusicorg 35 20 for students 30 for 65 thursdays and fridays only kozinn berkshire choral festival tomorrow robert page music director emeritus of the mendelssohn choir of pittsburgh returns to this festival to lead an enthusiastic group of choristers who have gathered from across the country for an intense week of training they will perform verdis requiem the work mr page conducted at the festivals opening in 1982 the soloists are the soprano natalya kraevsky the mezzosoprano karen brunssen the tenor douglas ahlstedt and the baritone timothy noble tomorrow at 8 pm the berkshire school route 41 sheffield mass 413 2291999 chorusorg 25 to 40 schweitzer caramoor tonight and sunday the festival offers some prime chamber music this weekend tonight trio solisti plays haydns trio in g schuberts trio in b flat and brahmss trio in b in caramoors lovely spanish courtyard on sunday the estimable tokyo string quartet returns to the festival to perform mozarts quartet in c brahmss quartet in a minor and a way alone by takemitsu in the venetian theater tonight at 8 sunday at 430 pm katonah ny 914 2321252 caramoororg 27 to 37 tonight 19 to 49 on sunday schweitzer jupiter symphony chamber players monday this energetic young ensemble joined by roman rabinovich a pianist who was born in uzbekistan and now lives in israel offers a varied program that includes mozarts arrangement of a bach adagio and fugue hoffmeisters arrangement for flute quartet of a mozart piano sonata k 331 a piano quartet by beethoven and zemlinskys clarinet trio at 8 pm jcc in manhattan 334 amsterdam avenue at 76th street 212 7991259 jupitersymphonycom 15 kozinn marlboro music festival tonight through sunday richard goode and mitsuko uchidas prestigious chamber music retreat in rural vermont kicks off this weekend with a benefit concert tonight featuring saintsanss fantaisie for violin and harp regers piano trio in e minor and schumanns quartet in a tomorrows program includes selections from dvoraks cypresses songs for string quartet schoenbergs string quartet no 3 and chaussons chanson perptuelle on sunday the lineup includes bartoks string quartet no 3 mozarts divertimento no 7 in d and dvoraks quartet in d minor tonight and tomorrow night at 830 and sunday at 230 marlboro music school and festival marlboro vt 802 2542394 marlboromusicorg 15 to 30 5 for canopy areas schweitzer mostly mozart tonight through thursday tonights concert features osmo vanska conducting frank martins overture in homage to mozart mozarts symphony no 35 and beethovens everpopular violin concerto with sergey khachatryan as the soloist the program repeats tomorrow tomorrow night the violinist gidon kremer and members of his kremerata baltica play shostakovich sofia gubaidulina and mozart at the kaplan penthouse on sunday the kremerata fresh from performing the complete mozart violin concertos at tanglewood bring the works to lincoln center with nos 1 to 3 on sunday and nos 4 and 5 on monday the second program also includes alexander raskatovs five minutes in the life of wam the festival orchestra returns on tuesday with douglas boyd making his new york conducting debut with iberts hommage mozart mozarts piano concerto no 21 with the soloist alexei lubimov and the symphony no 38 that program repeats on wednesday the opera zaide opening wednesday should be a highlight of the festival mozart set the work as a clash between european slaves and turkish sultans in the ottoman empire the director peter sellars an old hand at updating operas uses contemporary muslimwestern relations louis langre leads the periodinstrument ensemble concerto kln on thursday evening the pianist christian zacharias plays mozart and ravel in the kaplan penthouse orchestral concerts tonight and tomorrow night at 8 sunday at 5 pm and monday through wednesday at 8 pm in avery fisher hall lincoln center 35 to 55 tomorrow and thursday nights at 1030 pm kaplan penthouse 165 west 65th street manhattan 35 zaide wednesday at 8 pm rose theater broadway at 60th street 35 to 75 212 7216500 lincolncenterorg schweitzer st lawrence string quartet tomorrow and sunday this dynamic ensemble contributes to the mozart festivities with his quartet in b flat k 159 followed by debussys quartet and francks piano quintet in f minor with stephen prutsman the st lawrences concert in the intimate barn at the mount lebanon shaker village as part of the tannery pond concerts series will be followed on sunday with a concert in another atmospheric barn this time the openbacked maverick concert hall near woodstock ny where the group will play mozarts quartet no 21 in d prussian no 1 schumanns quartet no 1 and shostakovichs quartet no 3 tomorrow at 8 pm new lebanon ny 888 8209441 tannerypondconcertsorg 25 and 30 sunday at 3 pm maverick road between routes 28 and 375 west hurley ny 845 6798217 maverickconcertsorg 20 5 for students schweitzer summergarden sunday the student ensembles from the juilliard school who play these concerts tend to be devoted to contemporary music and play it with virtuosity and polish the works all new to new york include tigran ayvazyans string quartet 2003 benzion orgads arsalgia 2004 carl vines string quartet no 3 1994 john psathass kartsigar 2004 lera auerbachs epilogue 2005 and elliott sharps eye in the sky 2006 which was composed for this concert at 8 pm abby aldrich rockefeller sculpture garden at the museum of modern art 15 west 54th street 212 7089491 momaorg free kozinn tanglewood tonight through sunday the centerpiece of this busy weekend is seiji ozawas return to tanglewood tomorrow evening to lead the boston symphony orchestra and the tanglewood festival chorus in mahlers huge symphony no 2 the resurrection his soloists are the soprano heidi grant murphy and the contralto nathalie stutzmann and for listeners who cant get enough there is also an open rehearsal tomorrow morning surrounding mr ozawas mahler are programs led by donald runnicles tonight yoyo ma is his soloist in concertos by haydn and osvaldo golijov on a program that begins with janaceks idyll and ends with elgars enigma variations on sunday afternoon mr runnicles is joined by the pianist lars vogt in the beethoven emperor concerto the program also includes mozarts symphony no 38 and a suite from strausss rosenkavalier on sunday evening the welltrained students of the tanglewood music center play dvoraks carnival overture babbitts from the psalter faurs pellas et mlisande suite sibeliuss luonnotar and ravels daphnis and chlo suite no 2 stefan asbury is the conductor and dawn upshaw the soprano soloist boston symphony tonight and tomorrow night at 830 sunday afternoon at 230 mahler rehearsal tomorrow at 1030 am tanglewood music center orchestra sunday at 830 pm lenox mass 888 2661200 tanglewoodorg tonight 18 to 50 with 850 lawn tickets sold out tomorrow night except for lawn tickets at 17 rehearsal tomorrow morning 17 sunday afternoon 18 to 50 sunday evening 11 to 36 kozinn dance central park summerstage 2006 limn dance company tonight lyrical and dramatic dancing by the limn company tends to stir the soul this free 60thanniversary program includes a performance by raphael boumaila of daniel nagrins rarely seen dance in the sun as well as works by jos limn jiri kylian and donald mckayle at 8 central park summerstage rumsey playfield midpark at 70th street 212 3601777 or summerstageorg jennifer dunning central park summerstage 2006 from mambo to hip hop monday this sounds like the place to be for sheer fun this free program includes a preview screening of from mambo to hip hop a pbs documentary that explores the rich cultural history of the south bronx veteran hiphop salsa and mambo dancers will perform before the movie is shown the film will be followed by a questionandanswer session with henry chalfant the documentarys director the mambo dancer peanut the hiphop dancer and historian popmaster fabel and others 7 pm rumsey playfield midpark at 70th street central park 212 3602777 or summerstageorg dunning entresueo wednesday this new flamenco production by edwin aparicio is formed around the states of mind before entering sleep and awakening the dancers include scar valero and la genoveva at 730 pm symphony space 2537 broadway at 95th street 212 8645400 or symphonyspaceorg 25 to 40 dunning hot the nyc celebration of queer culture henry hill and kelly bartnik tonight and tomorrow night friends and collaborators mr hill and ms bartnik will perform solos and group pieces in a program endearingly entitled believe the hype well why not just this once at 8 dixon place 258 bowery between houston and prince streets lower east side 212 2190736 or dixonplaceorg 10 to 15 dunning jacobs pillow dance festival tonight through sunday and wednesday and thursday the trey mcintyre project a contemporary ballet company will be in the larger ted shawn theater through the weekend followed there on wednesday and thursday and next weekend by shen wei dance arts in the smaller doris duke studio theater armitage gone karole armitages new new yorkbased company plays through the weekend and moving in on thursday through next weekend is moveopolis the company formed by richard move who made his name as a martha graham impersonator mcintyre tonight and tomorrow night at 8 and tomorrow and sunday at 2 pm 45 shen wei wednesday and thursday nights at 8 50 armitage tonight and tomorrow night at 815 tomorrow at 215 pm and sunday at 5 pm 24 moveopolis on thursday at 815 pm 24 ten percent off all tickets for students ages 65 and children details jacobspilloworg jacobs pillow dance festival 358 george carter road becket mass 413 2430745 john rockwell jpmorgan chase latino cultural festival peru negro sunday the company celebrates black peruvian culture in dance playful multigenerational stage business and music performed on quijadas de buro donkey jawbone rattles and other exotic traditional instruments at 3 and 7 pm queens theater in the park flushing meadowscorona park queens 718 7600064 or queenstheatreorg 30 in advance 35 at the door dunning lincoln center out of doors tonight through aug 27 ok so being outside in new york city in august feels as if youre in a soup bowl but theres a bright side free dance to be had all month at lincoln center the action begins tomorrow with playday lessons and demonstrations involving african middle eastern and irish folk dance thursdays lineup looks particularly promising first we bgirlz hiphop challenges among various female crews and then a double bill double trouble dancin the blues with the sublime reggie wilsonfist heel performance group and the lula washington dance theater of los angeles performances take place on stages erected throughout the lincoln center campus from 62nd to 65th streets between columbus and amsterdam avenues complete schedule 212 5462656 or lincolncenterorg claudia la rocco pilobolus tonight and tomorrow and monday through thursday the grandfather of the current crop of nikolaisinspired cirque du soleillike acrobatic dance troupes with spectacular visual effects a little mindless but enormously popular for people of all ages three programs alternate for the run ending aug 12 tonight tomorrow and monday through thursday at 8 pm and tomorrow at 2 pm joyce theater 175 eighth avenue at 19th street chelsea 212 2420800 or joyceorg 42 rockwell kang sun young dance company tuesday ms young is said to be the sole successor to han seong jun a pioneer in the preservation of traditional korean dance her 60member troupe of dancers and musicians will perform pieces from that repertory in a program called a legacy in tradition 730 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 8705570 or wwwkangsunyoungartsorg 25 to 95dunning art museums and galleries are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of recent art shows nytimescomart museums brooklyn museum symphonic poem the art of aminah brenda lynn robinson through aug 13 this prodigious show by an artist born and still living in columbus ohio celebrates her heritage in paintings drawings sculpture stitchery leather work and less classifiable forms of expression besides its sheer visual wizardry using materials like leaves twigs bark buttons and castoff clothes her art is compelling in that it ruminates on the history of black migration to and settlement in the united states in a garrulous very personal way one particularly intense work based on the belief that abubakari ii ruler of mali crossed the atlantic nearly 200 years before columbus to discover the americas links the past with the present and africa with the beloved columbus of ms robinsons childhood brooklyn museum 200 eastern parkway at prospect park 718 6385000 or brooklynmuseumorg grace glueck dahesh museum of art napoleon on the nile soldiers artists and the rediscovery of egypt through dec 31 napoleons invasion of egypt was a military disaster but the squadron of scholars and scientists that went with him lay the foundation for egyptology and egyptomania gave orientalism a big boost and was commemorated by the 1000 engravings of the 23volume description de lgypte examples of the books prints form the backbone of this strange and sometimes piecemeal show which includes orientalist paintings and a cache of fascinating ephemera 580 madison avenue at 56th street 212 7590606 or daheshmuseumorg roberta smith frick collection jeantienne liotard 17021789 swiss master through sept 17 liotard is something of a specialty item now but he was widely known in the enlightenment europe of his day and even then he was seen as a maverick a figure of contradictions he was a stonecold realist in an age of rococo frills in a great age of oil painting he favored pastel he had ultrafancy sitters for his portraits including marie antoinette but his most vivid likenesses are of himself and his family the fricks perfectly proportioned sweetheart of a solo show is the artists first in north america 1 east 70th street 212 2880700 or frickorg holland cotter solomon r guggenheim museum zaha hadid thirty years in architecture through oct 25 this exhibition ms hadids first major retrospective in the united states gives new yorkers a chance to see what theyve been missing the show in the guggenheims rotunda spirals through ms hadids career from her early enchantment with soviet constructivism to the sensuous and fluid cityscapes of her more recent commissions it illuminates her capacity for bridging different worlds traditional perspective drawing and slick computergenerated imagery the era of utopian manifestoes and the ambiguous values of the information age 212 4233500 or guggenheimorg nicolai ouroussoff international center of photography on air through aug 27 the south korean artist atta kims bestknown body of work is a series called the museum project 19952002 for which he photographed his human subjects families nude couples maimed war veterans locked inside plexiglass exhibition cases like specimens on display the series eventually took a religious turn with models posing as buddhist deities the pictures here in his first major american solo show continue this spiritual trajectory filmed using long exposure times figures landscapes and religious icons have been turned into apparitions people art and museums may last for a while mr kim seems to say but all things eventually melt away 1133 avenue of the americas at 43rd street 212 8570000 or icporg cotter metropolitan museum of art girodet romantic rebel through aug 27 hugely famous in the early19th century girodet dropped down the memory chute his ossian receiving the ghosts of french heroes painted for napoleon is one of the most deranged pictures in art history its so unhinged that its almost lovable which is otherwise the last word to come to mind for an artist who in his uptight smartypants mode could be a bore but give the show a shot its sometimes brilliant and girodets strangeness and fairly repellent character make him at least fascinating to contemplate and heroic in his immoderation history is full of shifty characters antique visionaries cusp figures and halfcrazy oddball innovators later overlooked because theyre hard to pigeonhole their independent cast of mind is the truest expression of how civilization advances 212 5357710 or metmuseumorg michael kimmelman met raphael at the metropolitan the colonna altarpiece through sept 4 this exhilarating show reunites the central panel and lunette of raphaels colonna altarpiece owned by the met with all five panels of the predella additional works by raphael perugino fra bartolommeo and leonardo place the work in context and sharpen the understanding of raphaels budding genius 212 5357710 or metmuseumorg smith met treasures of sacred maya kings through sept 10 treasures of sacred maya kings gets a huge gold a for truth in advertising the treasures are plentiful rare and splendid a carved wood figure of a kneeling shaman arms extended timeraked face entranced is simply one of the greatest sculptures in the museum many objects have only recently come to light in mexico guatemala and honduras they add up to an exhibition as a thinkpiece essay on how a culture saw itself in the world 212 5357710 or metmuseumorg cotter museum of biblical art the word on the street the photographs of larry racioppo through aug 20 photographs documenting vernacular expressions of religious devotion in new york including spraypainted murals private shrines and tattoos museum of biblical art 1865 broadway at 61st street 212 4081500 or mobiaorg ken johnson museum of modern art artists choice herzog de meuron perception restrained through sept 25 in an unusually accessible bit of institutional critique the architects who failed to win the commission to design the new museum of modern art bite the hand that didnt feed them they create a kind of deprivation chamber with a black gallery where excerpts from american movies play on video screens on the ceiling and 110 works of art and design are crammed into enormous niches that are all but sealed from view perverse and cerebral it may be the best oneliner youll encounter this summer 212 7089400 or momaorg smith museum of modern art dada through sept 11 this is pretty much dadas official survey an oxymoron and it makes nearly all 450 or so objects in it look elegant that hat rack looks awfully stylish now its good to be reacquainted with a generation of artists who had no market to speak of and for whom societys corruption and exhaustion seemed golden opportunities to make themselves useful cynical and traumatized the dadaists were tireless young optimists at heart they discovered a world full of wonders and we are on the whole their beneficiaries 212 7089400 or momaorg kimmelman neue galerie gustav klimt five paintings from the collection of ferdinand and adele blochbauer through sept 18 klimts 1907 gold portrait of adele blochbauer lately acquired by the billionaire collector ronald s lauder reportedly for 135 million is now aptly installed like a trophy head above the mantelpiece shes half queen half vegas showgirl a perfect new yorker she temporarily hangs with four other klimts including a second adele painted in 1912 a slender sinuous cokebottle shaped figure more chaste than carnal a painting of a birch forest is an archetypal klimt mix of uncanny naturalism and geometric abstraction two other landscapes of an apple tree and an unfinished jigsawpuzzle view of houses on the shore of the attersee raise the question had klimt not died at 55 in 1918 would he have ended up a pure abstractionist like mondrian 1048 fifth avenue at 86th street 212 6286200 or neuegalerieorg kimmelman new york botanical garden chihuly at the new york botanical garden through oct 29 dale chihuly the worlds most famous contemporary glass artist has created ambitious installations of his largescale technically virtuosic and materially extravagant works inside the spectacular haupt conservatory and outside in reflecting pools and smaller gardens new york botanical garden bronx river parkway and fordham road bedford park the bronx 718 8178700 or nybgorg johnson newyork historical society legacies contemporary artists reflect on slavery through jan 7 a large powerful subtle group show the second of three exhibitions on american slavery organized by the newyork historical society 170 central park west at 77th street 212 8733400 or nyhistoryorg cotter new york public library french book artlivres dartistes artists and poets in dialogue through aug 19 organized with the bibliothque littraire jacques doucet in paris this lavish exhibition surveys some of the experimental ferment brought on by the combination of free verse visionary publishers and the high rate of talent among french artists and poets especially in the early years of the 20th century concentrating on books but also including prints and drawings it retells the tale of the french avantgarde on a relatively egalitarian playing field new york public library fifth avenue at 42nd street 212 8698089 or nyplorg smith ps 1 contemporary art center into meout of me through sept 25 often with repulsive immediacy and occasionally with wit and subtlety works by more than 130 artists in this ambitious exhibition explore the body and all its possible experiences along the pleasurepain continuum ps 1 contemporary art center 2225 jackson avenue at 46th avenue long island city queens 718 7842084 or ps1org johnson rubin museum of art what is it himalayan art for a basic guide to the art of tibet and nepal you will do no better than to take a slow walk through this new show which using an array of gorgeous objects distills knotty visual and spiritual systems to a soothing but stimulating entrylevel form 150 west 17th street chelsea 212 6205000 or rmanycorg cotter the whitney museum of american art full house views of the whitneys collection at 75 through sept 3 the whitney celebrates a significant birthday this summer with an attictobasement display of hundreds of pieces of art from its permanent collection there are terrific things arranged mostly by loose theme rather than date and as an ensemble they deliver an impressionistic story through art of a staggeringly contradictory american 20thcentury culture diverse and narrowsouled with a devotion to the idea of power so ingrained as to make conflict inevitable and chronic 945 madison avenue at 75th street 212 5703676 or whitneyorg cotter galleries uptown sarah sze corner plot the upper corner of an apartment building protrudes from the doris c freedman plazas pavement as if the whole edifice had toppled and sunk into the ground through the windows of ms szes magical outdoor sculpture you can see a complicated interior that looks as if it were created by a mad architect doris c freedman plaza 60th street and fifth avenue 212 9804575 through oct 22 johnson galleries chelsea a broken arm the title is a tribute to duchamp the works review various strategies of using found objects or images in photography painting and sculpture the seven artists include gedi sibony arnold odermatt and karen kalimnik all has been orchestrated by mari spirito the gallerys director 303 gallery 525 west 22nd street 212 2551121 303gallerycom through aug 18 smith dereconstruction matthew higgs director of the alternative space white columns has assembled a handsome show that in typical higgs fashion brings together outsider emerging hip and formerly hip artists variations on collage and assemblage predominate without feeling stale the larger point deconstruction has had its day and it is time to start putting things back together again the putters range from a r penck and lucas samaras to carter and alexandra bircken gladstone gallery 515 west 24th street 212 2069301 gladstonegallerycom through aug 18 smith j bennett fitts no lifeguard on duty symbolically resonant photographs of mostly derelict motel swimming pools by a young californian julie saul 535 west 22nd street 212 6272410 saulgallerycom through aug 11 johnson fountains a summery theme is tweaked by energetic efforts high points include daniel lefcourts eyepopping photograph of studio tools sanford biggers video of a disco ball and gibb slifes television set whose doityourself antenna suggests spreading vines or brain waves the low points seem to have been left out damelio terras 525 west 22nd street 212 3529460 damelioterrascom through aug 11 smith a fourdimensional being writes poetry on a field with sculptures organized by the sculptor charles ray this beautiful spare and mysterious exhibition presents sculptures by alberto giacometti mark di suvero and the folk artist edgar tolson and a giant photograph by jeff wall matthew marks 522 west 22nd street 212 2430200 matthewmarkscom through aug 11 johnson galerie daniel buchholz at metro pictures the wellknown cologne art gallery presents a surprisingly sweeping view of current art that includes americans and europeans and despite its conceptual slant an impressive range of mediums and sensibilities that may be the point metro pictures 519 west 24th street 212 2067100 metropicturesgallerycom through sept 16 smith michael heizer sculptures in concrete representing prehistoric hand tools much enlarged so that they resemble modernist sculptures by a follower of brancusi pacewildenstein 545 west 22nd street 212 4213292 or pacewildensteincom through sept 23 johnson materiality inventive works made of all sorts of materials in this show include a stuffed leatherandplywood tree by carolyn salas a geometric landscape with a slowingmoving wartlike kinetic element covered in reflective mylar by charlotte becket a neat display of more than 200 pieces of breakfast cereal by tom friedman and a sumptuous stuffed object resembling a muchenlarged amoeba by ernesto neto kravetswehby 521 west 21st street 212 3522238 kravetswehbygallerycom through aug 25 johnson men this show of 10 paintings of men by 10 women organized by the painter ellen altfest covers a lot of stylistic ground and includes an only partly tongueincheek denunciation from the lesbian collective redykeulous realism makes the strongest impression i20 557 west 23rd street 212 6451100 i20com through aug 18 smith howardena pindell in my lifetime thirty years ago howardena pindell was well known for meditative processbased abstract work though her art has always had two aspects in the 1970s and 80s it assumed and maintained an overtly political direction in largescale pieces that combined abstraction words and figures to deal with social and political issues from aids and homelessness to the present war in iraq both types are in this informal gallery retrospective which makes clear how thoroughly they are based on emerge from are fueled and inflected by the individual experiences and memories of the artist herself g r nnamdi gallery 526 west 26th street suite 316 212 9296645 grnnamdicom through aug 31 cotter a rabbit as king of the ghosts with a title lifted from wallace stevens this elegant show posits photography as the leading ghost in the machine of contemporary art and draws visually telling analogies from 140 years of the mediums life span it has been organized by the photographers justine kurland and dan torop mitchellinnes nash 534 west 26th street 212 7447400 miandncom through aug 11 smith two friends and so on selected by asking one artist to invite another who asked another until a group of 30 had accrued this show winds from conceptualbased work through abstract painting and sculpture and back again presenting a random crosssection of the art world and displaying a network of stylebased alliances it is a quite a ride andrew kreps gallery 525 west 22nd street 212 7418849 andrewkrepscom through aug 12 smith war on 45my mirrors are painted black for you the latest word from the boys in black is a show of six artists organized by the head boy banks violette the stark glamour of it cannot be denied but it looks too much like graphic design bortolami dayan 510 west 25th street 212 7272050 bortolamidayancom through sept 2 smith other galleries gifts go in one direction with art selling so briskly these days isnt it time for the art world to hand out some gift bags some freebies after all artists as members of an intensively networked and mutually supportive community have been giving one another gifts that is the subject of this charming summer show which takes the form of a roundrobin of generosity with artists on both the giving and receiving ends apexart 291 church street near walker street tribeca 212 4315270 through aug 12 cotter last chance rudy burckhardt new york paintings known as a photographer and filmmaker mr burckhardt 19141999 also painted all through his career his manhattan cityscapes mostly rooftop views of other buildings have a fresh almost nave immediacy and a sophisticated way with relations between surface and depth and complexity and simplicity tibor de nagy 724 fifth avenue near 57th street 212 2625050 or tibordenagycom closes today johnson the week ahead aug 13 19 television putting shakespearean characters in modern dress and contemporary situations is such a tired idea once youve seen hamlet in a corporate boardroom youve seen them all but shakespearetold bbc americas series of four adaptations has been winning positive reviews despite its hideous title last week the series turned beatrice and benedick of much ado about nothing into rival television news coanchors and this week it sets macbeth sunday at 7 pm in an elegant british restaurant that has just been awarded three michelin stars now thats power joe macbeth james mcavoy the gifted chef and his wife ella keeley hawes the gracious matre d do all the work but the owner duncan vincent regan gets all the glory therefore duncan is not long for this world this production makes it clear why reality series set in restaurant kitchens work so well and not just because there are so many sharp knives around its hard out there for a suburban marijuana dealer like nancy botwin if the secondseason premiere of weeds monday at 10 pm on showtime is any indication its going to get harder nancy marylouise parker who is just trying to maintain her familys uppermiddleclass life now that shes a widow wakes up in the bed of the new guy in her life martin donovan and learns hes a dea agent the episode also includes a car crash a suspicious fire a family members decision to become a rabbi and nancys business associates decision to branch out oh dear its another inspiring reallife tale of a noble teacher who gives all to salvage the selfesteem of disadvantaged children but the ron clark story tnt sunday 8 pm has two things going for it matthew perry who has transcended his lovable but lightweight friends persona and a more believable script than the usual televisionmovie treacle some of the time manhattan indictments at housing development prosecutors announced two sets of indictments yesterday related to separate investigations at the amsterdam houses a housing project near lincoln center in the first prosecutors from the manhattan district attorneys office charged 10 people who they said were members of the bloods street gang with selling crack cocaine and marijuana at the project and stashing their drugs in stairwells and lobbies in the second indictment three men were charged with different crimes after a fatal stabbing at the project last thursday one of them joel cabrera 18 was indicted on a charge of seconddegree murder in the stabbing of willie stroud prosecutors said another was charged with assault and the third with burglary prosecutors said mr stroud was killed after he took part in a homeinvasion robbery of mr cabreras apartment dutch drug gangs in germany when the netherlands cracked down on marijuana growers drug gangs moved across the border to germany according to der spiegel cannabis cafes get nudge to fringes of a dutch city fed up with drug tourists the mayor of maastricht wants to move the citys marijuana cafes to its outskirts corrections a frontpage article on monday about efforts in california to legalize the growing of industrial hemp banned because of its association with marijuana misspelled the surname of a marijuana historian he is jack herer not heber american drug policy to the editor re lighting up in amsterdam column aug 26 john tierney quotes peter cohen a dutch researcher and a former director of the center for drug research at the university of amsterdam as saying that drug policy is irrelevant because america with strict drug laws is said to have no less drug use than the freewheeling europeans the facts tell a different story consider the rates of current marijuana use by young people here and abroad east orange dozens arrested after drug investigation police director jose cordero said 76 people including 53 who were members of the bloods or crips gangs were charged with various drug offenses mr cordero said 106 envelopes of heroin 376 bags and 13 vials of cocaine and 75 bags of marijuana were seized after a twomonth investigation whats on tonight 2005 a group of space travelers reed richards ioan gruffudd sue storm jessica alba left johnny storm chris evans and ben grimm michael chiklis use the superpowers they gained after a mission exposes them to cosmic radiation to fend off their enemy dr victor von doom julian mcmahon 7 pm style style invades new york fashion week 2007 a look at the highs and lows and not just hemlines on the runways in bryant park 8 pm animal planet battle for the beach the west coast of costa rica is prime real estate to an entire menagerie from ghost crabs and vultures to crocodiles pumas and humans but just wait until 50000 olive ridley turtles arrive 9 pm fox americas most wanted america fights back movie peg the series reexamines the 1947 unsolved murder in los angeles that inspired the film the black dahlia which opened yesterday 9 pm bbc america my mums used to be men in the second of four films exploring alternative lifestyles in britain a 12yearold girl discusses what its like to be reared by two women who were born male one of which is her biological father 9 pm discovery kids serious in a new episode of this childrens adventure series eight young british explorers discover that camping out in the peruvian amazon is no walk in the park 9 pm food network childhood obesity danger zone a frank look at the causes and dangers of childhood obesity and what people around the country are doing to help youngsters keep from growing out instead of up 10 pm hbo katt williams the pimp chronicles pt 1 selfesteem marijuana image vs reality race relations iraqi insurgents michael jackson its all here in this standup routine from mr williams right on a press tour for the bet hip hop awards in july who won the best los angeles comic award sponsored by cedric the entertainer in 2001 11 pm fox mad tv nicole parker plays britney spears and ike barinholtz is kevin federline in kfed in da howz on the 12th season premiere of this sketch comedy show midnight fox talk show with spike feresten anyone up for a monologue in this new halfhour latenight show mr feresten left proves that you dont need comedians to stir up the laughs if youve got an audience to do the work kathryn shattuck arts briefly willie nelson in drug bust willie nelson and several members of his band were issued misdemeanor citations for drug possession early yesterday at a traffic stop on interstate 10 near breaux bridge in st martin parish la the associated press reported state trooper willie williams said troopers noticed a strong odor of marijuana when the driver opened the bus door and about 15 pounds of marijuana and about 3 ounces of mushrooms were found during a search mr nelson 73 right of spicewood tex and four members of his band were released after they were given the citations crocodile hunter memorial prime minister john howard of australia below is to attend the public memorial service tomorrow for steve irwin televisions popular crocodile hunter who died at 44 on sept 4 when his heart was pierced by a stingray barb while making a documentary john stainton mr irwins manager producer and longtime friend said he was determined that the event to be attended by some 5500 people and televised live around the world would not degenerate into a circus agence francepresse reported mr stainton declined to divulge details of the memorial at the crocoseum at mr irwins australia zoo north of brisbane but said yesterday its very loose at the moment i just want it to happen and everyone to enjoy it and thats it gish prize winner chosen an iranianborn artist who lives in new york has been named the winner of the 2006 dorothy and lillian gish prize of about 300000 and a silver medallion the artist shirin neshat left whose photographs films and projections explore islam and gender relations will receive her awards at a ceremony on oct 12 at the hudson theater where scenes from her feature film work will be shown the gish prize named for the sisters best known for their performances in silent films is given annually to a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankinds enjoyment and understanding of life previous winners include bob dylan ingmar bergman and arthur miller new tolkien epic coming fans of j r r tolkien the author of the hobbit and the lord of the rings have a new epic to look forward to houghton mifflin announced yesterday that it had acquired the american rights to publish the children of hurin begun in 1918 it was a tale that tolkien right 18921973 worked on throughout his life and will take his readers once more among elves and men and dragons and dwarfs houghton mifflin said in an announcement that although it had long been assumed that the children of hurin would remain unfinished it had been reconstructed and edited by tolkiens son christopher working from tolkiens many drafts publication is scheduled for spring andrew lloyd webber defends maria andrew lloyd webber has struck back at critics who are carping about the number of times his maria chosen in a televised contest will sing weekly when his new production of the sound of music opens in london in november discussing plans for the winner connie fisher 23 right to sing at the palladium in six of the eight weekly performances he said it was his duty to protect her voice the bbc reported and he added that it was absolutely normal for a young leading lady to sing fewer than eight performances weekly this was the case when sarah brightman starred in the phantom of the opera at the age of 22 he said it was the same for elaine paige in evita and is true of elena roger who is starring in the new production of evita ms fisher told bbc news i would love to do eight shows a week but i have to test my stamina baritone wins in toulouse a chinese baritone songhu liu has won the top prize at the 46th international singing contest held every two years in toulouse france agence francepresse reported a first prize was not awarded to any of the six female finalists but elisabeth donovan a british soprano was awarded second place mr songhu received a svres vase and 8200 donated by the city of toulouse past winners in the contest first held in 1324 and resurrected in 1954 include jos van dam and elena vassilieva prisoners build a bohme prisoners in italy and ireland have become opera aficionados designing and making the sets and costumes to be used in a staging of puccinis bohme by opera ireland irelands national opera company in dublin in midnovember reuters reported the project originating in 2004 at the highsecurity maiano prison in perugia italy involves a collaboration between it and mountjoy prison in dublin where inmates have spent six months working from designs created by the italians theyre all very proud of the work theyre doing in mountjoy and theyre learning new skills which they can use when they leave prison said conleth teevan a spokesman for opera ireland he indicated that some prisoners would be allowed to attend the opera and that the rest would see it on video editorial observer while nixon campaigned the fbi watched john lennon in december 1971 john lennon sang at an ann arbor mich concert calling for the release of a man who had been given 10 years in prison for possessing two marijuana cigarettes the song he wrote for the occasion john sinclair was remarkably effective within days the michigan supreme court ordered mr sinclair released what lennon did not know at the time was that there were fbi informants in the audience taking notes on everything from the attendance 15000 to the artistic merits of his new song lacking lennons usual standards his fbi file reports and yoko cant even remain on key the government spied on lennon for the next 12 months and tried to have him deported to england the listings sept 22 sept 28 selective listings by critics of the new york times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the new york metropolitan region this week denotes a highly recommended film concert show or exhibition theater approximate running times are in parentheses theaters are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of current shows additional listings show times and tickets nytimescomtheater previews and openings birth and after birth in pre views opens on oct 3 tina howes new comedy about birth and parenthood features two parents preparing for a childs birthday party 145 atlantic theater 336 west 20th street chelsea 212 2396200 blue door previews start on thursday opens on oct 8 tanya barfields new play is about a prominent mathematician losing his grip on reality it worked for proof leigh silverman well directs 135 playwrights horizons peter jay sharp theater 416 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 a chorus line in previews opens on oct 5 this legendary musical about broadway gypsies returns with charlotte damboise and michael berresse 200 schoenfeld theater 236 west 45th street 212 2396200 el conquistador in previews opens on oct 3 mixing theater and film the emerging theater artist thaddeus phillips explores the art form of the telenovela 130 new york theater workshop 79 east fourth street east village 212 2396200 drug buddy previews start on wednesday opens on sept 30 after a night of drugs sex and who knows what else the groggy protagonist of david folwells new play needs to get out of texas 110 cherry lane theater 38 commerce street between barrow bedford streets west village 212 8684444 john ferguson in previews opens on monday the mint theater unearths st john ervines gritty piece of realism from 1919 about a pious farmer who cant make his mortgage payments 220 mint theater 311 west 43rd street clinton 212 3150231 heartbreak house in previews opens on oct 11 roundabout revives shaws drama with a superb cast of theater pros including swoosie kurtz philip bosco and the alwayselegant byron jennings 230 american airlines theater 227 west 42nd street 212 7191300 jay johnson the two and only in previews opens on thursday this ventriloquist whose solo show ran at the atlantic in 2004 talks about his mentor and career 130 helen hayes theater 240 west 44th street 212 2396200 losing louie in previews opens on oct 12 mark linnbaker and matthew arkin star in simon mendes da costas family comedy which spans 50 years jerry zaks directs this west end transfer 210 biltmore theater 261 west 47th street 212 2396200 nixons nixon in previews opens on oct 4 in this revival russell lees imagines the conversation between nixon and kissinger the night before nixon resigned jim simpson directs 130 lucille lortel theater 121 christopher street west village 212 2794200 the prime of miss jean brodie in previews opens on oct 9 cynthia nixon takes on the juicy title role made famous by illustrious actresses like zoe caldwell vanessa redgrave and maggie smith in the film version in the new groups revival of jay presson allens adaptation of muriel sparks novel about a passionate teacher in a conservative scottish school 240 the acorn theater at theater row 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 suburbia in previews opens on thursday eric bogosian revamps his tale of youthful angst and alienation for the new millennium jo bonney directs 200 second stage theater 307 west 43rd street clinton 212 2464422 southern comforts previews start on tuesday opens on october 18 judith ivey directs this drama about a widow and a widower who meet late in life presented by primary stages 200 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 the times they are achangin previews start on monday opens on oct 26 bob dylan has come back in vogue just in time for his broadway show staged by twyla tharp 130 brooks atkinson theater 256 west 47th street 212 3074100 25 questions for a jewish mother previews start on wednesday opens on oct 12 judy gold gives the jewish mothers point of view in this solo show which returns for an openended run 110 st lukes theater 308 west 46th street clinton 212 2396200 wrecks previews start on tuesday opens on oct 10 neil labute is back at it with a new play a solo about love marriage and other sources of pain the movie star this time is ed harris 115 public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 broadway the color purple so much plot so many years so many characters to cram into less than three hours this beattheclock musical adaptation of alice walkers pulitzer prizewinning novel about southern black women finding their inner warriors never slows down long enough for you to embrace it lachanze leads the vibrant hardworking cast 240 broadway theater 1681 broadway at 53rd street 212 2396200 ben brantley the drowsy chaperone tony awards best book of a musical and best original score 2006 this small and ingratiating spoof of 1920s stage frolics as imagined by an obsessive show queen may not be a masterpiece but in a dry season for musicals the drowsy chaperone has theatergoers responding as if they were withering houseplants finally being watered after long neglect bob martin and sutton foster are the standouts in the avid energetic cast 140 marquis theater 1535 broadway at 45th street 212 3074100 brantley the history boys tony awards best play and best direction of a play 2006 madly enjoyable alan bennetts play about a battle for the hearts and minds of a group of universitybound students imported with the original british cast from the national theater moves with a breezy narrative swagger that transcends cultural barriers directed by nicholas hytner with a perfectly oiled ensemble led by the superb richard griffiths and stephen campbell moore as schoolmasters with opposing views of history and education 240 broadhurst theater 235 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley jersey boys tony award best musical 2006 from grit to glamour with the four seasons directed by the pop repackager des mcanuff the whos tommy the real thrill of this shrinkwrapped biomusical for those who want something more than recycled chart toppers and a story line poured from a can is watching the wonderful john lloyd young as frankie valli cross the line from exact impersonation into something far more compelling 230 august wilson theater 245 west 52nd street 212 2396200 brantley martin short fame becomes me this eager and amiably scattershot satire of celebrity memoirs and broadway musicals starring the immodestly modest mr short arrives a little late to the table for such parody to taste fresh with serviceably tuneful songs by scott wittman and marc shaiman of hairspray fame 145 jacobs theater 242 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley tarzan this writhing green blob with music adapted by disney theatrical productions from the 1999 animated film has the feeling of a superdeluxe day care center equipped with lots of bungee cords and karaoke synthesizers where children can swing when they get tired of singing and vice versa the sodapop score is by phil collins 230 richard rodgers theater 226 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee the happy news for this happymaking little musical is that the move to larger quarters has dissipated none of its quirky charm william finns score sounds plumper and more rewarding than it did off broadway providing a sprinkling of sugar to complement the sass in rachel sheinkins zingerfilled book the performances are flawless gold stars all around 145 circle in the square 1633 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 charles isherwood the wedding singer an assemblykit musical that might as well be called that 80s show this stage version of the 1998 film is all winks and nods and quotations from the era of big hair and junk bonds the cast members who include stephen lynch and constantine maroulis are personable enough which is not the same as saying they have personalities 220 al hirschfeld theater 302 west 45th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley off broadway asylum the strange case of mary lincoln this musical telling of the reallife tale of the former first lady and how her son had her committed to an asylum in 1875 has some structural problems and could use more exposition by june bingham the book writer but some of carmel owens songs are decent and the saga has a pull to it 145 the theater at st peters lutheran church lexington avenue at 54th street 212 8684444 neil genzlinger the fantasticks a revival well more like a resuscitation of the little musical that wouldnt die this sweetasever production of tom jones and harvey schmidts commediadellartestyle confection is most notable for mr joness touching performance under the pseudonym thomas bruce as the old actor a role he created when the show opened in 1960 mr jones also directs 205 snapple theater center 210 west 50th street 212 3074100 brantley forbidden broadway special victims unit this production features the expected caricatures of egodriven singing stars but even more than usual the show offers an acute list of grievances about the sickly state of the broadway musical where as the lyrics have it everything old is old again 145 47th street theater 304 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley gardel the musical a standardissue biomusical about the tango legend carlos gardel that wallows in melodrama 130 gramercy arts theater 138 east 27th street 212 2259920 jason zinoman it goes without saying bill bowerss zestful endearing oneman show is about his life as a mime an actor and a gay boy growing up in montana 115 rattlestick playwrights theater 224 waverly place off seventh avenue south greenwich village 212 8684444 anita gates jacques brel is alive and well and living in paris a powerfully sung revival of the 1968 revue presented with affectionate nostalgia by the director gordon greenberg as in the original two men robert cuccioli and drew sarich and two women natascia diaz and gay marshall perform a wide selection of brels plaintive ballads and stirring anthems ms marshalls captivating performance of ne me quitte pas sung in the original french and with heartstirring transparency represents brel at his best 200 zipper theater 336 west 37th street 212 2396200 isherwood lemkins house the man who invented the word genocide raphael lemkin turns out to have an unsettled afterlife in this compelling drama by catherine filloux he learns through visitations by tutsis and others that the international law he campaigned for against genocide may not have accomplished anything john daggett is impressive as lemkin 120 mcginncazale theater 2162 broadway at 76th street 212 3523101 genzlinger the man himself ami dayan stars in his own adaptation of alan drurys play about an average mans slide into religious fanaticism an unsettling tale of everyday alienation and its potentially dangerous consequences 130 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 isherwood no child teachers will love nilaja suns onewoman show about the challenges of teaching drama at malcolm x high school 110 barrow street theater 27 barrow street at seventh avenue south west village 212 2396200 gates richard ii michael cumpsty plays the ineffectual king who loses a crown and gains a soul in brian kulicks middling production for the classic stage company mr cumpsty traces richards worldly downfall and spiritual ascent with affecting clarity but the production is a little glib and a little bland 215 classic stage company 136 east 13th street east village 212 3523101 isherwood seven guitars 245 life and death dance cheek to cheek in this fine new revival of august wilsons drama from 1996 directed by ruben santiagohudson and acted with absorbing restraint and immediacy this is a truly lifesize production which means it is big indeed 245 peter norton space 555 west 42nd street clinton 212 2447529 brantley shout a miniskirted gogobooted zombie of a musical about women searching for love in london in the 1960s you wont see anything this groovy this farout this withit outside of oh maybe the showroom of a carnival cruise ship 130 julia miles theater 424 west 55th street clinton 212 2396200 isherwood tempest tossed fools this musical audienceparticipation childrens version of the tempest is rowdy colorful and not all that shakespearean manhattan ensemble theater 55 mercer street soho 212 2396200 gates theophilus north matthew burnetts adaptation of the thornton wilder novel about a young mans not quite interpersonal relationships in 1926 newport is affable if sometimes oversentimental 200 harold clurman theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 gates title of show jeff bowen and hunter bell are the authors stars and subject matter of this delectable new musical about its own making the selfconsciousness is tempered by a wonderful cast performing with the innocence of kids cavorting in a sandbox its a worthy postmodern homage to classic backstage musicals and an absolute must for show queens 130 vineyard theater 108 east 15th street 212 2794200 isherwood the treatment a new play by eve ensler the vagina monologues depicting a series of fraught encounters between a traumatized war veteran and a military psychologist fervently acted by dylan mcdermott and portia it is an overwrought amalgam of psychodrama and political sermonizing 105 culture project 45 bleecker street at lafayette street east village 212 2539983 impactfestivalorg isherwood off off broadway i 35sheart 45 kant ken urbans nimble knowing oneact is about four women a graduate student a heroin addict a depressive and a bombing victim the men in their lives and the little humiliations and unexpected certainties of daily existence 110 linhart theater at 440 studios 440 lafayette street near astor place east village 212 3523101 gates intellectuals scott c sickless comedy about a woman who decides to try lesbianism and how it affects her husband has lots of great lines though the director david gautschy and some of the actors arent up to the pacing challenge ellen dolan of as the world turns is appealing in the lead though 205 the workshop theater 312 west 36th street 212 6954173 genzlinger nami chad beckims wellacted but overheated drama is about two dysfunctional couples whose fates intersect tragically 200 kirk theater theater row studios 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 zinoman spectacles absinthe think cirque du soleil as channeled through rocky horror and painted by george grosz part cabaret part circus absinthe aims for a kind of seedy decadence thats mingled with the simple awshucks wonder of knifejugglers swordswallowers and a man creating constructions out of soap bubbles its the main event at the spiegeltent a vintage european tradition visiting south street seaport this summer 130 spiegeltent at the former fulton fish market site pier 17 south street under the brooklyn bridge 212 2794200 anne midgette reverend billy and the church of stopshopping reverend billy a k a the performance artist bill talen struts and preaches his way across the spiegeltent stage accompanied by a choir and a fine sevenpiece band radical political theater has rarely been more thoughtful or fun 130 spiegeltent at the former fulton fish market site pier 17 south street under the brooklyn bridge 212 2794200 george hunka longrunning shows altar boyz this sweetly satirical show about a christian pop group made up of five potential teen people cover boys is an enjoyable silly diversion 130 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 isherwood avenue q rrated puppets give lively life lessons 210 golden theater 252 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley beauty and the beast cartoon made flesh sort of 230 luntfontanne theater 205 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley chicago irrefutable proof that crime pays 225 ambassador theater 219 west 49th street 212 2396200 brantley drumstruck lightweight entertainment that stops just short of pulverizing the eardrums 130 2005 new world stages stage 2 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 lawrence van gelder hairspray fizzy pop cute kids large man in a housedress 230 neil simon theater 250 west 52nd street 212 3074100 brantley the lion king disney on safari where the big bucks roam 245 minskoff theater 200 west 45th street at broadway 212 3074100 brantley mamma mia the jukebox that devoured broadway 220 cadillac winter garden theater 1634 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 brantley the phantom of the opera who was that masked man anyway 230 majestic theater 247 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the producers the ne plus ultra of showbiz scams 245 st james theater 246 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley rent east village angst and love songs to die for 245 nederlander theater 208 west 41st street 212 3074100 brantley slavas snowshow clowns chosen by the russian master slava polunin stir up laughter and enjoyment a show that touches the heart as well as tickles the funny bone 130 union square theater 100 east 17th street 212 3074100 van gelder spamalot a singing scrapbook for monty python fans 220 shubert theater 225 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley wicked oz revisited with political corrections 245 gershwin theater 222 west 51st street 212 3074100 brantley last chance foggy bottom james armstrongs comedy about a washingtonian who seduces women by promising them green cards has a nice sense of the ridiculous but sometimes the action is unbelievable even by the standards of farce 200 abingdon theater arts complex 312 west 36th street 212 8684444 closes on sunday gates fringe nyc encores ten hits from the new york international fringe festival return for a second run at two theaters shows include billy the mime walmartopia broken hands danny boy open house and others the 14th street y 344 east 14th street east village lion theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 closes on sunday zinoman movies ratings and running times are in parentheses foreign films have english subtitles full reviews of all current releases movie trailers show times and tickets nytimescommovies american hardcore r 98 minutes the documentary history of the american hardcore punk rock movement that flourished as an underground in the first half of the 1980s is as swift and jagged as the defiant music it remembers with an encyclopedic thoroughness stephen holden aurora borealis r 110 minutes miserable in minneapolis a damaged slacker finds his life heating up when he connects with the nurse looking after his grandfather juliette lewis stirs up this affable rubbish with a performance that hints that she can play more than sexpots and psychopaths nathan lee the black dahlia r 119 minutes brian de palma drains the life out of james ellroys take on the spectacularly cruel 1947 murder of a young los angeles woman known as the black dahlia the stars josh hartnett scarlett johansson and aaron eckhart dont help matters though hilary swank is dandy manohla dargis boynton beach club no rating 104 minutes a fastpaced romantic comedy about frisky 60something residents of a florida active adult community this film is a rosecolored fantasy about aging that has just enough credibility to make you care about its characters and wish them merrily on their way holden confetti r 94 minutes in this mildly amusing mock documentary three engaged couples compete in a british bridal magazines contest for most original wedding concept best in show the movies obvious inspiration its not holden the covenant pg13 97 minutes the director renny harlin proves that exorcist the beginning was not the nadir of his career with this thriller about boy witches fending off a nefarious transfer student lee crank r 83 minutes a poisoned hit man rampages in los angeles doling revenge on his nemesis and misanthropy on all basically a brokendown retread of speed with jason stratham as the bus lee crossover pg13 95 minutes bling is bad and friends are good in this story of temptation rivalry and cheerleaders set in the world of detroit street basketball lee everyones hero g 88 minutes animated in name only everyones hero follows a 10yearold baseball fanatic as he tries to return babe ruths stolen bat largely indifferent to its depressionera setting the movie is even less concerned with the need for enchantment but since this is the last creative collaboration of christopher and dana reeve the movies sentimental provenance could earn it a critical pass it doesnt deserve jeannette catsoulis factotum r 94 minutes matt dillon goes deep to play henry chinaski the familiar alter ego of the great charles bukowski who survived countless benders brawls rejection slips crazy women and soulkilling jobs the norwegian filmmaker bent hamer directed dargis al franken god spoke no rating 90 minutes this portrait of the comedian turned liberal polemicist is interesting as a case study in ideological celebrity but not illuminating enough to be of interest to anyone but mr frankens diehard loyalists a o scott gridiron gang pg13 120 minutes set in a california juvenile detention center gridiron gang stars dwayne johnson best known as the rock as sean porter the reallife probation officer who fights recidivism with football jumping from heartwarming to murderous this is a sportsasrehab movie that wants to have its gangbanging and cure it too catsoulis half nelson r 107 minutes in their beautiful bummer about the relationship between a white teacher ryan gosling and a black student shareeka epps the gifted young director ryan fleck and his writing partner anna boden offer a lament for the radical fires of the 1960s and a suggestion for life and politics after the new left dargis haven r 98 minutes class race and preposterous narrative contrivance mix it up in the cayman islands in this nonlinear nonsense from the producer of crash lee hollywoodland r 126 minutes a fictional look at the life and downwardspiraling times of george reeves the man who played superman on television and is here played by a fine ben affleck allen coulter directs paul bernbaums screenplay which features a deadend parallel plot about a detective adrien brody dargis home no rating 78 minutes in jeffrey m togmans marvelously revealing documentary sheree farmer a single mother of six is offered the opportunity to escape her ganginfested neighborhood in newark an affordable new home in a safe area awaits but as the mortgage deadline approaches and ms farmers troubles mount the movie brilliantly illuminates the psychological damage inflicted by years of deprivation when survival hinges on trusting no one but yourself the kindness of strangers can seem too good to be true catsoulis how to eat fried worms pg 98 minutes the worms go in the worms go out but mostly the worms go into the frying pan in bob dolmans engaging and yucky adaptation of the thomas rockwell book dargis idlewild r 120 minutes andr benjamin and antwan a patton a k a andr 3000 and big boi of outkast play friends living and sometimes singing in depressionera georgia the joint doesnt jump it twitches and stumbles dargis the illusionist pg13 109 minutes this film tells the story of eisenheim edward norton a fictional conjurer who enraptured viennese audiences in 1900 with his supernatural magic shows a terrific yarn it rouses your slumbering belief in the miraculous holden an inconvenient truth pg 96 minutes al gore gives a lecture on climate change one of the most exciting and necessary movies of the year seriously scott invincible pg 99 minutes the latest addition to the disney stable of sportsunderdog movies invincible is the true story of vince papale mark wahlberg a substitute teacher and parttime bartender who in 1976 realizes his dream of playing for the philadelphia eagles the director and cinematographer ericson core counters the storys predictably inspirational trajectory with close attention to historical detail and bluecollar hardship catsoulis keeping mum r 90 minutes maggie smith stars as a homicidal housekeeper and a mary poppins type in this british black comedy an oldfashioned movie it exudes the comfy familiarity of a vintage episode of alfred hitchcock presents holden artie langes beer league r 86 minutes mr lange howard sterns radio sidekick somehow manages to make beerleague softball seem no fun at all in this extremely lowbrow comedy high point a brief appearance by the guy who played the beloved and now dead edgar on 24 neil genzlinger lassie pg 100 minutes everything old is new again in the 11th film about the beloved pooch with the iq of a grad student and the instincts of a boomerang blissfully restored to the period and location of eric knights original novel preworld war britain the movie balances humor and pathos with oldfashioned charm and not a trace of satire catsoulis the last kiss r 104 minutes tony goldwyns remake of a popular italian film is thin and clumsy but nonetheless unusually candid in its treatment of human sexual misbehavior zach braff plays a young man who on the brink of turning 30 and about to become a father panics and cheats on his girlfriend jacinda barrett scott little miss sunshine r 101 minutes a bittersweet comedy of dysfunction that takes place at the terminus of the american dream the excellent cast includes greg kinnear steve carell toni collette paul dano and that national treasure alan arkin dargis man push cart no rating 87 minutes the sisyphean daily grind of a pakistani immigrant who sells coffee doughnuts and bagels from a cart in midtown manhattan is an exemplary work of independent filmmaking carried out on a shoestring at its best it suggests an american bicycle thief holden mutual appreciation no rating 110 minutes andrew bujalskis wonderful independent film about friendship in the modern world looks like something that came out of a time capsule but theres nothing dusty about it shot on expressively grainy blackandwhite celluloid it is the sort of unassuming discovery that could suffer from too much big love and while it wont save or change your life it may make your heart swell its aim is modest and true dargis old joy no rating 76 minutes two old friends drive out of portland ore one day and into a strained reunion in kelly reichardts old joy a triumph of modesty and of seriousness that also happens to be one of the finest american films of the year dargis scoop pg13 96 minutes a not especially funny yet oddly appealing comedy in which woody allen and scarlett johansson make like nick and nora but with more shtick and no martinis or asta dargis snakes on a plane r 105 minutes snakes plane samuel l jackson david r ellis provides the fine bmoviestyle direction while mr jackson supplies the cool and his trademark epithet dargis this film is not yet rated no rating 97 minutes kirby dick with the help of a private detective investigates the mysterious workings of the motion picture association of america a highly secretive deeply irrational organization with enormous influence over what we see and dont see on movie screens scott the us vs john lennon pg13 99 minutes using archival clips including some great dick cavett show appearances and inbed news conferences and talkinghead interviews with noam chomsky g gordon liddy and many people in between this documentary makes the case that john lennon was a much better person than richard nixon scott vajra sky over tibet no rating 89 minutes limited almost exclusively to tourist attractions this documentary glimpse at the sights and sounds of occupied tibet amounts to a rhetorically inflated vacation video but what a vacation lee the wicker man pg13 106 minutes in remaking a 1973 british horror classic neil labute once again demonstrates his misogyny and worse his technical incompetence scott film series the best of buster keaton comedy classics through monday film forums eightweek festival of the silent comedies of the brilliantly stonefaced keaton 18951966 ends monday night with the cameraman 1928 about a man trying to impress a pretty office worker at mgm and spite marriage 1929 about a dry cleaner in love with a stage star 209 west houston street west of avenue of the americas south village 212 7278110 10 anita gates clats de rire through oct 31 the french institute alliance franaise is currently screening french comedy classics every tuesday this weeks film is francis vebers oddcouple story la chvre 1981 starring grard depardieu and pierre richard as a detective and a publicist on a kidnapping case florence gould hall 55 east 59th street manhattan 212 3556160 10 gates made in ny through dec 31 tomorrow just in time for autumn in new york the museum of modern art begins a threemonth series of notable films made in the city this weekends five movies include woody allens hannah and her sisters 1986 whose manhattan locations include mia farrows upper west side apartment and spike lees do the right thing 1989 set in a racially charged brooklyn neighborhood roy and niuta titus theaters 212 7089400 10 gates pythonalot through oct 5 film forums twoweek monty python festival begins today with a weeklong run of monty python and the holy grail 1975 the arthurian lunacy that inspired the broadway musical spamalot other films in the series include the groups life of brian 1979 terry gilliams brazil 1985 and a fish called wanda 1988 with michael palin and john cleese 209 west houston street south of avenue of the americas south village 212 7278110 10 gates pop full reviews of recent concerts nytimescommusic agent orange reagan youth tomorrow the clock is ticking for cbgb the legendary bowery dive that was the cradle of punk after a protracted dispute with its landlord the club must vacate by the end of october its last few months have been shaping up as a reunion of the mid80s class of hardcore high which continues tomorrow with the southern california skatepunk of agent orange and members of reagan youth a new york anarchy peace punk band that among other things equated the sons of reagan with nazis its leader dave insurgent died 13 years ago also on the bill are freeze slacktone and apple at 7 pm 315 bowery at bleecker street east village 212 9824052 cbgbcom 20 ben sisario joseph arthur tuesday and wednesday romance despair and the struggle for faith intermingle in mr arthurs haunting songs which can float in a gorgeous but eerie acoustic reverie or flare up in electrified anger his fifth album nuclear daydream has just been released on his own label lonely astronaut with annie stela tuesday at 9 pm maxwells 1039 washington street hoboken nj 201 6531703 maxwellsnjcom 15 wednesday at 8 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 18 sisario ashford and simpson tonight and tomorrow night the steve and eydie of popsoul still put on a convincing and musically solid show of being the worlds happiest showbusiness couple at 830 and 11 feinsteins at the regency 540 park avenue at 61st street 212 3394095 feinsteinsattheregencycom 60 with a 40 minimum stephen holden bobby blue bland tomorrow mr blands voice is a cornerstone of memphis soul singing in tones that are velvety humble and longsuffering he begs for affection with suave melancholy and smoldering fury at 8 pm b b king blues club and grill 243 west 42nd street manhattan 212 9974144 bbkingbluescom 25 in advance 30 at the door jon pareles justin bond and the freudian slippers tonight fresh from a run on broadway justin bond the peerlessly raunchy cabaret satirist better known as the kiki half of kiki herb offers an account of his career in music and video at midnight spiegeltent fulton fish market pier 17 fulton and south streets lower manhattan 212 2794200 spiegelworldcom 25 sisario cibelle tonight and tomorrow cibelle a young brazilian who lives in london follows sensuous melodies into slippery electronic dream realms and when she interprets the classics she does it with a free hand her version of caetano velosos expatriate lament london london on her new album the shine of dried electric leaves six degrees seizes on the line about flying saucers in the sky adding more than a minute of psychedelic scifi sound effects tonight at 730 and 930 joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 2396200 joespubcom 20 tomorrow night at 1030 with barra libre mercury lounge 217 east houston street at ludlow street lower east side 212 2604700 mercuryloungenyccom 16 in advance 18 at the door sisario clap your hands say yeah architecture in helsinki thursday clap your hands say yeah the grassroots rock success story of 2005 this band from brooklyn sold tens of thousands of cds of jerky talking headsinspired artpop without a record label adds another trophy to its case with a performance at rumsey playfield in central park if the musical segments on sesame street were made with a chamber orchestra and choir and intended for an audience of hyperintelligent prodigies they might sound something like architecture in helsinki from australia frolicsome and inventive as if every instrument were being played for the first time at 5 pm midpark at 70th street 212 3077171 3250 sisario eric clapton thursday this evergreen guitar hero now 61 is touring with a repertory stretching back to his derek and the dominos era also on the bill is robert cray the slick guitarist who was the great commercial hope of the blues in the 1980s at 8 pm madison square garden 212 4656741 thegardencom 4950 to 15450 sisario dengue fever tonight if you missed cambodias wildly eclectic psychedelic rock scene in the 1960s and early 70s which came to a sudden end with the arrival of the khmer rouge this adventurous los angeles band offers the next best thing featuring the forceful and entrancing vocals of chhom nimol a former cambodian pop star who had been singing in a restaurant in long beach calif it plays vintage hits and original songs in khmer and english toying with a listeners sense of exoticism and familiarity at 1130 joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 2396200 joespubcom 15 sisario flaming lips sunday and monday the first sign that it will not be the usual rock concert the place fills with oversize balloons next dancers seemingly dressed as hebrew prophets and if another is necessary the highlight of the night is a cathartic audienceparticipation version of bohemian rhapsody at 630 pm hammerstein ballroom 311 west 34th street manhattan 212 3077171 mcstudioscom 40 sisario hem freedy johnston tomorrow a night of songwriting versus atmosphere hem plays somewhat prosaic altcountry but in such delicate luscious arrangements that it doesnt matter mr johnston is a master miniaturist whose elegant deadpan stories of the lovelorn and the cruel are set to generic and innocuous folkpop at 8 pm irving plaza 17 irving place at 15th street manhattan 212 7776800 irvingplazacom 2350 in advance 25 at the door sisario jet wednesday determined to boil rock down to its acdcmeetsgunsnroses essence this australian band dismisses anything that distracts from that goal including innovation with diamond nights at 9 pm irving plaza 17 irving place at 15th street manhattan 212 7776800 irvingplazacom sold out sisario john browns body tomorrow a reggae band founded in ithaca ny john browns body plays oldfashioned reggae sometimes updated with dubinspired electronic effects the results are less hamfisted than you might think which isnt saying much with club delf and haale at 8 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side boweryballroomcom 212 5332111 15 kelefa sanneh jack jones tonight and tomorrow night in full command of his formidable vocal technique mr jones at 68 is arguably the most accomplished singer still standing to work in a sinatradescended lounge style as demanding as it is easily parodied at 9 and 1130 oak room algonquin hotel 59 west 44th street manhattan 212 4199331 algonquinhotelcom 60 cover 60 prix fixe dinner required at the early shows 20 minimum at the late shows holden los lobos thursday los lobos started out in mexican music went on to dig deeply into americana from blues to country to rhythm and blues to salsa and then added some twists lately a new latin percussionist has been revitalizing the band at 9 pm irving plaza 17 irving place at 15th street manhattan 212 7776800 irvingplazacom 30 pareles megadeth lamb of god opeth arch enemy thursday the vanguard of heavy metal past and present megadeths members were steely cynical soothsayers at a time when the dominant style was poofy hair and power ballads and they havent changed a bit lamb of god from richmond va derives some of its grinding jackhammerfast churn from slayer and pantera and without any irony or sarcasm calls its style pure american metal opeth from sweden adds intriguing depth to the usual histrionics of black metal with gentle acoustic parts and tough growly sounds arch enemy with former members of carcass carnage and candlemass reaches back to the glory days of guttural death metal at 430 pm nassau coliseum 1255 hempstead turnpike uniondale ny 631 8889000 nassaucoliseumcom 43 sisario new york gypsy festival sunday with a thriving rock scene in new york inspired by gypsy and eastern european music a full festival that brings major gypsy artists from overseas has been badly needed most of the action of this second annual series begins next friday but on sunday night a preview offers two bands caf antarsia ensemble a new york fourpiece that plays greek and balkan styles and features ruth margraff a playwright and performance artist 730 pm 15 and kal from serbia which incorporates rap indian bhangra beats tango and flamenco guitar 930 and 1130 pm 22 through oct 8 joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 2396200 joespubcom or nygypsyfestcom sisario brad paisley carrie underwood thursday knowing the value of terse composition and sly wordplay mr paisley scored one of countrys biggest hits last year with alcohol a droll defense of grog from the drinks point of view ive been known to cause a few breakupsand ive been known to cause a few births it is one of the rare novelty songs that outlives its novelty ms underwood won the fourth season of american idol and has sold more than three million copies of her countrypop album some hearts arista at 730 pm pnc bank arts center holmdel nj 732 3358698 artscentercom 25 to 53 sisario lee scratch perry monday mr perrys quirks are inseparable from his inspirations he is one of reggaes most important producers using the studio to fill arrangements with distortion ghostly echoes and disorienting silences as a performer he sings and rants with lucid nuggets surrounded by malarkey as he discourses on space aliens sex the international monetary fund and marijuana with dub is a weapon at 8 pm cbgb 315 bowery at bleecker street east village 212 9824052 cbgbcom 42 pareles rodrigo y gabriela tuesday once thrashmetal bandmates in mexico this guitar duo discovered what the gipsy kings have long known europeans and americans go crazy for virtuosic acoustic renditions of their favorite 70s rock ballads the gipsy kings did it with hotel california and rodrigo y gabrielas selftitled new album on ato records includes a lush stairway to heaven with natalie walker at 8 pm sobs 204 varick street at houston street south village 212 2434940 sobscom 20 in advance 22 at the door sisario rolling stones wednesday it took a fall by keith richards from a palm tree in fiji and his subsequent brain surgery to slow them down and even then it was for only a few months the stones continue the world tour for a bigger bang virgin their leanest and most acclaimed album in decades at 8 pm giants stadium east rutherford nj 201 9353900 meadowlandscom 62 to 452 sisario regina spektor wednesday and thursday rhapsodic and sweet ms spektors fantasies veer from the childlike to the erotic in endearingly idiosyncratic piano and vocal parts that can resemble p j harvey billie holiday or chopin with only son at 8 pm town hall 123 west 43rd street manhattan 212 8402824 thetownhallnycorg 2650 sisario elaine stritch tonight and tomorrow and tuesday through thursday the third autobiographical goround by this feisty 81yearold legend features 10 astutely chosen new songs including the theme song from the sopranos performed with verve and humor but her betweensong patter finds her at a loss to come up with amusing or enlightening new stories from her glittering show business life at 845 pm caf carlyle carlyle hotel 35 east 76th street manhattan 212 7441600 thecarlylecom 125 dinner required holden sunset rubdown sunday and monday a solo enterprise of the prolific spencer krug who sings and plays keyboards in the montreal indiearty band wolf parade sunset rubdown is one of those weirdly fascinating bedroom noise projects characterized by stompy lofi backing tracks and evocative streamofconsciousness lyrics shut up i am dreaming of places where lovers have wings with beaver at 730 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 15 sisario yatkha tuesday led by musicians from tuva in southern siberia yatkha features the sound of throat singing the simultaneous production of guttural low notes and their eerily pure overtones but its leader albert kuvezin started out playing in rock bands and yatkha puts some rock beats behind songs about steppes reindeer ancient conquerors and pretty girls at 730 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 2396200 joespubcom 20 pareles les yeux noirs thursday this french band finds the common ground between gypsy music and klezmer modal dance tunes taken at breakneck speeds from the crossroads of europe and the middle east at 8 pm symphony space 2537 broadway at 95th street 212 8645400 symphonyspaceorg 21 and 26 in advance 25 and 30 at the door pareles jazz full reviews of recent jazz concerts nytimescommusic michel camilo and tomatito monday through wednesday six years ago the dominican pianist michel camilo and the spanish flamenco guitarist known as tomatito released an ebullient and wellreceived album called spain verve they now have a sequel fittingly titled spain again emarcy they will reprise their collaboration in a club setting for three nights next week at 8 and 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 45 at tables 30 at the bar with a 5 minimum nate chinen diet coke women in jazz festival tonight through thursday this monthlong festival of female jazz artists rolls on this weekend with the pianist and singer eliane elias performing music from her recent album around the city rca victor on monday and tuesday the club features the pianist patrice rushen in a group with the drummer terri lyne carrington on wednesday and thursday the spotlight shifts to a pair of superb singers karrin allyson and nancy king backed by the bruce barth trio through october 1 at 730 and 930 pm with an 1130 set tonight and tomorrow night dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 jalcorg cover 30 or 10 for afterhours sets with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar chinen john coltrane 80thbirthday celebration tonight and tomorrow countless tenor saxophonists have adapted john coltranes sound and style but few have personalized it more effectively than joe lovano who headlines here with the pianist steve kuhn who briefly worked with coltrane and the seriousminded rhythm team of henry grimes bassist and andrew cyrille drummer at 9 and 11 pm birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 birdlandjazzcom cover 40 with a 10 minimum chinen kris davis quartet thursday on her recent album the slightest shift fresh sound new talent kris davis applies her pianistic and compositional skills to a smart group consisting of tony malaby on tenor saxophone eivind opsvik on bass and jeff davis on drums the same group featured here at 830 pm center for improvisational music 295 douglass street between third and fourth avenues park slope brooklyn 212 6315882 schoolforimprovorg cover 12 chinen billy drummond trio tonight and tomorrow a resourceful bandleader as well as a versatile drummer billy drummond works here with the pianist larry willis and the bassist eddie gomez at 730 and 915 pm kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 kitanocom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen orrin evans trio wednesday orrin evans is a pianist with a probing and percussive style as he reconfirms on an appealingly rugged new release live in jackson mississippi imani he plays here with the rhythm team from the album madison rast on bass and byron landham on drums at 730 and 915 pm kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 kitanocom no cover chinen festival of new trumpet music tonight through sunday and thursday this selfdescriptive series organized by dave douglas continues this weekend with the trumpeters marcus belgrave sean jones and greg glassman remembering the detroit drummer lawrence williams tonight steven bernsteins millennial territory orchestra tackling don cherrys 1973 album relativity suite tomorrow and mr douglas and graham haynes interpreting more music by mr cherry who died in 1995 sunday things gear up again next thursday with the david glukh international ensemble and an ensemble led by mark gould through sunday at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 thursday at 930 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 5398778 joespubcom cover 15 with a twodrink minimum a full festival schedule is at fontmusicorg chinen the four bags thursday the instrumental palette of this collaborative quartet trombone accordion guitar and reeds suggests a contemporary sort of chamber jazz so does the repertory which includes arrangements of chopin and brian wilson along with original pieces at 8 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 8 chinen fourplay thursday this exemplary contemporary jazz outfits tight yet breezy vibe can be attributed collectively to its members the pianist bob james the electric bassist nathan east the drummer harvey mason and the guitarist larry carlton through next friday at 8 and 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 cover 55 at tables 35 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen fred hersch trio tonight through sunday fred hersch is a pianist associated with solo piano recitals including a weeks worth of them at the village vanguard early this year he returns to the vanguard with the bassist drew gress and the drummer nasheet waits his regular rhythm partners together they apply a rigorous yet elastic interpretative style to originals and standards alike at 9 and 11 pm village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south at 11th street west village 212 2554037 villagevanguardcom cover 20 25 tonight and tomorrow with a 10 minimum chinen robin holcomb tuesday ms holcomb seeks out meditative spaces as both a pianist and a singer and she softens her experimental urges with an enveloping sort of lyricism for this rare solo performance she revisits old pieces and introduces some new ones at 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen susie ibarra wednesday ms ibarra is a percussionist with a passion for texture and abstraction and a composer committed to the idea of cultural exchange the american composers orchestra presents an assortment of her works including some inspired by folkmusic traditions of the philippines her native culture at 930 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 5398778 joespubcom cover 20 with a twodrink minimum chinen sean jones quintet wednesday mr jones a highly skilled trumpeter with the jazz at lincoln center orchestra has a new album roots mack avenue that affirms his love of gospel music he celebrates the albums release here with brian hogans on saxophones and flute orrin evans on piano luquez curtis on bass and obed calvier on drums at 830 and 1030 pm iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 25 with a 10 minimum chinen kenny kirkland birthday celebration thursday the pianist kenny kirkland who died in 1998 would have turned 51 next thursday and the occasion will not go unnoticed the drummer jeff tain watts who played with mr kirkland in the original branford marsalis quartet will lead a tribute band consisting of marcus strickland on saxophones lawrence fields on piano and eric revis who plays alongside mr watts in the current marsalis band on bass through sept 30 at 9 and 1030 pm jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 20 chinen john mcneils insomnia band tomorrow the trumpeter john mcneil revisits music from his 2004 album sleep wont come omnitone with adam kolker on tenor saxophone and clarinet j c sanford on trombone michael bates on bass and mike sarin on drums at 9 and 1030 pm cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen bob mintzer big band tonight and tomorrow night bob mintzer a saxophonist and decadelong member of the yellowjackets has led this 16piece outfit for roughly the same span of time its a brightly brassy ensemble with a modernistic sheen at 8 10 and midnight sweet rhythm 88 seventh avenue south at bleecker street west village 212 2553626 sweetrhythmnycom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen jackson moore double trio tomorrow the alto saxophonist and composer jackson moore is a musician of deep concentration with an attraction to slippery rhythmic conceits his sixpiece band includes a frequent foil the trumpeter jonathan finlayson along with two bassists eivind opsvik and thomas morgan and two drummers marcus gilmore and tommy crane at 830 and 10 pm rose live music 345 grand street near marcy street williamsburg brooklyn 718 5990069 newlanguagesorg 10 chinen john pizzarelli tuesday through thursday mr pizzarelli maintains the same breezy and likable persona as a guitarist and as a singer here he augments his regular trio featuring his brother martin pizzarelli on bass and ray kennedy on piano with four horn players to form a group he calls the swing 7 through sept 30 at 9 and 11 pm birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 birdlandjazzcom cover 40 with a 10 minimum chinen dafnis prieto sextet tonight and tomorrow night the cuban drummer dafnis prieto an essential fixture on new yorks latin jazz scene has gradually been establishing his reputation as a composer here he introduces something called the emotion series taking the soul for a walk with a group that includes avishai cohen on trumpet peter apfelbaum and yosvany terry on saxophones manuel valera on piano and yunior terry on bass at 9 and 1030 pm jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 15 members 10 chinen eric reed quartet tonight and tomorrow night sharp sophistication is a hallmark of eric reeds piano playing which provides the focal point of this group with stacy dillard on saxophones gerald cannon on bass and willie jones iii on drums at 8 10 and 1130 smoke 2751 broadway at 106th street 212 8646662 smokejazzcom cover 25 chinen ned rothenberg david tronzo and marcus rojas sunday ned rothenberg is a saxophonist clarinetist flutist and composer with a penchant for insistent frictions as he demonstrates on a strong new album the fell clutch animul his cohorts here are mr rojas on tuba and mr tronzo on guitar at 8 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen wally shoup tomorrow mr shoup a saxophonist known for his intensity in free improvisational settings leads a quartet with the cellist brent arnold the bassist reuben radding and the drummer toshi makihara at 830 pm roulette at location one 20 greene street at grand street soho 212 2198242 rouletteorg 15 chinen esperanza spalding wednesday ms spalding is a gifted young bassist and vocalist whose recent debut junjo ayva finds her calmly guiding a trio with the pianist arun ortiz and the drummer francisco mela she performs with that group in an early set for the later set she leads a quintet consisting of the trumpeter christian scott the saxophonist mike tucker the pianist leo genovese and the drummer lynden rochelle at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen clark terry quintet tuesday through thursday clark terrys buoyant trumpet style and comic vocalizing have long made him one of jazzs most beloved personalities and at 85 he draws from an extraordinary wealth of jazz experience through oct 1 at 9 and 11 pm village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south at 11th street west village 212 2554037 villagevanguardcom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen mccoy tyner trio with pharoah sanders tonight through sunday the pianist mccoy tyner and the tenor saxophonist pharoah sanders are indelibly associated with the 1960s output of john coltrane though each enjoyed a productive period as a solo artist in the 70s and beyond they combine their searching energies here in a quartet with charnett moffett on bass and eric kamau gravatt on drums at 8 and 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 45 at tables 30 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen dave weckl band through sunday energetic fusion driven by the sleek proficiency of the drummer dave weckl with some longtime partners the keyboardist jay oliver the bassist tom kennedy and the saxophonist gary meek at 830 and 1030 pm with an 1130 set tonight and tomorrow night iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen james weidman tonight mr weidman a pianist with a broad rsum and a graceful style inaugurates fazioli salon a weekly solo piano series organized by jim luce at the klavierhaus workshop near carnegie hall at 8 klavierhaus 211 west 58th street manhattan 212 2454535 pianoculturecom 20 online 25 at the door chinen wynton and louis armstrongs hot fives thursday the recordings made by louis armstrong and his hot five in chicago in the 1920s are an ageless and inviolable achievement so while the order of names in this concert title suggests some hubris on the part of wynton marsalis he is indeed the person best suited to give the music a fresh airing hell be joined by colleagues like the clarinetist and saxophonist victor goines the trombonists wycliffe gordon and vincent gardner the banjoist don vappie and the pianist jonathan batiste through sept 30 at 8 pm frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 7216500 jalcorg 3750 to 12750 chinen classical full reviews of recent music performances nytimescommusic opera la bohme tomorrow updated to the years around world war i this is one of new york city operas best productions and some fine young talents should make this run of it worth hearing shuying li the mimi has shown a really striking soprano on past occasions james valenti her rodolfo was a promising met council winner in 2002 elizabeth caballero the musetta made a very good city opera debut last season and daniel mobbs the marcello has been proving himself reliably at caramoor and elsewhere for several years george manahan the companys music director conducts at 130 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 7216500 nycoperacom 16 to 125 anne midgette la gioconda tuesday ponchiellis 1876 gioconda can be seen as stuck on a crossroads of italian opera history on one level it is a grand opera in the manner of aida yet in its conventional structure of arias and ensembles it harkens to days of donizetti it also anticipates the move toward realism with its melodramatic story of the street singer gioconda the work used to be a staple of all opera houses the met is bringing it back for the first time in more than 15 years with a glittering cast topped by the soprano violeta urmana as gioconda and the mezzosoprano olga borodina as laura bertrand de billy conducts at 730 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 15 to 320 anthony tommasini idomeneo thursday jeanpierre ponnelles solid old production of mozarts idomeneo returns to the metropolitan opera with ben heppner singing the title role kristine jepson as idomeneos son idamante dorothea rschmann as ilya and olga makarina as elettra james levine conducts at 730 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 15 to 320 allan kozinn madama butterfly monday to open its season the met returns to puccinis weepy masterpiece with big guns firing the new production is anthony minghellas the companys music boss james levine conducts and cristina gallardodoms marcello giordani and dwayne croft take the principal roles unsurprisingly the performance is sold out at 630 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg bernard holland the marriage of figaro tomorrow and sunday diminutive and beloved the sexagenarian amato opera proves that in opera tradition and devotion can prevail over quality its remarkable that all of mozarts characters can fit on the theaters tiny stage tomorrow at 730 pm sunday at 230 pm 319 bowery at second street east village 212 2288200 amatoorg 35 28 for students and 65 midgette semele tomorrow and thursday the new york city operas handel series continues with a firstrate update evoking marilyn monroe the kennedys and the kind of sex and violence that ovids original gods and goddesses might have understood elizabeth futral takes the title role tomorrow at 8 pm thursday at 730 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 7216500 nycoperacom 16 to 130 holland die tote stadt sunday and wednesday erich wolfgang korngolds renown as the composer of swashbuckling film scores for hollywood hits of the 1930s like captain blood and the adventures of robin hood has understandably overwhelmed his early work as an early20thcentury german modernist at least his 1920 opera die tote stadt lingers at the margins of the repertory the new york city opera revives frank corsaros production of this psychological mystery about a man obsessed with his saintly dead wife marie and who is spooked when he chances upon a lookalike a sultry temptress and actress named marietta sunday at 130 pm and wednesday at 730 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 7216500 nycoperacom 16 to 125 tommasini classical music babi yar commemoration wednesday the museum of jewish heritage will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the jewish massacre at babi yar in kiev with babi yar remembered yevtushenko and shostakovich in word and song the program features a reading by the poet yevgeny yevtushenko while misha and cipa dichter perform the world premiere of shostakovichs twopiano version of his symphony no 13 babi yar with full male chorus and valentin peytchinov a bass patrick gardner conducts the riverside choral society rutgers university kirkpatrick choir and rutgers university glee club at 7 pm 36 battery place battery park city lower manhattan 646 4374202 mjhnycorg 25 to 65 vivien schweitzer bargemusic tonight through sunday and thursday solo piano recitals frame the weeks offerings at new yorks favorite floating concert hall tonight steven beck juxtaposes bach and shostakovich preludes and fugues then plays some mozart sonatas on thursday seymour lipkin presents an allschubert program including the sonatas in a minor d 784 and a major d 959 in between bargemusics president and executive director the violinist mark peskanov leads four other musicians in an allshostakovich program including the piano quintet tonight tomorrow night and thursday nights at 730 sunday afternoon at 4 fulton ferry landing next to the brooklyn bridge 718 6242083 tonight and thursday 35 30 for 65 20 for students tomorrow and sunday 40 25 for students midgette vladimir feltsman thursday this pianist plays the first of five recitals devoted to the mozart sonatas performed on a modern copy of a mozartera walter fortepiano the works on this opening program are the sonatas in c k 279 f k 280 e flat k 282 b flat k 281 and g k 283 at 730 pm tishman auditorium the new school 66 west 12th street greenwich village 212 2295488 newschooledufeltsman 25 10 for students and 65 kozinn jupiter symphony chamber players monday in the spirit of its enterprising founder jens nygaard this feisty ensemble offers programs that combine oddities and either familiar works or lesserknown scores by wellknown composers this week the fare includes heinrich baermanns arrangement of the mendelssohn violin concerto for clarinet quintet beethovens piano quartet in d woo 36 no 2 a flute trio by kuhlau and a string octet by raff at 2 and 730 pm good shepherdfaith presbyterian church 152 west 66th street manhattan 212 7991259 jupitersymphonycom 10 to 25 kozinn sem ensemble monday the alluring spiegeltent has been host to a parade of adventurous performers and music this summer as part of the darmstadt classics of the avantgarde series the momentum continues on monday with petr kotiks intrepid newmusic sem ensemble which will play works including xenakiss dikhthas and mikka stockhausens zeitmasse a vincent raikhels go to go by and cages concert for piano and orchestra with joseph kubera as soloist one of mr kotiks own works wilsie bridge is also on the lineup at 8 pm pier 17 fulton and south streets lower manhattan 212 2794200 spiegelworldcom 10 schweitzer kent tritle sunday mr tritle the music director of st ignatius of loyola opens the churchs sacred music in a sacred space season with a recital on the fourmanual 68stop n p mander pipe organ whose 1993 installation he supervised the program will include bachs prelude and fugue in a minor persichettis shimah bkoli psalm 130 mendelssohns sonata no 3 francks cantabile and messiaens mditation v from mditations sur le mystre de la sainte trinit at 4 pm 980 park avenue at 84th st 212 2883588 saintignatiusloyolaorg 20 15 for students and 65 schweitzer dance full reviews of recent performances nytimescomdance autumn moon chinese dance festival tonight and tomorrow dance china ny the resident troupe of the new york chinese cultural center will perform works by jiang qi dai jian wan jing wang zhi qiang and others all drawing on traditional chinese and western modern styles tonight at 730 tomorrow at 2 pm tribeca performing arts center borough of manhattan community college 199 chambers street 212 3223764 tribecapacorg 25 jennifer dunning mariana bekerman dance company tonight through sunday taro created by mariana bekerman and the guest choreographers keiko fujii and rebekah j kennedy tells the story of a woman whose world is transformed when she encounters an evil spirit at 8 pm joyce soho 155 mercer street between houston and prince streets 212 3347479 joyceorgsohohtml 15 10 for students and 65 dunning caitlin cook wednesday and thursday ms cook a musician and dancer presents her first eveninglength performance skint the piece blends highly physical movement with improvised experimental music and projections by calder martin through sept 30 at 8 pm the kitchen 512 west 19th street chelsea 212 2555793 ext 11 12 erika kinetz fall for dance thursday only in its third year but clearly the king of new yorks late summerearly fall dance samplers fall for dance is offering its regular 30 companies and 6 programs but this year expands to 10 performances with 4 of the programs repeated each program from thursday through oct 8 includes five wildly diverse and often famous companies in short dances that ideally build to a satisfying whole aside from the excellence of any individual offering thursdays opening program repeated next friday has the korean yijo lim sun dance company the dutch national ballet bill t jones trisha brown and the pennsylvania ballet at 8 pm city center 131 west 55th street manhattan 212 5811212 nycitycenterorg 10 john rockwell kinetic dance theater tomorrow and sunday joanna and ryan greer who direct kinetic explore the sleepy dreamscapes of night in sleeping giant with help from frida kahlo andr breton robert desnos and joyce mansour at 8 pm tada theater 15 west 28th street chelsea 212 8684444 smarttixcom 15 dunning nomie lafrances agora ii tomorrow saturday wednesday and thursday apparently ms lafrance a tireless artistic explorer of public space is a glutton for punishment having moved bureaucratic mountains last year to stage agora in the enormous and empty mccarren park pool in greenpoint brooklyn she now has a sequel agora ii which incorporates a number of guest companies and is described in the publicity materials as a choreographic game for 1000 bodies good luck to them all at 8 pm arrive by 730 mccarren park pool lorimer street between driggs and bayard streets 718 3886309 sensproductionorg 20 and 30 roslyn sulcas luna tonight and tomorrow max luna iii pays tribute to alvin ailey whose company mr luna once danced with in his new cold song the work influenced by aileys choreography and by traditional filipino dance is to be performed by the yangtze repertory theater of america tonight and tomorrow night at 8 a benefit performance tomorrow at 3 pm schimmel center for the arts pace university 3 spruce street between park and gold streets lower manhattan 212 8684444 yangtzereptheatreorg evening performances 15 12 for students and 65 benefit performance 25 to 100 dunning constanza macras tonight and tomorrow night born in argentina trained in new york and amsterdam and based in berlin this choreographer has arrived with her 18member international company dorky park in the united states premiere of back to the present originally presented over four hours in 2003 in an abandoned berlin department store at 730 dance theater workshop 219 west 19th street chelsea 212 9240077 dtworg 20 rockwell rastro dance company thursday back for the third consecutive season rastro will present dances by its company director julieta valero through sept 30 at 8 pm joyce soho 155 mercer street between houston and prince streets 212 3347479 joyceorg 15 12 for students and 65 dunning elke rindfleisch tonight and tomorrow night in ms rindfleischs new damage six dancers will struggle through a spreading inner disturbance to rock music by chris woltmann performed live they end up nowhere the choreographer says or in places of unexpected tenderness in a set that fills the performance space with small alternative spaces at 8 wallabout studio 50 taaffe place between flushing and park avenues williamsburg brooklyn 917 2514561 rindfleischdancecom 15 dunning shen wei dance arts tuesday through thursday this chineseborn new yorkbased choreographer of visually arresting danceart spectacles makes his joyce theater debut with a new piece re which evokes tibetan spirituality and his 2003 rite of spring set to the fourhand piano version of stravinskys score through oct 1 tuesday and wednesday at 730 pm thursday at 8 pm joyce theater 175 eighth avenue at 19th street chelsea 212 2420800 joyceorg 38 rockwell take dance company tonight through sunday takehiro ueyama who danced with the paul taylor dance company for eight years presents the world premiere of one a collaboration with the artist paul hunger that is based on gregory colberts ashes and snow photography exhibit tonight and tomorrow night at 8 sunday night at 7 ailey citigroup theater 405 west 55th street clinton 212 8684444 takedancenycom general tickets 25 students 20 tickets including tonights opening reception 35 kinetz elizabeth ward and heather vergotis thursday a semiimprovised collaboration love cervere explores the myth of the love cervere a pantherlike sweetbreathed medieval mythological creature with choreography by ms ward who has danced with downtown types like d d dorvillier and cathy weis and music by ms vergotis a saxophonist and composer through sept 30 at 8 pm the chocolate factory 549 49th avenue long island city queens 212 3523101 theatermaniacom 15 but queens residents pay what they wish dunning art museums and galleries are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of recent art shows nytimescomart museums bard graduate center lions dragons and other beasts aquamanilia of the middle ages vessels for church and table through oct 15 cast in sturdy glowing copper alloy most often in the form of lions with serpents on their backs aquamanilia are now having their first exhibition complete with lavish catalog the show has been drawn mostly from the collections of the metropolitan museum of art and overseen by the head of the museums medieval department and its object conservator in collaboration with bard graduate students but dont worry about dryness the aquamaniles triple function as totem prestige object and pitcher lends it an undeniable energy the show feels like a walkin bestiary and is enhanced by striking abbreviations reminiscent of folk art a versatile repertory of incised details and patterns and a continuing rarely resolved struggle between form and function bard graduate center for studies in the decorative arts design and culture 18 west 86th street 212 5013000 bgcbardedu roberta smith brooklyn museum looking back from ground zero images from the brooklyn museum collection through dec 27 this show presents a historical picture of lower manhattan from early on to the present with the building of the world trade center as the pivotal point a short film building the world trade center produced by the port authority of new york and new jersey in 1983 is an invaluable document of the triumphalist spin surrounding the construction of the complex a small selection of artworks produced in or just after 2001 hints at the profound and conflicted feelings the destruction of the twin towers has evoked 200 eastern parkway at prospect park 718 6385000 brooklynmuseumorgholland cotter diabeacon agnes martin a field of vision paintings from the 1980s through march 5 diabeacon has three permanent galleries devoted to the artist agnes martin over the last two years they have been used for a retrospective of her paintings installed in decadelong increments the fourth installment is now in place if ms martins spare lucid compositions of drawn lines and painted bands feel different from much of the art around them here that is because she was not a minimalist in fact she called herself an abstract expressionist and she was adamant on this point the 18 paintings here confirm her conviction in a show as deep lightglinting restless and purposeful as the river flowing nearby diabeacon riggio galleries 3 beekman street beacon ny 845 4400100 wwwdiacenterorg cotter international center of photography ecotopia the second icp triennial of photography and video through jan 7 punctuated by big black oozing forms that are both comic and ominous this edifying entertaining ecologically aware exhibition is a walkthrough version of al gores inconvenient truth the work on view represents nearly 40 artists and photojournalists and portrays nature as variously ravishing cute and enduring and also increasingly dangerous and endangered thanks to the widening scope of human indifference and exploitation international center of photography 1133 avenue of the americas at 43rd street 212 8570000 icporg smith metropolitan museum of art brush and ink the chinese art of writing through jan 21 if painting and writing can be seen as modes of thinking and they can then this exhibition is as much a brainstorming session as an art exhibition crackling with ideas and arguments every step of the way it is also a sequence of moods with impassioned voices calling out from the 80 scrolls and inscribed fans that line the galleries which include colossal examples of contemporary 21stcentury art that both depart from and preserve a tradition 212 5357710 metmuseumorg cotter the met czanne to picasso ambroise vollard patron of the avantgarde through jan 7 the comeon title of this show turns out to be slightly misleading the star is not any of the artists it is a dealer ambroise vollard born in 1866 arrived in paris in 1887 from the le de la runion the works in the show are eye candy sure but they also passed through vollards hands picasso bought a matisse still life and a renoir bather from vollard theyre both here so is czannes bathers which monet bought and czannes battle of love which renoir got whats worth noting are less the landmarks than the byways a renoir portrait of vollard dressed as a torero and some matisses from before 1904 when vollard organized a matisse show which tanked document a genius whose imminent breakthrough vollard missed see above michael kimmelman the museum at fit love and war the weaponized woman through dec 16 from a museum known for elucidating both the erotic and architectural nature of clothing design this characteristically handsome exhibition examines the influence of garments of love and seduction lingerie and of war armor and military uniforms on modern and contemporary couturiers the museum at fit fashion institute of technology seventh avenue at 27th street 212 2175800 fitnycedumuseum smith national academy museum luminist horizons the art and collection of james a suydam through dec 31 mr suydam is remembered if at all as a 19thcentury american luminist painter whose reputation has all but sunk quietly into the new england salt meadows that he loved to paint this exhibition has a few aims one of which is a kind of art historical search and rescue operation mr suydams early works were painted in a smooth luminist style compatible with his material pleasantly detached scenes of rural tranquillity or calm seas beneath hazy skies his masterwork paradise rocks newport 1860 is an expansive lowtide view of a wide flat beach meadow and distant rising rocks along the rhode island shoreline the paintings in this show remind us that mr suydam and his fellow luminists were an extremely talented group who helped bring a measure of sensitivity subtlety and poetry to the american landscape tradition 1083 fifth avenue at 89th street 212 3694880 nationalacademyorg benjamin genocchio neue galerie gustav klimt five paintings from the collection of ferdinand and adele blochbauer through oct 9 klimts 1907 gold portrait of adele blochbauer lately acquired by the billionaire collector ronald s lauder reportedly for 135 million is now aptly installed like a trophy head above the mantelpiece shes half queen half las vegas showgirl a perfect new yorker she temporarily hangs with four other klimts including a second adele painted in 1912 a slender sinuous cokebottleshaped figure more chaste than carnal 1048 fifth avenue at 86th street 212 6286200 neuegalerieorg kimmelman rubin museum of art i see no stranger early sikh art and devotion through jan 29 sikhism is the worlds fifthlargest organized religion but how many westerners know that it was conceived as universalist in scope and radically egalitarian socially or that its holy book far from being a catalog of sectarian dos and donts is a bouquet of poetic songs blending the fragrances of hindu ragas muslim hymns and punjabi folk tunes this is precisely the information delivered by this small and beautiful show vivid and concentrated it presents mostly through miniature paintings a kind of sikh selfportrait the image of a history shaped by hard work pluralism and mystical transport as well as by militancy 150 west 17th street chelsea 212 6205000 rmanycorg cotter studio museum in harlem nadine robinson alles grau quid pro quo rashawn griffin karyn olivier and clifford owen 200506 artistsinresidence and beyond sight through oct 22 the studio museum in harlem is looking sharp with three concurrent shows the outstanding one being a single big soundsculpture by nadine robinson it expands her political purview from imperialism to armageddon with hundreds of speakers embedded in an 11foothigh grayblack wall unit that generate a sampling of satanic film scores the omen the matrix mixed with funeral chants and rastafarian dance music quid pro quo is a showcase for the 20056 artists in residence all interdisciplinarians with a sweetandsour dadaist touch mr owens with performance looks intriguingly volatile and you wont want to leave the museum without checking out beyond sight the work of the 14 teenagers 144 west 125th street 212 8644500 studiomuseuminharlemorg cotter queen sofa spanish institute albert rfolscasamada paintings 19502005 through next friday this institute has devoted its two galleries to a halfcentury survey of the spanish painter albert rfolscasamada blocky indistinct shapes floating in broad expanses of watery color are the rule for mr rfolscasamada is a devotee of a brand of softedge gestureoriented colorloving abstraction that was very chic in the 1950s and 60s if there is something original about mr rfolscasamadas work it is his feathery layering of paint in 1963 he started making use of collage his ambition is nothing much greater than this eyepleasing pictures suffused with harmony rhythm and balanced color relations 84 park avenue at 68th street 212 6280420 queensofiaspanishinstituteorg genocchio galleries uptown one way or another asian american art now through dec 10 taking its name from a 1978 hit by the punk band blondie this lively exhibition finds a new vitality and freedom especially where identity is involved in asianamerican art the artists roots range from iran to korea their mediums include painting drawing sculpture video photography and performance keep a special eye out for mari eastmans wryly beautiful paintings mika tajimas glamorous deconstruction of minimalism and the videoperformance efforts of patty chang laurel nakadate and xavier cha an added bonus 12 or 71 percent of the shows 17 artists are women asia society 725 park avenue at 70th street 212 5172742 asiasocietyorg smith andy warhol mao whoever added the colors and brushwork to andy warhols silkscreen images of the chairman now 30 years dead seems to have been having a good time the surfaces have more life than usual for the master of artasbusiness production even if the show lacks one of warhols really really big maos lm arts 45 east 78th street 212 8610020 through oct 7 smith galleries 57th street alexi worth couples a prominent bald head somewhere between a boxedin apple by magritte and the smooth pate of a de chirico mannequin dominates several of these quirky paintings which are as notable for the weirdness ascribed to both representation and human relations as for the discreet formalism of space scale tone and surface smith dc moore gallery 724 fifth avenue 212 2472111 through oct 7 smith galleries chelsea tomoo gokita drunko a whiz at drawing this tokyobased artist is making his new york solo debut with a show of his first paintings executed in black and white gouache on canvas the best are full of strange squiggles and doodles that suggest the elements of an yves tanguy surrealist landscape swept into a messy pile like entrails atm gallery 619 west 27th street 212 3750349 atmgallerycom through oct 14 smith axel kassebhmer not all german painters come from leipzig this new york debut and 15year sampling introduces one whose work suggests the paintingaspaint strictures of gerhard richter with whom he studied filtered through the blunt land and seascape abbreviations of artists like emil nolde and to american eyes milton avery they convey a mystical yet flatfooted physicality a penchant for sly references to the history of textiles and ceramics and an impressive range of causes and effects klemens gasser tanja grunert 524 west 19th street 212 8076594 gassergrunertnet through oct 14 smith street poets visionaries selections from the ubuweb collection poetic is the word for the textbased work that kenneth goldsmith has assembled for this group show printed copies of shaped poems by david daniels a west coast artist now in his 70s make up about half of whats here most of the rest is anonymous urban outsider material picked up over the years by mr goldsmith from the street and digitally archived as the ubuweb collection ubucom over all the content is idiosnyncratic to say the very least obessional paranoic splenetic militant millenarian and just plain psychically intense in a way that art in chelsea rarely feels oliver kamm5be gallery 621 west 27th street 212 2550979 5begallerycom through oct 14 cotter alison elizabeth taylor this artists wood veneer inlay images dwell on the darker side of the suburban idyll sexual tension waste bigotry and violence underlie their luxuriouslooking surfaces along with a gnawing estrangement from nature in this case mostly the desert landscape around las vegas where ms taylor grew up couples and small groups of people embody fractured ambiguous relationships in her carefully constructed marquetry paintings james cohan gallery 533 west 26th street 212 7149500 jamescohancom through sept 30 genocchio other galleries moving pictures american art and early film 18801910 whats thought to be the first movie kiss between may irwin and john c rice occurred in 1896 photographed by the edison manufacturing company as the subject of a 19second film shown at a new york music hall it and dozens of other early movie treasures along with fine art of the period are shown in this engrossing if learned survey of the links between the earliest movies and other american visual art forms at the turn of the 20th century a vital part of the show is the section devoted to the body in motion it reveals how the work of eadweard muybridge the englishborn californiabased photographer who did studies of humans and animals in movement played an important role in the development of motion pictures throughout the show provocative juxtapositions are made of films and paintings by thomas eakins maurice prendergastand john sloan among others grey art gallery new york university 100 washington square east greenwich village 212 9986780 wwwnyuedugreyart through dec 9 glueck last chance cooper hewitt national design museum yinka shonibare selects works from the permanent collection a british sculptor of nigerian descent organizes an absorbing small exhibition of objects related to travel from the cooper hewitt collection and adds his own oblique comment on 19thcentury imperialism in the form of two headless female mannequins in victorianstyle dresses cut from africanpatterned fabrics poised on sixfoot stilts strapped to their feet 2 east 91st street 212 8498400 or ndmsiedu closes on sunday johnson stuart hawkins customs the latest series of daffy photographs by this american artist working in nepal rarely reflects well on western tourists too stagy to be snapshots and too haphazard to be completely planned they parlay familiar travel terms like day driver field notes welcome drink and medicine kit into bizarre sitcoms zach feuer gallery 530 west 24th street chelsea 212 9897700 zachfeuercom closes tomorrow smith michael heizer sculptures in concrete representing prehistoric hand tools much enlarged so that they resemble modernist sculptures by a follower of brancusi pacewildenstein 545 west 22nd street chelsea 212 4213292 pacewildensteincom closes tomorrow johnson museum of modern art artists choice herzog de meuron perception restrained in an unusually accessible bit of institutional critique the architects who failed to win the commission to design the new museum of modern art bite the hand that didnt feed them they create a kind of deprivation chamber with a black gallery where excerpts from american movies play on video screens on the ceiling and 110 works of art and design are crammed into enormous niches that are all but sealed from view perverse and cerebral it may be the best oneliner youll encounter this season and it makes some interesting points about the spectacle of the museum the modern included museum of modern art 212 7089400 momaorg closes on monday smith ps 1 contemporary art center into meout of me often with repulsive immediacy and occasionally with wit and subtlety works by more than 130 artists in this ambitious exhibition explore the body and all its possible experiences along the pleasurepain continuum ps 1 contemporary art center 2225 jackson avenue at 46th avenue long island city queens 718 7842084 ps1org closes on monday johnson richard serra rolled and forged the centerpiece of the latest serra spectacular which favors mass compression and rectangles over stretchedthin curves and spirals is a lowlying maze in which the shifting heights and staggered placement of 16 thick hedgelike plates create one of the most spatially complex yet straightforward works of his career gagosian gallery 555 west 24th street chelsea 212 7411111 gagosiancom closes tomorrow smith poland how to calm a cow a woman in western lobez who grew marijuana to calm the nerves of her cow has been charged with cultivating a narcotic the cow had been skittish and unruly once breaking someones arm until someone suggested mixing marijuana in with the feed the woman told the police the plants grown from seeds bought at a market reached nearly three yards tall and the cow the woman said became as calm as a lamb california marijuana seized drug enforcement agency officials searched five bay area sites linked to a marijuana dispensary in the san francisco mission district on tuesday seizing thousands of plants and arresting 15 people the federal authorities said the dispensary known as compassionate caregivers was a distributor of medical marijuana to patients with prescriptions under state law selling medical marijuana however is illegal under federal laws which have been cited in a string of raids and arrests in the bay area land trust chief charged with marijuana possession the president of the litchfield land trust was charged with marijuana possession late last month after marijuana plants were found growing on property owned by the trust the connecticut state police said land trust chief charged with marijuana possession the president of the litchfield land trust was charged with marijuana possession late last month after marijuana plants were found growing on property owned by the trust the connecticut state police said master sgt j paul vance a state police spokesman said on tuesday that nathan p litwin 30 the president of the trust and a lawyer in torrington and joshua p barbero 27 of goshen were arrested on sept 28 after the state police found about 20 sixfoottall marijuana plants in a field on the 300acre site near prospect mountain road in litchfield sergeant vance said it was about 100 pounds of marijuana conversation with un drug czar antonio maria costa says marijuana also known as cannabis is an even bigger threat to society than heroin and cocaine medical marijuana advocate faces new us indictment a leading medical marijuana advocate who successfully appealed his federal conviction this year has been indicted on new criminal charges news summary international a37 us presses for un vote on north korea sanctions the united states pressed for a vote on a security council resolution that would sanction north korea for its claimed nuclear test but questions from china and russia cast the timing and possibly the content of the resolution into doubt john r bolton the american ambassador said the new problems appeared technical rather than substantial a1 bangladeshi wins peace prize a bangladeshi economist mohammad yunus and the grameen bank he founded 30 years ago won the nobel peace prize for pioneering work in giving tiny loans to millions of poor people whom no commercial bank would touch a1 nobelist criticizes french vote orhan pamuk the turkish novelist who won the nobel prize in literature this week went on television to criticize the french parliamentary vote to make it a crime to deny that the ottoman turks mass killing of armenians constituted genocide a5 iraqi minister plans shakeup iraqs interior minister jawad albolani under pressure from western officials and some iraqi leaders to purge the ministry of sectarian influence said that he was preparing to reshuffle its leadership and that he had the political backing to carry out the plan a5 british officer clarifies remark gen sir richard dannatt of britain sought to clarify his remarks to a newspaper that britain should withdraw from iraq sometime soon he said he meant that british troops should not remain there for years and years a5 swiss cite privacy law breach swiss banks broke the nations law by providing banking information to american counterterrorism officials switzerlands top dataprotection official said a7 national a810 14 more states consider samesex marriage laws the debate over samesex marriage was a blackorwhite proposition two years ago when voters in 11 states barred gay couples from marrying but this year shades of gray are everywhere as eight more states consider similar ballot measures a1 congressman pleads guilty representative bob ney the first member of congress to confess to crimes in dealings with the lobbyist jack abramoff pleaded guilty to corruption charges but said he would not immediately resign a8 religious leader aided hamas the religious leader of a mosque in rome ga has pleaded guilty to providing financial support to the militant palestinian organization hamas federal prosecutors said a8 page program leader speaks representative john shimkus who has been chairman of the congressional page program since 2001 said that he was unaware of previous complaints about mark foley a10 marijuana advocate indicted a leading medical marijuana advocate who successfully appealed his federal conviction this year has been indicted on new criminal charges that include tax evasion and money laundering a8 4 shot dead in florida a man a woman and two small children were found shot to death on a lonely stretch of highway in st lucie county about 120 miles north of miami a8 vermont student found dead a university of vermont student who had been missing since last weekend was found dead near a gorge about 15 miles from campus and the police identified as a suspect a man she had borrowed a cellphone from in downtown burlington a14 new yorkregion b15 son ordered to cede role as mrs astors guardian anthony d marshall the son of the socialite and philanthropist brooke astor will have to pay more than 13 million return valuable artwork and jewelry and abdicate his role as steward of his mothers financial and physical wellbeing as part of an agreement to settle a legal dispute involving one of new yorks most famous fortunes a1 convention bid in doubt new york citys bid to land the 2008 democratic national convention is in jeopardy because mayor bloomberg is spread so thin with fundraising commitments that he may not be able to raise the money from private donors needed to pay for it an official said b1 early snow blankets buffalo an early fall snowstorm buried buffalo and a broad swath of western new york state snarling traffic and leaving almost 400000 homes without electricity b1 beliefs b5 sportssaturday d18 cardinals tie series 11 the st louis cardinals defeated the mets 96 in game 2 of the national league championship series at shea stadium the teams are now tied 11 in the bestofseven series d1 arts b715 bankruptcy for air america air america radio the liberal talkradio network launched two years ago in a bid to counter the influence of ideologically conservative radio personalities like rush limbaugh filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection b7 business day c19 insurance industry profits the insurance industry is expecting a record profit estimated at 60 billion this year after predictions of devastating hurricanes have so far come to naught c1 business digest c2 editorial a1213 editorials science ignored again a medicallegal travesty in libya the politics of power verlyn klinkenborg on frost time columns maureen dowd john tierney bridge b14 crossword b13 tv listings b15 weather c10 arts briefly an addition to the opera which shows the severed heads of muhammad jesus and buddha as a protest against organized religion posed an incalculable risk to the performers and the audience but the police reversed that opinion on thursday saying that it posed no concrete danger the company said in a statement that it would aim for two performances this year adding that the earliest it could be done was december museum director resigns w richard west jr below resigned as director of the smithsonians national museum of the american indian yesterday effective november 2007 mr west 63 a member of the cheyenne and arapaho tribes of oklahoma who has been director for 17 years said in a statement now is the time for the museum to have new leadership as it embarks on the second phase of its journey the museum opened a new building on the mall in washington two years ago snoop dogg arrested snoop dogg below was arrested on thursday afternoon in burbank calif on suspicion of illegal drug and gun possession the associated press reported the rapper whose real name is calvin broadus was arrested at bob hope airport and posted 35000 bail airport police officers said that when they searched him after stopping him at a loading zone for a vehicle code violation they found marijuana and a gun he is to be arraigned on monday the police said sling shifts at the met the tenor salvatore licitra performed with his arm in a sling at leoncavallos pagliacci on thursday night at the metropolitan opera and is expected to do so at his next performance on monday the met said mr licitra who rose to fame as a lastminute replacement for luciano pavarotti four years ago tore two tendons in his left shoulder after he tripped over a black rod jutting from under a parked vehicle in manhattan on tuesday night the met said the soprano maria guleghina will replace andrea gruber above in the title role of puccinis tosca for its first performance at the metropolitan opera this season tonight at 8 ms gruber who is ill is scheduled to sing the remaining performances beginning wednesday footnotes dick clark plans to appear on his annual new years rockin eve show from times square this year with ryan seacrest again as his cohost the associated press reported mr clark 76 missed the show two years ago because of a stroke but returned last year with brief appearances on the live broadcast the italian photographer paolo pellegrin has won the 30000 w eugene smith grant in humanistic photography the award will further his project maktab it is written a journey through the lands of islam a 5000 grant went to a new yorker teru kuwayama to continue his photographic exploration of the hindu kush the grants sponsored by nikon recognize photographers who document the human condition on the streets a friend mourned in verse inspired by their friends death and by swigs of hennessy cognac and blunts of marijuana rolled in cigar paper they mourned him in verse congress the races for the house map of the united states shows the voting trends for each state in the 2006 elections results as of 600 pm key winner incumbent winner and change in party list of states elections includes in this order state district reporting candidate votes and of the votes alabama district 1 reporting 99 jo bonner r 112841 68 vivian beckerle d 52723 32 district 2 99 terry everett r 124212 70 chuck james d 54398 30 district 3 99 mike d rogers r 97742 60 greg pierce d 62891 38 district 4 99 robert b aderholt r 128412 70 barbara bobo d 54338 30 district 5 bud cramer d uncontested district 6 spencer bachus r uncontested district 7 artur davis d uncontested alaska atlarge 100 don young r 114289 57 diane benson d 80951 40 arizona district 1 100 rick renzi r 88760 52 ellen simon d 75257 44 district 2 100 trent franks r 97100 58 john thrasher d 65490 39 district 3 100 john shadegg r 76739 58 herb paine d 51021 39 district 4 100 ed pastor d 38786 72 don karg r 12994 24 district 5 100 harry mitchell d 71077 50 jd hayworth r 65122 46 district 6 100 jeff flake r 109288 74 jason blair l 38230 26 district 7 100 raul grijalva d 62679 61 ron drake r 36954 36 district 8 100 gabrielle giffords d 114263 54 randy graf r 89104 42 arkansas district 1 99 marion berry d 122048 69 stubby stumbaugh r 54526 31 district 2 100 vic snyder d 124698 61 andy mayberry r 81278 39 district 3 92 john boozman r 115266 62 woodrow anderson d 69408 38 district 4 100 mike ross d 127310 75 joe ross r 42976 25 california district 1 100 mike thompson d 111650 66 john jones r 49663 29 district 2 100 wally herger r 107764 64 a j sekhon d 54679 33 district 3 100 dan lungren r 94870 59 bill durston d 60951 38 district 4 100 john doolittle r 104307 49 charlie brown d 97022 46 district 5 100 doris matsui d 76013 71 claire yan r 25028 23 district 6 100 lynn woolsey d 127777 69 todd hooper r 50061 27 district 7 100 george miller d 89972 84 camden mcconnell l 16963 16 district 8 100 nancy 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feder d 98710 41 district 11 100 tom davis r 130207 56 andrew hurst d 102334 44 washington district 1 46 jay inslee d 79995 69 larry ishmael r 35752 31 district 2 51 rick larsen d 85614 66 doug roulstone r 43694 34 district 3 70 brian baird d 102777 65 michael messmore r 55560 35 district 4 61 doc hastings r 68395 58 richard wright d 49675 42 district 5 53 cathy mcmorris r 73877 55 peter goldmark d 61196 45 district 6 61 norm dicks d 97076 71 doug cloud r 38919 29 district 7 47 jim mcdermott d 90903 80 steve beren r 17858 16 district 8 48 dave reichert r 61921 51 darcy burner d 59268 49 district 9 53 adam smith d 66033 66 steven cofchin r 33805 34 west virginia district 1 100 alan mollohan d 98759 64 christopher wakim r 54524 36 district 2 100 shelley capito r 93356 57 mike callaghan d 69867 43 district 3 100 nick rahall d 89812 69 kim wolfe r 40015 31 wisconsin district 1 100 paul ryan r 160033 63 jeff thomas d 95303 37 district 2 100 tammy baldwin d 191361 63 dave magnum r 112976 37 district 3 100 ron kind d 161999 65 paul nelson r 87886 35 district 4 100 gwen moore d 136722 72 perfecto rivera r 54468 28 district 5 100 jim sensenbrenner r 194480 62 bryan kennedy d 112517 36 district 6 tom petri r uncontested district 7 100 david obey d 161754 62 nick reid r 91221 35 district 8 100 steven kagen d 141598 51 john gard r 134990 49 wyoming atlarge 100 barbara cubin r 93197 48 gary trauner d 92227 48 key to party abbreviations a american ai american independent ak alaskan independence ac american constitution c conservative cc concerned citizens co constitution d democrat f freedom g green i independent ia independent american ig independent grassroots in independence ip independent party lm legalize marijuana l libertarian lu liberty union mn mountain party n nebraska o other pl prolife conservative pc personal choice pf peace and freedom po populist p progressive r republican rf reform party se socialist equality s socialist su socialist usa sw socialist workers us us taxpayers w we the people the senate 2006 results results as of 500 pm key winner incumbent winner and change in party arizona reporting 100 jon kyl r 605429 53 jim pederson d 505631 44 richard mack l 37219 3 california 99 dianne feinstein d 3983385 60 dick mountjoy r 2324856 35 todd chretien g 110530 2 michael metti l 104296 2 marsha feinland pf 90674 1 don grundmann ai 59209 1 connecticut 100 joseph i lieberman i 562850 50 ned lamont d 448077 40 alan schlesinger r 109329 10 ralph a ferrucci g 5923 1 timothy a knibbs cc 4638 0 delaware 101 thomas carper d 172234 70 jan ting r 70575 29 william morris l 2696 1 florida 100 bill nelson d 2845111 60 katherine harris r 1797709 38 belinda noah i 24506 1 brian moore i 19369 0 floyd frazier i 16420 0 roy tanner i 15351 0 hawaii 99 daniel k akaka d 197731 61 cynthia thielen r 118867 37 jeff mallan l 6067 2 indiana 99 richard g lugar r 1150843 87 steve osborn l 169228 13 maine 98 olympia j snowe r 393434 74 jean hay bright d 108857 21 bill slavick o 28717 5 maryland 98 benjamin l cardin d 846709 55 michael s steele r 682641 44 kevin zeese g 24055 2 massachusetts 100 edward m kennedy d 1497304 69 kenneth g chase r 658374 31 michigan 100 debbie stabenow d 2148637 57 michael bouchard r 1559761 41 leonard schwartz l 27018 1 david sole g 23918 1 minnesota 100 amy klobuchar d 1279515 58 mark kennedy r 839173 38 robert fitzgerald in 71241 3 mississippi 100 trent lott r 375307 64 erik fleming d 205518 35 harold taylor l 9099 2 missouri 98 claire c mccaskill d 1028215 49 jim talent r 987077 47 frank gilmour l 46998 2 lydia lewis p 18005 1 montana 100 jon tester d 198302 49 conrad burns r 195455 48 stan jones l 10324 3 nebraska 100 ben nelson d 371777 64 pete ricketts r 211111 36 nevada 100 john ensign r 321186 55 jack carter d 237875 41 none of the above 8192 1 david schumann ia 7749 1 brendan trainor l 5246 1 new jersey 99 robert menendez d 1162054 53 thomas h kean jr r 975389 45 len flynn l 14261 1 edward forchion lm 11398 1 new mexico 100 jeff bingaman d 376261 70 allen mcculloch r 158565 30 new york 99 hillary rodham clinton d 2816714 67 john spencer r 1328423 31 howie hawkins g 51710 1 north dakota 100 kent conrad d 149317 69 dwight grotberg r 64133 30 roland riemers i 2177 1 james germalic i 1383 1 ohio 100 sherrod brown d 2133690 56 mike dewine r 1680999 44 pennsylvania 99 bob casey d 2342315 59 rick santorum r 1651549 41 rhode island 100 sheldon whitehouse d 205274 53 lincoln chafee r 178548 47 tennessee 100 bob corker r 927343 51 harold e ford jr d 877716 48 ed choate i 10760 1 texas 100 kay bailey hutchison r 2654869 62 barbara ann radnofsky d 1551594 36 scott jameson l 97507 2 utah 100 orrin hatch r 343372 63 pete ashdown d 169034 31 scott bradley co 20526 4 roger price pc 8959 2 dave seely l 4195 1 vermont 100 bernie sanders i 170866 65 rich tarrant r 84517 32 cris ericson i 1718 1 craig hill g 1523 1 peter moss o 1515 1 virginia 100 jim webb d 1172212 50 george allen r 1165120 49 glenda parker ig 26102 1 washington 54 maria cantwell d 656376 58 mike mcgavick r 449303 39 bruce guthrie l 15677 1 aaron dixon g 10409 1 robin adair i 9181 1 west virginia 100 robert byrd d 291058 64 john raese r 152315 34 jesse johnson mn 8522 2 wisconsin 100 herb kohl d 1436623 67 robert lorge r 629127 30 rae vogeler g 42300 2 ben glatzel i 24404 1 wyoming 100 craig thomas r 134942 70 dale groutage d 57640 30 graph the balance of power shows the number of seats by which a party controlled each house of congress graph shows the house of representatives seats total the senate had 90 seats in 1900 growing to 100 by 1959 the house had 357 in 1900 growing to 435 by 1913 from 1959 to 1963 the house had 437 members queens teenagers charged in mans death two queens teenagers were charged with murder yesterday in the death of a 55yearold howard beach man who was found gagged bound and bludgeoned in his basement the police said the man john canora had hired the teenagers alex brown and billy ray stanton both 17 and both of jamaica to help with maintenance on his home on 96th street the police said mr brown and mr stanton told the police that on the night of his death mr canora offered them marijuana and made sexual advances the police said taking offense the teenagers said they choked mr canora beat him with a fire extinguisher and a bat then dumped him into a sump hole and placed a bureau in front of the hole to hide the body the police said they stole a van and a 2002 hyundai belonging to mr canora the police said and are also charged with robbery and burglary mr canoras body was found on saturday after a cousin reported him missing the police said virginia exsheriff pleads not guilty in drug scheme a former sheriff pleaded not guilty in roanoke to federal charges that he took part with 12 former and current officers in a scheme to sell drugs seized from criminals the former sheriff h franklin cassell was arraigned in federal district court along with two henry county sheriffs deputies and a captain all of whom pleaded not guilty in the racketeering conspiracy since 1998 prosecutors said cocaine steroids marijuana and other drugs seized by the sheriffs department have been resold to the public mr cassell 68 is charged with impeding federal agents investigation and money laundering arts briefly rights groups win a say in madonna adoption a malawian judge ruled yesterday that madonnas fitness to adopt a boy from that african nation would be decided in part by a group of human rights and child advocacy organizations the associated press reported judge andrew nyirenda ruled in favor of a coalition of malawian groups that want to participate in the assessment of the 48yearold pop stars fitness as a mother on oct 12 judge nyirenda granted madonna and her husband the filmmaker guy ritchie an interim order allowing them to take initial custody of 14monthold david banda but malawi regulations stipulate that prospective parents undergo an 18to 24month assessment in that country the rights groups claiming they were concerned the government had cut legal corners to fasttrack the adoption said regulations must be followed to protect children alan chinula a lawyer for madonna said he had no objections to the ruling which is unlikely to require madonna to return to malawi any time soon another rap for snoop dogg after taping a performance tuesday on the tonight show with jay leno the rapper snoop dogg below was arrested on gun and drug charges as he left nbc studios the associated press reported snoop dogg 35 whose real name is calvin broadus was arrested around 6 pm on charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm possessing cocaine transporting marijuana and having a false compartment in his vehicle two members of his entourage also arrested are acknowledged gang members the police said as of this point he stands innocent of all charges said snoop doggs lawyer donald etra mr etra said that his client was released on bail of 60000 shortly after 1 am on wednesday the arrest follows a series of other police incidents involving snoop dogg in recent months including an oct 26 arrest at the bob hope airport in burbank calif after airport police said they found a gun and marijuana in his car and a sept 27 arrest for carrying a deadly weapon a collapsible baton at john wayne airport in santa ana calif snoop dogg was convicted in 1990 of cocaine possession and was charged with gun possession after a 1993 traffic stop he was acquitted of murder in 1996 after the death of an alleged street gang member killed by gunfire from the vehicle in which snoop dogg was traveling news summary international a322 bush rejects quick exit iraqi premier offers hope president bush rejected the idea of a quick troop withdrawal from iraq even as prime minister nuri kamal almaliki of iraq said his countrys forces would be ready to take over substantial security responsibility by next june a1 for many iraqis the summit meeting in jordan between mr maliki and president bush promised little and delivered less and reaffirmed a widespread loss of faith in the elected governments ability to turn things around a18 child sex abuse in africa even as subsaharan africa races to adopt many of the developed worlds norms for children child sexual abuse remains a stubbornly persistent problem in much of the continent child advocates say perpetrators are shielded by the traditionally low status of girls and a lingering view that sexual abuse should be dealt with privately a1 lower cost of aids drugs with the financial backing of a group of nations led by france former president bill clinton announced that his foundation had negotiated deeply reduced prices for 19 aids drugs to treat children in 62 developing countries the initiative halved the cost of the simplesttouse therapy to less than 60 a year for each child a9 radiation at london sites in the latest turn in the mystery surrounding alexander litvinenko the former russian spy who died of radiation poisoning in london last week the british government said that radiation had been detected in 12 locations around the city a14 pessimism on palestinian unity talks to form a palestinian unity government are at a dead end said the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas ensuring that the bush administrations plan to push hard toward a middle east peace initiative will stay in the deep freeze for now a21 national a2429 pushing responsibility in medicaid patients west virginia plans to reward responsible medicaid patients with significant extra benefits or as critics describe it to punish poor people who do not join weightloss or antismoking programs a1 mccain speaks to governors senator john mccain of arizona turned up at the annual meeting of the republican governors association a group headed by mccains chief rival for their partys 2008 presidential nomination mitt romney the massachusetts governor a28 revising the citizenship test the federal government rolled out a new citizenship test to replace an exam that critics say has encouraged prospective americans simply to memorize facts rather than fully understand the principles of a democracy a26 aid letters for storm victims louisiana has sent letters to more than 10000 families stating how much money they can receive to rebuild their homes under the 75 billion housing program congress financed this year state officials announced a24 presidential campaign begins gov tom vilsack of iowa formally opened his campaign for the democratic presidential nomination billing himself as the notfromwashington candidate who would strive to renew a forgotten sense of community across america and offer commonsense judgment in foreign policy a28 civil defense logos end the stark insignia of civil defense a c and d forming a red circle in a white triangle on a blue disk died after a long eclipse its demise was announced by the national emergency management association the group that represents state emergency managers a24 new yorkregion b18 workingclass housing in brooklyn is to be sold starrett city a 140acre apartment complex built 30 years ago in brooklyn as an enclave for workingclass new yorkers is on the auction block its owners confirmed real estate executives expect the bidding for the complex to exceed 1 billion a1 spitzer limits contributions governorelect eliot spitzer moving swiftly in his efforts to change the culture of albany said he would unilaterally stop accepting campaign contributions greater than 10000 in individual donations b1 four arrested in queens case detectives investigating the fatal police shooting of sean bell an unarmed black man arrested four people at a queens apartment building and seized a loaded semiautomatic handgun and a bag of marijuana the police said b1 neediest cases b5 business day c110 profiting from prostate cancer among several widely used treatments for prostate cancer one stands out for its profit potential the approach a type of radiation therapy known as intensity modulated radiation therapy can mean reimbursement for doctors of 47000 or more a patient a1 insider trading regulation charles e grassley the chairman of the senate finance committee has asked nasd which oversees the securities industry to detail how it identifies insider trading c1 sony management shuffle ken kutaragi the father of the playstation game console will no longer run daytoday operations at sonys video game unit starting today the job will belong to kazuo hirai who has been running the game units american division c1 business digest c2 obituaries c11 george w s trow a writer and media critic known for his lamentations over what he saw as the twilight of culture in late20thcentury america he was 63 c11 rose mattus an entrepreneur who with her husband created hagendazs ice cream she was 90 c11 editorial a3031 editorials bush maliki and that memo when the joneses cant keep up another plan for snowmobiles mom dad buy the broccoli columns paul krugman thomas l friedman crossword e36 public lives b4 tv listings e28 weather c12 comment zone the bell investigation readers continue to discuss the death of sean bell and the wounding of his two friends in a fusillade of 50 police bullets on saturday outside a queens strip club on thursday investigators seeking witnesses searched an apartment building seized a gun and marijuana and arrested four people for related coverage go to the bottom of this post following is an edited selection of empire zone comments from the last 24 hours arts briefly tomma abts is awarded annual turner prize tomma abts right beat three other finalists yesterday to win the annual turner prize announced at tate britain in london the 50000 award honors a british artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of work in the 12 months preceding may ms abts whose densely worked canvases are characterized by gradual layering that reveals the process of their creation was shortlisted for solo exhibitions in switzerland and london far right ms abtss 2005 painting mehm the jury expressed admiration for the rigor and consistency of her paintings in which compelling images reveal their complexity slowly over time the other finalists phil collins mark titchner and rebecca warren received 10000 each from the pool of prize money sponsored by the makers of gordons gin the turner prize ceremonies will be held next year at tate liverpool as a prelude to liverpools year of celebrations as european capital of culture in 2008 new paris opera director nicolas jol has been chosen to become the director of the paris opera succeeding grard mortier who will reach 65 the mandatory retirement age in 2008 agence francepresse reported in the past 16 years mr jol 53 below has won acclaim as artistic director of the capitole theater of toulouse in southwest france and for directing at leading houses on the continent as well as at the metropolitan opera he was named to a sixyear term starting in september 2009 the announcement of his selection by culture minister renaud donnedieu de vabres put an end to months of speculation and rumor about a successor to mr mortier in the meantime mr jol will be named deputy director with an annual budget of 210 million and a staff of 1600 the paris opera runs the bastille opera and the ornate palais garnier no jail for pete doherty pete doherty the troubleprone british rocker who fronts babyshambles was spared jail yesterday but was fined 1525 ordered to pay court costs and barred for driving for four months when he was sentenced on an assortment of drug violations the associated press reported i feel relieved he told reporters outside thames magistrates court in london where he hugged fans mr doherty 27 above who pleaded guilty in august to charges of possession of drugs including crack cocaine heroin and marijuana was told in september by judge jane mcivor that he would not be jailed if he continued rehabilitation remained employed and did not commit any other offenses in court yesterday she said hitting your pocket is the way of punishing you in this case his lawyer sean curran said there had been a breakdown in mr dohertys rehabilitation but gave no details he said he hoped his client would continue to try to end his drug habit free admission boosts visits to british museums on the fifth anniversary of free admission to britains museums and galleries the government has released figures showing an average 83 percent increase in visits to those places that previously charged the guardian of london reported tessa jowell the culture secretary said the increase translated into 30 million extra visits these are inspirational figures she said there is a real appetite for serious culture in this country when the obstacle of entry fees is swept away people come in their millions and keep coming but paul holmes the arts spokesman for the liberal democrats party warned that admission fees might return if the government cuts support for museums and galleries next year footnotes after a year on broadway the color purple has announced that it has recouped its entire 11 million investment the first north american tour of the musical begins on april 17 at the cadillac palace theater in chicago essentially woody a 28film retrospective of the fourdecade career of woody allen will run at film forum from dec 22 through jan 11 the festival will begin with two days of annie hall the 1977 romance costarring mr allen and diane keaton that went on to win academy awards for best picture best actress best director and best screenplay alan arkin will be saluted by the film society of lincoln center on dec 19 at the walter reade theater where clips from his long acting career will be shown and a screening of the comedy little miss sunshine in which he appears will follow a conversation with kent jones associate director of programming at the society chita rivera above will begin a national tour of her autobiographical musical chita rivera the dancers life with performances at the aronoff theater in cincinnati from dec 19 through 31 among other locations on the 15city itinerary are miami philadelphia cleveland seattle washington and boston arts briefly paris museums go hollywood the louvre and the muse dorsay two of the most popular museums in paris are going into the movie business in separate ventures in the next two years they will underwrite films by seven filmmakers to be shot at least in part inside their walls reuters reported among the directors are jim jarmusch of the united states and tsai mingliang of taiwan winner of a silver bear at the berlin film festival in 1996 for the river traditional financing in france is drying up for these talented auteurs said catherine derosierpouchous who heads the louvres audiovisual program we want to support their work were selecting three filmmakers who will rethink the meaning of cinema in the 21st century as part of its 20th anniversary the muse dorsay will work with four filmmakers among them mr jarmusch olivier assayas of france and hou hsiaohsien of taiwan all four films budgeted at about 3 million each will star juliette binoche above one of the louvres films faces directed by mr tsai will star jeanpierre laud who made his debut as the hero of the 1959 franois truffaut film the 400 blows students lose borat suit two south carolina college students irked by their depiction in the borat movie have lost their petition for a court order to delete a scene they regard as injurious to their reputations reuters reported the students fraternity brothers shown guzzling alcohol and making racist remarks sued the distributor and producers in los angeles last month arguing that the filmmakers had duped them into appearing in the movie and falsely promised that it would never be shown in the united states at the time their request for a temporary restraining order to remove the offending scene was denied but the students identified in court papers only as john doe 1 and john doe 2 were given another chance to seek an injunction last week when arguments focused mainly on the anticipated dvd release of borat cultural learnings of america for make benefit glorious nation of kazakhstan starring sacha baron cohen as a fictional and boorish kazakh television journalist judge joseph biderman of los angeles superior court ruled against them their lawyer olivier taillieu said last week that the film had cost one of the students a job at a major corporation and another a prestigious internship a third student involved in the scene did not participate in the suit princes plan pop concert to honor diana princes william above right and harry left of britain said yesterday that they were planning a huge pop concert featuring elton john to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of their mother diana princess of wales the concert for diana a charity event is to take place in london at the new wembley stadium on july 1 which would have been her 46th birthday agence francepress reported william 24 and harry 22 also said a memorial service would be held in london on aug 31 exactly 10 years after dianas death in a car crash in paris top acts many reflecting dianas tastes are to be chosen by her sons for the concert expected to attract a live audience of 90000 and to be televised around the world besides elton john performers will include dianas favorite band duran duran the singers bryan ferry and joss stone the american rapper pharrell williams and the english national ballet andrew lloyd webber will present a medley of songs from his shows its to remember her and to commemorate her life and celebrate it william said of diana we want to represent exactly what our mother would have wanted how she was we wanted to have this big concert full of energy full of the sort of fun and happiness which i know she would have wanted and on her birthday as well its got to be the best birthday present she ever had nicole richie arrested nicole richie a star of the television show the simple life was charged early on monday with driving under the influence of drugs after she was seen blocking the carpool lane on the ventura freeway in burbank calif reuters reported the police said the arrest at about 145 am was made after reports from motorists of a driver going the wrong way on the busy highway officer todd workman a spokesman for the california highway patrol said that ms richie 25 right who was alone in her black sport utility vehicle when the police approached was arrested after she failed a field sobriety test and that she admitted taking the prescription painkiller vicodin and smoking marijuana she was booked and released after posting 15000 bail courtney love thanks a judge courtney love below sobbed with joy and thanked a judge on monday in los angeles after he ended her probation and dismissed three misdemeanor cases against her two drugrelated charges and one for assault and battery the associated press reported ms love 42 the former frontwoman for the rock band hole and the widow of the nirvana singer kurt cobain told judge rand rubin of los angeles superior court thank you for not taking me into custody thank you for giving me an opportunity youve been a good fair judge sorry for crying the judge said youve shown to me you are interested in a much less destructive lifestyle footnote the united states senate has voted unanimously to reappoint dana gioia to a fouryear term as chairman of the national endowment for the arts raymond p shafer 89 governor of pennsylvania dies raymond p shafer was the former pennsylvania governor who led a drug commission that recommended decriminalizing marijuana old killing new witnesses and one mans calm denial on a cold december evening this week robert vasquez stood at the door of his home in meriden conn slowly shaking his head no he said he had not carried out a terrible crime in 1992 was not the stranger who walked up to a young man on a street in queens asked him for marijuana then immediately shot him to death texas tons of marijuana are seized deputies in houston found 502 bales of marijuana worth an estimated 25 million in a warehouse where they arrested a truck driver after finding drugs in his tractortrailer the authorities said the marijuana was recovered wednesday by harris county sheriff8217s deputies the truck driver louis mendez left 29 was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to sell sgt dana wolfe said the authorities must still determine the exact weight of the marijuana but they estimate it to be 15000 to 20000 pounds ten pounds of marijuana has a street value of about 16000 sergeant wolfe said mr mendez was being held at the harris county jail on 1 million bond for the trafficking charge hempstead contraband pastry a nassau county correction officer was arraigned in first district court on charges that he tried to smuggle marijuana into the county jail stashed inside cannoli on dec 24 the officer rocco bove 24 of westbury was arrested on wednesday the box of pastry was dropped off for an inmate but when officers checked the contents they discovered marijuana rolling paper and matches said lt kevin smith of the nassau county police lieutenant smith said the marijuana was packed inside plastic bags that were inserted into the cannoli mr bove pleaded not guilty to promoting prison contraband and unlawful possession of marijuana queens man charged with two rapes a far rockaway man was charged with raping two young women at queens motels after taking them there on the pretense of being a police officer prosecutors said the man eric mccoy 37 stopped a 27yearold woman on dec 4 planted a packet of what appeared to be marijuana in her bag and threatened to arrest her if she did not accompany him said richard a brown the queens district attorney then on tuesday he stopped a 17yearold told her that he was an investigator and said she needed to accompany him for questioning mr brown said mr brown said that mr mccoy forced the women to have sex with him under threat of being arrested he was held pending arraignment on charges of rape criminal impersonation and other offenses sports briefing vijay singh powered his way into a fiveway tie for the lead after the first round of the mercedesbenz championship in kapalua hawaii yesterday shooting a fourunderpar 69 he was joined atop the leader board by k j choi brett wetterich stephen ames and will mackenzie only 12 players in the 34man field shot below par in extremely windy conditions agence francepresse baseball foulke and indians finish deal the freeagent reliever keith foulke completed a oneyear 5 million contract with the cleveland indians yesterday foulkes deal includes about 2 million in potential performance bonuses and a mutual option for 2008 bothered by assorted injuries the past two seasons in boston foulke 34 lost his closers job last year to the rookie jonathan papelbon foulke went 31 with a 435 earned run average and no saves in 44 games hillenbrand says jays overreacted shea hillenbrand made it clear yesterday that he has not forgotten his wellpublicized split with the blue jays last july hillenbrand speaking on a conference call from his home in arizona said he had permission to leave the blue jays during the season to pursue an adoption of his daughter but was told to return before the final papers were signed i could not leave early said hillenbrand who signed with the angels last week i had to sign some papers to make my adoption legal hillenbrand said he was admonished by manager john gibbons in front of his teammates when he returned and was eventually traded to the san francisco giants the toronto blue jays blew it out of proportion the manager blew it out of proportion to make me look bad hillenbrand said loretta signs with astros infielder mark loretta and the astros agreed yesterday to a oneyear 25 million contract the deal includes 1 million in performance bonuses track and field millrose games select milers bernard lagat a kenyanborn american and craig mottram of australia were named yesterday to run in the wanamaker mile at the 100th annual millrose games on feb 2 at madison square garden lagat has won the race four times last year he won in 3 minutes 5685 seconds an impressive time on the short tight and worn garden track he has won two olympic medals at 1500 meters in 2005 mottram finished third in the world championships at 5000 meters millrose officials also announced the entry of reese hoffa who has won the mens shotput the past two years last year he reached 71 feet 12 inch and was the meets outstanding performer nyt tv sports lampley denies abuse allegations the sports announcer jim lampley denied wrongdoing yesterday after being arrested for investigation of felony domestic violence lampley 57 was taken into custody wednesday and booked on the felony charge and investigation of violating a restraining order and dissuading a witness both misdemeanors according to the san diego county sheriffs departments domestic violence unit he posted 35500 bail according to court records candice sanders 28 wrote in an application for a restraining order that lampley attacked her in her encinitas calif apartment dec 31 she also alleged that he had been drinking and smoking marijuana before attacking her and claimed he threw her to the floor at a new york restaurant two months ago arts briefly william boyd novel honored william boyds restless has won the new costa prize for novels previously known as the whitbread novel award mr boyd who won the whitbread first novel award for a good man in africa 1981 will receive 5000 about 9700 and become eligible with winners in four other categories for the 2006 costa book of the year prize to be announced in london on feb 7 the awards honor books of the last year by writers based in britain and ireland restless published in the united states by bloomsbury tells of an aging british woman who reveals to her daughter that she was a counterintelligence operative no burial yet for james brown james brown who died at 73 on christmas day remains unburied while lawyers and his children seek to settle issues pertaining to his estate the associated press reported mr brown the godfather of soul lies in a sealed coffin in a temperaturecontrolled guarded room in his home on beech island sc said charles reid manager of the c a reid funeral home in augusta ga which handled the services buddy dallas a lawyer for the singers estate said on tuesday that mr browns children and the trustees under his will which had not been filed would determine the burial site bonnaroo site bought organizers of the bonnaroo music and arts festival announced yesterday that they had bought a major portion of the farm site outside nashville where the popular annual rockandcountryandanythingelse event is held the 530acre purchase includes all of the performance areas and much of the camping and parking area they said the festival will continue to lease an additional 250 acres used for parking and camping besides becoming the permanent home of the bonnaroo festival to be held this year from june 14 to 17 the site will be used for various other events celebrities plead not guilty a lawyer for george michael 43 the former wham frontman denied yesterday in a london court that his client was unfit to drive and in possession of marijuana after being found slumped over the wheel of his car in october the associated press reported mr michael above left was not present a court official said that the case would resume on march 7 and that a trial date had been set for april 23 in a los angeles court a lawyer for paris hilton 25 entered a plea of not guilty on tuesday four months after she was charged with driving under the influence the police said she had been driving erratically through hollywood ms hilton above right a star of the television series the simple life was not in court a pretrial hearing was scheduled for jan 23 footnotes the hollywood foreign press association and the internal revenue service announced yesterday that they had reached agreement on tax liabilities related to the gift boxes distributed by the association to presenters at its golden globes awards under the agreement the association settled obligations with respect to boxes given through 2005 recipients of 2006 boxes will be given tax forms and will be responsible for their taxes no boxes will be given this year richard gere who played a man whose heart was won by a prostitute in the 1990 film pretty woman cheered some 10000 indian prostitutes as they danced to raunchy bollywood songs yesterday at a mumbai fairground where he urged them to refuse sex without condoms to prevent the spread of hivaids reuters reported no condom no sex he yelled into a microphone no condom no sex north dakota license for hemp a state legislator turned in an application to the state agriculture department to become the nation8217s first licensed industrial hemp farmer agriculture commissioner roger johnson said the legislator david monson a republican representative provided fingerprints with his application which will be used for a background check last month the state agriculture department finished its work on rules that farmers may use to grow industrial hemp a cousin of marijuana that does not have hallucinogenic properties the plant is used to make products including paper and rope some law enforcement officials fear that industrial hemp may shield illicit marijuana but supporters of hemp say the concern is unfounded national briefing plains north dakota license for hemp a state legislator turned in an application to the state agriculture department to become the nations first licensed industrial hemp farmer agriculture commissioner roger johnson said the legislator david monson a republican representative provided fingerprints with his application which will be used for a background check last month the state agriculture department finished its work on rules that farmers may use to grow industrial hemp a cousin of marijuana that does not have hallucinogenic properties the plant is used to make products including paper and rope some law enforcement officials fear that industrial hemp may shield illicit marijuana but supporters of hemp say the concern is unfounded manhattan drug gangs broken up police say the police department announced yesterday that it had dismantled two drug organizations that were selling crack cocaine and marijuana in washington heights one group was operating out of eight apartments in the polo grounds houses on eighth avenue near 155th street the police said the other group a subset of the bloods street gang known as the best out was earning about 10000 a week from streetlevel sales in the same area the police said officers began investigating the two groups last year the police said in raids yesterday the police arrested more than two dozen people and seized cash narcotics and two 22caliber revolvers suspended guard wants to return to notre dame kyle mcalarney the starting point guard for notre dame before he was arrested last month for possession of marijuana notified coach mike brey on friday morning that he intended to return to the program metro briefing new york manhattan drug gangs broken up police say the police department announced yesterday that it had dismantled two drug organizations that were selling crack cocaine and marijuana in washington heights one group was operating out of eight apartments in the polo grounds houses on eighth avenue near 155th street the police said the other group a subset of the bloods street gang known as the best out was earning about 10000 a week from streetlevel sales in the same area the police said officers began investigating the two groups last year the police said in raids yesterday the police arrested more than two dozen people and seized cash narcotics and two 22caliber revolvers al baker guard plans return to irish kyle mcalarney the starting point guard for notre dame before he was arrested on a possession of marijuana charge last month and suspended from the university notified coach mike brey on friday morning that he intended to return to the program mcalarney a 19yearold sophomore from staten island will take classes near new york this semester said his father patrick he will have to reapply to notre dame but could return for summer sessions the listings feb 2 feb 8 selective listings by critics of the new york times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the new york metropolitan region this week denotes a highly recommended film concert show or exhibition theater approximate running times are in parentheses theaters are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of current shows additional listings show times and tickets nytimescomtheater previews and openings adrift in macao in previews opens on feb 13 primary stages presents christopher durang and peter melnicks new musical sendup of the sexy shadowy world of film noir 130 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 the coast of utopia salvage in previews opens on feb 18 tom stoppards epic trilogy about 19thcentury russian intelligentsia comes to an end with this final installment which once again stars a vigorous and immense cast including brian f obyrne jennifer ehle billy crudup and ethan hawke jack obrien directs 230 vivian beaumont theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 2396200 howard katz previews start today opens on march 2 roundabout theater presents a new play by patrick marber closer about a downonhisluck talent agent doug hughes directs 130 laura pels theater 111 west 46th street 212 7191300 in the heights in previews opens on thursday a new off broadway musical about two days in the life of washington heights presented from the vantage point of a corner bodega 210 37 arts 450 west 37th street 212 3074100 journeys end previews start on thursday opens on feb 22 this english transfer of r c sherriffs early20thcentury antiwar play stars the tony winners boyd gaines and jefferson mays 240 belasco theater 111 west 44th street 212 2396200 the last word in previews opens on thursday this new play by oren safdie private jokes public places is about a retired ad executive who wants to be a playwright daniel j travanti hill street blues stars 130 theater at st clements 423 west 46th street clinton 212 2794200 the madras house in previews opens on feb 15 yet another modernsounding play by harley granville barker waste comes out of the woodwork a 1909 drama about business battles family values and sex 230 mint theater 311 west 43rd street clinton 212 3150231 mary rose in previews opens on feb 20 although it can sometimes seem otherwise j m barrie wrote stories besides peter pan including this one about a girl who might be a ghost tina landau directs 145 vineyard theater 108 east 15th street 212 3530303 the merchant of venice in previews opens on sunday f murray abraham plays shylock in this theater for a new audience production darko tresnjak directs 220 the duke on 42nd street 229 west 42nd street 212 2396200 a very common procedure in previews opens on feb 14 michael greif rent directs mcc theaters new play about a married woman who has an affair with a doctor 120 lucille lortel theater 121 christopher street west village 212 2794200 broadway the apple tree the amazing kristin chenoweth gives imaxscreensize life to three curvaceous doodles who by rights shouldnt be any larger than figures in the sunday funnies jerry bock and sheldon harnicks 1966 musical directed by gary griffin shows its age but is given theatrical verve by ms chenoweth brian darcy james and marc kudisch 230 studio 54 254 west 54th street 212 7191300 ben brantley a chorus line if you want to know why this show was such a big deal when it opened 31 years ago you need only experience the thrilling first five minutes of this revival otherwise this archivally exact production directed by bob avian feels like a vintage car that has been taken out of the garage polished up and sent on the road once again 200 schoenfeld theater 236 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley the coast of utopia the exhilarating first two installments of tom stoppards trilogy about 19thcentury russian intellectuals dreaming of revolution these productions pulse with the dizzy springgreen arrogance and anxiety of a new generation moving as fast as it can toward the future jack obrien directs a fresh vigorous and immense cast that includes brian f obyrne jennifer ehle billy crudup and ethan hawke 245 vivian beaumont theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 2396200 brantley company fire beckoning and dangerous flickers beneath the frost of john doyles elegant unexpectedly stirring revival of stephen sondheim and george furths eradefining musical from 1970 starring a compellingly understated raul esparza like mr doyles sweeney todd this production finds new clarity of feeling in sondheim by melding the roles of performers and musicians 220 barrymore theater 243 west 47th street 212 2396200 brantley the drowsy chaperone tony awards best book of a musical and best original score 2006 this small and ingratiating spoof of 1920s stage frolics as imagined by an obsessive show queen may not be a masterpiece but in a dry season for musicals it has theatergoers responding as if they were withering houseplants finally being watered after long neglect bob martin and sutton foster are the standouts in the avid energetic cast 140 marquis theater 1535 broadway at 45th street 212 3074100 brantley grey gardens christine ebersole is absolutely glorious as the middleaged timewarped debutante called little edie beale in this uneven musical adaptation of the notorious 1975 documentary of the same title she and the wonderful mary louise wilson as her bedridden mother in the performances of their careers make grey gardens an experience no passionate theatergoer should miss 240 walter kerr theater 219 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley the little dog laughed the comedy of manners a form widely believed to be extinct in the american theater has actually resurfaced on broadway with all its vital signs intact in douglas carter beanes breezy but trenchant satire about truth and illusion hollywood style with the wonderful julie white as the movie agent you hate to love but just cant help it 200 cort theater 138 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley mary poppins this handsome homilypacked mechanically ingenious and rather tedious musical adapted from the p l travers stories and the 1964 disney film is ultimately less concerned with inexplicable magic than with practical psychology ashley brown who sings prettily as the familymending nanny looks like joan crawford trying to be nice and sounds like dr phil directed by richard eyre and matthew bourne 230 new amsterdam theater 214 west 42nd street 212 3074747 brantley les misrables this premature revival a slightly scaleddown version of the wellgroomed behemoth that closed only three years ago appears to be functioning in a state of mild sedation appealingly sung and freshly orchestrated this fastmoving adaptation of victor hugos novel isnt sloppy or blurry but its pulse rate stays well below normal 255 broadhurst theater 235 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley spring awakening duncan sheik and steven saters bold adaptation of the frank wedekind play is the freshest and most exciting new musical broadway has seen in some time set in 19thcentury germany but with a ravishing rock score it exposes the splintered emotional lives of adolescents just discovering the joys and sorrows of sex performed with brio by a great cast with supple direction by michael mayer and inventive choreography by bill t jones 200 eugene oneill theater 230 west 49th street 212 2396200 charles isherwood tarzan this writhing green blob with music adapted by disney theatrical productions from the 1999 animated film has the feeling of a superdeluxe day care center equipped with lots of bungee cords and karaoke synthesizers where children can swing when they get tired of singing and vice versa the sodapop score is by phil collins 230 richard rodgers theater 226 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley translations the estimable irish director garry hynes a tony winner for martin mcdonaghs beauty queen of leenane has assembled an ensemble of an extraordinarily high caliber and consistency for the third major new york production of brian friels 1980 play set in rural ireland in 1833 as the local tongue is being supplanted by the language of the english occupying forces the play explores the seriocomic truth that language can divide as easily as it unites and can never hope to translate the rich music in our souls with the delicacy we yearn for a topflight broadway revival 215 biltmore theater 261 west 47th street 212 2396200 isherwood the vertical hour david hares soggy consideration of the angloamerican cultural divide stars julianne moore representing the americans and bill nighy leading the british directed by sam mendes the yanks dont stand a chance 220 music box theater 239 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley off broadway the big voice god or merman think of two gifted and smart gay men with years of life together deploying their considerable talents from the two pianos you happen to have in your living room the result is a hilarious and very touching memoir of two decades of love and the funky glories of show business life 200 actors temple theater 339 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 honor moore dai enough iris bahrs unnerving onewoman show doesnt have much to add to the middle east debate but it sure leaves a lasting impression ms bahr plays an assortment of characters who have the misfortune of being in a tel aviv cafe that is about to be visited by the havoc common to such establishments the attack is rendered in jarring fashion repeatedly you watch the play on pins and needles waiting for the next burst gimmicky sure but viscerally effective 140 culture project 55 mercer street at broome street soho 212 2539983 neil genzlinger dutchman a revival of the poet amiri barakas screed on race and american values 43 years after its greenwich village debut aims for all the fire and might of a malcolm x speech but none of the rhetorical elegance it shouts so loudly that you cant hear a thing 100 cherry lane theater 38 commerce street between barrow and bedford streets west village 212 2396200 ginia bellafante estimated time of arrival five vignettes about finding love and keeping it as immature in attitude as they are thin in substance the filmmaker anthony minghella whose offering here is a short play called hang up provides the silliest 130 urban stages 259 west 30th street 212 8684444 bellafante evil dead the musical this likable horror comedy based on sam raimis gory movies wants to be the next rocky horror show to that end it offers deadpan lyrics selfreferential humor and geysers of stage blood 200 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 anita gates the fantasticks a revival well more like a resuscitation of the little musical that wouldnt die this sweetasever production of tom jones and harvey schmidts commediadellartestyle confection is most notable for mr joness touching performance under the pseudonym thomas bruce as the old actor a role he created when the show opened in 1960 mr jones also directs 205 snapple theater center 210 west 50th street 212 3074100 brantley the fever wallace shawn performs his provocative monologue about a guiltriddled bourgeois everyman sweating his way through a moral crisis the rich often hypnotic writing draws us into his tortured mindscape as he shifts between shame over his sense of entitlement and reasoned arguments that sacrifice is unnecessary and pointless meanwhile in the third world the violence and poverty continue unabated 130 acorn theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 isherwood franks home peter weller plays frank lloyd wright in richard nelsons dreary biodrama which lingers lovingly on its subjects feet of clay while paying arid lip service to his genius 145 playwrights horizons mainstage 416 west 42nd street clinton 212 7194200 isherwood the great divorce the magis theater company makes a creditable effort to explore spiritual matters in this adaptation of c s lewiss story about a bus trip through the afterlife in wellacted vignettes characters are led to examine their lives and ruling loves its often intriguing and rarely preachy 130 salvation army theater 315 west 47th street 212 8684444 genzlinger jacques brel is alive and well and living in paris a powerfully sung revival of the 1968 revue presented with affectionate nostalgia by the director gordon greenberg as in the original two men and two women perform a wide selection of brels plaintive ballads and stirring anthems 200 zipper theater 336 west 37th street 212 2396200isherwood a jew grows in brooklyn you dont have to be jewish or brooklynish to empathize with jake ehrenreich but in terms of fully appreciating his essentially oneman show it probably helps especially the catskills jokes 205 37 arts 450 west 37th street 212 5608912 gates my mothers italian my fathers jewish and im in therapy steve solomon does skillful impersonations in his oneman show but some of his jokes are as old as the hills 130 little shubert theater 422 west 42nd street clinton 212 2396200 gates no child teachers will love nilaja suns onewoman show about the challenges of teaching drama at malcolm x high school 110 barrow street theater 27 barrow street at seventh avenue south west village 212 2396200 gates no great society the brainy experimentalists of elevator repair service provide a madcap and almost dreamlike reenactment of a 1968 episode of william f buckleys firing line which features mr buckley squaring off with jack kerouac 130 new york theater workshop 79 east fourth street east village 212 2396200 jason zinoman room service the peccadillo theater company puts a charge into this comedy from the 1930s thanks to a brisk pace by the director dan wackerman and a dozen dandy performances david edwards is the wouldbe producer whose bills threaten to swamp his efforts to put a show on broadway and fred berman is particularly fine as his director 200 soho playhouse 15 vandam street south village 212 6911555 genzlinger the scene theresa rebecks latest is a sharpwitted sharpelbowed comedy about the savage economies of sex and show business in manhattan tony shalhoub plays an outofwork actor charlie happily married but not really to patricia heatons frazzled chat show booker enter the femme fatale clea played by the gifted anna camp and goodbye charlie 200 second stage theater 307 west 43rd street clinton 212 2464422 isherwood toys in the attic austin pendletons fine revival of lillian hellmans last play faithfully attacks the corrosive attachments of family what good is a family and thus a society the play implicitly asks that can only look in the mirror 230 pearl theater 80 st marks place east village 212 5989802 bellafante 25 questions for a jewish mother this is the comedian judy golds fiercely funny monologue based on her own life as a single jewish lesbian mother and interviews with more than 50 other jewish mothers 120 st lukes theater 308 west 46th street clinton 212 2396200 phoebe hoban victoria martin math team queen must all stage teenagers speak in that exaggerated surferdude style in which awesome and totally make up about 50 percent of any conversation yes apparently they must from the evidence presented in this thin comedy which is about a high school girl who finds herself on the allmale math team the playwright kathryn walat seems to have been trying to grab the coattails of a certain spellingbeerelated show she missed 200 the julia miles theater 424 west 55th street clinton 212 2396200 genzlinger the voysey inheritance david mamet has cleanly and cannily adapted harley granville barkers 1905 play about corruption in the genteel world of victorian finance an excellent cast and a sumptuous production bring extra immediacy to a tale of embezzlement and entitlement that feels as fresh as tomorrows stock options 150 atlantic theater 336 west 20th street chelsea 212 2396200 isherwood off off broadway at least its pink bridget everett and her big bad attitude costar in this minimusical about sex and unsatisfying jobs in the city directed by michael patrick king of sex and the city as it happens who is also the coauthor and with songs written by ms everett and kenny mellman the pianoplaying half of kiki herb raucous and rude its a bit like a onewoman episode of jerry springer 120 ars nova 511 west 54th street clinton 212 8684444 isherwood t j and dave the comics t j jagodowski and dave pasquesi miraculously improvise a onehour play at every performance this is an impressive feat of mental athletics but the results are also observant complex and frequently enormously funny 100 barrow street theater 27 barrow street west village 212 2396200 gates longrunning shows altar boyz this sweetly satirical show about a christian pop group made up of five potential teen people cover boys is an enjoyable silly diversion 130 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 isherwood avenue q rrated puppets give lively life lessons 210 golden theater 252 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley beauty and the beast cartoon made flesh sort of 230 luntfontanne theater 205 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley chicago irrefutable proof that crime pays 225 ambassador theater 219 west 49th street 212 2396200 brantley the color purple singing cliffsnotes for alice walkers pulitzer prizewinning novel 240 broadway theater 1681 broadway at 53rd street 212 2396200 brantley forbidden broadway special victims unit often more entertaining than the real thing 145 47th street theater 304 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley hairspray fizzy pop cute kids large man in a housedress 230 neil simon theater 250 west 52nd street 212 3074100 brantley jersey boys the biomusical that walks like a man 230 august wilson theater 245 west 52nd street 212 2396200 brantley the lion king disney on safari where the big bucks roam 245 minskoff theater 200 west 45th street at broadway 212 3074100 brantley mamma mia the jukebox that devoured broadway 220 cadillac winter garden theater 1634 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 brantley the phantom of the opera who was that masked man anyway 230 majestic theater 247 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the producers the ne plus ultra of showbiz scams 245 st james theater 246 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley rent east village angst and love songs to die for 245 nederlander theater 208 west 41st street 212 3074100 brantley spamalot a singing scrapbook for monty python fans 220 shubert theater 225 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee a chorus line with pimples 145 circle in the square 254 west 50th street manhattan 212 2396200 isherwood wicked oz revisited with political corrections 245 gershwin theater 222 west 51st street manhattan 212 3074100 brantley last chance as yet thou art young and rash an abstract collage of shards of feeling built out of euripides suppliant women this meditation on grief and the death of children in senseless war offers plenty of parallels to current society without doing anything so obvious as explicitly referring to them the fivemember cast led by three beautiful middleaged women is strong the director david herskovits has helped them shape an evocative piece that might be too nonliteral for some tastes but is both moving and distinctive 110 the ohio theater 66 wooster street soho 212 3523101 closes tomorrow anne midgette the dirty talk kevin cristaldi and sidney williams are just great in this twohander by michael puzzo about strangers stranded in a hunting cabin how they came to be there is hilariously doled out by mr puzzo along with some thoughts about identity the internet and the liar in all of us padraic lillis the director has the two actors in perfect sync 120 center stage 48 west 21st street chelsea 212 3523101 closes on sunday genzlinger must dont whip um the performance artist cynthia hopkins nimbly plays both a bygone 70s rock singer and the daughter she left behind on her aimless spiritual quest ms hopkinss distinctive singing voice accompanied by her lively band gloria deluxe makes the pleasures of the evening all the better 120 st anns warehouse 38 water street at dock street dumbo brooklyn 718 2548779 closes on sunday bellafante the women of trachis in kate ryans wonderfully perceptive adaptation sophocles rarely produced tragedy about the death of the hero heracles and his wife deianira has terrific contemporary traction alice reagans superbly cast and infectiously energetic production is fun intelligent and eminently worth seeing 100 the ohio theater 66 wooster street soho 212 3523101 closes tomorrow jonathan kalb movies ratings and running times are in parentheses foreign films have english subtitles full reviews of all current releases movie trailers show times and tickets nytimescommovies alpha dog r 117 minutes based on a true southern california crime nick cassavetess entertaining exploitation flick features a lot of attractive talented young actors shimmying across the screen while embodying the collective parental nightmare do you know where your children are well in this film theyre getting busy chilling out smoking blunts and chugging coolers faster than a toothless wino oh and committing murder manohla dargis arthur and the invisibles pg 94 minutes luc besson serves up a hybrid of live actors and computergenerated figures to tell a notendearingenough story about a boy freddie highmore who shrinks to microscopic size to find some gems and his missing grandfather lots of famous names madonna robert de niro david bowie snoop dogg lend their voices to the computerized part of the movie but only briefly near the end does everything click neil genzlinger babel r 143 minutes in english spanish japanese berber arabic and sign language this hugely ambitious movie tells four loosely linked not quite simultaneous stories set on three different continents with dialogue in several languages the themes to the extent they are decipherable include loss fate and the terrible consequences of miscommunication written by guillermo arriaga and directed by alejandro gonzalez irritu the movie is an intellectual muddle but a visceral tour de force and the power of the filmmaking almost overcomes the fuzziness of the ideas almost a o scott blood diamond r 138 minutes the makers of this foolish thriller about illegal diamond trafficking in africa starring an excellent leonardo dicaprio want you to know there may be blood on your hands specifically your wedding finger too bad they havent thought through what it means to turn misery into entertainment dargis breaking and entering r 119 minutes this hightoned feelbad exercise in liberal guilt comes from anthony minghella who brings the same earnest humorlessness to presentday london that he has brought to the historical past jude law is an architect juliette binoche is a bosnian seamstress and vera farmiga provides a glimmer of wit and liveliness as a russian prostitute who shows up to drink coffee show her underwear and discuss the themes of the movie scott catch and release pg13 124 minutes jennifer garner is a young woman in boulder colo coping with the sudden death of her fianc who she discovers had another secret life although there are signs that the firsttime director susannah grant screenwriter of erin brockovich was reaching for something more layered than a formulaic chick flick the story never achieves basic credibility at least its affection for its characters doesnt seem cynical stephen holden children of men r 100 minutes the end is nigh in this superbly directed political thriller by alfonso cuarn about a nervously plausible future based on the p d james book the film stars an excellent clive owen and features equally sterling support from the actors michael caine danny huston and chiwetel ejiofior among others as well as the great cinematographer emmanuel lubezki dargis the departed r 150 minutes martin scorseses cubistic entertainment about men divided by power loyalty and their own selves is at once a success and a relief based on the crackling hong kong thriller infernal affairs it features fine twinned performances from matt damon and leonardo dicaprio and a showboating jack nicholson dargis dreamgirls pg13 131 minutes the broadway musical arrives on the screen capably directed by bill condon ardently acted and sung by jamie foxx eddie murphy beyonc knowles and especially jennifer hudson but undone by mediocre and anachronistic songs scott epic movie pg13 86 minutes a cheap dumb parody of expensive dumb movies scott god grew tired of us pg 90 minutes this sober uplifting documentary which won two major awards at last years sundance film festival follows the resettlement in the united states of three sudanese young men uprooted as children by the civil war handsomely photographed and inspirational but not cloyingly so it is the rare contemporary documentary that doesnt leave a residue of cynicism and outrage holden the italian pg13 99 minutes in russian this dark fairy tale from russia pulls you into a richly atmospheric persuasively inhabited world teeming with young foundlings and pathos and upended by one remarkable little boy dargis the last king of scotland r 121 minutes kevin macdonald paints a queasily enjoyable portrait of the ugandan dictator idi amin from inside the palace walls forest whitaker plays the mad king while james mcavoy plays the fool dargis letters from iwo jima r 141 minutes in japanese another masterwork from clint eastwoods astonishing late period and one of the best war movies ever ken watanabe is especially fine as the general commanding japanese troops in the doomed defense of the island of iwo jima scott little children r 130 minutes todd fields adaptation of tom perrottas novel of suburban adultery is unfailingly intelligent and faultlessly acted kate winslet and patrick wilson are superb as the parents of young children who meet at the playground and enact a twohanded variation on madame bovary against a backdrop of social paranoia and middleclass malaise scott little miss sunshine r 101 minutes a bittersweet comedy of dysfunction that takes place at the terminus of the american dream the excellent cast includes greg kinnear steve carell toni collette paul dano and that national treasure alan arkin dargis mafioso no rating 99 minutes in italian this 1962 film revived by rialto pictures is a rambunctious astonishing blend of farce thriller and social satire the director alberto lattuada follows an upandcoming fiat manager alberto sordi on a visit from milan to his native village in sicily his homecoming is full of surprises painful for him altogether delightful for the audience scott notes on a scandal r 92 minutes judi dench and cate blanchett play a misogynistic game of cat and mouse from which no one emerges unscathed including the audience adapted by patrick marber from a novel by zo heller and directed by richard eyre dargis pans labyrinth r 119 minutes in spanish guillermo del toros tale of a young girls ordeal in postcivilwar fascist spain is either a fairy tale in the guise of a political allegory or vice versa in either case it is a moving enchanting strange and humane example of popular art at its very best scott the painted veil pg13 125 minutes nicely directed by john curran this version of the w somerset maugham novel draws you in by turning a distaff bildungsroman into a fine romance with naomi watts and edward norton dargis primeval r 94 minutes a giant crocodile named gustave terrorizes western journalists in wartorn burundi not as much fun as it might have been but not as terrible either scott the pursuit of happyness pg13 117 minutes how you respond to this fairy tale in realist drag may depend on whether you find will smiths performances so overwhelmingly winning that you buy the idea that poverty is a function of bad luck and bad choices and success the result of heroic toil and dreams dargis the queen pg13 103 minutes directed by stephen frears from a very smart script by peter morgan and starring a magnificent helen mirren in the title role the queen pries open a window in the house of windsor around the time of the death of diana princess of wales blending fact with fiction dargis regular lovers no rating 175 minutes in french philippe garrels tender portrait of late1960s french youth stars the filmmakers son louis garrel as a 20yearold parisian struggling through the fires of revolutionary promise and its smoldering remains magnificent dargis screamers r 89 minutes in english and armenian carla garapedians invigorating documentary takes as its jumpingoff point the 1915 massacre of armenian christians by the ottoman empire of turkey focusing on the armenianamerican band system of a down and its attempts to raise awareness about global suffering the director traces the historical path of genocide in a film thats part rockumentary part howl of outrage jeannette catsoulis seraphim falls r 111 minutes archetypes and symbols solemnly parade through seraphim falls a handsome oldfashioned western of few words and heavy meanings that unfolds with the sanctimonious grandeur of a biblical allegory in this drama of pursuit revenge and forgiveness set in 1868 pierce brosnan and liam neeson are soldiers who fought on opposite sides of the civil war and are now engaged in a lifeanddeath chase that takes them from the ruby mountains of nevada to a final showdown in the desert holden smokin aces r 107 minutes absolute garbage scott stomp the yard pg13 109 minutes brotherhood is powerful in this sometimes compelling sometimes complacent movie about stepping and africanamerican fraternity life at an atlanta institution called truth university d j columbus short a streetstyle dancer needs to find his place in a university ruled by gammas and thetas and stepping rachel saltz tears of the black tiger no rating 113 minutes in thai a western weepie from thailand filmed in garish color in spite of the relentless genre pastiche it has a charming sincerity scott 2 or 3 things i know about him no rating 85 minutes in german and slovak in this probing documentary malte ludin inquires into the history of his own family a typical german story including a nazi father executed for war crimes and siblings in various forms of denial an ambiguous disturbing portrait emerges of several generations contending with the legacy of the recent german past scott venus r 91 minutes a modest diverting touching tale of a young woman who attracts the interest avuncular and also erotic of an aging actor played with effortless aplomb by the great peter otoole scott volver r 121 minutes in spanish another keeper from pedro almodvar with penlope cruz as a resilient widow in her best role to date scott film series the cinema of donald cammell tonight through sunday best known for his 1970 genderbending gangster film performance which he codirected with nicolas roeg donald cammell moved back and forth between commercial filmmaking and the avantgarde with subversive ease a retrospective of his exceedingly strange work starts tonight at the walter reade with a double bill of performance starring mick jagger and james fox and the reconstructed directors cut of cammells final feature the 1995 wild side a documentary study of cammel the ultlimate performance directed by kevin macdonald and chris rodley will be screened on sunday and monday accompanied by the 14minute short the argument cammells last completed work walter reade theater 165 west 65th street lincoln center 212 9755600 filmlincorg 10 dave kehr documentary fortnight expanded momas annual festival of nonfiction film tonight through thursday the museum of modern arts yearly survey of documentary film settles in for a monthlong run with tonights new york premiere of forever heddy honigmanns study of the paris cemetery prelachaise and the united states premiere of avinash deshpandes great indian school show about the headmaster of a boarding school in india who maintains discipline with the help of 85 video cameras installed in the classrooms through march 2 museum of modern art roy and niuta titus theaters 212 7089400 momaorg 10 kehr ennio morricone in connection with an appearance at radio city by this legendary italian composer of movie music two local institutions are holding retrospectives of films that he worked on a series of six features at moma continues tonight with a screening of the mission 1986 directed by roland joff and ends on wednesday with sergio leones once upon a time in america 1984 a more extensive series at film forum begins tonight with a new 35millimeter print of elio petris politically charged 1970 thriller investigation of a citizen above suspicion and continues through the week with rarities like mario bavas danger diabolik 1967 on tuesday and sergio corbuccis spaghetti western navajo joe starring burt reynolds on wednesday museum of modern art roy and niuta titus theaters 212 7089400 momaorg 10 film forum 209 west houston street west of avenue of the americas south village 212 7278110 filmforumorg 1050 kehr my dinner with andr and shaft thursday a double feature to remember as moma brings back two of the most popular films in the museums recent made in ny program louis malles 1981 twohanded philosophical comedy my dinner with andr starring wallace shawn and andr gregory and gordon parkss urban thriller shaft 1971 with richard roundtree as a harlem detective museum of modern art roy and niuta titus theaters 212 7089400 momaorg 10 kehr pop full reviews of recent concerts nytimescommusic avengers tomorrow a seminal 1970s punk band the avengers from san francisco had a brief life but a lasting influence over razorblade guitars penelope houston howled against authority ask not what you can do for your countrywhats your country been doing to you and demonstrated to countless young women the liberating power of anger and insolence this show at the bowery ballroom with ms houston and the original avengers guitarist greg ingraham is the only scheduled united states appearance on its latest reunion tour at 9 pm 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 13 in advance 15 at the door ben sisario awesome color tomorrow this bands myspace page gives its location as bushwick brooklyn via southeastern michigan a pretty accurate geographical summary of its gruff retro garageblues selfconsciously noisy in a way only new york rock can be yet heavily indebted to the stooges and the mc5 with the trophy wives and dirty faces at 8 pm cake shop 152 ludlow street between stanton and rivington streets lower east side 212 2530036 cakeshopcom 7 sisario david byrne tonight through sunday he may have set a still unsurpassed standard with talking heads for artpop that is as arty as it is truly poppy but mr byrnes influence reaches much wider than the rock world into theater film and especially world music he also has the best blog of any rock star at davidbyrnecom for his perspectives series at carnegie hall he acts as both performer and host tonight he presents a multigenerational experimentalfolk bill with devendra banhart vashti bunyan cibelle adem cocorosie and vetiver tomorrow mr byrne plays songs from here lies love his new multimedia cycle about imelda marcos and sunday is an intriguing program exploring music built around a single note featuring the ensemble alarm will sound the persianamerican singer haale and the french singer camille whose ingenious album le fil is a series of vocal variations linked by a constant hummed tone a b tonight and tomorrow night at 8 carnegie hall sunday at 730 pm zankel hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 21 to 70 sisario barbara carroll sunday and monday this ageless queen of genteel piano bar jazz plays everything from sondheim to monk with grace and authority she sings too her rendition of old friends from merrily we roll along will bring tears to your eyes sunday at 2 pm monday at 8 pm oak room at the algonquin hotel 59 west 44th street manhattan 212 4199331 algonquinhotelcom 58 on sunday with brunch at noon 40 on monday with a 40 dinner or a 20 minimum stephen holden cat power sunday and monday for her most recent album the greatest matador chan marshall the superbly rueful singer known as cat power recorded with a group of veteran memphis soul players yielding some of the most stirring and happiest music of her career performing solo she is spellbindingly intense and mercurial at 7 pm hiro ballroom at the maritime hotel 371 west 16th street chelsea 212 2604700 bowerypresentscom 25 sold out on sunday sisario bo diddley wednesday when bo diddley plays his namesake beat and growls the metaphysical boasts of who do you love its easy to hear the fire and syncopation that made him a rock pioneer behind them is a profound education in the blues at 8 pm b b kings blues club grill 243 west 42nd street manhattan 212 9974144 bbkingbluescom 3250 in advance 35 at the door jon pareles egyptian lover tonight one of the principals of the early los angeles hiphop scene greg broussard a k a the egyptian lover sticks to the verities of mid1980s electrofunk robotic beats straight out of the kraftwerk playbook crowdpleasing turntable tricks and leering growled vocals borrowed from prince and rick james at 10 studio b 259 banker street between meserole avenue and calyer street greenpoint brooklyn 718 3891880 clubstudiobcom 8 sisario richie havens tonight an unswerving 1960s holdout mr havens is still strumming his guitar with untrammeled momentum still singing in his grainy baritone and still bringing earnest drama out of protests and stubborn optimism at 8 metropolitan museum of art 212 5703949 metmuseumorg 45 pareles essie jain wednesday a british singer and songwriter who lives in brooklyn ms jain builds stark miniatures out of a few light strums of guitar and her haunting alto on her captivating new album we made this ourselves ba da bing her voice is multitracked in precise harmonies that can be warm or ghostly with mike wexler and ramona cordova at 8 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 tonicnyccom 8 sisario toby keith tonight a multimillionselling country star whose everpresent smirk is framed by some manicured stubble and a cowboy hat mr keith excels equally in saltoftheearth patriotic proclamations the american soldier and saltoftheearth saturdaynight proclamations get drunk and be somebody with miranda lambert who was robbed of a victory on nashville star a few years ago but triumphed with a hit album kerosene at 730 continental airlines arena east rutherford nj 201 9353900 meadowlandscom 27 to 68 sisario kiki and herb sunday a few years ago kiki and herb the worlds most brilliantly perverse cabaret duo played their farewell show at carnegie hall then came a run on broadway and some latenight gigs at joes pub and the annual inimitable christmas show highlight a medley of smells like teen spirit and frosty the snowman kiki and herb cant stay away from the stage and new york is the better for it their joes pub series continues with a super bowl special at 930 pm 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 20 sisario lincoln centers american songbook tonight tomorrow wednesday and thursday now in its ninth season this series has greatly expanded from its origins as a home for the midcentury pantheon of harold arlen richard rodgers and the like tonight is a tribute to the songwriters alan and marilyn bergman you dont bring me flowers the windmills of your mind with brian stokes mitchell sandy stewart melissa errico tyne daly lillias white and somebody named tony bennett tomorrow john pizzarelli offers the new york premiere of his show dear mr sinatra wednesday features the cherryholmes bluegrass family thats mom dad and four kids and on thursday is calexico a band from tucson that began on the avantgarde edge of indierock but has eagerly absorbed country surf guitar mariachi and fado tonight and wednesday night at 830 tomorrow at 830 and 1030 pm and thursday at 730 and 930 pm allen room frederick p rose hall broadway at 60th street 212 7216500 lincolncenterorg 30 to 80 sisario maude maggart tonight and tomorrow night and tuesday through thursday nights in her mustsee cabaret show good girlbad girl this 31yearold singer a knockout in a red dress uses an astutely chosen selection of songs to explore conflicting female sexual stereotypes from the perspective of a young woman who understands but rejects abject surrender to a man high point joan baezs love song to a stranger at 9 with additional shows tonight and tomorrow night at 1130 oak room at the al gonquin hotel 59 west 44th street manhattan 212 4199331 algonquinhotelcom 60 cover 25 minimum with 65 dinner required for the early shows tonight and tomorrow night holden james mcmurtry dave alvin tonight mr mcmurtry packs a lot of story into his lowkey songs tales of loners and losers adrift in wideopen spaces his voice is deadpan but his characters survive grand struggles in the blasters in x and on his own mr alvin has written and sung about outcasts lovers and criminals some of the people who share the road with an itinerant musician he sets his narratives in country and rockabilly tunes that strive for classic american simplicity though his words detail an uncertain moral landscape at 8 bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 22 pareles rita moreno tonight and tomorrow night and tuesday through thursday nights if at 75 you look as fresh and unbowed as rita moreno you may as well flaunt your age which is what ms moreno does with zest and humor in little tributes her breezy new cabaret act the show is a smooth comfortable ride with a performer who knows who she is at 845 with additional shows tonight and tomorrow night at 1045 caf carlyle carlyle hotel 35 east 76th street manhattan 212 7441600 thecarlylecom 70 tonight and tomorrow 50 at the bar 65 tuesday through thursday 40 at the bar holden ennio morricone tomorrow this colossus of film music makes an inexplicably late american debut with this concert conducting a 200piece orchestra and chorus in his hits at 8 pm radio city music hall 212 3077171 radiocitycom 60 to 200 sisario jonathan richman tonight through sunday night no rock star delivers intimacy like mr richman the eternally youthful and eternally nebbishy granddaddy of new wave and indie rock he fell in love with the acoustic guitar decades ago and backed up by the tiniest of bands a drummer playing a snare and little more he sings of simple pleasures lost and found with tiptoe dynamics he finishes a fournight stand kicking off the knitting factorys 20thanniversary celebration at 8 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193006 knittingfactorycom 20 in advance 23 at the door sisario martin sexton tuesday this singer and songwriter can groan like an alternative rocker slide like a soul man or leap up to a pearly falsetto singing about restlessness and love while he picks syncopations on his guitar mr sexton can turn an ordinary song into a jazzy showcase and a good one into a transmission from the heart at 7 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 20 pareles rod stewart thursday his four great american songbook albums may not represent the most distinguished readings of those songs ditto his bob seger and creedence clearwater revival on the recent still the same great rock classics of our time j but when rod stewart lets go of his smugness that whisky tenor of his can be a powerful interpretive instrument doesnt happen often though at 8 pm madison square garden 212 4656741 thegardencom 55 to 12950 sisario justin timberlake wednesday like michael jackson or prince mr timberlake is the kind of pop star who makes it all look easy but even more endearing the guy can truly make fun of himself his brilliant saturday night live skit with andy samberg broadcast in bleeped form and uncensored on the internet was the equivalent of a chummy highfive with his audience opening the show is pink the spark plug who once bragged of getting the party started and now ridicules stupid girls who torture themselves for men at 8 pm madison square garden 212 4656741 thegardencom sold out sisario vieux farka tour thursday who knew that ali farka tour the malian guitar sage who died a year ago had a son ready to take on the family legacy vieux farka tour 25 began playing guitar in secret because his father had wanted him to become a soldier dad eventually relented and entrusted his sons education to a friend the visionary kora player toumani diabat mr tours selftitled first album to be released this month by world village is an impressive reflection of the spare trancelike blues of his father and here he makes his new york debut at 730 and 930 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 15 sisario jazz full reviews of recent jazz concerts nytimescommusic eric alexander quartet tonight and tomorrow night the tenor saxophonist eric alexander favors the smart surging hard bop of the 1950s and 60s his quartet includes the veteran pianist harold mabern as well as the experienced rhythm team of john webber on bass and joe farnsworth on drums at 8 and 945 kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 kitanocom cover 20 with a 10 minimum nate chinen stefano bollani tuesday mr bollani a charismatic italian pianist has a new album piano solo ecm that ranges in tone from pensive to puckish its a breadth of temperament he is likely to cover here as well at 8 pm teatro of the italian academy at columbia university 1161 amsterdam avenue at 118th street morningside heights 212 8541623 or rw2115columbiaedu email for reservations 20 10 for students chinen steve cardenas trio sunday steve cardenas a guitarist with a flexible modern style engages with an established and accomplished rhythm team ben allison on bass and matt wilson on drums at 930 and 1045 pm 55 bar 55 christopher street near seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 55barcom cover 10 chinen larry coryell victor bailey and lenny white tonight through sunday night an allstar fusion trio with a potent formula guitar heroism courtesy of mr coryell plus bass wizardry mr bailey plus percussive intensity mr white equals surging power at 830 and 1030 iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen peter evans sunday and tuesday mr evans an intense and focused trumpeter performs in two experimental ensembles mostly other people do the killing a collaborative effort with the bassist moppa elliott the saxophonist jon irabagon and the drummer kevin shea and his own quartet with mr shea the guitarist brandon seabrook and the bassist tom blancarte sunday at 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 tuesday at 10 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 tonicnyccom cover 10 chinen john fedchock new york big band tuesday the trombonist and arranger john fedchock has led this hardcharging group for the better part of two decades the band which has just released its fourth album on the reservoir label includes veteran players like the saxophonist scott robinson the trumpeter tony kadleck and the trombonist clark gayton at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen joe fiedler trio tonight on his recent album joe fiedler trio plays the music of albert mangelsdorff clean feed mr fiedler offers a stark but involving tribute to one of his trombone heroes his trio here includes john hebert on bass and owen howard on drums at 9 and 1030 cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 10 with a 6 minimum chinen gold sounds tuesday through thursday pavement the quintessential lowfi indierock band gets a groove makeover from the saxophonist james carter the pianist cyrus chestnut the bassist reginald veal and the drummer ali jackson through feb 11 at 730 and 930 pm dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 jalcorg wednesday at 730 is sold out cover 30 with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar chinen gil goldstein tonight mr goldstein is known for his inventive and efficient arranging which has recently assisted projects such as sfjazz collective here he pares down for a solo recital at fazioli salon a series at the klavierhaus piano workshop at 8 klavierhaus 211 west 58th street midtown 212 2454535 pianoculturecom 25 chinen donald harrison quartetmulgrew miller trio tonight through sunday night two satisfying bands each with an assertive and soulful guide donald harrison an alto saxophonist equally steeped in bebop and new orleans groove and mulgrew miller a modern pianist with roots in mississippi blues at 8 and 1030 blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 25 at tables 15 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen eddie henderson quartet tonight and tomorrow night the trumpeter eddie henderson digs into an assertive hardbop mode with a band well equipped for the challenge david kikoski a pianist doug weiss a bassist and billy hart a drummer at 8 10 and 1130 smoke 2751 broadway at 106th street 212 8646662 smokejazzcom cover 25 chinen ari hoenig tonight and tomorrow night mr hoenig an irrepressibly kinetic drummer celebrates the release of inversations dreyfus an album that establishes his adroitness as a composer while underscoring his rapport with the pianist jeanmichel pilc at 10 smalls 183 west 10th street west village 212 6757369 fatcatjazzcom cover 20 chinen music of the spirit 2007 tomorrow the africana studies committee of long island university and the central brooklyn jazz consortium have teamed up to present this concert which wraps up a conference on the african diaspora in addition to the trumpeter ahmed abdullah leading his band ebonic tones the program will feature the haitian singer emeline michel the bahia allstars an afrobeat ensemble led by the drummer jojo kuo and an afrolatin quartet led by the pianist arturo ofarrill at 7 pm kumble theater for the performing arts long island university flatbush avenue and dekalb avenue brooklyn 718 4881624 wwwkumbletheaterorg 35 sudents and seniors 15 chinen new languages festival tomorrow night advancing an ideal of crossfertilization this series is organized partly by the alto saxophonist aaron ali shaikh who performs tomorrow with the bassist john hebert and the drummer randy peterson an earlier set will feature two rivers led by the trumpeter and santoor player amir elsaffar and featuring zaafer tawil on oud rudresh mahanthappa on saxophone and nasheet waits on drums among others at 830 and 10 rose live music 345 grand street between havemeyer and marcy streets williamsburg 646 6442766 newlanguagesorg 10 chinen gretchen parlato tonight and monday night ms parlato is a cosmopolitan singer with sharp musical instincts as she demonstrates with the help of aaron parks keyboardist alan hampton bassist and kendrick scott drummer tonight at 6 55 bar 55 christopher street near seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 55barcom no cover monday at 8 and 1030 blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 10 at tables 5 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen the pavone show part ii sunday jessica pavone a violinist and violist with an increasingly prominent profile in avantgarde circles introduces a pair of compositions meridian and the darkest hour for a small chamber ensemble she also performs a set with the pavones a group in which she plays bass guitar with cohorts like the guitarist mary halvorson and the saxophonist matt bauder at 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen mario pavone wednesday mr pavone a bassist and composer leads a version of the pavones on his fine recent album deez to blues playscape steven bernstein on trumpet charles burnham on violin marcus rojas on tuba and michael sarin on drums at 8 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 a set chinen eric reed quintet tuesday through thursday the pianist eric reed applies his trademark sophistication to the sound of a quintet featuring seamus blake and stacey dillard on saxophones gerald cannon on bass and willie jones iii on drums through feb 11 at 9 and 11 pm village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south at 11th street west village 212 2554037 villagevanguardcom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen marc ribot mary halvorson and ches smith wednesday ms halvorson who programmed this months performance calendar at the stone invites a prominent fellow guitarist mr ribot to join her in an exploratory exchange mr smith a rockoriented drummer adds fuel to the fire at 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen herlin riley and friends tonight through sunday night few contemporary jazz drummers groove as naturally as mr riley who will preside over a quartet of other musicians with ties to wynton marsalis the tenor saxophonist and clarinetist victor goines the pianist eric reed and the bassist reginald veal at 730 and 930 with 1130 sets tonight and tomorrow dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 jalcorg cover 30 with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar chinen ned rothenbergs sync thursday ned rothenberg is a saxophonist clarinetist flutist and composer with a penchant for insistent frictions this engagement marks the release of inner diaspora tzadik featuring jerome harris on bass and guitar samir chatterjee on percussion erik friedlander on cello and mark feldman on violin at 8 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 tonicnyccom cover 12 chinen brad shepik tomorrow on his upcoming album places you go songlines this guitarist leads a hammond b3 organ trio with gary versace on organ and tom rainey on drums at 830 pm center for improvisational music 295 douglass street between third and fourth avenues park slope brooklyn 212 6315882 schoolforimprovorg cover 12 chinen sculptured sounds music festival sunday the bassist reggie workman presides over this series with his own ensemble featuring vocals by amiri baraka spoken and leena conquist mostly sung opening the festivities are two sturdy trios brew featuring miya masaoka on koto mr workman on bass and gerry hemingway on drums and bassdrumbone with mr hemingway the bassist mark helias and the trombonist ray anderson at 7 pm saint peters lutheran church lexington avenue at 54th street 212 6425277 suggested donation 20 chinen john tchicai quintet wednesday and thursday the danish saxophonist and clarinetist john tchicai developed a reputation for fiery exertions during the first wave of free jazz but good night songs boxholder a recent album with the saxophonist charlie kohlhase and the guitarist garrison fewell often conveys a tender intimacy for this engagement the bassist cecil mcbee and the drummer billy hart provide an earthy foundation through feb 10 at 9 and 11 pm birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 birdlandjazzcom cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen yosvany terry thursday mr terry a saxophonist and percussionist chases postbop ideals without abandoning the pull of his native cuba his group here includes yunior terry his brother on bass osmany paredes on piano and pedro martinez marvin diz and mauricio in various percussive roles through feb 10 at 9 and 1030 pm jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 15 chinen charles tolliver big band tonight and tomorrow night the trumpeter charles tolliver recently ended a long dry spell with this band an upgraded edition of his harddriving orchestra of the 1970s this engagement celebrates the release of a strong new album with love blue note that seals mr tollivers comeback with a kiss at 730 930 and 1130 jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 30 chinen kevin uehlinger quartet tomorrow biochemistry and the i ching are hardly common themes in jazz but kevin uehlinger a keyboardist has used aspects of both in his compositional framework he has also used musicians independent enough to strain against those constrictions the trumpeter sam hoyt the bassist keith witty and the drummer harris eisenstadt at 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen matt wilsons arts and crafts wednesday and thursday the scenic route palmetto is the latest appealing album by this band led by the drummer matt wilson and featuring the trumpeter terell stafford the pianist and organist gary versace and the bassist dennis irwin through feb 11 at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen classical full reviews of recent music performances nytimescommusic opera la bohme tomorrow the tenor marcello giordani did not sing flawlessly when he took over the role of rodolfo recently in the metropolitan operas revival of its crowdpleasing franco zeffirelli production of puccinis bohme but he may be the best we have right now in the lyric yet fullbodied puccini and verdi tenor roles and he can certainly bring rich sound and stylistic elegance to rodolfos ardent vocal lines cristina gallardodoms is his earthyvoiced but expressive mim at 130 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg sold out anthony tommasini cavalleria rusticana and pagliacci tomorrow and wednesday perennially beloved and always hardhitting cavpag offers two fine sopranos in dolora zajick and krassimira stoyanova as well as the notable tenor salvatore licitra tomorrow at 8 pm wednesday at 730 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 42 to 220 tomorrow 15 to 175 on wednesday bernard holland jenufa tonight and tuesday night the finnish soprano karita mattila is riveting in the title role of janaceks grim insightful and by the end consoling czech opera jenufa the mets revival of its 2003 production by olivier tambosi ms mattilas gleaming voice is ideal for this character a trusting young woman in a moravian village who has become pregnant by her cousin the german soprano anja silja is at once terrifying and pitiable as jenufas stepmother kostelnicka jiri belohlavek conducts a sensitive and sweeping account of janaceks score presented in its 1908 version at 8 metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 15 to 205 tommasini i puritani monday and thursday the reason the met dusted off its stodgy old 1976 production of bellinis puritani and the one compelling reason to see it is anna netrebko this glamorous duskyvoiced russian soprano makes an affecting and vocally lustrous elvira the daughter of a stern puritan father during the english civil war whose sanity slips away when she thinks her adored arturo a royalist sympathizer is unfaithful ms netrebko may not be a bel canto purists ideal but she sings excitingly and stops the show with her act ii mad scene on the illnessplagued opening night only the fine bassbaritone john relyea singing elviras kindly uncle despite grappling with remnants of bronchitis was in the same dramatic class as the star patrick summers conducts at 730 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg sold out tommasini il signor bruschino tomorrow the gotham chamber opera presents a stylish witty and genuinely funny new production of rossinis oneact farce il signor bruschino the action is updated to the via veneto of rome around 1960 with felliniesque touches like priests and vespas the goodlooking and talented cast members have fearless fun with the bel canto fireworks while robin guarinos sharp directing means bruschino a typical opera buffa of mistaken identities is far more than mere slapstick at 8 pm abrons arts center 466 grand street at pitt street lower east side 212 2794200 gothamchamberoperaorg 30 to 65 vivien schweitzer classical music alloy orchestra wednesday and thursday a small orchestra indeed alloy is a threeman ensemble devoted to creating soundtracks for classic silent films using instruments from synthesizers to literally a rack of junk percussion in highculture parlance the winter garden is presenting three of its specialties blackmail hitchcocks last silent film on wednesday the eagle with rudolph valentino on thursday and the general with buster keaton a week from tonight at 7 pm winter garden world financial center west street south of vesey street lower manhattan 212 9450505 worldfinancialcentercom free anne midgette artemis quartet wednesday this exciting berlinbased string quartet does not come to new york often enough its program may seem heavyduty but it is sure to be engrossing weberns langsamer satz should be an ideal warmup for beethovens quartet in e minor op 59 no 2 after intermission the quartet takes on schoenbergs extraordinary quartet no 1 at 730 pm zankel hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 32 to 44 tommasini bargemusic tonight through sunday this floating concert hall is featuring the pianistconductor vladimir stoupel and the violinist judith ingolfsson playing works that while not new will receive their united states premieres tonight a solo recital by mr stoupel includes a piece by peter ruzicka former head of the salzburg festival ausgeweidet die zeit 1969 as well as works by schubert and schumann tomorrow and sunday ms ingolfsson joins the pianist for an offerto by haflidi hallgrimsson as well as sonatas by schumann and schubert and ravels tzigane tonight and tomorrow night at 730 sunday at 4 pm fulton ferry landing next to the brooklyn bridge brooklyn 718 6242083 bargemusicorg 35 20 for students 30 for 65 tonight only midgette brooklyn philharmonic tomorrow the brooklyn philharmonic led by michael christie looks down under for inspiration in a concert that opens its 53rd season the program earth awakened begins with mangrove and earth cry by the australian composer peter sculthorpe featuring his compatriot william barton on didgeridoo the orchestra will then be joined by nicholas leichters dance troupe which will perform a premiere set to stravinskys rite of spring at 8 pm brooklyn academy of music 30 lafayette avenue at ashland place fort greene 718 6364100 brooklynphilharmonicorg 20 to 60 10 for students schweitzer choir and orchestra of st ignatius loyola wednesday kent tritle conducts a feast of the baroque from the roman catholic church including pieces by domenico zipoli toms luis de victoria and vivaldi at 8 pm church of st ignatius loyola park avenue at 84th street 212 2882520 saintignatiusloyolaorg 25 to 45 holland composer portrait frank zappa tonight even in the early days of his rock career frank zappa was fascinated by contemporary composers and began to assemble a catalog of orchestral chamber and keyboard scores some of those along with arrangements of some of zappas more farreaching rock works are included in this installment of the miller theaters composer portraits series the performers are the fireworks ensemble and the zephyros winds at 8 broadway at 116th street morningside heights 212 8547799 millertheatercom 25 12 for students allan kozinn concertante sunday the pianist adam neiman joins the six string soloists of this acclaimed young ensemble for dvoraks second piano quartet and bagatelles for two violins cello and harmonium on a program that also includes erwin schulhoffs string sextet at 3 pm merkin concert hall 129 west 67th street manhattan 212 5013330 kaufmancenterorg 20 midgette lise de la salle tomorrow still a teenager this gifted french pianist has been making waves for several years with big strong impressive playing peoples symphony concerts presents her in a program that contrasts mozart and prokofiev who are also the focus of a forthcoming recording by ms de la salle at 8 pm washington irving high school irving place at 16th street manhattan 212 5864680 pscnyorg 9 midgette the electronic shofar tomorrow the shofar an ancient instrument made from a rams horn is heard these days most frequently during the jewish high holy day services but some contemporary composers have found its strong piercing timbre useful among them alvin curran and bob gluck who have each created works that combine the shofars timbre with electronic sound processing they share a concert at which they will perform their recent shofar works at 8 pm judson memorial church 55 washington square south greenwich village 888 7499998 emforg 10 suggested donation kozinn till fellner thursday the sensitive and resourceful austrian pianist till fellner is next in the met museums piano forte series his performances of works by beethoven bach and schubert should be rewarding count on his survey of bachs threepart inventions to be exquisite at least on the basis of his distinguished recording of bachs welltempered clavier book i at 8 pm metropolitan museum of art 212 5703949 metmuseumorg 40 tommasini flux quartet thursday this enterprising newmusic quartet offers works by skip laplante alvin lucier bunita marcus roscoe mitchell elliott sharp and tom chiu at 8 pm merkin concert hall 129 west 67th street manhattan 212 5013330 kaufmancenterorg 10 7 for students kozinn focus festival tonight the juilliard schools annual newmusic festival turns its sights this year on hungarian music since bartok the closing program includes two of hungarys most famous composers gyorgy kurtag and gyorgy ligeti as well as two others endre szervanszky and laszlo tihanyi who are less well known but judging by this festivals track record are likely to be worth investigating diego masson conducts the juilliard orchestra at 8 peter jay sharp theater 155 west 65th street lincoln center 212 7697406 juilliardedu free but tickets are required kozinn new york collegium thursday musicians often perform and teach in schools but they rarely bring students onstage with them for five years the new york collegium has worked with students in kindergarten through the eighth grade at the ella baker school on thursday the children will join the earlymusic specialists of the collegium for ancient and traditional tunes from around the world a concert of music from medieval europe renaissance spain and north america at 730 pm miller theater broadway at 116th street morningside heights 212 7179246 nycollegiumorg 30 schweitzer new york festival of song wednesday and thursday offering a smorgasbord of song seasoned with steven bliers smart and witty commentary from the keyboard this recital series sometimes goes back to dishes it has done well with before dvorak and the american soul is a recapitulation from 2002 the program presents works by dvorak and his american students like harry t burleigh and will marion cook at 8 pm weill recital hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 45 35 for 65 midgette new york philharmonic tonight tomorrow tuesday and thursday esapekka salonen the dynamic conductor of the los angeles philharmonic is in town for a program with our own philharmonic offering music by ravel mussorgsky and the world premiere of mr salonens piano concerto with yefim bronfman as soloist on tuesday for a hear and now program mr salonen will discuss his concerto with the composer steven stucky and then conduct a performance on thursday alan gilbert conducts works by daniel brtz debussy and beethoven the first piano concerto with lars vogt tonight and tomorrow night at 8 tuesday at 645 pm thursday at 730 pm avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 nyphilorg 28 to 96 10 to 35 on tuesday tommasini oratorio terezin wednesday and thursday ruth fazal an english violinist and composer who now lives in canada has written an oratorio about theresienstadt or terezin the concentration camp near prague for her text ms fazal used childrens poetry written at the camp as well as passages from the hebrew scriptures the performers include teresa maria gomez soprano huw priday tenor and nathaniel watson baritone with kirk trevor conducting the perspectives ensemble orchestra young peoples chorus of new york city singers from the new streams childrens choir of toronto and bratislava boys choir and the mendelssohn singers of toronto wednesday at 8 pm tilles center for the performing arts c w post campus of long island university brookville ny 516 2993100 tillescenterorg 25 to 50 thursday at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 25 to 50 kozinn orpheus chamber orchestra tuesday stanford olsen pays a visit in brittens ravishing serenade for tenor horn and strings martinu and mozart are the rest of the program at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 30 to 88 holland st lukes chamber ensemble sunday tuesday and thursday this ensemble is so popular that its concerts in april are already sold out and so are its performances next week at the morgan library if you havent snagged a ticket to the morgan try and catch the ensemble at the brooklyn museum where it will play the same program four five six includes mendelssohns quintet in a op 18 joan towers in memory and brahmss sextet op 18 sunday at 2 pm brooklyn museum 200 eastern parkway at prospect park 25 20 for museum members tuesday and thursday at 730 pm morgan library museum 225 madison avenue at 36th street sold out information 212 5946100 or oslmusicorg schweitzer jory vinikour sunday the music before 1800 series presents mr vinikour a parisbased american harpsichordist who will perform bachs partita in d and handels suite in g minor and chaconne in g mr vinikour who has appeared in recital with the singers david daniels magdalena kozena and anne sofie von otter has performed premieres of works by frank martin and harold meltzer at 4 pm corpus christi church 529 west 121st street morningside heights 212 6669266 mb1800org 25 to 40 5 off for students and 62 schweitzer dance full reviews of recent performances nytimescomdance big dance theater wednesday and thursday annieb parsons and paul lazar bigs wildly imaginative choreographer and director explore the stories of the contemporary novelist masuji ibuse just in time for the start of japan societys celebration of its yearlong centennial through feb 10 at 730 pm japan society 333 east 47th street manhattan 212 7151258 japansocietyorg 35 jennifer dunning cool new york 2007 tonight through sunday young soon kim the tireless producer of free dance showcase festivals is at it again part of the fun in addition to the grabbag serendipity of each event is her welcoming little studio theater tonight at 7 and 9 tomorrow at 2 7 and 9 pm sunday at 4 and 6 pm white waves john ryan theater 25 jay street dumbo brooklyn 212 8684444 smarttixcom dunning dance conversations the flea tuesday this free series of dance and talk begins with a program of work by four newish choreographers moderated by yoshiko chuma at 7 pm the flea theater 41 white street between church street and broadway tribeca 212 6456462 thefleaorg dunning dancewaves kids company thursday these child performers who dance decidedly grownup works will present a gala benefit program that includes excerpts from twyla tharps fugue the former tharp dancers john carrafa thomas rawe and jennifer wayrawe will also perform aat 730 pm kumble theater long island university brooklyn campus flatbush and dekalb avenues downtown brooklyn 718 5224696 dancewaveorg 50 and 100 dunning d d dorvillier tonight and tomorrow wednesday and thursday nights ms dorvillier describes her new nottthing is importanttt as a cinema performance incorporating video and a dark and sound environment whatever all that means ms dorvilliers wild intuitive and visual imagination is usually reason enough to take the plunge through feb 10 at 8 the kitchen 512 west 19th street chelsea 212 2555793 ext 11 thekitchenorg 12 dunning fridays noon today participants in the latest installment of this free danceandtalk series are regina nejman anna sperger and megan sprenger who will perform new and unfinished dances at noon harkness dance center 92nd street y 1395 lexington avenue 212 4155500 92yorg dunning hamburg ballet wednesday and thursday the ballet choreographer new york ballet fans love to hate john neumeier makes big operatic narrative ballets this one is death in venice which he describes as a free adaptation of the novella by thomas mann through feb 10 at 730 pm gilman opera house brooklyn academy of music 30 lafayette avenue at ashland place fort greene 718 6364100 bamorg 20 to 70 dunning bill t jonesarnie zane dance company tomorrow and sunday mr jones and his dancers like to provoke thought as well as enjoyment of the companys highpowered performing this engagement features another evening i bow down set to live music by daniel bernard roumain that blends funk heavy metal hiphop and classical influences tomorrow at 730 pm sunday at 3 pm new jersey performing arts center 1 center street newark 888 4665722 njpacorg 44 dunning kinetic dance theater tonight directed by joanna and ryan greer the company will perform ill take summer a new cabaretdance piece that celebrates that sunny season repeated feb 11 16 and 19 at 9 dont tell mama 343 west 46th street clinton 212 7570788 kineticdancetheaterorg 10 cover twodrink minimum dunning isabel lewiserika hand and katie workumwill rawls wednesday and thursday with four choreographers on tap this split bill seems almost like a sampler in disguise but with performers like mr rawls and ms lewis who are we to quibble through feb 10 at 730 pm dance theater workshop 219 west 19th street chelsea 212 9240077 dtworg 12 and 20 claudia la rocco miro magloires new chamber ballet tonight and tomorrow night mr magloires knowledge and love of music shine through his unaffected ballet choreography deborah lohse is guest choreographer at 830 city center studio 4 130 west 56th street manhattan 212 8684444 smarttixcom 20 10 for students and 65 dunning new york city ballet tonight through thursday tonights balanchine and robbins masters at work promises to be of special interest considering that it includes a major revival of jerome robbinss dark dybbuk and kyra nichols leading serenade george balanchines first american ballet partnered by philip neal in a fine cast that also includes ashley bouder maria kowroski and stephen hanna balanchines stravinsky violin concerto completes the program which will be repeated tomorrow and wednesday nights this week other programs are essential balanchine tomorrow afternoon and tribute to kirstein which includes balanchines sumptuous vienna waltzes sunday monday and thursday miranda weese whose retirement from the company at the end of the season will be a major loss was extraordinary in her musical phrasing and her daring in a recent performance of the frhlingsstimmen waltz in vienna waltzes she is scheduled to dance it again with an impressive benjamin millepied at all three performances this week through feb 25 tonight at 8 tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm sunday at 3 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 8705570 nycballetcom 30 to 82 dunning pilobolus dance theater tonight the dreamlike visual imagery and humor of pilobolus will be on view in a program that includes prism gnomen memento mori megawatt and the solo from empty suitor at 8 tilles center for the performing arts at long island universitys c w post campus route 25a brookville ny 516 2993100 tillescenterorg 40 to 65 37 to 62 for 65 dunning tamar rogoffs edith jenny tonight through sunday ms rogoffs piece alludes to the childhood friendship of her daughter ariel rogoff flavin and claire danes who trained in dance before becoming a film actress as well as roles each played as 11yearolds in films by jeff mueller tonight at 8 tomorrow at 5 and 8 pm sunday at 5 pm performance space 122 150 first avenue at ninth street east village 212 4775288 ps122org 20 15 for students and 65 dunning jill sigmanthinkdance thursday what have you broken what have you lost how do you want to die send your answers to rupture07gmailcom and then check out a performance of rupture to see how your thoughts fit into ms sigmans choreographic vision through feb 11 at 830 pm danspace project st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 6748194 10 and 15 la rocco syren tonight through sunday the company will present kate mehans abravanel a dance inspired by the culture music history and travels of the sephardic jews tonight and tomorrow night at 8 sunday at 2 pm ailey citigroup theater 405 west 55th street clinton 212 8684444 smarttixcom 25 15 for students and 65 dunning art museums and galleries are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of recent art shows nytimescomart museums american folk art museum martn ramrez through april 29 ramrez a mexican peasant who immigrated to northern california and died there at 68 in 1963 spent the last 32 years of his life in a mental hospital making some of the greatest art of the last century he had his own way with materials and color and an unforgettable cast of characters most notably a mounted caballero and a levitating madonna crowned like the statue of liberty but most of all ramrez had his own brand of pictorial space established by rhythmic systems of parallel lines both curved and straight whose mesmerizing expansions and contractions simultaneously cosset and isolate his figures in addition to being one of the seasons best exhibitions and the first of his work in a new york museum this show should render null and void the distinction between insider and outsider art 45 west 53rd street 212 2651040 roberta smith american museum of natural history gold through aug 19 this astounding array of art artifacts and natural samples larded with fascinating facts and tales ranges from prehistoric times to the present stops along the way include precolumbian empires sunken treasure and the moon landing it turns out that gold comes from the earth in forms as beautiful as anything man has thought to do with it central park west and 79th street 212 7695100 amnhorg smith grey art gallery semina culture wallace berman his circle through march 31 the artist wallace berman 192676 may ring only a faint bell to many new yorkers but he was a central charismatic figure in an underground of west coast artists and poets in the 1950s and 60s a collagist poet photographer and the publisher of an influential journal semina he inspired others to make art too sparking hidden aptitude in startling places after meeting him drifters movie stars exmarines and petty criminals found themselves starting to paint and write and a traveling love company of them has come to grey art gallery trailing dreams delusions and marijuana clouds new york university 100 washington square greenwich village 212 9986780 holland cotter guggenheim museum spanish painting from el greco to picasso time truth and history through march 28 this show is carried along on its sheer star power and optical finesse there are dozens of goyas and velzquezes and zurbarns and el grecos and riberas and dals and picassos many famous many not i cant tell you how often i was stopped by a picture so good or unexpected that it made me do a double take velzquezs painting of a dwarf is alone worth crossing a continent to see 1071 fifth avenue at 89th street 212 4233500 guggenheimorg michael kimmelman international center of photography henri cartierbressons scrapbook photographs 193246 through april 29 arrived by way of the fondation henri cartierbresson in paris this show has more than 300 of the prints the photographer glued into an album and toted to new york for curators at the museum of modern art to cull captured by the nazis he had been presumed dead when the modern planned his retrospective then he turned up alive the posthumous exhibition opened with him in attendance in 1947 the current exhibition reconstructs as best as possible the original layout of the scrapbook its an eyestraining affair but it surveys the revolutionary work he shot in spain italy mexico britain and france his taste for uncanny detail linked him to surrealism and surrealist wit but unlike many surrealists he remained committed to human values boys mug at his camera prostitutes swan their gazes equalize them with us 1133 avenue of the americas at 43rd street 212 8570000 icporg kimmelman international center of photography martin munkacsi think while you shoot through april 29 munkacsi who inspired cartierbresson was by contrast selftaught a creature of his own devising this is the most complete retrospective with a thick catalog not too well researched and dozens of vintage prints from the 1920s through the early 60s he favored scenes of daily life absorbing avantgarde ideas about odd angles and abstract compositions in 1928 he moved to berlin and traveled the world on assignment to brazil algeria and egypt munkacsi was a stylist and he made catchy images the only way he knew how in a modernist mode which being an opportunistic form could serve any master he became a celebrity in america he photographed fred astaire dancing and joan crawford poolside in the breezy layouts of harpers bazaar the work looked brilliant see above kimmelman the metropolitan museum of art glitter and doom german portraits from the 1920s through feb 19 the 100 paintings and drawings on display here are by 10 artists including george grosz christian schad and karl hubbuch and most conspicuously the unrelentingly savage otto dix and his magnificent other max beckmann in their works the weimar republics porous worlds reassemble we look into the faces of museum directors and cabaret performers society matrons and scarred war veterans prostitutes and jaded aristocrats who were watching their world slide from one cataclysm to the next 212 5357710 metmuseumorg smith the met one of a kind the studio craft movement through sept 3 focusing on the postwar development of artistcraftsmen this display of furniture glass ceramics metalwork jewelry and fiber includes funny quirky provocative and sometimes gorgeous things among its stars are a witty bust by the california funk ceramicist robert arneson 192092 portraying the mother of the 16thcentury painter and printmaker albrecht durer and bonnie seemans fetching ceramic coffeepot and tray whose mock cabbage leaves and rhubarb stalks evoke the genteel tradition of 18thcentury british and continental china but can also be read as human rather than vegetative tissue 212 5357710 metmuseumorg grace glueck museum of modern art doug aitken sleepwalkers through feb 12 produced in concert with creative time inc this monumental video projection screened nightly from 5 to 10 on three sides of the sleek exterior of the newly expanded museum of modern art consists of short silent and rather too glamorous meditations on the working nights of five emblematic new yorkers played somnolently by actors and musicians who include donald sutherland and tilda swinton but mr aitkens astute and restless cinematic ambition and commanding sense of scale are in full force especially in the more abstract portions of the piece resulting in a fitting ode to the city that never sleeps and that the camera has always loved 212 7089400 daily smith whitney museum of american art kiki smith a gathering 19802005 through feb 11 many things fly and float here men and women harpies and angels birds and beasts toadstools and stars and some things fall to earth or rather to the museums black stone floors maybe to rise again maybe not the whole show a midcareer retrospective suggests a victorian fairy tale its tone at once light grievous and dreamlike but fanciful as it is ms smiths art is also deeply corporeally realistic it wears moral and mortal seriousness on its sleeve if not tattooed on its wrist it is about life and death the essential things 945 madison avenue at 75th street 212 5703676 whitneyorg cotter galleries soho stephen g rhodes recurrency its great when someone gets ambitiously complicated and makes it work as the young los angelesbased artist stephen g rhodes does in his first solo show formally he juggles video sculpture photographs and drawings and hooks them up in a circling narrative that richochets from 19thcentury fiction to b films to hurricane katrina the play of history fiction and recent reality that results is memorably atmospheric guild greyshkul 28 wooster street 212 6259224 wwwguildgreyshkulcom through feb 10 cotter galleries chelsea pia maria martin haeri yoo yuhshioh wong a sense of dismemberment and its converse reassemblage courses through this nicely raucous show somewhat la dana schutz haeri yoo splays drawn and painted figures across walls and occasionally canvases intimating a picnic or maybe childbirth yuhshioh wongs polymorphous installation uses discarded materials especially wood mirrors and styrofoam to revisit cubism and surrealism at once in march to the gallows pia maria martins stopaction animation a bodiless chicken pulls itself together to the tune of berliozs symphonie fanatastique thomas erben gallery 526 west 26th street 212 7272050 thomaserbencom through feb 10 smith jacco olivier yet another painter working in animation might seem a little tiresome but these wistful filmed animations of loosely brushed seascapes and landscapes by jacco olivier are perfectly lovely it is no revelation that he is from the netherlands dutch artists more or less invented landscape imagery in the late 16th century this artist updates the genre taking us on colorful sensory journeys usually of no more than a minute through the towns and countryside around amsterdam the imagery is marvelously painterly with the individual frames sometimes bordering on abstraction though the narrative structure owes much to the techniques of film mr oliviers peculiar genius is to have effortlessly combined them marianne boesky gallery 509 west 24th street 212 6809889 wwwmarianboeskygallerycom through feb 17 benjamin genocchio amy yoes rearview mirror this threepart show progresses organically from black and white to ringing color small to large and still photography to installation and video as it goes the principles of setup photography are set in motion and enlarged to walkin scale if the small elegant photographs that get the ball rolling remain the strongest work the ensemble still brims with ambition and possibility michael steinberg fine art 529 west 26th street 212 9245770 wwwmichaelsteinbergfineartcom through feb 10 smith last chance john evans happy new year this show contains a winsome review of mr evanss 37year collageaday habit but the main event is the five rarely seen blackonrawcanvas paintings from the 1970s whose charcoal tones and collagelike arrangements of semiabstract textures and motifs from a swastika to caning to shag carpet are both lush and barbed they presage much that befell painting in the decade ahead pavel zoubok gallery 533 west 23rd street chelsea 212 6757490 wwwpavelzoubokcom closes tomorrow smith brent green paulina hollers mr green makes charmingly crude stopmotion animation shorts using woodcarved figurines found props and childish drawings an eyebrowraising selection of which is now at bellwether for his first new york solo show typically they deal with death though only 28 mr green has a sullenly melancholy bent thats generally at odds with the carefree fare produced by artists his age the inexplicable allure of these odd dark films is further enhanced by their unusual improvised soundtracks of the artists riffing on instruments with his buddies while yelling out a narration like a crazed preacher bellwether 134 10th avenue near 18th street chelsea 212 9295959 wwwbellwethergallerycom closes tomorrow genocchio robert irwin whos afraid of red yellow and blue 3 in the past robert irwin has paid homage to joseph albers now he makes a bow to a different kind of perceptual magician barnett newman turning newmans 196670 paintings titled whos afraid of red yellow and blue into a kind of selfreflective architecture optical illusionism has long been mr irwins calling card but here he has achieved it by barebones means offering quieting visual fare for an overstimulated world pacewildenstein 545 west 22nd street chelsea 212 9894258 pacewildensteincom closes tomorrow cotter portia munson green on the floor all manner of discarded plastic objects and cheap toys coalesce into a dense scatter piece that commemorates the fall of nature the rise of suburbia and the varied tonalities of indigenous if artificial green on the walls exquisite millefleurlike color photographs made on a scanner redirect setup photography back toward the experimental nature prints and photogenic drawings of the 19th century ppow 555 west 25th street chelsea 212 6471043 wwwppowgallerycom closes tomorrow smith scott reeder new work in his fourth new york gallery show the polymath artist scott reeder has returned to canvas from shaped styrofoam and lowered the cute quotient without forsaking either his sense of humor or his taste for slightly tarnished pastels he continues to riff on modernism as suggested by still life with grenades money in bed and a ken noland circle titled continuous hotdog this is a transitional show but the idea of mr reeder expanding his painting repertory while sharpening his acerbic edge is intriguing daniel reich gallery 537a west 23rd street chelsea 212 9244949 wwwdanielreichgallerycom through tomorrow smith the listings feb 9 feb 15 selective listings by critics of the new york times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the new york metropolitan region this week denotes a highly recommended film concert show or exhibition theater approximate running times are in parentheses theaters are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of current shows additional listings show times and tickets nytimescomtheater previews and openings adrift in macao in previews opens on tuesday primary stages presents christopher durang and peter melnicks new musical sendup of the sexy shadowy world of film noir 130 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 the coast of utopia salvage in previews opens on feb 18 tom stoppards epic trilogy about 19thcentury russian intelligentsia comes to an end with this final installment which once again stars a vigorous and immense cast including brian f obyrne jennifer ehle martha plimpton and ethan hawke jack obrien directs 230 vivian beaumont theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 2396200 dying city previews start on thursday opens on march 4 lincoln center presents a new play by christopher shinn four about a therapist who receives a visit from her deceased husbands twin brother 130 mitzi e newhouse theater lincoln center 150 west 65th street 212 3627600 the gazillion bubble show fan yan holds the worlds record for the largest bubble ever blown and in an even more amazing feat hes parlayed this oddball stunt into a bubblethemed familyfriendly show 200 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 howard katz in previews opens on march 2 roundabout theater presents a new play by patrick marber closer about a downonhisluck talent agent doug hughes directs 130 laura pels theater 111 west 46th street 212 7191300 journeys end in previews opens on feb 22 this english transfer of r c sherriffs early20thcentury antiwar play stars the tony winners boyd gaines and jefferson mays 240 belasco theater 111 west 44th street 212 2396200 king lear previews start today opens on march 7 he played hamlet he played falstaff it was only a matter of time before kevin kline took on this proud misguided patriarch james lapine directs the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 2602400 the madras house in previews opens on thursday yet another modernsounding play by harley granville barker waste comes out of the woodwork a 1909 drama about business battles family values and sex 230 mint theater 311 west 43rd street clinton 212 3150231 mary rose in previews opens on feb 20 although it can sometimes seem otherwise j m barrie wrote stories besides peter pan including this one about a girl who might be a ghost tina landau directs 145 vineyard theater 108 east 15th street 212 3530303 sealed for freshness previews start on thursday opens on february 24 set in the 60s doug stones new play features a group of midwestern housewives at a tupperware party comedy ensues 200 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 talk radio previews start on thursday opens on march 11 eric bogosians darkly funny portrait of a latenight talk show host returns for a broadway revival starring liev schreiber robert falls directs longacre theater 220 west 48th street 212 2396200 a very common procedure in previews opens on wednesday michael greif rent directs mcc theaters new play about a married woman who has an affair with a doctor 120 lucille lortel theater 121 christopher street west village 212 2794200 broadway the apple tree the amazing kristin chenoweth gives imaxscreensize life to three curvaceous doodles who by rights shouldnt be any larger than figures in the sunday funnies jerry bock and sheldon harnicks 1966 musical directed by gary griffin shows its age but is given theatrical verve by ms chenoweth brian darcy james and marc kudisch 230 studio 54 254 west 54th street 212 7191300 ben brantley a chorus line if you want to know why this show was such a big deal when it opened 31 years ago you need only experience the thrilling first five minutes of this revival otherwise this archivally exact production directed by bob avian feels like a vintage car that has been taken out of the garage polished up and sent on the road once again 200 schoenfeld theater 236 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley the coast of utopia the exhilarating first two installments of tom stoppards trilogy about 19thcentury russian intellectuals dreaming of revolution these productions pulse with the dizzy springgreen arrogance and anxiety of a new generation moving as fast as it can toward the future jack obrien directs a fresh vigorous and immense cast that includes brian f obyrne jennifer ehle billy crudup and ethan hawke 245 vivian beaumont theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 2396200 brantley company fire beckoning and dangerous flickers beneath the frost of john doyles elegant unexpectedly stirring revival of stephen sondheim and george furths eradefining musical from 1970 starring a compellingly understated raul esparza like mr doyles sweeney todd this production finds new clarity of feeling in sondheim by melding the roles of performers and musicians 220 barrymore theater 243 west 47th street 212 2396200 brantley the drowsy chaperone tony awards best book of a musical and best original score 2006 this small and ingratiating spoof of 1920s stage frolics as imagined by an obsessive show queen may not be a masterpiece but in a dry season for musicals it has theatergoers responding as if they were withering houseplants finally being watered after long neglect bob martin and sutton foster are the standouts in the avid energetic cast 140 marquis theater 1535 broadway at 45th street 212 3074100 brantley grey gardens christine ebersole is absolutely glorious as the middleaged timewarped debutante called little edie beale in this uneven musical adaptation of the notorious 1975 documentary of the same title she and the wonderful mary louise wilson as her bedridden mother in the performances of their careers make grey gardens an experience no passionate theatergoer should miss 240 walter kerr theater 219 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley the little dog laughed the comedy of manners a form widely believed to be extinct in the american theater has actually resurfaced on broadway with all its vital signs intact in douglas carter beanes breezy but trenchant satire about truth and illusion hollywood style with the wonderful julie white as the movie agent you hate to love but just cant help it 200 cort theater 138 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley mary poppins this handsome homilypacked mechanically ingenious and rather tedious musical adapted from the p l travers stories and the 1964 disney film is ultimately less concerned with inexplicable magic than with practical psychology ashley brown who sings prettily as the familymending nanny looks like joan crawford trying to be nice and sounds like dr phil directed by richard eyre and matthew bourne 230 new amsterdam theater 214 west 42nd street 212 3074747 brantley les misrables this premature revival a slightly scaleddown version of the wellgroomed behemoth that closed only three years ago appears to be functioning in a state of mild sedation appealingly sung and freshly orchestrated this fastmoving adaptation of victor hugos novel isnt sloppy or blurry but its pulse rate stays well below normal 255 broadhurst theater 235 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley spring awakening duncan sheik and steven saters bold adaptation of the frank wedekind play is the freshest and most exciting new musical broadway has seen in some time set in 19thcentury germany but with a ravishing rock score it exposes the splintered emotional lives of adolescents just discovering the joys and sorrows of sex performed with brio by a great cast with supple direction by michael mayer and inventive choreography by bill t jones 200 eugene oneill theater 230 west 49th street 212 2396200 charles isherwood tarzan this writhing green blob with music adapted by disney theatrical productions from the 1999 animated film has the feeling of a superdeluxe day care center equipped with lots of bungee cords and karaoke synthesizers where children can swing when they get tired of singing and vice versa the sodapop score is by phil collins 230 richard rodgers theater 226 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley translations the estimable irish director garry hynes a tony winner for martin mcdonaghs beauty queen of leenane has assembled an ensemble of an extraordinarily high caliber and consistency for the third major new york production of brian friels 1980 play set in rural ireland in 1833 as the local tongue is being supplanted by the language of the english occupying forces the play explores the seriocomic truth that language can divide as easily as it unites and can never hope to translate the rich music in our souls with the delicacy we yearn for a topflight broadway revival 215 biltmore theater 261 west 47th street 212 2396200 isherwood the vertical hour david hares soggy consideration of the angloamerican cultural divide stars julianne moore representing the americans and bill nighy leading the british directed by sam mendes the yanks dont stand a chance 220 music box theater 239 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley off broadway all that i will ever be in this falsefeeling comedydrama by alan ball creator of six feet under a gay hustler undergoes an identity crisis when he finds himself falling for one of his clients slick but mostly stale in its analysis of a society afraid of emotional engagement 215 the new york theater workshop 79 east fourth street east village 212 2396200 isherwood anon kate robins savvy dark romantic comedy about sexual addiction doesnt live up to its potential 210 atlantic theater company stage 2 330 west 16th street chelsea 212 2396200 jason zinoman the big voice god or merman think of two gifted and smart gay men with years of life together deploying their considerable talents from the two pianos you happen to have in your living room the result is a hilarious and very touching memoir of two decades of love and the funky glories of show business life 200 actors temple theater 339 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 honor moore dai enough iris bahrs unnerving onewoman show doesnt have much to add to the middle east debate but it sure leaves a lasting impression ms bahr plays an assortment of characters who have the misfortune of being in a tel aviv cafe that is about to be visited by the havoc common to such establishments the attack is rendered in jarring fashion repeatedly you watch the play on pins and needles waiting for the next burst gimmicky sure but viscerally effective 140 culture project 55 mercer street at broome street soho 212 2539983 neil genzlinger dutchman a revival of the poet amiri barakas screed on race and american values 43 years after its greenwich village debut aims for all the fire and might of a malcolm x speech but none of the rhetorical elegance it shouts so loudly that you cant hear a thing 100 cherry lane theater 38 commerce street between barrow and bedford streets west village 212 2396200 ginia bellafante evil dead the musical this likable horror comedy based on sam raimis gory movies wants to be the next rocky horror show to that end it offers deadpan lyrics selfreferential humor and geysers of stage blood 200 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 anita gates the fantasticks a revival well more like a resuscitation of the little musical that wouldnt die this sweetasever production of tom jones and harvey schmidts commediadellartestyle confection is most notable for mr joness touching performance under the pseudonym thomas bruce as the old actor a role he created when the show opened in 1960 mr jones also directs 205 snapple theater center 210 west 50th street 212 3074100 brantley the fever wallace shawn performs his provocative monologue about a guiltriddled bourgeois everyman sweating his way through a moral crisis the rich often hypnotic writing draws us into his tortured mindscape as he shifts between shame over his sense of entitlement and reasoned arguments that sacrifice is unnecessary and pointless meanwhile in the third world the violence and poverty continue unabated 130 acorn theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 isherwood franks home peter weller plays frank lloyd wright in richard nelsons dreary biodrama which lingers lovingly on its subjects feet of clay while paying arid lip service to his genius 145 playwrights horizons mainstage 416 west 42nd street clinton 212 7194200 isherwood gutenberg the musical a very funny if not terribly original satire of musical theater features what must be the worst backers audition of all time the excellent duo jeremy shamos and christopher fitzgerald make the pitch 205 the actors playhouse 100 seventh avenue south at fourth street greenwich village 212 2396200 zinoman jacques brel is alive and well and living in paris a powerfully sung revival of the 1968 revue presented with affectionate nostalgia by the director gordon greenberg as in the original two men and two women perform a wide selection of brels plaintive ballads and stirring anthems 200 zipper theater 336 west 37th street 212 2396200 isherwood a jew grows in brooklyn you dont have to be jewish or brooklynish to empathize with jake ehrenreich but in terms of fully appreciating his essentially oneman show it probably helps especially the catskills jokes 205 37 arts 450 west 37th street 212 5608912 gates meet me in st louis this musical is too big for its stage but the young turnofthelastcentury sweethearts have great chemistry and there are four terrific songs 200 irish repertory theater 132 west 22nd street chelsea 212 7272737 gates the merchant of venice and the jew of malta f murray abraham plays two elizabethan villains in repertory for the theater for a new audience mr abrahams sinister but still moving shylock is the dark heart of darko tresnjaks chilly powerful staging of one of shakespeares unfunniest comedies as barabas in david herskovitss goofy postmodern jew of malta hes the lively center of a carnival that doesnt do justice to christopher marlowes harsh satire on christian hypocrisy and venality each 230 the duke on 42nd street 229 west 42nd street 212 2396200 isherwood my mothers italian my fathers jewish and im in therapy steve solomon does skillful impersonations in his oneman show but some of his jokes are as old as the hills 130 little shubert theater 422 west 42nd street clinton 212 2396200 gates no child teachers will love nilaja suns onewoman show about the challenges of teaching drama at malcolm x high school 110 barrow street theater 27 barrow street at seventh avenue south west village 212 2396200 gates room service the peccadillo theater company puts a charge into this comedy from the 1930s thanks to a brisk pace by the director dan wackerman and a dozen dandy performances david edwards is the wouldbe producer whose bills threaten to swamp his efforts to put a show on broadway and fred berman is particularly fine as his director 200 soho playhouse 15 vandam street south village 212 6911555 genzlinger a spanish play the great zoe caldwell returns to the new york stage after an absence of a decade in the fine company of linda emond denis ohare and larry pine thats the good news the bad the play yasmina rezas pseudophilosophical and metatheatrical trifle is utterly forgettable 150 classic stage company 136 east 13th street east village 212 3523101 isherwood toys in the attic austin pendletons fine revival of lillian hellmans last play faithfully attacks the corrosive attachments of family what good is a family and thus a society the play implicitly asks that can only look in the mirror 230 pearl theater 80 st marks place east village 212 5989802 bellafante 25 questions for a jewish mother this is the comedian judy golds fiercely funny monologue based on her own life as a single jewish lesbian mother and interviews with more than 50 other jewish mothers 120 st lukes theater 308 west 46th street clinton 212 2396200 phoebe hoban victoria martin math team queen must all stage teenagers speak in that exaggerated surferdude style in which awesome and totally make up about 50 percent of any conversation yes apparently they must from the evidence presented in this thin comedy which is about a high school girl who finds herself on the allmale math team the playwright kathryn walat seems to have been trying to grab the coattails of a certain spellingbeerelated show she missed 200 the julia miles theater 424 west 55th street clinton 212 2396200 genzlinger the voysey inheritance david mamet has cleanly and cannily adapted harley granville barkers 1905 play about corruption in the genteel world of victorian finance an excellent cast and a sumptuous production bring extra immediacy to a tale of embezzlement and entitlement that feels as fresh as tomorrows stock options 150 atlantic theater 336 west 20th street chelsea 212 2396200 isherwood wake up mr sleepy your unconscious mind is dead richard foremans latest filmtheater hybrid is a memorial service of sorts for the intuitive self killed by a surfaceworshiping world it is also a dazzling exercise in reality shifting that is as invigorating as it is mournful 105 ontological theater at st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 3523101 brantley off off broadway at least its pink bridget everett and her big bad attitude costar in this minimusical about sex and unsatisfying jobs in the city directed by michael patrick king of sex and the city as it happens who is also the coauthor and with songs written by ms everett and kenny mellman the pianoplaying half of kiki herb raucous and rude its a bit like a onewoman episode of jerry springer 120 ars nova 511 west 54th street clinton 212 8684444 isherwood t j and dave the comics t j jagodowski and dave pasquesi miraculously improvise a onehour play at every performance this is an impressive feat of mental athletics but the results are also observant complex and frequently enormously funny 100 barrow street theater 27 barrow street west village 212 2396200 gates longrunning shows altar boyz this sweetly satirical show about a christian pop group made up of five potential teen people cover boys is an enjoyable silly diversion 130 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 isherwood avenue q rrated puppets give lively life lessons 210 golden theater 252 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley beauty and the beast cartoon made flesh sort of 230 luntfontanne theater 205 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley chicago irrefutable proof that crime pays 225 ambassador theater 219 west 49th street 212 2396200 brantley the color purple singing cliffsnotes for alice walkers pulitzer prizewinning novel 240 broadway theater 1681 broadway at 53rd street 212 2396200 brantley forbidden broadway special victims unit often more entertaining than the real thing 145 47th street theater 304 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley hairspray fizzy pop cute kids large man in a housedress 230 neil simon theater 250 west 52nd street 212 3074100 brantley jersey boys the biomusical that walks like a man 230 august wilson theater 245 west 52nd street 212 2396200 brantley the lion king disney on safari where the big bucks roam 245 minskoff theater 200 west 45th street at broadway 212 3074100 brantley mamma mia the jukebox that devoured broadway 220 cadillac winter garden theater 1634 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 brantley the phantom of the opera who was that masked man anyway 230 majestic theater 247 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the producers the ne plus ultra of showbiz scams 245 st james theater 246 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley rent east village angst and love songs to die for 245 nederlander theater 208 west 41st street 212 3074100 brantley spamalot a singing scrapbook for monty python fans 220 shubert theater 225 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee a chorus line with pimples 145 circle in the square 254 west 50th street manhattan 212 2396200 isherwood wicked oz revisited with political corrections 245 gershwin theater 222 west 51st street manhattan 212 3074100 brantley last chance estimated time of arrival five vignettes about finding love and keeping it as immature in attitude as they are thin in substance the filmmaker anthony minghella whose offering here is a short play called hang up provides the silliest 130 urban stages 259 west 30th street 212 8684444 closes tomorrow bellafante gone in this 90minute meditation on grief and mourning composed as a pastiche of texts from proust sophocles allen ginsberg and others the playwright charles mees habitual postmodern techniques prove utterly inadequate to his subject matter the piece is fuzzy and diffuse and leaves an impression of evading the suffering it refers to 130 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 closes on sunday jonathan kalb the great divorce the magis theater company makes a creditable effort to explore spiritual matters in this adaptation of c s lewiss story about a bus trip through the afterlife in wellacted vignettes characters are led to examine their lives and ruling loves its often intriguing and rarely preachy 130 salvation army theater 315 west 47th street clinton 212 8684444 closes on sunday genzlinger no great society the brainy experimentalists of elevator repair service provide a madcap and almost dreamlike reenactment of a 1968 episode of william f buckleys firing line which features mr buckley squaring off with jack kerouac 130 new york theater workshop 79 east fourth street east village 212 2396200 closes on sunday zinoman the scene theresa rebecks latest is a sharpwitted sharpelbowed comedy about the savage economies of sex and show business in manhattan tony shalhoub plays an outofwork actor charlie happily married but not really to patricia heatons frazzled chat show booker enter the femme fatale clea played by the gifted anna camp and goodbye charlie 200 second stage theater 307 west 43rd street clinton 212 2464422 closes on sunday isherwood movies ratings and running times are in parentheses foreign films have english subtitles full reviews of all current releases movie trailers show times and tickets nytimescommovies alpha dog r 117 minutes based on a true southern california crime nick cassavetess entertaining exploitation flick features a lot of attractive talented young actors shimmying across the screen while embodying the collective parental nightmare do you know where your children are well in this film theyre getting busy chilling out smoking blunts and chugging coolers faster than a toothless wino oh and committing murder manohla dargis arthur and the invisibles pg 94 minutes luc besson serves up a hybrid of live actors and computergenerated figures to tell a notendearingenough story about a boy freddie highmore who shrinks to microscopic size to find some gems and his missing grandfather lots of famous names madonna robert de niro david bowie snoop dogg lend their voices to the computerized part of the movie but only briefly near the end does everything click neil genzlinger babel r 143 minutes in english spanish japanese berber arabic and sign language this hugely ambitious movie tells four loosely linked not quite simultaneous stories set on three different continents with dialogue in several languages the themes to the extent they are decipherable include loss fate and the terrible consequences of miscommunication written by guillermo arriaga and directed by alejandro gonzalez irritu the movie is an intellectual muddle but a visceral tour de force and the power of the filmmaking almost overcomes the fuzziness of the ideas almost a o scott because i said so pg13 102 minutes diane keaton and mandy moore as mother and daughter what did she say exactly whatever it was it wasnt as funny as it should have been scott blood diamond r 138 minutes the makers of this foolish thriller about illegal diamond trafficking in africa starring an excellent leonardo dicaprio want you to know there may be blood on your hands specifically your wedding finger too bad they havent thought through what it means to turn misery into entertainment dargis breaking and entering r 119 minutes this hightoned feelbad exercise in liberal guilt comes from anthony minghella who brings the same earnest humorlessness to presentday london that he has brought to the historical past jude law is an architect juliette bi noche is a bosnian seamstress and vera farmiga provides a glimmer of wit and liveliness as a russian prostitute who shows up to drink coffee show her underwear and discuss the themes of the movie scott burning annie no rating 95 minutes this thoroughly postmodern romantic comedy concerns a college student gary lundy whose obsession with woody allens movie annie hall stunts his ability to live in reality and have normal relationships while thoroughly professional in its execution it unfortunately has no life of its own apart from its fascination with mr allens film matt zoller seitz catch and release pg13 124 minutes jennifer garner is a young woman in boulder colo coping with the sudden death of her fianc who she discovers had another secret life although there are signs that the firsttime director susannah grant screenwriter of erin brockovich was reaching for something more layered than a formulaic chick flick the story never achieves basic credibility at least its affection for its characters doesnt seem cynical stephen holden the children of men r 100 minutes the end is nigh in this superbly directed political thriller by alfonso cuarn about a nervously plausible future based on the p d james book the film stars an excellent clive owen and features equally sterling support from the actors michael caine danny huston and chiwetel ejiofior among others as well as the great cinematographer emmanuel lubezki dargis constellation pg13 96 minutes the writerdirector jordan walkerpearlmans drama about a biracial extended family of alabamans convening to bury a matriarch carmel gabrielle union explores the generational aftershocks of racist violence with frank honesty and manages to be a decent ensemble romantic comedy in the bargain if only the film werent so boringly conceived the powerhouse cast which includes david clennon billy dee williams and lesley anne warren escapes unscathed seitz the departed r 150 minutes martin scorseses cubistic entertainment about men divided by power loyalty and their own selves is at once a success and a relief based on the crackling hong kong thriller infernal affairs it features fine twinned performances from matt damon and leonardo dicaprio and a showboating jack nicholson dargis dreamgirls pg13 131 minutes the broadway musical arrives on the screen capably directed by bill condon ardently acted and sung by jamie foxx eddie murphy beyonc knowles and especially jennifer hudson but undone by mediocre and anachronistic songs scott east of havana no rating 82 minutes in spanish with jauretsi saizorbitoria and emilia menocal as codirectors this compelling nonfiction feature shows young cuban rappers exercising the artists prerogative to tell the truth in a country that muzzles free speech the filmmakers who are cubanamerican themselves zero in on a collective called el cartel although the film is set in 2004 during the runup to the international festival of rap cubano and in the shadow of hurricane charley theres no phony urgency to the setup the filmmakers are mainly interested in hearing the music and learning about the musicians compelling personal stories seitz epic movie pg13 86 minutes a cheap dumb parody of expensive dumb movies scott factory girl r 91 minutes its not entirely inappropriate that this film george hickenloopers biography of edie sedgwick the most glamorous of andy warhols socalled superstars should suggest a magazine layout masquerading as a film the world through which sedgwick sienna miller blazed and burned out was one that lived and died by the camera it existed to be seen and drooled over but god help you if you actually lived in it holden in the pit no rating 84 minutes in spanish in his absorbing documentary about work and the transformation of men into laborers the mexican filmmaker juan carlos rulfo gets down and dirty literally and existentially dargis the italian pg13 99 minutes in russian this dark fairy tale from russia pulls you into a richly atmospheric persuasively inhabited world teeming with young foundlings and pathos and upended by one remarkable little boy dargis the last king of scotland r 121 minutes kevin macdonald paints a queasily enjoyable portrait of the ugandan dictator idi amin from inside the palace walls forest whitaker plays the mad king while james mcavoy plays the fool dargis letters from iwo jima r 141 minutes in japanese another masterwork from clint eastwoods astonishing late period and one of the best war movies ever ken watanabe is especially fine as the general commanding japanese troops in the doomed defense of the island of iwo jima scott little children r 130 minutes todd fields adaptation of tom perrottas novel of suburban adultery is unfailingly intelligent and faultlessly acted kate winslet and patrick wilson are superb as the parents of young children who meet at the playground and enact a twohanded variation on madame bovary against a backdrop of social paranoia and middleclass malaise scott little miss sunshine r 101 minutes a bittersweet comedy of dysfunction that takes place at the terminus of the american dream the excellent cast includes greg kinnear steve carell toni collette paul dano and that national treasure alan arkin dargis mafioso no rating 99 minutes in italian this 1962 film revived by rialto pictures is a rambunctious astonishing blend of farce thriller and social satire the director alberto lattuada follows an upandcoming fiat manager alberto sordi on a visit from milan to his native village in sicily his homecoming is full of surprises painful for him altogether delightful for the audience scott notes on a scandal r 92 minutes judi dench and cate blanchett play a misogynistic game of cat and mouse from which no one emerges unscathed including the audience adapted by patrick marber from a novel by zo heller and directed by richard eyre dargis pans labyrinth r 119 minutes in spanish guillermo del toros tale of a young girls ordeal in postcivilwar fascist spain is either a fairy tale in the guise of a political allegory or vice versa in either case it is a moving enchanting strange and humane example of popular art at its very best scott the painted veil pg13 125 minutes nicely directed by john curran this version of the w somerset maugham novel draws you in by turning a distaff bildungsroman into a fine romance with naomi watts and edward norton dargis the pursuit of happyness pg13 117 minutes how you respond to this fairy tale in realist drag may depend on whether you find will smiths performances so overwhelmingly winning that you buy the idea that poverty is a function of bad luck and bad choices and success the result of heroic toil and dreams dargis puccini for beginners no rating 81 minutes snappy repartee with the ring of real conversation among people who are never at a loss for a remark is something every selfrespecting manhattan sophisticate imagines can be channeled into a screenplay with the crackle of vintage woody allen that elusive tone is sustained through enough of maria maggentis film puccini for beginners to make this screwball comedy of sexual confusion with lesbian inclinations a rarity holden the queen pg13 103 minutes directed by stephen frears from a very smart script by peter morgan and starring a magnificent helen mirren in the title role the queen pries open a window in the house of windsor around the time of the death of diana princess of wales blending fact with fiction dargis regular lovers no rating 175 minutes in french philippe garrels tender portrait of late1960s french youth stars the filmmakers son louis garrel as a 20yearold parisian struggling through the fires of revolutionary promise and its smoldering remains magnificent dargis seraphim falls r 111 minutes archetypes and symbols solemnly parade through seraphim falls a handsome oldfashioned western of few words and heavy meanings that unfolds with the sanctimonious grandeur of a biblical allegory in this drama of pursuit revenge and forgiveness set in 1868 pierce brosnan and liam neeson are soldiers who fought on opposite sides of the civil war and are now engaged in a lifeanddeath chase that takes them from the ruby mountains of nevada to a final showdown in the desert holden the situation no rating 106 minutes in english and arabic connie nielsen stars as a correspondent sniffing around wartime iraq in a narcoleptic thriller directed by philip haas from a screenplay by the journalist wendell steavenson dargis smokin aces r 107 minutes absolute garbage scott stomp the yard pg13 109 minutes brotherhood is powerful in this sometimes compelling sometimes complacent movie about stepping and africanamerican fraternity life at an atlanta institution called truth university d j columbus short a streetstyle dancer needs to find his place in a university ruled by gammas and thetas and stepping rachel saltz tears of the black tiger no rating 113 minutes in thai a western weepie from thailand filmed in garish color in spite of the relentless genre pastiche it has a charming sincerity scott an unreasonable man no rating 122 minutes a very reasonable documentary about the long career of ralph nader as a consumer advocate and more recently and vexingly to some of his former admirers a perennial presidential candidate scott venus r 91 minutes a modest diverting touching tale of a young woman who attracts the interest avuncular and also erotic of an aging actor played with effortless aplomb by the great peter otoole scott volver r 121 minutes in spanish another keeper from pedro almodvar with penlope cruz as a resilient widow in her best role to date scott film series frank beyer in memoriam tonight through sunday and thursday mr beyer who died in october at 74 was one of the few filmmakers in east germany able to establish a personality of his own while occasionally slipping subversive political messages into his work this twofilm program at moma includes the internationally successful holocaust drama jacob the liar starring vlastimil brodsky as a jewish man who broadcasts falsely optimistic news from his apartment in a polish ghetto jacob will be introduced tonight by professor barton byg the director of the east german film collection at the university of massachusetts amherst the film will be repeated on sunday tomorrow mr beyers naked among wolves 1963 is set at the buchenwald concentration camp where a group of inmates sacrifice everything to protect a small boy unaware that the allied liberation forces are approaching naked will be repeated on thursday through feb 22 museum of modern art roy and niuta titus theaters 212 7089400 momaorg 10 dave kehr critics choice great documentaries tomorrow and sunday this twomonth program of recent documentaries chosen and introduced by members of the new york film critics circle continues with andrew sarris of the new york observer presenting barbet schroeders 1974 film general idi amin dada tomorrow marshall fine of star introducing barbara kopples 1991 american dream with ms kopple present tomorrow followed by a screening of her own new film directed with cecila peck shut up and sing owen gleiberman of entertainment weekly showing adam curtiss epic the century of the self sunday and david edelstein of new york magazine presenting our brand is crisis rachel boyntons study of james carville working on the 2002 bolivian presidential campaign sunday ms boynton will attend a postscreening discussion through feb 25 museum of the moving image 35th avenue at 36th street astoria queens 718 7840077 wwwmovingimageus 10 kehr film comment selects wednesday and thursday a twoweek series of overlooked recent films chosen by the editors of film comment the publication of the film society of lincoln center the series begins on wednesday with jeanclaude brisseaus controversial exterminating angels his loosely autobiographical account of how a french filmmaker was brought before the justice system for taping auditions of young actresses masturbating for his camera on thursday its the local premiere of one of the most accomplished elegant and exciting action films of the year johnnie tos hong kong gangster film exiled in which two gangs of triad hoodlums cross swords over the lucrative macau market through feb 27 walter reade theater 165 west 65th street 212 9755600 filmlincorg 10 kehr pop full reviews of recent concerts nytimescommusic lily allen tomorrow a 21yearold british singer who became a myspace favorite with deceptively sweet skainfused pop songs ms allen is at her best putting down exes and disagreeable suitors smile a no 1 hit in england is pure schadenfreude and knock em out is a catalog of snappy answers to bad pickup lines ive got to go cause my house is on fire ive got herpes no ive got syphilis at 630 pm webster hall 125 east 11th street east village 212 5332111 bowerypresentscom sold out ben sisario apples in stereo thursday this denver band made a splash in the mid90s with powerpop songs in loud primary colors like the beach boys reborn as a new wave act after five years of silence they have a new album new magnetic wonder released by the actor elijah woods record label simian it makes one thing clear it wasnt really the beach boys or the beatles that apples in stereo was emulating all those years it was electric light orchestra with casper and the cookies and cause commotion at 730 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 15 sisario arcade fire tuesday through thursday three years ago with its jubilantly clamorous album funeral this guitars violins and accordion collective from montreal performed a kind of musical miracle making navelgazing indierock seem not only fresh and sincere but also deeply meaningful its brilliant second record neon bible merge to be released next month is darker and more preoccupied but nearly as cathartic and next week the band begins a fivenight stand at the judson memorial church in greenwich village at 730 pm 55 washington square south 212 2604700 bowerypresentscom sold out sisario david bromberg tuesday mr bromberg can play just about anything with strings guitar dobro mandolin fiddle and his knowledge of american music spans blues bluegrass country and rock he also has a gift for elaborate verbal riffs that turn his longsuffering blues into comedy at 730 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 25 jon pareles barbara carroll sunday this ageless queen of genteel piano bar jazz plays everything from sondheim to monk with grace and authority she sings too her rendition of old friends from merrily we roll along will bring tears to your eyes at 2 pm oak room at the algonquin hotel 59 west 44th street manhattan 212 4199331 algonquinhotelcom 58 with brunch at noon stephen holden judy collins tuesday through thursday ms collins a folk songbird for seemingly longer than anybody else has been a folk songbird begins a threeweek cabaret engagement at the caf carlyle at 845 pm carlyle hotel 35 east 76th street manhattan 212 7441600 thecarlylecom 100 cover at tables 65 at the bar sisario concierto del amor tomorrow someday all valentines day music will be latin pop which revels in both the passionate and the treacly this annual concert at madison square garden features two salsa giants victor manuelle a leading young sonero or improvising singer who is not above dipping into reggaetn to score a hit and gilberto santa rosa an unswerving traditionalist for three decades also on the bill are the great latin jazz pianist eddie palmieri don omar a reggaetn star the merengue regulars elvis crespo and millie quezada and the mexican pop duo sin bandera at 8 pm 212 3077171 or 212 4656741 thegardencom 5950 to 12950 sisario marshall crenshaw wednesday mr crenshaws songs seem to roll off the guitar in a casual blend of pre1970s styles folkrock surfrock country and above all the beatles that put melody first with his winsome tenor he delves into the ways love goes right and goes wrong from distant yearning to the aftermath of infidelity hiding turmoil within the chiming tunes with matt roach at 8 pm the tap bar at the knitting factory 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193006 knittingfactorycom 12 in advance 15 at the door pareles paco de luca tomorrow and sunday one of the worlds greatest guitarists mr de luca is both a traditionalist and an adventurer dipping into jazz and salsa but always retaining a solid grounding in flamenco tomorrow at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477000 carnegiehallorg sold out sunday at 7 pm new jersey performing arts center 1 center street newark 888 4665722 njpacorg 22 to 78 sisario diamanda gals wednesday though she is invariably dressed in black with her face in witchy streaks of makeup ms gals needs only her voice to terrify and seduce she slides from a low sensual growl to painful yet musically precise shrieks and has a vast repertory for two valentines day massacre sets she will tear apart love songs by peggy lee marlene dietrich chet baker and dith piaf at 630 and 930 pm knitting factory 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193006 knittingfactorycom 20 sisario girl talk parts and labor tonight girl talk is a pittsburgh musician named gregg gillis who when not on his computer job at a medical instrument company makes a zany and frequently hilarious kind of shortattentionspan dancepop by stitching together brief samples from hit songs he shares a bill with parts and labor a squally brooklyn threepiece that manages the tricky task of being both anarchic and anthemic at 9 studio b 259 banker street between meserole avenue and calyer street greenpoint brooklyn 718 3891880 clubstudiobcom 15 sisario gyuto monks sunday the gyuto monks of tibet studied buddhism and meditated for five centuries in their college in lhasa before the chinese invasion of 1959 onetenth of the 900 monks followed the dalai lama into exile and they reestablished their monastery in india they chant as they meditate with a technique that produces multiple overtones over their deep bass notes an otherworldly sound that seeks to heal the world punctuated by the clang of cymbals and the roar of long trumpets at 7 pm town hall 123 west 43rd street manhattan 212 5457536 thetownhallnycorg or worldmusicinstituteorg 35 and 40 pareles hinder tuesday this oklahoma band has little to distinguish it from the dozen or two other wellcoiffed heavily commercialized groups being pushed on hardrock radio some day try a taste test of hinder nickelback three days grace and fuel except for its hit lips of an angel an unfairly addictive power ballad about falling back in love with your ex my girls in the next roomsometimes i wish she was you it helped make hinders extreme behavior universal the 10thbestselling album of 2006 with finger eleven and black stone cherry at 730 pm nokia theater 1515 broadway at 44th street 212 3077171 nokiatheatrenyccom sold out sisario kiki and herb sunday a few years ago this brilliantly perverse cabaret duo played their farewell show at carnegie hall then came a run on broadway and some latenight gigs at joes pub and the annual inimitable christmas show highlight a medley of smells like teen spirit and frosty the snowman kiki and herb cant stay away from the stage and new york is the better for it at 930 pm joes pub 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 20 sisario lifetime tomorrow in most ways this new jersey band was standardissue 1990s hardcore punk with lots of slashing guitars and angry accusatory lyrics but in a genre that is virtually uniform in sound as well as attitude lifetime stood out for slightly more attention to melody and a slightly more uplifting tone and it became an important influence on emo the band reunited recently after almost a decade and just released a new selftitled album on decaydance the label run by pete wentz of fall out boy with worldinferno friendship society and crime in stereo at 8 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom sold out sisario lincoln centers american songbook tonight and tomorrow night now in its ninth season this series has greatly expanded from its origins as a home for the midcentury pantheon of harold arlen richard rodgers and the like tonight features the 36yearold theater composer jason robert brown parade urban cowboy and tomorrow betty buckley is joined by kenny werner and quintessence for some music that is actually a little underrepresented in this series classics of the american songbook tonight at 830 tomorrow night at 830 and 1030 allen room frederick p rose hall broadway at 60th street 212 7216500 lincolncenterorg sold out tonight 40 to 90 tomorrow 830 show sold out sisario raul malo wednesday and thursday the leader of the mavericks mr malo has never let himself be bound by the strictures of country his music looks back to the 1950s and 60s with a cleareyed nostalgia and he has the soaring tenor voice of a dedicated roy orbison fan at 730 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 30 wednesday sold out pareles midlake tonight this texas quintet specializes in a lilting acoustic folkrock sprinkled with soft piano and winds with the czars and st vincent at 830 bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom sold out sisario mooney suzuki thursday one of the sharpest and loudest garagerock bands in town in sound as well as in dress mooney suzuki draws on the frantic energy of mid60s british mod groups like the who as well as on the bruising bluesrock of led zeppelin with general majors and johan at 830 pm rebel 251 west 30th street manhattan 212 6952747 rebelnyccom 12 in advance 14 at the door sisario shiyani ngcobo tonight making his american debut this singer and guitarist is a master of maskanda a zulu folk style in south africa that relies on virtuosic guitar picking and arrangements of fiddle and concertina that sound comfortingly country at 830 zankel hall carnegie hall 212 2477000 carnegiehallorg 30 to 42 sisario steve riley and the mamou playboys sunday the accordionist steve riley leads one of the best bands from the louisiana bayous it reaches back to some of the oldest cajun tunes and can play them in traditional style but its not afraid of swamprock or a touch of country either and this weekend comes to new york for a mardi gras show at 730 pm with a free zydeco dance lesson at 630 connollys 121 west 45th street manhattan 212 6857597 or 212 5975126 letszydecocom 22 pareles slayer thursday one of the architects of modern heavy metal slayer emerged in the early 1980s with a hellish claustrophobic sound all foreboding skies and tormented vocals delivered at whipcrack speeds and has stuck steadfastly to it with unearth at 730 pm hammerstein ballroom 311 west 34th street manhattan 212 3077171 mcstudioscom sold out sisario rod stewart wednesday his four great american songbook albums may not represent the most distinguished readings of those songs ditto his bob seger and creedence clearwater revival covers on the recent still the same great rock classics of our time j but when rod stewart lets go of his smugness that whisky tenor of his can be a powerful interpretive instrument doesnt happen often though at 8 pm madison square garden 212 3077171 or 212 4656741 thegardencom 55 to 12950 sisario vetiver vashti bunyan tomorrow last weekend ms bunyan an obscure light in the 1960s british folk scene with an impossibly fragile voice and vetiver a hushed neofolk band that is one of the inheritors of her tradition played at carnegie hall as part of david byrnes perspectives series their small sound was somewhat dwarfed by the place but this gig at southpaw in brooklyn is more their size at 9 pm 125 fifth avenue near sterling place park slope 718 2300236 spsoundscom 15 sisario jazz full reviews of recent jazz concerts nytimescommusic ernestine anderson tuesday through thursday ms anderson a soulful and underrated jazz singer reunites with another estimable veteran the reliably gallant tenor saxophonist and flutist frank wess through feb 18 at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 30 nate chinen sam bardfelds stuff smith project thursday mr bardfeld a violinist with a wideranging rsum pays tribute to a swingera hero of his instrument with help from the pianist anthony coleman the bassist sean conly and the guitarist and vocalist doug wamble at 8 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 8 chinen eli degibri quartet sunday and tuesday an israeli saxophonist with a taste for burnished sonorities eli degibri explores his own music with help from the bassist ben street the drummer jeff ballard and either the pianist aaron goldberg on sunday or the guitarist jonathan kreisberg on tuesday sunday at midnight iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 10 5 for students with a 10 minimum tuesday at 10 55 bar 55 christopher street at seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 55barcom cover 8 chinen john ellis quartet tonight john ellis is a tenor and soprano saxophonist drawn to looselimbed funk but he also has an interest in spacious modern jazz his quartet features a guitarist with similar inclinations the versatile and thoughtful mike moreno at midnight iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 10 5 for students with a 10 minimum chinen victor goines quintet tuesday through thursday while best known as a bigband player and educator the multireedist victor goines knows how to put together a solid combo here he cedes a portion of the spotlight to a guest singer vanessa rubin through feb 18 at 730 and 930 pm dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 jalcorg cover 30 with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar chinen ayelet rose gottlieb tuesday ms gottlieb is a commanding vocalist whose recent album mayim rabim tzadik featured scriptural texts in the original hebrew she appears here with stalwart accompanists like michael winograd on clarinet and loren stillman on saxophone at 8 and 930 pm sweet rhythm 88 seventh avenue south at bleecker street west village 212 2553626 sweetrhythmnycom cover 15 with a 10 minimum chinen onaje allan gumbs tonight and tomorrow night mr gumbs a pianist with extensive credits in film and television celebrates the release of his latest album sack full of dreams showplace at 930 joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 5398778 joespubcom cover 20 with a twodrink minimum chinen barry harris tuesday a crisp and courtly pianist firmly in the bebop idiom mr harris performs a recital for the abby whiteside foundation the venerable piano institution for which he is an instructor at 8 pm weill recital hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 35 chinen vincent herring tonight and tomorrow night mr herring a voluble alto saxophonist rolls out a locomotive brand of postbop with colleagues like the pianist gerard dangelo and the drummer carl allen at 8 and 945 kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 kitanocom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen william hooker quartet monday strenuous abstraction courtesy of the drummer william hooker the trumpeter matt lavelle the multireedist joe rigby and the bassist todd nicholson at 8 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 tonicnyccom cover 10 chinen arthur kell quartet tomorrow on his last album traveller fresh sound new talent the bassist and composer arthur kell pursued a searching strain of modern jazz he has worthy partners here in the alto saxophonist david binney the guitarist brad shepik and the drummer gerald cleaver at 8 pm tillies of brooklyn 248 dekalb avenue at vanderbilt avenue fort greene 718 7836140 tilliesofbrooklyncom cover 5 chinen guillermo klein thursday mr klein a restlessly creative argentine pianist and composer now based in barcelona returns to new york for the premiere of tetris suite featuring mr klein and jorge rossy on dual pianos diminished suite based on a diminished scale and present suite for a group of musicians including the tenor saxophonist bill mchenry and the guitarist ben monder at 8 pm merkin concert hall 129 west 67th street manhattan 212 5013330 merkinconcerthallorg 25 20 in advance chinen adam lane quartet wednesday the bassist adam lane leads a freeform ensemble consisting of avram fefer on reeds reut regev on trombone and igal foni on drums at 8 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 per set chinen michael marcus and ted daniel sunday the prospect of unaccompanied clarinettrumpet duets may not sound inherently promising but mr marcus clarinet and mr daniel trumpet make it work on duology boxholder an effervescent new album at 9 pm jimmys 43 restaurant 43 east seventh street east village 212 9823006 freestylejazzcom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen ben monder sunday mr monder is an uncommonly proficient guitarist and an assertive though introspective one he leads a trio with the bassist chris lightcap and the drummer mark ferber at 9 pm bar 4 444 seventh avenue at 15th street park slope brooklyn 718 8329800 bar4net cover 5 chinen nublu orchestra wednesday to celebrate the release of its selftitled debut on nublu records this ambient avantgarde groove ensemble conducted by the sagacious butch morris headlines a concert with halfhour opening sets from the coolly cosmopolitan bands brazilian girls kudu and love trio doors open at 7 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 17 chinen miles okazaki sunday mr okazaki a confident and welltraveled guitarist and composer revisits music from mirror his recent selfreleased album with help from the alto saxophonist david binney the multireedist christof knoche the bassist thomas morgan and the drummer dan weiss at 10 pm 55 bar 55 christopher street at seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 55barcom cover 10 chinen jeanmichel pilc tonight mr pilcs piano playing has a joyous bounce no matter how dark or furious the extemporization as he is likely to demonstrate in a solo recital at fazioli salon a series at the klavierhaus piano workshop at 8 pm klavierhaus 211 west 58th street midtown 212 2454535 pianoculturecom 25 chinen chris potters underground tuesday through thursday the saxophonist chris potter has an improvisational approach thats intellectual and athletic in equal measure he dives headlong into tumultuous fusion with this group featuring adam rogers on guitar craig taborn on keyboards and nate smith on drums through feb 18 at 9 and 11 pm and 1230 am village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south at 11th street west village 212 2554037 villagevanguardcom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen wallace roney tonight mr roney has lately been advancing a variety of afrocentric futurism inherited and adapted from his trumpet mentor miles davis his working band includes robert irving on piano clarence seay on bass eric allen on drums val on turntables and antoine roney his brother on saxophone at 8 abrons arts center henry street settlement 466 grand street at pitt street lower east side 212 3523101 henrystreetorg 25 chinen jim rotondi quartet tonight and tomorrow night jim rotondi is an accomplished trumpeter with a predilection for hard bop his band includes the tenor saxophonist eric alexander the pianist david hazeltine the bassist john webber and the drummer joe farnsworth at 8 10 and 1130 smoke 2751 broadway at 106th street 212 8646662 smokejazzcom cover 25 chinen sculptured sounds music festival sunday this artistrun avantgarde concert series continues with great friends a dreamteam collective of billy harper and sonny fortune on saxophones stanley cowell on piano reggie workman on bass and billy hart on drums and a quintet led by the accomplished drummer rashied ali at 7 pm st peters lutheran church lexington avenue at 54th street 212 6425277 sculpturedsoundscom suggested donation 20 chinen todd sickafoose and jenny scheinman tonight mr sickafoose a bassist and ms scheinman a violinist share an attraction to streamlined harmonic progressions and textureconscious grooves their rhythm section here consists of mike gamble on guitar and ches smith on drums at 10 55 bar 55 christopher street at seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 55barcom cover 8 chinen janis siegel wednesday on a thousand beautiful things telarc ms siegel explores the same brand of popular eclecticism she enjoys in manhattan transfer but in a way thats a few degrees less cloying she has good company on valentines day edsel gomez on piano edmar castaneda on harp ben street on bass and steve hass on drums at 830 and 1030 pm iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 40 with a 10 minimum chinen tessa souter tonight and wednesday ms souter a singer of broad imagination regularly works with the guitarist spiros exaras and the percussionist kahlil kwame bell on valentines day her cohort expands to include the cellist dana leong the bassist essiet essiet and the drummer marco pellitteri tonight at 6 55 bar 55 christopher street at seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 55barcom no cover wednesday at 8 and 10 pm sweet rhythm 88 seventh avenue south at bleecker street west village 212 2553626 sweetrhythmnycom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen e j strickland quintet thursday the drummer e j strickland like his brother marcus who joins him here on tenor saxophone hails from a generation fluent in jazz conventions but not beholden to them the alto saxophonist jaleel shaw the pianist luis perdomo and the bassist hans glawischnig round out his quintet at 9 and 1030 pm jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 12 chinen tierney sutton tuesday with her new album on the other side telarc ms sutton applies her pristine vocal style to a bouquet of songs about happiness or unhappiness in love her emotional oscillation is purposeful sometimes transparently so the harold arlen tune get happy appears first as a puzzling dirge and then more convincingly as a fizzy delight at 930 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 5398778 joespubcom cover 20 with a twodrink minimum chinen john tchicai quintet tonight through sunday and wednesday the danish saxophonist and clarinetist john tchicai performs tonight and tomorrow with a version of the band heard on good night songs boxholder his most recent album on sunday and wednesday he joins forces with the bassist adam lane tonight and tomorrow night at 9 and 11 birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 birdlandjazzcom cover 30 with a 10 minimum sunday at 7 pm jimmys 43 restaurant 43 east seventh street east village 212 9823006 freestylejazzcom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum wednesday at 10 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 chinen yosvany terry tonight and tomorrow night mr terry a dynamic saxophonist and percussionist chases postbop ideals without abandoning the pull of his native cuba for his afro cuban roots a new piece inspired by yoruban cultural traditions he features the accomplished bat drummer orlando puntilla rios and the dancer felix pupi insua along with an ensemble that includes osmany paredes on piano and yunior terry mr terrys brother on bass at 9 and 1030 jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 15 chinen torn berne rainey chourmo tonight the resourcefully subversive guitarist david torn recently recorded an album for ecm records featuring his longtime colleagues tim berne on alto saxophone and tom rainey on drums until its release this spring the only way to hear the music is in person at one of mr torns infrequent performances at 9 and 1030 tea lounge 837 union street near sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 7892762 tealoungenycom suggested donation 5 chinen vandermark 5 wednesday and thursday the chicagobased multireedist ken vandermark applies a goanywhere ethos to his signature ensemble along with a dash of punkrock cohesion his coconspirators are the saxophonist dave rempis the cellist fred lonbergholm the bassist kent kessler and the drummer tim daisy wednesday at 930 pm pianos 158 ludlow street at stanton street lower east side 212 5053733 pianosnyccom cover 15 thursday at 8 pm union hall 702 union street at fifth avenue park slope 718 6384400 unionhallnycom cover 12 chinen matt wilsons arts and crafts tonight through sunday night the scenic route palmetto is the latest appealing album by this ebullient band led by the drummer matt wilson and featuring the trumpeter terell stafford the pianist and organist gary versace and the bassist dennis irwin at 730 and 930 with an 1130 set tonight and tomorrow night jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 25 20 on sunday chinen classical full reviews of recent music performances nytimescommusic opera cavalleria rusticana and pagliacci tomorrow salvatore licitra again plays ironman tenor singing both ends of this beloved doubleheader dolora zajick and krassimira stoyanova are the noteworthy sopranos at 130 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg sold out bernard holland eugene onegin tonight and tuesday night for her first met performances in the russian role of tatiana the impressionable heroine of tchaikovskys eugene onegin the soprano rene fleming will be inspired no doubt and possibly a little daunted by her russian colleagues in this revival of robert carsens 1997 production the baritone dmitri hvorostovsky sings onegin a role he seems born to portray and valery gergiev will conduct the mexicanborn tenor ramn vargas sings lenski this looks to be a highlight of the season at 8 metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg sold out anthony tommasini jenufa tomorrow and wednesday the charismatic finnish soprano karita mattila is riveting in the title role of janaceks grim insightful and by the end consoling czech opera jenufa the mets revival of its 2003 production ms mattilas gleaming voice with its cool nordic colorings and vibrant sensuality are ideal for this character a foolishly trusting young woman in a moravian village who has become pregnant by her cousin the town rake who owns the local mill the ageless german soprano anja silja is at once terrifying and pitiable as jenufas stern stepmother kostelnicka jiri belohlavek conducts a sensitive and sweeping account of janaceks teeming score presented in its 1908 version the mezzosoprano judith forst sings kostelnicka in tomorrow evenings performance at 8 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 42 to 220 tomorrow 15 to 175 on wednesday tommasini i puritani thursday the reason the met dusted off its stodgy old 1976 production of bellinis puritani was to present the glamorous and brilliant soprano anna netrebko as elvira for the final performance on thursday the admirable soprano elizabeth futral takes over for ms netrebko not an enviable assignment still ms futral is an impressive vocalist and an exciting interpreter of the bel canto repertory she made her 1999 met debut in the title role of donizettis lucia di lammermoor and recently created the role of princess yueyang in tan duns first emperor at 730 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 15 to 175 tommasini la traviata monday for its revival of verdis traviata in franco zeffirellis extravagant 1998 production the met is rotating casts with three sopranos sharing the role of violetta this season mary dunleavy who made her company debut in 1993 takes over the role on monday night with the tenor jos luis duval as alfredo and the baritone charles taylor as germont carlo rizzi conducts at 730 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 15 to 175 tommasini classical music american symphony orchestra tonight leon botsteins latest interesting program looks at conductors who compose including george szell paul kletzki harold farberman and leonard bernstein at 8 avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 lincolncenterorg 27 to 55 holland bargemusic tonight through sunday wednesday and thursday tonight on the barge the pianist jonathan irving plays schubert impromptus and the sonata in a minor d 784 tomorrow and sunday the daponte string quartet plays beethovens quartet in f op 135 gershwins lullaby and wolfs italian serenade the program concludes with dvoraks quintet for piano and strings in a op 81 for which the quartet will be joined by michael kimmelman a pianist and chief art critic and a former music critic of the new york times on valentines day champagne and chocolates included the pianist steven beck plays liszt chopin and beethoven and on thursday the program includes piano trios by brahms and beethoven tonight tomorrow night and thursday night at 730 sunday at 4 pm and wednesday at 7 pm fulton ferry landing next to the brooklyn bridge brooklyn 718 6242083 bargemusicorg 35 tonight and thursday 40 tomorrow and sunday 50 on wednesday vivien schweitzer boston symphony orchestra monday not quite an oratorio nearly an opera berliozs damnation de faust skips back and forth between the opera house and the concert hall and more and more frequently it seems in recent years the nonstaged option allows the listener a novelreaders freedom of imagination and perhaps a deeper immersion in the colors of the score probably mined deeply in the reading of james levine heading his cast is the veteran bassbaritone jos van dam as mephistopheles yvonne naef paul groves and andrew gangestad are the other accomplished soloists backed up by the tanglewood festival chorus at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 39 to 127 anne midgette chamber music society of lincoln center sunday and tuesday for what it is calling its winter festival the chamber music society is exploring english music with an emphasis on works composed between 1900 and 1930 on sunday the ensemble begins a bit earlier with a fantasia by purcell and then offers music by vaughan williams bliss and warlock the centerpiece on tuesday is the vaughan williams song cycle on wenlock edge to be sung by russell thomas the tenor on a program that also includes works by goossens ireland and bax sunday at 5 pm tuesday at 730 pm alice tully hall lincoln center 212 8755788 chambermusicsocietyorg 28 to 50 allan kozinn continuum tuesday the israel philharmonic recently played two concerts in new york without offering music by a single israeli composer for that you have to turn to continuum which is looking at israeli music with an emphasis on works by immigrants from the former soviet union the composers represented include josef bardanashvili michael liebman benjamin yusupov uri brener valentin bibik and hana ajiashvili at 8 pm the jcc in manhattan 334 amsterdam avenue at 76th street 646 5055708 continuumensemblenyorg 15 kozinn philip glass and wendy sutter tuesday as part of the baryshnikov arts centers movado hour series of free informal concerts the composer and pianist philip glass and the cellist wendy sutter are collaborating on a program of mr glasss music including the premiere of his songs and poems for cello at 7 pm 450 west 37th street manhattan 917 9344966 baryshnikovdancefoundationorg free but reservations are required kozinn hungarian symphony orchestra tomorrow welcome to the brave new world of arts sponsorship in the exeast bloc while on this 100yearold orchestras first united states tour its conductor announced during a concert that the ensemble had lost its main sponsor and would be dissolving distressed spinmeisters countered that it would only be shrinking into a chamber ensemble so tomorrow may be both a first and a last chance for new yorkers to hear this particular survivor of central european tradition in liszts second piano concerto with paavali jumppanen dvoraks mighty eighth symphony and mussorgskys night on bald mountain at 8 pm tilles center for the performing arts c w post campus of long island university brookville ny 516 2993100 tillescenterorg 48 to 90 3 off for 65 midgette johannes string quartet tomorrow the members of this acclaimed quartet make time in their busy outside careers to perform together peter stumpf is the principal cellist of the los angles philharmonic and c j chang is the principal violist of the philadelphia orchestra the violinists are both based in new york soovin kim the first american to win the paganini violin competition in 24 years and jessica lee who won the 2005 concert artists guild international competition music lovers can hear them at a bargain price tomorrow when the essential peoples symphony concerts presents the quartet in works by beethoven schubert and mozart at 8 pm washington irving high school irving place at 16th street manhattan 212 5864680 pscnyorg 9 tommasini jennifer koh wednesday the dynamic violinist jennifer koh who has proven her mettle in repertory from bach to ligeti is a vigorous champion of new music on wednesday she will perform the new york premiere of jennifer higdons string poetic which was written for ms koh and the pianist reiko uchida her frequent collaborator the lively program also includes janaceks sonata schuberts sonatina in d and schumanns sonata no 2 ms koh will also perform excerpts from kurtags signs games and messages at 8 pm 92nd street y 1395 lexington avenue 212 4155500 92yorg 40 25 for age 35 and under schweitzer metropolitan museum artists in concert tonight the metropolitan museums resident chamber group andrew armstrong pianist colin jacobsen and yosuke kawasaki violinists nicholas cords violist and edward arron and raman ramakrishnan cellists opens its season with an eclectic program included are a purcell fantasia a boccherini string quintet the brahms f minor piano quintet and a recent work viaggio in italia by the italian postminimalist giovanni sollima at 8 212 5703949 metmuseumorg 30 kozinn minnesota orchestra tuesday and wednesday the finnish conductor osmo vanska has helped make the minnesota orchestra one of the most compelling in america right now not least with a vivid beethoven symphony cycle on cd thats satisfying fresh and continuing symphonies 3 4 5 8 and 9 have all been released beethovens delightful and underplayed fourth symphony and his classic fifth feature on consecutive nights in concerts that balance them against the fourth and fifth symphonies of mr vanskas compatriot jean sibelius at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 26 to 88 midgette new york philharmonic today tomorrow wednesday and thursday piano fans rejoice this weekend offers a chance to hear the conductor alan gilbert whose sobriquet is morphing from rising to simply hot in debussys images a piece called parodos by daniel brtz a swedish composer and beethovens first piano concerto with the soloist lars vogt next week lorin maazel leads off the orchestras brahms festival with the serenade no 1 and the first piano concerto as played by emanuel ax today at 11 am tomorrow at 8 pm wednesday and thursday at 730 pm avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 nyphilorg 24 to 99 midgette orchestra of st lukes thursday the british conductor roger norrington returns to st lukes with music by goldmark and brahms the american violinist hilary hahn plays goldmarks elaborate a minor concerto and mr norrington conducts the brahms fourth symphony at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 23 to 75 holland john scott tomorrow mr scott the organist and director of music at st thomas church plays the third concert in his 10part series exploring the complete organ works of buxtehude in honor of the forthcoming 300th anniversary of the composers death built in 1996 in a style similar to those of north germany and the netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries st thomass taylor boody organ is ideal for such a venture at 4 pm fifth avenue at 53rd street 212 7577013 saintthomaschurchorg free schweitzer dance full reviews of recent performances nytimescomdance big dance theater tonight and tomorrow annieb parsons and paul lazar bigs wildly imaginative choreographer and director explore the stories of the contemporary novelist masuji ibuse just in time for the start of japan societys celebration of its yearlong centennial tonight at 730 tomorrow at 3 and 730 pm japan society 333 east 47th street manhattan 212 7151258 japansocietyorg 35 jennifer dunning chez bushwick presents tomorrow performing in this cheerfully subversive series will be jennifer allen malinda allen american bob david hammons and dean moss with conversation from barbara bryan and kim doegler the new directors of movement research at 8 pm grace exhibition space 840 broadway between ellery street and park avenue bushwick brooklyn 718 5940642 gracespacemultiplycom 5 dunning chinese new year spectacular wednesday and thursday well it certainly does sound spectacular celebrating the year of the pig with dance and music presentations that include a multimedia depiction of heaven complete with angels fairies and gods drifting by on clouds through feb 17 wednesday at 8 pm thursday at 11 am and 8 pm radio city music hall 212 3077171 radiocitycom 4250 to 18450 dunning dancebrazil tuesday through thursday jelon vieira the artistic director of this vibrant company from bahia has been particularly successful at fusing the techniques of capoeira the afrobrazilian martial art with modern dance forms to celebrate the companys 30th anniversary he has created a new work the ritual of the roda that traces the history of capoeira the kickboxing fireworks artfully transformed into dance should be well worth seeing through feb 18 tuesday and wednesday at 730 pm thursday at 8 pm joyce theater 175 eighth avenue at 19th street chelsea 212 2420800 joyceorg 42 joyce members 32 roslyn sulcas dancewaves kids company tomorrow and sunday these child performers will dance pieces created by children throughout the city as well as choreography by twyla tharp and andrea woods at 3 pm kumble theater long island university brooklyn campus flatbush and dekalb avenues downtown brooklyn 718 4881624 wwwkumbletheaterorg 20 12 for children 12 and younger dunning d d dorvillier tonight and tomorrow night ms dorvillier describes her new nottthing is importanttt as a cinema performance incorporating video and a dark and sound environment whatever all that means ms dorvilliers wild intuitive and visual imagination is usually reason enough to take the plunge tonight at 1030 tomorrow at 8 the kitchen 512 west 19th street chelsea 212 2555793 ext 11 thekitchenorg 12 dunning alex escalante thursday a new trio swallow sand by mr escalante has a live score by jon moniaci according to press materials the piece features an installation of hundreds of copper tin cans and investigates social desensitization bought on by a hyper frenetic environment would that be new york through next friday at 730 pm dance theater workshop 219 west 19th street chelsea 212 6916500 dtworg 20 12 for students artists and 65 sulcas kinetic dance theater sunday directed by joanna and ryan greer the company will perform ill take summer a new cabaretdance piece that celebrates that sunny season repeated next friday at 8 pm and feb 19 at 7 pm at 8 pm dont tell mama 343 west 46th street clinton 212 7570788 kineticdancetheaterorg 10 cover with a twodrink minimum dunning regina nejman company thursday ms nejmans new frozen baby is described as a dance installation which might indicate that there wont be too much dancing but ms nejman is a choreographer who revels in sheer physicality and there should be plenty of highenergy movement to watch the work is set to commissioned music by mio morales whose last score for ms nejman was a compelling mix of brazilian pop and sharp electronic rhythyms through feb 18 at 8 pm joyce soho 155 mercer street soho 212 3347479 20 17 for students sulcas new york city ballet tonight through thursday the companys marketers have devised snappy titles for 10 winter season repertory programs but words appear to have failed them when it came to tonights collection of ballets repeated on sunday and thursday which is rather dully called contemporary quartet it consists of carousel a dance intermezzo no 1 slice to sharp and friandises no matter we still have balanchine and robbins masters at work serenade dybbuk and stravinsky violin concerto tomorrow afternoon essential balanchine square dance liebeslieder waltzer and stars and stripes tomorrow night visionary voices klavier russian seasons and the four temperaments on tuesday and for the fun of it circus polka walpurgisnacht ballet jeu de cartes and firebird on wednesday through feb 25 tonight and thursday night at 8 tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm sunday at 3 pm and tuesday and wednesday at 730 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 8705570 nycballetcom 20 to 95 dunning ny flamenco festival thursday paco de lucia the renowned guitarist actually precedes the first dance programs of this passionate and ambitious celebration of an ancient gypsy art but who cares about music the dance component opens with gala de la bienal de sevilla featuring joaquin grilo isabel bayn and the rising flamenco stars la moneta manual lian olga pericet and marco flores at 730 pm city center 131 west 55th street manhattan 212 5457536 worldmusicinstituteorg 30 to 85 200 for a gala ticket which includes a reception dunning 92nd street y harkness dance festival lee saar the company wednesday and thursday this gutsy brainy moderndance company founded seven years ago in tel aviv will open this fiveweek festival with new and repertory dances through feb 18 ailey citigroup theater 405 west 55th street clinton 212 4155500 92yorg 20 dunning oyu oro thursday this company of afrocuban performers will present palenque which incorporates popular and traditional dances from both cultures through feb 25 at 730 pm la mama etc 74a east fourth street east village 212 4757710 lamamaorg 20 15 for students dunning rebecca rice dance tonight and tomorrow night from boston ms rice and her moderndance company focus on what she describes as organically centered dance rich in energy and texture tonight at 9 tomorrow night at 8 merce cunningham studio 55 bethune street at washington street west village 978 8523863 rebeccaricedancecom 20 and 35 15 for studentsdunning jill sigmanthinkdance tonight through sunday a serious calf injury and travels in india berlin and new orleans were among the ingredients that prompted jill sigmans new rupture which features hundreds of broken eggshells an original score for voice and electronics live video and actual dancers ms sigman has a reputation for quirky originality that she seems to be about to live up to tonight and tomorrow night at 830 sunday at 730 pm danspace project 131 east 10th street east village 212 6748194 15 10 for members sulcas sundays three sunday magbana drum and dance will present new and reconstructed pieces rooted in guinean traditional and modern styles at 3 pm 92nd street y harkness dance center 1395 lexington avenue 212 4155500 92yorg 3 dunning the 2007 award show sunday participants in this months installment of this series which features short dances and discussion are kate weare dana ruttenberg evangelos dance daniel clifton and nelly van bommel at the end of the evening the audience chooses a choreographer or work that will be featured as a finalist in may at 7 pm joyce soho 155 mercer street 212 3347479 netacompanyorg free dunning widemandavis dance tonight this company starring the former dance theater of harlem principal tanya widemandavis will perform thaddeus daviss new piece the bends of life a dance that follows two characters from slavery to sharecropping to gaining the right to vote focusing on the quiltmaking women of gees bend ala at 730 mary johnson performing arts center calhoun school 433 west end avenue at 81st street manhattan 212 4976528 calhounorg 10 5 for students dunning art museums and galleries are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of recent art shows nytimescomart museums american folk art museum martn ramrez through april 29 ramrez a mexican peasant who immigrated to northern california and died there at 68 in 1963 spent the last 32 years of his life in a mental hospital making some of the greatest art of the last century he had his own way with materials and color and an unforgettable cast of characters most notably a mounted caballero and a levitating madonna crowned like the statue of liberty but most of all ramrez had his own brand of pictorial space established by rhythmic systems of parallel lines both curved and straight whose mesmerizing expansions and contractions simultaneously cosset and isolate his figures this show should render null and void the distinction between insider and outsider art 45 west 53rd street 212 2651040 roberta smith american museum of natural history gold through aug 19 this astounding array of art artifacts and natural samples larded with fascinating facts and tales ranges from prehistoric times to the present stops along the way include precolumbian empires sunken treasure and the moon landing it turns out that gold comes from the earth in forms as beautiful as anything man has thought to do with it central park west and 79th street 212 7695100 amnhorg smith chelsea art museum dangerous beauty through april 21 a timely update of a wellworn idea this show of contemporary works in a variety of mediums by 18 artists examines the beauty myth in art advertising and the fashion industry eloquent but blunt imagery of anorexic girls chiseled male beefcake and closeups of surgically deformed faces predominates reminding us of the violent extremes to which some people will go in pursuit of societys ideal of beauty the rest of the show often pointing an accusatory finger at skinny models cosmetic labels and the mass media feels familiar in its critique but the premise about the ideology of beauty is beyond argument 556 west 22nd street 212 2550719 chelseaartmuseumorg benjamin genocchio grey art gallery semina culture wallace berman his circle through march 31 the artist wallace berman 192676 may ring only a faint bell to many new yorkers but he was a central charismatic figure in an underground of west coast artists and poets in the 1950s and 60s a collagist poet photographer and the publisher of an influential journal semina he inspired others to make art too sparking hidden aptitude in startling places after meeting him drifters movie stars exmarines and petty criminals found themselves starting to paint and write and a traveling love company of them has come to grey art gallery trailing dreams delusions and marijuana clouds new york university 100 washington square greenwich village 212 9986780 holland cotter guggenheim museum spanish painting from el greco to picasso time truth and history through march 28 this show is carried along on its sheer star power and optical finesse there are dozens of goyas and velzquezes and zurbarns and el grecos and riberas and dals and picassos many famous many not i cant tell you how often i was stopped by a picture so good or unexpected that it made me do a double take velzquezs painting of a dwarf is alone worth crossing a continent to see 1071 fifth avenue at 89th street 212 4233500 guggenheimorg michael kimmelman international center of photography henri cartierbressons scrapbook photographs 193246 through april 29 arrived by way of the fondation henri cartierbresson in paris this show has more than 300 of the prints the photographer glued into an album and toted to new york for curators at the museum of modern art to cull captured by the nazis he had been presumed dead when the modern planned his retrospective then he turned up alive the posthumous exhibition opened with him in attendance in 1947 the current exhibition reconstructs as best as possible the original layout of the scrapbook its an eyestraining affair but it surveys the revolutionary work he shot in spain italy mexico britain and france his taste for uncanny detail linked him to surrealism and surrealist wit but unlike many surrealists he remained committed to human values boys mug at his camera prostitutes swan their gazes equalize them with us 1133 avenue of the americas at 43rd street 212 8570000 icporg kimmelman international center of photography martin munkacsi think while you shoot through april 29 munkacsi who inspired cartierbresson was by contrast selftaught a creature of his own devising this is the most complete retrospective with a thick catalog not too well researched and dozens of vintage prints from the 1920s through the early 60s he favored scenes of daily life absorbing avantgarde ideas about odd angles and abstract compositions in 1928 he moved to berlin and traveled the world on assignment to brazil algeria and egypt munkacsi was a stylist and he made catchy images the only way he knew how in a modernist mode which being an opportunistic form could serve any master he became a celebrity in america he photographed fred astaire dancing and joan crawford poolside in the breezy layouts of harpers bazaar the work looked brilliant see above kimmelman the metropolitan museum of art glitter and doom german portraits from the 1920s through feb 19 the 100 paintings and drawings on display here are by 10 artists including george grosz christian schad and karl hubbuch and most conspicuously the unrelentingly savage otto dix and his magnificent other max beckmann in their works the weimar republics porous worlds reassemble we look into the faces of museum directors and cabaret performers society matrons and scarred war veterans prostitutes and jaded aristocrats who were watching their world slide from one cataclysm to the next 212 5357710 metmuseumorg smith the met one of a kind the studio craft movement through sept 3 focusing on the postwar development of artistcraftsmen this display of furniture glass ceramics metalwork jewelry and fiber includes funny quirky provocative and sometimes gorgeous things among its stars are a witty bust by the california funk ceramicist robert arneson 192092 portraying the mother of the 16thcentury painter and printmaker albrecht durer and bonnie seemans fetching ceramic coffeepot and tray whose mock cabbage leaves and rhubarb stalks evoke the genteel tradition of 18thcentury british and continental china but can also be read as human rather than vegetative tissue 212 5357710 metmuseumorg grace glueck morgan library museum private treasures four centuries of european master drawings through april 8 this show is drawn entirely from an anonymous private collection despite the veil of secrecy a couple of things are obvious the collector had significant capital for investing in old masters and either an exceptional eye or a good adviser or both the works span more than 400 years from the 16th to the early 20th century and include drawings in ink and pencil watercolor chalk and gouache the earliest works come from a period when drawing wasnt an autonomous practice but was used as a form of exercise to apply ones craft to experiment and to make preliminary sketches for larger works the best example is a black chalk drawing the dead christ 152935 by agnolo bronzino with more than 90 drawings in the show being a diligent observer quickly becomes exhausting in which case put down the guide find a few drawings you like and enjoy them while you can after all you dont know where they came from where theyre going or when youll see them again 225 madison avenue at 36th street 212 6850008 morganlibraryorg martha schwendener storefront for art and architecture clipstampfold through feb 24 this show examines the world of those small magazines from the early 1960s to the end of the 1970s when the field of architecture was still marked by a playful intellectual and political independence often thrown together on a shoestring budget the magazines have an intoxicating freshness that should send a shudder down the spine of those whove spent the last decade in the glow of the computer screen but this is not an exercise in nostalgia its a piercing critique intended or not of the smoothness of our contemporary design culture these magazine covers map out an era when architecture was simmering with new ideas youre bound to leave the show with a nagging sense of what was lost as well as gained during the last three decades 97 kenmare street little italy 212 4315795 storefrontnewsorg nicolai ouroussoff galleries chelsea jacco olivier yet another painter working in animation might seem a little tiresome but these wistful filmed animations of loosely brushed seascapes and landscapes by mr olivier are perfectly lovely it is no revelation that he is from the netherlands dutch artists more or less invented landscape imagery in the late 16th century this artist updates the genr the imagery is marvelously painterly with the individual frames sometimes bordering on abstraction though the narrative structure owes much to the techniques of film mr oliviers peculiar genius is to have effortlessly combined them marianne boesky gallery 509 west 24th street 212 6809889 wwwmarianneboeskygallerycom through feb 17 genocchio last chance cosmologies this flawed but also irresistible survey of the longstanding human desire to account for the universe in a holistic often holy manner ranges eclectically across continents centuries mediums and religions its nearly 70 objects and artworks include african ritual objects tibetan and mongolian mandalas rare european prints and books and the efforts of over 30 contemporary artists unsurprisingly the circle is the dominant form here which befits the way you may find yourself orbiting through the panoply of material james cohan gallery 533 west 26th street chelsea 212 7149500 closes tomorrow smith freemanphelan the long goodbye as a collaborative duo jonah freeman and michael phelan turn the american cultural landscape into a kind of job lot shop of the damned synthetic carpeting heaves across the gallery floor glass display cases display only themselves pictures that look abstract and a little chinesey are actually photographs of aluminum foil some interesting young artists are turning design into a lethal critical weapon and mr freeman and mr phelan are two of them josh connelly presents 625 west 27th street chelsea 212 3379563 johnconnellypresentscom closes tomorrow cotter material for the making this auspicious first show organized by elizabeth dees new director jenny moore has work by four good artists mai braus heap of shredded newspaper is a realistically undecipherable edition of the news of the day gail thackers sequential polaroids of a dancing man covered in shaving cream is dada eadweard muybridge kori newkirk fills a wall with a giant snowflake painted in pomade an eerie video by kerry tribe recreates in sonambulistic shocktime the experience of a car accident in a snow storm elizabeth dee 545 west 20th street chelsea 212 9427545 elizabethdeegallerycom closes tomorrow cotter carrie moyer the stone age new paintings although a little cautious ms moyers new paintings have a bracing visual and conceptual complexity feminism biology geology prehistoric goddesses and vessels are evoked in thin precisely calibrated layers that add new twists to both the geometry and the gesturalism of maledominated formalist painting its postpolitical abstraction canada 55 chrystie street near hester street lower east side 212 9254631 closes on sunday smith museum of modern art doug aitken sleepwalkers produced in concert with creative time inc this monumental video projection screened nightly from 5 to 10 on three sides of the sleek exterior of the newly expanded museum of modern art consists of short silent and rather too glamorous meditations on the working nights of five emblematic new yorkers played somnolently by actors and musicians who include donald sutherland and tilda swinton but mr aitkens astute and restless cinematic ambition and commanding sense of scale are in full force especially in the more abstract portions of the piece resulting in a fitting ode to the city that never sleeps and that the camera has always loved 212 7089400 closes on monday smith stephen g rhodes recurrency its great when someone gets ambitiously complicated and makes it work as the young los angelesbased artist stephen g rhodes does in his first solo show formally he juggles video sculpture photographs and drawings and hooks them up in a circling narrative that ricochets from 19thcentury fiction to b films to hurricane katrina the play of history fiction and recent reality that results is memorably atmospheric guild greyshkul 28 wooster street soho 212 6259224 wwwguildgreyshkulcom closes tomorrow cotter saul steinberg works from the 50s80s steinbergs sidewinding art may be in full cry at the morgan library but this wonderful shortform retrospective doesnt skimp ranging from the early 1950s to the late 1980s its 40 objects include one of the artists studiotable sculptures accoutered with whittled versions of tools and worksinprogress and a facsimile of his many notebooks that feels like the real thing especially since it can be handled adam baumgold gallery 74 east 79th street 212 8617338 closes tomorrow smith whitney museum of american art kiki smith a gathering 19802005 many things fly and float here men and women harpies and angels birds and beasts toadstools and stars and some things fall to earth or rather to the museums black stone floors maybe to rise again maybe not the whole show a midcareer retrospective suggests a victorian fairy tale its tone at once light grievous and dreamlike but fanciful as it is ms smiths art is also deeply corporeally realistic it wears moral and mortal seriousness on its sleeve if not tattooed on its wrist it is about life and death the essential things 945 madison avenue at 75th street 212 5703676 whitneyorg closes on sunday cotter gonzaga suspends two after arrests the gonzaga basketball players josh heytvelt and theo davis were suspended from the team after they were arrested friday the police said marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms were found in their car the players were booked into the spokane county jail on friday night for investigation of drug possession cheney police cmdr rick campbell said prosecutors have until the end of wednesday to file charges the two were released saturday on their own recognizance the police said camden computer pornography charge a man who taught seminars about whales to elementary school students was arrested last week and charged with possession of child pornography the state police said the man stuart goldman 63 was arrested on friday after the state police found pornographic images on his computer said sgt stephen jones a spokesman the computer was seized last march when the state police charged mr goldman with having marijuana plants in his house in barrington sergeant jones said mr goldman has pleaded not guilty to the drug charges the state police said metro briefing new jersey camden computer pornography charge a man who taught seminars about whales to elementary school students was arrested last week and charged with possession of child pornography the state police said the man stuart goldman 63 was arrested on friday after the state police found pornographic images on his computer said sgt stephen jones a spokesman the computer was seized last march when the state police charged mr goldman with having marijuana plants in his house in barrington sergeant jones said mr goldman has pleaded not guilty to the drug charges the state police said john holl marijuana science for researchers studying marijuana its been a very good week in one of the most careful studies to date marijuana was found to relieve pain and a judge ruled in favor of an agronomist who has has been trying for six years to overcome one of the problems of marijuana research the lack of an adequate supply of the drug for experiments the listings feb 16 feb 22 and their wives 215 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 bff previews start tomorrow opens on feb 24 in anna zieglers memory play a woman haunted by her past has a sexual awakening 130 dr2 103 east 15th street 212 2396200 the coast of utopia salvage in previews opens on sunday tom stoppards epic trilogy about 19thcentury russian intelligentsia comes to an end with this final installment which once again stars a vigorous and immense cast including brian f obyrne jennifer ehle martha plimpton and ethan hawke jack obrien directs 230 vivian beaumont theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 2396200 dying city in previews opens on march 4 lincoln center presents a new play by christopher shinn four about a therapist who receives a visit from her deceased husbands twin brother 130 mitzi e newhouse theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 3627600 howard katz in previews opens on march 2 roundabout theater presents a new play by patrick marber closer about a downonhisluck talent agent doug hughes directs 130 laura pels theater 111 west 46th street 212 7191300 journeys end in previews opens on thursday this english transfer of r c sherriffs early20thcentury antiwar play stars the tony winners boyd gaines and jefferson mays 240 belasco theater 111 west 44th street 212 2396200 king hedley ii previews start on tuesday opens on march 11 signature theater revives august wilsons operatic drama set in reagenera pittsburgh about a man who just returned from prison 245 peter norton space 555 west 42nd street clinton 212 2447529 king lear in previews opens on march 7 he played hamlet he played falstaff it was only a matter of time before kevin kline took on this proud misguided patriarch james lapine directs 300 the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 mary rose in previews opens on tuesday although it can sometimes seem otherwise j m barrie wrote stories besides peter pan including this one about a girl who might be a ghost tina landau directs 145 vineyard theater 108 east 15th street 212 3530303 our leading lady previews start on thursday opens on march 20 a new comedy by charles busch the tale of the allergists wife about the actress who was to perform at fords theater on the night lincoln was shot 200 manhattan theater club at city center stage ii 131 west 55th street 212 5811212 prelude to a kiss previews start today opens on march 8 the roundabout revives craig lucass fantastical play about a young romance that takes a very bizarre turn 200 american airlines theater 227 west 42nd street 212 7191300 sealed for freshness in previews opens on feb 24 set in the 60s doug stones new play features a group of midwestern housewives at a tupperware party comedy ensues 200 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 spalding gray stories left to tell previews start on tuesday opens on march 6 kathleen russo spalding grays widow and lucy sexton assembled this collection of his monologues letters and stories kathleen chalfant and frank wood star 130 minetta lane theater 18 minetta lane greenwich village 212 3074100 talk radio in previews opens on march 11 eric bogosians darkly funny portrait of a latenight talk show host returns for a broadway revival starring liev schreiber robert falls directs longacre theater 220 west 48th street 212 2396200 broadway the apple tree the amazing kristin chenoweth gives imaxscreensize life to three curvaceous doodles who by rights shouldnt be any larger than figures in the sunday funnies jerry bock and sheldon harnicks 1966 musical directed by gary griffin shows its age but is given theatrical verve by ms chenoweth brian darcy james and marc kudisch 230 studio 54 254 west 54th street 212 7191300 ben brantley a chorus line if you want to know why this show was such a big deal when it opened 31 years ago you need only experience the thrilling first five minutes of this revival otherwise this archivally exact production directed by bob avian feels like a vintage car that has been taken out of the garage polished up and sent on the road once again 200 schoenfeld theater 236 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley the coast of utopia the exhilarating first two installments of tom stoppards trilogy about 19thcentury russian intellectuals dreaming of revolution these productions pulse with the dizzy springgreen arrogance and anxiety of a new generation moving as fast as it can toward the future jack obrien directs a fresh vigorous and immense cast that includes brian f obyrne jennifer ehle billy crudup and ethan hawke 245 vivian beaumont theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 2396200 brantley company fire beckoning and dangerous flickers beneath the frost of john doyles elegant unexpectedly stirring revival of stephen sondheim and george furths eradefining musical from 1970 starring a compellingly understated raul esparza like mr doyles sweeney todd this production finds new clarity of feeling in sondheim by melding the roles of performers and musicians 220 barrymore theater 243 west 47th street 212 2396200 brantley the drowsy chaperone tony awards best book of a musical and best original score 2006 this small and ingratiating spoof of 1920s stage frolics as imagined by an obsessive show queen may not be a masterpiece but in a dry season for musicals it has theatergoers responding as if they were withering houseplants finally being watered after long neglect bob martin and sutton foster are the standouts in the avid energetic cast 140 marquis theater 1535 broadway at 45th street 212 3074100 brantley grey gardens christine ebersole is absolutely glorious as the middleaged timewarped debutante called little edie beale in this uneven musical adaptation of the notorious 1975 documentary of the same title she and the wonderful mary louise wilson as her bedridden mother in the performances of their careers make grey gardens an experience no passionate theatergoer should miss 240 walter kerr theater 219 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley mary poppins this handsome homilypacked mechanically ingenious and rather tedious musical adapted from the p l travers stories and the 1964 disney film is ultimately less concerned with inexplicable magic than with practical psychology ashley brown who sings prettily as the familymending nanny looks like joan crawford trying to be nice and sounds like dr phil directed by richard eyre and matthew bourne 230 new amsterdam theater 214 west 42nd street 212 3074747 brantley les misrables this premature revival a slightly scaleddown version of the wellgroomed behemoth that closed only three years ago appears to be functioning in a state of mild sedation appealingly sung and freshly orchestrated this fastmoving adaptation of victor hugos novel isnt sloppy or blurry but its pulse rate stays well below normal 255 broadhurst theater 235 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley spring awakening duncan sheik and steven saters bold adaptation of the frank wedekind play is the freshest and most exciting new musical broadway has seen in some time set in 19thcentury germany but with a ravishing rock score it exposes the splintered emotional lives of adolescents just discovering the joys and sorrows of sex performed with brio by a great cast with supple direction by michael mayer and inventive choreography by bill t jones 200 eugene oneill theater 230 west 49th street 212 2396200 charles isherwood tarzan this writhing green blob with music adapted by disney theatrical productions from the 1999 animated film has the feeling of a superdeluxe day care center equipped with lots of bungee cords and karaoke synthesizers where children can swing when they get tired of singing and vice versa the sodapop score is by phil collins 230 richard rodgers theater 226 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley translations the estimable irish director garry hynes a tony winner for martin mcdonaghs beauty queen of leenane has assembled an ensemble of an extraordinarily high caliber and consistency for the third major new york production of brian friels 1980 play set in rural ireland in 1833 as the local tongue is being supplanted by the language of the english occupying forces the play explores the seriocomic truth that language can divide as easily as it unites and can never hope to translate the rich music in our souls with the delicacy we yearn for a topflight broadway revival 215 biltmore theater 261 west 47th street 212 2396200 isherwood the vertical hour david hares soggy consideration of the angloamerican cultural divide stars julianne moore representing the americans and bill nighy leading the british directed by sam mendes the yanks dont stand a chance 220 music box theater 239 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley off broadway all that i will ever be in this falsefeeling comedydrama by alan ball creator of six feet under a gay hustler undergoes an identity crisis when he finds himself falling for one of his clients slick but mostly stale in its analysis of a society afraid of emotional engagement 215 the new york theater workshop 79 east fourth street east village 212 2396200 isherwood the big voice god or merman think of two gifted and smart gay men with years of life together deploying their considerable talents from the two pianos you happen to have in your living room the result is a hilarious and very touching memoir of two decades of love and the funky glories of show business life 200 actors temple theater 339 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 honor moore the crying woman an imaginative play that manages to transform what begins as a tired cultureclash comedy involving a mexican and united states couple sharing a house in mexico city into a sinister tale involving strange superstitions and a ghost from the 16th century 230 the beckett theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 wilborn hampton dai enough iris bahrs unnerving onewoman show doesnt have much to add to the middle east debate but it sure leaves a lasting impression ms bahr plays an assortment of characters who have the misfortune of being in a tel aviv cafe that is about to be visited by the havoc common to such establishments the attack is rendered in jarring fashion repeatedly you watch the play on pins and needles waiting for the next burst gimmicky sure but viscerally effective 140 culture project 55 mercer street at broome street soho 212 2539983 neil genzlinger dutchman a revival of the poet amiri barakas screed on race and american values 43 years after its greenwich village debut aims for all the fire and might of a malcolm x speech but none of the rhetorical elegance it shouts so loudly that you cant hear a thing 100 cherry lane theater 38 commerce street between barrow and bedford streets west village 212 2396200 ginia bellafante the fantasticks a revival well more like a resuscitation of the little musical that wouldnt die this sweetasever production of tom jones and harvey schmidts commediadellartestyle confection is most notable for mr joness touching performance under the pseudonym thomas bruce as the old actor a role he created when the show opened in 1960 mr jones also directs 205 snapple theater center 210 west 50th street 212 3074100 brantley the fever wallace shawn performs his provocative monologue about a guiltriddled bourgeois everyman sweating his way through a moral crisis the rich often hypnotic writing draws us into his tortured mindscape as he shifts between shame over his sense of entitlement and reasoned arguments that sacrifice is unnecessary and pointless meanwhile in the third world the violence and poverty continue unabated 130 acorn theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 isherwood the frugal repast this sweet compact story by ron hirsen dabbles in the high concepts of art but not too deeply which makes it just right two circus performers see picassos frugal repast in a dealers window and realize they were the models for it when they steal the print their lowbrow world and picassos highbrow one amusingly collide 120 the june havoc theater abingdon theater arts complex 312 west 36th street 212 8684444 genzlinger gutenberg the musical a very funny if not terribly original satire of musical theater features what must be the worst backers audition of all time the excellent duo jeremy shamos and christopher fitzgerald make the pitch 205 the actors playhouse 100 seventh avenue south at fourth street greenwich village 212 2396200 jason zinoman in the heights linmanuel mirandas joyous songs paint a vibrant portrait of daily life in washington heights in this flawed but enjoyable show essentially a valentine to the barrio conflict of a violent or desperate kind is banished from the picture the musical contains a host of vibrant funny performances and brings the zesty sound of latin pop to the stage 210 37 arts 450 west 37th street 212 3074100 isherwood jacques brel is alive and well and living in paris a powerfully sung revival of the 1968 revue presented with affectionate nostalgia by the director gordon greenberg as in the original two men and two women perform a wide selection of brels plaintive ballads and stirring anthems 200 zipper theater 336 west 37th street 212 2396200 isherwood the jaded assassin imagine mediocre professional wrestling mixed with crouching tiger hidden dragon and you get the idea 115 the ohio theater 66 wooster street soho 212 8684444 zinoman a jew grows in brooklyn you dont have to be jewish or brooklynish to empathize with jake ehrenreich but in terms of fully appreciating his essentially oneman show it probably helps especially the catskills jokes 205 37 arts 450 west 37th street 212 5608912 anita gates the last word oren safdies comedy about cultural generation gaps amuses as it goes along but lands at a predictable nowhere daniel j travanti stars as a viennese jew and aspiring playwright who does battle with a young student angling to become his writing assistant and find his voice 130 theater at st clements 423 west 46th street clinton 212 2794200 bellafante the merchant of venice and the jew of malta f murray abraham plays two elizabethan villains in repertory for the theater for a new audience mr abrahams sinister but still moving shylock is the dark heart of darko tresnjaks chilly powerful staging of one of shakespeares unfunniest comedies as barabas in david herskovitss goofy postmodern jew of malta hes the lively center of a carnival that doesnt do justice to christopher marlowes harsh satire on christian hypocrisy and venality each 230 the duke on 42nd street 229 west 42nd street 212 2396200 isherwood a midsummer nights dream shakespeares comedy so dependent on things that arent what they appear to be makes an inspired choice for theater by the blind a group that mixes blind visionimpaired and fully sighted actors the most intriguing thing though is how the company stages the play with just six actors 150 the barrow group theater 312 west 36th street 212 8684444 genzlinger my mothers italian my fathers jewish and im in therapy steve solomon does skillful impersonations in his oneman show but some of his jokes are as old as the hills 130 little shubert theater 422 west 42nd street clinton 212 2396200 gates no child teachers will love nilaja suns onewoman show about the challenges of teaching drama at malcolm x high school 110 barrow street theater 27 barrow street at seventh avenue south west village 212 2396200 gates room service the peccadillo theater company puts a charge into this comedy from the 1930s thanks to a brisk pace by the director dan wackerman and a dozen dandy performances david edwards is the wouldbe producer whose bills threaten to swamp his efforts to put a show on broadway and fred berman is particularly fine as his director 200 soho playhouse 15 vandam street south village 212 6911555 genzlinger a spanish play the great zoe caldwell returns to the new york stage after an absence of a decade in the fine company of linda emond denis ohare and larry pine thats the good news the bad the play yasmina rezas pseudophilosophical and metatheatrical trifle is utterly forgettable 150 classic stage company 136 east 13th street east village 212 3523101 isherwood 25 questions for a jewish mother this is the comedian judy golds fiercely funny monologue based on her own life as a single jewish lesbian mother and interviews with more than 50 other jewish mothers 120 st lukes theater 308 west 46th street clinton 212 2396200 phoebe hoban victoria martin math team queen must all stage teenagers speak in that exaggerated surferdude style in which awesome and totally make up about 50 percent of any conversation yes apparently they must from the evidence presented in this thin comedy which is about a high school girl who finds herself on the allmale math team the playwright kathryn walat seems to have been trying to grab the coattails of a certain spellingbeerelated show she missed 200 the julia miles theater 424 west 55th street clinton 212 2396200 genzlinger the voysey inheritance david mamet has cleanly and cannily adapted harley granville barkers 1905 play about corruption in the genteel world of victorian finance an excellent cast and a sumptuous production bring extra immediacy to a tale of embezzlement and entitlement that feels as fresh as tomorrows stock options 150 atlantic theater 336 west 20th street chelsea 212 2396200 isherwood wake up mr sleepy your unconscious mind is dead richard foremans latest filmtheater hybrid is a memorial service of sorts for the intuitive self killed by a surfaceworshiping world it is also a dazzling exercise in reality shifting that is as invigorating as it is mournful 105 ontological theater at st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 3523101 brantley off off broadway at least its pink bridget everett and her big bad attitude costar in this minimusical about sex and unsatisfying jobs in the city directed by michael patrick king of sex and the city as it happens who is also the coauthor and with songs written by ms everett and kenny mellman the pianoplaying half of kiki herb raucous and rude its a bit like a onewoman episode of jerry springer 120 ars nova 511 west 54th street clinton 212 8684444 isherwood t j and dave the comics t j jagodowski and dave pasquesi miraculously improvise a onehour play at every performance this is an impressive feat of mental athletics but the results are also observant complex and frequently enormously funny 100 barrow street theater 27 barrow street west village 212 2396200 gates longrunning shows altar boyz this sweetly satirical show about a christian pop group made up of five potential teen people cover boys is an enjoyable silly diversion 130 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 isherwood avenue q rrated puppets give lively life lessons 210 golden theater 252 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley beauty and the beast cartoon made flesh sort of 230 luntfontanne theater 205 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley the color purple singing cliffsnotes for alice walkers pulitzer prizewinning novel 240 broadway theater 1681 broadway at 53rd street 212 2396200 brantley forbidden broadway special victims unit often more entertaining than the real thing 145 47th street theater 304 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley hairspray fizzy pop cute kids large man in a housedress 230 neil simon theater 250 west 52nd street 212 3074100 brantley jersey boys the biomusical that walks like a man 230 august wilson theater 245 west 52nd street 212 2396200 brantley the lion king disney on safari where the big bucks roam 245 minskoff theater 200 west 45th street at broadway 212 3074100 brantley mamma mia the jukebox that devoured broadway 220 cadillac winter garden theater 1634 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 brantley the phantom of the opera who was that masked man anyway 230 majestic theater 247 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the producers the ne plus ultra of showbiz scams 245 st james theater 246 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley rent east village angst and love songs to die for 245 nederlander theater 208 west 41st street 212 3074100 brantley spamalot a singing scrapbook for monty python fans 220 shubert theater 225 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee a chorus line with pimples 145 circle in the square 254 west 50th street manhattan 212 2396200 isherwood wicked oz revisited with political corrections 245 gershwin theater 222 west 51st street manhattan 212 3074100 brantley last chance anon kate robins savvy dark romantic comedy about sexual addiction doesnt live up to its potential 210 atlantic theater company stage 2 330 west 16th street chelsea 212 2396200 closes on sunday zinoman evil dead the musical this likable horror comedy based on sam raimis gory movies wants to be the next rocky horror show to that end it offers deadpan lyrics selfreferential humor and geysers of stage blood 200 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 closes tomorrow gates franks home peter weller plays frank lloyd wright in richard nelsons dreary biodrama which lingers lovingly on its subjects feet of clay while paying arid lip service to his genius 145 playwrights horizons mainstage 416 west 42nd street clinton 212 7194200 closes on sunday isherwood the little dog laughed the comedy of manners a form widely believed to be extinct in the american theater has actually resurfaced on broadway with all its vital signs intact in douglas carter beanes breezy but trenchant satire about truth and illusion hollywood style with the wonderful julie white as the movie agent you hate to love but just cant help it 200 cort theater 138 west 48th street 212 2396200 closes on sunday brantley meet me in st louis this musical is too big for its stage but the young turnofthelastcentury sweethearts have great chemistry and there are four terrific songs 200 irish repertory theater 132 west 22nd street chelsea 212 7272737 closes on sunday gates toys in the attic austin pendletons fine revival of lillian hellmans last play faithfully attacks the corrosive attachments of family what good is a family and thus a society the play implicitly asks that can only look in the mirror 230 pearl theater 80 st marks place east village 212 5989802 closes on sunday bellafante movies ratings and running times are in parentheses foreign films have english subtitles full reviews of all current releases movie trailers show times and tickets nytimescommovies arthur and the invisibles pg 94 minutes luc besson serves up a hybrid of live actors and computergenerated figures to tell a notendearingenough story about a boy freddie highmore who shrinks to microscopic size to find some gems and his missing grandfather lots of famous names madonna robert de niro david bowie snoop dogg lend their voices to the computerized part of the movie but only briefly near the end does everything click neil genzlinger babel r 143 minutes in english spanish japanese berber arabic and sign language this hugely ambitious movie tells four loosely linked not quite simultaneous stories set on three different continents with dialogue in several languages the themes to the extent they are decipherable include loss fate and the terrible consequences of miscommunication written by guillermo arriaga and directed by alejandro gonzalez irritu the movie is an intellectual muddle but a visceral tour de force and the power of the filmmaking almost overcomes the fuzziness of the ideas almost a o scott because i said so pg13 102 minutes diane keaton and mandy moore as mother and daughter what did she say exactly whatever it was it wasnt as funny as it should have been scott black friday no rating 143 minutes in hindi set in 1993 this is an exploration of how religious hatred between indias hindu majority and muslim minority manifested itself in institutionalized discrimination race rioting and ultimately a series of terrorist bombings by muslim guerrillas that killed 257 people in mumbai the upshot is an exhaustive exhausting often moving thriller that spreads both empathy and condemnation around democratically matt zoller seitz blood diamond r 138 minutes the makers of this foolish thriller about illegal diamond trafficking in africa starring an excellent leonardo dicaprio want you to know there may be blood on your hands specifically your wedding finger too bad they havent thought through what it means to turn misery into entertainment manohla dargis breaking and entering r 119 minutes this hightoned feelbad exercise in liberal guilt comes from anthony minghella who brings the same earnest humorlessness to presentday london that he has brought to the historical past jude law is an architect juliette binoche is a bosnian seamstress and vera farmiga provides a glimmer of wit and liveliness as a russian prostitute who shows up to drink coffee show her underwear and discuss the themes of the movie scott children of men r 100 minutes the end is nigh in this superb thriller directed by alfonso cuarn about a nervously plausible future based on the p d james book the film stars an excellent clive owen and features equally sterling support from michael caine danny huston and chiwetel ejiofior among others dargis days of glory r 120 minutes in french rachid boucharebs tale of north african soldiers fighting to free their french colonial masters from german occupation during world war ii is a potent combat picture and also a searching and complex political drama scott the departed r 150 minutes martin scorseses cubistic entertainment about men divided by power loyalty and their own selves is at once a success and a relief based on the crackling hong kong thriller infernal affairs it features fine twinned performances from matt damon and leonardo dicaprio and a showboating jack nicholson dargis dreamgirls pg13 131 minutes the broadway musical arrives on the screen capably directed by bill condon ardently acted and sung by jamie foxx eddie murphy beyonc knowles and especially jennifer hudson but undone by mediocre and anachronistic songs scott epic movie pg13 86 minutes a cheap dumb parody of expensive dumb movies scott factory girl r 91 minutes its not entirely inappropriate that this film george hickenloopers biography of edie sedgwick the most glamorous of andy warhols socalled superstars should suggest a magazine layout masquerading as a film the world through which ms sedgwick sienna miller blazed and burned out was one that lived and died by the camera it existed to be seen and drooled over but god help you if you actually lived in it stephen holden hannibal rising r 121 minutes marked by too much respect and too little energy this primer on the early years of hannibal lecter reduces one of our most mythic villains to a callow dysfunctional chef orphaned in world war ii our psychopathic hero hunts down his familys killers and snacks on their remains but burrowing into the id of pop cultures most repulsive gourmet demands a sanguinary glee that the director peter webber may not possess for all the movies spurting gore theres no accompanying rush of blood to the head jeannette catsoulis the italian pg13 99 minutes in russian this dark fairy tale from russia pulls you into a richly atmospheric persuasively inhabited world teeming with young foundlings and pathos and upended by one remarkable little boy dargis the last king of scotland r 121 minutes kevin macdonald paints a queasily enjoyable portrait of the ugandan dictator idi amin from inside the palace walls forest whitaker plays the mad king while james mcavoy plays the fool dargis letters from iwo jima r 141 minutes in japanese another masterwork from clint eastwoods astonishing late period and one of the best war movies ever ken watanabe is especially fine as the general commanding japanese troops in the doomed defense of the island of iwo jima scott little children r 130 minutes todd fields adaptation of tom perrottas novel of suburban adultery is unfailingly intelligent and faultlessly acted kate winslet and patrick wilson are superb as the parents of young children who meet at the playground and enact a twohanded variation on madame bovary against a backdrop of social paranoia and middleclass malaise scott little miss sunshine r 101 minutes a bittersweet comedy of dysfunction that takes place at the terminus of the american dream the excellent cast includes greg kinnear steve carell toni collette paul dano and that national treasure alan arkin dargis the lives of others r 137 minutes in german florian henckel von donnersmarcks debut feature takes place in east berlin in 1984 and it is a smart moving inquiry into the moral predicament facing good people in a bad system ulrich mhes performance as a consciencestricken stasi officer is a tightly wound tour de force and sebastian koch and martina gedeck are both superb as a playwright and his actress lover who are drawn into the cruel absurd clutches of the communist secret police scott mafioso no rating 99 minutes in italian this 1962 film revived by rialto pictures is a rambunctious astonishing blend of farce thriller and social satire the director alberto lattuada follows an upandcoming fiat manager alberto sordi on a visit from milan to his native village in sicily his homecoming is full of surprises painful for him altogether delightful for the audience scott norbit pg13 97 minutes eddie murphy plays a nebbish a fat woman and a chinese restaurant owner in this crude sometimes mean but often funny farce scott notes on a scandal r 92 minutes judi dench and cate blanchett play a misogynistic game of cat and mouse from which no one emerges unscathed including the audience adapted by patrick marber from a novel by zo heller and directed by richard eyre dargis notes on marie menken no rating 97 minutes martina kudlaceks documentary shines a quavering if welcome ray of light on a largely forgotten figure in the american avantgarde film scene whose sphere of influence included edward albee stan brakhage and kenneth anger dargis pans labyrinth r 119 minutes in spanish guillermo del toros tale of a young girls ordeal in postcivilwar fascist spain is either a fairy tale in the guise of a political allegory or vice versa in either case it is a moving enchanting strange and humane example of popular art at its very best scott the painted veil pg13 125 minutes nicely directed by john curran this version of the w somerset maugham novel draws you in by turning a distaff bildungsroman into a fine romance with naomi watts and edward norton dargis the pursuit of happyness pg13 117 minutes how you respond to this fairy tale in realist drag may depend on whether you find will smiths performances so overwhelmingly winning that you buy the idea that poverty is a function of bad luck and bad choices and success the result of heroic toil and dreams dargis puccini for beginners no rating 81 minutes snappy repartee with the ring of real conversation among people who are never at a loss for a remark is something every selfrespecting manhattan sophisticate imagines can be channeled into a screenplay with the crackle of vintage woody allen that elusive tone is sustained through enough of maria maggentis film puccini for beginners to make this screwball comedy of sexual confusion with lesbian inclinations a rarity holden the queen pg13 103 minutes directed by stephen frears from a very smart script by peter morgan and starring a magnificent helen mirren in the title role the queen pries open a window in the house of windsor around the time of the death of diana princess of wales blending fact with fiction dargis regular lovers no rating 175 minutes in french philippe garrels tender portrait of late1960s french youth stars the filmmakers son louis garrel as a 20yearold parisian struggling through the fires of revolutionary promise and its smoldering remains magnificent dargis the situation no rating 106 minutes in english and arabic connie nielsen stars as a correspondent sniffing around wartime iraq in a narcoleptic thriller directed by philip haas from a screenplay by the journalist wendell steavenson dargis smokin aces r 107 minutes absolute garbage scott stomp the yard pg13 109 minutes brotherhood is powerful in this sometimes compelling sometimes complacent movie about stepping and africanamerican fraternity life at an atlanta institution called truth university d j columbus short a streetstyle dancer needs to find his place in a university ruled by gammas and thetas and stepping rachel saltz an unreasonable man no rating 122 minutes a very reasonable documentary about the long career of ralph nader as a consumer advocate and more recently and vexingly to some of his former admirers a perennial presidential candidate scott venus r 91 minutes a modest diverting touching tale of a young woman who attracts the interest avuncular and also erotic of an aging actor played with effortless aplomb by the great peter otoole scott volver r 121 minutes in spanish another keeper from pedro almodvar with penlope cruz as a resilient widow in her best role to date scott film series film comment selects tonight through thursday a series of critically acclaimed films that were not released commercially chosen by the editors of film comment continues tonight with pedro costas colossal youth one of the most divisive titles of the 2006 cannes film festival a slowmoving study of the immigrants from cape verde who live in a rundown corner of lisbon the film evoked both the standard comparisons to paint drying and high praise comparing mr costas work to that of the avant garde masters jeanmarie straub and danile huillet whose final film will be shown in this series next weekend also this week bardo 2005 by the taiwanese director lin tayjou the controversial chinese film summer palace 2006 by lou ye and a new arty thriller retribution 2006 by the japanese filmmaker kiyoshi kurosawa through feb 27 walter reade theater 165 west 65th street lincoln center 212 8755600 filmlincorg 10 dave kehr fist and sword an afternoon with ron van clief sunday this africanamerican martial arts star appears with a program of clips from the many films and television programs he has worked on since 1974 including way of the black dragon 1978 and touch of death 1980 museum of the moving image 35th avenue at 36th street astoria queens 718 7840077 movingimageus 10 kehr graham greene noir thursday a series of four weekly screenings of films based on thrillers by graham greene begins with a rarely seen 1944 film by fritz lang ministry of fear a spy tale loosely based on greenes novel of the same title filled out with haunting surrealist imagery ray milland and marjorie reynolds star through march 30 brooklyn academy of music 30 lafayette street at ashland place fort greene brooklyn 718 6364100 wwwbamorg 10 kehr morricone tonight through thursday the third and final week of a tribute to the italian film composer ennio morricone features some very rare titles including giuliano montaldos 1968 machine gun mccain starring john cassavetes gena rowlands and peter falk on sunday and monday and samuel fullers fatally misunderstood fable on race relations white dog 1982 on tuesday film forum 209 west houston street west of avenue of the americas south village 212 7278110 filmforumorg 1050 kehr a view from the vaults warner bros rko pictures and first national pictures tonight through thursday ten features from the aforementioned studios shown in prints recently acquired by the museum of modern art this weeks screenings include irving rappers 1945 the corn is green with bette davis michael curtizs lurid 1949 carnival melodrama flamingo road with joan crawford raoul walshs 1940 tale of highspeed truck drivers they drive by night and gunga din george stevenss rousing colonialist adventure of 1939 through feb 24 museum of modern art roy and niuta titus theaters 212 7089400 momaorg 10 kehr pop full reviews of recent concerts nytimescommusic jon anderson and the school of rock allstars sunday and monday as seen in the documentary rock school paul green offers an extensive curriculum at his philadelphia school teaching youngsters the rock n roll canon as well as the fundamentals of power chords and buddabudda bass lines here his students get the equivalent of a dissertation defense backing up jon anderson the heliumvoiced former singer of yes in that bands hairpullingly complex neoclassical progrock songs at 8 pm b b king blues club grill 237 west 42nd street manhattan 212 9974144 bbkingbluescom 35 in advance 40 at the door sold out on sunday ben sisario arcade fire tonight and tomorrow night three years ago with its jubilantly clamorous album funeral this montreal group performed a kind of musical miracle making navelgazing indierock seem not only fresh and sincere but also deeply meaningful its brilliant second record neon bible merge to be released next month is darker and more preoccupied but nearly as cathartic at 730 judson memorial church 55 washington square south greenwich village 212 2604700 bowerypresentscom sold out sisario barr tonight and tomorrow night over bare stutters of piano and drums brendan fowler of barr lets loose an endlessly selfregarding logorrhea questioning his every thought and instinct in a naked paratactic melancholy what is the saddest thing i can say he asks on barrs new album summary 5rc words arent sad enough music isnt sad enough how could it bear to be it doesnt need to be cause life is there to do it for real with lucky dragons at 8 the kitchen 512 west 19th street chelsea 212 2555793 thekitchenorg 10 sisario richard buckner tomorrow and sunday with a dry baritone and a creaky acoustic guitar richard buckner broods about women booze and death and hes serious about all this american gothic stuff his 2000 album the hill was an appropriately bleak setting of 18 poems from edgar lee masterss spoon river anthology with six parts seven tomorrow at 8 pm sunday at 930 pm union hall 702 union street at fifth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 6384400 unionhallnycom 10 sisario judy collins tonight and tomorrow night and tuesday through thursday a folk songbird for seemingly longer than anybody else has been a folk songbird ms collins is at the caf carlyle for her debut cabaret engagement at 845 pm carlyle hotel 35 east 76th street manhattan 212 7441600 thecarlylecom 100 cover at tables 65 at the bar sisario bobby conn thursday bobby conn is a wiseguy iconoclast from chicago who never skips his daily dose of irony as he turns pop songs into excursions all over the musical landscape he wanders amid retrofunk jazz and noise as he proclaims his romantic intentions in sardonically overwrought vocals with detholz and the victoria lucas at 9 pm trash bar 256 grand street at roebling street williamsburg brooklyn 718 599100 thetrashbarcom 10 sisario kevin devine jennifer oconnor tomorrow mr devine once of the band miracle of 86 has carved out a niche as a sharp and unassuming singersongwriter in the elliott smith mold ms oconnors portraits of the lovelorn in pokerfaced halfsung halfspoken vocals are dry but not unsympathetic maybe shes on her lunch break thinking of you with pablo and koufax at 8 pm knitting factory 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193132 knittingfactorycom 10 in advance 12 at the door sisario dub trio monday and tuesday made up of welltraveled session players for the likes of the fugees and mos def dub trio plays spacious reggae grooves spiked with highadrenaline punk affectionately recalling bad brains at 8 pm union pool 484 union avenue at meeker avenue williamsburg brooklyn 718 6090484 5 sisario explosions in the sky monday and tuesday the epic instrumentals by this band from austin tex begin in peace with single notes twinkling amid darkness and gradually build to turbulent vortexes of noise borrowing a few tricks from pink floyd explosions in the sky keeps the pace majestic and the vistas cinematic and takes its time monday at 9 pm with mountains at warsaw 261 driggs avenue at eckford street greenpoint brooklyn 718 3870505 warsawconcertscom tuesday at 730 pm the concert hall at the new york society for ethical culture 2 west 64th street manhattan wordlessmusicorg both shows sold out sisario melissa ferrick tim fite tonight somewhere between ani difranco and melissa etheridge ms ferrick slings an acoustic guitar and belts songs filled with bravado tim fites songs about kicking every can in new york city are boobytrapped with quick changes from clean countrypop to corrosive punk at 9 southpaw 125 fifth avenue near sterling place park slope brooklyn 718 2300236 spsoundscom 18 sisario gang gang dance tomorrow like radio waves converging somewhere in outer space this new york groups music made from tribal rhythms pulsating electronic noises and bollywoodesque vocals is a tangle of disparate sounds that seem slightly out of sync but in time develop their own hypnotic patterns at 9 pm studio b 259 banker street between meserole avenue and calyer street greenpoint brooklyn 718 3891880 clubstudiobcom 1250 sisario gym class heroes thursday it was inevitable emo rap gym class heroes from geneva ny were as obscure a hiphop act as could be when they made taxi driver which winkingly namechecks a warped tours worth of emo bands i took a cutie for a ride in my death cab before she left she made a dashboard confessional by last summer when they released new friend request about myspace etiquette they were rubbing shoulders with all those groups on the warped tour of course with rx bandits pos and kos at 530 pm webster hall 125 east 11th street east village 212 5332111 bowerypresentscom sold out sisario in the attic tuesday its good to be connected rachel fuller a british songwriter presents this informal musical salon with her companion a littleknown guitarist named pete townshend in the attic is usually a live web cast from mr townshends studio but lately ms fuller has been taking it on the road and on tuesday she and mr townshend preside over a jam session with surprise guests at 930 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom sold out sisario rickie lee jones tonight with a new album the sermon on exposition boulevard new west that sets sayings by jesus to raw droney rock songs rickie lee jones the beretwearing neobeat with the girlish slur offers yet another twist in a career full of odd turns at 8 the concert hall at the new york society for ethical culture 2 west 64th street manhattan 212 3077171 concertstonightcom 4950 sisario kiki and herb sunday a few years ago this brilliantly perverse cabaret duo played their farewell show at carnegie hall then came a run on broadway and some latenight gigs at joes pub and the annual inimitable christmas show highlight a medley of smells like teen spirit and frosty the snowman kiki and herb cant stay away from the stage and new york is the better for it at 1130 pm joes pub 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 20 sisario b b king thursday with his latest guitar called lucille b b king can on a good night summon all the tribulation and joy and resilience of the blues at 8 pm new jersey performing arts center 1 center street newark 888 4665722 njpacorg 35 to 95 jon pareles lincoln centers american songbook wednesday and thursday now in its ninth season this series has expanded greatly from its origins as a home for the midcentury pantheon of harold arlen richard rodgers and the like on wednesday ute lemper one of the few performers who can make cabaret seem dangerous sings songs by kurt weill tom waits and van morrison as well as some of her own thursday is a triple bill of young new york songwriters who have long shared small stages together sasha dobson whose songs float on a breeze of bossa nova jesse harris who wrote dont know why for his friend norah jones and richard julian who is endlessly enamored of and frustrated by his most frequent subject new york at 830 pm allen room frederick p rose hall broadway at 60th street 212 7216500 lincolncenterorg 30 to 60 sold out on wednesday sisario malajube snowden tomorrow through monday trading places as the headliner in three shows malajube a montreal band whose seductively surreal songs sung in french riffle through decades of influence from happy beatles pop to rap and stomping grungepop and snowden whose members are from atlanta but play stylishly depressive postpunk riffs like true brooklynites tomorrow and sunday at 830 pm mercury lounge 217 east houston street at ludlow street lower east side 212 2604700 mercuryloungenyccom sold out monday at 830 pm southpaw 125 fifth avenue near sterling place park slope brooklyn 718 2300236 spsoundscom 10 sisario pela high strung tonight all friday nights at the mercury lounge should be like this and many are two excellent underhyped bands and a cover charge that doesnt necessitate a trip to the atm pela from brooklyn calls its style pastoral punk which means wideopen skies of bouncy pixiesesque basslines and sharp sparkling guitars that recall the strokes and u2 the high strung whose members are based in detroit but did time in new york live up to their name with antsy accelerated songs that draw from both the raggedness of garage rock and the bright clear lines of new wave the band gets extra points for touring dozens of public libraries with xyz affair and the teeth at 830 mercury lounge 217 east houston street at ludlow street lower east side 212 2604700 mercuryloungenyccom 10 sisario savage republic tomorrow between 1980 and 1989 this los angeles band released four albums of droning pounding brawling postpunk that could be assaultive or hypnotic a west coast counterpart to early public image ltd swans and sonic youth touring sporadically since the reissue of its complete catalog in 2002 the group comes to club midway in the east village tomorrows friend va va china and oliver north open the show at 8 pm 25 avenue b at second street 212 2532595 clubmidwaycom 15 in advance 18 at the door pareles sonic youth tonight conventional wisdom would say it should have burned out years ago sonic youth has been treading the same shaggy avantindie path since the early 1980s and each of its members has had plenty of other interests to pursue but since its 2002 album murray street partly about life after 911 the band has hit a wonderful new stride and on its latest album rather ripped geffen sounds as comfortable focused and invigorated as ever with wooden wand at 630 webster hall 125 east 11th street east village 212 5332111 bowerypresentscom sold out sisario rod stewart wednesday his four great american songbook albums may not represent the most distinguished readings of those songs ditto his bob seger and creedence clearwater revival covers on the recent still the same great rock classics of our time j but when rod stewart lets go of his smugness that whisky tenor of his can be a powerful interpretive instrument doesnt happen often though at 8 pm madison square garden 212 3077171 thegardencom 55 to 12950 sisario super diamond tonight and tomorrow night a tribute to the songs of neil diamond particularly his triumphal 1970s material smirking is optional at 9 irving plaza 17 irving place at 15th street manhattan 212 7776800 irvingplazacom 25 in advance 30 at the door pareles los tigres del norte tomorrow one of the most popular and longestrunning bands in the americas los tigres del norte from the western mexican state of sinaloa have for 35 years been setting gritty stories of drug smugglers immigrants and other hardscrabble characters to the bopping accordiondriven polkas of norteo a sound better known on this side of the border as texmex the group regularly draws thousands to its shows in new york and tomorrow it plays the 60000squarefoot bedford avenue armory in brooklyn at 8 pm 1579 bedford avenue at president street crown heights 646 2611588 40 sisario jazz full reviews of recent jazz concerts nytimescommusic allstar organ summit tonight and tomorrow night this descriptively titled engagement features no fewer than three hammond b3 organists jimmy mcgriff dr lonnie smith and reuben wilson together with the tenor saxophonist jerry weldon and the guitarist peter bernstein among others at 8 10 and 1130 smoke 2751 broadway at 106th street 212 8646662 smokejazzcom cover 30 nate chinen sam barsh band tonight the sharp young keyboardist sam barsh leads a grooveminded working band with tim collins on vibraphone ari folmancohen on bass and jaimeo brown on drums at 10 11 and 1230 rose live music 345 grand street between havemeyer and marcy streets williamsburg brooklyn 718 5990069 liveatrosecom cover 7 chinen brian blade fellowship tuesday through thursday brian blade is an unusually sensitive drummer as he has proven not only with wayne shorter but also with joni mitchell he turns the spotlight to his own painterly compositions in this influential ensemble with the saxophonists myron walden and melvin butler the guitarist peter bernstein the pianist jon cowherd and the bassist christopher thomas through feb 25 at 9 and 11 pm village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south at 11th street west village 212 2554037 villagevanguardcom cover 25 with a 10 minimum chinen johnathan blake quartet tomorrow the drummer johnathan blake propels a band with two surefooted saxophonists jaleel shaw on alto and joel frahm on tenor as well as the pianist orrin evans and the bassist joe martin at 9 and 1030 pm jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 15 10 for members chinen brooklyn qawwali party tomorrow the sufi devotional music of nusrat fateh ali khan provides a repertory mandate for this ensemble led by the trumpeter jesse neuman faithful to its source mainly in terms of exuberance the group creates a roiling polyphony of percussion saxophones brass bass harmonium and guitar at 9 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 chinen cyrus chestnut quartet with carla cook tuesday through thursday cyrus chestnut is a pianist with a penchant for gospel harmonies as he will demonstrate here with a rhythm section and ms cook a powerful singer through feb 25 at 730 and 930 pm dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 jalcorg cover 30 with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar chinen kurt elling tonight through sunday night mr ellings deep musicality and literary sensibility have made him the leading male jazz vocalist of our time though perhaps not the most consistent he comes with a rhythm section led by the pianist laurence hobgood and a handful of special guests at 8 and 1030 blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 35 at tables 20 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen exploding heartexplorations tomorrow explosion and exploration are sure to be closely related processes in both these ad hoc ensembles exploding heart consists of tony malaby on saxophones william parker on bass and nasheet waits on drums explorations features the alto saxophonist matana roberts and the drummer tyshawn sorey at 8 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen five of a kind tuesday this collaborative quintet which makes its debut here features ambitious musiciancomposers with a shared interest in world music the trumpeter avishai cohen the saxophonist joel frahm the pianist jason lindner the bassist omer avital and the drummer johnathan blake at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen don friedman tonight mr friedmans stylistic history as a pianist runs from traditional to slightly left of center hes likely to range freely in this recital at fazioli salon a solo piano series at the klavierhaus workshop at 8 klavierhaus 211 west 58th street manhattan 212 2454535 pianoculturecom 25 chinen aaron goldberg 3 plus stefon harris wednesday and thursday on his last album worlds sunnyside the pianist aaron goldberg showcased the strong rapport of his working trio with the bassist reuben rogers and the drummer eric harland here he has a substitute drummer greg hutchinson and a dynamic guest soloist the vibraphonist stefon harris at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen mary halvorson and jessica pavone wednesday ms halvorson plays acoustic guitar in this duo and ms pavone plays viola their experimental instincts honed by an affiliation with the composer anthony braxton commingle with folksy lyricism they even sing without a shred of protective irony at 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen ahmad jamal trio tuesday through thursday a touchstone of jazz piano since the 1950s mr jamal still has his broad dynamic range and signature touch as he proved on a recent live album after fajr dreyfus he also has a nononsense rhythm team the bassist james cammack and the drummer idris muhammad through feb 25 at 8 and 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 40 at tables 30 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen rudresh mahanthappa quartet tonight codebook pi the latest album by the alto saxophonist rudresh mahanthappa investigates the topic of cryptography not the most promising theme for an improviser what lifts the project off the ground is the brazen imaginative exertion of his band with vijay iyer on piano carlo derosa on bass and dan weiss on drums at midnight iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 10 5 for students with a 10 minimum chinen joe martin quartet thursday joe martin a reliably supportive bassist turns the spotlight on his own compositions and on the interplay of a promising quartet with john ellis on saxophones aaron parks on piano and marcus gilmore on drums at 9 and 1030 pm jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 12 10 for members chinen t s monk wednesday and thursday thelonious sphere monk jr a loquacious drummer whose taste skews less idiosyncratic than his fathers leads a polished hardbop band through feb 24 at 9 and 11 pm birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 birdlandjazzcom cover 40 with a 10 minimum chinen my band foot foot tomorrow the shaggs a trio of sisters from new hampshire and by common consensus one of the very best truly awful rock bands of all time receive a jazz makeover from a sextet led by the wry trumpeter john mcneil this is the projects first performance results could be bad which might be all the better at 9 and 1030 pm cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen oregon tonight through sunday night this influential and worldly ensemble formed more than 35 years ago has continued making its distinctive light fusion over the years sometimes in orchestral settings its lineup features the guitarist ralph towner the bassist glen moore and the woodwind player paul mccandless all founding members along with the drummer mark walker at 830 and 1030 with a midnight set tonight and tomorrow iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen jeanmichel pilc trio tonight and tomorrow night jeanmichel pilcs piano playing has a joyous bounce no matter how dark or furious the extemporization hes at his best in the company of assertive partners like the bassist boris kozlov and the drummer ari hoenig who join him here at 8 and 945 kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 kitanocom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen odean pope trio tomorrow odean pope is best recognized for his saxophone choir a powerful and vivid postcoltrane assembly based in his hometown philadelphia here the only saxophonist on hand is mr pope himself though his fullblown style might make it seem otherwise at 9 and 1030 pm sistas place 456 nostrand avenue at jefferson avenue bedfordstuyvesant brooklyn 718 7567600 sistasplaceorg cover 25 in advance 30 at the door chinen dafnis prieto and the absolute quintet tonight the drummer dafnis prietos absolute quintet zoho might not have won the grammy for best latin jazz album but that doesnt diminish its power dramatic and serious it makes references to the avantgarde and early fusion but always with a lifeline to latin rhythm its cast includes yosvany terry on saxophones christian howes on violin dana leong on cello and jason lindner on piano and organ at 730 harlem stage at the gatehouse 150 convent avenue at west 135th street 212 6507100 harlemstageorg 25 chinen reconnected the freddie redd quartet monday in the late 1950s the pianist freddie redd wrote music for the connection a landmark off broadway play in which he also appeared onstage released on blue note the subsequent album became a hardbop classic though that didnt prevent mr redd from slipping into obscurity he resurfaces here with the bassist mickey bass and the drummer louis hayes donald harrison inherits the alto saxophone part memorably played by jackie mclean who died last year another alto saxophone veteran lou donaldson appears in the concerts first half at 8 pm merkin concert hall 129 west 67th street 212 5013330 kaufmancenterorg 30 in advance 35 on monday chinen kendrick scott oracle tomorrow kendrick scott the drummer of choice for the trumpeter terence blanchard previews some of the ambient neofusion material from the source the debut album by his band oracle due this spring at midnight iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 10 5 for students with a 10 minimum chinen sculptured sounds music festival sunday this avantgarde concert series organized by the bassist reggie workman continues with performances by three powerful ensembles a trio led by the intense alto saxophonist and pianist charles gayle billy harper and friends a project of mr harper a searching tenor saxophonist and ashantis message led by mr workman and featuring the multireedist j d parran the pianist yayoi ikawa and the percussionists tyshawn sorey and kevin jones at 7 pm st peters lutheran church 619 lexington avenue at 54th street 212 6425277 sculpturedsoundscom suggested donation 20 chinen sex mob tonight fresh off a grammy nomination for its album sexotica thirsty ear this scrappy downtown band returns to its home turf the slide trumpeter steven bernstein leads the charge but equal weight is pulled by briggan krauss on alto saxophone tony scherr on bass and kenny wollesen on drums at 8 tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 tonicnyccom cover 12 chinen loren stillman organ project wednesday loren stillman an alto saxophonist with an inquisitive relationship to jazz conventions introduces a quartet with gary versace on hammond b3 organ the guitarist nate radley and the drummer ted poor round out the band at 8 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 chinen mark taylor quartet wednesday mr taylors french horn playing has been heard in avantgarde ensembles led by the august composers henry threadgill and muhal richard abrams his own material is fodder for this group which features two strong reed players marty ehrlich and michal attias at 10 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 chinen dan willis tomorrow mr willis a saxophonist recently released an album velvet gentlemen omnitone inspired by the classical composer erik satie but suffused with postbop sonorities here he regroups most of its cast chuck mackinnon on trumpet ron oswanski on fender rhodes piano and accordion kermit driscoll on bass and john hollenbeck on drums at 8 pm nightingale lounge 213 second avenue at 13th street east village 212 4739398 nightingaleloungecom cover 8 chinen tim ziesmers ampersand wednesday the guitarist tim ziesmer features his own rockinfluenced compositions in this mutable band featuring chris speed on tenor saxophone drew gress on bass and take toriyama on drums at 9 and 1030 pm tea lounge 837 union street between sixth and seventh avenues park slope brooklyn 718 7892762 tealoungenycom 5 donation chinen classical full reviews of recent music performances nytimescommusic opera eugene onegin tomorrow and tuesday the dynamic conductor valery gergiev and the baritone dmitri hvorostovsky bring stylistic authority to the metropolitan operas affecting revival of its 1997 production of tchaikovskys eugene onegin in his first met performances of the title role mr hvorostovsky is riveting singing with earthy richness and fully conveying this worldly entitled and dashing young mans aloofness until the final tragic scene the surprises come from the soprano rene fleming in her first russian role at the met who gives a vocally exquisite and vulnerable portrayal of tatiana and the tenor ramn vargas a bel canto specialist who makes an ardent and endearing lenski onegins wellmeaning but fatally impulsive friend you will seldom see better acting in opera than from this excellent cast tomorrow at 8 pm tuesday at 730 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg sold out anthony tommasini iphignie en aulide monday and wednesday the opera productions at the juilliard school have generally been thoughtfully staged and vocally polished with casts of student singers who may be heard from on grander stages the school is also judicious in its repertory choices presenting works not normally offered at the met or the new york city opera iphignie en aulide has much to recommend it as glucks dramatically focused and supremely lyrical operas invariably do the cast for robin guarinos production includes tharanga goonetilleke in the title role paul larosa and sidney outlaw sharing the role of agamemnon faith sherman as clytemnestra and paul appleby as achille with ari pelto conducting at 8 pm peter jay sharp theater 155 west 65th street lincoln center 212 7697406 juilliardedu free allan kozinn jenufa tomorrow the charismatic finnish soprano karita mattila is riveting in the title role of leos janaceks grim insightful and by the end consoling czech opera jenufa in the mets revival of its 2003 production by olivier tambosi ms mattilas gleaming voice with its cool nordic colorings and vibrant sensuality are ideal for this character a foolishly trusting young woman in a moravian village who has become pregnant by her cousin the town rake who owns the local mill the ageless german soprano anja silja is at once terrifying and pitiable as jenufas stern stepmother kostelnicka jiri belohlavek conducts a sensitive and sweeping account of janaceks teeming score presented in its 1908 version tomorrows matinee is the final performance of the season at 130 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 42 to 220 tommasini the maid of orleans thursday the collegiate chorales annual operainconcert presentations focus on infrequently performed works this year daniele callegari conducts tchaikovskys maid of orleans which the composer based on friedrich schillers play die jungfrau von orleans according to the company the work has never been fully staged by the metropolitan opera or the new york city opera the mezzosoprano dolora zajick sings the title role carol vaness is agnes oleg kulko is charles vii igor tarasov is lionel and andrei antonov is thibaut at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 25 to 155 vivien schweitzer simon boccanegra monday boccanegra is the kind of opera that gives opera plots a bad name the action begins with a prologue and then scoots ahead 25 years requiring some prodigious feats from the makeup artist after which half the characters seem to be appearing under assumed names verdi himself took nearly 25 years off from it before going back and revising large chunks creating some magnificent music but uneven dramaturgy yet there is much to love in boccanegra and the mets cast thomas hampson who has done it in vienna angela gheorghiu marcello giordani and ferruccio furlanetto should be able to do it credit at 730 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 175 tickets remaining anne midgette thrse raquin tonight through sunday admirers of tobias pickers opera an american tragedy which had its premiere at the met last season will want to attend the new york premiere of his 2001 opera thrse raquin with a libretto by gene scheer mr pickers adaptation of zolas piercing and at the time scandalous novel of adultery and murder an oppressed young woman married to a weak mothers boy falls for a hunky and boisterous office worker with fatal consequences had its premiere at the dallas opera where it received a mixed critical reception the composer has recently revised the score and thinned down the orchestration steven osgood conducts michael capasso directs tonight and tomorrow night at 8 sunday at 4 pm dicapo opera theater at st jean baptiste church 184 east 76th street manhattan 212 2889438 dicapocom 4750 tommasini la traviata tonight and thursday night for its revival of verdis traviata in franco zeffirellis extravagant 1998 production the met is rotating casts with three sopranos sharing the role of violetta this season mary dunleavy who made her company debut in 1993 is currently singing the role wookyung kim a promising young korean tenor with a robust lyrical voice sings alfredo the role of his met debut this season and the baritone charles taylor sings germont carlo rizzi conducts at 8 metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 220 tickets remaining tonight 80 and 175 on thursday tommasini die zauberflte wednesday the revival of julie taymors production of mozarts zauberflte continues at the met complete with the magical puppets and stage effects that made it an audience hit when it opened in 2004 james levine conducts a cast that includes lisa milne as pamina cornelia gtz as queen of the night michael schade as pamino rodion pogossov as papageno and eike wilm schulte as the speaker at 8 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 80 and 175 tickets remaining schweitzer classical music academy of st martin in the fields sunday and monday the venerable and everprolific conductor neville marriner returns to the area with his orchestra of choice performing stravinsky and beethoven the talented and not at all venerable jonathan biss is pianist in mozarts c minor concerto sunday at 3 pm new jersey performing arts center 1 center street newark 888 4665722 njpacorg 24 to 88 monday at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 28 to 96 bernard holland american symphony orchestra tuesday steven mercurio conducts beethoven debussy and delius but the evening is perhaps more about the soprano sumi jo who will do a collection of operatic numbers at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 25 to 85 holland borromeo string quartet tonight this formidable and with more than 100 concerts a year very busy quartet plays a demanding if fairly familiar program with stravinskys concertino bartoks fifth quartet and beethovens quartet in e minor the second of the three astounding razumovsky quartets at 730 weill recital hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 44 tommasini renaud capuon sunday the violinist renaud capuon is fast making a name for himself as a soloist and chamber musician often performing with gautier capuon his talented cellist brother here he makes his new york recital debut with the pianist nicholas angelich in a program featuring the three brahms sonatas for violin and piano as part of the affordably priced peoples symphony concerts lineup at 2 pm town hall 123 west 43rd street manhattan 212 5864680 pscnyorg sold out schweitzer chamber music at the y tuesday and wednesday the pianist peter serkin and the violist peter tenenbom join the 92nd street y perennials jaime laredo a violinist and sharon robinson a cellist to perform music by dallapiccola reger and mozart at 8 pm 1395 lexington avenue 212 4155500 92yorg 40 holland juilliard orchestra tonight and tuesday night the conductor andreas delfs led the premiere last april of lowell liebermanns opera miss lonelyhearts he returns tonight to conduct the talented young musicians of the juilliard orchestra in mr liebermanns piano concerto no 2 with the pianist vasileios varvaresos the program also includes prokofievs symphony no 5 and heiner goebbelss dc the third movement from his 1994 work surrogate cities on tuesday james depreist leads the julliard orchestra in haydns symphony no 88 in g strausss oboe concerto and elgars violin concerto tonight at 8 avery fisher hall lincoln center 10 and 20 free for students and 65 tuesday at 8 alice tully hall lincoln center free but tickets are required information 212 7697406 juilliardedu schweitzer new york philharmonic tomorrow tuesday and thursday lorin maazel and his orchestra continue their exploration of brahms tomorrow and tuesday with performances of the serenade no 2 which isnt heard nearly enough and the piano concerto no 2 emanuel ax a superb brahmsian is the soloist in the concerto on thursday mr maazel offers a varied program intended to show off soloists within the orchestra included are mozarts concerto for flute and harp with robert langevin the flutist and nancy allen the harpist schumanns taxing konzertstck for four horns in which the soloists are philip myers erik ralske r allen spanjer and howard wall and a trombone concerto by melinda wagner with joseph alessi as the soloist also on the program is gershwins american in paris tomorrow at 8 pm tuesday and thursday at 730 pm avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 nyphilorg 35 to 101 tomorrow 33 to 99 on tuesday 28 to 94 on thursday kozinn orlando consort sunday this remarkable english vocal quartet builds its programs of medieval and renaissance works around literary or historical themes and has released recordings of several on the harmonia mundi label packaged as cdsize hardcover books with artwork and text translations the groups 2005 disc the rose the lily and the whortleberry explores works inspired by medieval gardens and flora and their metaphorical imagery including works by machaut power agricola de rore and other composers from england france italy spain and the netherlands those works will make up the heart of the ensembles program in its two performances at the cloisters at 1 and 3 pm fort tryon park washington heights 212 6502290 metmuseumorg 35 kozinn john scott tomorrow mr scott the organist and music director at st thomas church plays the fourth concert in his 10part series exploring the organ works of buxtehude in honor of the 300th anniversary of the composers death built in a style similar to that of north germany and the netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries st thomass taylor boody organ is ideal for this venture at 4 pm fifth avenue at 53rd street 212 7577013 saintthomaschurchorg free schweitzer tondals vision sunday earlymusic fans take note dialogos the acclaimed ensemble that took part in chant wars here in 2005 is returning to new york thanks to music before 1800 with a production that has won awards throughout europe a 12thcentury story of a knight who leaves his body told through medieval croatian vocal music the sixwoman piece was conceived by dialogoss director katarina livljanic and staged in collaboration with yoshi oida an actor who has worked frequently with peter brook at 4 pm corpus christi church 529 west 121st street morningside heights 212 6669266 mb1800org 25 to 40 5 off for students and 62 midgette venice baroque orchestra thursday this italian ensemble led by andrea marcon with giuliano carmignola as its violin soloist sounds vital and energetic on the handful of vivaldi recordings it has made for the sony classical and archiv labels there is plenty of vivaldi seven concertos on its thursday evening program with one by tartini for at least minimal variety at 730 pm zankel hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 60 with limited availability kozinn voices of ascension thursday verdis requiem gets a church performance on lower fifth avenue at 8 pm church of the ascension fifth avenue at 10th street greenwich village 212 3581469 voicesofascensionorg 15 to 45 holland dance full reviews of recent performances nytimescomdance association noacompany vincent mantsoe tuesday and wednesday vincent mantsoe one of south africas leading choreographers joins forces with anthony kaplan and the african music workshop ensemble in menjaro which explores the relationships between african contemporary dance ritual and music at 8 pm kumble theater for the performing arts long island university brooklyn campus flatbush and dekalb avenues downtown brooklyn 718 4881624 brooklynliuedukumbletheater 20 13 for students and 65 jack anderson body blend tuesday this showcase series will feature malika green and beth maderal lisa parra and mar hieronimus and april biggs all chosen by isabel lewis at 8 pm dixon place 258 bowery near houston street lower east side 212 2190736 dixonplaceorg 12 10 for students and 65 tdf accepted jennifer dunning chinese new year spectacular today and tomorrow well it certainly does sound spectacular celebrating the year of the pig with dance and music presentations that include a multimedia depiction of heaven complete with angels fairies and gods drifting by on clouds today at 11 am and 8 pm tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm radio city music hall 212 3077171 radiocitycom 4250 to 18450 dunning compaa metros wednesday and thursday ramn ollers new choreographic adaptation of carmen for a company from barcelona condenses the action to a single act and lets it unfold on a rooftop in contemporary spain through march 8 wednesday at 730 pm thursday at 8 pm joyce theater 175 eighth avenue at 19th street chelsea 212 2420800 joyceorg 44 anderson dancebrazil tonight through sunday jelon vieira the artistic director of this vibrant company from baha has been particularly successful at fusing the techniques of capoeira the afrobrazilian martial art with modern dance forms to celebrate the companys 30th anniversary he has created a new work the ritual of the roda that traces the history of capoeira the kickboxing fireworks artfully transformed into dance should be well worth seeing tonight at 8 tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm sunday at 2 pm joyce theater 175 eighth avenue at 19th street chelsea 212 2420800 joyceorg 42 joyce members 32 roslyn sulcas the 4 tango seasons tonight through sunday and thursday the show promises to explore the cycles of nature as seen in a man and a woman in love through april 1 tonight at 8 tomorrow at 3 and 8 pm sunday at 4 pm thursday at 8 thalia spanish theater 4117 greenpoint avenue sunnyside queens 718 7293880 thaliatheatreorg 30 27 for students and 65 25 for all tonight and thursday dunning fridaysnoon today chris ferris anthony ferro and eva dean will show new and unfinished works in this free dance and talk series at noon 92nd street y harkness dance center 1395 lexington avenue 212 4155500 92yorg dunning eun jung gonzalez and catey ott tonight through sunday night choreographers who are both collaborators and friends offer corridors a program of dances on themes like confinement compassion and freedom at 830 danspace project st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 6748194 danspaceprojectorg 15 anderson guta hedewig dance thursday guta hedewigs dog days or 19 ways of looking at a shrub expresses the choreographers disquiet over the bush administration and satirizes the presidents rhetoric through feb 25 at 830 pm danspace project st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 6748194 or danspaceprojectorg 15 anderson koryo dance theater thursday sunwha chungs bisang ascending timeless is a suite of seven dances expressing a womans changes in her way of life as she makes a transition between her original culture and a new one through feb 25 at 8 pm joyce soho 155 mercer street 212 3347479 joyceorg 20 15 for students and 65 10 for children in fifth grade and younger anderson movement collective sunday this brooklynbased moderndance company will perform works by alaine handa jenny schworm renee gonzalez and molly campbell at 230 pm la tea theater 107 suffolk street between delancey and rivington streets lower east side 10 dunning naini chen dance company tomorrow and sunday year of the boar celebrates the chinese new year with chinese dragons twirling ribbons martial arts and traditional and contemporary music and dance at 2 new jersey performing arts center 1 center street newark 888 4665722 njpacorg 19 10 for children anderson regina nejman company tonight through sunday night ms nejmans new frozen baby is described as a dance installation which might indicate that there wont be too much dancing but ms nejman is a choreographer who revels in sheer physicality and there should be plenty of highenergy movement to watch the work is set to commissioned music by mio morales whose last score for ms nejman was a compelling mix of brazilian pop and sharp electronic rhythyms at 8 joyce soho 155 mercer street 212 3347479 20 17 for students sulcas new york city ballet tonight through sunday and tuesday through thursday just one more week to see the company in its winter season this weeks programs are a banquet of dance raymonda variations afternoon of a faun antique epigraphs and evenfall tonight and tuesday for the fun of it circus polka walpurgisnacht ballet jeu de cartes and firebird tomorrow afternoon visionary voices klavier russian seasons and the four temperaments tomorrow night sunday afternoon and thursday and contemporary quartet carousel a dance intermezzo no 1 slice to sharp and friandises wednesday new and interesting casting includes craig halls role debut in jerome robbinss afternoon of a faun tonight dancing with janie taylor tonight and thursday at 8 tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm sunday at 3 pm tuesday and wednesday at 730 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 8705570 nycballetcom 20 to 95 dunning new york flamenco festival tonight through sunday and thursday two of the great contemporary spanish flamenco divas promise to get the weekend off to a fiery start beginning with rafaela carrasco and her company tonight and ballet flamenco sara baras tomorrow and sunday ms carrasco threatens to explore new concepts in flamenco perhaps she will go easy on that august art ms baras known particularly for her fast feet is air to ms carrascos earth and carmen corts fast approaching divadom will offer examples of gypsy flamenco puro in a program on thursday with the flamenco guitarist gerardo nez and his quintet through feb 24 tonight tomorrow and thursday night at 8 sunday at 7 pm city center carrasco and baras 131 west 55th street manhattan and skirball center for the performing arts corts 566 laguardia place at washington square south greenwich village 212 5457536 worldmusicinstituteorg 30 and 70 carrascobaras 42 and 50 corts dunning 92nd street y harkness dance festival tomorrow sunday wednesday and thursday leesaar the company a gutsy brainy moderndance troupe founded seven years ago in tel aviv is performing this weekend in this fiveweek festival with new and repertory dances on wednesday through feb 24 claire porterportables mixes dance storytelling and blithe and nutty humor in her work which here includes her new words away from home leesaar tomorrow at 8 pm sunday at 2 and 7 pm claire porterportables wednesday and thursday at 8 pm ailey citigroup theater 405 west 55th street clinton 212 4155500 92yorgharknessfestival 20 10 for students and 65 dunning oyu oro tonight through sunday this company of afrocuban performers will present palenque which incorporates popular and traditional dances from both cultures through feb 25 tonight and tomorrow night at 730 sunday at 2 and 730 pm la mama etc 74a east fourth street east village 212 4757710 lamamaorg 20 15 for students dunning thunderbird american indian dancers tonight through sunday a powwow and performing of dances from the iroquois and other american indian tribes tonight at 8 tomorrow at 3 and 8 pm sunday at 2 pm theater for the new city 155 first avenue at ninth street east village 212 3523101 theaterforthenewcitynet 10 1 for children under 12 accompanied by an adult dunning vision dancemusic drumming dance and sounding strings wednesday and thursday this focus of this festival is collaborations between dancers and jazz musicians the eight pairs include carmen de lavallade and todd nicholson and treva offutt and jeanbaptiste bocle through feb 24 at 730 pm symphony space 2537 broadway at 95th street 212 6966681 visionfestivalorg 25 dunning art museums and galleries are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of recent art shows nytimescomart museums american folk art museum martn ramrez through april 29 ramrez a mexican peasant who immigrated to northern california and died there at 68 in 1963 spent the last 32 years of his life in a mental hospital making some of the greatest art of the last century he had his own way with materials and color and an unforgettable cast of characters most notably a mounted caballero and a levitating madonna crowned like the statue of liberty but most of all ramrez had his own brand of pictorial space established by rhythmic systems of parallel lines both curved and straight whose mesmerizing expansions and contractions simultaneously cosset and isolate his figures this show should render null and void the distinction between insider and outsider art 45 west 53rd street 212 2651040 roberta smith american museum of natural history gold through aug 19 this astounding array of art artifacts and natural samples larded with fascinating facts and tales ranges from prehistoric times to the present stops along the way include precolumbian empires sunken treasure bangladesh dowry rituals and the moon landing it turns out that gold comes from the earth in forms as beautiful as anything man has thought to do with it you are certain to emerge with mind boggled and eyes dazzled central park west and 79th street 212 7695100 amnhorg smith grey art gallery semina culture wallace berman his circle through march 31 the artist wallace berman 192676 may ring only a faint bell to many new yorkers but he was a central charismatic figure in an underground of west coast artists and poets in the 1950s and 60s a collagist poet photographer and the publisher of an influential journal semina he inspired others to make art too sparking hidden aptitude in startling places after meeting him drifters movie stars exmarines and petty criminals found themselves starting to paint and write and a traveling love company of them has come to grey art gallery trailing dreams delusions and marijuana clouds new york university 100 washington square east greenwich village 212 9986780 holland cotter guggenheim museum spanish painting from el greco to picasso time truth and history through march 28 this show is carried along on its sheer star power and optical finesse there are dozens of goyas and velzquezes and zurbarns and el grecos and riberas and dals and picassos many famous many not i cant tell you how often i was stopped by a picture so good or unexpected that it made me do a double take velzquezs painting of a dwarf is alone worth crossing a continent to see 1071 fifth avenue at 89th street 212 4233500 guggenheimorg michael kimmelman international center of photography henri cartierbressons scrapbook photographs 193246 through april 29 arrived by way of the fondation henri cartierbresson in paris this show has more than 300 of the prints the photographer glued into an album and toted to new york for curators at the museum of modern art to cull captured by the nazis he had been presumed dead when the modern planned his retrospective then he turned up alive the posthumous exhibition opened with him in attendance in 1947 the current exhibition reconstructs as best as possible the original layout of the scrapbook its an eyestraining affair but it surveys the revolutionary work he shot in spain italy mexico britain and france his taste for uncanny detail linked him to surrealism and surrealist wit but unlike many surrealists he remained committed to human values boys mug at his camera prostitutes swan their gazes equalize them with us 1133 avenue of the americas at 43rd street 212 8570000 icporg kimmelman international center of photography martin munkacsi think while you shoot through april 29 munkacsi who inspired cartierbresson was by contrast selftaught a creature of his own devising this is the most complete retrospective with a thick catalog not too well researched and dozens of vintage prints from the 1920s through the early 60s he favored scenes of daily life absorbing avantgarde ideas about odd angles and abstract compositions in 1928 he moved to berlin and traveled the world on assignment to brazil algeria and egypt munkacsi was a stylist and he made catchy images the only way he knew how in a modernist mode which being an opportunistic form could serve any master he became a celebrity in america he photographed fred astaire dancing and joan crawford poolside in the breezy layouts of harpers bazaar the work looked brilliant see above kimmelman the met one of a kind the studio craft movement through sept 3 focusing on the postwar development of artistcraftsmen this display of furniture glass ceramics metalwork jewelry and fiber includes funny quirky provocative and sometimes gorgeous things among its stars are a witty bust by the california funk ceramicist robert arneson 192092 portraying the mother of the 16thcentury painter and printmaker albrecht durer and bonnie seemans fetching ceramic coffeepot and tray whose mock cabbage leaves and rhubarb stalks evoke the genteel tradition of 18thcentury british and continental china but can also be read as human rather than vegetative tissue 212 5357710 metmuseumorg grace glueck morgan library museum private treasures four centuries of european master drawings through april 8 this show is drawn entirely from an anonymous private collection despite the veil of secrecy a couple of things are obvious the collector had significant capital for investing in old masters and either an exceptional eye or a good adviser or both the works span more than 400 years from the 16th to the early 20th century and include drawings in ink and pencil watercolor chalk and gouache the earliest works come from a period when drawing wasnt an autonomous practice but was used as a form of exercise to apply ones craft to experiment and to make preliminary sketches for larger works the best example and the most historically significant work here is a black chalk drawing the dead christ 152935 by agnolo bronzino with more than 90 drawings in the show being a diligent observer quickly becomes exhausting in which case put down the guide find a few drawings you like and enjoy them while you can after all you dont know where they came from where theyre going or when youll see them again 225 madison avenue at 36th street 212 6850008 morganlibraryorg martha schwendener museum of modern art armando revern through april 16 unless you spotted his single smokepuff of a painting at moma months ago armando revern probably means nothing to you why should he the artist who died in 1954 spent most of his life in a shack by the sea in his native venezuela many of his contemporaries dismissed him as nuts his whiteonwhite pictures are practically unphotographable but chances are that if you visit this retrospective youll find yourself thinking about him a lot his art and his story are like few others and so is the museums inspired installation a single long corridor with cabinetlike rooms of paintings on either side and at the very end against a seagreen wall a lifesize doll with giant bat wings floating overhead 212 7089400 cotter neuberger museum of art fugitive artist the early work of richard prince 197477 through june 24 this artist is one of the most elusive perverse and sardonic of all of the important appropriation artists to emerge in the early 1980s so perhaps it is not surprising that he has boycotted this exhibition of littleknown early work all from public and private collections but that doesnt stop the 50 pieces on view from revealing his roots in 1970s conceptual art his progress from generic to original and radical or the depth and duration of his fascination with language photography printmaking the more banal forms of urban postwar americana and a disconnected decidedly male blankness if anything it increases his stature purchase college state university of new york 735 anderson hill road purchase ny 914 2516100 smith last chance tony conrad in 1973 the conceptual artist composer and filmmaker tony conrad decided to make a movie that would last a lifetime so he painted white squares on big scrolllike sheets of paper and hung the results on the wall for a onenight screening in fact those yellow movies have been playing ever since the action being physical change through the effects of time and light displayed in a gallery more than 30 years later they are an exhilarating sight zen thankas that are also abstract paintings that are also existential projection screens the film of a lifetime is still in progress greene naftali 526 west 26th street eighth floor chelsea 212 4637770 greenenaftaligallerycom closes tomorrow cotter let everything be temporary or when is the exhibition some of the best art ever made was meant to fade away and in these days of serious objectglut a little ephemerality comes as a relief thats the point of this barelythere show organized by elena filipovic to a felix gonzaleztorres pile of freebie candy she adds gabriel kuris display of ripening avocadoes jolle tuerlinckxs sitespecific confetti floor piece oksana pasaikos disappearing soap and michel blazys mashedpotato mural a wall text by tomo savicgecan speculates on giving market value to art that is in a constant state of change the artist boris belay is filming the whole disappearing show through tomorrow apexart 291 church street tribeca 212 4315270 apexartorg closes tomorrow cotter the metropolitan museum of art glitter and doom german portraits from the 1920s the 100 paintings and drawings on display here are by 10 artists including george grosz christian schad and karl hubbuch and most conspicuously the unrelentingly savage otto dix and his magnificent other max beckmann in their works the weimar republics porous worlds reassemble we look into the faces of museum directors and cabaret performers society matrons and scarred war veterans prostitutes and jaded aristocrats who were watching their world slide from one cataclysm to the next 212 5357710 metmuseumorg closes on monday smith the met set in stone the face in medieval sculpture one of those revelatory closeups at which the metropolitan museum of art excels this show brings together nearly 80 carved mostly limestone heads mostly from the 12th and 13th centuries mostly torn during bouts of iconoclasm from the sculptures and reliefs that turned gothic cathedrals and abbey churches into bibles in stone there are excellent side trips into the grotesque the influence of the antique the glimmers of the renaissance and a new isotopematching technique that helping to divine which heads come from where the treatments of hair and beard with which medieval sculptors were more at ease than they were with say eyes or smiles are almost a show within a show as in their own way are the haunting seemingly modernist works that look like nothing else here 212 5357710 closes on monday smith vera iliatova for her new york solo debut the russianborn artist vera iliatova delivers a group of small detailed atmospheric paintings in which groups of young women all selfportraits of the artist gather in bucolic settings that make eden a place of exile in one painting we are simultaneously in a poussinian glade a brooklyn tenement and a ruined resort autumn trees blaze fighter planes pass overhead two women appear in the poses of masaccios adam and eve after the fall others talk wrestle and wail monya rowe gallery 526 west 26th street room 605 chelsea 212 2555065 monyarowegallerycom closes tomorrow cotter networked nature this cool little show organized by marisa olson for rhizome a newmedia organization associated with the new museum of contemporary art filters that old romantic standby nature through the newfangled technology philip ross powers hydroponic plant environments with led lighting shihchieh huang creates an inflatable flower through concepts from robotics a california collective c5 evokes sublime locales through global positioning systems stephen vitiello has the voices george w bush whispering in an ivy bush gail wight in a video called creep makes slime mold look sort of beautiful foxy production 617 west 27th street chelsea 212 2392758 closes on sunday cotter mario schifano paintings 19601966 all but indivisible in new york for 40 years the work of this italian artist who died in 1998 at the age of 64 receives a stirring welcome back in this exhibition of 20 drawings and paintings in monochromes on brown paper and in canvases involving the cocacola logo and pieces of plexiglas pop and minimalism are joined almost before they were invented the more homegrown influence of arte povera is visible in the startling nonchalance and even roughness of some works sperone westwater 415 west 13th street chelsea 212 9997337 closes tomorrow smith us is sued over position on marijuana a group of advocates for medical marijuana sued two federal health agencies over the assertion that smoking it has no medical benefit us is sued over position on marijuana frustrated by government policy and inaction a group of advocates for medical marijuana sued two federal health agencies on wednesday over the assertion that smoking it has no medical benefit the group americans for safe access a nonprofit organization based in oakland filed the lawsuit in federal district court challenging the governments position that marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the united states the listings feb 23 march 1 selective listings by critics of the new york times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the new york metropolitan region this week denotes a highly recommended film concert show or exhibition theater approximate running times are in parentheses theaters are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of current shows additional listings show times and tickets nytimescomtheater previews and openings be previews start today opens on march 13 the tel aviv troupe mayumana mixes dance music and spectacle in this globetrotting show aiming for the stomp audience 130 union square theater 100 east 17th street east village 212 3074100 bill w and dr bob in previews opens on march 5 this history play portrays the founders of alcoholics anonymous and their wives 215 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 bff in previews opens tomorrow in anna zieglers memory play a woman haunted by her past has a sexual awakening 130 dr2 103 east 15th street 212 2396200 curtains previews start on tuesday opens on march 22 kander and ebbs satire of a murder mystery which opened on the west coast is set in a theater during a 1959 outoftown tryout david hyde pierce and debra monk star 245 al hirschfeld theatre 302 west 45th street clinton 212 2396200 dying city in previews opens on march 4 lincoln center presents a new play by christopher shinn four about a therapist who receives a visit from her deceased husbands twin brother 130 mitzi e newhouse theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 3627600 howard katz in previews opens on march 2 roundabout theater presents a new play by patrick marber closer about a downonhisluck talent agent doug hughes directs 130 laura pels theater 111 west 46th street 212 7191300 jack goes boating previews begin on tuesday opens on march 18 the oscar winner philip seymour hoffman stars in this new labyrinth theater company play about marital problems and dating panic 200 public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 king hedley ii in previews opens on march 11 signature theater revives august wilsons operatic drama set in reagenera pittsburgh about a man who has just returned from prison 245 peter norton space 555 west 42nd street clinton 212 2447529 king lear in previews opens on march 7 he played hamlet he played falstaff it was only a matter of time before kevin kline took on this proud misguided patriarch james lapine directs 300 the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 my trip to alqaeda previews start on thursday opens on march 5 laurence wright explains the history of the terrorist organization in this monologue based on his book on the subject 130 culture project 55 mercer street at broome street soho 212 9251900 our leading lady in previews opens on march 15 a new comedy by charles busch the tale of the allergists wife about the actress who was to perform at fords theater on the night lincoln was shot 200 manhattan theater club at city center stage ii 131 west 55th street 212 5811212 prelude to a kiss in previews opens on march 8 the roundabout revives craig lucass fantastical play about a young romance that takes a very bizarre turn 200 american airlines theater 227 west 42nd street 212 7191300 spalding gray stories left to tell in previews opens on march 6 kathleen russo spalding grays widow and lucy sexton assembled these monologues letters and stories kathleen chalfant and frank wood star 130 minetta lane theater 18 minetta lane greenwich village 212 3074100 talk radio in previews opens on march 11 eric bogosians darkly funny portrait of a latenight talk show host returns for a broadway revival starring liev schreiber robert falls directs longacre theater 220 west 48th street 212 2396200 broadway the apple tree the amazing kristin chenoweth gives imaxscreensize life to three curvaceous doodles who by rights shouldnt be any larger than figures in the sunday funnies jerry bock and sheldon harnicks 1966 musical directed by gary griffin shows its age but is given theatrical verve by ms chenoweth brian darcy james and marc kudisch 230 studio 54 254 west 54th street 212 7191300 ben brantley a chorus line if you want to know why this show was such a big deal when it opened 31 years ago you need only experience the thrilling first five minutes of this revival otherwise this archivally exact production directed by bob avian feels like a vintage car that has been taken out of the garage polished up and sent on the road once again 200 schoenfeld theater 236 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley the coast of utopia lincoln center theaters brave gorgeous sprawling and ultimately exhilarating production of tom stoppards trilogy about intellectuals errant in 19thcentury russia a testament to the seductive powers of narrative theater directed with hot and cool canniness by jack obrien and featuring a starry cast brian f obyrne jennifer ehle martha plimpton josh hamilton and ethan hawke among others in a tasty assortment of roles vivian beaumont theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 2396200 brantley company fire beckoning and dangerous flickers beneath the frost of john doyles elegant unexpectedly stirring revival of stephen sondheim and george furths eradefining musical from 1970 starring a compellingly understated raul esparza like mr doyles sweeney todd this production finds new clarity of feeling in sondheim by melding the roles of performers and musicians 220 barrymore theater 243 west 47th street 212 2396200 brantley the drowsy chaperone tony awards best book of a musical and best original score 2006 this small and ingratiating spoof of 1920s stage frolics as imagined by an obsessive show queen may not be a masterpiece but in a dry season for musicals it has theatergoers responding as if they were withering houseplants finally being watered after long neglect bob martin and sutton foster are the standouts in the avid energetic cast 140 marquis theater 1535 broadway at 45th street 212 3074100 brantley grey gardens christine ebersole is absolutely glorious as the middleaged timewarped debutante called little edie beale in this uneven musical adaptation of the notorious 1975 documentary of the same title she and the wonderful mary louise wilson as her bedridden mother in the performances of their careers make grey gardens an experience no passionate theatergoer should miss 240 walter kerr theater 219 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley mary poppins this handsome homilypacked mechanically ingenious and rather tedious musical adapted from the p l travers stories and the 1964 disney film is ultimately less concerned with inexplicable magic than with practical psychology ashley brown who sings prettily as the familymending nanny looks like joan crawford trying to be nice and sounds like dr phil directed by richard eyre and matthew bourne 230 new amsterdam theater 214 west 42nd street 212 3074747 brantley les misrables this premature revival a slightly scaleddown version of the wellgroomed behemoth that closed only three years ago appears to be functioning in a state of mild sedation appealingly sung and freshly orchestrated this fastmoving adaptation of victor hugos novel isnt sloppy or blurry but its pulse rate stays well below normal 255 broadhurst theater 235 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley spring awakening duncan sheik and steven saters bold adaptation of the frank wedekind play is the freshest and most exciting new musical broadway has seen in some time set in 19thcentury germany but with a ravishing rock score it exposes the splintered emotional lives of adolescents just discovering the joys and sorrows of sex performed with brio by a great cast with supple direction by michael mayer and inventive choreography by bill t jones 200 eugene oneill theater 230 west 49th street 212 2396200 charles isherwood tarzan this writhing green blob with music adapted by disney theatrical productions from the 1999 animated film has the feeling of a superdeluxe day care center equipped with lots of bungee cords and karaoke synthesizers where children can swing when they get tired of singing and vice versa the sodapop score is by phil collins 230 richard rodgers theater 226 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley translations the estimable irish director garry hynes a tony winner for martin mcdonaghs beauty queen of leenane has assembled an ensemble of an extraordinarily high caliber and consistency for the third major new york production of brian friels 1980 play set in rural ireland in 1833 as the local tongue is being supplanted by the language of the english occupying forces the play explores the seriocomic truth that language can divide as easily as it unites and can never hope to translate the rich music in our souls with the delicacy we yearn for a topflight broadway revival 215 biltmore theater 261 west 47th street 212 2396200 isherwood the vertical hour david hares soggy consideration of the angloamerican cultural divide stars julianne moore representing the americans and bill nighy leading the british directed by sam mendes the yanks dont stand a chance 220 music box theater 239 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley off broadway adrift in macao christopher durang wrote the book cute and lyrics crude for this fortunecookiesized musical set in a chinese port in the 1950s flimsy but fun this spoof of old movies is lovingly acted by a swell cast although an hour after its over you may be hungry for reruns of the carol burnett show 130 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 isherwood all that i will ever be in this falsefeeling comedydrama by alan ball creator of six feet under a gay hustler undergoes an identity crisis when he finds himself falling for one of his clients slick but mostly stale in its analysis of a society afraid of emotional engagement 215 the new york theater workshop 79 east fourth street east village 212 2396200 isherwood blind lemon blues an exuberant musical tribute to blind lemon jefferson arguably the biggest countryblues musician of the 1920s the facts of his life are vague and as a result the narrative is almost dreamlike a delightful evening 150 theater at st peters 619 lexington avenue at 54th street 212 9355820 ginia bellafante the fever wallace shawn performs his provocative monologue about a guiltriddled bourgeois everyman sweating his way through a moral crisis the rich often hypnotic writing draws us into his tortured mindscape as he shifts between shame over his sense of entitlement and reasoned arguments that sacrifice is unnecessary and pointless meanwhile in the third world the violence and poverty continue unabated 130 acorn theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 isherwood gutenberg the musical a very funny if not terribly original satire of musical theater features what must be the worst backers audition of all time the excellent duo jeremy shamos and christopher fitzgerald make the pitch 205 the actors playhouse 100 seventh avenue south at fourth street greenwich village 212 2396200 jason zinoman in the heights linmanuel mirandas joyous songs paint a vibrant portrait of daily life in washington heights in this flawed but enjoyable show essentially a valentine to the barrio conflict of a violent or desperate kind is banished from the picture the musical contains a host of vibrant funny performances and brings the zesty sound of latin pop to the stage 210 37 arts 450 west 37th street 212 3074100 isherwood the last word oren safdies comedy about cultural generation gaps amuses as it goes along but lands at a predictable nowhere daniel j travanti stars as a viennese jew and aspiring playwright who does battle with a young student angling to become his writing assistant and find his voice 130 theater at st clements 423 west 46th street clinton 212 2794200 bellafante the madras house a centuryold drama about the woman question this rare revival of harley granville barkers fascinating play is more contemporary than you might think 230 mint theater 311 west 43rd street clinton 212 3150231 zinoman maratsade the first new york production of peter weisss classic 1963 play captures the rawness and shock of the original with a harrowing production the inmates of this allmale asylum fling themselves against the chainlinks of their enclosure realisticlooking vomit and feces feature in one key scene the audience is sprayed with water from the attendants hoses and reminded that theater is not always a safe place its undeniably powerful unfortunately it remains a blunt instrument rather than a polished one since the language is not mined as deeply as the emotion marat and sades philosophical debate and the plays topicality tend to be obscured by the sheer brute force of whats happening onstage 210 the classical theater of harlem harlem school of the arts theater 647 st nicholas avenue near 141st street 212 8684444 anne midgette mary rose j m barrie penned this distaff variation on themes from peter pan in 1920 and it has mostly lain on the shelf since a young english girl an exuberant paige howard acquires the odd habit of disappearing and reappearing some time later untouched by times passing gentle and melancholy handsomely mounted by tina landau mary rose is nonetheless itself touched by the mark of time 145 vineyard theater 108 east 15th street 212 3530303 isherwood the merchant of venice and the jew of malta f murray abraham plays two elizabethan villains in repertory for the theater for a new audience mr abrahams sinister but still moving shylock is the dark heart of darko tresnjaks chilly powerful staging of one of shakespeares unfunniest comedies as barabas in david herskovitss goofy postmodern jew of malta hes the lively center of a carnival that doesnt do justice to christopher marlowes harsh satire on christian hypocrisy and venality each 230 the duke on 42nd street 229 west 42nd street 212 2396200 isherwood a spanish play the great zoe caldwell returns to the new york stage after an absence of a decade in the fine company of linda emond denis ohare and larry pine thats the good news the bad the play yasmina rezas pseudophilosophical and metatheatrical trifle is utterly forgettable 150 classic stage company 136 east 13th street east village 212 3523101 isherwood 25 questions for a jewish mother this is the comedian judy golds fiercely funny monologue based on her own life as a single jewish lesbian mother and interviews with more than 50 other jewish mothers 120 st lukes theater 308 west 46th street clinton 212 2396200 phoebe hoban a very common procedure courtney barons play suffers from a very common problem for at least half of this oneacts running time the characters onstage are talking to us not one another paradoxically this intimacy between audience and actors keeps the story an odd love affair between a woman grieving the death of her baby and the doctor involved in the babys death at arms length 120 lucille lortel theater 121 christopher street west village 212 2794200 isherwood the voysey inheritance david mamet has cleanly and cannily adapted harley granville barkers 1905 play about corruption in the genteel world of victorian finance an excellent cast and a sumptuous production bring extra immediacy to a tale of embezzlement and entitlement that feels as fresh as tomorrows stock options 150 atlantic theater 336 west 20th street chelsea 212 2396200 isherwood wake up mr sleepy your unconscious mind is dead richard foremans latest filmtheater hybrid is a memorial service of sorts for the intuitive self killed by a surfaceworshiping world it is also a dazzling exercise in reality shifting that is as invigorating as it is mournful 105 ontological theater at st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 3523101 brantley off off broadway at least its pink bridget everett and her big bad attitude costar in this minimusical about sex and unsatisfying jobs in the city directed by michael patrick king of sex and the city as it happens who is also the coauthor and with songs written by ms everett and kenny mellman the pianoplaying half of kiki herb raucous and rude its a bit like a onewoman episode of jerry springer 120 ars nova 511 west 54th street clinton 212 8684444 isherwood nelson three arresting performances catch your attention in this creepy play by sam marks about a young man who is an office flunky by day but films gang videos at night but having set a lot of intriguing things in motion mr marks is afraid to let them collide headon 110 the lion theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 neil genzlinger longrunning shows altar boyz this sweetly satirical show about a christian pop group made up of five potential teen people cover boys is an enjoyable silly diversion 130 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 isherwood avenue q rrated puppets give lively life lessons 210 golden theater 252 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley beauty and the beast cartoon made flesh sort of 230 luntfontanne theater 205 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley chicago irrefutable proof that crime pays 225 ambassador theater 219 west 49th street 212 2396200 brantley the color purple singing cliffsnotes for alice walkers pulitzer prizewinning novel 240 broadway theater 1681 broadway at 53rd street 212 2396200 brantley forbidden broadway special victims unit often more entertaining than the real thing 145 47th street theater 304 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley hairspray fizzy pop cute kids large man in a housedress 230 neil simon theater 250 west 52nd street 212 3074100 brantley jersey boys the biomusical that walks like a man 230 august wilson theater 245 west 52nd street 212 2396200 brantley the lion king disney on safari where the big bucks roam 245 minskoff theater 200 west 45th street at broadway 212 3074100 brantley mamma mia the jukebox that devoured broadway 220 cadillac winter garden theater 1634 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 brantley the phantom of the opera who was that masked man anyway 230 majestic theater 247 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the producers the ne plus ultra of showbiz scams 245 st james theater 246 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley rent east village angst and love songs to die for 245 nederlander theater 208 west 41st street 212 3074100 brantley spamalot a singing scrapbook for monty python fans 220 shubert theater 225 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee a chorus line with pimples 145 circle in the square 254 west 50th street manhattan 212 2396200 isherwood wicked oz revisited with political corrections 245 gershwin theater 222 west 51st street manhattan 212 3074100 brantley last chance the crying woman an imaginative play that manages to transform what begins as a tired cultureclash comedy involving a mexican and united states couple sharing a house in mexico city into a sinister tale involving strange superstitions and a ghost from the 16th century 230 the beckett theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 closes tomorrow wilborn hampton dai enough iris bahrs unnerving onewoman show doesnt have much to add to the middle east debate but it sure leaves a lasting impression ms bahr plays an assortment of characters who have the misfortune of being in a tel aviv cafe that is about to be visited by the havoc common to such establishments the attack is rendered in jarring fashion repeatedly you watch the play on pins and needles waiting for the next burst gimmicky sure but viscerally effective 140 culture project 55 mercer street at broome street soho 212 2539983 closes on sunday genzlinger dutchman a revival of the poet amiri barakas screed on race and american values 43 years after its greenwich village debut aims for all the fire and might of a malcolm x speech but none of the rhetorical elegance it shouts so loudly that you cant hear a thing 100 cherry lane theater 38 commerce street between barrow and bedford streets west village 212 2396200 closes tomorrow bellafante the frugal repast this sweet compact story by ron hirsen dabbles in the high concepts of art but not too deeply which makes it just right two circus performers see picassos frugal repast in a dealers window and realize they were the models for it when they steal the print their lowbrow world and picassos highbrow one amusingly collide 120 the june havoc theater abingdon theater arts complex 312 west 36th street 212 8684444 closes on sunday genzlinger jacques brel is alive and well and living in paris a powerfully sung revival of the 1968 revue presented with affectionate nostalgia by the director gordon greenberg as in the original two men and two women perform a wide selection of brels plaintive ballads and stirring anthems 200 zipper theater 336 west 37th street 212 2396200 closes on sunday isherwood lookingglass alice eyecatching entertainment 130 the new victory theater 209 west 42nd street 212 2396200 closes on sunday lawrence van gelder a midsummer nights dream shakespeares comedy so dependent on things that arent what they appear to be makes an inspired choice for theater by the blind a group that mixes blind visionimpaired and fully sighted actors the most intriguing thing though is how the company stages the play with just six actors 150 the barrow group theater 312 west 36th street 212 8684444 closes on sunday genzlinger the secret of mme bonnards bath a dutiful bioplay about the french symbolist pierre bonnard is a behind the music for the art history set 200 the kirk theater theater row studios 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 closes tomorrow zinoman victoria martin math team queen must all stage teenagers speak in that exaggerated surferdude style in which awesome and totally make up about 50 percent of any conversation yes apparently they must from the evidence presented in this thin comedy which is about a high school girl who finds herself on the allmale math team the playwright kathryn walat seems to have been trying to grab the coattails of a certain spellingbeerelated show she missed 200 the julia miles theater 424 west 55th street clinton 212 2396200 closes on thursday genzlinger movies ratings and running times are in parentheses foreign films have english subtitles full reviews of all current releases movie trailers show times and tickets nytimescommovies avenue montaigne pg13 100 minutes in french a humble pleasure about love and art about passing time and time passing from the french director danile thompson who populates one parisian street with minor incidents comic faces choreographed nonsense and melodramatic blips and swells manohla dargis babel r 143 minutes in english spanish japanese berber arabic and sign language this hugely ambitious movie tells four loosely linked not quite simultaneous stories set on three different continents with dialogue in several languages the themes to the extent they are decipherable include loss fate and the terrible consequences of miscommunication written by guillermo arriaga and directed by alejandro gonzalez irritu the movie is an intellectual muddle but a visceral tour de force and the power of the filmmaking almost overcomes the fuzziness of the ideas almost a o scott bamako no rating 118 minutes in french and bambara abdelrahmane sissakos new film is an indictment of the wests complicity in africas misery staged as a public trial of the world bank and its affiliates the films passionate didacticism is both enriched and subverted by mr sissakos deft subtle attention to the details of daily life in the capital of mali where the movie takes place scott blood diamond r 138 minutes the makers of this foolish thriller about illegal diamond trafficking in africa starring an excellent leonardo dicaprio want you to know there may be blood on your hands specifically your wedding finger too bad they havent thought through what it means to turn misery into entertainment dargis breach pg13 110 minutes in his fine nononsense account of the capture of the fbi agent turned mole robert philip hanssen the director billy ray manages to excite and unnerve despite our knowing the ending chris cooper and ryan phillippe star dargis bridge to terabithia pg 95 minutes grounded more in reality than in fantasy this smart adaptation of katherine patersons awardwinning novel offers an affecting story of a transformative friendship between two unusually gifted children beautifully capturing a time when a bully in school can loom as large as a troll in a nightmare the director gabor csupo keeps the fantasy in the background to find magic in the everyday jeannette catsoulis children of men r 100 minutes the end is nigh in this superb thriller directed by alfonso cuarn about a nervously plausible future based on the p d james book the film stars an excellent clive owen and features equally sterling support from michael caine danny huston and chiwetel ejiofior among others dargis close to home no rating 94 minutes in hebrew this movie minutely scrutinizes the daily routine of two spirited women both 18yearold conscripts in the israeli army who work as a team patrolling the streets of jerusalem it adopts the tunnel vision of impatient selfcentered soldiers gritting their teeth as they fulfill their twoyear military obligation stephen holden days of glory r 120 minutes in french rachid boucharebs tale of north african soldiers fighting to free their french colonial masters from german occupation during world war ii is a potent combat picture and also a searching and complex political drama scott the departed r 150 minutes martin scorseses cubistic entertainment about men divided by power loyalty and their own selves is at once a success and a relief based on the crackling hong kong thriller infernal affairs it features fine twinned performances from matt damon and leonardo dicaprio and a showboating jack nicholson dargis dreamgirls pg13 131 minutes the broadway musical arrives on the screen capably directed by bill condon ardently acted and sung by jamie foxx eddie murphy beyonc knowles and especially jennifer hudson but undone by mediocre and anachronistic songs scott factory girl r 91 minutes its not entirely inappropriate that this film george hickenloopers biography of edie sedgwick the most glamorous of andy warhols socalled superstars should suggest a magazine layout masquerading as a film the world through which ms sedgwick sienna miller blazed and burned out was one that lived and died by the camera it existed to be seen and drooled over but god help you if you actually lived in it holden ghost rider pg13 114 minutes after a long string of flops nicolas cage returns to play johnny blaze a stunt motorcycle rider whose soul belongs to the devil despite the promise of the first 30 minutes when johnny is played by the charming young actor matt long a witless script and a central character whos more funny than frightening suggest that the filmmakers franchise hopes may be dashed catsoulis grbavica the land of my dreams no rating 90 minutes in bosnian in a neighborhood of sarajevo that was the site of a notorious prison camp a single mother lives with her tomboyish 12yearold daughter the tension between the present and the recent past is embodied in the volatile relationship between mother and daughter which comes to a boil over the issue of the girls paternity holden hannibal rising r 121 minutes marked by too much respect and too little energy this primer on the early years of hannibal lecter reduces one of our most mythic villains to a callow dysfunctional chef orphaned in world war ii our psychopathic hero hunts down his familys killers and snacks on their remains but burrowing into the id of pop cultures most repulsive gourmet demands a sanguinary glee that the director peter webber may not possess for all the movies spurting gore theres no accompanying rush of blood to the head catsoulis the last king of scotland r 121 minutes kevin macdonald paints a queasily enjoyable portrait of the ugandan dictator idi amin from inside the palace walls forest whitaker plays the mad king while james mcavoy plays the fool dargis letters from iwo jima r 141 minutes in japanese another masterwork from clint eastwoods astonishing late period and one of the best war movies ever ken watanabe is especially fine as the general commanding japanese troops in the doomed defense of the island of iwo jima scott little children r 130 minutes todd fields adaptation of tom perrottas novel of suburban adultery is unfailingly intelligent and faultlessly acted kate winslet and patrick wilson are superb as the parents of young children who meet at the playground and enact a twohanded variation on madame bovary against a backdrop of social paranoia and middleclass malaise scott little miss sunshine r 101 minutes a bittersweet comedy of dysfunction that takes place at the terminus of the american dream the excellent cast includes greg kinnear steve carell toni collette paul dano and that national treasure alan arkin dargis the lives of others r 137 minutes in german florian henckel von donnersmarcks debut feature takes place in east berlin in 1984 and it is a smart moving inquiry into the moral predicament facing good people in a bad system ulrich mhes performance as a consciencestricken stasi officer is a tightly wound tour de force and sebastian koch and martina gedeck are both superb as a playwright and his actress lover who are drawn into the cruel absurd clutches of the communist secret police scott music and lyrics pg13 96 minutes drew barrymore and hugh grant phone in passable impersonations of themselves in this competent romantic comedy which is somewhat enlivened by parodies of bad pop songs from both the 1980s and the present scott norbit pg13 97 minutes eddie murphy plays a nebbish a fat woman and a chinese restaurant owner in this crude sometimes mean but often funny farce scott notes on a scandal r 92 minutes judi dench and cate blanchett play a misogynistic game of cat and mouse from which no one emerges unscathed including the audience adapted by patrick marber from a novel by zo heller and directed by richard eyre dargis pans labyrinth r 119 minutes in spanish guillermo del toros tale of a young girls ordeal in postcivilwar fascist spain is either a fairy tale in the guise of a political allegory or vice versa in either case it is a moving enchanting strange and humane example of popular art at its very best scott the pursuit of happyness pg13 117 minutes how you respond to this fairy tale in realist drag may depend on whether you find will smiths performances so overwhelmingly winning that you buy the idea that poverty is a function of bad luck and bad choices and success the result of heroic toil and dreams dargis the queen pg13 103 minutes directed by stephen frears from a very smart script by peter morgan and starring a magnificent helen mirren in the title role the queen pries open a window in the house of windsor around the time of the death of diana princess of wales blending fact with fiction dargis the royal guard no rating 107 minutes in hindi vidhu vinod chopras somber drama is a contemporary tale about the aging devoted protector amitabh bachchan of an aristocratic family out to avenge his masters murder though it combines shakespearean ambience with snatches of genre cinema westerns martial arts movies the film is primarily a tribute to the singular presence of mr bachchan a monumental bollywood legend of indisputable seriousness andy webster 79th annual academy awards nominated short films features and animation no rating 137 minutes this grab bag of 5 liveaction shorts and 10 animated shorts is heavy on production values but light on true idiosyncrasy much less daring the best of the bunch are the animated short film the danish poet with the actress liv ullmann narrating the story of an accidental meeting between an obscure poet and a famous writer that ultimately produced a child and the liveaction eramos pocos one too many in which a husband deals with his wifes sudden disappearance by convincing his motherinlaw to become his maid matt zoller seitz venus r 91 minutes a modest diverting touching tale of a young woman who attracts the interest avuncular and also erotic of an aging actor played with effortless aplomb by the great peter otoole scott volver r 121 minutes in spanish another keeper from pedro almodvar with penlope cruz as a resilient widow in her best role to date scott film series bela tarr trilogy tonight through sunday the hungarian filmmaker bela tarr makes dark damp and moody dramas usually set in bleak small towns where long takes and elaborate camera movements are used to unite the inarticulate characters in webs of lust and deceit three of his most critically celebrated films are based on the work of the novelist laszlo krasznahorkai and all will be presented this weekend at the bamcinmatek in brooklyn damnation 1988 today the 450minute satantango1994 on saturday and mr tarrs most recent effort werckmeister harmonies 2000 on sunday brooklyn academy of music 30 lafayette avenue at ashland place fort greene brooklyn 718 6364100 wwwbamorg 10 dave kehr film comment selects tonight through tuesday theres still quite a lot to see in the final days of this lively series of new films and revivals programmed by the editors of film comment magazine screening this afternoon and sunday evening is robert aldrichs redhot political thriller of 1977 twilights last gleaming in an uncut print from mr aldrichs personal archives perhaps the most radical critique of americas vietnam policy in the englishspeaking cinema it remains unavailable on domestic dvd tomorrow brings two recent films by the great landscape filmmaker james benning ten skies 10 10minute shots of shifting skies and 13 lakes 13 10minute shots of lakes that reflect the landscape behind them on sunday and monday theres the united states premiere of these encounters of theirs the final film collaboration by jeanmarie straub and danile huillet and on tuesday the series comes to an odd anticlimax with paul verhoevens highly commercial world war ii drama black book walter reade theater 165 west 65th street lincoln center 212 8755601 filmlincorg 10 kehr pictures in print lillian ross and the movies tonight through wednesday the new yorker writer lillian ross has specialized in covering filmrelated subjects since the early 50s when she profiled the director john huston at work on the red badge of courage in a series of articles that were later published as picture this tribute to ms ross and her reportage begins tonight appropriately with a screening of red badge introduced by ms ross and followed by a discussion between her and susan morrison an editor of the new yorker the program continues with francis ford coppolas one from the heart tomorrow akira kurosawas ran sunday otto premingers anatomy of a murder monday and richard fleischers boston stranglerwednesday museum of modern art roy and niuta titus theaters 212 7089400 momaorg 10 kehr pop full reviews of recent concerts nytimescommusic apollo sunshine wednesday and thursday the tunefulness of folkrock and the beatles goes joyously off the rails in the songs of this boston band which tends to get more raucously enthusiastic somewhere around the second verse wednesday at 8 pm with maplewood inouk and vampire weekend at the annex 152 orchard street between stanton and rivington streets lower east side 212 6733410 theannexnyccom 8 thursday at 9 pm with self righteous brothers and up the empire at southpaw 125 fifth avenue near sterling place park slope brooklyn 718 2300236 spsoundscom 10 jon pareles the bird and the bee monday this los angeles duo toys with two fashionable ideas retro french pop glittering with electronics and sex and the citystyle sexual conundrums as the singer inara george mulls the ways of noncommittal boyfriends and promises in a catwalk soprano to herself or a man its never clear i would be so winning so absolutely winning monday at 730 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 15 ben sisario broadway by the year the musicals of 1928 monday the cradle will rock hellzapoppin the boys from syracuse and other shows from 1928 get the ohwhatatime treatment in the latest installment of town halls series with christiane noll sarah uriarte berry hugh panaro and barbara walsh at 8 pm 123 west 43rd street manhattan 212 8402824 thetownhallnycorg 40 to 50 sisario judy collins tonight and tomorrow night and tuesday through thursday what ms collins brings to a song is perspective you have the sense of a woman standing alone in the night air gazing at a star and directing a beam of psychic energy into the cosmos or maybe she is the receiver of this cool steady light it cuts both ways at 845 pm caf carlyle carlyle hotel 35 east 76th street manhattan 212 7441600 thecarlylecom 100 cover at tables 65 at the bar stephen holden dalek tuesday dalek is a hiphop trio from newark led by a rapper of the same name who intones apocalyptic rhymes over noisy atmospheric backing tracks with destructo swarmbots alex delivery and psychic paramount at 8 pm mercury lounge 217 east houston street at ludlow street lower east side 212 2604700 mercuryloungenyccom 10 sisario baby jane dexter tonight and tomorrow night the theme of addiction of someone being pursued by all sorts of demons runs through the intelligent but disturbing show by this singer whose popgospel voice projects strength solidity and a heartiness that runs counter to the songs images of people in thrall to fantasy at 8 metropolitan room 34 west 22nd street manhattan 212 2060440 metropolitanroomcom 25 cover twodrink minimum holden rob dickinson wednesday in the 90s mr dickinson led the catherine wheel a british band that created a muscular dramatic sweep with fogs of guitar noise he has since refashioned himself as a cynical balladeer in the warren zevon mode the kind who may or may not be sarcastic when saying that the secret to life is merely to smile and hang out with intelligent people at 7 pm luna lounge 361 metropolitan avenue at havemeyer street williamsburg brooklyn 866 4687619 lunaloungecom 12 in advance 14 at the door sisario the double tonight something is always intriguingly askew in the songs of this local band jagged guitars david greenhills neurotic singspeak vocals the asymmetric gurglings of its vox continental organ but the oblique lines come together in unexpected and sometimes hauntingly beautiful ways tonight the band will preview songs from a new album at 730 and 10 monkey town 58 north third street between kent and wythe avenues williamsburg brooklyn 718 3841369 monkeytownhqcom 8 with a 10 minimum sisario j j grey and mofro thursday a singer and guitarist from jacksonville fla who grows organic vegetables when not on the road j j grey uses a rich funky swamp blues to mourn the erosion of rural values and celebrate lifes most fundamental joys glory glory hallelujahim alive and im feeling fine with virginia coalition at 9 pm irving plaza 17 irving place at 15th street manhattan 212 7776800 irvingplazacom 20 sisario killswitch engage dragonforce thursday killswitch engage from massachusetts churns those machinegun metal guitars like the best of them but also gets bravely mushy ill be waiting for the end of my broken heart sings howard jones in a line that were it not surrounded by biochemical noise could have come from the wispiest emo boy dragonforce a sixman metal army from london sounds like some combination of iron maiden and yngwie malmsteen on frantic fastforward all the chantalong majorkey melodies and fretboardtickling guitar solos of those 80s metal heroes are there but sped up to an exhilarating and comical degree with chimaira and he is legend at 645 pm roseland 239 west 52nd street manhattan 212 7776800 roselandballroomcom 26 in advance 30 at the door sisario lincoln centers american songbook tonight and tomorrow night having expanded greatly from its origins as a home for the midcentury pantheon of harold arlen richard rodgers and the like this series ends its ninth season with two young women whose programs exemplify its growth tonight is neko case whose supple powerful alto is just as eloquent in spunky indierock or the most somber country tomorrow the everclassy jane monheit sings standards tonight at 830 and 1030 and tomorrow night at 830 allen room frederick p rose hall broadway at 60th street 212 7216500 lincolncenterorg sold out sisario john mayer wednesday when recently crowned one of the 20 new guitar gods by rolling stone this 29yearold from bridgeport conn told the magazine i want my guitar to sound like stings voice thick on the bottom he might have added elegant like eric clapton and nimbly funky like curtis mayfield after some smooth if colorless hits early in his career mr mayer has pushed himself to develop his every musical muscle and his latest album continuum columbia is solid and deceptively easygoing with worries about aging and the powerlessness of youth at 8 pm madison square garden 212 3077171 thegardencom 45 and 55 sisario my chemical romance tonight the first emo band to embrace the bombast and drama of the rock opera this new jersey fivepiece mingles fistpumping stadium rock with sickly brechtian theatrics on its album the black parade reprise it follows a tradition laid out by green day marilyn manson and pink floyd but does those bands one better by scoring a cameo from liza minnelli with rise against at 8 nassau coliseum 1255 hempstead turnpike uniondale ny 631 8889000 nassaucoliseumcom 2725 sisario el pele tonight this gypsy singer from crdoba spain best known for his recordings in the 1980s with vicente amigo makes his american debut as part of the new york flamenco festival at 8 skirball center for the performing arts 566 laguardia place at washington square south greenwich village 212 2794200 worldmusicinstituteorg 42 and 50 sisario elvis perkins thursday having firmly established himself on the singersongwriter circuit with a discursive acoustic style derived from groups like clem snide mr perkins has finally released his bittersweet and beautiful debut album ash wednesday xl he began it in 2002 a decade after his father the actor anthony perkins died of aids and a year after his mother the fashion photographer berry berenson perkins perished on sept 11 in one of the planes that was crashed into the world trade center at 930 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom sold out sisario el perro del mar thursday the words bebopalula have never been sung with such plaintive fragility as when cooed by sarah assbring a multitasking swedish singer who records as el perro del mar her selftitled new album is a sweet and meticulous girlgroup production for the bjork age with shalala choruses echoing eerily as ms assbring murmurs this loneliness aint pretty no more she begins her first united states tour at the bowery ballroom with marissa nadler and chris garneau opening the show at 8 pm 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 15 in advance 18 at the door sisario ike reilly assassination thursday an eloquent wiseguy whose songs evoke bob dylan and paul westerberg mr reilly a former bellhop and gravedigger from chicago has the kind of highenergy hookheavy folkrock sound that turns every head in a bar while his nasal vocals are unsparingly sardonic the friends that you rely on are the train tracks that you lie on at 9 pm mo pitkins 34 avenue a near third street east village 212 7775660 mopitkinscom 15 sisario soweto gospel choir tonight gospel music and traditional south african harmonies and rhythms have found common ground and hybrid possibilities since christian missionaries arrived in south africa in the 19th century this 26member choir carries the fusion toward jubilation performing traditional songs and mbube the zulu song better known as the lion sleeps tonight alongside gospel messages at 10 zankel hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg sold out pareles sparklehorse wednesday sunny beatlesesque melodies have to bubble through a melancholic film of entropy and electronic fuzz in the songs of sparklehorses mark linkous a talented and troubled songwriter from richmond va whose languid fantasies have an endearing tendency to include horses metaphorical and otherwise with jesse sykes and the sweet hereafter at 8 pm webster hall 125 east 11th street east village 212 5332111 bowerypresentscom 22 sisario sandy stewart and bill charlap tonight and tomorrow night the style of this motherson team is minimalist where conventional voiceandpiano duos follow a formula in which the music swells at dramatic moments ms stewart and mr charlap use pauses silences and hushed moments to bring out the interior lives of songs at 9 and 1130 oak room at the algonquin hotel 59 west 44th street manhattan 212 4199331 algonquinhotelcom 60 cover 65 dinner charge at 9 25 minimum at 1130 holden tibet house benefit monday the 17th annual concert for tibet house an organization in new york that has among its aims housing a library and art collection for eventual repatriation features philip glass laurie anderson sigur ros ray davies deborah harry lou reed patti smith michael stipe and ben harper at 730 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 30 to 85 sisario trans am oneida tomorrow long live weird rock as part of the knitting factorys strangely underhyped 20thanniversary celebration not to be confused with the town hall show that invokes the clubs name the chicago band trans am which plays tightly coiled retrofuturistic electronic rock like a band stuck in the light matrix of tron plays two sets with brooklyns beloved oneida whose drums keyboards and guitar converge into powerful pulsating drones at 645 and 1030 pm knitting factory 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193132 knittingfactorycom 13 in advance 15 at the door sisario young love wednesday dan keyes the skinny cherub who records as young love is the latest indie rocker in the wake of the killers to discover the dance floor his debut too young to fight it island enthusiastically follows a familiar if still fruitful formula chunky guitar riffs plus kitschy synthesizers highadrenaline beats and lyrics like if you get the chanceyou must dance dance dance at 730 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 13 sisario jazz full reviews of recent jazz concerts nytimescommusic geri allen trio wednesday timeless portraits and dreams telarc showcases geri allens sleek pianism in a number of settings including one with a vocal chorus she revisits some of that material in a trio with her longtime associate darryl hall on bass and the venerable jimmy cobb on drums at 830 pm zankel hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 44 nate chinen brooklyn qawwali party tomorrow the sufi devotional music of nusrat fateh ali khan provides a repertory mandate for this ensemble faithful to its source mainly in terms of exuberance the group creates a storm of percussion horns harmonium and guitars at 930 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street east village 212 5398778 joespubcom cover 12 with a twodrink minimum chinen taylor ho bynum and tomas fujiwara tuesday on true events 482 music a scintillating album due out next week mr bynum a cornetist and mr fujiwara a drummer engage in a duologue crackling with improvisational energy but guided by compositional prescription at 8 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen frank carlberg tonight mr carlberg is a pianist and composer enamored of language as he demonstrates on his most recent album state of the union fresh sound new talent for the premiere of the american dream a 12part song cycle based on the poetry of robert creeley mr carlberg enlists his gifted regular collaborators christine correa on vocals chris cheek on tenor saxophone john hebert on bass and michael sarin on drums at 7 pm rubin museum of art 150 west 17th street flatiron district 212 6205000 ext 344 rmanycorg 20 chinen marilyn crispell trio tuesday through thursday marilyn crispell a pianist equally celebrated for aggressive atonality and delicate lyricism regroups with the bassist mark helias and the drummer paul motian the same team as on her exquisite album storyteller ecm from a few years ago through march 4 at 9 and 11 pm village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south at 11th street west village 212 2554037 villagevanguardcom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen curhachestra tonight curtis hasselbring a mischievous trombonist leads an experimental quintet with briggan krauss on baritone saxophone brandon seabrook on guitar and banjo trevor dunn on bass and ches smith on drums in a preceding set at 8 mr smith performs duets with andrea parkins on accordion at 10 the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen liberty ellman tomorrow mr ellman a guitarist and composer with a taste for rhythmic convolutions leads a dynamic trio with stephan crump on bass and gerald cleaver on drums at midnight iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 10 with a 10 minimum chinen the four bags sunday the instrumental palette of the four bags brian drye on trombone jacob garchik on accordion sean moran on guitar and mike mcginnis on reeds suggests a contemporary species of chamber jazz for this performance part of the brooklyn next festival they welcome a guest vocalist judith berkson at 8 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 chinen the fringe zarth tonight the fringe a boston institution for more than 30 years conjoins the tenor saxophonist george garzone the drummer bob gulloti and the bassist john lockwood in unscripted improvisation here the group takes on a second bassist garth stevenson and drummer ziv ravitz at 9 and 1030 tea lounge 837 union street between sixth and seventh avenues park slope 718 7892762 no cover chinen javon jackson tonight through sunday night mr jackson a tenor saxophonist with a relaxed rhythmic approach has lately favored backbeatgirded groove he plays here with the right musicians for it dr lonnie smith on organ david gilmore on guitar kenny davis on bass and rudy royston on drums at 730 and 930 with an 1130 set tonight and tomorrow jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 cover 30 25 on sunday chinen jazz and art tonight and tomorrow night the jazz at lincoln center orchestra and the museum of modern art combined resources to produce this highminded and ambitious concert its centerpiece will be portrait in seven shades a suite by the orchestra member and woodwind player ted nash with sections directly inspired by pieces from the museums collection at 8 frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 7216500 jalcorg 30 to 120 chinen sean jones monday mr jones is a trumpeter with an incisive tone and a firm grasp of jazz traditions in his group with the pianist orrin evans he spikes the postbop punch with funk and soul at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen juilliard jazz tribute to jazz legends tuesday the juilliard school presents five luminaries the trumpeters clark terry and joe wilder the saxophonists james moody and frank wess and the pianist dr billy taylor with its presidents medal and with customfitted arrangements to perform with the juilliard jazz orchestra joining in celebration are the singer audra mcdonald the tenor saxophonist benny golson and the bassist christian mcbride at 8 pm peter jay sharp theater 155 west 65th street lincoln center 212 7216500 juilliardedu 25 and 50 chinen ralph lalama tonight and tomorrow night though best known for his work in big bands the tenor saxophonist ralph lalama has no problem applying his nimble style to smaller settings his quartet here includes the pianist dave lalama his brother at 8 10 and midnight sweet rhythm 88 seventh avenue south at bleecker street west village 212 2553626 cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen ivan linstrio da paz tuesday through thursday mr lins a prolific brazilian singer and composer headlines this engagement trio da paz consisting of romero lubambo on guitar nilson matta on bass and duduka da fonseca on drums plays an effervescent opening set through march 4 at 8 and 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 3750 at tables 25 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen bill mchenryethan iverson quartet wednesday bill mchenry an introspective yet surefooted tenor saxophonist and ethan iverson a smartly prickly pianist jointly lead this sharp ensemble with ben street on bass and jeff ballard on drums at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen ollys beaches tonight and tomorrow night the israeli trumpeter avishai cohen leads this groovefocused band with the keyboardist jason lindner the bassist meshell ndegeocello and the drummer adam deitch at 9 and 1030 jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 15 chinen omshalom monday the drummer michael stephans leads this project an attempt to link the meditative aspects of hebrew liturgical music with the resourceful drama of modern jazz he has strong collaborators for the task including david liebman and benny maupin on reeds and scott colley on bass at 8 and 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 15 at tables 10 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen open loose tomorrow together with the tenor saxophonist tony malaby and the drummer tom rainey mark helias a bassist and composer walks a line between form and freedom confirming that there can be rigor in both at 9 and 1030 pm cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen pianists play for larry monday a benefit for the pianist larry willis who recently lost his home to a fire among the evenings distinguished guests are randy weston geri allen don friedman bertha hope and jeanmichel pilc at 7 pm st peters lutheran church 619 lexington avenue at 54th street 212 6425277 suggested donation 20 chinen revelation tuesday through thursday milt jackson who died in 1999 was one of the top vibraphonists in the history of jazz here as on the album revelation sharp nine he receives an appropriately boppish tribute from the mallet virtuoso joe locke the pianist mike ledonne the bassist bob cranshaw and the drummer mickey roker through march 4 at 730 and 930 pm dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 jalcorg cover 30 with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar chinen jimmy scott tonight through sunday night mr scotts piercing singing voice and achingly emotional style are rightfully enshrined in the annals of songbook interpretation at 830 and 1030 iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 35 with a 10 minimum chinen sculptured sounds music festival sunday this concert series organized by the bassist reggie workman concludes with performances by the africanamerican legacy project a talentloaded orchestra and chorus conducted by the trumpeter charles tolliver the matt garrison trio led by mr garrison a fearsomely proficient bassist and sojourner a string quartet that includes sioka workman mr workmans daughter on cello at 7 pm st peters lutheran church 619 lexington avenue at 54th street 212 6425277 sculpturedsoundscom suggested donation 20 chinen edward simon trio thursday on his fine recent album unicity cam jazz the pianist edward simon explores a sensitive but adventurous trio dynamic with the bassist john patitucci and the drummer brian blade who appear here through march 4 at 830 and 1030 pm iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen james spaulding quartet tonight and tomorrow james spaulding is a flutist and alto saxophonist with a driving sense of rhythm equally comfortable straining against tonality or settling into a hardbop mode at 8 10 and 1130 smoke 2751 broadway at 106th street 212 8646662 smokejazzcom cover 25 chinen loren stillman thursday trio alto volume one steeplechase a recent album by the alto saxophonist loren stillman suggests an explorer with one foot planted in tradition and the other caught in midstride here mr stillman digs in with the bassist john hebert and the drummer ted poor at 9 pm bar4 444 seventh avenue at 15th street park slope brooklyn 718 8329800 bar4net cover 5 chinen martin wind quartet tonight and tomorrow martin wind a versatile bassist convenes an ensemble featuring the saxophonist scott robinson the pianist bill cunliffe and the drummer greg hutchinson at 8 and 945 pm kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 kitanocom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen classical full reviews of recent music performances nytimescommusic opera eugene onegin tomorrow and wednesday the dynamic conductor valery gergiev and the baritone dmitri hvorostovsky bring stylistic authority to the metropolitan operas revival of its 1997 production of tchaikovskys eugene onegin mr hvorostovsky is riveting in the title role singing with earthy richness and fully conveying this worldly entitled and dashing young mans aloofness the surprises come from the soprano rene fleming in her first russian role at the met who gives a vocally exquisite and vulnerable portrayal of tatiana and the tenor ramn vargas a bel canto specialist who makes an ardent and endearing lenski you will seldom see better acting in opera tomorrow at 130 pm and wednesday at 730 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg sold out anthony tommasini iphignie en aulide tonight the opera productions at the juilliard school have generally been thoughtfully staged and vocally polished the school is also judicious in its repertory choices iphignie en aulide has much to recommend it as glucks dramatically focused and supremely lyrical operas invariably do the cast for robin guarinos production includes tharanga goonetilleke in the title role with paul larosa as agamemnon faith sherman as clytemnestra and paul appleby as achille with ari pelto conducting at 8 peter jay sharp theater juilliard school 155 west 65th street lincoln center 212 7697406 juilliardedu free allan kozinn lost highway tonight and tomorrow night the miller theater and the oberlin conservatory of music present the united states premiere of lost highway by olga neuwirth an opera based on the david lynch film the moody score includes instrumentalists singers actors as well as hightech effects timothy weiss conducts the oberlin contemporary music ensemble and an allstudent cast at 8 miller theater broadway at 116th street morningside heights 212 8547799 millertheatercom 35 21 for students vivien schweitzer die meistersinger von nrnberg thursday wagners great celebration of german music returns with james levine conducting james morris johan botha and heikyung hong at 6 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 15 to 275 bernard holland simon boccanegra tonight and tuesday night a strong cast led by angela gheorghiu thomas hampson ferruccio furlanetti and marcello giordani and conducted by a fairly volcanic conductor named fabio luisi continues the mets run of this dark convoluted and often beautiful opera at 8 metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 110 to 295 tickets remaining tonight 15 to 275 on tuesday holland thrse raquin tonight through sunday six years after its premiere this work by tobias picker is finally having its first new york performances by the dicapo opera in a reduced version for chamber orchestra but opera tends to romanticize its subjects and mr pickers librettist gene scheer certainly does turning the stultifying bourgeois characters that surround thrse into heartofgold stereotypes still the vocal writing is grateful and the story is reasonably compelling the best moment is the reappearance of camille the murdered husband as a ghost tonight and tomorrow night at 8 sunday at 4 pm dicapo opera theater 184 east 76th street manhattan 212 2889438 dicapocom 4750 anne midgette die zauberflte tomorrow the revival of julie taymors production of mozarts zauberflte continues at the met complete with the magical puppets and stage effects that made it an audience hit when it opened in 2004 james levine conducts a cast that includes lisa milne as pamina cornelia gtz as queen of the night michael schade as pamino rodion pogossov as papageno eike wilm schulte as the speaker and vitalij kowaljow as sarastro at 8 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 150 to 295 tickets remaining schweitzer classical music amedeo modigliani quartet tuesday this quartet formed in 2003 by students at the conservatoire national suprieur de musique de paris won the 2006 young concert artists international auditions in new york and the 2005 young concert artists european auditions in paris for their new york debut on tuesday they will perform wolfs italian serenade ravels quartet and beethovens quartet in c op 59 no 3 at 730 pm zankel hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 25 and 35 schweitzer piotr anderszewski tomorrow this splendid young polish pianist plays the big hall at carnegie a k a stern auditorium the music is by beethoven and szymanowski at 8 pm 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 23 to 76 holland chamber music society of lincoln center tonight and sunday this admirable minifestival called an english musical renaissance intensely focuses on an area of music thats only passingly familiar to most concertgoers the first decades of the 20th century when english composers were striving to find a distinctive voice the series closes this weekend with a concert tonight featuring songs performed by susanne mentzer and works by benjamin dale frederick delius and frank bridge and on sunday with william waltons early piano quartet in d minor and a riper piano quintet by the mature edward elgar tonight at 8 and sunday at 5 pm alice tully hall lincoln center 212 8755788 chambermusicsocietyorg 28 to 50 midgette joyce didonato thursday maybe its carmen spain and mezzosopranos seem to have a particular affinity joyce didonato recently released an album called pasin and is showing more spanish material at her recital this week with julius drake in which she will sing granados falla and montsalvatge as well as songs by bizet and rossinis giovanna darco at 730 pm weill recital hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 34 midgette juilliard string quartet thursday the juilliard quartet is celebrating its 60th anniversary with an allmozart program the group has another excuse to celebrate the juilliard schools recent acquisition of mozart manuscripts the program includes the quartets in e flat k 428 d minor k 421 and c k 465 at 8 pm alice tully hall lincoln center 212 7697406 juilliardedu free but tickets are required kozinn simone kermes and the venice baroque orchestra tuesday having just played a concert of mostly vivaldi concertos at zankel hall the venice baroque orchestra moves to weill recital hall for a program of chamber music and vocal works with vivaldi again dominating but with works by uccellini and corelli as well the soloist is simone kermes a german soprano who specializes in baroque music at 730 pm weill recital hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 40 kozinn jaime laredo leon fleisher thursday schubert wrote meltingly for the violin and melodiously for just about any instrument talents demonstrated in four of his sonatas for violin and piano from 1816 and 1817 in a recital devoted to the works the singing violin lines taken by jaime laredo will be balanced out by the masterly pianist leon fleisher at 730 pm zankel hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 40 to 54 midgette new world symphony tuesday and wednesday michael tilson thomas has done wonders with this floridabased national youth orchestra and he will show off its strengths ideally with an allshostakovich program that includes the cello concerto no 2 with yoyo ma as the soloist in a discovery program on wednesday mr thomas offers insights into shostakovichs fifth symphony which the orchestra performs again at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 40 to 129 on tuesday 10 to 35 on wednesday kozinn new york philharmonic tonight tomorrow wednesday and thursday tonight and tomorrow lorin maazel leads a program highlighting members of the philharmonic robert langevin the flutist and nancy allen the harpist perform mozarts concerto for flute and harp philip myers erik ralske r allen spanjer and howard wall play schumanns tricky konzertstck for four horns joseph alessi plays melinda wagners trombone concerto which received its premiere yesterday next week kurt masur the former music director of the philharmonic leads mendelssohns hebrides overture sibeliuss violin concerto with the fine young violinist sergey khachatryan as soloist and tchaikovskys symphony no 6 tonight and tomorrow night at 8 wednesday and thursday nights at 73o avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 nyphilorg 28 to 96 schweitzer new york youth symphony sunday paul haas leads this orchestra of talented young musicians their ages range from 12 to 22 in a program that includes the brahms symphony no 4 the tchaikovsky rococo variations with efe baltacigil as the cello soloist and the premiere of a new work tapuat by paul fowler at 2 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 7 to 55 kozinn garrick ohlsson sunday mr ohlsson continues his admirable beethoven series in a program that includes the early c sonata and liszts arrangement of the fourth symphony at 2 pm alice tully hall lincoln center 212 7216500 lincolncenterorg 50 holland peoples commissioning fund concertbang on a can allstars thursday however democratic the process of commissioning music the idea of doing so with a fund gathered from donations of as little as 5 is appealing and bang on a cans annual concert can be counted on to generate electricity and excitement the main focus this year may not be the three hot young composers lukas ligeti joshua penman and stefan weisman but a hot established one meredith monk who will be a guest and join in performances of five works of her own at 8 pm merkin concert hall 129 west 67th street manhattan 212 5013330 kaufmancenterorg 20 in advance 25 at the door midgette philadelphia orchestra thursday the charismatic pianist martha argerich is soloist in beethovens second piano concerto charles dutoit conducts sibelius and rimskykorsakov crowdpleasers no wonder this concert is sold out at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg holland dance full reviews of recent performances nytimescomdance dance conversations the flea tuesday featured choreographers in this installment of the dance and talk showcase are alethea adsitt rene archibald ashley a friend and sahar javedani the moderator is karen bernard at 7 pm flea theater 41 white street between church street and broadway tribeca 212 6456462 thefleaorg free jennifer dunning dedicated to dunham sunday produced by community works and the new heritage theater group this fourhour program includes performances workshops and symposiums that celebrate the life and legacy of katherine dunham at 1 pm kaufmann and linder theaters american museum of natural history central park west and 79th street 212 7695315 amnhorgblackhistory free with museum admission dunning anthony ferro and james sutton solo dances tonight and tomorrow night between them mr ferro and mr sutton have an astonishing range of performance and teaching credentials their dances are set to music by irwin bazelon and bach and an autobiographical text by mr ferro tonight at 9 tomorrow night at 8 merce cunningham studio 55 bethune street at washington street west village ferrodanceaolcom 20 15 for students and 65 dunning the forsythe company wednesday and thursday william forsythe confronts the horror and hypocrisy of war not a popular dance topic bless his heart in his new three atmospheric studies a piece inspired by the imagery and effects of conflict in the middle east before thursdays performance mr forsythe will speak about the work at the bam rose cinemas through march 3 wednesday at 730 pm thursday talk at 6 and performance at 730 brooklyn academy of music 30 lafayette avenue at ashland place fort greene brooklyn 718 6364100 20 to 70 8 for mr forsythes talk dunning the 4 tango seasons tonight through sunday and thursday the show explores natures cycles as seen in a man and a woman in love through april 1 tonight at 8 tomorrow at 3 and 8 pm sunday at 4 pm thursday at 8 pm thalia spanish theater 4117 greenpoint avenue sunnyside queens 718 7293880 thaliatheatreorg 30 27 for students and 65 all tickets 25 tonight and thursday dunning koryo dance theater tonight through sunday sunwha chungs bisang ascending timeless is a suite of seven dances expressing a womans changes in her way of life as she makes a transition between her original culture and a new one at 8 pm joyce soho 155 mercer street 212 3347479 joyceorg 20 15 for students and 65 10 for children in fifth grade and younger jack anderson movement research at the judson church monday an artist in residence milka djordjevich helps to kick off movement researchs winterspring 2007 series the first under the directors barbara bryan and kim doelger new leadership always brings new direction but its hard to imagine theyll change this popular program at 8 pm 55 washington square south greenwich village 212 5980551 movementresearchorg free claudia la rocco new york city ballet tonight through sunday the company closes its winter season this weekend with for the fun of it jerome robbinss circus polka george balanchines walpurgisnacht ballet peter martinss jeu de cartes and the balanchinerobbins firebird tonight and sunday afternoon and a banquet of dance balanchines raymonda variations robbinss afternoon of a faun and antique epigraphs and christopher wheeldons evenfall tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening tonight at 8 tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm sunday at 3 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 8705570 nycballetcom 20 to 95 dunning new york flamenco festival tomorrow the closing program malaga en flamenco features 20 or so of the regions best dancers and singers among them rocio bazn the evening will include a wide range of folkloric and ancient forms among them malagueas tangos and saetas at 8 pm with a preconcert talk on flamenco dance at 7 pm skirball center for the performing arts 566 laguardia place at washington square south greenwich village 212 2794200 worldmusicinstituteorg 42 and 50 dunning 92nd street y harkness dance festival tomorrow sunday wednesday and thursday claire porterportables performs tomorrow and sunday in words away from home next week joe chvala and the flying foot forum a percussivedance group from minneapolisst paul creates rhythmic patterns with taps found objects and vocalizing through march 18 claire porterportables tomorrow at 8 pm sunday at 2 and 7 pm joe chvala and the flying foot forum wednesday and thursday at 8 pm ailey citigroup theater 405 west 55th street clinton 212 4155500 92yorgharkness festival 20 10 for students and 65 dunning oyu oro afrocuban folklore experimental dance ensemble tonight through sunday this company will present palenque which incorporates dances from both african and cuban cultures tonight and tomorrow night at 730 sunday at 2 and 730 pm la mama etc 74a east fourth street east village 212 4757710 lamamaorg 20 15 for students dunning amy pivarann and alexx make dances thursday ms pivar known for brainy powerfully emotional choreography teams up here with the mezzosoprano elaine valby and the composerperformers paula m kimper and gilda lyons for the latest installment in a fiveyear collaboration musical texts include poetry by paul bowles and a setting in hebrew of the 23rd psalm sharing the program are alexandra shilling and ann robideaux who create a surreal landscape in their new long night through march 3 thursday at 8 pm dance new amsterdam 280 broadway at chambers street tribeca 212 2794200 and dnadanceorg 17 dunning anna sperber thursday through saturday in her first fulllength show at dance theater workshop ms sperber investigates the space between resistance and release as an allfemale cast navigates a walledin landscape in the tiger situation at 730 pm 219 west 19th street chelsea 212 9240077 dtworg 12 and 20 la rocco trinity irish dance company tonight and sunday this large irishamerican company which performs in two theaters in the new york region this weekend is known for its progressive read newfangled irish dancing to accompaniment on guitar uilleann pipes and drums tonight at 8 tilles center c w post campus route 25a brookville ny 516 2993100 tillescenterorg 40 to 65 37 to 62 for 65 sunday at 2 pm brooklyn center for the performing arts at brooklyn college one block from the junction of flatbush and nostrand avenues flatbush 718 9514500 brooklyncenteronlineorg 15 to 30 dunning vision dance music series tonight and tomorrow the focus of this festival is collaborations between dancers and jazz musicians the eight pairs include carmen de lavallade and todd nicholson and treva offutt and jeanbaptiste bocle at 730 pm symphony space 2537 broadway at 95th street 212 6966681 visionfestivalorg 25 dunning works process sean curran sunday and monday mr curran will discuss new and recent choreography set to music by janacek meredith monk and chris lancaster excerpts will be performed by his dancers sunday and monday at 730 pm guggenheim museum 1071 fifth avenue at 89th street 212 4233587 worksandprocessorg 24 20 for 65 15 for students dunning chantal yzermansradical low thursday through saturday catch the united states premiere of the belgian choreographer chantal yzermanss newest work onri allegory of night created by ms yzermans in 2002 radical low employs custom software created by the artists to probe the places where dance and technology meet in onri this exploration is in the service of mythology some of it as ancient as the technology is new at 830 pm danspace project st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 6748194 15 la rocco art museums and galleries are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of recent art shows nytimescomart museums american folk art museum martn ramrez through april 29 ramrez a mexican peasant who immigrated to northern california and died there at 68 in 1963 spent the last 32 years of his life in a mental hospital making some of the greatest art of the last century he had his own way with materials and color and an unforgettable cast of characters most notably a mounted caballero and a levitating madonna crowned like the statue of liberty but most of all ramrez had his own brand of pictorial space established by rhythmic systems of parallel lines both curved and straight whose mesmerizing expansions and contractions simultaneously cosset and isolate his figures this show should render null and void the distinction between insider and outsider art 45 west 53rd street 212 2651040 roberta smith american museum of natural history gold through aug 19 this astounding array of art artifacts and natural samples larded with fascinating facts and tales ranges from prehistoric times to the present stops along the way include precolumbian empires sunken treasure bangladesh dowry rituals and the moon landing it turns out that gold comes from the earth in forms as beautiful as anything man has thought to do with it you are certain to emerge with mind boggled and eyes dazzled central park west and 79th street 212 7695100 amnhorg smith asia society glass gilding and grand design art of sasanian iran 224642 ad through may 20 this glinting glowing show is a reduction of a much larger paris exhibition that included material from iranian museums impossible to bring to the united states but with some 70 examples of silver glass and silk textile fragments many from european museums it is still substantial and the first major exhibition of its kind in this part of the world for more than 30 years for about four centuries the sasanians ruled territory stretching from presentday iran and iraq to north africa their only rivals were rome byzantium and at the very end the early islamic dynasties much of their surviving art is a sterling example of empire in action 725 park avenue at 70th street 212 2886400 holland cotter grey art gallery semina culture wallace berman his circle through march 31 the artist wallace berman 192676 may ring only a faint bell to many new yorkers but he was a central charismatic figure in an underground of west coast artists and poets in the 1950s and 60s a collagist poet photographer and the publisher of an influential journal semina he inspired others to make art too sparking hidden aptitude in startling places after meeting him drifters movie stars exmarines and petty criminals found themselves starting to paint and write and a traveling love company of them has come to grey art gallery trailing dreams delusions and marijuana clouds new york university 100 washington square east greenwich village 212 9986780 cotter guggenheim museum family pictures through april 16 this show sounds ripe with possibilities the results however are more mixed the exhibition is drawn from the museums collection which explains some of its exclusions and limitations many artists you associate with contemporary photography and the family are not in attendance richard bellingham tina barney malerie marder there is also a sense of false advertising in the exhibitions title the museums news release extends the exhibitions exploration into representation of families and children in contemporary art and video images of children you quickly realize can operate as a completely different genre a good portion of the work falls under this rubric rineke dijkstras beach portraits of adolescents posing awkwardly against stark seascape horizons are isolated and isolating images of children on the threshold of adulthood you dont think about family when gazing at these photographs sally mann is perhaps the bestknown contemporary photographer of children specifically her own ms mann represented here by blackandwhite photographs from the late 1980s and early 1990s of her ethereally gorgeous children now grown has been accused of everything from neglect to child abuse the questions raised by her dual role as artist and mother simultaneous protector and potential exploiter of the family and her choice of family as the central focus of artistic practice remain vitally interesting 1071 fifth avenue at 89th street 212 4233500 guggenheimorg martha schwendener international center of photography henri cartierbressons scrapbook photographs 193246 through april 29 arrived by way of the fondation henri cartierbresson in paris this show has more than 300 of the prints the photographer glued into an album and toted to new york for curators at the museum of modern art to cull captured by the nazis he had been presumed dead when the modern planned his retrospective then he turned up alive the posthumous exhibition opened with him in attendance in 1947 the current exhibition reconstructs as best as possible the original layout of the scrapbook its an eyestraining affair but it surveys the revolutionary work he shot in spain italy mexico britain and france his taste for uncanny detail linked him to surrealism and surrealist wit but unlike many surrealists he remained committed to human values boys mug at his camera prostitutes swan their gazes equalize them with us 1133 avenue of the americas at 43rd street 212 8570000 icporg michael kimmelman international center of photography martin munkacsi think while you shoot through april 29 munkacsi who inspired cartierbresson was by contrast selftaught a creature of his own devising this is the most complete retrospective with a thick catalog not too well researched and dozens of vintage prints from the 1920s through the early 60s he favored scenes of daily life absorbing avantgarde ideas about odd angles and abstract compositions in 1928 he moved to berlin and traveled the world on assignment to brazil algeria and egypt munkacsi was a stylist and he made catchy images the only way he knew how in a modernist mode which being an opportunistic form could serve any master see above kimmelman the metropolitan museum of art one of a kind the studio craft movement through sept 3 focusing on the postwar development of artistcraftsmen this display of furniture glass ceramics metalwork jewelry and fiber includes funny quirky provocative and sometimes gorgeous things among its stars are a witty bust by the california funk ceramicist robert arneson 192092 portraying the mother of the 16thcentury painter and printmaker albrecht durer and bonnie seemans fetching ceramic coffeepot and tray whose mock cabbage leaves and rhubarb stalks evoke the genteel tradition of 18thcentury british and continental china but can also be read as human rather than vegetative tissue 212 5357710 metmuseumorg grace glueck morgan library museum private treasures four centuries of european master drawings through april 8 this show is drawn entirely from an anonymous private collection despite the veil of secrecy a couple of things are obvious the collector had significant capital for investing in old masters and either an exceptional eye or a good adviser or both the works span more than 400 years from the 16th to the early 20th century and include drawings in ink and pencil watercolor chalk and gouache the earliest works come from a period when drawing wasnt an autonomous practice but was used as a form of exercise to apply ones craft to experiment and to make preliminary sketches for larger works the best example and the most historically significant work here is a black chalk drawing the dead christ 152935 by agnolo bronzino with more than 90 drawings in the show being a diligent observer quickly becomes exhausting in which case put down the guide find a few drawings you like and enjoy them while you can after all you dont know where they came from where theyre going or when youll see them again 225 madison avenue at 36th street 212 6850008 morganlibraryorg schwendener museum of modern art artistic collaborations 50 years of universal limited art editions through may 21 this exhibition marks the halfcentury milestone for universal limited art editions in west islip ny and its association with the museum of modern art the museum has acquired one print from every edition made at universal more than 1200 works by nearly 50 artists prints by 12 artists are in this show among them are lithographs by jasper johns mostly from the 1960s with his signature maps and flags robert rauschenberg is represented primarily by lithographs from the 1960s that combine found images of figures like john f kennedy and lyndon b johnson with the freehand scrawling associated with abstract expressionism its hard to fault an exhibition that features prints by masters like mr johns and mr rauschenberg but given the somewhat precarious position of prints in the contemporary art world the inclusion of younger artists would make a good argument that traditional printmaking is still relevant and holds possibilities for this generation 212 7089400 momaorg schwendener moma armando revern through april 16 unless you spotted his single smokepuff of a painting at moma months ago armando revern probably means nothing to you why should he the artist who died in 1954 spent most of his life in a shack by the sea in his native venezuela many of his contemporaries dismissed him as nuts his whiteonwhite pictures are practically unphotographable but chances are that if you visit this retrospective youll find yourself thinking about him a lot his art and his story are like few others and so is the museums inspired installation a single long corridor with cabinetlike rooms of paintings on either side and at the very end against a seagreen wall a lifesize doll with giant bat wings floating overhead see above cotter national academy museum high times hard times new york painting 19671975 through april 22 organized under the auspices of international curators incorporated this brave if confused exhibition is the first to tackle a neglected subject new york painting during the period it was supposed to be dead the shows 42 works by 37 artists reveal that far from dead painting was in fact in an uproar that was commensurate with the artistic social and political turbulence of the times the alternation between artists who remained loyal in their way to stretched canvas and those who abandoned it which makes for clear installation also tidies up history the main problem is that the exhibition sticks too purposefully to the margins mixing generations and levels of achievement and continuing the neglect of the main story too much of this work is as derivative now as it was then and functions more as artifact than art 1083 fifth avenue at 89th street 212 3694880 nationalacademyorg smith neuberger museum of art fugitive artist the early work of richard prince 197477 through june 24 this artist is one of the most elusive perverse and sardonic of all of the important appropriation artists to emerge in the early 1980s so perhaps it is not surprising that he has boycotted this exhibition of littleknown early work all from public and private collections but that doesnt stop the 50 pieces on view from revealing his roots in 1970s conceptual art his progress from generic to original and radical or the depth and duration of his fascination with language photography printmaking the more banal forms of urban postwar americana and a disconnected decidedly male blankness if anything it increases his stature purchase college state university of new york 735 anderson hill road purchase ny 914 2516100 neubergerorg smith galleries chelsea fredericks freiser baker overstreet new paintings through march 17 like keegan mchargue and devendra banhart this young artist has a penchant for tribal motifs which he flattens into symmetrical compositions and renders with an outsider roughness the works in his debut show evoke the imagery of the spaceshipobsessed selftaught artist ionel talpazan as well as alfred jensen and forrest bess their notion of the visionary is both self conscious and familiar but they are painted with energetic dispatch and a sure sense of scale color and wit that encourages you to stay tuned 536 west 24th street 212 6336555 smith last chance ceres agents of change women art and intellect in a gathering wave of feminist shows this season this one is a modestsize timely arrival organized by the artist leslie kinghammond with an immaculate installation by lowery stokes sims its a multiethnic multigenerational pick of work by 19 artists spanning some 40 years if theres a theme its a loose one feminist art happened in many forms it is still happening in many forms 547 west 27th street suite 201 chelsea 212 9476100 closes tomorrow cotter chambers fine art qiu zhijie the shape of time chinese calligraphy and landscape painting are rendered postmodern in 24 large color photographs that document the performancewriting at night with a flashlight before a timelapse camera of characters for the solar markers of the chinese year the haunting results resemble elegant disembodied neon and are suspended along with blurred hints of the artist himself in settings where old china meets new 210 eleventh avenue at 25th street chelsea 212 4141169 closes tomorrow smith china institute shu reinventing books in contemporary chinese this second installation of a twopart show glances back at the period of artistic expansion in the 1970s and its contraction when the communist party clamped down on free expression after the 1989 tiananmen square protests qiu zhijies photographic library which papers the walls of the china institutes main staircase makes evident the information explosion in the 80s among the thousands of titles are chinese classics books on natural sciences and treatises by plato disraeli and harold bloom as well as art books on indian stupa japanese manga and barbara kruger such a trove might have been considered a treasure before tiananmen square afterward such resources became sources of angst the figure that appears throughout zhang xiaogangs 1991 series private notes for example looks as if he is losing his mind as he struggles to write letters and decode illegible manuscripts without easy access to words the images imply there can be no such thing as free expression 125 east 65th street 212 7448181 chinainstituteorg closes tomorrow bridget l goodbody danziger projects seydou keita and lolo veleko the great malian photographer seydou keita who died in 2001 gave us modern bamako in his blackandwhite studio portraits the young south african photographer lolo veleko a star of snap judgments at the international center of photography last year gives us contemporary johannesburg in fabulous color in hers 521 west 26th street chelsea 212 6296778 closes tomorrow cotter momenta art elisabeth kley a fascination with drag stars like the filmmaker jack smith and the warhol regular candy darling and it would seem their relationship to the exotic and to nonwestern decorative traditions fuels this dense show of collaged ink drawings and sly majolica ceramic vessels preening peacocks are another point of departure and the plethora of eyes whether in the portraits the tail feathers or the glazes creates a watchful intensity that turns the traditional straight western gaze back on itself 359 bedford avenue near south fourth street williamsburg brooklyn 718 2188058 through monday smith neue gallery josef hoffmann interiors 19021913 hoffmann was a believer in the gesamkunstwerk or total work of art orchestrating useful objects with paintings sculptures and architecture in a composition greater than its parts his early intensely 20thcentury design program based on the grid and the square is evident here in the installation of four interiors he designed for wealthy viennese patrons replete with furniture wall and floor coverings textiles lighting ceramics glass and metal work most impressive here is the dining room he designed in 1913 for the geneva apartment of the swiss symbolist painter ferdinand hodler a large calm space with furniture that has a prepostmodern look behind the dining room is a huge vitrine fitted out with a dazzling variety of hoffmanndesigned useful and decorative objects other showcases display larger works though focused on interiors the show conveys the basic ideas of a designer immersed in a new vision 1048 fifth avenue at 86th street 212 6286200 neuegalerieorg closes on monday glueck storefront for art and architecture clipstampfold this show examines the world of small magazines from the early 1960s to the end of the 1970s when the field of architecture was still marked by a playful intellectual and political independence its packed with gorgeous cover images from copulating robots to an elephant attacking the guggenheim museum in manhattan to a skyscraper made of swiss cheese often thrown together on a shoestring budget the magazines have an intoxicating freshness that should send a shudder down the spine of those whove spent the last decade bathed in the glow of the computer screen but this is not an exercise in nostalgia its a piercing critique intended or not of the smoothness of our contemporary design culture these magazine covers map out an era when architecture was simmering with new ideas youre bound to leave the show with a nagging sense of what was lost as well as gained during the electronic juggernaut of the last three decades 97 kenmare street between mulberry and lafayette streets little italy 212 4315795 storefrontnewsorg closes tomorrow nicolai ouroussoff queens man sentenced for shooting police officer a cambria heights man was sentenced yesterday in state supreme court to 12 years in prison for injuring a police officer during a struggle in june 2005 prosecutors said the man lasana philbert 23 of 229th street was convicted last month of assault on a police officer said richard a brown the queens district attorney mr brown said mr philbert struggled with officer christopher wiesneski 32 as the officer tried to arrest him after he spotted him with marijuana during the struggle mr brown said mr philbert grabbed the officers pistol which discharged striking officer wiesneski in the leg metro briefing new york queens man sentenced for shooting police officer a cambria heights man was sentenced yesterday in state supreme court to 12 years in prison for injuring a police officer during a struggle in june 2005 prosecutors said the man lasana philbert 23 of 229th street was convicted last month of assault on a police officer said richard a brown the queens district attorney mr brown said mr philbert struggled with officer christopher wiesneski 32 as the officer tried to arrest him after he spotted him with marijuana during the struggle mr brown said mr philbert grabbed the officers pistol which discharged striking officer wiesneski in the leg killing highlights risk of selling marijuana even legally some legal experts say the murder of a marijuana advocate could lead to a reconsideration of how medical marijuana is administered judge to decide validity of case on marijuana a federal judge will determine if the government has been pursuing a vindictive prosecution against a medical marijuana advocate arts briefly sigourney weaver as gypsy rose lee gypsy rose lee is coming to the little screen and sigourney weaver alien right will portray her varietycom reported the vehicle is gypsy and me based on the memoir my gstring mother at home and backstage with gypsy rose lee the book was written by ms lees son erik lee preminger who was 12 when he became her stage manager the hbo film with a script by martin sherman mrs henderson presents will deal with the final phase of ms lees striptease career in the 1950s when she decided that she was too old her birth year has been given as 1911 and 1914 to disrobe before strangers instead she maintained her fame and luxurious lifestyle by becoming a bestselling author and seeing her life story made into a musical tintin goes to hollywood tintin left the cartoon worlds internationally popular boy reporter is bound for a film from dreamworks the associated press reported citing nick rodwell who controls the estate of tintins creator herg the pseudonym of georges remi mr rodwell said the film long discussed could be in theaters in two years it is not clear which tintin adventure will furnish the plot of the film mr rodwell said but if movie no 1 works we will continue new princess from disney maddy a young africanamerican girl from the french quarter in new orleans will be the heroine of a new animated musical from walt disney studios titled the frog princess the fairytale film ranging from the heart of louisianas mystical bayous to the banks of the mighty mississippi will feature a soulful singing crocodile voodoo spells and cajun charm the studio said the film will be based on an original story by john musker and ron clements the little mermaid aladdin who will both direct the oscarwinner randy newman toy story cars who spent his childhood in new orleans will provide the songs and score pope no dylan fan in 1997 when pope benedict xvi was still cardinal joseph ratzinger he opposed plans for bob dylan to perform at a concert for youth in bologna italy reuters reported in his new book john paul ii my beloved predecessor pope benedict writes without further explanation there was reason to be skeptical i was and in a certain sense i still am to doubt if it was really right to let these types of prophets intervene he mentions only dylan among the stars who appeared at the concert mr dylan sang knockin on heavens door a hard rains agonna fall and forever young police say musician was a speedy traveler john popper 39 below frontman and harmonica player for the 1996 grammy awardwinning band blues traveler was arrested by the washington state patrol on wednesday after a black mercedes suv carrying him was clocked at 111 miles an hour the associated press reported inside the vehicle the patrol said a police dog led them to hidden compartments containing four rifles nine handguns a switchblade knife and night goggles as well as a small quantity of marijuana the car was also equipped with flashing emergency headlights a siren and a public address system popper indicated to troopers that he had installed these items because in the event of a natural disaster he didnt want to be left behind the patrol said in a news release trooper jeff sevigney said mr popper who lives in snohomish wash owns the vehicle which was being driven by brian gourgeois 34 of austin tex both men were released on their own recognizance mr popper did not reply immediately to an email message seeking comment upper west fest an allday marathon at symphony space exploring highlights of 400 years of opera a performance of high school musical at the jewish community center a yiddish film festival presented by the folksbiene national yiddish theater the fourth mamapalooza festival in riverside park these are among the highlights of the upper west fest sponsored by zabars and consisting of 50 events in film theater music and art among other programs from april 28 through may 20 among the participants are the american museum of natural history ballet hispanico the barnard college department of dance the cathedral church of st john the divine and the newyork historical society footnotes the labyrinth theater production of jack goes boating starring philip seymour hoffman and john ortiz the companys artistic directors has been extended for three weeks through april 29 tickets go on sale today the production opening officially on march 18 was scheduled to play through april 8 andreas delfs above has been appointed principal conductor of the honolulu symphony beginning with the 20078 season the orchestra announced mr delfs will end his tenure as music director of the milwaukee symphony in 2009 and become its conductor laureate the berlinbased norwegian conductor stefan herheim has been tapped to stage a new production of wagners final opera parsifal which will open the bayreuth festival in 2008 agence francepresse reported yesterday inmate given life after drug use is pardoned in texas gov rick perry granted tyrone brown a conditional pardon for smoking marijuana while on probation correction for the record an article on march 2 about the slaying of ken gorman a supplier of medical marijuana in denver included an erroneous estimate from allen st pierre the executive director of the national organization for the reform of marijuana laws on the number of legal marijuana providers who have been killed nationally mr st pierre says he can only verify six killings since 2003 not the 20 since 1997 that he earlier estimated corrections an article on march 2 about the slaying of ken gorman a supplier of medical marijuana in denver included an erroneous estimate from allen st pierre the executive director of the national organization for the reform of marijuana laws on the number of legal marijuana providers who have been killed nationally mr st pierre says he can only verify six killings since 2003 not the 20 since 1997 that he earlier estimated packers add exgiants cornerback the green bay packers signed the freeagent cornerback frank walker to a oneyear deal that could be worth nearly 15 million with incentives his agent harold lewis said yesterday walker spent the past four seasons with the giants in other nfl news lance briggs reiterated that he would not play another down for the bears after they designated him as their franchise player and the freeagent cornerback nick harper left the colts to sign a threeyear deal with the tennessee titans seahawks tight end jerramy stevens was accused of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana a right to lifesaving marijuana a federal court says no another legal door was slammed today in the evercontentious question of medical marijuana when a federal appeals court ruled once again that angel raich of oakland calif could be prosecuted for smoking cannabis even though her doctor says it is the only drug keeping her alive dying woman loses appeal on marijuana as medication a federal appeals court ruled that the woman using marijuana was not immune from federal prosecution simply because of her condition news summary international a316 white house expects delay in reaching key iraq goals bush administration officials acknowledge that their key political goals for iraq will take longer than they anticipated and say that the troop buildup intended to stabilize baghdad will not be completed until june a1 facing opposition from the bush administration the senate began debate over an iraq exit strategy and headed toward a vote on a democratic resolution to pull out american combat troops in 2008 a14 if clinton is elected in an interview senator hillary rodham clinton said that if elected president she would keep a reduced but significant military force in iraq to fight al qaeda deter iranian aggression and possibly support the iraqi military a1 britain renews atomic arsenal prime minister tony blair of britain faced down a mutiny in parliament winning a vote to renew britains nuclear arsenal only with the support of opposition lawmakers a8 a caveat in north korea deal the chief of the international atomic energy agency said that north korea had pledged to honor its commitment to dismantle its nuclear arms program only after sanctions had been lifted on its funds frozen in a bank in macao since 2005 a8 national a1825 bush backs gonzales but expresses discontent president bush said that he had confidence in attorney general alberto r gonzales but that he was frankly not happy about the way mr gonzales handled the dismissal of federal prosecutors the move has spawned a congressional investigation into whether the white house allowed politics to interfere with law enforcement a1 better treatment on weekdays a study of nearly all heart attack patients in new jersey finds that those who arrived at a hospital on a weekend were less likely to receive aggressive treatment and were slightly more likely to die than those who arrived on weekdays researchers are reporting a25 appeal lost in marijuana case appellate judges in san francisco ruled that a terminally ill woman using marijuana was not immune from prosecution simply because of her condition in a separate case a federal judge dismissed most of the charges against a prominent advocate for the drug a18 coast guard pulls out of deal the coast guard said it was canceling a contract with two military contractors to develop a vessel for a wide range of missions in the post911 world and would instead have the coast guards own acquisition branch handle the project a25 new yorkregion b17 gunfight in the village leaves 4 people dead two unarmed auxiliary police officers were fatally shot last night during a chase with a gunman in greenwich village the authorities said regular police officers later shot and killed the gunman who had earlier killed a bartender the police said a1 charges mar officers career lt william white collected a string of accolades during his fourdecade career on the new haven police force now he faces charges of stealing and taking bribes charges that a judge said would most likely spell a dismal end to his career b1 business day c114 new warnings for sleep aids the food and drug administration announced strong new warning labels for 13 prescription sleeping pills drugs such as ambien and lunesta may cause strange behavior a1 business digest c2 editorial a2627 editorials immigration misery chinas sort of congress homeowners at risk general pace and gay soldiers columns david brooks bob herbert bridge e10 crossword e2 tv listings e11 weather d8 manhattan former police officer pleads guilty a former city police officer pleaded guilty yesterday in federal district court to drug trafficking charges federal prosecutors said the former officer jose torrado admitted helping his brother distribute large quantities of cocaine and marijuana in the new york area from 2002 to 2005 said michael j garcia the united states attorney in manhattan mr torrado 31 of the bronx joined the police department in 2001 and resigned in 2006 as a result of the investigation mr garcia said he added that while mr torrado served as a police officer he worked with a group that smuggled drugs from mexico to new york in trucks metro briefing new york manhattan former police officer pleads guilty a former city police officer pleaded guilty yesterday in federal district court to drug trafficking charges federal prosecutors said the former officer jose torrado admitted helping his brother distribute large quantities of cocaine and marijuana in the new york area from 2002 to 2005 said michael j garcia the united states attorney in manhattan mr torrado 31 of the bronx joined the police department in 2001 and resigned in 2006 as a result of the investigation mr garcia said he added that while mr torrado served as a police officer he worked with a group that smuggled drugs from mexico to new york in trucks texas shots fired at border agents two border patrol agents examining packages of marijuana that had floated ashore along the rio grande were fired upon by unseen assailants on the mexican side of the river the authorities said the agents who returned fire were not injured and there was no sign that their bullets had struck anyone said oscar saldana a border patrol spokesman it was the second such episode this year along a narrow part of the rio grande near donna about 13 miles northeast of mcallen mr saldana said the shooting was most likely a response by drug smugglers to the border patrols more intensive searches of the area georgia house approves ban on marijuanaflavored candy the state house passed a measure intended to stop businesses from selling lollipops gumdrops and other candies flavored with hempseed oil to taste like marijuana the measure passed by a vote of 133 to 26 and now moves to the senate marketers say the treats which have druginspired names like kronic kandy and pot suckers are a harmless novelty and many advise retailers to sell the candy only to customers 18 or older the legislation says the candies promote drug use and give children the false impression that marijuana is fun and safe it would ban sales of the candies to minors and impose fines of up to 1000 for each offense vote hemp a national organization that promotes the use of hemp products said the measure would make georgia the first state to ban the sale of the candy to minors sales have already been banned in alameda county calif chicago and suffolk county ny riverhead accused man found dead in cell a man who was awaiting trial in the march 2006 death of his infant son has died apparently in a suicide his lawyer and jail officials said yesterday the boy eric rivera died after being shaken and the authorities said the father julio rivera 26 had blown pcplaced marijuana in his face mr rivera was found hanging from a sheet shortly before midnight on monday said chief alan otto of the suffolk county sheriffs department metro briefing new york riverhead accused man found dead in cell a man who was awaiting trial in the march 2006 death of his infant son has died apparently in a suicide his lawyer and jail officials said yesterday the boy eric rivera died after being shaken and the authorities said the father julio rivera 26 had blown pcplaced marijuana in his face mr rivera was found hanging from a sheet shortly before midnight on monday said chief alan otto of the suffolk county sheriffs department national briefing southwest texas shots fired at border agents two border patrol agents examining packages of marijuana that had floated ashore along the rio grande were fired upon by unseen assailants on the mexican side of the river the authorities said the agents who returned fire were not injured and there was no sign that their bullets had struck anyone said oscar saldana a border patrol spokesman it was the second such episode this year along a narrow part of the rio grande near donna about 13 miles northeast of mcallen mr saldana said the shooting was most likely a response by drug smugglers to the border patrols more intensive searches of the area steve barnes sports briefing louisiana state center glen davis known as big baby said yesterday that he would skip his senior year to enter the nba draft davis a 6foot9 290pound junior will remain enrolled at lsu until the end of the semester the nbas predraft camp is may 28june 5 in orlando fla and davis expects to be there he averaged 177 points and 104 rebounds this season he is the only lsu player other than shaquille oneal with more than 1500 points 900 rebounds and 100 blocked shots long beach state drops coach long beach state will not bring back coach larry reynolds next season deciding to let his contract expire even though he led the 49ers to the ncaa tournament this season for the first time in a 12 years reynoldss fiveyear contract was set to end on april 22 we had a banner season but upon an extensive review i came to the conclusion that a foundation had not been built to ensure longterm success athletic director vic cegles said fairfield womens coach resigns dianne nolan fairfields longtime womens coach announced her resignation yesterday nolan posted a 456359 record in her 28year tenure with the stags during which the program upgraded to division i from division iii she led them to one metro atlantic athletic conference title and four appearances in the ncaa tournament the most recent in 2001 baseball bluffton to play on bluffton university will play baseball this season after a bus crash in atlanta killed five team members the team will wear allblack uniforms to honor the victims phill talavinia the colleges athletic director said discussions were under way about a memorial bloomberg news football stokley agrees to broncos deal the former indianapolis colts receiver brandon stokley has agreed to a oneyear freeagent deal with the denver broncos stokleys agent rick smith confirmed the contract yesterday stokley who played in only four games last season because of knee and ankle injuries was released march 2 by the colts he also visited new orleans before agreeing to the broncos offer in other news adam archuletas days with the redskins ended last night when he was traded to the bears for a sixthround draft pick seattle wont keep stevens jerramy stevenss days with the seahawks are done seattle general manager tim ruskell said stevens a tight end is an unrestricted free agent who spent his first five seasons with the team he was recently arrested for investigation of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana in scottsdale ariz chemotherapy for davis north carolina coach butch davis is having chemotherapy after a dentist removed a cancerous growth from his mouth davis said he was not aware he had a growth when he saw his dentist late last month in cleveland for a routine cleaning after the growth was removed a biopsy diagnosed it as nonhodgkins lymphoma later exams found no evidence that the cancer had spread were going to get through this and were going to have a great season next fall davis said cricket new zealand and south africa advance new zealand and topranked south africa advanced to the second round of the world cup yesterday with their second victories south africas victory also sealed defending champion australias place among the last eight south africa reached the socalled super eight stage after recording a sevenwicket victory against scotland with more than 26 of its allotted 50 overs to spare the kiwis defeated kenya by 148 runs in st lucia bloomberg news coachs death called suspicious the jamaican police are treating the death of pakistan coach bob woolmer as suspicious a team spokesman said last night the team held a news conference in kingston after an earlier briefing that postmortem findings were inconclusive pervez mir a team spokesman said that the jamaican police were treating the death as suspicious reuters national briefing south georgia house approves ban on marijuanaflavored candy the state house passed a measure intended to stop businesses from selling lollipops gumdrops and other candies flavored with hempseed oil to taste like marijuana the measure passed by a vote of 133 to 26 and now moves to the senate marketers say the treats which have druginspired names like kronic kandy and pot suckers are a harmless novelty and many advise retailers to sell the candy only to customers 18 or older the legislation says the candies promote drug use and give children the false impression that marijuana is fun and safe it would ban sales of the candies to minors and impose fines of up to 1000 for each offense vote hemp a national organization that promotes the use of hemp products said the measure would make georgia the first state to ban the sale of the candy to minors sales have already been banned in alameda county calif chicago and suffolk county ny california marijuana card ruling an appeals court ruled that californias medical marijuana law does not automatically shield patients from searches by law enforcement the unanimous ruling by a threejudge panel of the state court of appeal said a napa county sheriffs deputy had probable cause to search the vehicle of gabriel strasburg who claimed to have a medical marijuana card in october 2005 the law limits patient possession to eight ounces the deputy claimed mr strasburg had about 23 ounces and a scale and was smoking in a parked car mr strasburg pleaded no contest to misdemeanor possession but appealed claiming an unlawful search in the decision justice james marchiano said the amount of marijuana found in the search left a strong suggestion that mr strasburg was using the act as a faade to conceal illegal activity corrections for the record because of an editing error a report in the national briefing column on wednesday about a measure passed by the georgia house to ban the sale of candy made to taste like marijuana misidentified the substance that marketers say is used to flavor the candy it is hemp essential oil not hempseed oil sports briefing the washington redskins traded adam archuleta to the chicago bears yesterday one year after making him the highestpaid safety in nfl history archuleta 29 earned 56 million last year but was benched for the second half of the season except for special teams archuleta became the symbol for the teams disappointing 511 season in 2006 after the owner daniel synder brought in a host of wellpaid but underperforming players schaub to replace carr the houston texans introduced quarterback matt schaub at a news conference yesterday saying that he will replace david carr the texans acquired schaub in a trade with atlanta the teams swapped firstround picks in the coming draft the falcons now have the eighth pick and the texans dropped to no 10 atlanta also received secondround picks in the next two drafts general manager rick smith said that the texans were trying to trade carr who completed 60 percent of his passes in five seasons but also threw 65 interceptions and was sacked 249 times schaub has backed up michael vick for the past three seasons he threw 27 passes in 2006 faulk retiring running back marshall faulk sat out last season with a knee injury that threatened to end his career he will close the door on his playing days monday when he announces his retirement at the nfl owners meeting faulk 34 was the leagues most valuable player in 2000 and the offensive player of the year 19992001 new approach to naming rights the jets and the giants will divide naming rights for their new stadium into five pieces to make the price more appealing to potential buyers jay cross the jets president said yesterday cross said that the rights to other new york sports stadiums sold for so much that the cost of naming the new nfl stadium scheduled to open in 2010 might scare off potential buyers the mets will get 20 million a year from citigroup inc to cut the cost the jets and the giants will offer the stadiums corners to four cornerstone partners and sell the right to name the entire facility to a naming partner cross said he would not estimate prices bloomberg news vick used bottle to hide jewelry michael vick said yesterday that the water bottle seized two months ago by authorities at miami international airport was a jewelry box vick came under scrutiny in january after the police said the bottle smelled of marijuana and had a secret compartment but tests found no evidence of drugs speaking publicly for the first time since the incident vick said that the bottle was a hiding place for earrings and jewelry figure skating us dance teams in top 10 while the united states men and pairs have stumbled at the world figure skating championships all three dance teams were in the top 10 with the olympic silver medalists tanith belbin and ben agosto leading the way they are in third place heading into todays free dance a halfpoint separated them from the leaders albena denkova and maxim staviski of bulgaria mariefrance dubreuil and patrice lauzon of canada were in second place meryl davis and charlie whitewere were in eighth place in their first world championships as seniors melissa gregory and denis petukhov were 10th cricket new zealand tops canada lou vincent scored his third oneday international century to help new zealand to a 114run win against canada at the world cup while the netherlands beat scotland vincent made 101 in new zealands 3635 victory from 50 overs in gros islet st lucia before canada was restricted to 2499 in its reply the kiwis have secured a spot in the second round hockey richter not running mike richter the retired rangers goalie has decided not to run for congress in connecticut against the republican representative chris shays a democratic party leader said yesterday richter a 40yearold democrat who lives in guilford said last month that he was considering a run for the fairfield county seat in 2008 nancy dinardo the state democratic chairwoman said richter told her wednesday that he had decided not to run it was personal reasons dinardo said he just feels its not the right time for him now corrections because of an editing error a report in the national briefing column on wednesday about a measure passed by the georgia house to ban the sale of candy made to taste like marijuana misidentified the substance that marketers say is used to flavor the candy it is hemp essential oil not hempseed oil a police officer is shot in the leg a 27yearold police officer was shot in the leg last night while trying to arrest a man smoking marijuana on a busy brooklyn street last night according to the authorities the officer was hospitalized in stable condition a 23yearold suspect was taken into custody and the police were looking for a man who had been with him article page b3 israel new rule for passover the promarijuana green leaf party has told followers that marijuana is not kosher for passover and that those who observe the holidays dietary rules should take a break from it egg harbor township 500 marijuana plants and 2 arrests two people were charged with drug possession after a raid on a home in egg harbor on monday yielded more than 500 marijuana plants the police said on wednesday the attic held some of the plants while others were concealed behind trap doors in the basement the police told the press of atlantic city the homeowner larry sands 34 and his girlfriend erin mcgee 24 were charged with drug possession the police said metro briefing new jersey egg harbor township 500 marijuana plants and 2 arrests two people were charged with drug possession after a raid on a home in egg harbor on monday yielded more than 500 marijuana plants the police said on wednesday the attic held some of the plants while others were concealed behind trap doors in the basement the police told the press of atlantic city the homeowner larry sands 34 and his girlfriend erin mcgee 24 were charged with drug possession the police said the listings march 30 april 5 selective listings by critics of the new york times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the new york metropolitan region this week denotes a highly recommended film concert show or exhibition theater approximate running times are in parentheses theaters are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of current shows additional listings show times and tickets nytimescomtheater previews and openings the accomplices in previews opens on april 9 the new group presents a play by bernard weinraub a former reporter for the new york times based on historical events it is about an activist who seeks american help during world war ii to rescue european jews from the nazis 200 acorn theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 all the wrong reasons a true story of neonazis drug smuggling and undying love in previews opens on april 15 john fugelsang is the son of an exnun and a former franciscan brother he tells his story in this solo show new york theater workshop 79 east fourth street east village 212 4605475 blackbird in previews opens on april 10 jeff daniels stars in the united states premiere of this provocative play about a man coming to terms with a troubling relationship from his past joe mantello directs 130 manhattan theater club at city center stage i 131 west 55th street 212 5811212 frostnixon previews start tomorrow opens on april 22 as nixon a hunched frank langella grumbles his way through this acclaimed london transfer about the famous postwatergate interview 140 jacobs theater 242 west 45th street 212 2396200 inherit the wind in previews opens on april 12 this revival of the classic courtroom drama based on the famous monkey trial stars a lineup of heavyhitters brian dennehy christopher plummer denis ohare and byron jennings 200 lyceum theater 149 west 45th street 212 2396200 legally blonde previews start on tuesday opens on april 29 laura bell bundy plays the smiling ditsy sorority girl who takes harvard law by storm in this musical adaptation jerry mitchell directs 220 palace theater 1564 broadway at 47th street 212 3074100 a moon for the misbegotten in previews opens on april 9 kevin spacey and eve best star in the london transfer of this eugene oneill classic howard davies directs 300 brooks atkinson theater 256 west 47th street 212 3074100 rearviewmirror previews start tomorrow opens on thursday inspired by the bacchae eric winicks new play is set in an outdoor rock festival 120 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 broadway a chorus line if you want to know why this show was such a big deal when it opened 31 years ago you need only experience the thrilling first five minutes of this revival otherwise this archivally exact production directed by bob avian feels like a vintage car that has been taken out of the garage polished up and sent on the road once again 200 schoenfeld theater 236 west 45th street 212 2396200 ben brantley the coast of utopia lincoln center theaters brave gorgeous sprawling and ultimately exhilarating production of tom stoppards trilogy about intellectuals errant in 19thcentury russia a testament to the seductive powers of narrative theater directed with hot and cool canniness by jack obrien and featuring a starry cast brian f obyrne jennifer ehle martha plimpton josh hamilton and ethan hawke among others in a tasty assortment of roles vivian beaumont theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 2396200 brantley company fire beckoning and dangerous flickers beneath the frost of john doyles elegant unexpectedly stirring revival of stephen sondheim and george furths eradefining musical from 1970 starring a compellingly understated ral esparza like mr doyles sweeney todd this production finds new clarity of feeling in sondheim by melding the roles of performers and musicians 220 barrymore theater 243 west 47th street 212 2396200 brantley curtains this musical comedy about a musicalcomedy murder featuring songs by john kander and fred ebb and a book by rupert holmes lies on the stage like a promisingly gaudy string of firecrackers waiting in vain for a match the good news is that david hyde pierce playing a diffident boston detective steps into fullfledged broadway stardom scott ellis directs a talentpacked cast that includes debra monk and karen ziemba 245 al hirschfeld theater 302 west 45th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley the drowsy chaperone tony awards best book of a musical and best original score 2006 this small and ingratiating spoof of 1920s stage frolics as imagined by an obsessive show queen may not be a masterpiece but in a dry season for musicals it has theatergoers responding as if they were withering houseplants finally being watered after long neglect 140 marquis theater 1535 broadway at 45th street 212 3074100 brantley grey gardens christine ebersole is absolutely glorious as the middleaged timewarped debutante called little edie beale in this uneven musical adaptation of the notorious 1975 documentary of the same title she and the wonderful mary louise wilson as her bedridden mother in the performances of their careers make grey gardens an experience no passionate theatergoer should miss 240 walter kerr theater 219 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley howard katz the subject of patrick marbers comedy of unhappiness about a rabid talent agent starring a baleful alfred molina and directed by doug hughes is nothing more nor less than your standardissue midlife crisis this familiar topic gets the better of all the talented people here trying to make it seem fresh 130 laura pels theater 111 west 46th street 212 7191300 brantley journeys end a splendid revival of r c sherriffs 1928 drama of life in the trenches during world war i acutely staged by david grindley and acted by a fine ensemble led by hugh dancy and boyd gaines this production offers an exemplary presentation of that theatrical rarity an uncompromising cleareyed play about war and the experience of daytoday combat an essential ticket 240 belasco theater 111 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley mary poppins this handsome homilypacked mechanically ingenious and rather tedious musical adapted from the p l travers stories and the 1964 film is ultimately less concerned with inexplicable magic than with practical psychology ashley brown who sings prettily as the familymending nanny looks like joan crawford trying to be nice and sounds like dr phil 230 new amsterdam theater 214 west 42nd street 212 3074747 brantley les misrables this premature revival a slightly scaleddown version of the wellgroomed behemoth that closed only three years ago appears to be functioning in a state of mild sedation appealingly sung and freshly orchestrated this fastmoving adaptation of victor hugos novel isnt sloppy or blurry but its pulse rate stays well below normal 255 broadhurst theater 235 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley prelude to a kiss craig lucass brokenhearted romantic comedy from 1990 receives a firstrate remounting courtesy of the roundabout theater company alan tudyk and annie parisse play a young couple whose marriage founders shortly after the bride receives a kiss from an elderly stranger john mahoney the kiss awakens all three to an unsettling awareness of loves frailty and paradoxically of its durability too 200 american airlines theater 227 west 42nd street 212 7191300 charles isherwood spring awakening duncan sheik and steven saters bold adaptation of the frank wedekind play is the freshest and most exciting new musical broadway has seen in some time set in 19thcentury germany but with a ravishing rock score it exposes the splintered emotional lives of adolescents just discovering the joys and sorrows of sex performed with brio by a great cast with supple direction by michael mayer and inventive choreography by bill t jones 200 eugene oneill theater 230 west 49th street 212 2396200 isherwood talk radio the most lacerating portrait of a human meltdown this side of a francis bacon painting playing an abrasive radio talk show host with a god complex the astounding liev schreiber seems to fill the air as inescapably as weather in robert fallss gutgrabbing revival of eric bogosians 1987 play 140 longacre theater 220 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley tarzan this writhing green blob with music adapted by disney theatrical productions from the 1999 animated film has the feeling of a superdeluxe day care center equipped with lots of bungee cords and karaoke synthesizers where children can swing when they get tired of singing and vice versa the sodapop score is by phil collins 230 richard rodgers theater 226 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley translations the estimable irish director garry hynes a tony winner for martin mcdonaghs beauty queen of leenane has assembled an ensemble of an extraordinarily high caliber and consistency for the third major new york production of brian friels 1980 play set in ireland in 1833 as the local tongue is being supplanted by the language of the english occupying forces the play explores the seriocomic truth that language can divide as easily as it unites and can never hope to translate the rich music in our souls with the delicacy we yearn for a topflight broadway revival 215 biltmore theater 261 west 47th street 212 2396200 isherwood off broadway be a highenergy lowcontent israeli show blends music dance and sex appeal in the latest attempt to tap into the stomp market 130 union square theater 100 east 17th street 212 3074100 jason zinoman blindness joe tantalos adaptation of jos saramagos bestselling novel about an unnamed city struck with an inexplicable epidemic of white blindness is set in a celllike space surrounded by white scrim this setting and the mostly strong acting drive home the fearful basic circumstances unfortunately the script also streamlines mr saramagos reflective story to the point of draining it of moral complexity 130 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 jonathan kalb chicken michael batisticks new play about cock fighting and emasculation could benefit from subtler metaphors but manages to touch us gently even as it deploys a heavy hammer e j carroll michael imperioli and his sopranos castmate sharon angela give fine performances as struggling urban nobodies 145 studio dante 257 west 29th street chelsea 212 8684444 ginia bellafante defender of the faith this grim tale by stuart carolan of lowlevel ira agitators trying to identify the informer in their midst features some visceral performances and a set by charles corcoran that makes excellent use of the irish reps small stage if only the cause itself didnt feel so small in these days of global terrorism 130 irish repertory theater 132 west 22nd street chelsea 212 7272737 neil genzlinger dying city christopher shinns crafty and unsettling play about grief and violence set in the shadow of the iraq war directed by james macdonald and fiercely acted by pablo schreiber and rebecca brooksher this quiet production turns passive aggression into a theatrical dynamic 130 mitzi e newhouse theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 3627600 brantley the fantasticks a revival well more like a resuscitation of the little musical that wouldnt die this sweetasever production of tom jones and harvey schmidts commediadellartestyle confection is most notable for mr joness touching performance under the pseudonym thomas bruce as the old actor a role he created when the show opened in 1960 mr jones also directs 205 snapple theater center 210 west 50th street 212 3074100 brantley fugue mary smith is found wandering the streets of chicago suffering from amnesia a young psychiatrist who has his own demons is consulted and the process of treatment and marys memories in flashback are the action of fugue lee thunas unrewarding play directed by the tonywinning actress judith ivey 215 cherry lane theater 38 commerce street between barrow and bedford streets west village 212 2396200 honor moore in the heights linmanuel mirandas joyous songs paint a vibrant portrait of daily life in washington heights in this flawed but enjoyable show essentially a valentine to the barrio conflict of a violent or desperate kind is banished from the picture the musical contains a host of vibrant funny performances and brings the zesty sound of latin pop to the stage 210 37 arts 450 west 37th street 212 3074100 isherwood jack goes boating bob glaudinis gentle comedy about pothead losers in love is a reminder of how engrossing uneventful lives can be in the hands of the right actors peter dubois directs the easygoing ensemble brilliantly led by philip seymour hoffman 200 public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 brantley king hedley ii the signature theater company concludes its season dedicated to august wilson with a gritty strongly cast revival of this play set in a violenceravaged pittsburgh in the 1980s russell hornsby gives a galvanizing performance in the title role as a man struggling to live down the errors of his past and plant the seeds for a promising new life 245 peter norton space 555 west 42nd street clinton 212 2447529 isherwood los angeles julian sheppards play about a gamin lost in a hollywood of aimlessness and empty sex is as thin as the slip dress she keeps wearing and presumably taking off 120 flea theater 41 white street between broadway and church street tribeca 212 3523101 bellafante my mothers italian my fathers jewish and im in therapy steve solomon does skillful impersonations in his oneman show but some of his jokes are as old as the hills 130 little shubert theater 422 west 42nd street clinton 212 2396200 anita gates our leading lady kate mulgrew stars as laura keene who was starring in our american cousin the night lincoln was shot in charles buschs uneven new comedy an occasionally lively but mostly lumpen tribute to the glamour and grit of the theatrical life of a past era 200 manhattan theater club at city center stage ii 131 west 55th street 212 5811212 isherwood prometheus bound with a splendid performance by david oyelowo this is a smart revival of aeschylus 2500yearold play rich in poetic imagery it still has things to say about the abuse of power by an autocratic ruler who vindictively runs roughshod over anyone who disagrees with him 120 classic stage company 136 east 13th street east village 212 3523101 wilborn hampton room service the peccadillo theater company puts a charge into this comedy from the 1930s thanks to a brisk pace by the director dan wackerman and a dozen dandy performances 200 soho playhouse 15 vandam street south village 212 6911555 genzlinger some men terrence mcnallys hitandmiss comedy about gay life is a parade of cleanly drawn types zippy oneliners and sentimental set pieces woven into a pageant of the ages la cavalcade noel cowards generationsspanning tribute to the british stiff upper lip trip cullman directs the agile appealing cast 200 second stage 307 west 43rd street clinton 212 2464422 brantley spalding gray stories left to tell a disarming collage of selections from the monologues and journals of mr gray the ultimate standup solipsist who died in 2004 directed by lucy sexton and read by five performers none of whom resemble mr gray with an affection that shrewdly stops short of hero worship 130 minetta lane theater 18 minetta lane greenwich village 212 3074100 brantley tall grass brian harriss three short plays black farces all are not nearly as slight as any soundbite synopsis would have them seem here mr harris a former stock analyst explores the alliances formed between love and brutality in scenarios in which the tension builds to culminating shock 130 the beckett theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 bellafante tea and sympathy the specter of the ted haggard scandal hangs over the keen companys revival of robert andersons 1953 play about life in a psychologically stifling boys boarding school girded by jonathan silversteins skillful understated direction the play attains an unexpected timeliness as it evolves into a story about the dangers of sexual repression 200 clurman theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 bellafante wake up mr sleepy your unconscious mind is dead richard foremans latest filmtheater hybrid is a memorial service of sorts for the intuitive self killed by a surfaceworshiping world it is also a dazzling exercise in reality shifting that is as invigorating as it is mournful 105 ontological theater at st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 3523101 brantley widowers houses an adaptation of george bernard shaws play updated to 1990s harlem tests the limits of credibility 140 kirk theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 zinoman off off broadway the exiles theodora skipitaress rendering with lifesize puppets music and video of the story of orestes adapted from euripides but inspired by sartre a short and rather slight play that continues the mining of the trojan war for contemporary equivalents by the conceiver and director of last seasons trilogy 100 la mama annex 74a east fourth street east village 212 4757710 moore jackie with a z delectably outrageous 130 joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 lawrence van gelder men of steel this darkly comic twist on superheroes is a loony guilty pleasure 200 center stage 48 west 21st street chelsea 212 3523101 zinoman longrunning shows altar boyz this sweetly satirical show about a christian pop group made up of five potential teen people cover boys is an enjoyable silly diversion 130 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 isherwood avenue q rrated puppets give lively life lessons 210 golden theater 252 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley beauty and the beast cartoon made flesh sort of 230 luntfontanne theater 205 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley chicago irrefutable proof that crime pays 225 ambassador theater 219 west 49th street 212 2396200 brantley the color purple singing cliffsnotes for alice walkers pulitzer prizewinning novel 240 broadway theater 1681 broadway at 53rd street 212 2396200 brantley forbidden broadway special victims unit often more entertaining than the real thing 145 47th street theater 304 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley hairspray fizzy pop cute kids large man in a housedress 230 neil simon theater 250 west 52nd street 212 3074100 brantley jersey boys the biomusical that walks like a man 230 august wilson theater 245 west 52nd street 212 2396200 brantley the lion king disney on safari where the big bucks roam 245 minskoff theater 200 west 45th street at broadway 212 3074100 brantley mamma mia the jukebox that devoured broadway 220 cadillac winter garden theater 1634 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 brantley the phantom of the opera who was that masked man anyway 230 majestic theater 247 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the producers the ne plus ultra of showbiz scams 245 st james theater 246 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley rent east village angst and love songs to die for 245 nederlander theater 208 west 41st street 212 3074100 brantley spamalot a singing scrapbook for monty python fans 220 shubert theater 225 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee a chorus line with pimples 145 circle in the square 254 west 50th street manhattan 212 2396200 isherwood wicked oz revisited with political corrections 245 gershwin theater 222 west 51st street manhattan 212 3074100 brantley last chance at least its pink bridget everett and her big bad attitude costar in this minimusical about sex and unsatisfying jobs in the city directed by michael patrick king of sex and the city as it happens who is also the coauthor and with songs written by ms everett and kenny mellman the pianoplaying half of kiki herb raucous and rude its a bit like a onewoman episode of jerry springer 120 ars nova 511 west 54th street clinton 212 8684444 closes on sunday isherwood the director a likable if nave young woman who is seduced by an unnamed unseen and presumably unscrupulous film director seeks other of his victims and tape records their experiences for no clear purpose in a play that has no clear idea of what it wants to say 130 flea theater 41 white street between broadway and church street tribeca 212 3523101 closes tomorrow hampton my trip to alqaeda lawrence wright author of a deeply researched book about the rise of islamic terrorism conducts a theatrical seminar about the events leading to the horror of 911 he combines a linear narrative of the development of al qaeda with reminiscences about the experience of writing the book absorbing and chilling too 130 culture project 55 mercer street at broome street soho 212 3523101 closes on sunday isherwood the pirates of penzance a joyful treat 130 jcc in manhattan amsterdam avenue at 76th street 212 2794200 closes on sunday van gelder the taming of the shrew and twelfth night in these boisterous and inventive productions from the londonbased allmale propeller company the poetry may be pretty but the comedy definitely is not the director edward hall uncovers the baleful underbelly in shakespearean slapstick memorably demonstrating that boys will be brutes each is 240 harvey theater brooklyn academy of music 651 fulton street fort greene 718 6364100 closes on sunday brantley the waiting room an amusing play about some uncomfortable truths a group of friends and relatives faces while sitting in a hospital waiting room while it has its share of laughs it has things to say about the importance of family even those members you might wish were not a part of it 200 45th street theater 354 west 45th street clinton 212 2794200 closes on sunday hampton movies ratings and running times are in parentheses foreign films have english subtitles full reviews of all current releases movie trailers show times and tickets nytimescommovies air guitar nation r 82 minutes alexandra lipsitzs breezy competition documentary follows pantomiming wouldbe rockers as they compete for the right to represent their country in a global championship based in oulou finland the movement such as it is aims to unite a wartorn planet in musical fantasy and to rawwwwwwk but not necessarily in that order stylistically its nothing special but the films droll humor and wild performances are hard to resist matt zoller seitz behind the mask the rise of leslie vernon r 92 minutes scott glossermans mockumentary about a celebrityseeking serial killer is sustained by rapiersharp observations and a firmer grasp of tone than that in many more generously financed projects appealing more to the brain than to the gut the movie subtly prods at the sick dance between the news media and bercriminals without belaboring its point or lowering its tone if christopher guest ever turned his attention to psycho killers instead of folk singers and dog breeders this is exactly the sort of movie he would make jeannette catsoulis boy culture no rating 88 minutes q allan brockas absorbing drama follows an emotionally repressed gay hustler derek magyar as he rebels against the obsessions of his culture grooming cruising working out and a powerful attraction to his roommate only when he takes on a reclusive and much older client is he forced to pay attention to a story other than his own catsoulis color me kubrick no rating 90 minutes if it doesnt add up to more than a fitfully amusing collection of comic sketches the fictional portrait of alan conway a reallife british con man who hustled his way across england by impersonating the reclusive filmmaker stanley kubrick is a platform for john malkovich to burst into lurid purple flame stephen holden dead silence r 90 minutes in this new film from the makers of the saw series a young man ryan kwanten whose wife was murdered by a demonic ventriloquists dummy returns to his hometown to unravel the roots of a centuryold curse the films playfully selfaware touches like a grand old theater named the guignol distract from its leaden pacing three too many final twists and various behavioral idiocies seitz exterminating angels no rating 100 minutes in french the french director jeanclaude brisseaus film is a piece of highbrow smut about a french filmmaker directing a piece of highbrow smut a must for fans of highbrow smut no complaints here a o scott first snow r 101 minutes guy pearce in his memento mode is a fasttalking salesman in this moody little thriller which asks metaphysical questions about fate death and fortunetelling holden the hills have eyes 2 r 89 minutes wes cravens 1977 film the hills have eyes in which suburbanites battled mutant cannibals was a pulpy parable of the thin line separating civilization from savagery last years remake was basically the same movie with glossier production values and a less satirical more bludgeoning approach to violence this followup in which national guard trainees are trapped on a former atomic test site and are stalked by flesheating freaks headquartered in a warrenlike mountain hideout is essentially a catalog of transgressive images lighted and edited like a heavymetal video seitz the host r 119 minutes in korean a loopy feverishly imaginative genre hybrid part carnival of horrors part family melodrama about the demons that haunt us from without and within the talented south korean filmmaker bong joonho directs his monster and humans with equal flair manohla dargis i think i love my wife r 94 minutes an unusually smart and brisk comedy of marital frustration and sexual temptation based on eric rohmers chloe in the afternoon with chris rock who directed and is coauthor of the script as a manhattan investment banker distracted by the charms of a bombshell played by the wonderful kerry washington scott into great silence no rating 162 minutes in english and latin philip grnings documentary about the lives of carthusian monks living in a valley in the french alps is slow quiet and utterly spellbinding for the way it conveys the experience of spiritual devotion in simple lovely images scott journey from the fall no rating 135 minutes in vietnamese and english the writer and director ham trans film is a sprawling tearjerker about a warsplintered south vietnamese family trying to survive the aftermath of the united states withdrawal then seek a new life in america set amid the chaos of late70s vietnam when the victorious north set about reeducating the shattered south journey recounts one familys endurance in a sturdy oldmovie style with sweeping camerawork a monumental and occasionally intrusive orchestral score gorgeous yet forbidding natural vistas and enough shocking tragedies brazen escapes and crowdpleasing acts of defiance to fuel several actionadventure pictures seitz the last mimzy pg 94 minutes this overstuffed yet warmhearted scifi drama follows a pair of wideeyed siblings as they solve the riddle of a box from the future despite leaden direction by the new line cinema honcho robert shaye and a story crammed with pseudoscientific flotsam including palm reading levitation and telepathy this wholesome entertainment doesnt talk down nevertheless a film gazing this far into the future shouldnt be quite so unwilling to look beyond the frame catsoulis offside pg 93 minutes in persian the iranian director jafar panahi follows a group of young woman into a tehran soccer stadium where they have come to see their nations team compete for a spot in the world cup instead they are arrested women are forbidden to attend sporting events in iran and their predicament yields comedy as well as a trenchant critique of gender politics in the islamic republic scott the page turner no rating 85 minutes in french a pretty young thing slithers into the bosom of a bourgeois family like an asp in this shivery little thriller from the french filmmaker denis dercourt not chabrol but not bad either dargis pride pg 104 minutes the zimbabweanborn filmmaker sunu goneras directorial debut pride about a swim coach terrence howard star of hustle flow leading an urban recreational centers swim team to a championship about 1971 is a silk ascot wrapped around an ear of corn but when sinewy young idealists glide through water to the tune of ill take you there the heart still swells seitz the prisoner or how i planned to kill tony blair pg13 72 minutes in 2003 an iraqi journalist yunis khatayer abbas was roused from his baghdad bed by american soldiers and eventually hauled off to abu ghraib michael tucker and petra epperlein tell his story through newsy video images talkinghead interviews comicbookstyle illustrations and a sympathetic lens dargis reign over me r 124 minutes mike binders comic drama of post911 grief is wildly uneven by turns insightful and grindingly mawkish don cheadle and adam sandler are two college buddies who reunite somewhat improbably some years after the attacks that robbed one of them of his family the actors rise above the material particularly in the longer looser scenes that allow their contrasting temperaments mr cheadles tense understatement and mr sandlers shaggy emoting to find a workable syncopation scott shooter r 126 minutes muscles bulge and heads explode in this thoroughly reprehensible satisfyingly violent entertainment about men and guns and things that go boom antoine fuqua directs and mark wahlberg entertains with and without his shirt dargis 300 r 116 minutes greeks versus persians in the big rumble at thermopylae via frank millers graphic novel as dumb as they get scott tmnt pg 90 minutes spawned by sludge and grandiosely named after renaissance artists the teenage mutant ninja turtles have been rechristened tmnt and redrawn by an army of computergeneratedimagery specialists a strange blend of the futuristic and the ancient this fourth outing finds them hunting 3000yearold monsters but while the turtles may look prettier they are no smarter our superheroes on the half shell have been firmly coopted by the industry their creators once sought to spoof catsoulis the wind that shakes the barley no rating 127 minutes stringent serious history from ken loach in which the irish uprising and civil war of the early 1920s test the loyalties and consciences of two brothers played by cillian murphy and padraic delany scott zodiac r 158 minutes david finchers magnificently obsessive new film tracks the story of the serial killer who left dead bodies up and down california in the 1960s and possibly the 70s and that of the men who tried to stop him set when the age of aquarius disappeared into the black hole of the manson family murders zodiac is part police procedural part monster movie a funereal entertainment that is a testament to this cinematic savants gifts dargis film series new directorsnew films tonight through thursday now in its second and final week this 36th annual installment of a festival devoted to emerging filmmakers and sponsored by the film society of lincoln center and the museum of modern art continues at moma and the walter reade theater at lincoln center highlights this week the great world of sound tonight at moma tomorrow and sunday at walter reade craig zobels satire about the industry that has grown up to feed contestants to reality shows like american idol day night day night a new film by the new york filmmaker julia loktev moment of impact that follows a nameless girl around manhattan as she prepares for her mission as a suicide bomber tonight at walter reade tomorrow at moma the other half a chinese film directed by ying liang in which an ambitious young businesswomans life is complicated by her aggressively antisocial boyfriend tomorrow at walter reade sunday at moma museum of modern art roy and niuta titus theaters 212 7089400 momaorg walter reade theater 165 west 65th street lincoln center 212 8755600 filmlincorg 12 dave kehr severance monday for their bizarro mondays program at the two boots pioneer theater in the east village the editors of the horror fan magazine fangoria this week have chosen christopher smiths 2006 severance a british film that seems to have been conceived as a cross between the office and hostel a group of disgruntled employees of an international arms company are invited for a weekend retreat at a lodge in the balkans but fall into the sadistic hands of a group of crazed sadistic veterans of the recent conflicts two boots pioneer theater 155 east third street at avenue a east village 212 5910434 twobootscompioneer 10 kehr jacques tati retrospective tuesday two of the more rarely screened films of this brilliant french comic filmmaker first is the recently rediscovered and restored color version of tatis first feature the 1949 jour de fte in which a provincial postman tati tries to apply american efficiency methods its followed by trafic the 1971 film that tati made partly to recover the huge financial losses of his masterpiece playtime for tati its relatively conventional but still quite an innovative and entertaining work french institutealliance franaise gould hall 55 east 59th street manhattan 212 3556100 fiaf org 9 kehr ugetsu tonight through sunday this yearlong program of 35millimeter prints from the janus films collection continues with noontime screenings of kenji mizoguchis eerie 1953 ghost story of a peasant potter whose path through the civil wars of 16thcentury japan leads him to the estate of a mysterious noblewoman who is not what she seems after roshomon this was one of the first japanese films to gain a reputation in the west and it remains a transcendent masterpiece ifc center 323 avenue of the americas at west third street greenwich village 212 9247771 ifccentercom 11 kehr pop full reviews of recent concerts nytimescommusic christina aguilera pussycat dolls danity kane thursday frau farbissina of the austin powers movies said it best send in the fembots ms aguilera may have the most virtuosic voice of her generation of bubble gum pop stars but as she showed with her endless melismatic protraction of james browns its a mans mans mans world at the grammys last month she can sometimes seem like a singing robot gone berserk her tour includes a hit burlesque girl group the pussycat dolls and an imitation hit burlesque girl group danity kane at 730 pm continental airlines arena east rutherford nj 201 9353900 meadowlandscom 57 and 97 ben sisario hossein alizadeh and the hamavayan ensemble tomorrow one of the most celebrated iranian classical musicians mr alizadeh is a former conductor and soloist with the iranian national orchestra of radio and television here he plays shurangiz and setar two kinds of lute and leads the hamavayan ensemble in improvisations and his own compositions at 830 pm zankel hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 30 to 42 jon pareles allman brothers tonight tomorrow monday tuesday and thursday nights the best spring ritual on the upper west side is the arrival of this archetypal southern rock band for its annual series of concerts at the beacon theater in addition to the long long guitar solos by warren haynes and derek trucks highlights usually include lots of guest stars at 8 2124 broadway at 74th street 212 3077171 beacontheatrenyccom 5499 to 9499 sisario antisocial music wednesday the final frontier for weird rock is classical music antisocial music a collective of 11 new york musicians who play in various pop and newmusic bands including some big ones like the hold steady is one of a handful of groups that go boldly into this realm playing works for strings woodwinds and the like skeptics note it can get pretty rowdy with capital m at 8 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 tonicnyccom 10 sisario black dice wednesday noise noise glorious new york noise black dice from brooklyn is a big player in the international avantrock scene and has remained vital by staying truly experimental whether playing spacey hokey psychedelia or alieninvasion squalls of feedback the band throws itself deeply into its every unpredictable turn with ocrilim and no age at 8 pm studio b 259 banker street between meserole avenue and calyer street greenpoint brooklyn 718 3891880 clubstudiobcom or toddpnyccom 8 sisario bloc party albert hammond jr tonight and tomorrow night with spiky but melodic guitars and agitated dance beats bloc party revives the nervous punkfunk of bands like gang of four its latest a weekend in the city vice is a concept album about life in london after the 2005 transit bombings albert hammond jr the rhythm guitarist of the strokes has a new solo record yours to keep scratchienew line whose sunshine shows that crisp guitar classicism need not exist solely in the dark behind manhattans velvet ropes with sebastien grainger at 8 united palace theater 4140 broadway at 175th street washington heights 212 3077171 bowerypresentscom sold out mr hammond also plays on monday night at 7 at the bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom sold out sisario blood brothers monday proving once again rocks inexhaustible lesson that loudness equals liberation the blood brothers from seattle are a fiveman weapon of frantic noise and surrealist poetry set fire to the face on fire with celebration and chinese stars at 8 pm irving plaza 17 irving place at 15th street manhattan 212 7776800 irvingplazacom 17 sisario the books tonight nick zammuto and paul de jong of the books make beguiling electronic collages out of disembodied vocal samples a few notes from a banjo and unclassifiable sounds that fade in and out like traffic part of the pleasure of listening is trying to figure out just why all this chaos works so wonderfully and wittily at 7 whitney museum of american art 945 madison avenue at 75th street 212 5703676 whitneyorg free with museum admission sisario barbara carroll sunday and monday elegant witty and touching this classically trained jazz pianist and singer now 82 is in her prime the female counterpart of bobby short sunday at 2 pm monday at 8 pm oak room at the algonquin hotel 59 west 44th street manhattan 212 4199331 algonquinhotelcom 58 on sunday with brunch at noon 40 on monday with a 20 minimum stephen holden toumani diabats symmetric orchestra tonight mr diabat the malian kora master plays regular gigs back home in bamako with this 30oddpiece big band mixing ancient songs with salsainfused funk last year he made an excellent album with this group boulevard de lindpendance world circuitnonesuch and he leads it in its new york debut tonight at 10 zankel hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 30 to 42 sisario diplo bonde do role tonight diplo born wesley pentz his stage name is taken from diplodocus a dinosaur is the influential and eclectic dj who has worked with the sri lankanbritish rapper mia and is half of hollertronix a mixtape team from philadelphia he has been borrowing from brazilian baile funk for years and the first release on his new record label mad descent is by the brazilian group bonde do role at 10 studio b 259 banker street between meserole avenue and calyer street greenpoint brooklyn 718 3891880 clubstudiobcom 12 sisario dr dog odeath thursday dr dog from philadelphia takes a jamband approach to highenergy rhapsodies that recall abbey roadera beatles the new york band odeath draws from the bluntness and spiritual purity of appalachian folk the menace of punk and the rowdy theatricality of tom waits jumbling sacred and profane with doublehorse at 8 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 13 in advance 15 at the door sisario down tomorrow this metal supergroup from new orleans featuring phil anselmo of pantera and pepper keenan of corrosion of conformity is on a brief tour in advance of a new album with songs about hurricane katrina and the killing of mr anselmos former guitarist in pantera darrell dimebag abbott at 8 pm roseland ballroom 239 west 52nd street manhattan 212 7776800 roselandballroomcom 31 sisario heaven and hell tonight black sabbath with ronnie james dio in place of ozzy osbourne again which means its effectively 1980 and not very exciting again at 8 radio city music hall 212 3077171 radiocitycom 54 to 74 sisario hella dirty projectors tonight and tomorrow night its impossible to find the center of a hella song which explodes in multidirectional streaks of percussion and squawky guitar like a jackson pollock painting long a guitardrum duo the group recently expanded to five members dirty projectors led by dave longstreth builds elaborate glitch operas with stark pluckings of guitar and strings and precise ecstatic harmonies all arranged slightly out of whack tonight at 9 europa 98104 meserole avenue at manhattan avenue greenpoint brooklyn 718 3835723 europaclubcom 12 tomorrow at 7 maxwells 1039 washington street hoboken nj 201 6531703 maxwellsnjcom 12 sisario jet thursday determined to boil rock down to its acdcmeetsgunsnroses essence this australian band dismisses anything that distracts from that goal including innovation with the virgins at 7 pm webster hall 125 east 11th street east village 212 5332111 bowerypresentscom 28 in advance 30 at the door sisario chris knight thursday coldeyed drifters crooked yet sentimental cops and prostitutes who kill their johns are characters in the brutal deadpan songs of chris knight a country singer from kentucky whose oeuvre resembles bruce springsteens album nebraska set in the south at 8 pm tap bar at the knitting factory 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193132 knittingfactorycom 15 sisario land of talk tuesday through thursday riding a wave of blog buzz this young montreal band recalling dinosaur jr and p j harvey with tangles of grungy guitar and opaque but affecting lyrics makes a sweep through the clubs tuesday at 8 pm union hall 702 union street at fifth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 6384400 unionhallnycom 10 wednesday at 830 pm maxwells 1039 washington street hoboken nj 201 6531703 maxwellsnjcom 8 thursday at 1030 pm mercury lounge 217 east houston street at ludlow street lower east side 212 2604700 mercuryloungenyccom 10 sisario lcd soundsystem tonight and tomorrow night tim murphys perfect punkedged disco in lcd soundsystem sharp and sexy but unapologetically silly retro but smartly innovative has roots across the dancerock map but is unmistakably a product of new york those of you who still think were from englandwere not he sings with nasal congestion and typical wryness on north american scum the group celebrates a brilliant new album sound of silver capitol with two shows at the bowery ballroom at 9 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom sold out sisario marilyn maye tomorrow and sunday this tooseldomseen jazz belter now in her mid70s folds anita odaystyle swing and chesty margaret whitinglike belting into a musical jelly roll with a bittersweet judy garland filling tomorrow at 7 and 1030 pm sunday at 7 and 930 pm metropolitan room 34 west 22nd street manhattan 212 2060440 metropolitanroomcom 25 cover twodrink minimum holden page mcconnell wednesday this former keyboardist of phish offers a preview of his first solo album to be released next month at 8 pm gramercy theater 127 east 23rd street manhattan 212 3077171 sold out sisario the music of bruce springsteen thursday like the bob dylan tribute at lincoln center a few months ago this concert a benefit for the music for youth foundation gathers a starry group steve earle jewel m ward josh ritter joseph arthur badly drawn boy juliana hatfield the holmes brothers elysian fields uri caine odetta and ronnie spector among others mr dylan didnt show up at his tribute will bruce springsteen at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 40 to 150 sisario les nubians sunday the french tried but failed to smooth out african music completely les nubians two sisters from cameroon harmonize in cosmopolitan rhythmandblues that erykah badu fans would appreciate they move among smooth soul crooning la sade rapping in french and hints of both american funk and cameroonian traditions at 8 and 10 pm sobs 204 varick street at houston street south village 212 2434940 sobscom 26 in advance 28 at the door sold out at 8 pareles pere ubu tuesday in the mid70s while bands like the dead boys and the ramones were perfecting the narrow sonic attack that came to be known as punk pere ubu from cleveland was playing a dissonant urgent and deeply idiosyncratic variation centered on the sungspoken vocals of david thomas with golden error and beat the devil at 730 pm knitting factory 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193132 knittingfactorycom 15 in advance 17 at the door sisario sin tonight through sunday its never easy to see a good new york rock club go down but its especially painful when it happens to the same place twice in the late 1980s and early 90s sin on st marks place in the east village was a cozy coffeehouse frequented by singersongwriters like jeff buckley its new home on the lower east side will be shutting down after sunday night tonight is the singersongwriter citizen cope whose bluesy drawl is delivered over leisurely hiphop rhythms tomorrow night is a standard sin lineup with four indierock bands presented by their record label eyeball kiss kiss new london fire the velocet and the anthem sound sunday is the countryrocker bow thayer tonight at 8 and 11 tomorrow night at 8 and sunday night at 10 150 attorney street at stanton street 212 3880077 sinecom 20 tonight sold out at 11 10 tomorrow 12 on sunday sisario sons and daughters wednesday with bleak scrapings of guitar smoldering rhythms and lyrics of unforgiving fate delivered by the petite but wicked adele bethel this glasgow band has perfected its own kind of chilling murder ballad with 1990s and nicole atkins and the sea at 7 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 15 sisario doc watson tonight one of the great repositories of american folk music the guitarist and singer doc watson from deep gap nc plays bluegrass country and blues in an elegant but understated style on this tour he is joined by the storyteller david holt at 8 b b king blues club grill 237 west 42nd street manhattan 212 9974144 bbkingbluescom 37 sisario jazz full reviews of recent jazz concerts nytimescommusic j d allen trio thursday j d allen an assertive and harmonically adventurous tenor saxophonist enjoys strong support from gregg august on bass and rudy royston on drums at 9 and 1030 pm louis 649 649 east ninth street east village 212 6731190 louis649com no cover 7 minimum nate chinen darcy james argues secret society thursday as the name implies this big band is calibrated for maximum intrigue with a sound equally suggestive of steve reich minimalism harmonically advanced indie rock and orchestral jazz in the bob brookmeyer descent at 9 and 1030 pm jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 12 10 for members chinen ballin the jack thursday this midsize ensemble led by the clarinetist and saxophonist matt darriau has lately been tackling music from marx brothers movie soundtracks complete with grouchoesque vocals from the alto saxophonist roy nathanson at 8 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 8 chinen brazilian voyage trio tonight and tomorrow night a collective that neatly announces its intentions with helio alves on piano nilson matta on bass and anthony pinciotti on percussion at 8 and 945 kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 kitanocom cover 25 with a 15 minimum chinen the birth of cool tonight and tomorrow night the pianist bill charlap presides over this backwards glance at the cooljazz era with help from wellchosen guests among them are the saxophonists frank wess jerry dodgion and mark turner the trumpeters warren vach and joe magnarelli the guitarist gene bertoncini and the singer mary stallings at 730 and 930 allen room frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 7216500 jalcorg 6750 chinen anthony braxton tonight through sunday night mr braxton a sphinxlike eminence in the avantgarde has an extravagant new box set that chronicles an engagement here last year once again he wields an array of reed instruments and an ensemble stocked with smart acolytes like the cornetist taylor ho bynum at 830 and 1030 with a midnight set tonight and tomorrow iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen rob brown trio tomorrow rob brown an alto saxophonist associated with a roughhewn style of free improvisation leads a working trio with the cellist daniel levin and the drummer satoshi takeishi at 8 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen freddie bryant and kaleidoscope tonight and tomorrow night the guitarist freddie bryant brings a range of latin influences to this project featuring the saxophonist joel frahm the bassist joe martin and the percussionists scott feiner and gilad at 8 and 10 sweet rhythm 88 seventh avenue south at bleecker street west village 212 2553626 sweetrhythmnycom cover 25 with a 10 minimum chinen cryptonights tonight through sunday night this weeklong showcase of artists on the cryptogramophone label concludes stylishly with an exploratory sextet led by the guitarist nels cline tonight and a spaciously funky quartet led by bennie maupin a veteran saxophonist clarinetist and flutist tomorrow and sunday at 730 and 930 with an 1130 set tonight and tomorrow night jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 30 25 tonight chinen wayne escoffery quartet tonight and tomorrow night wayne escoffery a charismatic tenor saxophonist celebrates the release of veneration live at smoke savant in the proper setting and with a close facsimile of the same crew the vibraphonist joe locke the bassist hans glawischnig and the drummer jonathan blake at 8 10 and 1130 smoke 2751 broadway at 106th street 212 8646662 smokejazzcom cover 25 chinen scott feiners pandeiro jazz monday scott feiner treats the pandeiro a tambourinelike brazilian hand drum as an expressive jazz instrument he sets out to prove his point in this band with the saxophonist joel frahm the guitarist freddie bryant and the bassist joe martin at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 15 chinen jonathan finlaysons common thread wednesday jonathan finlayson a trumpeter convenes a cadre of young players currently or formerly apprenticed to the saxophonist and composer steve coleman shane endsley on trumpet tim albright on trombone matt brewer on bass and marcus gilmore on drums at 10 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 chinen ben goldberg sunday mr goldberg a clarinetist best known for his work in the improvchamber group tin hat leads a quintet with carla kihlstedt on violin rob sudduth on saxophone devin hoff on bass and kenny wollesen on drums at 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen joel harrison quartet sunday the guitarist joel harrison presents what he calls music for unmade films with an appropriately atmospheric supporting cast will holshauser on accordion todd sickafoose on bass and satoshi takeishi on drums at 9 and 10 pm bar 4 444 seventh avenue at 15th street park slope brooklyn 718 8329800 bar4net donation 5 chinen john hebert trio wednesday john hebert an intuitive bassist leads a promising chamber trio with mary halvorson on guitar and matt moran on vibraphone at 8 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 chinen icp orchestra thursday the acronym stands for instant composers pool which conveys both the immediacy and the structural integrity of this 10piece ensembles creations the group now celebrating its 40th anniversary also happens to contain the finest improvisers in amsterdam like the pianist misha mengelberg the drummer han bennink and the saxophonist and clarinetist michael moore through april 6 at 8 and 930 pm tonic 107 norfolk street near delancey street lower east side 212 3587501 tonicnyccom cover 15 chinen oliver lake big band tonight and tomorrow night oliver lake is an alto saxophonist with a robust and piercing sound this ensemble studded with improvisers like the trumpeter baikida carroll and the trombonist craig harris reflects his affinity for an aggressive strain of postbop at 9 and 1030 jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 15 chinen tony malabys paloma recio quintet tonight and tomorrow night tony malaby a powerful and increasingly prominent tenor saxophonist brings a spanish tinge to this ensemble with ben monder on guitar eivind opsvik on bass and nasheet waits on drums at 9 and 1030 cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen ben monder group monday in the hands of ben monder the electric guitar is a coloristic instrument first and foremost he features his coolly convoluted pieces for a trio with chris lightcap on bass and ted poor on drums and records the results for a forthcoming album at 10 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 chinen james moodyclark terry tonight through sunday night the effervescent saxophonist james moody is celebrating his 82nd birthday this week by performing this double bill with another breezy oldtimer the trumpeter clark terry at 8 and 1030 blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 35 at tables 20 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen sal mosca monday mr mosca has largely based his piano style and to a considerable extent his career on the heady legacy of the pianistcomposer lennie tristano but as he approaches 80 he has an improvisational voice of his own along with a cult following at 9 and 11 pm birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 birdlandjazzcom cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen paul motian octet tuesday through thursday this luminous ensemble consists of two contrasting pairs of improvisers the tenor saxophonists tony malaby and chris cheek and the guitarists steve cardenas and ben monder a couple of stabilizers matt manieri and jerome harris also guitarists an anchor the bassist ben street and a mastermind paul motian on drums through april 8 at 9 and 11 pm village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south west village 212 2554037 villagevanguardcom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen arturo ofarrill trio wednesday and thursday arturo ofarrill the pianist and bandleader of the afrolatin jazz orchestra knows how to energize in smaller settings this trio features ruben rodriguez on bass and vince cherico on drums at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen michele rosewoman tonight michele rosewoman is a pianist with a sharp and searching style as she confirms on her recent album the in side out advance dance disques she leads a pareddown version of a working band quintessence just brad jones on bass and mark shim on tenor saxophone at 7 rubin museum of art 150 west 17th street flatiron district 212 6205000 ext 344 rmanycorg 20 chinen jenny scheinman tuesday ms scheinman often goes for rustic charm as a violinist but she never ceases to be an adventurous improviser her partners here are the engagingly prickly guitarist nels cline and the polymorphically propulsive drummer jim black at 7 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 8 chinen george schullers circle wide sunday george schuller a drummer leads a group inspired by the acoustic fusion of miles davis about 1968 the tenor saxophonist donny mccaslin and the guitarist brad shepik apply the necessary push and pull at 930 pm 55 bar 55 christopher street near seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 cover 8 chinen kendra shank tonight a superbly skilled vocalist ms shank interprets jazz and pop liberally but with an abiding respect for melody on her recent album a spirit free abbey lincoln songbook she pays homage to one of her deeper influences at 6 55 bar 55 christopher street near seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 55barcom no cover chinen sing into spring festival tonight through thursday night singers reign at dizzys club cocacola for the next few weeks appearing with uniformly firstrate backing bands ernestine anderson holds court this weekend claudia acua appears from tuesday through next weekend at 730 and 930 dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 jalcorg cover 30 with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar chinen marcus strickland and twilife tuesday mr strickland a thoughtful young tenor saxophonist leads a group that explores the ethereal side of groove this onenighter featuring mike moreno on guitar and keyon harrold on trumpet among others will be recorded for a live release at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen tazzother dimensions in music tonight two textureminded freejazz ensembles with a common denominator in the highspirited trumpeter roy campbell jr tazz performs at 8 other dimensions at 10 the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 a set chinen charles tolliver quintet tonight and tomorrow night the trumpeter charles tolliver leads a hardcharging band with billy harper on tenor saxophone george cables on piano and victor lewis on drums christian mcbride is the bassist tonight dwayne burno plays tomorrow at 9 and 11 birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 birdlandjazzcom cover 30 with a 10 minimum chinen miguel zenn quartet tomorrow miguel zenn a seriousminded alto saxophonist and composer from puerto rico leads his excellent working band with luis perdomo on piano hans glawischnig on bass and henry cole on drums at midnight iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 10 5 for students with a 10 minimum chinen classical full reviews of recent music performances nytimescommusic opera die agyptische helena tomorrow and wednesday with its convoluted libretto by hugo von hofmannsthal and unevenly inspired score by richard strauss this wry contemporary take on the helen of troy myth has remained a rarity since its 1928 premiere but the metropolitan operas fancifully surreal new production by david fielding mounted for the soprano deborah voigt makes a compelling case for this intriguing work thanks to ms voigts vocally lustrous and affecting portrayal of the title role as well as the vibrant and insightful conducting of fabio luisi the brilliant coloratura diana damrau is wonderful as the sorceress aithra the german tenor torsten kerl who had to be replaced halfway through the performance on opening night because of illness is scheduled to sing menelas for the remaining performances tomorrow at 130 pm and wednesday at 8 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 120 to 220 tomorrow 80 to 175 for wednesday anthony tommasini andrea chnier monday the great ben heppner arguably the leading wagnerian tenor of our day continues his bold explorations of farflung repertory with the title role of giordanos verismo opera in the mets revival of nicolas jols 1996 production mr heppner may lack the vocal colorings and idiomatic expressivity of the heroic italian tenors who excelled in this touchstone role but in his compelling portrayal he sings with burnished sound vigor and lyrical sensitivity the richvoiced soprano violeta urmana as maddalena and the powerful baritone mark delavan as grard are very strong marco armiliato conducts monday at 8 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 15 to 175 tommasini la donna del lago tonight sunday and thursday the new york city opera continues its fruitful excavations of the bel canto repertory this time with rossinis wholly italian take on walter scotts very scottish original alexandrina pendatchanska sings the part of elena tonight at 8 sunday at 130 pm thursday at 730 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 7216500 nycoperacom 25 to 130 bernard holland flavio wednesday the new york city opera revives its successful production directed by chas radershieber with sets by david zinn william lacey makes his house debut conducting a cast that includes david walker in the title role gerald thompson as guido and marguerite krull as emilia at 730 pm new york city opera lincoln center 212 7216500 nycoperacom 25 to 125 vivien schweitzer madama butterfly tomorrow the city opera offers mark lamoss spartan yet attractive production competently sung by angela maria blasi and ral melo at 8 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 7216500 nycoperacom sold out holland metropolitan opera national council grand finals40th anniversary sunday and tuesday the met goes from bottom to top this week from 11 young unknowns who have made their way through three rounds and past hundreds of other applicants in the national council auditions to two of the opera worlds biggest stars those singers anna netrebko and rolando villazn will be showcased in three acts from three operas la bohme manon and lelisir damore in honor of the 40th anniversary of the mets move to lincoln center sunday at 3 pm tuesday at 7 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 15 to 150 on sunday 250 to 1250 on tuesday anne midgette the pirates of penzance tomorrow lillian groag avoids the topical updating that has become a gilbert and sullivan tradition and focuses on the works own satirical targets which range from victorian british society to the conventions of italian grand opera even so her direction for this city opera production is inventive and lively as are the performances by a cast that includes sarah jane mcmahon as mabel matt morgan as frederic and marc kudisch as the pirate king gerald steichen conducts at 130 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 7216500 nycoperacom sold out allan kozinn turandot tonight and thursday night andrea grubers singing is a matter of debate listeners tend to love her intense energy or hate her vocal unevenness but puccinis ice princess turandot is one of two roles that she indisputably owns these days the other is abigaille in nabucco her calaf is richard margison an equally controversial though less prominent canadian tenor who has a very respectable voice for many the draw will be heikyung hong generally a radiant liu since the withdrawal of richard armstrong fabio luisi is conducting tonight and thursdays performances after that its marco armiliato at 8 metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 110 to 140 tonight 15 to 110 for thursday midgette classical music academy of st martin in the fields tomorrow and sunday like many instrumental soloists at their peak the violinist joshua bell has tried his hand at conducting he will conduct and perform as a soloist in vivaldis four seasons and tchaikovskys serenade for strings tomorrow at 8 pm tilles center for the performing arts at the c w post campus of long island university brookville ny 516 2993100 tillescenterorg 48 and 90 sunday at 2 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 30 to 98 schweitzer pierrelaurent aimard sunday the excellent adventures of this fine french pianist continue with a minihistory of the piano beginning with scarlatti and bach and extending to messiaen carter boulez stockhausen and kurtag there will be talk as well at 730 pm zankel hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 40 to 48 holland les arts florissants tomorrow william christie conducts outstanding participants from le jardin des voix les arts florissants academy for young singers to train them in baroque repertory the semistaged concert will feature madrigals and arias from monteverdis orfeo and incoronazione di poppea and scenes from handels arminio deidamia and rinaldo cavallis calisto piccinnis buona figliuola and haydns incontro improvviso they will be accompanied by les arts florissants at 8 pm alice tully hall lincoln center 212 7216500 lincolncenterorg 56 schweitzer bargemusic tonight through sunday and thursday a chamber orchestra crowds onto the intimate stage at bargemusic this weekend to play a program that includes vivaldis four seasons as well as two more of that prolific composers works the concerto in b minor for four violins rv 580 and the concerto for two cellos rv 531 nestled amid all this vivaldi is the premiere of a new work by igor raykhelson commissioned by bargemusic on thursday the violinist chin kim and the pianist david oei play works by stravinsky chausson respighi and bizet as arranged by waxman tonight and tomorrow night at 8 sunday at 4 pm thursday at 8 pm 718 6242083 bargemusicorg 50 and 25 for students tonight tomorrow and sunday 35 and 20 for students on thursday 30 for 65 tonight and thursday kozinn alfred brendel wednesday this distinguished pianist makes his annual early spring visit to carnegie hall the music is by haydn mozart beethoven and schubert at 8 pm 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 34 to 108 holland barbara frittoli sunday italian opera singers sometimes have an uneasy relationship with the recital stage barbara frittoli a frequent guest at the metropolitan opera most recently in cos fan tutte will set out to disprove this notion in her new york recital debut which draws heavily on opera composers while adding a set of schubert and melodies by duparc james vaughan is the accompanist at 5 pm alice tully hall lincoln center 212 7216500 lincolncenterorg 48 midgette wolfgang holzmair and hermine haselbck tonight monday wednesday and thursday on the model of a schubertiade a festival of schuberts songs comes a wolfiade devoted to the songs of hugo wolf with the baritone wolfgang holzmair tonight the second of this minifestivals three free recitals at weill recital hall features wolfs italienisches liederbuch with mr holzmair and the mezzosoprano hermine haselbck the last on thursday adds the soprano susanna phillips for a rarity the complete spanisches liederbuch mr holzmair is also leading master classes at the austrian cultural forum at which six selected singers will work on refining wolf songs on monday for a concluding recital on wednesday tonight and thursday night at 8 weill recital hall carnegie hall monday at 11 am and wednesday at 8 pm austrian cultural forum 11 east 52nd street manhattan free but reservations are required 212 3195300 or acfnyorg midgette blair mcmillen wednesday this young american pianist has the technique musicianship and dynamism to play just about anything on wednesday he presents a recital of really new pieces part of a threeconcert series titled music for the new century works composed since 2000 presented by the italian academy for advanced studies in america at columbia university there will be pieces by joan tower steven stucky marco stroppa and others at 8 pm casa italiana columbia university 1161 amsterdam avenue between 116th and 118th streets morningside heights 212 8541623 free but reservations are recommended tommasini musicians from marlboro tonight during the concert season a select roster of artists from the prestigious summer marlboro music festival tour america including annual visits to new york the next musicians from marlboro concert looks particularly enticing the composer john harbisons twilight music for horn violin and piano is a worthy companion piece to brahmss trio in e flat op 40 scored for the same unusual group of instruments those works frame this program which also includes ravels string quartet and stravinskys concertino for string quartet at 8 grace rainey rogers auditorium metropolitan museum of art 212 5703949 metmuseumorg 40 tommasini new york philharmonic tonight and tomorrow night the fine romanian pianist radu lupu joins colin davis in mozarts supremely elegant final concerto no 27 in b flat mr davis an eloquent sibelius conductor devotes the rest of the program to the finnish composers lemminkainen suite a set of four tone poems that describe the feats of lemminkainen as he endeavors to win the hand of pohjolas daughter at 8 avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 nyphilorg 28 to 96 kozinn garrick ohlsson sunday mr ohlsson plays four more sonatas in his admirable beethoven series including the moonlight and the elusively beautiful op 101 at 3 pm avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 lincolncenterorg 30 to 56 holland vassily primakov sunday arium is a commodious cafe in the meatpacking district that is quickly becoming a popular site for classical music concerts its sunday afternoon series continues with a recital by the young russian pianist vassily primakov who will play works by schumann beethoven and brahms complimentary wine and hors doeuvres are served at 4 pm arium for the arts 31 little west 12th street west village 212 4638630 ariumnyccom 40 20 for members tommasini david russell tonight and tomorrow night this english guitarist has a finely polished technique and a sharp interpretive sensibility he is giving a master class tonight and tomorrow he will play a recital that includes his own transcriptions of bachs a minor partita bwv 1013 originally for flute and granadoss valses poticos as well as works by weiss barrios mertz jos broc and hans haug master class tonight at 7 recital tomorrow at 8 92nd street y 1395 lexington avenue 212 4155500 92yorg master class 20 recital 40 kozinn st louis symphony orchestra tonight and tomorrow night classical musicians are lucky 30 is the cutoff age for young in the outside world but if youre a conductor you get to be young till youre 60 or so at 48 david robertson is certainly one of the mostwatched young conductors around one of his strengths is interesting programming as his concerts with his st louis symphony show the first juxtaposes george benjamins sudden time a new york premiere bartoks first piano concerto with the redoubtable pierrelaurent aimard and sibeliuss second symphony the second brings in the mezzo susan graham substituting for the recovering dawn upshaw for ravels shhrazade between the adagio from mahlers 10th and perhaps the greatest treat of all john adamss harmonielehre at 8 carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 26 to 85 midgette talich quartet sunday none of the original members of this czech quartet founded in 1964 are still in the group but the current four jan talich and petr macecek violinists vladimir bukac a violist and petr prause a cellist continue the tradition of playing czech repertory as well as chamber works they will perform haydns quartet op 64 no 5 mendelssohns quartet in a minor and janaceks quartet no 2 intimate letters at 5 pm frick collection 1 east 70th street manhattan 212 5470715 frickorg 25 schweitzer tallis scholars tomorrow peter phillips and his a cappella group have given some superb concerts of english renaissance works recently and they now turn their attention to monteverdi palestrina gombert lassus and browne among the centerpieces is monteverdis mass for four voices a work worth discovering if you dont know it or revisiting if you do at 8 pm riverside church riverside drive at 120th street morningside heights 212 8547799 millertheatercom 35 kozinn dance full reviews of recent performances nytimescomdance ballet builders tomorrow and sunday dedicated to the proposition that ballet needs all the choreographers it can cultivate ballet builders will present works by graham lustig robert shermachherndl christophe garcia jennifer hart david justin gina patterson and kelly ann sloan all chosen by audition tomorrow at 8 pm sunday at 3 pm gould hall 55 east 59th street manhattan 212 3556160 25 jennifer dunning company xiv tonight and tomorrow night this group will present an evening of baroque classical and contemporary dance by the company director austin mccormick incorporated with text by the beat poet charles bukowski and arias by vivaldi created for a towtruck warehouse that is now a dance space at 7 303 bond street carroll gardens brooklyn reservationscompanyxivcom 15 dunning edward scissorhands tonight and tomorrow conceived directed and choreographed by matthew bourne this reenvisioning of tim burtons dark 1990 film of the same title revisits the theme of the outsider here a gentle boy with scissors for hands tonight at 730 tomorrow at 2 and 730 pm brooklyn academy of music 30 lafayette avenue at ashland place fort greene 718 6364100 bamorg 30 to 80 dunning festival of india colors of rajasthan tonight and tomorrow night presented by world music institute this program features music and dance from the great thar desert of rajasthan in northwestern india starring gulabi sapera known as the gypsy queen of rajasthan at 8 symphony space 2537 broadway at 95th street 212 8645400 worldmusicinstituteorg 35 15 for students with college id dunning final ladder wednesday a dance drama and musical tribute created by dr glory van scott and joan peters that pays tribute to new york firefighters and their bravery specifically on 911 proceeds will go to the survivors of firefighter patrick boylan at 7 pm symphony space 2537 broadway at 95th street 212 8645400 21 dunning flamenco vivo carlota santana tonight through sunday this popular spanishamerican company will focus on the use of castanets in a new work and also offer traditional flamenco dances accompanied by onstage musicians tonight at 8 tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm sunday at 2 and 730 pm joyce theater 175 eighth avenue at 19th street chelsea 212 2420800 joyceorg 40 30 for joyce members roslyn sulcas gamelan sekar jaya tomorrow based in berkeley calif this balineseamerican company will perform kali yuga a new piece drawn from the ancient texts of the mahabharata at 730 pm lefrak concert hall queens college long island expressway and kissena boulevard flushing 718 7938080 12 dunning hungarian state folk ensembleliz lerman dance exchange tonight through sunday the hungarian state folk ensemble will perform traditional dances tonight at 8 accompanied by the groups gypsy and folk orchestras tomorrow and sunday the liz lerman dance exchange will perform ms lermans new 613 radical acts of prayer opening acts which explores ancient and modern ideas about prayer as a way to illuminate what unifies and divides human beings tonight at 8 tomorrow at 730 pm sunday at 3 pm new jersey performing arts center 1 center street newark 888 4665722 njpacorg 20 to 58 for hungarian state folk ensemble 38 for liz lerman dunning john jasperse company wednesday and thursday in his new becky jodi and john mr jasperse celebrates a shared history and friendship with two colleagues becky hilton and jodi melnick whose humor and commitment to dance he shares through april 7 at 730 pm dance theater workshop 219 west 19th street chelsea 212 9240077 dtworg 25 dunning larry keigwin and company thursday mr keigwin and his dancers will explore the ways gender can be manipulated to allow us to look at ourselves with laughter through april 7 at 830 pm symphony space 2537 broadway at 95th street 212 8645400 larrykeigwincom 25 dunning amy larimer and debra wanner tonight through sunday in a program called delicately hinged set to music by peter zummo ms larimer and ms wanner explore imaginary worlds that reveal the cracks in the rational who says surface of life tonight and tomorrow night at 830 sunday at 5 pm west end theater 263 west 86th street manhattan 212 3379565 15 dunning made in catalunya tomorrow this festival of catalan dance theater music and poetry continues with a performance of modern dance by the august gelabertazzopardi companiya de dansa at 830 pm baryshnikov arts center 450 west 37th street manhattan 212 2794200 baryshnikovdancefoundationorg free dunning moscow festival ballet tomorrow the company founded by the bolshoi ballet dancer sergei radchenko will perform swan lake at 7 pm lehman center for the performing arts 250 bedford park boulevard west at goulden avenue bedford park the bronx 718 9608833 lehmancenterorg 20 to 35 dunning odyssey dance theater of utah wednesday and thursday in its new york debut the company will perform two programs of jazzballet dances created by its director derryl yeager and mia michaels eddie ocampo dee caspary liz imperio and mandy moore through april 8 at 8 pm ailey citigroup theater 405 west 55th street clinton 212 8684444 20 10 for students and 65 dunning paco pea flamenco dance company tonight the guitarist paco pea has assembled dancers singers and instrumentalists to perform the new a comps primal impulse at 8 town hall 123 west 43rd street manhattan 212 8402824 thetownhallnycorg 3750 and 40 dunning max pollak rumba tap thursday mr pollak describes his new viis as a tap music drama in which nordic myth and african herospirits travel together on a journey of groove through april 8 at 8 pm joyce soho 155 mercer street 212 3347479 20 15 for students dunning desmond richardson and the all stars project tonight through sunday mr richardson and 15 performers from all stars a program for teenagers have created homeland security bringing dr king up to date a multimedia piece that questions notions of homeland and security tonight and tomorrow night at 730 sunday at 2 pm all stars project theater 543 west 42nd street clinton 212 9411234 allstarsorg 30 and 35 tdf vouchers accepted dunning amy dawn verebay tonight and tomorrow night a member of the wacky circus amok ms verebay will present a dancetheater production called once in love with amy that chronicles her attempts to turn her lifes lead into gold as she puts it at 8 wow caf theater 5961 east fourth street east village 212 5455334 12 dunning ellis wood dance wednesday and thursday ms wood and her allfemale company will perform her new flat affect which aims to expose the cause and effect of womens irrational fears could they all be irrational tsk tsk through april 7 at 8 pm dance new amsterdam 280 broadway at chambers street tribeca 212 2794200 dnadanceorg 20 dunning art museums and galleries are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of recent art shows nytimescomart museums brooklyn museum global feminisms through july 1 too much of the work in this sprawling international assembly of recent pieces by nearly 90 women from nearly 50 countries is essentialist and bodyoriented and doesnt venture far beyond the essentialism of judy chicagos indomitable 197579 installation opus the dinner party whose enshrinement in the new elizabeth a sackler center for feminist art the exhibition celebrates thoroughly dominated by photography and video with a documentary slant to many of its better moments the show is more about information politics and the struggle for equality than it is about art in any very concentrated or satisfying sense that doesnt keep parts of it from being energetic and illuminating especially as a record of the way that feminism has gripped and jumpstarted the imaginations of women around the world 200 eastern parkway brooklyn 718 6385000 brooklynmuseumorg roberta smith frick collection george stubbs 17241806 a celebration through may 27 one of the finest horse painters ever stubbs knew his subjects from head to hoof and skin to bones he painted other mammals too dogs lions tigers oxen monkeys and humans this intimate show of 17 stubbs paintings from english collections reveals his admirable range although the people he portrayed in two large late canvases have the stiffness of figures on a candy box his horses are his true monuments 1 east 70th street manhattan 212 2880700 frickorg grace glueck guggenheim museum family pictures through april 16 the museums news release extends the exhibitions exploration into representation of families and children in contemporary art and video images of children you quickly realize can operate as a completely different genre rineke dijkstras beach portraits of adolescents posing awkwardly against stark seascape horizons are isolated and isolating images of children on the threshold of adulthood you dont think about family when gazing at these photographs sally mann is perhaps the bestknown contemporary photographer of children specifically her own ms mann represented here by blackandwhite photographs from the late 1980s and early 1990s of her ethereally gorgeous children has been accused of everything from neglect to child abuse the questions raised by her dual role as artist and mother simultaneous protector and potential exploiter of the family remain vitally interesting 1071 fifth avenue at 89th street 212 4233500 guggenheimorg martha schwendener the metropolitan museum of art incisive images ivory and boxwood carvings through nov 25 this extraordinary show drawn almost entirely from the mets vaults presents an array of nearly 100 carved figures crucifixes reliefs containers handheld weapons and the occasional piece of furniture it is an engrossing hive of religious fervor classical erudition and occasional naughtiness style shifts and multicultural crosscurrents and among the many feats of dropdead artistic skill are several of trafficstopping caliber dont miss it 212 5357710 metmuseumorg smith the met mother of pearl a tradition in asian lacquer through april 1 ornamentalism is the term for this show of some 40 objects so exquisite that they might have been conceived with a modern museum conservators soft white cotton gloves in mind the technique for creating minimosaics from slivers of mollusk shell is an ancient one that was perfected in china before traveling to korea japan thailand and india examples from all those places are here in writing boxes and tea trays guaranteed to appeal to any windowshoppers acquisitive yearnings and magpie eye see above holland cotter museum of modern art comic abstraction imagebreaking imagemaking through june 11 this unimaginative and uniformed treatment of a big idea the healthy and essential contamination of modernist abstraction by popular culture should be seen if only because it is such a dispiriting symptom of the moderns paralysis where contemporary art is concerned although it promises work that addresses perplexing questions nearly everything here is perfectly pleasant and innocuous the exceptions are provided by gary simmons ellen gallagher and sue williams 212 7089400 momaorg smith moma jeff wall through may 14 this show makes a case for mr wall as the most complete if traditional of the untraditional artists who emerged from the turmoil of conceptual art his often immense color transparencies are enthralling vehicles intent on giving pleasure while making a point or two about society art history visual perception the human animal or all of the above an imposing blend of painting street photography and movies they blur reality and artifice narrative and form detail and the big statement you cant stop looking at them see above smith neue galerie van gogh and expressionism through july 2 the neue has as usual gathered a stellar roundup of expressionist art in one of the shows most exciting rooms a thirdfloor gallery devoted mostly to selfportraits two extraordinary van goghs hang at opposite ends selfportrait with straw hat 188788 from the metropolitan museums collection filled with energetic radiating brushstrokes and the national gallerys vibrant selfportrait of the artist holding a palette and brushes painted about a year later the most compelling pairing in this room though is van goghs bedroom from 1889 the second of three versions he painted of his room in arles with egon schieles obvious hommage the artists bedroom in neulengbach painted in 1911 in a darker palette and with a perspective tipped precariously toward the viewer 1048 fifth avenue at 86th street 212 6286200 neuegalerieorg schwendener whitney museum of american art lorna simpson through may 6 this tight refined and impassioned survey covers more than 20 years of lorna simpsons career from her photoandtext meditations on race and sexism in the 1980s to her more recent short films which unite american history and personal history in forceful and lyrical ways it would be easy to put some of this work on a shelf as identity art but with an africanamerican woman holding one of the highest offices in the united states government an africanamerican man running for president and the nation embroiled in what some people view as an ethnic war this art is entirely of the moment see above cotter galleries chelsea jean shin key promises the idea is obvious if youre as keen as this artist on recycling everyday objects an installation using the word commands of countless computer keyboards to orchestrate a flow of suggested actions desires and emotional states across four walls of a small gallery from esc and shift to return and home art lite perhaps but expertly done frederieke taylor gallery 535 west 22nd street 646 2300992 frederieketaylorgallerycom through april 7 smith galleries other gifts of the forest native traditions in wood and bark drawn from the collections of the mashantucket pequot museum and research center in connecticut this show celebrates the trees of the rich forests that once covered the northeast yielding essential materials to the pequot and other eastern woodland cultures the objects run from ancient woodworking tools to contemporary objects that for the most part carry on tribal traditions like the simple and beautiful wooden flute made in 1999 by hawk henires nipmuc and adorned with an elegantly carved bird motif many things here were made in the 19th and 20th centuries handsome woven baskets carved bowls and spoons decorated cradle boards for carrying babies birch bark canoe models an elegant birchbark hamper whose sides bear a stylized tree motif ubs art gallery 1285 avenue of the americas between 51st and 52nd streets 212 7132885 through april 27 glueck last chance dissociate new humans dominated by posterpaintings on handy rolling bases the occasional spaceconfounding mirror and sundry fliers this mutable installation by the talented sculptor and sound artist mika tajima has served both as a performance space and as an advertising campaign for her noise band new humans the textilelike patterns limited decoratorish palette and diverse printing methods are a bit familiar to art in this age of selfconscious mechanical reproduction wade guyton for example but it is worth seeing collaborators include the musician howie chen and the artists vito acconci jos lon cerillo and philippe decrauzat elizabeth dee 545 west 20th street chelsea 212 9247545 elizabethdeegallerycom closes tomorrow smith sam gordon three ways painting drawing video theres a lot going on in this virtuosic solo show mr gordons beautiful cryptic drawings and paintings cover the gallery walls while two sections of his epic video the lost kinetic world volumes 14 play on a monitor the videos are a twoandahalfhour documentary compilation of art world events and personalities good bad and ugly with past and present prosaic and extraordinary spliced together willynilly for whatever reason mr gordon watches the art world closely now its time for the art world to wake up to him a treasure in its midst feature inc 530 west 25th street chelsea 212 6757772 closes tomorrow cotter grey art gallery semina culture wallace berman his circle the artist wallace berman 192676 was a central charismatic figure in an underground of west coast artists and poets in the 1950s and 60s a collagist poet photographer and the publisher of an influential journal semina he inspired others to make art too sparking hidden aptitude in startling places after meeting him drifters movie stars exmarines and petty criminals found themselves starting to paint and write and a traveling love company of them has come to grey art gallery trailing dreams delusions and marijuana clouds new york university 100 washington square east greenwich village 212 9986780 closes tomorrow cotter philip taaffe this artists first new york show since 2000 anoints him as one of the best painters of his generation and maybe the only one to extend both 1970s pattern and decoration and 80s appropriation into new areas aided by warhols tinted colors and pollocks allover rhythms and some ingenious printing techniques of their own these suavely eyepopping new paintings sample everything from northwest coast indian masks to islamic ornamental patterns to marbleizing and gilding they define visual culture as a great chain of being in which anything can be connected with proper placement color and scale in an inspiring message of unity in difference gagosian gallery 980 madison avenue near 78th street 212 7442313 gagosiancom closes tomorrow smith paul strand at work more than three dozen vintage improbably rich impeccably printed vintage photographs taken by strand between 1943 and 1953 make their measured concentrated way through a range of rural subjects in new england france and italy and dot the gallery walls like faceted gems pacemacgill gallery 32 east 57th street 212 7597999 closes tomorrow smith united black girls this group show is a response by six artists to the way the black female body appears in popular culture ifetayo a abdussalam takes charge by channeling pam grier jessica peavy links early feminism and music videos heather hart takes aim with crocheted guns omya alston ashley reid and felicia megginson combine images of exploitation and empowerment in various ways with a healthy dose of attitude courtney j martin and vanessa c b riding put it all together rush arts gallery 526 west 26th street chelsea 212 6919552 closes tomorrow cotter marijuana bill attracts a voter and at least one vote of a smoky constituency on monday hes the first candidate to actually sign a medical marijuana bill said reena szczepanski director of the drug policy alliance new mexico after mr richardson made new mexico the 12th state to legalize marijuana for certain medicinal purposes centereach father and two sons charged a father and two sons have been charged with growing marijuana in the attic of their home prosecutors said yesterday the father fred massaro 46 and his sons michael barbis 19 and thomas barbis 18 were arrested on wednesday after officers discovered 20 marijuana plants in their attic during a raid the suffolk county police said detectives seized the plants an additional pound of marijuana and 330 in cash from the house which had been under surveillance the police said all three were charged with criminal possession of marijuana of a controlled substance and of a hypodermic needle prosecutors said mr massaro was charged with endangering the welfare of his two younger children ages 12 and 13 the arrested men were arraigned yesterday in suffolk county district court and ordered held in bail prosecutors said south dakota prison for poverty symbol geraldine blue bird who became a symbol of the extreme poverty that plagued the pine ridge indian reservation when president bill clinton visited it in july 1999 was sentenced in rapid city on wednesday to 34 years in federal prison ms blue bird was convicted last fall of conspiracy to distribute cocaine possession with intent to distribute cocaine possession of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking and conspiracy to distribute marijuana she was pretty much the ringleader of a conspiracy based out of her home that trafficked an estimated 2 million worth of cocaine from denver to nebraska and south dakota over three years beginning in 2002 the local united states attorney marty jackley said twentyeight people including family members have been indicted in the investigation metro briefing new york centereach father and two sons charged a father and two sons have been charged with growing marijuana in the attic of their home prosecutors said yesterday the father fred massaro 46 and his sons michael barbis 19 and thomas barbis 18 were arrested on wednesday after officers discovered 20 marijuana plants in their attic during a raid the suffolk county police said detectives seized the plants an additional pound of marijuana and 330 in cash from the house which had been under surveillance the police said all three were charged with criminal possession of marijuana of a controlled substance and of a hypodermic needle prosecutors said mr massaro was charged with endangering the welfare of his two younger children ages 12 and 13 the arrested men were arraigned yesterday in suffolk county district court and ordered held in bail prosecutors said brooklyn mortar shell found in apartment police officers evacuated four buildings in gravesend early yesterday morning after they found an ak47 rifle four handguns ammunition and a mortar shell while searching an apartment on ocean parkway the police said the mortar shell was determined to be inert the police said officers assigned to the brooklyn south narcotics squad found the weapons while executing a search warrant at 2281 ocean parkway about 130 am the police said two men christopher ocera 42 of 2281 ocean parkway and danny dispigno of east seventh street were arrested the police said mr ocera was charged with weapons possession selling marijuana and resisting arrest and mr dispigno with assault possession of marijuana and resisting arrest the police said metro briefing new york brooklyn mortar shell found in apartment police officers evacuated four buildings in gravesend early yesterday morning after they found an ak47 rifle four handguns ammunition and a mortar shell while searching an apartment on ocean parkway the police said the mortar shell was determined to be inert the police said officers assigned to the brooklyn south narcotics squad found the weapons while executing a search warrant at 2281 ocean parkway about 130 am the police said two men christopher ocera 42 of 2281 ocean parkway and danny dispigno of east seventh street were arrested the police said mr ocera was charged with weapons possession selling marijuana and resisting arrest and mr dispigno with assault possession of marijuana and resisting arrest the police said arts briefly artists garbage fetches millions francis bacons trash has sold for 226 million at auction the 45 lots consisted of paintings and other items that the incensed irishborn british artist 190992 sought to discard in 1978 after they were disturbed by workmen at his chaotic studio in london the bbc reported mac robertson an electrical contractor who had become a bacon friend and drinking companion rescued them and stored them in an attic the lots on sale at the ewbank auction rooms in woking england had been valued at 100000 but a painting of a dog that was expected to sell for 6000 sold for 610000 and four portraits mutilated by bacon who would cut out parts he didnt like sold for a total of 240000 no jail for willie nelson willie nelson below and his tour manager david anderson were spared jail sentences when they pleaded guilty on tuesday in st martinville la to a misdemeanor count of marijuana possession the associated press reported state district judge paul demahy fined the men 1024 each and put them on probation for six months mr nelson mr anderson mr nelsons sister bobbie nelson and two drivers were issued citations on sept 18 after state troopers said they found marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms on their tour bus during a commercialvehicle inspection on interstate 10 as part of the plea deal the citation against ms nelson was dismissed the citations against the drivers were also dismissed st martin parish assistant district attorney chester cedars said there was no indication they had anything to do with the contraband public library acquires gay and lesbian archive a major archive of letters photographs handbills manuscripts publications and other materials gathered by two pioneers in the campaign for gay and lesbian rights has been acquired by the new york public library the materials were donated by barbara gittings an activist editor and writer who died in february and by her partner the photojournalist and author kay tobin lahusen the barbara gittings and kay tobin lahusen gay history papers and photographs will be housed at the humanities and social sciences librarys manuscripts and archives division on fifth avenue and 42nd street footnotes hbo has given the goahead to the pacific a 10hour world war ii miniseries with tom hanks and steven spielberg as the executive producers reuters reported a companion piece to their emmywinning 2001 hbo miniseries band of brothers the new venture will follow three marines robert leckie john basilone and eugene sledge from the battle of guadalcanal to their triumphant return home after vj day a memoir by scott mcclellan who departed as president bushs chief spokesman in 2006 is to be published next spring by publicaffairs the associated press reported the mezzosoprano joyce didonato has been named the recipient of the second annual beverly sills artist award for young singers at the metropolitan opera the 50000 prize described by the met as the largest of its kind in the united states goes to singers between 25 and 40 year old who have appeared in featured solo roles with the company ms didonato is starring in the mets new production of rossinis barbiere di siviglia cardinals pitcher killed in crash was drunk st louis cardinals pitcher josh hancock was drunk at the time of his fatal accident and marijuana was found in the sport utility vehicle he was driving according to police aiming for a drugfree workplace there is no shortage of reasons employers test their workers for drugs at one company an employee high on marijuana forgot to lock the wheels on his forklift and it dropped five feet off a loading dock while employees at another built a crystal meth lab in the back of a truck employers say workers who use drugs raise a companys insurance costs steal equipment and scare away clients california ill woman is dropping marijuana battle a terminally ill woman who sued the united states government over the right to use medical marijuana as state law allows said she was dropping her fiveyear legal battle the woman angel m raich 41 of oakland said in a statement that she had decided to concentrate on radiation therapy to treat a brain tumor rather than appealing a federal court ruling that she was not immune to federal prosecution despite california law 8220i8217m not a quitter so this was a hard decision8221 said ms raich who has never been prosecuted she said she intended to take her battle to congress the listings may 11 may 17 selective listings by critics of the new york times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the new york metropolitan region this week denotes a highly recommended film concert show or exhibition theater approximate running times are in parentheses theaters are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of current shows additional listings show times and tickets nytimescomtheater previews and openings crazy mary previews start today opens on june 3 in a r gurneys new play sigourney weaver stars as a woman who discovers that her cousin the title character who is a patient in a psychiatric hospital holds the keys to the family fortune 200 playwrights horizons 416 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 gaslight in previews opens on thursday the always fascinating brian murray stars in patrick hamiltons thriller about a man who drives his wife insane 200 irish repertory theater 132 west 22nd street chelsea 212 7272737 in a dark dark house previews start on wednesday opens on june 7 neil labutes latest drama features frederick weller and ron livingston as hostile siblings sorting out a history of abuse lucille lortel theater 121 christopher street west village 212 2794200 passing strange in previews opens on monday the joes pub veteran and pop singer stew tries his hand at musical theater with a rocktheme score and a story about the journey of a black bohemian 230 public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 phallacy previews start on sunday opens on may 18 an art historian and a chemistry professor argue over the authenticity and value of a statue in this new drama by the scientist and playwright carl djerassi 130 cherry lane theater 38 commerce street west village 212 2396200 ten million miles previews start today opens on june 14 a new musical by the singer patty griffin and the playwright keith bunin the busy world is hushed is about a road trip from florida to new york atlantic theater 336 west 20th street chelsea 212 2794200 broadway a chorus line if you want to know why this show was such a big deal when it opened 31 years ago you need only experience the thrilling first five minutes of this revival otherwise this archivally exact production directed by bob avian feels like a vintage car that has been taken out of the garage polished up and sent on the road once again 200 schoenfeld theater 236 west 45th street 212 2396200 ben brantley company fire beckoning and dangerous flickers beneath the frost of john doyles elegant unexpectedly stirring revival of stephen sondheim and george furths eradefining musical from 1970 starring a compellingly understated ral esparza like mr doyles sweeney todd this production finds new clarity of feeling in sondheim by melding the roles of performers and musicians 220 barrymore theater 243 west 47th street 212 2396200 brantley coram boy set in 18thcentury england this melodrama about imperiled orphans is big and broad but not particularly deep with a cast of 40 an orchestra in the pit and bursts of choral music handel mostly decorating the proceedings it is tastefully splashy and certainly impressive but less emotionally engaging than you might hope 230 imperial theater 249 west 45th street 212 2396200 charles isherwood curtains this musical comedy about a musicalcomedy murder featuring songs by john kander and fred ebb and a book by rupert holmes lies on the stage like a promisingly gaudy string of firecrackers waiting in vain for a match the good news is that david hyde pierce playing a diffident boston detective steps into fullfledged broadway stardom scott ellis directs a talentpacked cast that includes debra monk and karen ziemba 230 al hirschfeld theater 302 west 45th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley deuce back on broadway for the first time in 25 years angela lansbury is so vitally and indelibly present that she even gives flesh to this flimsy comedy terrence mcnallys play about the reunion of two former doubles partners ms lansbury and marian seldes is a jerrybuilt shrine to enduring star power directed by michael blakemore 145 music box theater 239 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley frostnixon frank langella turns in a truly titanic performance as richard m nixon in peter morgans briskly entertaining if alltootidy play about the former presidents annihilating television interviews with the british talk show host david frost the excellent michael sheen michael grandage directs with the momentum of a tickingbomb thriller and the zing of a boulevard comedy 140 jacobs theater 242 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley grey gardens christine ebersole is absolutely glorious as the middleaged timewarped debutante called little edie beale in this uneven musical adaptation of the notorious 1975 documentary of the same title she and the wonderful mary louise wilson as her bedridden mother in the performances of their careers make grey gardens an experience no passionate theatergoer should miss 240 walter kerr theater 219 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley inherit the wind doug hughess wooden revival of this worthy war horse based on the scopes monkey trial of 1925 never musters much more velocity than a drugstore fan be grateful that the cast includes christopher plummer in savory form as a will rogers of jurisprudence an oddly subdued brian dennehy plays his pompous adversary 200 lyceum theater 149 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley journeys end a splendid revival of r c sherriffs 1928 drama of life in the trenches during world war i acutely staged by david grindley and acted by a fine ensemble led by hugh dancy and boyd gaines this production offers an exemplary presentation of that theatrical rarity an uncompromising cleareyed play about war and the experience of daytoday combat an essential ticket 240 belasco theater 111 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley legally blonde this nonstop sugar rush of a musical about a powder puff who finds her inner powerbroker based on the 2001 film approximates the experience of eating a jumbo bag of gummi bears in one sitting flossing between songs is recommended 220 palace theater 1564 broadway at 47th street 212 3074100 brantley lovemusik as lotte lenya and kurt weill donna murphy and michael cerveris turn in stunningly shaded performances in what is alas a sluggish mixedup biomusical scored with an eclectic sampler of weills songs lovemusik strives to achieve chilly distance and cozy intimacy in the same breath harold prince directs alfred uhry wrote the conventionally sentimental book 240 biltmore theater 261 west 47th street 212 2396200 brantley mary poppins this handsome homilypacked mechanically ingenious and rather tedious musical adapted from the p l travers stories and the 1964 film is ultimately less concerned with inexplicable magic than with practical psychology ashley brown who sings prettily as the familymending nanny looks like joan crawford trying to be nice and sounds like dr phil directed by richard eyre and matthew bourne 230 new amsterdam theater 214 west 42nd street 212 3074747 brantley les misrables this premature revival a slightly scaleddown version of the wellgroomed behemoth that closed only three years ago appears to be functioning in a state of mild sedation appealingly sung and freshly orchestrated this fastmoving adaptation of victor hugos novel isnt sloppy or blurry but its pulse rate stays well below normal 255 broadhurst theater 235 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley a moon for the misbegotten kevin spacey gives a bizarre beattheclock performance as lively as a frog on a hot plate as james tyrone in this offkilter revival of eugene oneills last play mercifully he does not block the view of eve best who maps the contradictory levels of tyrones strapping love interest with clarity and intelligence 250 brooks atkinson theater 256 west 47th street 212 3074100 brantley 110 in the shade is it possible for a performance to be too good audra mcdonald brings such breadth of skill and depth of feeling to lonny prices lukewarm revival of this musical about a lovestarved spinster that she threatens to burst the seams of this small homey musical shes an overwhelming presence in an underwhelming show 230 studio 54 254 west 54th street 212 7191300 brantley the pirate queen how to riverdance your way to the bottom of the ocean courtesy of the songwriters of les misrables 230 hilton theater 213 west 42nd street 212 3074100 brantley radio golf the final and in dramatic terms the weakest of august wilsons magnificent 10play cycle about the africanamerican experience radio golf has the crackle of a bustling comedy but this tale of getting and spending in the 1990s directed by kenny leon throbs with a lament for a lost time a lost culture a lost language 230 cort theater 138 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley spring awakening duncan sheik and steven saters bold adaptation of the frank wedekind play is the freshest and most exciting new musical broadway has seen in some time set in 19thcentury germany but with a ravishing rock score it exposes the splintered emotional lives of adolescents just discovering the joys and sorrows of sex performed with brio by a great cast with supple direction by michael mayer and inventive choreography by bill t jones 200 eugene oneill theater 230 west 49th street 212 2396200 isherwood talk radio the most lacerating portrait of a human meltdown this side of a francis bacon painting playing an abrasive radio talk show host with a god complex the astounding liev schreiber seems to fill the air as inescapably as weather in robert fallss gutgrabbing revival of eric bogosians 1987 play 140 longacre theater 220 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley the year of magical thinking joan didions arresting but ultimately frustrating adaptation of her bestselling memoir about being blindsided by grief starring vanessa redgrave the tension between style and emotional content that made the book such a stunner does not translate to the stage the substance here is in the silences when the focus shifts from words to ms redgraves wry wounded face 140 booth theater 222 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley off broadway all the wrong reasons a true story of neonazis drug smuggling and undying love john fugelsangs amiable solo show mixes memoir and standup comedy in a tale of family faith and roman catholic guilt slight but engaging 130 new york theater workshop 79 east fourth street east village 212 4605475 isherwood american fiesta the economist consultant preacher and playwright steven tomlinson makes his new york stage debut with a oneman show about how it was that he came to collect fiestaware the colorful china of the depression years which he deploys as a metaphor for just about everything an astute observer of consumer obsession mr tomlinson ultimately subordinates much of his clever writing to a tepid and trite political message that american civic life is a fractured bowl that needs to be put back together american fiesta is also about gay marriage ebay and neuroscience which is to say that it is about much too much 130 vineyard theater 108 east 15th street flatiron district 212 3530303 ginia bellafante bad blood malasangre a wife is offered a lucrative job in texas her husband moves with her from puerto rico but rails against the condition of being a latino in the united states presented in spanish and english on different nights this play by roberto ramos perea is full of ideas and anger but the political fury of the husband is not in the english version completely borne out by his characterization and you can see the charting of the play a little too clearly between the lines 230 puerto rican traveling theater 304 west 47th street clinton 212 3541293 anne midgette be a highenergy lowcontent israeli show that blends music dance and sex appeal in the latest attempt to tap into the stomp market 130 union square theater 100 east 17th street flatiron district 212 3074100 jason zinoman beauty on the vine zak berkman presents muddled politics and distorted anxieties in his quasi sciencefiction play about the influence of plastic surgery on young women who start modeling themselves after a rightwing radio host adding to the atmosphere of hysteria is the inability of the actors to render a single subtle or nuanced moment 210 harold clurman theater 412 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 bellafante bill w and dr bob this insightful new play about the founders of alcoholics anonymous subtly makes the claim that the recovery movement was born as a series of accidents patrick husted is excellent as bob smith bill wilsons partner in combating addictions 215 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 bellafante biography a revival of s n behrmans hoary 1932 comedy about a society portraitist and the men who keep trying to reign her in feels slight as a needlepoint pillow as the plays supposedly beguiling heroine marion froude carolyn mccormick never beguiles 215 the pearl theater 80 st marks place at first avenue east village 212 5989802 bellafante blackbird david harrowers stunning new drama looks back at a sexual relationship between a 40yearold man and a 12yearold girl that transforms cripples and paralyzes jeff daniels and alison pill both extraordinary peel their characters down to their barest souls joe mantello is the masterly director 130 manhattan theater club at city center stage i 131 west 55th street 212 5811212 brantley the brig serious students of the stage will want to check out the living theaters first revival since 1963 of kenneth h browns docudrama about the soulshredding grind of daily life in a marine corps prison once again directed by the company cofounder judith malina one of the most celebrated productions in the companys history the brig harks back to an era when theater was at the forefront of both political and artistic radicalism 200 living theater 21 clinton street lower east side wwwlivingtheatreorg isherwood the fantasticks a revival well more like a resuscitation of the little musical that wouldnt die this sweetasever production of tom jones and harvey schmidts commediadellartestyle confection is most notable for mr joness touching performance under the pseudonym thomas bruce as the old actor a role he created when the show opened in 1960 mr jones also directs 205 snapple theater center 210 west 50th street 212 3074100 brantley gods ear jenny schwartzs formally inventive and brilliantly performed drama about how the death of a child affects a family is more interested in language than in narrative 120 east 13th street theater 136 east 13th street east village 212 8684444 zinoman in the heights linmanuel mirandas joyous songs paint a vibrant portrait of daily life in washington heights in this flawed but enjoyable show essentially a valentine to the barrio conflict of a violent or desperate kind is banished from the picture the musical contains a host of funny performances and brings the zesty sound of latin pop to the stage 210 37 arts 450 west 37th street 212 3074100 isherwood a jew grows in brooklyn you dont have to be jewish or brooklynish to empathize with jake ehrenreich but in terms of fully appreciating his essentially oneman show it probably helps especially the catskills jokes 205 37 arts 450 west 37th street 212 5608912 anita gates mother load in her onewoman show on the perils of affluent motherhood amy wilson derides the culture of obsessive childrearing as she chronicles her submission to it an affable presence onstage ms wilson nevertheless mines overly clichd territory the nut allergies the horrors of preschool admission the importance of knowing two languages by the time you are 3 posters on urbanbabycom will find themselves amusedly looking in the mirror all other new yorkers will find themselves wanting to move to patagonia 115 sage theater 711 seventh avenue at 47th street 212 2794200 bellafante my mothers italian my fathers jewish and im in therapy steve solomon does skillful impersonations in his oneman show but some of his jokes are as old as the hills 130westside theater downstairs 407 west 43rd street 212 2396200 gates no child teachers will love nilaja suns onewoman show about the challenges of teaching drama at malcolm x high school 110 barrow street theater 27 barrow street at seventh avenue south west village 212 2396200 gates the receipt a lost bar receipt provides a oneway ticket to bedlam in a clever and diverting show that mirrors the idiosyncrasies of modern life as two young archaeologists study a lost city and postulate on a day in the life of one of its inhabitants 115 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 wilborn hampton spalding gray stories left to tell a disarming collage of selections from the monologues and journals of mr gray the ultimate standup solipsist who died in 2004 directed by lucy sexton and read by five performers none of whom resemble mr gray with an affection that shrewdly stops short of hero worship 130 minetta lane theater 18 minetta lane greenwich village 212 3074100 brantley west moon street rob urbinatis adaptation of oscar wildes short story lord arthur saviles crime delightfully mines a comedy of manners a meditation on premarital fear out of a clever mystery on fate the performances one and all are firstrate 200 hudson guild theater 441 west 26th street chelsea 212 3523101 bellafante off off broadway octopus love story gay marriage is a theme of this sitcomlike drama about a political protest turned unlikely romance 130 center stage 48 west 21st street chelsea 212 8684444 zinoman on the verge an amusing revival of eric overmyers play about three victoriaera ladies who set out armed with parasols and machetes to explore a terra incognita as they whack the bushes into virgin territory they soon discover they are traveling into the future 200 connelly theater 220 east fourth street east village 212 7774280 hampton realism and jump the stately jean cocteau repertory now known as the exchange gets a hipster makeover with two foulmouthed and aggressive new provocations from britain 130 each kirk theater 420 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 zinoman the sea this odd 1973 play by edward bond gets a vivid production by the actors company theater but be forewarned this aint american humor its the sly incongruous british variety a fatal shipwreck off the coast of an eclectic little village turns the inhabitants even weirder than they already are one fellow is convinced that space aliens are behind the wreck 220 beckett theater 410 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 neil genzlinger longrunning shows altar boyz this sweetly satirical show about a christian pop group made up of five potential teen people cover boys is an enjoyable silly diversion 130 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 isherwood avenue q rrated puppets give lively life lessons 210 golden theater 252 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley beauty and the beast cartoon made flesh sort of 230 luntfontanne theater 205 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley chicago irrefutable proof that crime pays 225 ambassador theater 219 west 49th street 212 2396200 brantley the color purple singing cliffsnotes for alice walkers pulitzer prizewinning novel 240 broadway theater 1681 broadway at 53rd street 212 2396200 brantley the drowsy chaperone a pasteboard pastiche of 1920s musicals as remembered by a witty show queen140 marquis theater 1535 broadway at 45th street 212 3074100 brantley hairspray fizzy pop cute kids large man in a housedress 230 neil simon theater 250 west 52nd street 212 3074100 brantley jersey boys the biomusical that walks like a man 230 august wilson theater 245 west 52nd street 212 2396200 brantley the lion king disney on safari where the big bucks roam 245 minskoff theater 200 west 45th street at broadway 212 3074100 brantley mamma mia the jukebox that devoured broadway 220 cadillac winter garden theater 1634 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 brantley the phantom of the opera who was that masked man anyway 230 majestic theater 247 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley rent east village angst and love songs to die for 245 nederlander theater 208 west 41st street 212 3074100 brantley spamalot a singing scrapbook for monty python fans 220 shubert theater 225 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley tarzan a writhing green blob with music 230 richard rodgers theater 226 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee a chorus line with pimples 145 circle in the square 254 west 50th street manhattan 212 2396200 isherwood wicked oz revisited with political corrections 245 gershwin theater 222 west 51st street manhattan 212 3074100 brantley last chance the big voice god or merman think of two gifted and smart gay men with years of life together deploying their considerable talents from the two pianos you happen to have in your living room the result is a hilarious and very touching memoir of two decades of love and the funky glories of show business life 200 actors temple theater 339 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 closes on sunday honor moore the coast of utopia lincoln center theaters brave gorgeous sprawling and ultimately exhilarating production of tom stoppards trilogy about intellectuals errant in 19thcentury russia a testament to the seductive powers of narrative theater directed with hot and cool canniness by jack obrien and featuring a starry cast brian f obyrne jennifer ehle martha plimpton josh hamilton and ethan hawke among others in a tasty assortment of roles vivian beaumont theater 150 west 65th street lincoln center 212 2396200 closes on sunday brantley denial an engrossing and timely legal drama about a holocaust denier being defended by a jewish lawyer this play examines the moral and ethical dilemma inherent in the first amendment and asks how much sufferance can a free society give its crackpots and maintain its individual liberties 230 metropolitan playhouse 220 east fourth street east village 212 9955302 closes on sunday hampton exposed experiments in love sex death and art annie sprinkle and elizabeth stephens partners in life and art share memories of their colorful history together donning lab coats they also engage the audience in some informal experiments intended to increase the store of love in the world sloppy but somewhat sweet 130 collective unconscious 279 church street at white street tribeca 212 3523101 closes tomorrow isherwood movies ratings and running times are in parentheses foreign films have english subtitles full reviews of all current releases movie trailers show times and tickets nytimescommovies away from her pg13 110 minutes sarah polleys wellobserved adaptation of a story by alice munro is a quiet tour de force about love and loss anchored by fine performances by gordon pinsent and julie christie as a couple dealing with the loss of memory and memories of past hurt a o scott blades of glory pg13 93 minutes in this fast light frequently funny comedy about a male figureskating team will ferrell and jon heder stake an early claim to being the comedy couple of the year stephen holden brand upon the brain no rating 96 minutes a baroque entertainment with one foot in silent cinema and the other gingerly toeing the sound waves guy maddins latest centers on a man who in visiting the nowemptied foundling home journeys deep into his childhood its wild its weird its strangely touching and a total must see manohla dargis the condemned r 100 minutes this simpleminded vehicle for the wrestling star steve austin follows a bunch of musclebound lowlifes as they fight to the death for the benefit of an internet reality show leaden and inept the movie fails to deliver even the action goods presenting every fight scene in such quaking extreme closeup that its difficult to tell whos pummeling whom fortunately the language of pain is universal jeannette catsoulis day night day night no rating 94 minutes for most of its 94 minutes this gripping but evasive portrait of an unidentified 19yearold terrorist undertaking a suicide bombing mission in times square focuses on the face of its star luisa williams holden diggers r 90 minutes this minutely observed period piece set in 1976 about clam diggers on the south shore of long island has the brave mournful tone of a springsteen song my hometown say set in billy joel territory holden disturbia pg13 104 minutes a pleasant scary welldirected variation on the killernextdoor theme with the engaging shia lebeouf as kale a young man who turns house arrest into an occasion for voyeurism and crimefighting scott election no rating 100 minutes in cantonese this intricate gangster entertainment the first episode in a twopart sequence from the prolific hong kong action maestro johnnie to offers some acute lessons in the pitfalls of democracy also a feast of fighting humor and fine acting in particular from simon yaw who plays a softspoken businesslike candidate for chairman of hong kongs oldest criminal organization scott fracture r 111 minutes a glib entertainment that offers up the spectacle of that crafty scenestealer anthony hopkins mixing it up with that equally cunning screennibbler ryan gosling dargis the hoax r 115 minutes a firstrate performance by richard gere drives this true story of clifford irving mr gere who claimed to be the authorized biographer of howard hughes shadowed by the paranoia of its period the early 70s this movie crisply directed by lasse hallstrom from an excellent script by william weaver is less a morality play than an entertaining portrait of a literary gambler scott hot fuzz r 121 minutes a british parody of hollywoodstyle action flicks from the wits behind shaun of the dead think of it as the full monty blown to smithereens dargis in the land of women pg13 98 minutes this meek mopey comedy is the film equivalent of a sensitive emo band with one foot in alternative rock and the other in the squishy pop mainstream the movie would like to think of itself as a softer fuzzier garden state holden the invisible pg13 102 minutes this supremely silly retread of the 2002 swedish film den osynlige proves its tough to be in love and in limbo at one and the same time when a richyettroubled teenager justin chatwin crosses paths with a violently disturbed classmate margarita levieva we learn that theres nothing quite like a neardeath experience to repair those stubborn emotional wounds catsoulis killer of sheep no rating 83 minutes largely hidden from view for three decades charles burnetts lyrical film about a workingclass family living in a brokendown home in a bombedout stretch of los angeles is an american masterpiece dargis lucky you pg13 124 minutes eric bana plays a poker player with daddy issues robert duvall is his dad and drew barrymore is an aspiring singer who catches his eye in this tepid las vegas romance its not terrible just content to break even scott meet the robinsons g 93 minutes actually if you see them coming run in the other direction scott next pg13 96 minutes nicolas cage plays a guy who can see into the future in this crummy adaptation of a nifty philip k dick story too bad mr cage couldnt tap into those same powers to save himself from another bad role dargis paris je taime r 120 minutes in french and english paris je taime a mosaic of 18 miniatures each set in a different location in the city of light is a cinematic tasting menu consisting entirely of amusebouches after two hours of such tidbits the palate is sated but if there is no need for a main course you still leave feeling vaguely disappointed at not being served one holden perfect stranger r 109 minutes there is enough of a grain of truth in this noirish paranoid thriller set in the new york media world that even after it lurches from the farfetched into the preposterous the movie leaves a clammy residue of unease holden private fears in public places no rating 120 minutes in french a film from the venerable french auteur alain resnais about love and cinematic spaces elegant camera moves and six heavenly bodies as seen through a mighty telescope dargis red road no rating 113 minutes andrea arnolds first feature falls into melodrama and implausibility at the end but along the way it is a remarkably assured and complex piece of work anchored by the directors formal control and by jackie dicks quietly heartbreaking performance as a glasgow videosurveillance officer with an unhappy past scott spiderman 3 pg13 139 minutes please god make this be the last one dargis ta ra rum pum no rating 156 minutes in english and hindi this bollywood movie about a race car driver the versatile saif ali khan takes place in new york but that doesnt stop it from being a classic example of bollywood family values here all the citys a stage set perfect for famemeetswest side story production numbers rachel saltz 300 r 116 minutes greeks versus persians in the big rumble at thermopylae via frank millers graphic novel as dumb as they get scott the treatment no rating 86 minutes oren rydavskys adaptation of the daniel menaker novel about love and psychoanalysis in new york has its heart and head in the right place but not much else including its sympathetic stars chris eigeman famke janssen and ian holm dargis triad election no rating 93 minutes in cantonese the surfaces gleam as luxuriously in johnnie tos exemplary gangster thriller triad election as those in a similarly slickedup hollywood film but the blood on the floor here seems stickier more liable to stain a brutal look at the shadows darkening the hong kong triads the film picks up the narrative line first coiled and kinked in mr tos companion thriller election dargis vacancy r 80 minutes this banal horror retread involves a couple of critters luke wilson kate beckinsale flailing inside a sticky trap for what is in effect the bigscreen equivalent of a roach motel dargis the valet pg13 85 minutes in french if you love to hate the superrich this delectable comedy in which the great french actor daniel auteuil portrays a piggy billionaire industrialist facing his comeuppance is a sinfully delicious bonbon a classic french farce with modern touches holden waitress pg13 104 minutes keri russell is a smalltown waitress in a bad marriage who finds solace in piebaking and adultery in adrienne shellys wry and winning final feature scott year of the dog pg13 97 minutes mike whites touching comedy about a woman who loses a dog and finds herself is funny haha but firmly in touch with its downer side which means that its also funny in a kind of existential way molly shannon stars alongside a menagerie of howling scenestealers dargis zoo no rating 76 minutes robinson devors heavily reconstructed documentary is to a large extent about the rhetorical uses of beauty it is rather more coyly also about a man who died after having sex with a stallion dargis film series and revivals generation garrel today through thursday in france philippe garrel occupies a position in the avantgarde somewhere between john cassavetes for his love of garrulous actors and messy dramatic situations and andy warhol for his lovehate relationship with glamour and stardom this series widens the focus to include two other members of the garrel family his father maurice and his son louis both actors the 23yearold louis opens the program tonight with a sneak preview of dans paris the new film by the promising young director christophe honor whose 2004 ma mere also with louis plays on sunday tomorrows schedule includes philippes 2005 regular lovers a film about the depressing aftermath of the social unrest of 1968 on wednesday the 84yearold maurice takes center stage for philippes 1983 libert la nuit in which he stars as an aging activist caught up in the protests surrounding the algerian war and on thursday the whole family including louiss mother the actress brigitte sy turns up in emergency kisses 1988 an autobiographical film about a director philippe making an autobiographical film bamcinmatek bam rose cinemas 30 lafayette avenue at ashland place fort greene brooklyn 718 6364100 bamorg 10 dave kehr 10 latin american spanish films from the last 100 years tonight through thursday as part of the high line festival the quad cinema will screen movies by spanish and latin american filmmakers the series opens at 730 tonight with el automovil gris 1919 a mexican crime film by enrique rosas priego and presented here by the mexican theater company el teatro de ciertos habitantes the 10 oclock show is alberto gouts entertaining 1949 aventurera a lurid cabaretera melodrama about a girl from the sticks ninn sevilla kidnapped by human traffickers other highlights include tomorrow tomas gutierrez aleas memorias del subdesarrollo 1968 one of the finest products of cuban cinema and on tuesday luis bunuels 1954 englishlanguage madeinmexico robinson crusoe and victor erices dark and lyrical 1973 spanish film about the terrors of childhood el espritu de la colmena quad cinema 34 west 13th street greenwich village 212 2558800 highlinefestivalcom 12 35 for el automovil gris kehr pop full reviews of recent concerts nytimescommusic the album leaf young galaxy tomorrow and sunday jimmy lavalle one of the guitarists in the san diego band tristeza creates peaceful glittering galaxies of electronics and soft guitar in his mostly instrumental side project the album leaf for a group called a duo montreals young galaxy had an awful lot of people onstage at its last new york appearance the better to help make that languorous wash of guitars and sleepy vocals with belong tomorrow at 830 pm maxwells 1039 washington street hoboken nj 201 6531703 maxwellsnjcom 15 sunday at 730 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 15 ben sisario los amigos invisibles tomorrow los amigos invisibles from venezuela latch on to dance grooves from the last three decades james brown funk the stolid thump of house music mid1960s boogaloo 70s miami disco santanas mamborock even some rap while the lyrics in spanish are comeons somewhere between charm and smarm with dj afro and todosantos at 9 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 22 jon pareles laurie anderson thursday ms andersons entrancing performances weave coolly surrealistic songs and reflective monologues with a witty seamless dream logic she unveils a new piece as part of david bowies high line festival at 730 pm highline ballroom 431 west 16th street chelsea 212 4145994 highlineballroomcom or highlinefestivalcom 37 sisario arctic monkeys tuesday emerging from sheffield england a couple of years ago as an unstoppable teenage indierock machine arctic monkeys played perfect cutting postpunk riffs and sang of nightlife exhaustion with a jadedness beyond their years now with the members barely into their 20s the band has returned with favourite worst nightmare domino and thankfully not much has changed danceable slashing grooves and sneered lyrics about the morningafter blahs with be your own pet at 630 pm hammerstein ballroom 311 west 34th street manhattan 212 3077171 mcstudioscom sold out sisario andrew bird thursday a talented multiinstrumentalist mr bird shows off his fiddle and guitarplaying in wistful fantastical folk reveries but his most impressive technique is not on fiddle or guitar nor on the electronic effects that he uses to make the music breathe its his dexterous expressive whistling which floats high above in eerily beautiful tones with joan as policewoman at 7 pm webster hall 125 east 11th street east village 212 5332111 bowerypresentscom sold out sisario barbara carroll sunday and monday elegant witty and touching this classically trained jazz pianist and singer now 82 is in her prime the female counterpart of bobby short sunday at 2 pm monday at 8 pm oak room at the algonquin hotel 59 west 44th street manhattan 212 4199331 algonquinhotelcom 58 on sunday with brunch at noon 40 on monday with a 20 minimum stephen holden elvis costello and the impostors wednesday jazz and classical pursuits may command more and more of his time these days but mr costello is still at his best leading his band through a set of taut squirmy soulrock at 8 pm nokia theater 1515 broadway at 44th street 212 3077171 nokiatheatrenyccom sold out sisario dan deacon tomorrow this baltimore partymeister has become an underground celebrity playing the kind of music max headroom might have made with lowtech synthesizers pumping manic smarmy melodies at high volume and accelerated tempo channeled through mr deacons antic stage persona it all becomes houserocking sensory overload with ponytail meneguar and lions and tigers at 830 pm mercury lounge 217 east houston street at ludlow street lower east side 212 2604700 mercuryloungenyccom 8 in advance 10 at the door sisario deerhoof thursday with scratchy guitars set against satomi matsuzakis nursery rhyme vocals and songs that zip through multiple personality changes deerhoof from san francisco makes jarringly experimental artpop that somehow remains inviting and sweet the band plays as part of the high line festival with dirty projectors who build elaborate glitch operas with stark pluckings of strings and precise ecstatic harmonies and robert stillmans horses at 9 pm fillmore new york at irving plaza 17 irving place at 15th street manhattan 212 7776800 highlinefestivalcom 1650 sisario electrelane tuesday the women of this british quartet have found a middle ground between stereolabs ethereal drone and the earthy tweepop of groups like the pastels no shouts no calls too pure their new album has a rock n roll pulse even at its most tranquil with tender forever and the blow at 9 pm fillmore new york at irving plaza 17 irving place at 15th street manhattan 212 7776800 15 sisario tim finn tomorrow when mr finn sings about the warm pacific sun hes talking about good times not in california but in new zealand where he has been a star since his days in the new wave band split enz and on and off in crowded house with his brother neil on his latest album imaginary kingdom manhattan he offers a familiar new world optimism over beatlesesque melodies shaking his head at naysayers in history and romance when they say it cant be done we have to prove them wrong he plays a rare solo show at joes pub at 730 pm 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 25 sisario daniel johnston bang on a can allstars the legendary stardust cowboy wednesday in a feat of inspired programming david bowie has put together this bill for his high line festival with some of the brainiest of the new york avantgarde bang on a can allstars meeting two of texass most extreme outsider musicians daniel johnston writes stirringly candid songs that sound as if they could be the dreams or nightmares of john lennon the legendary stardust cowboy has earned an indelible rock footnote his wild 1968 song paralyzed inspired mr bowie to create his glamera alter ego ziggy stardust at 8 pm highline ballroom 431 west 16th street chelsea 212 4145994 highlineballroomcom or highlinefestivalcom sold out mr johnston also plays tuesday at 8 pm at warsaw 261 driggs avenue at eckford street greenpoint brooklyn 718 3870505 warsawconcertscom 18 the legendary stardust cowboy plays thursday at 9 pm at maxwells 1039 washington street hoboken nj 201 6531703 maxwellsnjcom 10 sisario anglique kidjo wednesday on her new album djin djin razor tie this beninese singer welcomes a handful of guest stars josh groban joss stone and alicia keys among others into the orbit of her humanist afropop but the albums best moments come when ms kidjo engages with a strong supporting cast as she will here at 8 pm b b king blues club grill 237 west 42nd street 212 9974144 bbkingbluescom 32 in advance 36 at the door nate chinen kiki and herb sunday and thursday a few years ago this brilliantly perverse cabaret duo played their farewell show at carnegie hall then came a run on broadway and the inimitable christmas show after playing their regular sunday night joes pub gig this week kiki and herb go to the knitting factory on thursday to record a new dvd sunday at 1130 pm 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 20 thursday at 8 pm 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193132 knittingfactorycom 20 sisario lcd soundsystem tomorrow and monday james murphys punkedged disco in lcd soundsystem sharp and sexy but unapologetically silly retro but smartly innovative has roots across the dancerock map but is unmistakably a product of new york those of you who still think were from englandwere not he sings with adenoidal wryness on the bands brilliant new album sound of silver capitol with yacht tomorrow at 9 pm studio b 259 banker street between meserole avenue and calyer street greenpoint brooklyn 718 3891880 clubstudiobcom 20 monday at 730 pm webster hall 125 east 11th street east village 212 5332111 bowerypresentscom sold out sisario stephen marley tonight it sometimes seems as if there is a paratrooper brigade of young marleys arriving on the reggae and pop scenes first there was ziggy and others in the melody makers then damian then kymani and julian but stephen marley 35 who rapped as a teenager on early melody makers songs has the distinction of being a strong songwriter and a grammywinning producer he has just released his debut album mind control universal republic which features tales of incarceration over marijuana and lots of guest spots by who else other marleys this show will feature his younger brother damian a k a junior gong for whom he produced the hit welcome to jamrock at 9 nokia theater 1515 broadway at 44th street 212 3077171 nokiatheatrenyccom sold out sisario mastodon against me cursive thursday until mastodon released leviathan three years ago the world lacked an extrememetal album based on mobydick its appropriately dense and exhilarating and fully attentive to every slashing sonic detail as is this atlanta bands latest blood mountain also on this unusual but intriguing bill against me punk eccentrics from gainesville fla who specialize in roaring galloping folk songs and cursive a band from omaha with one foot in emo and the other in exuberant chamberpop at 615 pm roseland ballroom 239 west 52nd street manhattan 212 7776800 roselandballroomcom 25 in advance 28 at the door sisario no fun fest thursday now something of a spring tradition this fourday festival of noiserock and any other kind of avantgarde music as long as its clamorous and loud begins on thursday with hair police from the fertile michigan scene yoshimi of the boredoms with kim gordon of sonic youth pain jerk hive mind and damion romero lambsbread evil moisture crumbling and orphan fairytale take earplugs at 7 pm the hook 18 commerce street near richards street red hook brooklyn 718 7973007 thehookmusiccom or nofunfestcom 18 sisario jennifer oconnor wednesday ms oconnors portraits of the lovelorn and depressed sung over light strums of guitar with the guileless vulnerability of a 2 am phone confession are dry but not unsympathetic maybe shes on her lunch break thinking of you she has a wednesday residency this month at the living room at 11 pm 154 ludlow street near stanton street lower east side 212 5337235 livingroomnycom 8 sisario john pizzarelli and jessica molaskey tonight and tomorrow night and tuesday through thursday these married musicians have been called the nick and nora of cabaret a sobriquet that only begins to describe their upbeat sophistication they fuse two distantly related musical worlds into a larger whole in which stephen sondheim dave frishberg paul simon and lambert hendricks and ross join hands through may 26 at 845 with additional shows tonight and tomorrow night at 1045 caf carlyle at the carlyle hotel 35 east 76th street manhattan 212 7441600 thecarlylecom 75 and 125 tuesday through thursday 85 tonight and tomorrow holden duncan sheik tuesday broadway gigs are usually not important creative turning points for pop songwriters but spring awakening was the best thing to happen to mr sheiks music in years giving his silken phlegmatic songs a youthful and erotic kick for this show at the concert hall at the new york society for ethical culture he is to play spring awakening material and other songs at 8 pm 2 west 64th street manhattan 212 3077171 concertstonightcom 35 sisario sloan tonight like modern metafictions sloans poprock songs twist inward on themselves with their winsome tunes and neobeatles intricacies they are not just about unrequited yearnings but also about the process of writing pop songs about unrequited yearnings theyre rarely so clever that their heart doesnt come through with small sins at 9 pm southpaw 125 fifth avenue near sterling place park slope brooklyn 718 2300236 spsoundscom 20 pareles southern culture on the skids wednesday this veteran threepiece from north carolina knows just how much to poke fun at chickenfried backwoods rockabilly a lot but not too much to get in the way of some fingerlicking twangy guitar dont let the band leave without playing its barnstorming ode to santo the vigilante mexican wrestler with the dansettes and jule brown at 730 pm mercury lounge 217 east houston street at ludlow street lower east side 212 2604700 mercuryloungenyccom 15 in advance 17 at the door sisario spanish harlem orchestra wednesday anyone whos heard a salsa band in new york city has probably seen some of the members of this group theyre the virtuosic journeymen who are one of new yorks great musical resources as the spanish harlem orchestra they reclaim salsa classics under the direction of the keyboardist oscar hernndez who has worked with ruben blades and paul simon mr simon is to appear as a guest on wednesday at 10 pm sobs 204 varick street at houston street south village 212 2434940 sobscom 20 pareles to live and shave in la rockusadown monday the line between metalonmetal harshness and abstract musique concrte is deliberately blurred in the music of to live and shave in la a longrunning collective led by tom smith rockusadown is a duo of dave unger and joe johnson formerly of the washington noiserock band love 666 theyve kept the skronk going with their new collaboration this is the new american national anthem feedback a 47minute wave of sonic chaos that now and then reflects bits of the starspangled banner at 830 pm club midway 25 avenue b at second street east village 212 2532595 clubmidwaycom 8 in advance 10 at the door rockusadown also plays on tuesday at 7 pm with bad girlfriend and ghost factor at the hook 18 commerce street near richards street red hook brooklyn 718 7973007 thehookmusiccom 8 sisario laura veirs wednesday ms veirss ballads with electronics twinkling above soft acoustic guitars like stars in a perfect night sky cast romance as both intimate contact and cosmic event with charles bissell and lake at 7 pm blender theater at gramercy 127 east 23rd street manhattan 212 3077171 14 in advance 16 at the door sisario dale watson wednesday and thursday mr watson from austin tex sings oldfashioned honkytonk songs that look back to buck owens and merle haggard with fiddle and pedal steel guitar to ease the music onto the dance floor at 10 pm rodeo bar 375 third avenue at 27th street manhattan 212 6836500 rodeobarcom no cover pareles jazz full reviews of recent jazz concerts nytimescommusic muhal richard abrams tonight in addition to being a venerable pianist and composer mr abrams is one of the original architects of the association for the advancement of creative musicians he performs tonight in a duo setting with the guitarist brandon ross and with a dynamic quartet featuring aaron stewart on tenor saxophone brad jones on bass and tyshawn sorey on drums at 8 community church of new york 40 east 35th street manhattan 212 6834988 aacmnewyorkcom 25 nate chinen peter apfelbaum and new york hieroglyphics tonight peter apfelbaum a multireedist and pianist has been celebrating the 30th anniversary of this adventurous africaninspired band with collaborators including abdoulaye diabate on kora and charles burnham on violin at 8 bowery poetry club 308 bowery near bleecker street east village 212 6140505 bowerypoetrycom cover 15 with a onedrink minimum chinen ludovic beier quartet tuesday ludovic beier is a french accordionist with a sterling reputation among the guests lined up to join his quartet for this engagement are the singer hilary kole the guitarist romero lubambo and the saxophonist joel frahm at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen michael blakes hellbent tuesday right before your very ears clean feed mr blakes most recent album showcases his tenor saxophone in a roughhewn but focused trio setting here he enlists musicians who are different from those on the album steven bernstein on trumpet marcus rojas on tuba and g calvin weston on drums but seeks a similar fire at 830 pm cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen ran blake thursday mr blake is a pianist with an attraction to cinematic imagery and spooky silence as he confirms on his fine recent album all that is tied tompkins square as on the album he plays unaccompanied here at 8 pm center for improvisational music 295 douglass street near third avenue park slope brooklyn 212 6315882 schoolforimprovorg admission 15 10 for students chinen joe chamberss outlaw band tonight and tomorrow night joe chambers a veteran drummer and vibraphonist with a gliding sense of swing leads a group with javon jackson on tenor saxophone misha tsiganov on piano dwayne burno on bass and steve berrios on percussion at 8 10 and 1130 smoke 2751 broadway at 106th street 212 8646662 smokejazzcom cover 28 chinen alice coltrane ascension ceremony thursday the death of the keyboardist alice coltrane in january came a shock to the jazz world and to the california ashram that she established this ceremonial tribute timed to coincide with ascension day will feature performances by the pianist geri allen the bassists reggie workman and charlie haden and the drummers roy haynes rashied ali and jack dejohnette ms coltranes son ravi coltrane a saxophonist will also appear among others at 730 pm cathedral church of st john the divine 1047 amsterdam avenue at 112th street morningside heights 909 7440704 or 201 9280513 free chinen patrick cornelius quartet sunday the alto and soprano saxophonist patrick cornelius convenes a strong supporting cast from within his age group mike moreno guitarist miro sprague pianist alan hampton bassist and kendrick scott drummer at 830 pm cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen paquito drivera quintet wednesday and thursday funk tango may not be the most promising word pairing in the english language but it makes for an engaging new album by the cubanborn alto saxophonist and clarinetist paquito drivera who has excellent sidemen in the argentine trumpeter diego urcola and the israeli pianist alon yavnai through may 19 at 9 and 11 pm birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 birdlandjazzcom cover 40 with a 10 minimum chinen eitherorchestra thursday this 10piece ensemble based in boston and led by the tenor saxophonist russ gershon pursues a boisterous polyphony informed by both the visionary sweep of sun ra and the more terrestrial realm of ethiopian pop at 830 and 1030 pm iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 25 with a 10 minimum chinen sammy figueroa and the latin jazz explosion monday on his new album the magician savant the percussionist sammy figueroa advances a bright ideal of latin jazz he leads a group that includes lew soloff on trumpet john michalak on flute and saxophones and robbie ameen on drums at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 15 chinen anat fort trio thursday anat fort is a prepossessing pianist with an auspicious debut on the ecm label she performs her own music with her working trio which includes the drummer roland schneider and the bassist gary wang at 830 pm cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen erik friedlander thursday mr friedlander is a superb jazz cellist whose technique extends to pizzicato fingerpicking here he previews material from his forthcoming album block ice propane which reaches for a contemporary synthesis of american roots music at 8 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 chinen fred frith sunday and tuesday the exploratory tastes of the guitarist fred frith are evident throughout this months calendar at the stone most obviously on the nights when he performs with notables like the composer and accordionist pauline oliveros sunday at 8 the alto saxophonist john zorn tuesday at 8 and the harpist zeena parkins tuesday at 10 at 8 and 10 pm the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom 10 20 on tuesday at 8 chinen ben gersteins the upeivind opsviks overseas wednesday the trombonist ben gerstein conceived the up as an open forum for improvisers like the tenor saxophonist jonathan moritz the bassist eivind opsvik and the drummer john mclellan mr opsviks band overseas which features tony malaby on tenor saxophone jacob sacks on wurlitzer piano and kenny wolleson on drums heeds more of a compositional framework at 8 and 10 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 per set chinen a great night in harlem thursday the jazz foundation of america a nonprofit musicianaid organization stocks this edition of its annual gala with illustrious veterans like the pianist hank jones the saxophonists frank wess and jimmy heath and the clarinetist dr michael white and his original liberty jazz band the celebrity hosts will be bill cosby and danny glover at 8 pm apollo theater 253 west 125th street harlem 212 2453999 jazzfoundationorg 50 to 250 for the concert 500 to 1500 for vip packages chinen joel harrison and harbor wednesday harbor highnote the new album by the guitarist joel harrison imagines a fascinating modern fusion of western and eastern tonalities revisiting that music here mr harrison enlists another guitarist brad shepik along with the saxophonist david binney the bassist stephan crump and a pair of drummers jordan perlson and jamey haddad at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen kamikaze ground crew sunday the trumpeter steven bernstein and the multireedist peter apfelbaum preside over this outfit with contributions from gina leishman and doug wieselman on saxophones art baron on trombone marcus rojas on tuba and kenny wollesen on drums at 8 pm cutting room 19 west 24th street manhattan 212 6911900 thecuttingroomnyccom cover 10 12 at the door chinen chris lightcaps bigmouth tomorrow this ensemble employs compositional forms as a springboard chris lightcap a bassist has creative colleagues in the tenor saxophonists tony malaby and matt renzi the pianist james carney and the drummer gerald cleaver at 9 and 1030 pm cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen joe locke quartet tonight and tomorrow night joe lockes vibraphoneplaying expands on the legacy of milt jackson and bobby hutcherson but he has his own expressive style he also knows how to convene good rhythm sections like this one with jonathan kreisberg on guitar jay anderson on bass and joe la barbera on drums at 8 and 945 kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 kitanocom cover 25 with a 15 minimum chinen junior mance tonight and tomorrow night mr mance is a veteran pianist with tendencies toward both bebop and blues as he is likely to demonstrate here with a trio at 8 10 and midnight sweet rhythm 88 seventh avenue south at bleecker street west village 212 2553626 sweetrhythmnycom cover 25 with a 10 minimum chinen the music of olu dara tonight before he was known as the father of the rapper nas olu dara was a trumpeter guitarist and singer who infused new york avantgardism with mississippi twang his music is the chief focus of this performance with bob stewart on tuba craig harris on saxophones and bruce purse on trumpet among others at 7 aronow theater city college of new york 135th street at convent avenue hamilton heights 718 8845495 multiculturalmusicorg 10 chinen arturo ofarrill trio tonight and tomorrow night arturo ofarrill the pianist and latin bandleader leads a rhythmically insistent working trio with alex blake on bass and jaime affoumado on drums at 915 1040 and midnight puppets jazz bar 294 fifth avenue between first and second streets park slope brooklyn 718 4992627 puppetsjazzcom cover 10 chinen bobby previte wednesday mr previte an adventurous and often effervescent drummer teams up with musicians similarly inclined to pair aggressive experimentation with a rockhard sense of groove the tenor saxophonist ellery eskelin the vibraphonist bill ware and the bassist brad jones at 10 pm 55 bar 55 christopher street west village 212 9299883 55barcom cover 10 chinen renee rosnes quartet tuesday through thursday the articulate pianist renee rosnes leads a postbop band composed of the alto and soprano saxophonist steve wilson the bassist peter washington and the drummer bill stewart through may 20 at 9 and 11 pm village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south west village 212 2554037 villagevanguardcom cover 20 with a 10 minimum chinen jenny scheinman monday ms scheinman is that rare jazz violinist who embraces her instruments folksier side without making concessions to genre the impressive group she leads here in preparation for a recording session includes the guitarist bill frisell the pianist jason moran the clarinetist doug weiselman and the cornetist ron miles at 7 and 830 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 20 to 30 per set chinen kendra shank thursday ms shank interprets jazz and pop liberally but with an abiding respect for melody on her recent album a spirit free abbey lincoln songbook challenge she pays homage to one of her deeper vocal influences with musicians like the pianist frank kimbrough the bassist dean johnson and the drummer tony moreno who all join her here at 8 and 945 pm kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 kitanocom no cover with a 15 minimum chinen jaleel shaw quintet tomorrow jaleel shaw is an alto saxophonist with a progressive take on bebop and he has a way of assembling sharphoned rhythm sections this one includes mike moreno on guitar and kendrick scott on drums at midnight iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 10 with a 10 minimum chinen classical full reviews of recent music performances nytimescommusic opera il barbiere di siviglia tonight bartlett shers breezy production of rossinis barbiere di siviglia introduced in november conveys the comic confusions of the story through its fluid staging and a wonderfully abstract set a matrix of movable doors staircases and potted orange trees behind which the characters spy on one another the heated sexuality in this tale of romantic intrigue also comes through strongly thanks to mr shers subtle direction of a handsome cast the captivating young mezzosoprano joyce didonato is a vocally agile and feisty rosina the accomplished american tenor lawrence brownlee in his met debut role makes a sweettoned technically agile and appealing count almaviva the baritone russell braun is another standout for his hardy and clever figaro maurizio benini conducts tonight will be the final barbiere of the season at 8 metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg sold out anthony tommasini castor et pollux thursday rameau was a wonderful opera composer but since there is not a big market for the french baroque at major opera houses this is a relatively rare chance to hear one of his operas in new york the diminutive opera franais de new york has helped propel the conductor yves abel into a larger career but he returns to it for these two performances there is another next weekend featuring talented young singers like the soprano erin morley at 8 pm french institutealliance franaise 55 east 59th street manhattan 212 3556160 fiaforg 50 40 for students and members anne midgette orfeo ed euridice tomorrow in his met debut the choreographer mark morris has created an often magical and unapologetically fanciful moderndress production of glucks sublime masterpiece orfeo ed euridice he draws rich portrayals from the elegant and ardent countertenor david daniels as orfeo the earthy soprano maija kovalevska as euridice and the sweettoned soprano heidi grant murphy as the god amor here a sassy angelic ellen degeneres lookalike who descends from the skies to intervene in the story members of mr morriss company supplemented by dancers from the met are silent participants in the action but nearly 100 vocally robust choristers portray historical witnesses to the drama everyone from henry viii to mahatma gandhi to princess di james levine conducts a distinguished performance at 130 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg sold out tommasini il trittico tomorrow the mets season ends tomorrow night with its new trittico puccinis triptych of oneact operas which is now officially the most elaborate production in the companys repertory the director jack obrien has created grandly oldfashioned yet insightful and effective stagings of these three very different operas il tabarro a grim love triangle aboard a barge in paris suor angelica a tender mystical and ultimately devastating story of a young nuns yearning to be with her dead child and gianni schicchi an irreverent comedy about the avaricious relatives of a miserly old man who has just died the earthy soprano maria guleghina as the beleaguered bargeowners wife the impassioned soprano barbara frittoli as sister angelica and the stylish baritone alessandro corbelli as the shrewd schicchi are standouts though the powerhouse mezzosoprano stephanie blythe who plays three supporting roles almost steals each show joseph colaneri conducts at 8 pm metropolitan opera house 212 3626000 metoperaorg sold out tommasini vox 2007 tomorrow and sunday showcasing american composers is the tag line of city operas annual series of readings of contemporary operasinprogress twelve composers from robert aldridge to john zorn present excerpts from their works in six afternoon sessions each preceded by a panel discussion tomorrow night four independent groups present new works of their own including a new operina by jack beeson as part of the vox umbrella readings begin at noon performances tomorrow night at 8 skirball center for the performing arts 566 la guardia place at washington square south greenwich village 212 9928484 nycoperacom free midgette classical music pierrelaurent aimard tonight concerts of excerpts short works and juggled movements can easily misfire but if anyone can make something of the format it is pierrelaurent aimard one of the more thoughtful pianists performing now he has in any case made this montage approach work in several recent recitals and the material at hand here holds out fascinating possibilities among the composers represented are boulez stockhausen kurtag liadov mussorgsky tchaikovsky bartok webern janacek schoenberg beethoven and schubert at 730 zankel hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 40 to 48 allan kozinn american string quartet tonight a prestigious naumburg award gave the american string quartet its start more than 30 years ago for the naumburg looks back series this wellregarded ensemble in residence at the manhattan school of music since 1984 presents a program of works by berg schubert and robert sirota the president of the manhattan school at 8 weill recital hall carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 20 tommasini alison balsom sunday the indispensable free for all at town hall series continues with a recital by the trumpeter alison balsom forging a solo trumpet career is not easy and almost all the players who have succeeded have been male but ms balsom a 27yearold brit is having great success with two acclaimed emi classics recordings already to her credit she is joined by the balsom ensemble for a program of works by bach purcell handel byrd falla and piazzolla at 5 pm town hall 123 west 43rd street manhattan 212 7078787 freeforallattownhallorg free tickets will be available at the box office at noon tommasini brooklyn philharmonic tomorrow under the leadership of michael christie its dynamic young music director this orchestra has offered a number of stimulating concerts recently it closes the season with another intriguing program featuring the ridge theater staging of goreckis symphony no 3 and hindemiths mathis der maler with nathalie paulin a soprano as soloist at 8 pm brooklyn academy of music 30 lafayette avenue at ashland place fort greene 718 6364100 brooklynphilharmonicorg 20 to 60 vivien schweitzer chamber music at the y tuesday and wednesday a stellar lineup of musicians including the violinists jaime laredo and daniel hope the cellists sharon robinson and paul watkins and the violists ida kavafian and mark holloway join forces for an evening of chamber music that includes schuberts string trio in b flat and string quintet in c gideon kleins duo for violin and cello and erwin schulhoffs string sextet at 8 pm 92nd street y 1395 lexington avenue 212 4155500 92yorg 40 schweitzer collegiate chorale tuesday orffs carmina burana and brahmss liebeslieder waltzes are the stuff of this wellknown choruss last concert of the season conducted by frank nemhauser the chorus will perform the orff this summer at the verbier festival in switzerland at 8 pm church of st paul the apostle columbus avenue at 59th street 646 7922373 collegiatechoraleorg 20 to 45 midgette discoveries tuesday and wednesday the austrian cultural forums final minifestival of the season features nominally lessknown songs including works by johan hoven who set heines cycle die heimkehr all 88 poems to music the first program performed by elisabeth von magnus a mezzo includes a set of hoven songs as well as works by haydn and a group of familiar works by mozart at 8 pm 11 east 52nd street manhattan 212 3195300 acfnyorg free but reservations are required midgette met orchestra sunday james levine and his estimable met orchestra frame elliott carters three illusions and dialogues for piano and orchestra with mendelssohns scottish symphony and mozarts jupiter symphony nicolas hodges will be the visiting piano soloist at 3 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 50 to 160 bernard holland musicians from marlboro tonight teachers and students intermingle and are sometimes hard to tell apart in this city edition of vermonts famous summer musical seminarinaction here the program includes a mozart piano trio a dvorak piano quartet and the shostakovich string quartet no 8 at 8 metropolitan museum of art 212 5703949 metmuseumorg 40 holland paul odette and ellen hargis tuesday the soprano ellen hargis and the lutenist paul odette have proved an inventive earlymusic recital team and their current program of 17thcentury songs and lute solos offered as part of the boston early music festivals new york series promises a bit of everything from love songs and humorous works to heartrending laments at 730 pm morgan library museum 225 madison avenue at 36th street 212 6850008 morganlibraryorg 45 35 for members kozinn itzhak perlman thursday the violinist itzhak perlman and the pianist rohan de silva return to lincoln centers great performers series with schuberts rondo in b minor d 895 one of the few pieces he wrote for violin strausss romantic sonata in e flat op 18 and lukas fosss three american pieces mr perlman will announce other works from the stage adding a whiff of spontaneity to the evening at 8 pm avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 lincolncenterorg 35 to 70 schweitzer maurizio pollini tomorrow in his two carnegie hall recitals the pianist maurizio pollini is exploring the links between standard repertory works and classic modern scores at the first late last month he traced the links between chopin debussy and pierre boulez now he turns to german composers for a program that includes stockhausens klavierstcke vii and viii schumanns kreisleriana and beethovens hammerklavier sonata at 8 pm 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 34 to 108 kozinn st thomas choir tuesday john scott leads his superb choir of men and boys in rachmaninoffs vespers a remarkably rich work that draws on ancient russian chant ory brown is the mezzo soloist david vanderwal is the tenor at 730 pm st thomas church fifth avenue at 53rd street 212 6649360 saintthomaschurchorg 25 to 60 kozinn san francisco symphony thursday one of the worlds happy marriages between orchestra and conductor comes to new york in this the first of two concerts the san francisco players under michael tilson give the first evening over to stravinsky including the symphony in three movements and to tchaikovsky we get a good look at tchaikovskys enduring influence on stravinsky at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 29 to 98 holland bright sheng and daedalus string quartet tomorrow bright sheng is a lively and internationally acclaimed composer and composer in residence at flushing town hall he has organized several concerts at its small theater and this weekend is the host of a performance with two of his own pieces the third string quartet and the concertino for clarinet and string quartet and brahmss clarinet quintet the daedalus is a young group with many awards in residence both at lincoln center and columbia at 8 pm 13735 northern boulevard queens 718 4637700 flushingtownhallorg 16 12 for members midgette tokyo string quartet tomorrow the eminent tokyo string quartet in residence at the 92nd street y continues its enjoyable exploration of the works of robert schumann in honor of the 150th anniversary of his death the program tomorrow includes the string quartet in f op 41 no 2 and the piano quintet in e flat op 44 for which the tokyo will be joined by the german pianist alexander lonquich mr lonquich will also play schumanns kreisleriana at 8 pm 1395 lexington avenue 212 4155500 92yorg 40 schweitzer deborah voigt tonight this popular soprano sings a recital with her regular accompanist brian zeger the program begins with a selection of songs by mozart verdi strauss and respighi then ms voigt turns to american music with three browning songs by amy beach and seven songs by leonard bernstein including some lovely and seldomheard works at 8 carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 25 to 84 tommasini zephyros winds with pedja muzijevic thursday the baryshnikov arts center continues its movado hour series with the zephyros winds and the pianist pedja muzijevic in a program of quintets by mozart and beethoven and bagatelles by ligeti at 7 pm 450 west 37th street manhattan 917 9344966 baryshnikovdancefoundationorg free but reservations are required midgette dance full reviews of recent performances nytimescomdance american ballet theater monday through thursday the company opens with a gala program of tidbits from the ballets to be performed during its eightweek new york spring season the novelty of the evening is a new pas de deux choreographed by brian reeder to a chopin waltz performed live by the concert pianist lang lang then its on to a week of la bayadre complete with pathetic heroines noble but alltoohuman princes sizzlingly wicked villains and choreography that epitomizes the exquisite purity of classical ballet the firstweek lead dancers are paloma herrera angel corella and gillian murphy tuesday veronika part marcelo gomes and michele wiles wednesday mati nee diana vishneva ethan stiefel and stella abrera wednesday night and ms herrera david hallberg and ms murphy thursday the season continues through july 7 monday at 630 pm tuesday at 8 pm wednesday at 2 and 8 pm thursday at 8 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 metoperaorg 24 to 168 jennifer dunning companhia portuguesa de bailado contemporneo wednesday and thursday the artistic director vasco wellenkamp brings his dramatic vision to the joyce with a return to his dance requiem wednesday at 730 pm thursday at 8 pm through may 20 the joyce theater 175 eighth avenue at 19th street chelsea 212 2420800 38 claudia la rocco dance at the chocolate factory tonight tomorrow and thursday nights skoveworks will perform lily skoves new split a collaboration with the lighting designer t j hellmuth through tomorrow ms skove compares the piece which plays with hidden and obstructed perspectives to a polaroid picture in its first seconds of exposure chase granoff takes over on thursday through may 19 with his new boredom as an amplifier with a score by jon moniaci at 8 the chocolate factory 549 49th avenue long island city queens 212 3523101 chocolatefactorytheaterorg 15 free for queens residents on thursday dunning fridays noon today this informal series of new work and audience feedback will feature work by naomi goldberg haas shannon hummel and dagmar spain at noon 92nd street y harkness dance center 1395 lexington avenue 212 4155500 92yorg free dunning lawrence goldhuberbigmanarts wednesday and thursday stravinsky and elvis uptown and downtown theater and dance drama and biting wit lawrence goldhuber knows how to bridge worlds with a company that includes wallie wolfgruber robert la fosse keely garfield and david parker and a show that features three works new to new york there should be something here for everyone through may 19 at 730 pm dance theater workshop 219 west 19th street chelsea 212 9240077 dtworg 12 and 20 la rocco gorillafest 07 thursday bill youngcolleen thomas company have opened up their studio for a wideranging and relaxedsounding alternative arts festival that includes music film performance art and dance by joe poulson walter dundervill erick montes and osmany tellez through may 20 at 830 pm hundred grand 100 grand street at mercer street soho 212 9256573 15 12 for students and 65 dunning deborah lohses ad hoc ballet tonight and tomorrow ms lohse a classically trained dancer who has worked with the mentally ill will present the lucy poems a series of dances that address mental illness and are set to music by david lang michael gordon and bang on a can tonight at 8 and 930 tomorrow at 3 and 8 pm clark studio theater 165 west 65th street lincoln center 212 8684444 smarttixcom 20 10 for students and 65 dunning la mama moves tonight through sunday this lively series ends this weekend with a single program inventors featuring a young iconoclast named christopher williams and a sly veteran upsetter of apple carts named douglas dunn tonight and tomorrow night at 1030 sunday at 530 pm la mama etc 74a east fourth street east village 212 4757710 lamamaorg 15 10 for students and 65 dunning movement researchs spring gala monday one of the citys brightest spots for experimentation honors one of dances ultimate experimenters yvonne rainer dinner at 6 pm performance at 8 judson memorial church 55 washington square south greenwich village 212 5980551 movementresearchorg 25 and 50 for performanceonly tickets 150 to 1500 for gala tickets la rocco new generation dance company tomorrow this tango and moderndance troupe will perform the blackwhite tango with the guest artists carlos copello who danced in tango argentino and forever tango and luciana paris and elizabeth mertz both of american ballet theater at 3 and 8 pm symphony space 2537 broadway at 95th street 212 8645400 25 to 45 dunning new york city ballet tonight through sunday and tuesday through thursday peter martinss new romeo and juliet will be performed through the weekend with the lead dancers sterling hyltin and robert fairchild tonight and sunday afternoon erica pereira and allen peiffer tomorrow afternoon and tiler peck and sean suozzi tomorrow night then its back to regular repertory now performed in theme programs next week four voices with choreography by christopher wheeldon alexei ratmansky jerome robbins and george balanchine tuesday and wednesday and three masters tchaikovsky balanchine and robbins thursday tonight at 8 tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm sunday at 3 pm tuesday and wednesday at 730 pm thursday at 8 pm new york state theater lincoln center 212 8705570 nycballetcom 15 to 86 dunning ragamala tonight through sunday from minneapolis the company mixes indian bharatanatyam dance with contemporary movement japanese taiko drums and a capella singing tonight at 7 tomorrow at 2 and 7 pm sunday at noon and 5 pm new victory theater 209 west 42nd street manhattan 212 2396200 newvictoryorg 1250 to 35 dunning liz sargent thursday through sunday in revealing ms sargent probes issues of perception and control employing repetitive movements that play out in jayme del rosarios shapeshifting creations at 830 pm danspace project at st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 6748194 15 la rocco doug varone and dancers thursday mr varone and his dancers have an understated but profound way with movement music and performing his new dense terrain set to music by nathan larson explores the notion of human connectedness with an emphasis on the language of words gestures and movement through may 20 at 730 pm bam harvey theater 651 fulton street between ashland and rockwell places fort greene brooklyn 718 6364100 bamorg 20 to 45 dunning world music institute songs shaman dances of manipur tonight presented by the laihui ensemble in a united states debut these rarely performed songs and shaman ritual dances come from the land of jewels an isolated mountainous region in the foothills of the himalayas that is the home of the tibetoburman meiteis people where pure cultural traditions have been preserved at 8 symphony space 2537 broadway at 95th street 212 8645400 worldmusicinstituteorg 27 15 for students dunning art museums and galleries are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of recent art shows nytimescomart museums brooklyn museum kindred spirits asher b durand and the american landscape through july 29 this show of about 60 works by durand has as its centerpiece kindred spirits 1849 a tribute to the landscapist thomas cole and his friend the poetjournalist william cullen bryant a founder of the hudson river school durand 17961886 favored the realistic approach to landscape he explored forest interiors with close attention to the ways of trees foliage and rocks and ground cover in smaller works while his larger and more elaborate exhibition pictures influenced by european masters are arcadian visions suffused with light color and atmospheric perspective the show reveals durands strong sense of artistic mission and his potent role in shaping the aesthetic of 19thcentury america 200 eastern parkway at prospect park brooklyn 718 6385000 brooklynmuseumorg grace glueck guggenheim museum divisionismneoimpressionism arcadia and anarchy through aug 6 ultimately this rare compressed mercurial exhibition of work by the italian divisionists of the 1890s is long on history and short on truly convincing paintings the inclusion of works by seurat and his french dutch and belgian followers clarifies how the italians pushed pointillism seurats invention in all directions toward realism academic classicism symbolism class consciousness and even impressionism the show opens a new albeit small window on the genesis of modernism beyond the french canon if many of the works are period pieces they are also immensely appealing bighearted and physically robust period pieces guggenheim museum 1071 fifth avenue at 89th street 212 4233500 roberta smith japan society awakenings zen figure painting in medieval japan through june 17 japan society has a history of producing exquisite shows of buddhist art and this one with four dozen paintings of buddhists gods and saints hung in shrinelike alcoves is transporting it covers a broad swath of geography bringing together 13th to 16thcentury hanging scrolls not only from japan but also from china where zen buddhism called chan in chinese originated 333 east 47th street 212 8321155 japansocietyorg holland cotter the metropolitan museum of art journeys mapping the earth and mind in chinese art through aug 26 every six months or so the met rotates all the work in its chinese painting galleries to preserve the delicate silks and papers and each time the curator in charge maxwell k hearn produces a new and illuminating thematic exhibition as is the case with journeys outwardbound and inwardbound are the directions taken by chinese landscape painting and it carries us on some fascinating voyages in a show that mixes classical and contemporary art 212 5357710 metmuseumorg cotter the met frank stella painting into architecture through july 29 crammed into a gallery that feels like an obstacle course this exhibition spans 43 years with 25 paintings reliefs drawings and architectural models all with the goal of tracing an evolution that has not yet occurred taking up most of the space are enlarged versions of models that are considered sculptures and that look as if they date from the early 1960s the main draws are the examples of the paintings and reliefs that are the basis of mr stellas importance as an artist see above smith the met frank stella on the roof through oct 28 two large pop art sculptures two architectural models and a model enlarged into a sculptureinstallation piece confirm that one of the greatest american artists of the postwar era doesnt do himself or anyone else any favors when he strays from the wall to work fully in the round the results have a certain stellalike verve but are otherwise generic see above smith neue galerie van gogh and expressionism through july 2 the neue has as usual gathered a stellar roundup of expressionist art in one of the shows most exciting rooms a thirdfloor gallery devoted mostly to selfportraits two extraordinary van goghs hang at opposite ends selfportrait with straw hat 188788 from the metropolitan museums collection filled with energetic radiating brushstrokes and the national gallerys vibrant selfportrait of the artist holding a palette and brushes painted about a year later the most compelling pairing in this room though is van goghs bedroom from 1889 the second of three versions he painted of his room in arles with egon schieles obvious homage the artists bedroom in neulengbach painted in 1911 in a darker palette and with a perspective tipped precariously toward the viewer 1048 fifth avenue at 86th street 212 6286200 neuegalerieorg martha schwendener the studio museum in harlem philosophy of time travel through july 1 this flawed show which was created by a group of artists who studied together at the california institute of the arts is nonetheless an interesting example of one of the art worlds latest trends the art collective it takes brancusis endless column as its point of departure and reimagines this modernist icon from the point of view of art school grads who are versed in the language of artspeak and wed to the righteous cause of freedom of expression 144 west 125th street 212 8644500 studiomuseumorg bridget l goodbody whitney museum of american art gordon mattaclark retrospective through june 3 i have no doubt that mattaclark is now being turned into a hot commercial commodity but at least at the whitney you can see what he aspired to be he came up with various wonderfully harebrained ideas literally in one case after letting his hair grow for a year he cut it off as a kind of performance and phrenological gag the preserved hair dutifully tagged piece by piece opens the show like a holy relic at the center of the exhibition is splitting to a plain singlefamily suburban frame house in englewood nj he made a cut straight down the middle bisecting the building then severing the four corners of the roof the retrospective consists of films drawings photographs and some of the architectural pieces he cut out of buildings the drawings are casual and not too interesting but the luxurious blackandwhite photographs from paris speak more to mattaclarks formal elegance the big message was life as art and art as life a philosophy dependent on our being properly attuned and keen to the moment 212 5703676 whitneyorg michael kimmelman whitney museum of american art taryn simon through june 24 ms simon couches the show in the intellectual powertothepeople oratory of leftist politics yet she clearly delights in exposing in a quasitabloid fashion americas underbelly though she has also worked in wartorn areas ms simon is best known for the innocents a series of portraits of men and women who were wrongly convicted but later cleared by dna test results ms simon can work as long as a year to gain permission to photograph highsecurity zones like the governmentregulated quarantine sites nuclear waste storage facilities prison death rows and cia offices on view in the show there are also pictures with lighter themes the sandpit where the grucci family tests fireworks ski slopes being dynamited for avalanche control and the second death star from return of the jedi at george lucass skywalker ranch ms simon is at her artistic best when her delight in the strangeness of american culture shines see above goodbody galleries 57th street kathy butterly between a rock and a soft place although she is a little off her game here this extraordinarily talented ceramic sculptor continues to impress with exquisitely detailed radiantly colored art historically aware discreetly lascivious little pieces especially if you have never seen her work before still the question of whether it isnt time for a change hangs over the proceedings tibor denagy gallery 724 fifth avenue 212 2625050 through may 19 smith last chance american folk art museum martn ramrez ramrez a mexican peasant who immigrated to northern california and died there at 68 in 1963 spent the last 32 years of his life in a mental hospital making some of the greatest art of the last century he had his own way with materials and color and an unforgettable cast of characters but most of all he had his own brand of pictorial space in addition to being one of the seasons best exhibitions and the first of his work in a new york museum this show should render null and void the distinction between insider and outsider art 45 west 53rd street 212 2651040 folkartmuseumorg closes on sunday smith jo baer ms baer is best known for her immaculate early minimalist paintings and for a 1983 statement in which she declared that the realities of post1960s power politics had rendered abstraction irrelevant by that point she had moved to europe where in her 80s she still lives and she had started painting the figure which she continues to do with verve on the evidence of this quietly vehement show alexander gray associates 526 west 26th street suite 1019 chelsea 212 3992636 closes tomorrow cotter lazhar mansouri portraits of a village 195070 mansouri 19321985 was born in northeastern algeria and apprenticed to a local portrait photographer then set up a studio of his own townspeople and neighbors came to have portraits made either to celebrate an occasion a birth a graduation a military induction or to document a relationship and create personal keepsakes the pictures at westwood all recent prints and larger than the originals would have been range over 20 years whether approached as social and political documents or as objects of beauty they are moving burning lifeenlarging things westwood gallery 568 broadway soho 212 9255700 closes tomorrow cotter the museum of modern art jeff wall this majestic show makes a great case for mr wall as the most complete if traditional of the untraditional artists who emerged from the turmoil of conceptual art his often immense color transparencies mounted on light boxes are enthralling visual vehicles intent on giving pleasure while making a point or two about society art history visual perception the human animal or all of the above an imposing blend of painting street photography and movies they blur reality and artifice narrative and form detail and the big statement you cant stop looking at them 212 7089400 momaorg closes on monday smith richard oelze paintings and drawings from the 1950s 1960s nearly two dozen paintings in the first united states show of this littleknown german surrealist introduce an introvert with a penchant for grisaille grottolike structures that seem built on air and for soft fleshy forms that sometimes have eyes or reveal hidden faces or figures max ernst is a big influence and pavel tchelitchew an obvious analogy but the exquisite rendering and pervasive unquiet are oelzes alone ubu gallery 416 east 59th street 212 7534444 closes tomorrow smith prime time mickalene thomas and shinique smith a sparkling doubleheader by two very different artists with much in common in paintings encrusted with rhinestones ms thomas gives 1970s pinup portraits of africanamerican women the shimmer of byzantine mosaics ms smith turns bundles of castoff clothes into floral bouquets of exotic patterning caren golden fine art 539 west 23rd street chelsea 212 7278304 carengoldenfineartcom closes tomorrow cotter hunter reynolds patina du preys memorial dress 19932007 in 1993 hunter reynolds an artist and an hivpositive gay man first performed as his alter ego patina du prey wearing a black ball gown inscribed with thousands of names of people who had died of aids there were so many names that a second gown had to be made it is in this heartbreaking show along with the memorial books of names collected over the years and blank books for recording names for a new dress in a world littered with bogus monuments this is the real worthy thing artists space 38 greene street third floor soho 212 2263970 artistspaceorg closes tomorrow cotter anne ryan anne ryan sightings are infrequent these days partly because the exquisite abstract collages that made her name in new york in the late 1940s and early 50s are scarce theres just one in this small show at teller otherwise made up of prints and a few paintings all are part of a fascinating and understudied modernist career that should be on permanent view susan teller gallery 568 broadway soho 212 9417335 closes tomorrow cotter williams not in dolphins plans if running back ricky williams makes a comeback it will probably be with a new team i will not allow our fans to be let down by people that are not on our roster not again said cam cameron the dolphins first year coach an nfl rushing champion for miami in 2002 williams who turns 30 on monday tested positive for marijuana again last month which will delay his return to the league until at least september his current suspension began in april 2006 after he violated the leagues drug policy for the fourth time sports briefing rafael nadal extended his record winning streak on clay to 80 matches yesterday by defeating fernando gonzlez 64 64 to reach the semifinals of the hamburg masters roger federer also advanced but he struggled to beat david ferrer 63 46 63 federer faces carlos moy who defeated fourthseeded novak djokovic 76 4 46 75 nadal will play lleyton hewitt after hewitt playing in his first claycourt quarterfinal in three years beat nicols almagro 63 64 serena williams loses in rome serena williams made an array of mistakes yesterday in her final match before the french open losing to patty schnyder 63 26 76 5 at the italian open quarterfinals in rome schnyder will face thirdseeded jelena jankovic who routed elena dementieva 62 61 secondseeded svetlana kuznetsova and ninthseeded daniela hantuchova will play in the other semifinal pro football williams not in dolphins plans if running back ricky williams makes a comeback it will probably be with a new team i will not allow our fans to be let down by people that are not on our roster not again said cam cameron the dolphins first year coach an nfl rushing champion for miami in 2002 williams who turns 30 on monday tested positive for marijuana again last month which will delay his return to the league until at least september his current suspension began in april 2006 after he violated the leagues drug policy for the fourth time congressman wants vick punished a california congressman has joined the cause against falcons quarterback michael vick writing a letter yesterday that urged nfl commissioner roger goodell to act swiftly and forcefully if vick was involved in dog fighting on his former property the congressman representative tom lantos democrat of california is a senior member of the oversight and government reform committee he raised the prospect of government intervention if the nfl failed to discipline vick i am outraged that one of the national football leagues superstars is affiliated with such a heinous enterprise lantos wrote bengals linebacker arrested cincinnati linebacker a j nicholson was arrested on a domestic violence charge yesterday the first arrest of a bengals player since commissioner roger goodell cracked down on misconduct last month nicholson was already one of nine bengals players arrested during a ninemonth stretch turning the team into a prime example of player misconduct the police in taylor mill ky arrested nicholson after a woman called 911 yesterday afternoon to say that she had been assaulted by nicholson he was charged with fourthdegree assault a misdemeanor colleges review for rules on pregnancy the ncaas committee on women in sports will review its guidelines amid reports of female athletes being threatened with the loss of scholarships if they became pregnant janet kittell the leader of the ncaas committee on womens athletics said that her group would review the rules on pregnancy in july last week cassandra harding a member of the memphis track team told the associated press that she lost her scholarship after becoming pregnant and a clemson athlete told espn that she had an abortion to stay in college yacht racing american team falls further back bmw oracle racing the american entry lost to the italian boat luna rossa yesterday in the louis vuitton cup and trails 31 in their bestofnine semifinal series in valencia spain the fifthflight race is scheduled for today emirates team new zealand has a 31 advantage against spains desafio espaol in the other semifinal the semifinal winners will meet in the louis vuitton cup final june 111 with the winner advancing to sail against the defending champion alinghi in the americas cup from june 23 to july 4 arts briefly shrek reigns shrek got even greener over the weekend including thursday previews shrek the third distributed by paramount grossed an estimated 1229 million at 4122 north american theaters in its debut the tracking company media by numbers reported yesterday surpassing the 108 million opening of shrek 2 the new film set a record for the most lucrative opening by an animated film and was the thirdbest debut ever behind 1511 million for spiderman 3 and 1356 million last year for pirates of the caribbean dead mans chest the weekends shrek performance ended the twoweek reign of spiderman 3 sony at the top of the rankings the webslinger sequel took in 285 million at 4324 theaters bringing its threeweekend total to 2818 million third place and 51 million went to yet another sequel 28 weeks later fox atomic in its second week disturbia paramount attracted 36 million in its sixth week and georgia rule universal rounded out the top five with 34 million in its second week drama desk awards honor coast trilogy the coast of utopia the tom stoppard trilogy about 19thcentury russia won seven honors including the accolade for outstanding drama at the 20067 drama desk awards last night at la guardia concert hall at lincoln center the duncan sheik and steve sater rock musical spring awakening adapted from an 1891 frank wedekind play won four awards including outstanding musical the stephen sondheim and george furth musical company was named outstanding revival of a musical one of its three prizes and r c sherriffs 1929 play journeys end set in the trenches of world war i was named outstanding revival of a play one of its three honors frank langella of frostnixon and eve best of a moon for the misbegotten were named best actor and actress in a play audra mcdonald of 110 in the shade and donna murphy of lovemusik tied for outstanding actress in a musical ral esparza of company was named outstanding actor in a musical honors for directing went to jack obrien of the coast of utopia and michael mayer of spring awakening the award for outstanding solo performance went to vanessa redgrave for the year of magical thinking lennon festival in scottish highlands a remote village in the scottish highlands where john lennon spent his childhood vacations plans to honor him with a major festival this fall the newspaper the scotsman reported from sept 28 to 30 the village durness population 350 will mount the john lennon northern lights festival featuring music art dance and film among those scheduled to participate are peter maxwell davies the master of the queens music performing the world premiere of a beatles program with the royal academy of music from ages 9 to 14 lennon spent his summer vacations at durness and returned there in 1969 with yoko ono and their family the place is said to have inspired his song in my life stanley parkes a cousin who shared lennons childhood summers in durness and will reminisce about him at the festival said this is not about exploiting his fame it is about celebrating his inspiration and that is why so many leading artists and johns family have supported the event exile for george michael the singer george michael below confessing a dependency on prescription drugs and extolling the virtues of marijuana said he was considering exiling himself from england to avoid the scrutiny of the news media in a television interview broadcast on saturday reuters reported he said i have started thinking for the first time in my life that actually i shouldnt be here mr michael told the itv talkshow host michael parkinson i have got to think seriously about whether or not my love for my country is keeping me somewhere which is not good for me you know his agent said he had homes in london and dallas this month describing himself as very ashamed he pleaded guilty to driving while unfit and blamed his behavior on fatigue and prescription medicine yes he told mr parkinson it involves prescribed drugs and it involves a dependency on them he attributed his behavior to the loss of his mother lesley in 1997 saying i know i have a very selfdestructive tendency since my mother died i have got to be honest as for marijuana he said nobody ever came home stoned and beat up their wife fats domino back in action fats domino above 79 who lost his home pianos and gold and platinum records when hurricane katrina struck gave his first public performance since then before a crowd of hundreds in a soldout new orleans nightclub on saturday night the associated press reported accompanied by his longtime friend and musical partner the saxophonist herbert hardesty mr domino set the crowd to jumping and screaming when he belted out blueberry hill the program also included blue monday aint that a shame and walking to new orleans mr domino a member of the rock and roll hall of fame is expected to move back into his home in the devastated ninth ward later this year scottys ashes found the suspense is over after a threeweek search the ashes of james doohan who portrayed the starship enterprises chief engineer montgomery scott in the original star trek television series have been found the associated press reported blasted to the edge of space aboard a rocket from new mexico on april 29 two years after mr doohans death at 85 the capsule carrying his ashes became lost in rugged terrain on its return to earth and the search was impeded by foul weather the payload landed in rocky steep terrain in the san andres mountains on the white sands missile range in new mexico hartford medical marijuana bill the connecticut house of representatives after six hours of debate that touched on many lawmakers8217 own experiences with debilitating illnesses approved a bill yesterday that would legalize the medical use of marijuana for some patients the legislation would allow a doctor to certify that an adult patient8217s use of marijuana was for medicinal purposes after determining that the patient had a debilitating condition and could benefit from it supporters said the bill was needed to provide legal protection to people who use marijuana to alleviate the pain of diseases like cancer and multiple sclerosis the bill now moves to the senate where a similar bill passed in 2005 that bill then failed in the house compiled by john sullivan marijuana researchers make progress in the lab but not in washington theres more encouraging scientific news on the use of marijuana to alleviate pain a study has shown that effective doses of cannabis can be delivered with vaporizers which enable patients to get the therapeutic benefits without inhaling harmful smoke meanwhile though researchers are still struggling against their biggest bureaucratic obstacle the drug enforcement administration alcohol drugs and abortion to the editor atul gawandes may 19 column about abortion doesnt mention a significant contributor to abortion alcohol and drug abuse individuals whether young teenagers or those in the 18to25 age group in which abortions are concentrated who are high on alcohol or other drugs like marijuana are likelier to have risky sex tod h mikuriya 73 dies backed medical marijuana a california psychiatrist he was widely regarded as the grandfather of the medical marijuana movement in the united states news summary international a311 poverty stricken iraqis turn to selling sex in syria for anyone living in damascus the fact that some iraqi refugees are selling sex or working in sex clubs is difficult to ignore men freely talk of being approached by pimps trawling for customers and of women soliciting men directly an act unthinkable in arab culture a1 iran and us talk face to face the united states and iran held rare facetoface talks in baghdad adhering to an agenda that focused strictly on the war in iraq and on ways they could help to improve conditions a8 spain arrests 16 moroccans spanish police arrested 16 men most of them moroccans whom they suspect of recruiting volunteers to fight in iraq and other countries and spreading propaganda calling for islamic jihad a9 kazakh leaders kin is sought authorities in kazakhstan have issued an international arrest warrant for rakhat aliyev the soninlaw of president nursultan a nazarbayev and one of the central asian oil states most powerful and loathed men a11 violence spikes in afghanistan angry supporters of gen abdul rashid dostum the ethnic uzbek strongman clashed with the police in the northern town of shiberghan leaving at least seven people dead and 34 wounded officials said the government sent army units to the area anticipating more unrest a10 japan minister hangs himself japans agriculture minister toshikatsu matsuoka hanged himself just before he was to face parliamentary questioning about a political finance scandal analysts said the death could hurt prime minister shinzo abes popularity ratings which have fallen recently a3 national a1216 needle exchange program alone in citys aids fight washington is the only city in the country barred by federal law from using local tax money to finance needle exchange programs it is also the city with the fastestgrowing number of new aids cases the citys only needle exchange program prevention works subsists on a shoestring budget of private donations a1 for sale uranium furious lobbying has broken out over who should end up with 25 million kilograms of uranium that the government is looking to sell one of the companies most vocal in making its case for the uranium estimated to be worth at least 750 million says it should be given the material free a12 cancer genome advance researchers say they have found six new sites of variation in the genome that increase the risk of breast cancer together with already known genes the discovery means that much of the overall genetic risk of breast cancer may now have been accounted for researchers say a13 anger over immigration deal senator jon kyl of arizona a republican who garners top ratings from conservative groups every year is the unlikely linchpin to the fragile alliance of democrats and republicans trying to push the immigration bill through the senate that role has made mr kyl into a lightining rod in the immigration debate a14 bush speaks at arlington president bush used his traditional memorial day address at arlington national cemetery to speak directly in deeply personal terms to the families of soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan assuring them that americans will never forget the terrible loss you have suffered a16 new yorkregion b18 most powerful leaders in new york are at odds gov eliot spitzer and the senate majority leader joseph l bruno are like a dysfunctional power couple the evidence of their antagonism has escalated into an extraordinarily public feud punctuated by ad hominem attacks and barbed sniping in the press b1 mayor critical of congress mayor michael r bloomberg in unusually pointed and broad language criticized congress for parts of a comprehensive immigration bill now being debated in the senate b2 business day c18 push for big subsidies for coal even as congressional leaders draft legislation to reduce greenhouse gases linked to global warming a powerful roster of democrats and republicans is pushing to subsidize coal as the king of alternative fuels a1 cyberwar in a digital age when estonian authorities began removing a statue of a soviet soldier they expected protests but what followed was a series of cyber attacks that nearly crippled the government computer security experts have converged to offer help and to learn about cyberwar in the digital age a1 business digest c2 arts e110 box office is pirate booty the memorial day weekend affirmed the muscle of the international movie market as pirates of the caribbean at worlds end set new industry benchmarks with an aggressive release in more than 10000 theaters in 104 countries e1 obituaries a17 tod mikuriya a california psychiatrist who was widely regarded as the grandfather of the medical marijuana movement in the united states he was 73 a17 editorial a1819 editorials make a bad bill better getting to a colombia trade deal forget ethics remember politics dorothy samuels on revisiting the wicks law columns david brooks and bob herbert crossword e2 tv listings e9 weather b7 california convicted again for drug offense a marijuana advocate was convicted again in federal court of illegally growing hundreds of marijuana plants that he said were meant to treat sick people which state law allows arts briefly dear fans life lessons la britney while lindsay lohan was heading into rehab britney spears right was pondering life after getting out in a dear fans letter posted on her web site britneyspearscom she referred to attention deficit disorder when she wrote recently i was sent to a very humbling place called rehab i truly hit rock bottom till this day i dont think it was alcohol or depression i was like a bad kid running around with add she continued this letter is not to place blame on anyone although i do see the world with a completely different set of eyes now i think the whole problem was letting too many people into my life she went on to say i am only 25 and i do still have a lot to learn and i am going to make mistakes everyday and i am sure every mistake i make will probably be on cnn or good morning america i am only human people and i love you for still loving me ms spears decided life in general is so surreal and crazy she finished by writing i guess we will never really understand or figure out life completely thats gods job i cant wait to meet him or her two novelists obscure no longer maybe its not american idol but two agentless novelists have been plucked from obscurity and were anointed the winners yesterday of first chapters a writing contest sponsored by simon schuster the borders group and the social media site gathercom besides prize money each winner will have his novel published in the fall and receive an advance of less than 50000 designated the winner of the first prize of 5000 terry shaw 44 is the author of the way life should be a mystery set in coastal maine although only one winner was planned geoffrey edwards 30 was named runnerup and will receive 2500 his novel is fire bell in the night a thriller set in the antebellum south the contest allowed writers at no charge to submit manuscripts to gathercom more than 2600 entries were narrowed to a final five the winners were chosen by a panel including mark gompertz executive vice president of touchstone a simon schuster imprint george jones chief executive of borders and tom gerace chief executive of gathercom la scala salutes puccini teatro alla scala in milan will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of puccini next season with productions of il trittico and la bohme agence francepresse reported yesterday la scalas director stphane lissner said riccardo chailly would conduct il trittico the triptych of three oneact operas comprising il tabarro suor angelica and gianni schicchi and the venezuelan conductor gustavo dudamel would conduct la bohme the season will open on dec 7 with wagners tristan und isolde conducted by daniel barenboim the orchestre de paris has appointed the estonianborn american paavo jarvi its music director beginning in 2010 when he will succeed christoph eschenbach agence francepresse reported mr jarvi 44 is the music director of the cincinnati symphony orchestra the artistic director of the deutsche kammerphilharmonie in bremen germany and the principal conductor of the frankfurt radio symphony orchestra sentencing set for george michael a cocktail of drugs was in george michaels system when he was arrested in his car last year prosecutors told the brent magistrates court in london yesterday the bbc reported the prosecutor andrew torrington said the drugs included the illegal dance club drug ghb marijuana and an antidepressant mr michael 43 the former wham singer pleaded guilty on may 8 to driving while unfit because of drugs saying his condition was attributable to tiredness and prescribed drugs his lawyer said a sleeping drug was the most likely explanation district judge katherine marshall said the issue was not the specific drugs but mr michaels condition when found in the car after motorists reported a driver slumped over the wheel at traffic lights mr michael is to be sentenced on june 8 a day before he is to perform in the first concert at the new wembley stadium in london italy any wonder it wasnt built in a day the national research council said it had found traces of cocaine and marijuana in the air of rome it said it made the discovery during a study of toxic substances in the air of rome and the southern city of taranto as well as in algiers small traces were found in taranto and none in algiers the highest concentrations of cocaine were found in the center of rome and especially in the area of la sapienza university the report said the maximum concentration of cocaine in the city was just 01 nanograms per cubic meter but nonetheless a cause for concern connecticut marijuana measure advances hartford june 1 ap a measure legalizing the medical use of marijuana won final legislative approval in connecticuts state senate on friday night capping a fiveyear struggle that pitted broader concerns about patients rights against fears of easing access to an illicit drug brooklyn drug arrests near childrens museum the authorities yesterday interrupted a sophisticated drug organization operating in crown heights said charles j hynes the district attorney raiding several safe houses around the brooklyn children8217s museum the police arrested 11 people ranging in age from 23 to 67 on conspiracy drug and weapons charges investigators secretly videotaped suspects weighing and measuring drugs then bought or seized 28 pounds of cocaine and 8 pounds of marijuana mr hynes said they also seized binoculars and radio equipment used for countersurveillance of the police metro briefing new york brooklyn drug arrests near childrens museum the authorities yesterday interrupted a sophisticated drug organization operating in crown heights said charles j hynes the district attorney raiding several safe houses around the brooklyn childrens museum the police arrested 11 people ranging in age from 23 to 67 on conspiracy drug and weapons charges investigators secretly videotaped suspects weighing and measuring drugs then bought or seized 28 pounds of cocaine and 8 pounds of marijuana mr hynes said they also seized binoculars and radio equipment used for countersurveillance of the police michael brick the listings june 8 june 14 selective listings by critics of the new york times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the new york metropolitan region this week denotes a highly recommended film concert show or exhibition theater approximate running times are in parentheses theaters are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of current shows additional listings show times and tickets nytimescomtheater previews and openings beyond glory in previews opens on june 21 war stories from stephen lang form the basis of this solo play based on the tales of eight veterans from world war ii korea and vietnam 120 laura pels theater 111 west 46th street 212 7191300 the butcher of baraboo in previews opens on monday did the butcher of baraboo wis kill her husband find out in this black comedy 200 mcginncazale theater 2162 broadway at 76th street 212 2464422 elvis people in previews opens on june 21 explore the obsessive world of elvis fans in this new drama about the influence of the king 200 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 eurydice in previews opens on june 18 the hot young playwright sarah ruhl the clean house gives her spin on the classic myth of orpheus and eurydice 130 second stage theater 307 west 43rd street clinton 212 2464422 falsettoland in previews opens on june 17 the national asianamerican theater company brings back its revival of william finns musical about a gay man trying to deal with his wife his lover and the approaching bar mitzvah of his son 140 dimson theater 108 east 15th street flatiron district 212 2794200 gone missing previews start on thursday opens on june 24 the civilians revive this play with music based on interviews it revolves around the theme of loss 130 barrow street theater 27 barrow street west village 212 2396200 intimate exchanges in previews opens on thursday alan ayckbourns eight different but related plays all begin with the same very modern question should i smoke part of the brits off broadway festival 130 to 215 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 old acquaintance in previews opens on june 28 the roundabout presents a new revival of john van drutens drawing room comedy about two childhood friends who grow up to be very different adults 215 american airlines theater 227 west 42nd street 212 7191300 radio previews start on tuesday opens on june 17 a coming of age is paralleled with the growth of the apollo space program in this new drama in the brits off broadway festival 100 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 romeo and juliet in previews opens on june 24 oscar isaac and lauren ambrose play the starcrossed lovers in this new shakespeare in the park production michael greif rent directs delacorte theater in central park midpark at 80th street 212 5398750 sessions in previews opens on sunday albert tappers comic new musical takes place in a therapists office peter jay sharp theater 416 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 10 million miles in previews opens on thursday a new musical by the singer patty griffin and the playwright keith bunin the busy world is hushed is about a road trip from florida to new york 140 atlantic theater 336 west 20th street chelsea 212 2794200 the worst of bogosian performances start on tuesday eric bogosian performs selections from past monologues including drinking in america and sex drugs and rock roll in this labyrinth theater company benefit 130 public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 xanadu in previews opens on june 26 the 1980 cult rollerdisco film about a greek muse sent to earth goes broadway and its about time helen hayes theater 240 west 44th street 212 2396200 broadway a chorus line if you want to know why this show was such a big deal when it opened 31 years ago you need only experience the thrilling first five minutes of this revival otherwise this archivally exact production directed by bob avian feels like a vintage car that has been taken out of the garage polished up and sent on the road once again 200 schoenfeld theater 236 west 45th street 212 2396200 ben brantley company fire beckoning and dangerous flickers beneath the frost of john doyles elegant unexpectedly stirring revival of stephen sondheim and george furths eradefining musical from 1970 starring a compellingly understated ral esparza like mr doyles sweeney todd this production finds new clarity of feeling in sondheim by melding the roles of performers and musicians 220 barrymore theater 243 west 47th street 212 2396200 brantley curtains this musical comedy about a musicalcomedy murder featuring songs by john kander and fred ebb and a book by rupert holmes lies on the stage like a promisingly gaudy string of firecrackers waiting in vain for a match the good news is that david hyde pierce playing a diffident boston detective steps into fullfledged broadway stardom scott ellis directs a talentpacked cast that includes debra monk and karen ziemba 230 al hirschfeld theater 302 west 45th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley deuce back on broadway for the first time in 25 years angela lansbury is so vitally and indelibly present that she even gives flesh to this flimsy comedy terrence mcnallys play about the reunion of two former doubles partners ms lansbury and marian seldes is a jerrybuilt shrine to enduring star power directed by michael blakemore 145 music box theater 239 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley frostnixon frank langella turns in a truly titanic performance as richard m nixon in peter morgans briskly entertaining if alltootidy play about the former presidents annihilating television interviews with the british talk show host david frost the excellent michael sheen michael grandage directs with the momentum of a tickingbomb thriller and the zing of a boulevard comedy 140 jacobs theater 242 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley grey gardens christine ebersole is absolutely glorious as the middleaged timewarped debutante called little edie beale in this uneven musical adaptation of the notorious 1975 documentary of the same title she and the wonderful mary louise wilson as her bedridden mother in the performances of their careers make grey gardens an experience no passionate theatergoer should miss 240 walter kerr theater 219 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley inherit the wind doug hughess wooden revival of this worthy war horse based on the scopes monkey trial of 1925 never musters much more velocity than a drugstore fan be grateful that the cast includes christopher plummer in savory form as a will rogers of jurisprudence an oddly subdued brian dennehy plays his pompous adversary 200 lyceum theater 149 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley legally blonde this nonstop sugar rush of a musical about a powder puff who finds her inner powerbroker based on the 2001 film approximates the experience of eating a jumbo bag of gummi bears in one sitting flossing between songs is recommended 220 palace theater 1564 broadway at 47th street 212 3074100 brantley lovemusik as lotte lenya and kurt weill donna murphy and michael cerveris turn in stunningly shaded performances in what is alas a sluggish mixedup biomusical scored with an eclectic sampler of weills songs lovemusik strives to achieve chilly distance and cozy intimacy in the same breath harold prince directs alfred uhry wrote the conventionally sentimental book 240 biltmore theater 261 west 47th street 212 2396200 brantley mary poppins this handsome homilypacked mechanically ingenious and rather tedious musical adapted from the p l travers stories and the 1964 film is ultimately less concerned with inexplicable magic than with practical psychology ashley brown who sings prettily as the familymending nanny looks like joan crawford trying to be nice and sounds like dr phil directed by richard eyre and matthew bourne 230 new amsterdam theater 214 west 42nd street 212 3074747 brantley les misrables this premature revival a slightly scaleddown version of the wellgroomed behemoth that closed only three years ago appears to be functioning in a state of mild sedation appealingly sung and freshly orchestrated this fastmoving adaptation of victor hugos novel isnt sloppy or blurry but its pulse rate stays well below normal 255 broadhurst theater 235 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley 110 in the shade is it possible for a performance to be too good audra mcdonald brings such breadth of skill and depth of feeling to lonny prices lukewarm revival of this musical about a lovestarved spinster that she threatens to burst the seams of this small homey musical shes an overwhelming presence in an underwhelming show 230 studio 54 254 west 54th street 212 7191300 brantley the pirate queen how to riverdance your way to the bottom of the ocean courtesy of the songwriters of les misrables 230 hilton theater 213 west 42nd street 212 3074100 brantley radio golf the final and in dramatic terms the weakest of august wilsons magnificent 10play cycle about the africanamerican experience radio golf has the crackle of a bustling comedy but this tale of getting and spending in the 1990s directed by kenny leon throbs with a lament for a lost time a lost culture a lost language 230 cort theater 138 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley spring awakening duncan sheik and steven saters bold adaptation of the frank wedekind play is the freshest and most exciting new musical broadway has seen in some time set in 19thcentury germany but with a ravishing rock score it exposes the splintered emotional lives of adolescents just discovering the joys and sorrows of sex performed with brio by a great cast with supple direction by michael mayer and inventive choreography by bill t jones 200 eugene oneill theater 230 west 49th street 212 2396200 charles isherwood talk radio the most lacerating portrait of a human meltdown this side of a francis bacon painting playing an abrasive radio talk show host with a god complex the astounding liev schreiber seems to fill the air as inescapably as weather in robert fallss gutgrabbing revival of eric bogosians 1987 play 140 longacre theater 220 west 48th street 212 2396200 brantley the year of magical thinking joan didions arresting but ultimately frustrating adaptation of her bestselling memoir about being blindsided by grief starring vanessa redgrave the tension between style and emotional content that made the book such a stunner does not translate to the stage the substance here is in the silences when the focus shifts from words to ms redgraves wry wounded face 140 booth theater 222 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley off broadway be a highenergy lowcontent israeli show that blends music dance and sex appeal in the latest attempt to tap into the stomp market 130 union square theater 100 east 17th street flatiron district 212 3074100 jason zinoman crazy mary sigourney weaver and kristine nielsen serve their specialties wasp tartness madcap madness with such gusto in a r gurneys comedy that it feels ungallant to point out that their characters are as artificial as hardplastic dolls a contrived play that never quite connects its thoughtful mind with its sentimental heart 200 playwrights horizons 416 west 42nd street clinton 212 2794200 brantley electra an adaptation of sophocles play that is more of a spoof of a greek tragedy than any serious attempt to revive one 110 the has theater 645 st nicholas avenue at 141st street hamilton heights 212 8684444wilborn hampton ensemble studio theater marathon 2007 series a neil labutes contemporary gloss on a classic tale of greek vengeance is the highlight of the first round in this annual series of short plays dana delany and victor slezak are woman scorned and cad of a hubby in a gruesome drama that packs a visceral punch unfortunately mr labutes play comes last in a mostly unrewarding program 200 ensemble studio theater 549 west 52nd street clinton 212 3523101 isherwood fates imagination sex and politics a natural combination in real life dont mesh very well in randall david cooks play but his ear for humor makes this comic drama about a politicians son who has a fling with an older woman pretty entertaining anyway 130 players theater 115 macdougal street greenwich village 212 3523101 neil genzlinger gaslight the irish repertory theaters revival of patrick hamiltons 1938 thriller about a husband intent on driving his wife mad strips away the claustrophobia and ably resists clichd feminist interpretation as the impish detective who saves the day brian murray is the plays great leavening agent he prompts the heroine to whiskey drinking and you want to raise a glass to him 200 irish repertory theater 132 west 22nd street chelsea 212 7272737 ginia bellafante horizon god is in the curriculum in rinde eckerts lively portrait of a theologian an homage to the christian realism of reinhold niebuhr but even the fiercest secularist should find pleasure in this engaging performance piece set in the seminarywithoutwalls of one mans mind 125 new york theater workshop 79 east fourth street east village 212 4608996 brantley mother load in her onewoman show on the perils of affluent motherhood amy wilson derides the culture of obsessive childrearing as she chronicles her submission to it an affable presence onstage ms wilson nevertheless mines overly clichd territory the nut allergies the horrors of preschool admission the importance of knowing two languages by the time you are 3 posters on urbanbabycom will find themselves amusedly looking in the mirror all other new yorkers will find themselves wanting to move to patagonia 115 sage theater 711 seventh avenue at 47th street 212 2794200 bellafante my mothers italian my fathers jewish and im in therapy steve solomon does skillful impersonations in his oneman show but some of his jokes are as old as the hills 130westside theater downstairs 407 west 43rd street clinton 212 2396200 anita gates passing strange the composer and performer stew narrates this semiautobiographical show about a songwriter on a journey of selfdiscovery part rock concert part book musical it flows smoothly on a strong current of feeling and humor as the los angelesborn central character searches for his musical voice in the hash bars of amsterdam and the cabarets of berlin 230 public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 isherwood tea ageblind casting is a great strength of the pan asian repertory theaters production of this play about four japanese war brides who gather in 1968 to clean up the house of a fifth who has killed herself velina hasu houstons play requires the five actresses to portray their characters at every stage of their lives and it works well that some of them actually are young while others like ako who plays the uptight morejapanesethanthou atsuko are well into middle age but the play itself crams verbiage and melodrama into what feels like a television epic complete with that most stereotypical of figures the dead womans ghost seeking liberation into the next world the whole thing goes down like a long soap opera though the actresses do their best to bring it all to life 130 west end theater 263 west 86th street 212 3523101 anne midgette off off broadway the brig serious students of the stage will want to check out the living theaters first revival since 1963 of kenneth h browns docudrama about the soulshredding grind of daily life in a marine corps prison once again directed by the company cofounder judith malina one of the most celebrated productions in the companys history the brig harks back to an era when theater was at the forefront of both political and artistic radicalism 200 living theater 21 clinton street lower east side 212 3523101 isherwood romeo and juliet shakespeare imagined many things yet perhaps even he wouldnt have envisioned this classic tragedy as a musical the director ellen stewart has added many new elements but the sum remains woefully less than its parts 215 lamama etc annex 66 east fourth street east village 212 4757710 claudia la rocco time flies and others by ives an amusing collection of comic playlets by david ives embraces the little guy 135 laurie beechman theater 407 west 42nd street clinton 212 8684444 zinoman longrunning shows altar boyz this sweetly satirical show about a christian pop group made up of five potential teen people cover boys is an enjoyable silly diversion 130 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 isherwood avenue q rrated puppets give lively life lessons 210 golden theater 252 west 45th street 212 2396200 brantley beauty and the beast cartoon made flesh sort of 230 luntfontanne theater 205 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley chicago irrefutable proof that crime pays 225 ambassador theater 219 west 49th street 212 2396200 brantley the color purple singing cliffsnotes for alice walkers pulitzer prizewinning novel 240 broadway theater 1681 broadway at 53rd street 212 2396200 brantley the drowsy chaperone a pasteboard pastiche of 1920s musicals as remembered by a witty show queen140 marquis theater 1535 broadway at 45th street 212 3074100 brantley forbidden broadway special victims unit often more entertaining than the real thing 145 47th street theater 304 west 47th street clinton 212 2396200 brantley hairspray fizzy pop cute kids large man in a housedress 230 neil simon theater 250 west 52nd street 212 3074100 brantley jersey boys the biomusical that walks like a man 230 august wilson theater 245 west 52nd street 212 2396200 brantley the lion king disney on safari where the big bucks roam 245 minskoff theater 200 west 45th street at broadway 212 3074100 brantley mamma mia the jukebox that devoured broadway 220 cadillac winter garden theater 1634 broadway at 50th street 212 2396200 brantley the phantom of the opera who was that masked man anyway 230 majestic theater 247 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley rent east village angst and love songs to die for 245 nederlander theater 208 west 41st street 212 3074100 brantley spamalot a singing scrapbook for monty python fans 220 shubert theater 225 west 44th street 212 2396200 brantley tarzan a writhing green blob with music 230 richard rodgers theater 226 west 46th street 212 3074747 brantley the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee a chorus line with pimples 145 circle in the square 254 west 50th street manhattan 212 2396200 isherwood wicked oz revisited with political corrections 245 gershwin theater 222 west 51st street manhattan 212 3074100 brantley last chance all her faces a portrait of dusty springfield theres no accounting for fans as proved by anthony inneos loving but slight tribute to springfield if you know the lyrics well enough to sing along you could do worse than spend an hour listening to some of that english divas hits barely packaged in the shape of a play 115 la mama etc the club 74a east fourth street east village 212 4757710 closes on sunday la rocco bill w and dr bob this insightful new play about the founders of alcoholics anonymous subtly makes the claim that the recovery movement was born as a series of accidents patrick husted is excellent as bob smith bill wilsons partner in combating addictions 215 new world stages 340 west 50th street clinton 212 2396200 closes on sunday bellafante blackbird david harrowers stunning new drama looks back at a sexual relationship between a 40yearold man and a 12yearold girl that transforms cripples and paralyzes jeff daniels and alison pill both extraordinary peel their characters down to their barest souls joe mantello is the masterly director 130 manhattan theater club at city center stage i 131 west 55th street 212 5811212 closes on sunday brantley cirkus inferno happy lunacy 100 new victory theater 209 west 42nd street 212 2396200 closes on sunday lawrence van gelder a jew grows in brooklyn you dont have to be jewish or brooklynish to empathize with jake ehrenreich but in terms of fully appreciating his essentially oneman show it probably helps especially the catskills jokes 205 37 arts 450 west 37th street 212 5608912 closes on sunday gates journeys end a splendid revival of r c sherriffs 1928 drama of life in the trenches during world war i acutely staged by david grindley and acted by a fine ensemble led by hugh dancy and boyd gaines this production offers an exemplary presentation of that theatrical rarity an uncompromising cleareyed play about war and the experience of daytoday combat an essential ticket 240 belasco theater 111 west 44th street 212 2396200 closes on sunday brantley maud the madness the familiarity of many quotations from the works of alfred lord tennyson has done nothing to allay my philistine sense of that poet as dated and uneven in quality this dramatized version of his epic poem maud which he termed a monodrama does little to dispel such prejudice although the actor jonathan tindle and the director niegel smith have made a prodigious effort to lift lord alfreds words off the page the mad gothic protagonist they create is unappealing and his flowery words remain a monument to an aesthetic of another time 130 june havoc theater 312 west 36th street 212 3523101 midgette a moon for the misbegotten kevin spacey gives a bizarre beattheclock performance as lively as a frog on a hot plate as james tyrone in this offkilter revival of eugene oneills last play mercifully he does not block the view of eve best who maps the contradictory levels of tyrones strapping love interest with clarity and intelligence 250 brooks atkinson theater 256 west 47th street 212 3074100 closes on sunday brantley phallacy art and science collide in this play by carl djerassi but its not much of a mashup a chemist proves that a curators prize sculpture has been misdated and theres not much refuting the evidence 130 cherry lane theater 38 commerce street west village 212 2396200 closes on sunday genzlinger rosebud the lives of orson welles cineastes will feel cheated by the welsh playwright mark jenkinss effort to cover all the wellknown triumphs and tragedies of this legendary filmmakers life in under 90 minutes he walks briskly and rests nowhere long enough this is a oneman show and christian mckay however is welles to the soles of his feet 130 59e59 theaters 59 east 59th street 212 2794200 closes on sunday bellafante spalding gray stories left to tell a disarming collage of selections from the monologues and journals of mr gray the ultimate standup solipsist who died in 2004 directed by lucy sexton and read by five performers none of whom resemble mr gray with an affection that shrewdly stops short of hero worship 130 minetta lane theater 18 minetta lane greenwich village 212 3074100 closes on sunday brantley movies ratings and running times are in parentheses foreign films have english subtitles full reviews of all current releases movie trailers show times and tickets nytimescommovies amu no rating 102 minutes in english bengali hindi and punjabi this ambitious first feature by shonali bose about kaju a young indianamerican woman searching for the real india and for her roots begins as a gentle comedy of cultures clashing its true topic though is the riots that broke out in delhi in 1984 after indira gandhis assassination thousands of sikhs were killed and as kaju learns justice has been delayed and denied rachel saltz angela r 90 minutes beneath its sophisticated gallic gloss this handsomely photographed feelgood fantasy which shamelessly recycles its a wonderful life and heaven can wait suggests an episode of touched by an angel without the tears stephen holden away from her pg13 110 minutes sarah polleys wellobserved adaptation of a story by alice munro is a quiet tour de force about love and loss anchored by fine performances by gordon pinsent and julie christie as a couple dealing with the loss of memory and memories of past hurt a o scott the boss of it all no rating 99 minutes in danish to describe the boss of it all lars von triers acidic corporate comedy as the office viewed through the looking glass only scratches the surface of the newest film from one of the foremost tricksters of world cinema holden brand upon the brain no rating 96 minutes a baroque entertainment with one foot in silent cinema and the other gingerly toeing the sound waves guy maddins latest centers on a man who in visiting a nowemptied foundling home journeys deep into his childhood its wild its weird its strangely touching and a total mustsee manohla dargis brooklyn rules r 99 minutes however authentic and heartfelt this films depiction of life on the meaner streets of the northeast corridor may be its story of three friends growing up in a mobinfested brooklyn neighborhood doesnt begin to match the sopranos in its epic vision of violence class struggle and upward mobility in a barbarous culture holden bug r 102 minutes in this overwrought psychodrama from the director william friedkin ashley judds acting continues to surpass her career choices playing a shaky oklahoma barmaid she convincingly juggles an abusive husband harry connick jr and a newfound lover michael shannon who sees creepycrawlies in the mattress and conspiracies everywhere though the movies escalating hysteria may strain credulity ms judd has never been more believable as a woman condemned to attract the wrong kind of man jeannette catsoulis crazy love pg13 92 minutes love is blind and so too is linda pugach one of the loonytuners in dan kloress somewhat sickening mildly gonzo documentary in 1959 mrs pugach then 22 and known as linda riss was blinded by her husbandtobe burton pugach a bronx ambulance chaser who singlemindedly pursued the object of his obsession all the way to the marriage altar dargis day watch r 140 minutes in russian picking up a number of years after night watch concludes this second installment in timur bekmambetovs bustling supernatural trilogy dazzles and confuses with equal determination less coherent than its predecessor if equally creative the movie depicts hidden dimensions teeming with beings who swap bodies at will and rewrite destiny with something called the chalk of fate perhaps the fickle finger was otherwise engaged catsoulis fay grim r 118 minutes too lightheaded to qualify as satire too pokerfaced to register as comedy this elaborate spy spoof a sequel to henry fool belongs in its own stylistic niche the hal hartley film movies emanating from planet hartley are an acquired taste shared by hipperthanthou insiders holden the fifth empire no rating 127 minutes in portuguese with this stubbornly static talky drama about a young portuguese king hoping to unite his troubled nation by embarking on a foreign adventure the prolific 98yearold director manoel de oliveira pushes his already minimalist style about as far as it can go at the same time though mr olivieiras aesthetic is in sync with his main interest capturing characters words and gestures in real time as they work through philosophical and political conundrums while remaining largely oblivious to the physical world around them matt zoller seitz georgia rule r 111 minutes jane fonda felicity huffman and lindsay lohan play three generations of strongwilled dysfunctional women in this comedymelodrama from garry marshall its a mess but it does have some vitality thanks mainly to ms fonda and ms lohan scott gracie pg13 95 minutes set in new jersey in 1978 davis guggenheims sensitive underdog tale depicts the obstacles faced by a young girl who dreams of playing on her high schools allboy soccer team while connecting the familiar adversitydrama dots the beatdown the pickup the lastminute support from an unexpected quarter the movies followyourheart simplicity masks an unusual degree of emotional complexity catsoulis hollywood dreams r 100 minutes filled with movie memories and gender confusion henry jagloms 15th and most accessible film finds him in a gentler more wistful mood using a rabidly famesmitten starlet tanna frederick as his fulcrum mr jaglom muses over the burdens of fame and the price of success knowing but never jaded the movie is driven by ms fredericks noboundaries commitment to her broken character a performance thats as startling as it is touching catsoulis killer of sheep no rating 83 minutes largely hidden from view for three decades charles burnetts lyrical film about a workingclass family living in a brokendown home in a bombedout stretch of los angeles is an american masterpiece dargis knocked up r 129 minutes foul of mouth and true of heart this new comedy from judd apatow the 40yearold virgin captures the sexual and moral confusion of the present moment remarkably well seth rogen and katherine heigl are unlikely bedfellows but perfect comic foils as a shlubbabe couple whose onenight stand leans to an unintended but not unwelcome pregnancy scott mr brooks r 120 minutes kevin costner and william hurt camp it up as a serial killer and his demonic alter ego in mr brooks a werewolf movie masquerading as a sophisticated thriller holden once r 88 minutes a modest scruffy movie about two musicians who meet on a dublin street and sort of fall in love charming touching and true scott paprika r 90 minutes in japanese in this gorgeous riot of futureshock ideas and brightly animated imagery the doors of perception never close satoshi kons mindtwisting eyetickling anim isnt greasy kids stuff its for thinking interested adults whose sense of wonder remains as alive as their imaginations dargis paris je taime r 120 minutes in french and english paris je taime a mosaic of 18 miniatures each set in a different location in the city of light is a cinematic tasting menu consisting entirely of amusebouches after two hours of such tidbits the palate is sated but if there is no need for a main course you still leave feeling vaguely disappointed at not being served one holden pirates of the caribbean at worlds end pg13 167 minutes this third and perhaps final episode in gore verbinskis swishy swashbuckling saga wisely returns to the highseas high jinks that made the first film so enjoyable in service to a typically convoluted plot involving british perfidy pieces of eight and a godzillasize sorceress all the usual suspects return to lie swindle and marvel at keith richardss longevity if not his line delivery jack sparrow hallucinates barbossa agitates and elizabeth swann is elected pirate king really mr verbinski knows who wears the trousers in his trilogy catsoulis shrek the third pg 93 minutes the ogre faces impending fatherhood and a career crisis scott showbusiness pg 102 minutes this documentary by dori bernstein follows four broadway musicals from rehearsal through the 2004 tony awards caroline or change taboo avenue q and wicked on top of the usual challenges fundraising rewrites tryouts marketing they all had to endure scrutiny by theater critics and gossip columnists lively sometimes cutting but mostly humane showbusiness is packed with telling details seitz spiderman 3 pg13 139 minutes please god make this be the last one dargis ta ra rum pum no rating 156 minutes in english and hindi this movie about a race car driver the versatile saif ali khan takes place in new york but that doesnt stop it from being a classic example of bollywood family values here all the citys a stage set perfect for famemeetswest side story production numbers saltz ten canoes no rating 90 minutes in various yolngu aboriginal dialects there is nothing more enthralling than a good yarn and the mesmerizing ten canoes interweaves two versions of the same australian aboriginal fable one filmed in black and white and set a thousand years ago and an even older one filmed in color and set in prehistoric times holden 28 weeks later r 91 minutes the virus that killed off most of england after turning its population into rabid fleshhungry zombies seems to be under control at the start of this terrifying sequel to 28 days later but if anything the horror is deeper and the social criticism more acute scott vacancy r 80 minutes this banal horror retread involves a couple of critters luke wilson kate beckinsale flailing inside a sticky trap for what is in effect the bigscreen equivalent of a roach motel dargis the valet pg13 85 minutes in french if you love to hate the superrich this delectable comedy in which the great french actor daniel auteuil portrays a piggy billionaire industrialist facing his comeuppance is a sinfully delicious bonbon a classic french farce with modern touches holden waitress pg13 104 minutes keri russell is a smalltown waitress in a bad marriage who finds solace in piebaking and adultery in adrienne shellys wry and winning final feature scott year of the dog pg13 97 minutes mike whites touching comedy about a woman who loses a dog and finds herself is funny haha but firmly in touch with its downer side which means that its also funny in a kind of existential way molly shannon stars alongside a menagerie of howling scenestealers dargis zoo no rating 76 minutes robinson devors heavily reconstructed documentary is to a large extent about the rhetorical uses of beauty it is rather more coyly also about a man who died after having sex with a stallion dargis film series and revivals lindsay andersons mick travis trilogy wednesday and thursday the british director lindsay anderson made three films centered on his everyman character mick travis played by malcolm mcdowell as a public school rebel in if 1968 as a disillusioned traveling coffee salesman in o lucky man 1973 and finally as a hapless victim of the collapsing english health care system in britannia hospital 1982 anthology film archives has managed to assemble all three features for rare sequential screenings no easy feat because each film is controlled by a different company the screenings begin on wednesday with if and o lucky man and continue on thursday with o lucky man and britannia hospital the films continue in rotation through june 17 anthology film archives 32 second avenue at second street east village 212 5055181 anthologyfilmarchivesorg 8 dave kehr sam fuller tomorrow and sunday the museum of the moving image wraps up its retrospective of the vivid visceral work of this tabloid reporter turned filmmaker this weekend with screenings of the restored 158minute version of his world war ii epic the big red one 1980 as well as three rarely shown films from fullers late period dead pigeon on beethoven street 1972 and white dog 1981 tomorrow and street of no return 1982 on sunday museum of the moving image 35th avenue at 36th street astoria queens 718 7840077 movingimageus 10 kehr the loneliness of the long distance singer monday a rare showing of chris markers 1974 documentary about the french singer and political activist yves montand presented with two short films by mr marker the embassy 1973 and the sixth side of the pentagon 1968 bam cinmatek 30 lafayette avenue at ashland place fort greene brooklyn 718 6364100 bamorg 10 kehr open roads new italian cinema today through thursday a selection of notable recent italian films continues tonight with the premiere of angelo longonis caravaggio which stars alessio boni the best of youth as the tempestuous painter of the title and features cinematography by another italian master of light and shadow vittorio storaro among the weeks other highlights in memory of me the second feature of saverio costanzo private about a young man who enters an island seminary tomorrow and wednesday primo levis journey a documentary by davide ferrario that traces levis path from the liberation of the auschwitz death camp to his home in turin wednesday and thursday and see naples and die an examination of the city in all of its glory and squalor directed by enrico caria tomorrow and monday walter reade theater 165 west 65th street lincoln center 212 9755600 filmlincorg 11 kehr pop full reviews of recent concerts nytimescommusic lily allen tuesday a 22yearold british singer with deceptively sweet skainfused electropop songs ms allen is at her best when snarkily putting down disagreeable suitors smile a no 1 hit in england is pure schadenfreude and knock em out a catalog of snappy answers to bad pickup lines ive got herpes no ive got syphilis with kevin michael at 645 pm roseland ballroom 239 west 52nd street manhattan 212 7776800 roselandballroomcom sold out ben sisario architecture in helsinki black moth super rainbow tonight if the musical segments on sesame street were made with a chamber orchestra and choir and intended for an audience of hyperintelligent prodigies they might sound something like architecture in helsinki from australia frolicsome and inventive as if every instrument were being played for the first time black moth super rainbow from pittsburgh delivers shimmering psychedelia through a screen of pulsating keyboards and blissedout robotic vocals with santogold at 9 fillmore new york at irving plaza 17 irving place at 15th street manhattan 212 7776800 irvingplazacom 20 sisario baby gramps tonight tomorrow and tuesday with a gray beard the size of small shrubbery a raspy popeye voice and manic skills on the steel guitar baby gramps offers a cartoonish variation on the role of hobo troubadour in oldtimey songs like big rock candy mountain but where he really shines is with hilarious and ingenious wordplay as in his palindrome song go hang a salami im a lasagna hog tonight at 7 terra blues 149 bleecker street greenwich village 212 7777776 terrabluescom 10 tomorrow at 8 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom 10 tuesday at 8 pm with kill henry sugar at the gershwin hotel 7 east 27th street manhattan 646 2070595 gershwinhotelcom 10 sisario eef barzelay wednesday with a homely nasal tenor and a few lonesome strums on his guitar mr barzelay of the band clem snide can render heartache with trompeloeil precision or if the mood strikes him simply goof off in one song on his latest solo album bitter honey spinart he takes on the persona of a woman whose rear end makes an appearance in a hiphop video it was on screen for a second but was kind of hard to miss at 730 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 15 sisario booker t and the mgs sharon jones wednesday and thursday as the house band of stax records in the 1960s booker t jones and his crew had an incalculable role in the creation of southern soulfunk mixing musky blues with houserocking rb grooves built around the whirr of the organ sharon jones is the queen of an active local scene that recreates spiritedly but not too pedantically the vintage stax sound wednesday at 7 pm rockefeller park battery park city lower manhattan 212 9450505 rivertorivernyccom thursday at noon bam rhythm blues festival metrotech commons plaza flatbush avenue and myrtle street downtown brooklyn 718 6364100 bamorg both free sisario barbara carroll sunday and monday elegant witty and touching this classically trained jazz pianist and singer now 82 is in her prime the female counterpart of bobby short sunday at 2 pm monday at 8 pm oak room at the algonquin hotel 59 west 44th street manhattan 212 4199331 algonquinhotelcom 58 on sunday with brunch at noon 40 on monday with a 20 minimum stephen holden cartel tuesday those polished punky riffs and bright singalong choruses straight out of the blink182 playbook are not the only signs that this atlanta band isnt averse to blatant commercialism since may 24 cartel has been inside a giant fiberglass bubble on pier 54 in manhattan recording its second album in a carefully choreographed publicity stunt that involves an mtv reality show and web tieins from dr pepper on tuesday the band emerges from the bubble and plays a concert on the pier presumably dr pepper will be on sale at 6 pm hudson river at 13th street west village 212 5337275 hudsonriverparkorg free sisario the clientele tonight theres comfort in familiarity and the soft sweetly finessed songs by this veteran british indiecabaret band with echoes of the byrds gleaming folkrock and george harrisons breathy calm expertly channeled by alasdair maclean are a seductive sonic cocoon with beach house and pipas at 8 bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 15 sisario cowboy junkies wednesday almost 20 years ago this toronto band released an instant classic with the somber and starkly elegant trinity session and though on subsequent albums the cowboy junkies have never returned to that expressive peak the delicate interplay between margo timminss velvety alto and her brother michael timminss muted guitar can be chillingly beautiful at 8 pm the concert hall at the new york society for ethical culture 2 west 64th street manhattan 212 3077171 concertstonightcom 40 sisario deftones tonight and tomorrow night alternately glum and explosive this longrunning altmetal band from sacramento plays tightly compacted guitar riffs as the singer chino moreno howls and croons on themes of disintegration and decay with dir en grey and the fall of troy at 730 roseland ballroom 239 west 52nd street manhattan 212 7776800 roselandballroomcom 2750 sold out tomorrow sisario dumpstaphunk tonight the myspace image for ivan nevilles new band gives an idea of where its coming from the site shows a satellite picture of hurricane katrina about to crash into new orleans funk bands are supposed to be about good times and dumpstaphunk the current reigning new orleans funk outfit provides that in abundance but in angry topical songs like livin in a world gone mad it also reminds us why the good vibes are so badly needed at 11 b b king blues club grill 237 west 42nd street manhattan 212 9974144 bbkingbluescom 17 sisario feist monday and tuesday leslie feist who performs under her last name has become a genuine star of the mellow indiearty scene with deliciously melodic songs on grownup topics that balance pop ambitions with outsider quirkiness at 8 pm town hall 123 west 43rd street manhattan 212 3077171 thetownhallnycorg sold out sisario happy mondays wednesday and thursday workingclass hedonists obsessed with the highs of trippy dance music and with other kinds of highs happy mondays embodied the madchester raverock scene in britain of the late 1980s and early 90s in its latest reincarnation the band plays as the centerpiece of in the city of new york a twoday conference organized by tony wilson the factory records impresario who discovered happy mondays as told in the film 24 hour party people at 8 pm nokia theater 1515 broadway at 44th street 212 3077171 nokiatheatrenyccom or inthecityofnewyorkcom 35 sisario long blondes tomorrow kate jackson of the long blondes from sheffield england has figured out at least one important thing about being a pop star people listen to you when you look good her band has made a splash at home as much for its smart and catchy new wave update as for ms jacksons vintage skirts and marlene dietrichmeetsrockabilly chic as one magazine put it with the virgins and the king left at 830 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 13 in advance 15 at the door sisario bert jansch sunday one of the prime movers of the 1960s british folk scene mr jansch played knotty and expressive acoustic guitar that influenced jimmy page and neil young and in songs like needle of death sang in an invitingly guileless voice of a bohemian demimonde his appearance on the soundtrack to the squid and the whale and interest from neofolk stars like beth orton and devendra banhart who both appear on his latest album the black swan drag city have introduced him to an appreciative young audience with p g six and kevin barker at 8 pm bowery ballroom 6 delancey street near the bowery lower east side 212 5332111 boweryballroomcom 18 sisario john browns body tonight founded in ithaca ny john browns body plays oldfashioned reggae sometimes updated with dubinspired electronic effects the results are less hamfisted than you might think which isnt saying much with trumystic and quintus at 9 highline ballroom 431 west 16th street chelsea 212 4145994 highlineballroomcom 17 kelefa sanneh losers lounge tribute to fleetwood mac tonight and tomorrow night as nick lowe said youve got to be cruel to be kind joe mcgintys enduring losers lounge series now 14 both honors and skewers pop greats with cleverly overthetop performances and turns its attention here to softrocks most incestuous hitmakers at 7 and 930 joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 25 sisario meltbanana sunday the hiccups of guitar and squeals of vocals fly by so fast in the hyperactive music of meltbanana from japan that it seems a minor miracle that so many playful pop melodies survive with drop dead and children at 730 pm knitting factory 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193132 knittingfactorycom 12 in advance 15 at the door sisario neville brothers thursday celebrate brooklyn opens with one of the musical jewels of new orleans whose funk lineage stretches back to the 1950s when the keyboardist art neville recorded mardi gras mambo with the hawketts at 530 pm prospect park bandshell prospect park west and ninth street park slope 718 8557882 brooklynxorg 3 suggested donation sisario lee scratch perry thursday mr perrys quirks are inseparable from his inspirations he is one of reggaes most important producers using the studio to fill arrangements with distortion ghostly echoes and disorienting silences as a performer he sings and rants with lucid nuggets surrounded by malarkey as he discourses on space aliens sex the international monetary fund and marijuana at 8 pm b b king blues club grill 237 west 42nd street manhattan 212 9974144 bbkingbluescom 25 in advance 30 at the door jon pareles pink martini wednesday the hollywood lounge band gone global this 12orsopiece ensemble from portland ore follows a retro glamour jet stream from rio to havana to paris at 8 pm carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 40 to 55 sisario jill scott wednesday and thursday jill scott spills out words spoken like hiphop poetry or sung with jazzy timing to detail the aspirations and loves of a sensual intelligent and selfassured woman the rb crooner musiq soulchild opens on wednesday on thursday the bill is shared by a vocal powerhouse chaka khan and a current pop hitmaker robin thicke monique is the host of these two shows at radio city music hall at 8 pm 212 3077171 radiocitycom 4950 to 6950 on wednesday sold out on thursday pareles steely dan sunday monday and wednesday in 2000 steely dan released its first new songs in 20 years on two against nature and its members donald fagen and walter becker crammed them full of musical subterfuges the band once hated touring but has become quite proficient at it especially now that mr becker has accepted his inevitable role as lead guitarist at 8 pm beacon theater 2124 broadway at 74th street 212 3077171 beacontheatrenyccom sold out pareles joss stone common today the selfreinvention pitch behind her third album says that ms stone is over her early phase of imitating 1960s and 70s soul but on introducing joss stone virgin this huskyvoiced british 20yearold still holds fast to retro sounds this time a highenergy soulfunk tinged with hiphop common the socially conscious rapper from chicago will release his seventh album finding forever next month but hes already on the campaign trail comparing it to the work of bob marley and marvin gaye also on the bill for this benefit for central park summerstage is ryan shaw who in a smoking version of wilson picketts i found a love does the soulrevival thing as well as can be done at 5 pm rumsey playfield midpark at 70th street 212 3077171 summerstageorg 40 sisario mary timony band thursday mary timony who led the band helium has kept her tightly wound guitar riffs but has gradually left behind the personality crises of indierock to ponder higher thoughts and cosmic forces with georgie james and welcome at 830 pm mercury lounge 217 east houston street at ludlow street lower east side 212 2604700 mercuryloungenyccom 10 pareles rufus wainwright tonight and tomorrow night there is bad drama and good drama and nobody does good drama like rufus wainwright who completes a soldout fournight engagement at the blender theater at gramercy with teddy thompson tonight and jason hart tomorrow night at 8 127 east 23rd street manhattan 212 3077171 sisario jazz full reviews of recent jazz concerts nytimescommusic carl allenrodney whitaker project monday get ready mack avenue a new album jointly made by the drummer carl allen and the bassist rodney whitaker features a cast of soulful musicians like the alto saxophonist steve wilson and the guitarist rodney jones who both appear here at 8 and 10 pm sweet rhythm 88 seventh avenue south at bleecker street west village 212 2553626 sweetrhythmnycom cover 20 with a 10 minimum nate chinen jamie baum septet tonight the flutist jamie baum favors a carefully organized approach to composition but manages to create ample space for improvisation a good thing given that her ensemble here consists of ralph alessi on trumpet douglas yates on alto saxophone and bass clarinet vincent chancey on french horn vijay iyer on piano boris kozlov on bass and jeff hirshfield on drums at 8 neighborhood church of greenwich village 269 bleecker street at morton street west village 212 6911770 ncgvcom free chinen john benitez sextet tonight john benitez an authoritative bassist in jazz as well as latin settings leads a group with two tenor saxophonists upfront michael webster and donny mccaslin at 9 and 1030 jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 15 10 for members chinen eddie bert trio tonight eddie bert is an esteemed trombonist with a wellspring of experience in big bands and on broadway his trio includes another seasoned veteran the bassist bill crow along with the guitarist stephen roane at 7 rubin museum of art 150 west 17th street flatiron district 212 6205000 rmanycorg 20 chinen steve cardenas trio tomorrow steve cardenas a sharp modern guitarist engages with an established rhythm team the bassist ben allison and the drummer matt wilson at 9 and 1030 pm cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen kris davis quartet sunday as on the recent album the slightest shift fresh sound new talent the keyboardist kris davis leads her working group with tony malaby on tenor saxophone eivind opsvik on bass and jeff davis her husband on drums at 830 pm cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen joey defrancesco trio thursday the hammond b3 organ doesnt have a more effective evangelist than joey defrancesco whose soulful trio with jake langley on guitar and byron landham on drums makes way for a heavygauge guest the tenor saxophonist george coleman through june 17 at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 30 chinen mike dirubbo quartet tonight and tomorrow night the alto saxophonist mike dirubbo practices a straightforward brand of bebop on his new album new york accent cellar live recorded live at the kitano hotel for this return engagement mr dirubbo enlists david bryant on piano paul gill on bass and tony reedus on drums at 8 and 945 kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 kitanocom cover 25 with a 15 minimum chinen the four bagsbrooklyn qawwali party sunday the instrumental palette of the four bags trombone accordion guitar and reeds suits their modern sort of chamber jazz brooklyn qawwali party which plays a later set uses a more percussive assortment of instruments to create its caffeinated take on the sufi devotional music of nusrat fateh ali khan at 7 and 9 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 chinen freestyle jazz sunday this installment of the descriptively titled east village series comprises successive sets by the jim ryan quintet with mr ryan and dave sewelson on saxophones bruce eisenbeil on guitar and dee pop the series organizer on drums and limbic trio a project of the guitarist and multireedist elliott sharp at 7 and 9 pm jimmys no 43 43 east seventh street east village 212 9823006 freestylejazzcom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen gold sparkle trio tonight this roughandtumble avantgarde outfit performs an early set tonight with charles waters on reeds and piano adam roberts on bass and andrew barker on drums a second set will include additional surprise guests at 8 and 10 the stone avenue c and second street east village thestonenyccom cover 10 chinen joel harrison and harbor monday harbor highnote the new album by the guitarist joel harrison imagines a modern fusion of western and eastern tonalities revisiting that music here mr harrison enlists another guitarist brad shepik along with the saxophonist david binney the bassist hans glawischnig and the drummer dan weiss at 10 pm 55 bar 55 christopher street near seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 55barcom cover 10 chinen randy johnston trio tomorrow and thursday presenting a new composition inspired by the bronx river the guitarist randy johnston leads a formidable trio with nat reeves on bass and gene jackson on drums tomorrow at 6 pm bronx river arts center 1087 east tremont avenue at west farms square fordham 718 5895819 bronxriverartorg 10 suggested donation thursday at 8 and 945 pm kitano hotel 66 park avenue at 38th street 212 8857119 kitanocom no cover with a 10 minimum chinen guillermo klein y los gauchos tonight through sunday and tuesday through thursday guillermo klein a restlessly creative argentine pianist and composer now based in barcelona spain leads his signature 11piece band stocked with talent like the trumpeter diego urcola and the saxophonists chris cheek and bill mchenry through june 17 at 9 and 11 pm village vanguard 178 seventh avenue south at 11th street west village 212 2554037 villagevanguardcom cover 25 with a 10 minimum chinen ramsey lewis thursday a successful crossover artist for more than 40 years the pianist ramsey lewis presents a coolly boppish working trio with larry gray on bass and leon joyce jr on drums through june 17 at 8 and 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 45 at tables 30 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen tony malabys exploding heart tomorrow presumably the tenor saxophonist tony malaby didnt consult his cardiologist before coming up with the name for this strenuously experimental trio with william parker on bass and nasheet waits on drums at 9 and 1030 pm jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 15 10 for members chinen andy milne wednesday and thursday on wednesday mr milne plays his piano in duets with the harmonica virtuoso grgoire maret as on their new album scenarios obliqsound on thursday he leads dapp theory a hiphopinflected group with john moon on vocals loren stillman on saxophones chris tordini on bass and kenny grohowski on drums at 9 and 1030 pm jazz gallery 290 hudson street at spring street south village 212 2421063 jazzgalleryorg cover 12 10 for members chinen david murray black saint quartet wednesday and thursday a spirited sometimes blustery tenor saxophonist david murray enlists the same working rhythm section that appears on his politically charged new album sacred ground justintime the pianist lafayette gilchrist the bassist ray drummond and the drummer andrew cyrille through june 16 at 830 and 11 pm birdland 315 west 44th street clinton 212 5813080 birdlandjazzcom cover 35 with a 10 minimum chinen jeff newells newtrad octet thursday this aptly named band led by the saxophonist jeff newell appears as part of the bargemusic concert series celebrating the release of its first album brownstone with a respectfully revisionist set of early jazz gospel and parade music at 8 pm fulton ferry landing near the brooklyn bridge brooklyn 718 6242083 bargemusicorg 35 20 for students chinen night of the ravished limbs wednesday in its first set this installment of the park slope series showcases a collaborative trio with the danish saxophonist lotte anker the minneapolisreared pianist craig taborn and the detroitborn drummer gerald cleaver the second set features another trio with tony malaby on tenor saxophone angelica sanchez on wurlitzer piano and tom rainey on drums at 8 and 10 pm barbs 376 ninth street at sixth avenue park slope brooklyn 718 9659177 barbesbrooklyncom cover 10 chinen eddie palmieri trio wednesday and thursday eddie palmieri salsas pioneering pianist and bandleader makes a rare appearance without a horn section though hell have a dynamite guest soloist in the form of the tenor saxophonist david snchez through june 17 at 830 and 1030 pm iridium 1650 broadway at 51st street 212 5822121 iridiumjazzclubcom cover 35 with a 10 minimum chinen eric reed quartetquintet tonight through sunday and tuesday through thursday this weekend the pianist eric reed fronts a quartet with jeff clayton on alto saxophone gerald cannon on bass and willie jones iii on drums next week hell have the same rhythm section but two saxophonists stacy dillard and seamus blake through june 17 at 730 and 930 with an 1130 set tonight and tomorrow dizzys club cocacola frederick p rose hall jazz at lincoln center 60th street and broadway 212 2589595 jalcorg cover 30 with a minimum of 10 at tables 5 at the bar chinen jerome sabbagh quartet tuesday jerome sabbagh an unassumingly selfassured tenor saxophonist and composer in the postmodern mainstream leads a sleek ensemble with lage lund on guitar joe martin on bass and otis brown iii on drums at 9 and 1030 pm louis 649 649 east ninth street at avenue c east village 212 6731190 louis649com no cover chinen brad shepik trio tonight on his recent album places you go songlines the broadminded guitarist brad shepik spearheads a trio with gary versace on hammond b3 organ and tom rainey on drums here he works with mr rainey and a bassist john hebert at 9 and 1030 cornelia street caf 29 cornelia street west village 212 9899319 corneliastreetcafecom cover 10 with a onedrink minimum chinen omar sosa tuesday and wednesday mr sosa a spirited afrocuban jazz pianist previews music from his next release afreecanos ot his partners in rhythm are the electric bassist childo tomas and the drummer julio barreto at 8 and 1030 pm blue note 131 west third street west village 212 4758592 bluenotenet cover 25 at tables 15 at the bar with a 5 minimum chinen esperanza spalding trio wednesday esperanza spalding is a gifted young bassist and singer whose debut album junjo ayva finds her calmly guiding a trio she performs in that format here with leo genovese on piano and lyndon rochelle on drums at 730 and 930 pm jazz standard 116 east 27th street manhattan 212 5762232 jazzstandardnet cover 20 chinen mike stern band wednesday the guitarist mike stern has a goofily titled new album who let the cats out heads up that features the quite serious electric bass playing of richard bona this engagement features mr bona along with the drummer lionel cordew at 10 55 bar 55 christopher street near seventh avenue south west village 212 9299883 55barcom cover 10 chinen tribute to oscar peterson master of swing tonight this legendary pianist now in his 80s wont personally preside over this tribute but thats no reason to overlook an embarrassment of riches that includes the pianists hank jones billy taylor and marian mcpartland the trumpeters clark terry and wynton marsalis and the singers dee dee bridgewater and freddy cole at 8 carnegie hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 18 to 66 chinen randy weston tonight and tomorrow night the pianism of randy weston can recall duke ellington and thelonious monk but as a composer he has long reached beyond strict jazz traditions as he demonstrates best with his longstanding african rhythms ensembles his program here is intended as a tribute to the composer james reese europe at 730 harlem stage at the gatehouse 150 convent avenue at west 135th street hamilton heights 212 6507100 harlemstageorg 35 chinen zanussi five tonight and sunday this hyperkinetic young norwegian band led by the bassist per zanussi features a front line of three assertive saxophonists rolferik nystrom kjetil moster and eirik hegdal along with an excellent drummer per oddvar johansen tonight at 830 center for improvisational music 295 douglass street near third avenue park slope brooklyn 212 6315882 schoolforimprovorg cover 10 6 for students sunday at 7 pm bar 4 444 seventh avenue at 15th street park slope brooklyn 718 8329800 myspacecomkonceptionsatbar4 5 suggested donation chinen classical full reviews of recent music performances nytimescommusic opera falstaff tomorrow and sunday in its heyday on bleecker street amato opera was where young new yorkers saw their first operas in its current home on the bowery it has taken on a certain quality of camp but its loyal fans still love it and it still loves opera and offers verdi with all of that love so that some of the spirit of the opera comes across almost in spite of the variable skills of its performers tomorrow at 730 pm sunday at 230 pm amato opera 319 bowery at second street east village 212 2288200 amatoorg 35 28 for students and 65 anne midgette met in the parks tuesday and wednesday opera companies are always drumming up new ways to attract a big audience but the crowds that flock picnic in tow to new york city parks for the metropolitan operas annual outdoor summer performances seem to need little enticement this month the met is offering la bohme and faust at bohme on tuesday gareth morrell conducts heikyung hong as mim mary dunleavy as musetta roberto aronica as rodolfo dwayne croft as marcello jeff mattsey as schaunard and andrew gangestad as colline for faust on wednesday maurizio benini conducts david pomeroy in the title role katie van kooten as marguerite kate lindsey as sibel hung yun as valentin and james morris as mphistophls at 8 pm great lawn central park 212 3626000 metoperaorg free vivien schweitzer classical music bargemusic tonight through sunday and wednesday romanticism and early modernism are on the agenda at this floating concert hall this week tonight dmitry alexeev devotes his piano recital to beethovens sonatas nos 5 and 32 as well as to works by chopin and beethoven has the stage to himself in a chamber program on wednesday that includes the septet op 20 as its centerpiece tomorrow afternoon julia zilberquit plays piano music by liadov medtner rachmaninoff and tcherepnin and tomorrow evening and on sunday afternoon dmitry and anya alexeev pick up this russian thread in a program of piano works by balakirev liadov and medtner with a piano fourhands version of stravinskys rite of spring as its conclusion tonight at 8 tomorrow at 1 and 8 pm sunday at 4 pm wednesday at 8 pm fulton ferry landing next to the brooklyn bridge brooklyn 718 6242083 bargemusicorg 35 20 for students 30 for 65 tonight and on thursday allan kozinn connecticut early music festival tonight and sunday this annual threeweek feast of early music slightly spare yet charming in the best new england tradition begins this weekend with what you could call song and dance tonight the vocal trio liber unusualis performs mystical songs from the 14th and 15th centuries on sunday vivaldis complete estro armonico a groundbreaking sequence of 12 concerti will be performed in the original chamber instrumentation tonight at 8 enders island chapel masons island mystic sunday at 6 pm christ the king church old lyme 860 4442419 ctearlymusicorg 20 to 26 midgette da capo chamber players tonight the innovative da capo chamber ensemble concludes its 36th season with sonic brew a lively program of contemporary works featuring david langs sweet air randall woolfs no luck no happiness beth mays gloaming jefferson friedmans 78 jacob ter veldhuiss grab it john halles free people and marc mellitss spam at 730 the knitting factory 74 leonard street tribeca 212 2193132 knittingfactorycom or dacapochamberplayersorg 20 10 for students and 65 schweitzer emerson string quartet sunday tuesday and thursday for their perspectives series at carnegie hall these superb musicians are presenting a complete cycle of the beethoven quartets but in a much larger framework these seminal works are being performed alongside pieces by composers from bach to kaija saariaho whose terra memoria has been commissioned especially for this occasion sundays program juxtaposes beethovens harp and serioso quartets with works by anton webern and bartoks teeming third quartet the emerson which is celebrating its 30th anniversary with this series sounded in top form for the first concert the one drawback is carnegie hall which for all its acoustical glory is not an ideal space for an intimate string quartet experience at 8 pm 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 32 to 79 anthony tommasini ensemble acjw tomorrow earlier this year carnegie hall the weill music institute and the juilliard school jointly instituted a visionary program to train outstanding young musicians on the verge of professional careers and integrate them into the music programs of selected new york city public schools the emerging artists have been showcased this spring in several concerts at carnegie hall the next one is tomorrow night an exciting and ambitious program with largescale works by webern ligeti henri dutilleux mauricio kagel and john adams the chamber symphony but the sponsors should strongly consider coming up with a better name for this talented roster of players at 7 pm zankel hall 212 2477800 carnegiehallorg 15 tommasini mannes beethoven institute tonight this weeklong program of instruction lectures and concerts which ends on sunday has been dealing mainly with beethovens chamber music tonights faculty concert offers the piano trio in d from op 70 the piano sonata in e op 109 with claude frank and the brentano string quartet playing the late e flat quartet op 127 at 8 mannes college the new school for music 150 west 85th street manhattan 212 5800210 newschooledumannesbi 20 bernard holland new york philarmonic tonight tomorrow tuesday and thursday riccardo muti may not be coming to the philharmonic as music director but he does drop by periodically and he is doing so right now tonight tomorrow and tuesday music by cherubini and hindemith frames a performance of beethovens emperor concerto with the pianist lang lang providing the flash mr muti reappears with a new program of rossini schubert and dvorak on thursday tonight and tomorrow night at 8 tuesday and thursday at 730 pm avery fisher hall lincoln center 212 7216500 nyphilorg 38 to 106 holland st lukes chamber ensemble tomorrow and sunday unbound is the title of the second program in notable women st lukes chamber festival celebrating female composers it denotes women who have sufficiently freed themselves of the stigma of being female evidently still something of a handicap in a field that remains around 80 percent male to achieve success they include jennifer higdon libby larsen and joan tower who has organized the whole festival as a way to promote discussion and on a practical level a new burst of oldgirl networking the first performance of a commissioned work by kati agcs is also on the program tomorrow at 2 pm chelsea art museum 556 west 22nd street chelsea sunday at 3 pmdiabeacon beacon ny 212 5946100 oslmusicorg 20 midgette western wind tonight this vocal ensemble has performed an enormous repertory over the years from ancient to modern works with occasional excursions into pop and theater music offsetting their more typical classical programs its current program is all contemporary music and includes the world premiere of basket rondo written for the group by meredith monk scores by philip glass tania len william bolcom robert dennis matthew harris eric salzman gayla d morgan and one of the ensembles singers elliot z levine are also included at 8 paula cooper gallery 534 west 21st street chelsea 212 8732848 westernwindorg 25 15 for students and 65 kozinn dance full reviews of recent performances nytimescomdance american ballet theater tonight tomorrow and monday through thursday the companys controversial new production of the sleeping beauty filled with equal moments of beauty and wrongheadedness will be performed tonight and tomorrow tonights cast features irina dvorovenko aurora and maxim belotserkovsky dsir followed by gillian murphy and david hallberg tomorrow afternoon and diana vishneva and mr hallberg in the evening kenneth macmillans manon moves in next week through july 7 take your pick tonight at 8 tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm monday through thursday at 8 pm metropolitan opera house lincoln center 212 3626000 abtorg 24 to 110 jennifer dunning lori belilove tonight ms belilove who specializes in the dances of isadora duncan will present her own choreography in a program titled the everywoman series the red thread the dances are set to music by chopin performed live at 8 pm ailey citigroup theater 405 west 55th street clinton 212 6915040 isadoraduncanorg 28 dunning cedar lake contemporary ballet tonight through sunday and tuesday through thursday the company will perform decadance a suite of excerpts from dances created since 1985 by ohad naharin director of dance company in tel aviv through july 1 tonight and tomorrow night at 8 sunday at 7 pm tuesday through thursday at 8 pm cedar lake theater 547 west 26th street chelsea 212 8684444 cedarlakedancecom 40 10 for students and 65 dunning dance at dna tonight tomorrow and thursday this weekend the stefanie nelson dance group performs an interactive multimedia dance inspired by the antics of alice in wonderland on thursday neta pulvermachers neta dance company performs a new trilogy that laughs at death set to music by elvis presley and featuring a bluebird chandelier through june 17 at 8 dance new amsterdam 280 broadway at chambers street tribeca 212 2794200 dnadanceorg 17 for nelson 20 for pulvermacher dunning dancemopolitan at joes pub thursday villains and heroes the 100 most influential people who never lived is a suite of dances inspired by the favorite villains and heroes of the choreographers who are performing the dancers are former members of stephen petronios company and mr petronio himself is the evenings host through june 15 at 930 pm joes pub at the public theater 425 lafayette street at astor place east village 212 9677555 joespubcom 20 dunning food for thought tonight through sunday night downtown dance performances can feel as if they happen in a bubble but this weekend you can have your art and be an activist too as food for thought features three evenings organized by irene hultman jonah bokaer and gina gibney at 830 danspace project st marks church 131 east 10th street east village 212 6748194 5 with two cans of food or 10 claudia la rocco risa jaroslow thursday ms jaroslows solo a jew in poland addresses the destruction of old jewish communities in that country it is being performed in connection with an exhibition and i still see their faces the vanished world of polish jews and will be followed by a discussion with the choreographerperformer at 7 pm yeshiva university museum 15 west 16th street flatiron district 917 6068200 yumuseumorg 8 6 for students and 65 dunning marc bamuthi joseph tonight and tomorrow night a renaissance activist mr joseph will take a look at two centuries of haitian independence through hiphop poetry and music at 8 kumble theater for the performing arts at long island university brooklyn campus flatbush and dekalb avenues downtown brooklyn 718 4881264 651artsorg 20 15 for students and 65 dunning movement research at the judson church monday its the last chance this season to catch experiments in movement from some of todays most inquisitive artists this week catch ivy baldwin sujin lee and paul singh at 8 pm 55 washington square south south village 212 5980551 movementresearchorg free la rocco new york city ballet tonight through sunday and tuesday through thursday the big news is the premiere tonight of christopher wheeldons new work the nightingale and the rose set to music by bright sheng the companys resident composer and starring wendy whelan sara mearns and tyler angle tonights program tradition and innovation also includes peter martinss jeu de cartes and robert schumanns davidsbundlertanze and oddly the rosenkavalier section of vienna waltzes by george balanchine other programs are the onetimeonly combination of mr wheeldons new ballet balanchines union jack and rubies from balanchines jewels danced for the first time by megan fairchild and the delicious joaquin de luz completing the weeks repertory are three by bach balanchines concerto barocco christopher damboises tribute and jerome robbinss brandenburg tomorrow night essential balanchine walpurgisnacht ballet liebeslieder walzer and symphony in three movements on sunday the balanchine classic jewels tuesday and thursday and balanchine and robbins masters at work balanchines raymonda variations and stravinsky violin concerto and robbinss dybbuk on wednesday through june 24 tonight at 8 tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm sunday at 3 pm tuesday and wednesday at 730 pm thursday at 8 p m new york state theater lincoln center 212 8705570 nycballetcom 15 to 86 dunning noche flamenca tonight through sunday wednesday and thursday its back with a new piece called aldaba and the company star soledad barrio she of unfailing fire through july 29 tonight at 8 tomorrow at 2 and 8 pm sunday at 2 and 5 pm theater 80 80 st marks place at first avenue east village 212 3523101 theatremaniacom 55 dunning jody oberfelder dance projects wednesday and thursday ms oberfelder known for her acrobatic highenergy dance mixed with glints of humor will present her new heavy light inspired by horace walpoles notion that life is a comedy for thinkers and a tragedy for those who feel and the title comes last in which performers travel from a workaday world into a land of vibrancy take us with you through june 17 at 7 pm the flea theater 41 white street tribeca 212 3523101 thefleaorg 20 12 for students and 65 175 to 250 for the gala on wednesday including reception and postperformance dinner dunning pascal rioult dance theater tuesday through thursday the company celebrates its 15th anniversary with two premieres including exp1 set to an electronic score as well as the return of if by chance and black diamond through june 17 tuesday at 730 pm wednesday at 7 pm thursday at 8 pm joyce theater 175 eighth avenue at 19th street chelsea 212 2420800 38 la rocco sensnomie lafrance thursday ms lafrance known for visually dramatic sitespecific dance will present performances of a work in progress called rapture in which dancers travel across stainlesssteel roofs and walls in a response to the architectural design of frank gehrys fisher center through june 16 at 8 pm fisher center for the performing arts at bard college annandale on the hudson ny 575 7587900 fishercenterbardedu dunning streb slam tonight through sunday highflying wallcrashing thrills and chills and popcorn besides through june 17 tonight at 7 tomorrow at 3 and 7 pm sunday at 3 pm streb laboratory for action mechanics 51 north first street williamsburg brooklyn 212 3523101 strebusaorg 20 10 for children dunning nina winthrop and dancers tonight through sunday dancers will perform ms winthrops constraints i ii iii each is a quartet danced by women that explores the expectations and pressures women face tonight and tomorrow night at 7 sunday at 3 pm flea theater 41 white street tribeca 212 3523101 thefleaorg 15 12 for students and 65 dunning art museums and galleries are in manhattan unless otherwise noted full reviews of recent art shows nytimescomart museums brooklyn museum global feminisms through july 1 too much of the work in this assembly of pieces by nearly 90 women from nearly 50 countries is bodyoriented and doesnt venture beyond the essentialism of judy chicagos indomitable 197579 installation opus the dinner party whose enshrinement in the new elizabeth a sackler center for feminist art this exhibition celebrates thoroughly dominated by photography and video with a documentary slant to many of its better moments the show is more about information politics and the struggle for equality than it is about art in any very concentrated or satisfying sense that doesnt keep parts of it from being energetic and illuminating 200 eastern parkway brooklyn 718 6385000 brooklynmuseumorg roberta smith brooklyn museum kindred spirits asher b durand and the american landscape through july 29 this show of about 60 works by durand has as its centerpiece kindred spirits 1849 a tribute to the landscapist thomas cole and his friend the poet and journalist william cullen bryant a founder of the hudson river school durand 17961886 favored the realistic approach to landscape he explored forest interiors with close attention to the ways of trees foliage and rocks and ground cover in smaller works while his larger and more elaborate exhibition pictures influenced by european masters are arcadian visions suffused with light color and atmospheric perspective 200 eastern parkway at prospect park brooklyn 718 6385000 brooklynmuseumorg grace glueck guggenheim museum divisionismneoimpressionism arcadia and anarchy through aug 6 ultimately this rare compressed mercurial exhibition of work by the italian divisionists of the 1890s is long on history and short on truly convincing paintings the inclusion of works by seurat and his french dutch and belgian followers clarifies how the italians pushed pointillism seurats invention in all directions toward realism academic classicism symbolism class consciousness and even impressionism the show opens a new albeit small window on the genesis of modernism beyond the french canon if many of the works are period pieces they are also immensely appealing bighearted and physically robust period pieces guggenheim museum 1071 fifth avenue at 89th street 212 4233500 smith international center of photography biographical landscape the photography of stephen shore 19691979 through sept 9 in 1971 the metropolitan museum of art gave stephen shore its secondever exhibition by a living photographer alfred stieglitz had the first he was 23 when it opened what he did makes up most of this wonderful show mr shore has reprinted the photographs digitally with rejuvenated colors as fresh and subtle as the day the pictures were shot the works laconic eloquence speaks of an era and a nation its wit and affection add buoyancy to scenes of threadbare america from a moment when the country was depressed by war and years of civil unrest its formal rigor makes an uncanny order out of images that at first glance look like no place or nothing look again his show reminds us of a period when cuttingedge american art and the tradition of straight documentary photography got together 1133 avenue of the americas at west 43rd street 212 8570000 michael kimmelman international center of photography let your motto be resistance african american portraits through sept 9 this show of photographic portraits is a praisesong in pictures a shoutout to history its also a fancydress inaugural party for the yettobebuilt national museum of african american history and culture in washington it tends to be a little too fancy too heavy on glitz too short on grit still what a party it is with a whos who of charismatic black statesmen from frederick douglass to malcolm x and with leontyne price mahalia jackson and the supremes sharing a stage see above holland cotter the metropolitan museum of art impressionist and early modern paintingsthe clark brothers collect through aug 19 the met examines the lives and collecting habits of two feuding brothers heirs to the singer sewing machine fortune who were among the leading 20thcentury art patrons sterling clark was founder of the sterling and francine clark art institute in williamstown mass his younger brother stephen was a trustee of both the met and the museum of modern art and established the national baseball hall of fame in cooperstown ny the brothers shared a love of renoir degas and americans like winslow homer but sterling drew the line at czanne and considered matisse and picasso bad painters and fakers tracking their taste and how they dispersed their collections is interesting and perhaps instructive for contemporary collectors 212 5357710 metmuseumorg martha schwendener the met poiret king of fashion through aug 5 a revolutionary in revolutionary times the fashion designer paul poiret introduced unstructured garments that freed women from corsets in 1906 the year before picasso committed his decidedly uninhibited and unstaid demoiselles davignon to canvas but the modern painter whom poiret most resembles in his love of the exotic his brilliant use of color and pattern and his penchant for simplified almost rudimentary form is matisse this rare exhibition from the mets costume institute does his sartorial genius justice with a spare installation rendered radiant by handpainted silk backdrops of the leafy parks and luxurious drawing rooms of paris see above smith el museo del barrio the disappeared los desaparecidos through june 17 the most potent show of contemporary political art of the season and one of the most moving shows of any kind in the city right now the title refers to a peculiarly chilling form of violence associated with political upheavals in latin america over the past 40 years and now becoming more common in iraq 1230 fifth avenue at 104th street 212 8317272 elmuseo org cotter museum of modern art richard serra sculpture 40 years through sept 10 this retrospective is a landmark by a titan of sculpture at 67 mr serra is still nudging the language of abstraction constructing ever more awesome mazes of looming corten steel his torqued ellipses and torqued toruses and other recent works like band and sequence have their origins in work he did 40 years ago in rubber and lead as this retrospective handsomely affirms but these are nonetheless unprecedented variations on the theme of dumbfounding spirals and loops these shapes and experiences are new thats about the best and the rarest compliment you can give to any artist 212 7089400 momaorg kimmelman the national academy 182nd annual an exhibition of contemporary art through july 24 the national academy has mounted annual exhibitions showcasing living american artists as opposed to dead europeans since it was founded in 1826 the annuals now alternate between invitationals including nonmembers and years devoted to academicians professional artists elected by their peers to be members of the national academy this is a membersonly year which means that the work is more conservative or traditional if you like heavily weighted toward painting the exhibition includes lots of heirs to abstract expressionism and scores of competent figurative paintings and expressionist and impressionistinspired still lifes and landscapes among the participants are philip pearlstein william bailey will barnet melvin edwards sylvia plimack mangold richard estes and lois dodd 1083 fifth avenue at 89th street 212 3694880 nationalacademyorg schwendener whitney museum at altria matthew brannon where were we through aug 26 matthew brannon brings together art poetry and advertising in a series of letterpress prints that hark back to 1950s and 1960s textile designs by astrid sampe and marimekko texts written by the artist and accompanying the images read like song lyrics crossed with conceptual art and language poetry which emphasized experimentalism and reader interaction consumption and excess are frequent references as well as how art design and fashion feed these modern yet primordial urges and desires 120 park avenue at 42nd street 917 6632453 whitneyorg schwendener whitney museum of american art summer of love art of the psychedelic era through sept 16 tear gas pot and patchouli were the scents of the 1960s you can almost detect the last two wafting through this twofloor display of rock posters light shows photographs and paintings but the burn of tear gas with the association of political emergency it brings is missing in a show that remembers a lot but forgets much more about what was happening 40 years ago when america was losing its mind to save some would say its soul see above cotter galleries uptown conceptual photography 19641989 by now some of the freewheeling sometimes prankish specimens of photography styled conceptual rampant in the 60s and 70s have become classics as this wideranging show proves the more than 35 projects on view drawn from a private collection include works by many of the usual suspects vito acconci bruce nauman giuseppe penone john baldessari and charles ray among those on display here that have stood the test of time are naumans witty explorations of his body like selfportrait as fountain 1966 rays plank piece i ii 1973 in which he helps a board make sculpture of his body and penones to reverse ones eyes 1970 embellishing his sight through lenses made of mirrors zwirner wirth 32 east 69th street 212 5178677 through june 23 glueck crosscurrents durer to picasso a show of prints and drawings that makes imaginative pairings of older works with those of 20thcentury artists who are sometimes cued by their contemporaries as well as their ancestors the evidence is keen in for example hieronymus boschs temptation of st anthony 1561 a fervidly drawn scene of grotesque beings and fantastic doings placed near two later surrealist renditions a biomorphic figment by andre masson the genius of the species 1942 and salvador dals etching landscape in the manner of arcimboldo 1934 a biomorphicgeometric vision a beguiling show david tunick 19 east 66th street 212 5700090 through june 15 glueck sublime convergence gothic to the abstract this gathering of old master and contemporary paintings reminds us how the art of the past can resonate with that of the present the emphasis is on the spiritual with objects by a number of medieval goldground painters who covered panels with gold leaf to form a radiant background for their imagery dramatically displayed along with more recent art of a meditative nature gregorian chant plays softly in the background one salient example is taddeo di bartolos st francis of assisi about 1395 with its simple gothic niche as background for the saint in his nuanced bluishgray robe accompanied by brice mardens number 1 1963 another minimalist composition of four gridded rectangles each bluntly painted in a shade of gray that seems to reflect the intensity of the earlier picture comparisons like this can go awry but for the most part this show works richard l feigen company 34 east 69th street 212 6280700 through june 15 glueck galleries 57th street picasso braque and early film in cubism cubism and the first moving pictures emerged in the same decade coincidence this thrilling exhibition doesnt think so a dense display of major paintings collages and prints antique cameras and projectors and snippets of film that braque and picasso are thought to have seen it examines cubism in the dim light and flickering images of the movie theater it is radically reorienting to consider cubisms fractured revolving forms and transparencies as partly influenced by moving pictures a few of the pictures even resemble movie cameras weirdest of all thinking of analytical cubisms pale gleaming dabs of paint as dust motes caught in the projectors beam pacewildenstein 32 east 57th street 212 4213292 through june 23 smith marc quinn sphinx this amusing if somewhat disturbing show presents kate moss as equal parts classical greek sculpture yoga devotee and supermodel it strikes a particularly contemporary chord in the way it addresses contemporary societys obsession with looking good and its confusion about how to get the inside feelings spirit thoughts to match the outside mary boone gallery 745 fifth avenue at 57th street 212 7522929 through june 30 bridget l goodbody galleries soho tina barney china visit tina barneys last series of photographs featured a nearly extinct species the european aristocracy while her new works look to china most of the photographs feature members of the creative class from actors and dancers to a jingle composer although several juxtapose the old china with the new westernized version seen through the filter of opera performers or female golf caddies posed against an urban backdrop these are more posed and less intimate than ms barneys photographs of her own uppercrust east coast tribe which made her famous in the 1980s but the implications of this project are obvious with chinas growing position on the worlds political and economic stages janet borden 560 broadway between prince and spring streets soho 212 4310166 wwwjanetbordeninccom through june 16 schwendener galleries other martin kippenberger preis bilder seven canvases from two series of paintings rarely exhibited in this country play on the double german meaning of preis price and prize some variation of which appears on each surface they show this famous badboy sculptor conveying his usual sarcasm in surprisingly beautiful terms that couldnt get much flatter hardedged and brushy techniques contrast the main tactics of formalist painting while converting the modernist grid into designs redolent of drapery and checked tablecloths a preponderance of hot pink argues for the pleasure principle 1018 art 1018 madison avenue near 78th street 212 5370453 www1018artnet through july 27 smith last chance joaqun torresgarca paintings and drawings 19201942 this choice exhibition concentrates on small lively ink drawings from the early 1930s when torresgarca ironed out cubism into a compartmentalized grid that could either be abstract like mondrians work or a container for assorted symbols and hieroglyphs two earlier paintings underscore that either way his inspiration came from combined order and disorder of bustling city views cds gallery 76 east 79th street 212 7729555 closes tomorrow smith museum of modern art comic abstraction imagebreaking imagemaking this unimaginative and uniformed treatment of a big idea the healthy and essential contamination of modernist abstraction by popular culture should be seen if only because it is such a dispiriting symptom of the moderns paralysis where contemporary art is concerned including 30 works by 13 artists from the last 16 years it alternates between the literal and the arbitrary and favors sincere political intent over genuine artistic quality although it promises work that addresses perplexing questions nearly everything here is perfectly pleasant and innocuous the exceptions are provided by gary simmons ellen gallagher and sue williams 212 7089400 momaorg closes on monday smith yayoi kusama from here to infinity spanning 50 years this 24piece overview is notable for its high quality and for unfamiliar works that sharpen the understanding of this artists protean talent among them several small pungently colored folkarty paintings that deploy her signature and obsessive webs dots and scale patterns as effectively as her more abstract works do barbara mathes gallery 22 east 80th street 212 5704190 closes today smith marguerite zorach a life in art the first solo show in more than 30 years of a pioneer of european modernism in america contains 35 paintings landscapes portraits and still lifes ranging in date from 1910 to the mid1960s theyre not all equally good but they all have a quality of grit intelligence and striving that never falters the next show should also include her textiles and works on paper gerald peters gallery 24 east 78th street 212 6289760 wwwgpgallerycom closes today smith marijuana law in connecticut gains ground it is unclear whether gov m jodi rell will sign a bill that would make connecticut the 13th state to permit the use of marijuana for medical uses news summary international a211 new plan to arm sunnis against qaeda militants with the fourmonthold buildup of american troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks american commanders are turning to another strategy that they acknowledge is fraught with risk arming sunni arab groups that have promised to fight militants linked to al qaeda in many cases their former allies a1 iraqs leading political blocs agreed to remove the speaker of parliament from his position after accusations that his bodyguards assaulted a shiite lawmaker as the speaker cursed him members of parliament and a spokesman for the speakers party confirmed the assault and the plans for removal a6 gaza infighting and air strikes the israeli air force struck at least two buildings in gaza city in what appeared to be a response to a raid across the gazaisrael border by palestinian militants also internal violence between the main rival palestinian organizations hamas and fatah flared again in the gaza strip with at least four people killed over the weekend a9 flooding in china kills 66 torrential rains in southern china have unleashed surging floodwaters that have swept through small cities and farming villages claiming at least 66 lives forcing nearly 600000 people to be relocated and destroying millions of dollars in property the state news media reported a11 bush tour reaches albania president bushs visit to albania was the fifth stop on his eightday sixcountry swing through europe the first sitting president to visit the country he told the albanians that he supported their effort to join nato and wanted independence soon for kosovo without making any fresh commitments a3 sri lankan rights panel report an international panel appointed by the government of sri lanka has issued a stark indictment of a presidential commission intended to investigate serious human rights violations saying that its activities so far do not satisfy international norms and standards a11 national a1217 state budgets get boost from booming economy state lawmakers across the country have found themselves with more money than they planned as they wind down their regular sessions burned by several years of shortfalls states have kept their estimates of total revenues on the conservative side and are now reaping plenty from higher than expected tax collections and booming local economies a1 mixed views of romney bid to many mormons mitt romneys bid for the presidency is both a proud sign of progress and a cause of real trepidation even his many mormon supporters find the moment fraught with anxiety because his candidacy is bringing intense scrutiny to their church and could worsen longstanding bigotry a1 repatriation of the dead the repatriation of remains has become increasingly commonplace as towns across mexico have sent their children to find work in the united states as debate rages in congress over a proposed immigration law the journey of the dead suggests that for many mexicans the sojourn in the united states legal or not is meant to be temporary a1 immigration unresolved senate democrats opened the door to reviving the stalled immigration measure calling on republicans to resolve their internal divisions and produce an agreement on how to move the legislation forward republican critics of the bill have called for more chances to eliminate provisions they describe as amnesty a12 transit expansion project after operating for 32 years efforts are under way to expand the transit system designed to shuttle between west virginia universitys two campuses which sit two miles apart at a cost of up to 40 million a mile the expansion would extend the system once derided as a waste of money but now relied on by the city of morgantown a12 new yorkregion b15 medical marijuana bill advances in connecticut on june 1 the connecticut state senate following the house passed a bill that allows people with certain medical conditions to grow as many as four marijuana plants for palliative use it is unclear whether gov m jodi rell will sign the bill which would make connecticut the 13th state in the nation to permit marijuana for medical purposes b1 border rules may hurt tourism many people in the niagara falls tourism industry fear that a set of new rules suggested by the 911 commission requiring americans traveling by land or sea to canada mexico bermuda and the caribbean to present a passport could discourage millions of visitors from crossing the border and result in billions of dollars a year in lost revenue b1 the pull of homelessness after reading an article about johnny five a homeless man who lived beneath an abandoned train station in the bronx a nonprofit group arranged for him to move into an apartment but for the next several months johnny would drift between his old life and his new one b1 arts e110 two big winners at tonys the coast of utopia tom stoppards eightandahalfhour epic was the big winner at the 61st annual tony awards setting the record for the most awards won by any play in tony history meanwhile the musical spring awakening won best book score direction and choreography and best featured actor e1 obituaries b7 richard rorty a scholar whose inventive work on philosophy politics literary theory and more made him one the of worlds most influential contemporary thinkers he was 75 b7 john p mcgovern a houston realestate investor whose philanthropy helped endow medical facilities at duke university and other institutions he was 85 b7 business day c18 editor leaves publisher daniel menaker the executive editor in chief of the random house publishing group is leaving the company at the end of june c1 agency loses big client creative artists agency has tried expanding its client base from mainstream entertainment companies to a widening ring of customers but the loss of hasbro in the month before the release of the movie transformers is an example of how cruel the corporate world can be c1 business digest c2 editorial a1819 editorials pakistans dictator a test of the senate economic life after college mental health in prisons columns nicholas d kristof and paul krugman bridge e6 crossword e2 metro diary b2 tv listings e9 weather b8 albany spitzer reconsidering medical marijuana gov eliot spitzer said yesterday that he was open to making the medical use of marijuana legal in new york reversing a position he took during the campaign it was unclear however whether the legislature would pass such a bill 8220there was a moment during a debate last summer i think where i spoke more negatively of it based upon what i understood the medical considerations to be8221 the governor said 8220i8217ve taken a hard look at it over the past number of months and i8217m open to signing a bill if it8217s properly structured8221 the democratled assembly is expected to pass a bill before the session ends next week but it is unclear whether it will be taken up in the republicanled senate 8220it8217s a bill that is under review but it8217s not right now on our radar8221 said john mcardle a spokesman for joseph l bruno the senate majority leader metro briefing new york albany spitzer reconsidering medical marijuana gov eliot spitzer said yesterday that he was open to making the medical use of marijuana legal in new york reversing a position he took during the campaign it was unclear however whether the legislature would pass such a bill there was a moment during a debate last summer i think where i spoke more negatively of it based upon what i understood the medical considerations to be the governor said ive taken a hard look at it over the past number of months and im open to signing a bill if its properly structured the democratled assembly is expected to pass a bill before the session ends next week but it is unclear whether it will be taken up in the republicanled senate its a bill that is under review but its not right now on our radar said john mcardle a spokesman for joseph l bruno the senate majority leader danny hakim legislators grapple over how to legalize medical marijuana use even if new york state legalized the use of medical marijuana buying selling or possessing it would remain a federal crime prescription for pain legislation in new york and connecticut would seek to make it legal for a doctor to prescribe and for a patient to smoke or ingest a limited amount of marijuana to ease pain crackpot legislation if marijuana has therapeutic potential it should be required to pass muster with the fda like any other medicine crackpot legislation many states nationwide are considering legislation to legalize the medical use of marijuana last week one such bill cleared both houses in connecticut but at press time had not yet been signed by the governor new york appears likely to follow suit and new jersey has two bills with bipartisan support indeed a number of states have had similar measures in play over the last year in addition to the 12 that have already passed such laws the picture is very different at the federal level where marijuana is branded as an illegal drug an amendment to a recent drug safety bill would require all purveyors of stateauthorized medical marijuana to be subject to food and drug administration regulation the senator who introduced this amendment said that making any drug available without fda review or proof of safety and effectiveness would set a dangerous precedent that would threaten patient safety marijuana advocates have opposed the bill because it would close medical marijuana cooperatives and create barriers to the use of the drug crackpot legislation many states nationwide are considering legislation to legalize the medical use of marijuana last week one such bill cleared both houses in connecticut but at press time had not yet been signed by the governor new york appears likely to follow suit and new jersey has two bills with bipartisan support indeed a number of states have had similar measures in play over the last year in addition to the 12 that have already passed such laws the picture is very different at the federal level where marijuana is branded as an illegal drug an amendment to a recent drug safety bill would require all purveyors of stateauthorized medical marijuana to be subject to food and drug administration regulation the senator who introduced this amendment said that making any drug available without fda review or proof of safety and effectiveness would set a dangerous precedent that would threaten patient safety marijuana advocates have opposed the bill because it would close medical marijuana cooperatives and create barriers to the use of the drug crackpot legislation many states nationwide are considering legislation to legalize the medical use of marijuana last week one such bill cleared both houses in connecticut but at press time had not yet been signed by the governor new york appears likely to follow suit and new jersey has two bills with bipartisan support indeed a number of states have had similar measures in play over the last year in addition to the 12 that have already passed such laws the picture is very different at the federal level where marijuana is branded as an illegal drug an amendment to a recent drug safety bill would require all purveyors of stateauthorized medical marijuana to be subject to food and drug administration regulation the senator who introduced this amendment said that making any drug available without fda review or proof of safety and effectiveness would set a dangerous precedent that would threaten patient safety marijuana advocates have opposed the bill because it would close medical marijuana cooperatives and create barriers to the use of the drug crackpot legislation many states nationwide are considering legislation to legalize the medical use of marijuana last week one such bill cleared both houses in connecticut but at press time had not yet been signed by the governor new york appears likely to follow suit and new jersey has two bills with bipartisan support indeed a number of states have had similar measures in play over the last year in addition to the 12 that have already passed such laws the picture is very different at the federal level where marijuana is branded as an illegal drug an amendment to a recent drug safety bill would require all purveyors of stateauthorized medical marijuana to be subject to food and drug administration regulation the senator who introduced this amendment said that making any drug available without fda review or proof of safety and effectiveness would set a dangerous precedent that would threaten patient safety marijuana advocates have opposed the bill because it would close medical marijuana cooperatives and create barriers to the use of the drug statutory spelling when the assembly passed a bill last week that legalized the medical use of marihuana copy editors across the state did a double take shouldnt that be spelled with a j instead of an h marijuana is standard usage but the public health law and the penal law have always spelled it with an h explained assemblyman richard n gottfried the sponsor of the bill the senate version has not come up for a vote thats the official new york state statutory spelling medical marijuana measure falls with connecticut governors veto the law would have allowed residents 18 or older suffering from multiple sclerosis cancer aids and other diseases to grow marijuana in their homes with a doctors recommendation and a state permit medical marijuana measure falls with connecticut governors veto after struggling with what was described as one of the most difficult decisions in her threeyear tenure gov m jodi rell vetoed a measure today that would have legalized the use of marijuana for certain medical conditions in a statement mrs rell a breast cancer survivor said i completely sympathize with the wellintentioned goal of alleviating pain and suffering but legal alternatives are available pete doherty pleads guilty moments after an irate judge in london issued an arrest warrant the wayward british pop singer pete doherty turned up in court yesterday he pleaded guilty to possessing crack heroin marijuana and ketamine as well as two driving offenses agence francepresse reported mr doherty 28 also pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to appear in court without a reasonable excuse the drug and driving charges date from may 5 when he was stopped in a car in central london gores son arrested on drug and speeding charges al gore iii 24 was driving a blue toyota prius about 100 miles an hour and a deputy found marijuana and a clutch of prescription pills the sheriffs department said california no jail for marijuana advocate a marijuana advocate will not spend time in prison despite a conviction for growing and distributing hundreds of marijuana plants a federal judge ruled the man ed rosenthal 63 was convicted in may on three cultivation and conspiracy charges but the judge charles breyer of federal district court said a oneday prison sentence was punishment enough for mr rosenthal who said he planned to appeal his conviction i should not remain a felon he said mr rosenthal was convicted on the same charges four years ago judge breyer sentenced him to one day in prison because mr rosenthal reasonably believed he was immune from prosecution because he was acting on behalf of oakland city officials the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit overturned that 2003 conviction and ordered a retrial because of juror misconduct former allpro maas arrested bill maas a 45yearold former allpro lineman and broadcaster faces charges of drug and weapons possession after being arrested friday night during a roadside search near peoria ill police found a 22caliber revolver five grams of suspected marijuana five grams of suspected cocaine and 28 pills of suspected ecstasy in maas8217s sport utility vehiclemaas was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and unlawful use of a weapon maas was drafted out of pittsburgh by the kansas city chiefs in 1984 and was twice named to the allpro team he joined fox sports in 1996 and worked for the network through last season crop fungus has north dakota longing for hemp north dakota farmers are part of a movement to legalize growing a plant that is closely associated with marijuana sober north dakotans hope to legalize hemp farmers are part of a national movement to legalize growing a plant that is closely associated with marijuana quotation of the day this is not any subversive thing like trying to legalize marijuana or whatever this is just practical agriculture were desperate for something that can make us some money david c monson california raids on marijuana clinics federal drug enforcement administration agents raided 10 medical marijuana clinics in los angles county metro briefing new jersey trenton court limits car searches the police must have a reasonable suspicion of criminal wrongdoing before asking for permission to search a disabled car the state supreme court ruled yesterday in a 6to1 ruling the court held that marijuana and cocaine found by a state trooper under the hood of a disabled car in 2004 could not be used as evidence against its occupants in that case the trial judge found that the evidence could not be admitted because the trooper was acting on nothing more than a hunch an appeals panel reversed the decision but a majority of the supreme court justices found that there was credible evidence to support the trial judges opinion that no reasonable suspicion of a crime existed to justify the search california gores son pleads guilty to drug charges al gore iii son of the former vice president pleaded guilty to possessing marijuana and other drugs metro briefing new jersey trenton court limits car searches the police must have a reasonable suspicion of criminal wrongdoing before asking for permission to search a disabled car the state supreme court ruled yesterday in a 6to1 ruling the court held that marijuana and cocaine found by a state trooper under the hood of a disabled car in 2004 could not be used as evidence against its occupants in that case the trial judge found that the evidence could not be admitted because the trooper was acting on nothing more than a hunch an appeals panel reversed the decision but a majority of the supreme court justices found that there was credible evidence to support the trial judges opinion that no reasonable suspicion of a crime existed to justify the search bronx police officer dragged by car a police officer was dragged by a car in williamsbridge early yesterday after he tried to question the driver whom he suspected of using drugs the police said the officer who was not identified by the police then shot the driver in the left leg the police said the officer had approached the car at east 228th street and white plains road on foot about 1 am believing two men in it were smoking marijuana the car was driven off and the officer was caught and briefly dragged the police said investigators said the two men were seen throwing marijuana and cocaine from the moving vehicle which police officers stopped after it had gone about two blocks the officer was treated for minor injuries at st barnabas hospital and the driver was in stable condition at jacobi medical center the police said charges against the two men in the car whose identities were not disclosed were pending late yesterday the police said manhattan meatball defense is rejected the police department has fired a counterterrorism detective who failed a drug test finding that his claim that his wife had served him marijuanaspiked meatballs was not credible letters readers respond to articles in science times with thoughts on gender theory medical marijuana personal therapy and more pacers draft pick arrested indiana pacers forward shawne williams was arrested on charges that included marijuana possession williams the pacers firstround draft pick last year from memphis was booked into the marion county jail early yesterday the police said pacer wont be charged prosecutors decided not to file marijuana possession charges against indiana pacers forward shawne williams after his arrest this week but the team suspended him for the first three games of the regular season for poor judgment the marion county prosecutor8217s office said the police found marijuana in the vehicle williams was driving but prosecutors believed they could not prove the drugs belonged to him why college mattersbecause we cant all be astronauts the problem with college is that we expected it to be as revolutionary a time as our parents movies and songs promised it would be and sadly it isnt we arrived on campus ready to grow our hair out desperate for anything to sitin against but quickly discovered that theres no single abhorrent thing worth the sitin we quickly found that the professors arent reactionary at all quite the opposite honestly we looked for something local we could fix but found nothing new there is no pressing civil rights battle on our campuses there is no obvious sexual segregation really the only quantifiable difference between college now and college then is that the marijuana is 17 stronger and now the republicans smoke it too vick fails drug test and faces travel limits michael vick tested positive for marijuana sept 13 and will have his behavior further monitored by the federal court system as he awaits a december sentencing date mineola man found dead in jail cell a man arrested on drunkendriving and other charges was found dead yesterday morning inside a holding cell at nassau county police headquarters the police said the man peter raimondo was arrested about 230 am after officers spotted him driving erratically in west hempstead they said he had marijuana and prescription medication with him he was put in a jail cell at 620 am and checked at 630 am and 645 am the police said he was not breathing when the cell was checked at 7 am the police said an autopsy has been scheduled yonkers charges against rapper dropped the rapper jadakiss whose real name is jason phillips and two others were arrested last october in yonkers after the police claimed they smelled marijuana coming from their car and then found a gun inside canadas leader offers antidrug plan reversing earlier moves to decriminalize marijuana use prime minister stephen harper of canada announced new legal and spending measures against drug use and distribution coastal carolina dismisses three three coastal carolina players were dismissed from the team yesterday one day after they were arrested on drugs and weapons charges mario tynes eric brown jr and ricky johnson all freshmen were arrested sunday after the police stopped the car they were in and found two guns three pounds of marijuana and 1345 in cash authorities said wednesday morning kickoff with all of the crazy onthefield action this season there has still been a lot of news off the field on monday night a walkon receiver at kentucky was arrested and charged with trafficking marijuana and cocaine a bad day for a queens marijuana farmer late this afternoon the police department released four photographs taken at a house in floral park queens where investigators discovered 10 lawn bags containing dried marijuana leaves along with 300 live plants and lights and other growing equipment that they said was used to cultivate marijuana inside the housethe discovery was made by the street narcotic enforcement unit of the 105th precinct in queens officers with the unit were on routine patrol on tuesday when they came upon the house at 7712 269th street near union turnpike the police said they secured the property while other officers obtained a search warrant queens marijuana seized from home the police yesterday seized 300 live marijuana plants and 10 lawn bags containing dried marijuana leaves as well as equipment and growing lights that they said had been used to cultivate marijuana in a house in floral park the street narcotic enforcement unit of the 105th precinct made the discovery officers were on routine patrol on tuesday when they came upon the house above at 7712 269th street near union turnpike the police said other officers obtained a search warrant which was executed about 1 pm yesterday the police said they were questioning three people but did not release their names no arrests had been made amy winehouse arrested the british pop singer amy winehouse was arrested in bergen norway for possession of marijuana the bbc reported ms winehouse her husband blake fieldercivil and a third person were taken into custody at a hotel and held overnight after being found with a quarterounce of the drug a prosecutor said she was released on friday morning after paying a fine of 500 euros 715 the prosecutor lars morten told the associated press shes paid the fine so this thing is over for us now her spokesman shane oneill said she was released without charge and added that her european tour would continue ms winehouse canceled concerts this year amid newspaper reports that she was in a rehab clinic he was probably high aired tuesday night on jimmy kimmel live on abc our governor arnold schwarzenegger is getting a lot of attention these days the british edition of gq reported yesterday that the governator said that marijuana is not a drug its a leaf of course his spokesman said the governor was joking when he made the statement and also he was probably high winehouse appeals in marijuana case the lawyer for the british pop singer amy winehouse below said yesterday that she will appeal her fine last month for marijuana possession in norway because she did not understand that under norwegian law accepting a fine amounts to pleading guilty the associated press reported the lawyer ole kvelstad contended that she had been questioned without legal representation or an interpreter and had not understood the norwegianlanguage charges she signed he said that pleading guilty in a drug case could have serious consequences when ms winehouse who has spoken openly about her taste for marijuana and alcohol seeks to enter the united states police attorney rudolf christoffersen of bergen said she was questioned by an englishspeaking officer who translated the charges and explained the consequences of accepting the fine ms winehouse and her husband blake fieldercivil were arrested in bergen on oct 18 and held overnight on charges of illegal drug possession they were released the next morning after paying fines of 715 each for possessing a quarterounce of marijuana arts briefly don imus scheduled to return to the radio on dec 3 j k rowling fights fan site amy winehouse appeals in marijuana case and more culture news\n\n\n drew carey stands up for medical marijuana drew carey who recently replaced bob barker as the host of the price is right defends the use of medical marijuana in a video posted online thursday on reasontv arts briefly trouble at the winfrey academy drew carey stands up for medical marijuana a few little pieces and more culture news in denver a ballot fight over marijuana arrests voters in denver are set to decide on a ballot measure that would make possession of small amounts of marijuana the lowest enforcement priority for the police assistant arrested in killing of real estate agent linda steins assistant bludgeoned her because she swore at her and blew marijuana smoke at her face police said the fraught world of the personal assistant updated 410 pm the relationships between bosses and their personal assistants can be emotionally intense to say the least so were sure a hot topic in many an office today is the arrest of the 26yearold personal assistant to linda stein the wellconnected real estate agent who was bludgeoned to death on oct 30 in her fifth avenue apartment according to the police the assistant natavia lowery said ms stein had yelled at her waved an exercise stick at her and blown marijuana smoke into her face personal assistant is charged in brokers killing linda steins assistant bludgeoned her because she swore at her and blew marijuana smoke at her face police said manhattan exofficer is sent to prison a former city police officer who helped his brother distribute vast quantities of cocaine and marijuana throughout the new york area from 2002 to 2005 was sentenced in federal district court to 10 years in prison yesterday the former officer jose torrado 32 of the bronx pleaded guilty earlier this year to drug trafficking charges mr torrado joined the police department in 2001 and resigned in 2006 amid an investigation into his crimes while serving with the department mr torrado worked with a criminal group that smuggled drugs from mexico to new york in trucks prosecutors have said queens shots fired at police officers a 33yearold man was arrested yesterday after he fired at police officers who were trying to arrest him after they saw him toss aside a different gun the officers none of whom were hurt arrested the man without returning fire police commissioner raymond w kelly said 8220it showed tremendous restraint on the part of the officers8221 mr kelly said he said that a police sergeant and two officers saw the man identified as nnamdi clarke toss the gun shortly before 1 am near 97th place and 57th avenue they chased him and mr clarke of horace harding expressway fired one shot before his weapon jammed the police said they said that mr clarke had not yet been charged yesterday evening the police commissioner said that the suspect had two guns a 25caliber automatic and a 32caliber automatic as well as several bags of marijuana north dakota hemp lawsuit dismissed a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the government by two north dakota farmers seeking to grow industrial hemp which can be used to make a variety of products from rope to lotion the judge daniel l hovland of united states district court in bismarck said in his ruling on wednesday that the best remedy might be to change the definition of industrial hemp under the federal controlled substances act which does not distinguish the plant from the illegal drug marijuana court orders police to return marijuana a california appeals court has ruled that enforcement of federal drug laws did not supersede the states allowance of marijuana for medicinal purposes whats on tonight 8 pm nbc radio city music halls 75th anniversary special the musty costumes have been placed in storage the tired dance numbers reenergized and the mold wiped clean from this seasons newfangled version of the radio city christmas spectacular starring those highkicking rockettes left matt lauer and meredith vieira are hosts of this hourlong special which features popular vignettes like parade of the wooden soldiers and the living nativity as well as sparkling new segments fireworks falling snow and a ride into the new york stratosphere in santas sleigh 8 pm hbo alpha dog 2006 in 2000 a 20yearold los angeles marijuana dealer named jesse james hollywood kidnapped partied with and then ordered the murder of the 15yearold halfbrother of a client who owed him 1200 prosecutors say after that he was on the fbis mostwanted list for five years until his arrest in brazil in 2005 in this retelling by nick cassavetes emile hirsch plays johnny truelove the dimbulb mastermind bruce willis is his dad and justin timberlake is johnnys best friend mr cassavetess sexedup alternately funny and horrifying heavypanting exploitation of the crime despite some name and geography changes tracks close to the recorded facts manohla dargis wrote in the new york times adding do you know where your children are a science challenge for gop candidates some of the republican presidential candidates have dismissed medical marijuana as unnecessary or too dangerous now theyre being offered 10000 to come up with the scientific evidence exdetective in spikedmeatball case sues a former detective has filed a lawsuit to get his job back after being fired from the new york police department which rejected his assertion that he failed a random drug test because his wife had spiked his meatballs with marijuana california ruling against marijuana clubs a federal appeals court in san francisco upheld an 2002 injunction barring three california marijuana clubs from giving the drug to medical patients with a prescription the ruling by judges on the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit sided with the justice department which first sued the dispensaries in 1998 to stop sales of medical marijuana to patients with a doctor8217s approval as allowed under a california law approved by voters in 1996 the law has been at the heart of a series of legal battles over state and federal drug laws which categorize marijuana as illegal the ruling was likely the last legal recourse for the clubs in 2001 the united states supreme court heard the case and ruled against the california cooperatives snipes case proceeds an attempt by wesley snipes to shift his taxevasion trial to new york or orlando fla was rebuffed in ocala fla by judge william t hodges of the united states district court who ruled that the case would proceed there next month the associated press reported mr snipess lawyers argued that he could not get a fair trial in ocala he had previously filed two motions to dismiss or transfer the case because of racial prejudice the british singer amy winehousehas been summoned to appear on feb 29 in a court in bergen norway to face the consequences of her arrest in october when she her husband and her hairdresser were fined for drug use and possession of marijuana a judge in cleveland freed the rapper yung joc on bond after he appeared hours late on wednesday to face a charge of carrying a concealed weapon at the citys airport reuters reported yung joc whose real name is jasiel robinson is to appear in court on jan 25 robert frost home vandalized vandals did substantial damage to the farm where robert frost summered from 1939 to 1963 the associated press reported the destruction at homer noble farm above a national historic landmark on a deadend road in ripton vt was apparently inflicted during an underage drinking party attended by as many as 50 people said a police sergeant lee hodsden after breaking a window to gain entry the intruders demolished tables chairs pictures light fixtures and dishes they smashed wicker furniture and dressers and burned them in a fireplace presumably to warm the unheated structure sergeant hodsden said empty beer bottles and cans and cellophane believed to have been used to hold marijuana were also found two fire extinguishers were also set off inside he said no arrests had been made although the police have tracked down some partygoers the damage was discovered on saturday by a hiker who notified the police at middlebury college which maintains the site the police said the cabin had last been visited by a caretaker at 10 am on friday illinois former officer is sentenced three former chicago police officers were sentenced to decades in federal prison for using their guns uniforms and badges to steal cocaine and marijuana from drug dealers and resell it indiana mothers and children shot a baby a toddler and their mothers were shot to death at their indianapolis home while the women held their children in their arms the police said officers were searching for two men seen running from the home all four victims were shot repeatedly late monday said assistant chief eva talleysanders of the indianapolis police department the victims were charlii yarrell 4 months charliis mother andrea yarrell 24 jordan hunt 23 months and jordans mother gina hunt 24 a set of scales several weapons a safe and one pound of a what is believed to be marijuana were found in the house chief talleysanders said a 200agram tax on cocaine among the hundreds of proposals contained in gov eliot spitzers second executive budget which he unveiled on tuesday in albany is a provision that would impose a 350agram tax on marijuana and a 200agram tax on other illegal drugs like cocainewe took a look at the fine print to better understand the details of this legislative proposal which incidentally is very similar to a proposal that mayor edward i koch put forward in 1988 that proposal to tax illegal drugs in new york city also at a rate of 200 a gram did not come to fruition california justices put limits on medical marijuana law in the latest setback for advocated of medical marijuana the state supreme court ruled that employers have the right to fire employees who fail drug tests sundance honors immigration drama frozen river a first feature about a struggling single mother in upstate new york who joins a mohawk widow in smuggling chinese migrants from canada into the united states won the grand jury prize for best american drama on saturday at the sundance film festival in park city utah the associated press reported quentin tarantino one of the jurors described the film starring melissa leo above right and misty upham above left as a wonderful depiction of poverty in america trade papers reported that sony pictures classics had bought the film adapted by courtney hunt from her 2004 short of the same title for under 1 million trouble in the water a film by tia lessin and carl deal about a new orleans couples survival through hurricane katrina and its aftermath won the grand jury award in the american documentary category the audience award for favorite american drama was won by the wackness starring ben kingsley as a psychiatrist who trades therapy for marijuana from prison encouraging words for giants tynes lawrence tynes and his brother mark who is in prison for his role in marijuana trafficking talk several times a week about football and family and the details of marks case bowman died of overdose the former national figure skating champion christopher bowman died from an accidental drug overdose and an enlarged heart according to a coroners report bowman 40 was found dead on jan 10 inside a motel room near los angeles the chief coroners investigator craig harvey said bowman a twotime champion had a bloodalcohol level of 012 percent harvey said the toxicology tests also showed the presence of cocaine valium and marijuana also present was the prescription medicine seroquel which is used to treat bipolar disorder mexico huge weapons and marijuana seizure soldiers searching a house near miguel alemn near the texas border on thursday night discovered a huge cache of arms and nine tons of marijuana faulk faces drug charge kevin faulk the new england patriots running back has been issued a misdemeanor summons in lafayette la for possession of marijuana captain john babin of the lafayette metro narcotics task force said that faulk was on his way to watch a performance by the rapper lil wayne when a search by a sheriffs deputy turned up four marijuana cigarettes winehouse seeks delay in drug case a lawyer for amy winehouse has asked a court in norway to postpone a hearing on friday related to her arrest in october on a charge of drug possession in bergen the associated press reported she and her husband blake fieldercivil were held overnight at the time and released after paying fines of 715 each she later appealed contending that the police made mistakes in handling the case involving a quarterounce of marijuana a lawyer for the singer bobby brown said a brockton county district court clerk magistrate in massachusetts had found no probable cause to issue a criminal complaint against mr brown whom the police found in possession of a small amount of cocaine in december mr brown formerly married to whitney houston agreed to a year8217s community service and the lawyer said the matter would be struck from the docket if no problems involving mr brown arise in the next year buckley v the dea in the i narrated about the late william f buckley jr i didnt have room to get into a couple of issues weve been debating here at the lab the drug enforcement administrations campaigns against medical marijuana and against doctors who treat chronicpain patients latest legal news for two pop singers amy winehouse above left doesnt have to worry about a hearing on drugpossession charges in norway as long as her husband stays in a british jail that was the essence of a court ruling on thursday in bergen norway where the grammywinning ms winehouse was scheduled to appear on friday agence francepresse reported one of the people involved in the case blake fieldercivil amy winehouses husband is currently in jail in britain and cant make the trip said anne vedvik of the bergen court the hearing has therefore been postponed to an undetermined date ms winehouse 24 her husband and her hairdresser were arrested in bergen in october and charged with possessing a quarterounce of marijuana ms winehouse was released after paying a 756 fine which she later contested agreeing to a fine in norway is equivalent to admitting the charges which could make it difficult for ms winehouse to obtain visas mr fieldercivil has been in custody since november awaiting trial on charges of assault and conspiracy to pervert the cause of justice he is accused of trying to bribe a barman not to testify against him in an assault case boy george above right denied on thursday that he imprisoned a 28yearold norwegian man at his london home last year the associated press reported appearing in a london court under his real name george odowd he pleaded not guilty to a charge of false imprisonment lodged by audun carlsen who claimed that he was handcuffed to a wall after he went to boy georges apartment in april as a photo model boy george 46 is free on bail and is to stand trial in november denver officials ignore marijuana votes remember when denvers voters decided back in november to make pot the citys lowest lawenforcement priority the ballot measure joined another passed in 2005 saying that residents had the right to carry less than an ounce of marijuana leading to hopes that marijuana arrests were about to become a thing of the past in the mile high city marijuana is defense point in queens trial lawyers for detectives on trial in queens in the killing of sean bell in 2006 will try to link small bags of marijuana to one of mr bells friends who fled a short distance footnotes the prolific playwright horton foote turns 92 on friday in chicago where the goodman theater is running a horton foote festival of plays films and discussions through april 6 he is to appear on monday night in connection with a screening of his films at the theater the neuberger museum of art at purchase college state university of new york in purchase ny plans to open a satellite museum opposite the new york public library in early 2009 under an agreement with the suny college of optometry the museum will occupy 3500 to 5000 square feet of exhibition space on the ground floor of the college8217s building at 33 west 42nd street dawn wells above who played the wholesome mary ann on 8220gilligan8217s island8221 is serving six months of unsupervised probation after a sheriff8217s deputy in idaho arrested her as she was driving home from a surprise birthday party in october the associated press reported the arresting officer who described her driving as erratic said he found halfsmoked marijuana joints and two small cases for holding marijuana in the car ms wells 69 said she had just given a ride to three hitchhikers and dropped them off when they began smoking on feb 29 she was sentenced to five days in jail fined 41050 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving three misdemeanor counts including possession of a controlled substance were dropped the return of sail and hemp it seems theres a push toward the future through the past pedicabs in manhattan being just one example here are two more examples involving sails on cargo ships and a proposal to legalize farming of hemp a plant that was once a big crop in the united states was banned because the industrial variety very different than the plants grown to smoke still has a trace of the compounds that give marijuana its punch paterson says he tried cocaine and marijuana in 1970s in an appearance on ny1 news gov david a paterson said he had tried cocaine a couple of times when he was about 22 or 23 and marijuana when he was about 20 some inhaled some didnt one ate it with beans when gov david a paterson told ny1 news on monday that he had used marijuana and cocaine as a young man he was joining a list of new york politicians who have answered such questions in recent years here is a guide to what they and a few national figures have said in plainfield nj 27 are arrested in raid aimed at gangs when the raids were over the police said they had seized a dozen handguns about 18000 in cash as well as crack cocaine heroin marijuana and a threefootlong alligator college basketball xavier player faces drug charge xavier point guard drew lavender was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and possession of marijuana the cincinnati police said they arrested lavender 23 early sunday according to the police report lavender was drunk and disorderly after they asked him several times to move out of an intersection the team made it to the round of 8 of the ncaa tournament ap germany marijuana smokers were poisoned with lead in leipzig twentynine people suffered lead poisoning but the authorities do not know where the tainted marijuana came from or why the lead was added whats on tonight 9 pm 13 my boy jack daniel radcliffe left with kim cattrall moves out of the shadow of harry potter and into the role of rudyard kiplings son in this masterpiece adaptation of the play by david haig mr radcliffe plays jack kipling who under age cursed with poor eyesight and sharing his fathers belief in the power of war desperately longs to join the fight at the outbreak of world war i after jack fails his induction eye exam twice his father uses his influence to gain his son not yet 18 an officers commission in the irish guards and then in the battle of loos jack goes missing mr haig plays rudyard kipling ms cattrall is his american wife carrie 1 pm g4 half baked g4 goes up in smoke for the day with programming extolling the virtues of cannabis culture beginning at 1 pm first this comedy starring dave chappelle guillermo daz and jim breuer as party guys hatching a scheme to bail a friend out of jail other highlights include attack of the show jamaica at 3 which reports on the state of marijuana consumption in toronto vancouver los angeles and san francisco code monkeys the story of 420 at 5 the cult classic reefer madness tweaked with new characters and voices in reefees madhouse at 6 and at 7 the best scenes from the troma horror flick class of nuke em high in grindcore seminoles star arrested the florida state star preston parker was arrested late monday and charged with carrying a concealed 45caliber pistol and a small amount of marijuana the seminoles already have six starters sitting out suspensions from a classroom cheating scandal last year parker was named florida states most valuable player last season after leading the team with 1513 allpurpose yards and 62 receptions a little stopandfrisk may turn up a little pot the number of people arrested for small amounts of marijuana in new york city has increased tenfold in the past decade with most of the arrests occurring after the police either searched suspects or pressured them into emptying their bags or pockets and displaying the drug during a stopandfrisk a report pdf said on tuesdaythe report released by the new york civil liberties union was based on government statistics interviews with lawyers people who were arrested and former and current law enforcement officials the civil liberties group also took into account observations in criminal court a police department spokesman criticized the findings as flawed obama to stop raids on marijuana clinics during the current bush administration as well as in the clinton administration federal officials opposed the efforts of doctors and clinics to prescribe marijuana for medical purposes in states where it had been legalized but that policy will change if barack obama is elected an obama spokesman told the san francisco chronicle making the clearest statement by any major presidential candidate on the subject rnc attacks obama on medical marijuana it may be too much to hope for but perhaps therell be a public debate this campaign over the scientific research into the efficacy of medical marijuana theres already a debate in progress over whether to allow its use in states where it has been legalized r kelly jury selected a panel of eight men and four women will decide the fate of r kelly the rb star whose muchdelayed trial on child pornography charges is to begin tuesday in chicago during jury selection which ended thursday the defense accused the prosecution of eliminating some africanamericans from the pool of candidates while the prosecution countered that it had also eliminated some white males the chicago suntimes reported the final group of jurors includes an africanamerican woman married to a baptist preacher a young white woman who is an aspiring police officer a 68yearold romanian immigrant and a recent college graduate who was once arrested for marijuana possession mr kelly was indicted on june 5 2002 after the appearance of a videotape that prosecutors say shows him having sex with a girl as young as 13 he has pleaded not guilty on friday the judge vincent gaughan rejected a motion that news organizations have access to sealed court transcripts and records of the case recruit arrested a virginia tech football recruit who led his high school team to consecutive state championships is facing felony drug charges the recruit peter rose and six other students were arrested and charged after what the police said was an undercover operation at amherst high school rose 18 is charged with two counts of distribution of marijuana a misdemeanor and two counts of distribution of drugs within 1000 feet of a school a felony american and 3 others found dead in mexico the area where the bodies were found is one of many along the border that gangs use to smuggle marijuana and cocaine into the united states joakim noah faces drug charge joakim noah a chicago bulls forward and former florida star has been charged with possession of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol in gainesville fla the police spokesman sgt rick roberts says noah was arrested around 150 am sunday after an officer spotted him on a sidewalk holding a plastic cup containing an amber drink during a search at the station officers found marijuana in his pocket he could face up to six months in jail and a 500 fine for the marijuana charge probation for noah the chicago bulls rookie forward joakim noah accepted a deferred prosecution agreement in his marijuana possession case resulting in six months probation and a 200 fine legitimizing marijuana in california where the sale of medical marijuana is legal a fullfledged industry has blossomed taking in about 2 billion a year and generating 100 million in state sales taxes mtv movies real awards fake dope seth rogen and james franco play stoners in the coming film pineapple express and they reprised their roles at the mtv movie awards on sunday night they pulled out a bag of fake marijuana onstage then mr rogen lighted a fake joint and mr franco puffed on it kids dont really smoke fake weed like this mr rogen above with glasses told the crowd at the gibson amphitheater in los angeles where they were presenting the award for the best summer movie so far before television viewers could get a closer look at what was real and what was not the camera moved to a wide angle and stayed that way until mr rogen and mr franco above in white tshirt left the stage the associated press reported it was an awkward moment that made some in the audience laugh backstage mr franco told the associated press that mtv had put them up to the joke supplying the script as well as the fake pot and joint and then had a lastsecond change of heart real mtv film awards but fake dope seth rogen and james franco play stoners in the coming film pineapple express and they reprised their roles at the mtv movie awards on sunday night they pulled out a bag of fake marijuana onstage then mr rogen lighted a fake joint and mr franco puffed on it kids dont really smoke fake weed like this mr rogen above with glasses told the crowd at the gibson amphitheater in los angeles where they were presenting the award for the best summer movie so far before television viewers could get a closer look at what was real and what was not the camera moved to a wide angle and stayed that way until mr rogen and mr franco above in white tshirt left the stage the associated press reported it was an awkward moment that made some in the audience laugh backstage mr franco told the associated press that mtv had put them up to the joke supplying the script as well as the fake pot and joint and then had a lastsecond change of heart california toxicology in mauling the san francisco medical examiner said a teenager had marijuana and alcohol in his system when he was killed on dec 25 by an escaped tiger at the san francisco zoo the toxicology report was included with an autopsy concluding that blunt force injuries of the head and neck killed carlos sousa jr 17 mr sousas family has filed a claim against the city as a precursor to a lawsuit michael cardoza a lawyer for the sousa family said it was totally irrelevant whether the teenager had been drinking or smoking marijuana before the mauling focus people theres work to do in contrast to the writers rooms of other series the one for showtimes weeds is almost spartan we have eliminated most of the distractions from the room said craig zisk an executive producer all the better in a strikeshortened season to focus on the work of reinventing this series about a widowed suburban mother marylouise parker who sells marijuana she has just burned down her neighborhood computers pdas and cellphones had to go we were spending too much time textmessaging each other in the room about what everyone else was saying he said and at the beginning of the season after mr zisk and one of the writers lost weight by cutting out sugar the staff of nine voted to institute a nosugar policy in the writers room the sweets were replaced with fruit plates dried fruit nuts and energy drinks were a very focused group mr zisk said marijuana hotbed retreats on medicinal use some residents and officials say californias medical marijuana law has provided cover for largescale growers california8217s battle over marijuana some residents of california are wondering if the states embrace of marijuana for medicinal purposes has gone too far the marijuana state twelve years after california voters legalized medical marijuana it is being exploited as a cash crop and for recreational use june 9 2008 californias battle over marijuana some residents of california are wondering if the states embrace of marijuana for medicinal purposes has gone too far medical marijuana links weve been discussing the presidential candidates positions on medical marijuana here are a couple of other interesting reports on the subject in this weeks magazine swapland the reason bartering can work in villages including during various periods greenwich village the haightashbury and burning man is that village neighbors make and need comparable products some corn some carpentry an embroidered pillowcase firewood horseshoes quilts marijuana a bottle of water california vote on marijuana mendocino county officials say final election results from june 3 show that a measure tightening some of the countrys most liberal marijuana policies passed with about 52 percent of the vote report on cannabis in europe shows use by 1 in 5 adults one in five adults in europe have used marijuana or related drugs like hashish and 13 million europeans had used cannabis in the past month the european unions drug agency said rikers guards accused of passing contraband to inmate the guards were fired on wednesday after they were accused of smuggling marijuana alcohol and tobacco to an inmate who is awaiting trial in the death of a police officer last july officials said fending off pot smokers in the village see it looks like the safest street in the city but its actually the most dangerous if you happen to be smoking a joint that is how randy credico sums up gay street a oneblock lane in greenwich village connecting waverly place and christopher street people out for an evening stroll often use the darkened block as a spot to smoke marijuana he says only to find the quiet shattered by sirens exhurricane arrested kenny kelly a former quarterback for the university of miami was arrested wednesday on three felony drug counts in plant city fla kelly 29 turned himself in the police said he was charged with possession of marijuana and purchase and solicitation to deliver marijuana kelly who led the hurricanes to a gator bowl victory in 1999 was working as the quarterbacks coach at plant city high school exrazorback faces charges the dismissed arkansas linebacker freddie fairchild faces new criminal charges after the police said he ran from an officer and threw away a bag of marijuana marijuana ingredient may fight bacteria researchers have discovered that the main active ingredient in marijuana shows promise as an antibacterial agent celtics get cassell back the backup point guard sam cassell is back to help the boston celtics try to repeat as the nba champions cassell had been in touch with coach doc rivers during the summer but rivers did not know if cassell had decided to come back for another season cassell 38 who joined the team in march for the playoff run showed up monday for media day to sign a contract for his 16th nba season 182dallas mavericks forward josh howard apologized for a summer8217s worth of troublesome behavior howard the team8217s secondleading scorer behind dirk nowitzki focused mostly on expressing remorse for a youtube video that showed him disrespecting the national anthem but he also apologized for his july arrest after police said he was drag racing at 94 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone and his admission in a radio interview during the playoffs that he smoked marijuana howard 182miami general manager randy pfund who helped the heat win the 2006 nba championship resigned after 13 years with the franchise pat riley the team president will assume pfund8217s duties heat whats on today 10 pm comedy central south park stan kyle cartman and kenny front row from left are back for a 12th season of making a foulmouthed mockery of just about everything in their colorado town the trash talk continues at 1030 in a new season of the sarah silverman program with ms silverman discovering the high life after trying marijuana for the first time yes she inhales 7 am cbs the early show an analysis of the second presidential debate and an examination of how men communicate with one another the drug czars report card f in 2002 the bush administrations national drug control strategy set a goal of reducing illegal drug use by 25 percent in five years this was followed by an unprecedented campaign of persuasion more than 100 different antidrug advertisements and commercials and law enforcement as the number of annual arrests for marijuana possession climbed above 700000 higher than ever before and greater than the combined total for all violent crimes nevada traffickers hold biologists three federal biologists were held at gunpoint by suspected members of a mexican drug cartel after chancing upon a large marijuana garden in northern nevada stripped of her title aired wednesday night on jimmy kimmel live on abc miss teen louisiana lindsey evans has been stripped of her title after being arrested for dining and dashing at a restaurant allegedly lindsey and three friends ran out of a louisiana restaurant without paying the bill unfortunately for them lindsey left her purse behind with her drivers license and marijuana in it so police went to her house and arrested her but did anyone ever consider the possibility that maybe a handbag of marijuana was her way of paying the check georgia officer pleads guilty to conspiracy a former atlanta police officer pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges for his role in a botched drug raid that ended in the shooting death of a 92yearold woman the former officer arthur tesler faces more than 10 years in prison on a charge of conspiracy to violate civil rights resulting in death the police originally said officers had gone to the home of the woman kathryn johnston in northwest atlanta in 2006 after an informant said he had bought drugs there but after finding none officers tried to cover up the mistake by planting bags of marijuana prosecutors said in may mr tesler 42 was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for lying to investigators but federal prosecutors decided to pursue more charges after reviewing the case massachusetts obama it should come as no surprise that liberal massachusetts would vote overwhelmingly for barack obama or that the state returned senator john kerry a democrat to washington by a margin of more than two to one in a race against jeff beatty a republican security specialist whose campaign never seemed to gain traction this will be mr kerrys fifth term while there was little suspense in the electoral contests ballot measures drew strong interest voters overwhelmingly approved a proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana 70 percent to 30 percent pots farreaching not far out uses medicine marijuana is starting to look like a possible wonder drug compounds in cannabis or related molecules have slowed the growth of lung tumors in mice and decreased hardening of the arteries in rats now theyve been found to kill that scary superbug plaguing hospital wards slate california marijuana plants burned a record number of marijuana plants were uprooted and burned in california this year the authorities said california inspector admits bribes a rookie customs inspector in california has pleaded guilty to letting smugglers drive hundreds of pounds of marijuana into the country for 200000 worth of bribes whats on today one of the most complex with 400 active chemicals and compounds is grown with abandon in national forests and parks and in suburban homes converted to greenhouses in california alone the marijuana trade outpaces the wine industry making it one of the largest cash crops in the country in this explorer report lisa ling examines the culture and economics of the plant 7 am abc good morning americabritney spears celebrates her 27th birthday jets shaun ellis charged with marijuana possession jets defensive end shaun ellis has been charged with possession of marijuana driving without insurance and speeding he was pulled over saturday morning the day before the jets game against the broncos it was also about seven hours after plaxico burress shot himself its like a bad playmakers episode the jets allowed ellis a team captain to play against the broncos and he will play against the 49ers on sunday the police said ellis was uncooperative jets say ellis will play despite marijuana charge jets defensive end shaun ellis the teams sack leader has been charged in new jersey with marijuana possession speeding and driving without insurance jets say ellis will play despite marijuana charge jets defensive end shaun ellis was charged last weekend in new jersey with marijuana possession speeding and driving without insurance ellis the teams sack leader defensive captain and longesttenured player will play sunday at san francisco according to a team spokesman the incident first reported thursday by the daily record occurred near jets headquarters in florham park at 837 am last saturday ellis was pulled over after he allegedly passed a police car at high speed on route 287 south while exiting onto route 24 mangini addresses the shaun ellis situation during a media briefing on friday jets coach eric mangini fielded questions about shaun ellis the jets defensive end who was charged last weekend with marijuana possession speeding and driving without insurance ready to move on ellis awaits leagues discipline while several of his teammates gathered near a television in the back of the jets locker room to watch the verdict in the o j simpson trial defensive end shaun ellis stood at his locker surrounded by reporters ellis the jets longesttenured player their sack leader and a defensive captain was arrested early last saturday morning just miles from team headquarters the police charged him with possession of marijuana speeding and driving without insurance amsterdam limits sex and drug trade amsterdam unveiled plans to close brothels sex shops and marijuana cafes in its ancient city center as part of a major effort to drive organized crime out of the area drug czar controversy some researchers in substanceabuse treatment and advocates for the medical use of marijuana marijuana are alarmed at reports that representative jim ramstad a republican from minnesota is a candidate to become the next drug czar the director of the office of national drug control policy in a joint letter to presidentelect barack obama coordinated by andrew tatarsky the past president of the division of addictions of the new york state psychological association dozens of academics and other professionals in substanceabuse treatment write whats on today 8 pm bbc america my family the seventh season of this popular british sitcom begins with the 2006 christmas episode ben robert lindsay left the dispirited west london dentist tries to get out of holiday obligations by pretending to be sick but his wiseacre wife susan zoe wanamaker insists that he go to the doctor who decides to run tests bens private hospital room isnt too shabby but he cant say the same for the crowded ward where hes sent when its discovered that his health insurance has expired 1 am 13 doc harold l humes right known as doc went to the massachusetts institute of technology at 16 founded the paris review with george plimpton and peter matthiessen wrote the political novels the underground city and men die helped create the new american cinema group championed the use of medical marijuana designed a paper house that was both fireproof and waterproof managed norman mailers 1961 run for mayor of new york and after becoming mentally ill in the 1960s reappeared as a hippie philosopher and paranoid who insisted that the government was keeping tabs on him turns out it was the filmmaker immy humes tells the story of her father marijuana law comes with challenges massachusetts authorities are scrambling after voters approved a measure decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana growing marijuana with government money how do you become the man who grows all of the marijuana for governmentfunded studies stoned canadian drivers canada never mind the beerswilling mckenzie brothers canada has a stoned driver problem a columnist says citing statistics showing that more people drive under the influence of marijuana and other drugs 10 percent than alcohol 8 percent she blames inadequate enforcement of canadas pot and drug laws edmonton sun correction a questionandanswer interview on tuesday with mahmoud a elsohly who grows marijuana for research purposes overstated the role of one government agency in the research although the national institute on drug abuse does indeed contract with dr elsohlys laboratory to grow the cannabis for federally approved researchers it does not issue permits to the researchers as the article noted the drug enforcement administration does amy winehouse summoned to norwegian court amy winehouse has been summoned by a court in norway to answer charges of drug possession and is expected to appear there when the case is tried in january agencefrance presse reported in october 2007 ms winehouse was arrested in bergen norway with her husband blake fieldercivil and her hairdresser when they were found with marijuana at a local hotel ms winehouse paid a fine and was released but later contested the fine a previously scheduled court appearance was postponed while mr fieldercivil was serving time in a british jail on convictions stemming from a 2006 assault a norwegian prosecutor told agencefrance presse i was informed by british police on dec 23 that she has been legally summoned and we expect that she will be there when the trial opens on jan 12 norwegian court seeks amy winehouse amy winehouse has been summoned by a court in norway to answer charges of drug possession and is expected to appear there when the case is tried in january agencefrance presse reported in october 2007 ms winehouse was arrested in bergen norway with her husband blake fieldercivil and her hairdresser when they were found with marijuana at a hotel ms winehouse paid a fine and was released but later contested the fine a previous court appearance was postponed while mr fieldercivil was serving time in a british jail on convictions stemming from a 2006 assault a norwegian prosecutor told agencefrance presse 8220i was informed by british police on dec 23 that she has been legally summoned and we expect that she will be there when the trial opens on jan 128221 winehouse drops drug appeal amy winehouse has dropped her appeal over a drugpossession charge in norway and will accept a fine in the case the associated press reported ms winehouse the british soul singer was expected to appear in court in bergen norway next monday to answer charges of drug possession after an incident in october 2007 when she her husband blake fieldercivil and her hairdresser were found with marijuana at a hotel according to the police at that time the three were held overnight and paid a fine of about 428 ms winehouse later said that the police had made errors in the case and appealed the fine but on tuesday a lawyer for ms winehouse said she had decided to accept the fine a norwegian prosecutor confirmed that ms winehouse had withdrawn the appeal and would not appear in court that means the fines stand he said according to the ap winehouse drops drug appeal amy winehouse has dropped her appeal of a drug possession charge in norway the associated press reported ms winehouse the british soul singer was expected to appear in court in bergen norway next monday to answer charges of drug possession after an incident in october 2007 when she her husband blake fieldercivil and her hairdresser were found with marijuana at a hotel according to the police at that time the three were held overnight and paid a fine of about 428 ms winehouse later said that the police had made errors in the case and appealed the fine but on tuesday a lawyer for ms winehouse said she had decided to accept the fine a norwegian prosecutor confirmed that ms winehouse had withdrawn the appeal and would not appear in court that means the fines stand he said according to the ap winehouses husband seeking divorce well she warned him that love is a losing game blake fieldercivil the husband of amy winehouse is beginning divorce proceedings against her his lawyer announced on monday the lawyer henri brandman said that mr fieldercivil would seek a divorce on the grounds of infidelity the associated press reported the couple were married in may 2007 and both have had legal problems since then mr fieldercivil was arrested in 2007 and later sent to jail for assaulting a man and offering him a bribe last week ms winehouse dropped her appeal of a fine she paid in norway for possession of what the police said was marijuana in separate interviews with the british newspaper news of the world mr fieldercivil has said he blamed himself for his wife s drug problems and ms winehouse who was hospitalized several times last year said she was off drugs and in love with a 21yearold she met on vacation in st lucia winehouses husband seeking divorce well she warned him that love is a losing game blake fieldercivil the husband of the singer amy winehouse both pictured above in june 2007 is beginning divorce proceedings against her his lawyer announced on monday the lawyer henri brandman said that mr fieldercivil would seek a divorce on the grounds of infidelity the associated press reported the couple were married in may 2007 and both have had legal problems since then mr fieldercivil was arrested in 2007 and later sent to jail for assaulting a man and offering him a bribe last week ms winehouse dropped her appeal of a fine she paid in norway for possession of what the police said was marijuana in separate interviews with the british newspaper news of the world mr fieldercivil has said he blamed himself for his wife8217s drug problems and ms winehouse who was hospitalized several times last year has said she was off drugs and in love with a man she met on vacation in st lucia at least 50 killed in kenya oil fire george obama a kenyan half brother of president obama was arrested saturday on allegations of marijuana possession near his home in a nairobi shantytown the police said jail time for dmx the rapper dmx was sentenced on friday to 90 days in jail and at least 18 months of supervised probation following his conviction on charges of theft drug possession and animal cruelty the associated press reported maricopa county superior court commissioner phemonia miller also put dmx whose real name is earl simmons on supervised probation for at least 18 months on dec 30 mr simmons 38 pleaded guilty to felony counts of theft possession or use of marijuana and possession or use of narcotic drugs and to a misdemeanor count of animal cruelty he has been in custody in the maricopa county jail since dec 9 the time he has already served will not count toward the 90 days ms miller said on friday the animal cruelty and drug charges resulted from a raid of mr simmons home in august 2007 that was carried out as part of an investigation of a report of animal abuse a dozen malnourished pit bulls three dead dogs guns and drugs were discovered in the raid phelps apologizes for marijuana pipe photo michael phelps quickly acknowledged his poor judgment after a photograph showing him inhaling from a marijuana pipe was published sunday in a british newspaper tougher border cant stop mexican marijuana cartels despite enforcement on both sides of the southwest border the mexican marijuana trade is more robust than ever law enforcement officials say spinning michael phelps updated with reader response below 1054 pm you might already know that as karen crouse reported on sunday the olympic swimming star michael phelps quickly acknowledged his poor judgment after a photograph showing him inhaling from a marijuana pipe was published sunday in a british newspaper sponsors back phelps michael phelps does not seem to be in much trouble with his sponsors despite being photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe from the apparel company speedo to the luxury swiss watchmaker omega several sponsors were standing by the 23yearold phelps at least for now and have accepted his public apology other companies like visa inc subway and kellogg co were not talking phelps says he wants to learn from mistake the olympic champion michael phelps said he hoped to learn from the fallout of a photograph that showed him smoking from a marijuana pipe phelps outside the pool where he trains in baltimore made his first public comments since the photo surfaced in a british tabloid over the weekend union to appeal ruling the nfl players association is appealing a federal court decision ordering the union to pay 281 million to retired players for allegedly cutting them out of lucrative marketing deals a jury found in november that the union failed to include the retired players in deals with electronic arts the maker of the madden nfl video game and other companies lawyers for the retired players assert that the union excluded them from licensing deals so active players could receive bigger royalty payments the union argued that companies paid licensing fees exclusively for active players the players association filed its appeal tuesday in united states district court in san francisco the former dallas cowboys receiver terry glenn was arrested on public intoxication and marijuana possession charges after appearing disoriented at a hotel the police said the jan 25 arrest came after the police received a call of a person who was wandering the hallways checking door handles said irving tex officer david tull glenn photograph costs phelps 3 months and a sponsor the olympic swimming sensation michael phelps who was photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe has lost a major sponsorship deal and has been suspended from competition for three months kellogg the food company said thursday that it would not renew its contract with phelps when their deal expires at the end of february it would not disclose the value of its contract michael phelps speaks and swims updated 609 pm the champion swimmer michael phelps spoke to wbaltv in baltimore early this morning a day after losing the sponsorship of the kellogg company in well the wake of negative publicity over a published photograph that appeared to show him smoking marijuana exfalcon arrested the former atlanta falcons running back jamal anderson 36 was charged with felony cocaine possession and misdemeanor marijuana possession after being arrested in atlanta the authorities said correction an article on friday about the fallout from a photograph showing the swimmer michael phelps inhaling from a marijuana pipe referred incorrectly to the reaction of visa one of phelpss corporate sponsors the company issued a statement in support of him it was not among those that did not take positions marijuana advocate calls for boycott of kellogg a marijuana advocacy group is urging a boycott of the kellogg company for deciding to cut ties with the olympic hero michael phelps after he was photographed with a marijuana pipe the leader of one of the biggest legalizepot organizations the marijuana policy project called kelloggs action hypocritical and disgusting and said he had never seen his membership so angry with more than 2300 of them signing an online petition after arrests police ask about phelps police in south carolina arrested eight people in connection with the party at which michael phelps was photographed using a marijuana pipe mazda has michael phelps apologize to china at the behest of a sponsor michael phelps has recorded a video apology to the people of china expressing his remorse over the recently published pictures of him using a marijuana pipe and thanking them for their support and forgiveness mazda asks and phelps apologizes to chinese at the behest of a sponsor michael phelps has recorded a video apology to the people of china expressing his remorse over the recently published photograph showing him using a marijuana pipe he thanked them for their support and forgiveness phelps will not face charges after photograph a south carolina sheriff said that he would not charge michael phelps after a photo of the gold medalist was published showing him smoking from a marijuana pipe pot to be legal in 2022 at fivethirtyeight nate silver graphs the percentage of americans who have said in polls since 1969 whether marijuana should or should not be legal and notes that the support for legalization has never been higher firefighter accused of role in marijuanagrowing ring the firefighter was arrested on charges that he was growing more than 100 pounds of marijuana estimated at a value of 500000 in a home in queens hundreds arrested and drugs are seized in strike on mexico cartel calling mexican drug trafficking organizations a national security threat attorney general eric h holder jr announced wednesday that federal authorities had mounted their biggest assault against one of mexicos most powerful drug cartels more than 750 people nationwide have been arrested tons of cocaine and marijuana have been seized and the distribution of drugs has been disrupted through a series of raids and arrests as part of an investigation begun under the bush administration 21 months ago mr holder said fun with californias marijuana laws now that california has finally passed a budget and can get back to work a state lawmaker and three middleschool administrators have turned their attention to dealing in different ways with the states booming illegal trade in marijuana holmes waives hearing holmes waives hearing pittsburgh receiver santonio holmes waived his right to a preliminary hearing on a misdemeanor marijuana charge stemming from an october traffic stop no trial date had been set ap colts and saturday agree indianapolis center jeff saturday agreed to a threeyear deal hours before he was expected to become a free agent saturdays agent ralph cindrich confirmed the deal to the associated press he did not disclose financial details but said the deal would make saturday one of the nfls highestpaid centers ap cowboys release johnson dallas released the backup quarterback brad johnson johnson a 17year veteran quarterback was ineffective during a threegame stint as the starter last season when tony romo broke his right pinkie ap struggling states look to unorthodox taxes in their search for revenue states are considering legalizing marijuana and taxing pornography dispensers of marijuana find relief in policy shift officials disagree about the extent to which the attorney generals statement that he would not authorize raids on medical marijuana dispensaries represents a policy shift millburn police blotter a marijuana arrest motor vehicle stop and false alarm at the high school are the crimes reported this week in the weekly millburn police blotter a roundup of crimes investigated by the millburn police department the blotter is released to the public by capt james miller patrol commanderpublic information officer and is edited and condensed by the local shift on marijuana policy delays sentencing a federal judge postponed the sentencing of a man convicted of running a medical marijuana dispensary and asked the department of justice to clarify its position on such cases relief for patients a decision to no longer prosecute dispensers of medical marijuana should bring relief to the people who need the drug for health reasons and free up law enforcement obama makes history in live internet video chat more than 100000 questions were submitted many about marijuana and the president disclosed that he would soon announce plans for aiding the auto industry millburn police blotter a millburn youth and an 18yearold short hills man were arrested for marijuana possession during a week that ended with school officials announcing that police with drugsniffing dogs will begin random searches of millburn high school the arrests are among the crimes reported this week in the weekly millburn police blotter a roundup of crimes investigated by the millburn police department the blotter is released to the public by capt james miller patrol commanderpublic information officer and is edited and condensed by the local the war on the war on drugs last thursday in his internet press conference with the public president obama fielded a question submitted online about the countrys favorite illicit drug if marijuana were legalized might the taxes and other fees be a boon to the economy a zerotolerance policy and a suicide a 17yearold is caught for a second time with marijuana on school property not selling it or using it but carrying it his virginia school district has a zerotolerance policy and after his first offense he was banned from one high school but allowed to enroll in another marijuana advocates point to signs of change advocates of legalizing marijuana are sensing increasing acceptance of the drug as medicine or entertainment jail term to be sought in medical marijuana case medical marijuana advocates see the case as a litmus test of the obama administrations policy of noninterference on state marijuana laws schwarzenegger urges a study on legalizing marijuana use pressure to mend the states fractured budget along with growing public support of marijuana legalization moved him to support such a study californias governor said legalization now for the hard question the executive director of the drug policy alliance has been advocating for the legalization of marijuana for 20 years and says hes seen more progress in the last four months than in the previous two decades a night of poetry and music monologue aired friday night on nbc our governor arnold schwarzenegger wants to legalize marijuana he says the taxes on it will help raise money to balance the budget now see this can go one of two ways either california will raise some revenue and balance the budget or california still goes broke but everybodys too stoned to care so you see its a winwin really pictures of the day wednesday june 3 while each of these photos has a degree of ambiguity to it this may be the least easy to interpret at first jaime saldarriagas photo for reuters is a different way of depicting a drug seizure in this case more than two tons of marijuana by the authorities in cali colombia wearing a scowl and a stethoscope showtime is the network of the guiltfree secret a suburban mom sells marijuana to make ends meet on weeds and on dexter a crimelab technician is an afterhours serial killer with an honor code he only kills people who dont deserve to live prison term for a seller of medical marijuana a federal judge sentenced the owner of a marijuana dispensary in california to a year in prison citing the difficulty in finding a loophole to avoid the verdict bonnaroo a few glimpses of sunday erykah badu came onstage about as incognito as a headliner could wearing a hoodie public enemy logo with shades over artfully ripped and paintspattered blue jeans at one point she even had a hat on top of the hoodie but even before she showed her face her songs were tellalls about her age her babies her gap between albums her body her first romance with each revelation drawing approving oohs from women in the audience her band played serenely undulating vamps as ms badu sang rhymed and scatsang what might have been a streamofconsciousness autobiography but it wasnt her backup singers both rehearsed and attentive underlined selected phrases with neat harmonies proof that ms badu had her story all planned outmerle haggards antihippie broadside from 1969 okie from muskogee is his signature song his band plays it for his entrance and exit onstage by now hes played it in all sorts of places but there was still a little piquancy to see him sing we dont smoke marijuana in muskogeewe dont take our trips on lsd to a tiedyed crowd with shall we say a different lifestyle and while it was drinking songs and johnny cash hits that got the crowd whooping loudest mr haggard also set out his downtoearth populism starting his set with a trenchant song about debt a working man cant get nowhere today world champion arrested the former mountain biking world champion melissa giove was ordered held on 250000 bail after federal authorities said they seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana from a truck she was driving in upstate new york marijuana smoke on california cancer list marijuana smoke has joined tobacco smoke and hundreds of other chemicals on a list of substances that california regulators say cause cancer ideas online yes but some not so presidential when the white house asked people to post ideas on open government on a new web site it heard about ufos marijuana and the presidents birth certificate new hampshire marijuana law the legislature voted to make new hampshire the 14th state to legalize marijuana for severely ill people but gov john lynch must decide whether to sign the measure new hampshire veto of medical marijuana bill gov john lynch vetoed legislation that would have made new hampshire the 14th state to legalize marijuana use by severely ill people citing concerns over distribution and cultivation we have no money monologue aired thursday night on jimmy kimmel live on abc here in california we have no money our budget situation is a mess and when you have no money what do you do you sell drugs right a state representative from san francisco just introduced a bill that would legalize marijuana he claims it would raise almost 15 billion a year for the state in taxes and another 3 billion in cheeto sales more than a million a politician in california has proposed a plan that eliminates the states budget deficit by legalizing and taxing the sale of marijuana its called proposition fo shizzle marijuana is gateway drug for two debates marijuanas increased potency is the opening for a debate on addiction treatment and legalization if marijuana is legal will addiction rise a new york times article on sunday discussed the debate over whether more and more potent types of cannabis affect the levels of addiction to the drug this particular issue has become part of the larger debate over whether marijuana should be legalized or decriminalized toxicology report in mcnair death a toxicology report showed that sahel kazemi the 20yearold woman the police say fatally shot the former nfl star steve mcnair before killing herself had a trace amount of marijuana in her body ricky williams is hoping to heal others and his image at 32 nfl running back ricky williams with a selfdescribed reputation as the poster child for marijuana is looking toward a career in holistic healing marijuana supporters welcome a tax increase voters in oakland calif raised taxes on medical marijuana which supporters saw as a step in the legitimatization of the cannabis industry james admits marijuana use lebron james struggled with sudden fame after appearing on sports illustrateds cover as a 17yearold and admitted he smoked marijuana during his junior year in high school those are two of the revelations in a book chronicling jamess rise from an akron ohio basketball prodigy to an nba superstar in shooting stars written by james and the coauthor buzz bissinger and scheduled to be released in september james said the magazine cover and the news media attention he and his high school teammates received was difficult to handle correction marijuana is gateway drug for two debates an article last sunday about the debate over the need for addiction treatment for marijuana users referred incorrectly to the alcoholics anonymous policy for accepting drug addicts at its meetings most meetings are open only to drug addicts who also want to stop drinking only some meetings accept drug addicts who have no drinking problem driver in crash that killed 8 was drunk officials say updated 518 pm the woman who died in a headon crash into an sportutility vehicle while driving a minivan the wrong way on the taconic state parkway in westchester county last week killing her daughter three nieces and three men in the suv was drunk and had marijuana in her system officials said tuesday nfl roundup marijuana chargephiladelphia eagles defensive end juqua parker was arrested on a marijuana possession charge near the teams training camp in bethlehem pa the lower saucon township police said parker was a passenger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation at 1233 am parker was carrying a small amount of marijuana and was taken to northampton county prison the police said parker was released after posting 1000 bail a prison official said ap panthers lose kemoeatu the carolina panthers have placed the starting defensive tackle maake kemoeatu on injured reserve ending his season the same day he had surgery on his torn right achilles tendon kemoeatu was injured minutes into carolinas first practice monday ap again facing bribery case union head is to resign michael j forde accused of stealing millions from the carpenters8217 union tested positive for cocaine and marijuana when he was arrested a prosecutor said t c slater who led a state effort on marijuana is dead at 68 mr slater was a state representative who successfully urged legalizing medical marijuana in rhode island tougher penalties sought for driving drunk with children gov david a paterson on thursday proposed legislation that would make it a felony to drive while drunk or high on drugs when a passenger under 16 is in the car the proposal comes in the aftermath of the deadly crash on the taconic state parkway in which diane schuler killed herself and seven others while drunk and under the influence of marijuana jets ellis is suspended for the season opener shaun ellis was also fined 100000 by the nfl following his arrest last november for marijuana possession speeding and driving without insurance california marijuana growers linked to wildfires a large wildfire in santa barbara county spread from a campfire set by illegal marijuana growers last week according to the police and fire officials league suspends jets ellis for regularseason opener rex ryan has injected a badly needed dose of energy and humor into the jets but his players are not giving him much help getting his defense off the ground on monday the nfl announced that defensive end shaun ellis would be suspended for the season opener and fined 100000 because of his arrest last november for marijuana possession speeding and driving without insurance for a team that hopes to play ravensstyle football lowscoring games with a great defense and a tough running game limiting the need for a rookie quarterback to win the game with his arm assuming mark sanchez gets the starting job the suspension was not good news especially because linebacker calvin pace will miss the first four games for violating the leagues policy on performanceenhancing drugs mexico legalizes drug possession the law decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana cocaine heroin and other drugs while encouraging governmentfinanced treatment for drug dependency free of charge in california forests marijuana growers thrive long a fixture of public lands marijuana grows are increasing in california argentine court decriminalizes private marijuana use in a unanimous ruling the court struck down criminal penalties for possessing and consuming marijuana if it did not endanger others reefer madness a british writer struggles with a teenage son ensnared by a potent form of marijuana a fall at the mall millburn police were called to the armani exchange at the mall at short hills on saturday after two men tried to steal 38 shirts worth a total of 1934 the police were then told of a man identified as julio c gonzalez 20 of north bergen who had fallen 20 feet off the bloomingdales upper parking deck the police said he was identified as the shoplifter taken to morristown memorial hospital and charged with possession of an antishoplifting device and with shoplifting in another crime incident the police pulled over a car with bad frontend damage on thursday night and determined that the driver a 17yearold resident had not been involved as suspected in an earlier incident however the police said they found he had marijuana and drug paraphernalia he was arrested on drug charges and for violations of learners permit rules tina kelley correction because of an editing error a letter yesterday from the drug policy alliance misstated the number of arrests for marijuana possession in the united states there were more than 870000 total marijuana arrests in 2007 of those about 775000 were for possession correction because of an editing error a letter yesterday from the drug policy alliance misstated the number of arrests for marijuana possession in the united states there were more than 870000 total marijuana arrests in 2007 of those about 775000 were for possession arizona drug ruling the arizona supreme court says a man is not entitled to use a state religiousfreedom law to overturn his conviction for possessing marijuana while driving what will mexicos new drug law do mexico last month adopted a law that decriminalizes the possession of small amounts of marijuana and harder drugs including cocaine and heroin other countries in latin america are considering similar changes in their laws prompting antidrug groups in the us to say that pressure from south of the border will push the united states toward decriminalization if not legalization of drugs a popular plant is quietly spreading across tv screens the lowbudget cannabis planet is evidence of how entrenched marijuana has become in californias cultural firmament and of how the pot subculture has edged into the mainstream drug science 19372009 new york magazines article on marijuana includes an interesting bit of scientific history after noting that mayor bloomberg has presided over more marijuana arrests than any mayor anywhere mark jacobson writes the amsterdam of playgrounds and pancakes theres a whole lot more to this city than decriminalized marijuana and a surprising amount of it is childfriendly maplewood drug bust the maplewood police helped by the county k9 unit and armed with a search warrant arrested juvens exantus 20 and his brother daniel exantus 18 at their franklin avenue home at about 5 pm friday and charged them with possessing drug paraphernalia and under 50 grams of marijuana four other maplewood residents were questioned at the scene and on monday police searched a car seized during the raid more charges may be forthcoming the police said neighbors had discussed suspicious activity at the house on this thread on maplewood online tina kelley stiletto stoners successful career women who smoke marijuana wanted pot critic with shrewd taste and medical need westword an alternative weekly newspaper is shopping around for a medical marijuana critic to review denverarea dispensaries marijuana licensing fails to chase the shadows fears of arrest and robbery hamper an experiment to provide safe aboveboard access to medicinal marijuana los angeles prepares for clash over marijuana law enforcement officials and marijuana supporters disagree over how to regulate the dispensaries that have sprouted up blogtalk marijuana and apple pie capturing attention amid all the news today was the decision from the justice department that it would not pursue charges against people who use marijuana for medical purposes or those who distribute it in the states allowing medical use us wont prosecute in states that allow medical marijuana people who use marijuana for medical purposes and those who distribute it to them will not face federal prosecution provided they act according to state laws california judge backs cannabis clubs the ruling will complicate the citys efforts to crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries medical marijuana for children the announcement yesterday that the obama administration would not prosecute the use of medical marijuana in states where it was legal seemed like a good time to revisit the story of j a 9yearold rhode island boy who is using pot under a doctors supervision high time ok can we all agree that barack obama has finally accomplished something in his presidency yesterday his justice department issued a memorandum to federal prosecutors in the 14 states that have approved the use of medical marijuana instructing them not to go after patients and doctors who are following the laws of their states good sense on medical marijuana attorney general eric holder jr was right to call off prosecutions of patients who use marijuana for medical purposes or those who distribute it to them within the law getting ugly in the press room monologue aired tuesday night on nbc federal agents will no longer go after patients taking medical marijuana or their suppliers under the new guidelines by the obama administration president obama is very smart he figures if he couldnt appease the left by withdrawing from iraq or closing gitmo or appealing dont ask dont tell theyll all be too stoned to care california arrests in marijuana ring federal authorities announced charges against 18 people they said operated a lucrative marijuanagrowing operation by converting homes into hightech marijuana nurseries corrections an article last sunday about a possible coming conflict between marijuana dispensaries and law enforcement officials in los angeles misstated the year that district attorney steve cooley of los angeles county will be up for reelection it is 2012 not 8220next year8221 states pressed into new role on medical marijuana local officials are debating how to regulate medical marijuana after the justice department stepped back suddenly what ails them is what medical marijuana is good for like other states colorado is trying to figure out how to deal with the united states department of justices announcement last week that users and providers of medical marijuana will not be prosecuted when they are in compliance with state law here in colorado local officials say that a big concern is a surge in new users of the drug which colorados top health official james b martin called an abuse of the system the legalization chronicles part xxi following up on todays article on the renewed political push to legalize marijuana our colleague jesse mckinley looks at one of the movements local power centers us and mexico agree on shift in drug trials in a break with a longstanding drug enforcement practice the united states has returned a suspected marijuana smuggler over to his own country for trial a setback in maine for gay marriage but medical marijuana law expands the vote was a stinging setback for the national gayrights movement maine voters also decided to expand the states 10yearold medical marijuana law using marijuana stores to market food with more than 60 marijuana shops in denver and boulder colo the munchies will be calling so satisfy them with us the owner of a sushi restaurant chain says california marijuana plants seized the authorities are reporting a staggering jump in the number of plants seized in californias annual marijuana eradication effort driver said to have used marijuana regularly the sisterinlaw of diane schuler told investigators that ms schuler smoked marijuana regularly and was a heavy drinker according to a lawyer for the family of two of the victims liquid marijuana seized in brooklyn the police said they seized eight mason jars of an alcoholmarijuana mixture as well as cocaine and painkillers cannabis cafe opens in oregon update tuesday 737 am at precisely 420 pm last friday afternoon the cannabis caf the first coffee house in oregon catering to licensed users of medical marijuana opened for business in portland la city council and da spar over medical marijuana law a haze continues to envelop state and local officials in california as they try to figure out how to enforce drug laws in a state where medical marijuana is legal but there are no clear statewide rules for how its cultivation and sale should be regulated corrections a map on saturday with an article about the decriminalization of possession of small amounts of marijuana in breckenridge colo labeled a neighboring state incorrectly the state directly south of colorado is new mexico not texas bay area report highlights for sunday nov 22 cannabis conundrum bay area doctors have begun recommending that some teenage patients take marijuana to alleviate some of the tension and anxiety associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder doctors responses range from how many ways can you say one of the worst ideas of all time to its safer than aspirin a state assemblyman wants it stopped katherine ellison has a detailed report on a latest battle in the medical marijuana wars medical marijuana no longer just for adults several bay area doctors who recommend medical marijuana for patients say their client base includes teenagers with psychiatric conditions including adhd medical marijuana for teens a new arena in the medical marijuana debate is the use of the drug for teenagers who have conditions such as attentiondeficit hyperactivity disorder according to a story by katherine ellison in sundays bay area report higher schooling in michigan last november michigan became the 13th state to legalize medical marijuana one young entrepreneur sees it as a business opportunity cannabis 101 med grow cannabis college in southfield mich teaches the history horticulture and legal howtos of michigans new medical marijuana program at this school its marijuana in every class a sixweek primer focuses on the history the horticulture and the legal howtos of medical marijuana in michigan at this school everyone majors in marijuana at most colleges marijuana is very much an extracurricular matter but at med grow cannabis college marijuana is the curriculum the history the horticulture and the legal howtos of michigans new medical marijuana program this state needs jobs and we think medical marijuana can stimulate the state economy with hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars said nick tennant the 24yearold founder of the college which is actually a burgeoning business no baccalaureates here operating from a few barebones rooms in a detroit suburb online video at most colleges marijuana is very much an extracurricular matter but at med grow cannabis college marijuana is the curriculum nytimescomnational altered states reflecting on state medical marijuana laws overview what are the ramifications of the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes in this lesson students consider the issues related to the use of medical marijuana in the 13 states where it is legal they research relevant issues and then have a panel discussion about their own states medicinal marijuana laws falcon faces drug charge jonathan babineaux a fifthyear defensive tackle and perhaps the falcons best pass rusher this season has been charged with possessing 15 ounces of marijuana he was arrested during a traffic stop thursday night babineaux practiced friday but refused interview requests after the onehour workout coach mike smith declined to say whether babineaux would play sunday when the falcons 66 host new orleans 120 according to the gwinnett county police spokesman cpl david schiralli babineaux and another man aaron robinson were driving in babineauxs 2005 cadillac escalade when the police pulled them over it was pretty routine schiralli said the officer saw that the vehicle had an expired tag no tag light and too heavy a tint on the windows the officer smelled marijuana and found three bags containing a total of approximately 40 grams canada crime solved but its still a mystery why a toronto man stole 2865 bicycles last year remained a mystery on tuesday after he pleaded guilty to reduced charges under the terms of a plea bargain the man igor kenk was convicted of possessing just 10 stolen bicycles as well as cocaine and marijuana after the 17 months he spent in jail awaiting trial he will have to serve an additional four months similar charges against his commonlaw wife jeanie chung a concert pianist were dropped the police said mr kenk who owns a used bike shop either stole the bicycles or arranged for their theft and stashed them in garages around the city while various theories have been floated about his plans for the bikes he declined an invitation by the judge to make a statement milehigh cuisine finally years after states first legalized the medical use of marijuana chefs have started to think creatively about the munchies mock barred 3 months the united states antidoping agency said the cyclist david mock accepted a threemonth suspension after testing positive for a metabolite of marijuana charities criticize online fundraising contest by chase students for sensible drug policy the marijuana policy project and an antiabortion group justice for all say they believe that chase disqualified them over concerns about associating its name with their missions whites smoke pot but blacks are arrested according to a study by a queens college sociology professor whites in new york are far less likely than blacks to be arrested on marijuana charges youths see some dangers but not others in surveys teenagers said they viewed cigarette smoking as very dangerous but many were less concerned about alcohol and marijuana'
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In [133]:
tfidf2_ft.shape
Out[133]:
(5, 1029564)
In [134]:
type(tfidf2_ft), type(tfidf2_fn)
Out[134]:
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In [135]:
df_clusters = pd.DataFrame(tfidf2_ft, columns=tfidf2_fn)
df_clusters_t = df_clusters.transpose(); df_clusters_t.head(3)
Out[135]:
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In [136]:
cols = list(df_clusters_t.columns.values); cols
Out[136]:
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
In [137]:
top_words = []
for col in cols:
tw = df_clusters_t.sort_values(by=col, ascending=False).head(30)[col]
tw_idx = tw.index
top_words.append(zip(tw_idx, tw))
top_words
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(u'medical', 0.088721695394571212),
(u'court', 0.088228797086823602),
(u'state', 0.084285610624842661),
(u'york', 0.081821119086104566),
(u'new york', 0.080588873316735518),
(u'people', 0.078617280085745048),
(u'arrested', 0.074427644469890294),
(u'states', 0.071223805469530777),
(u'yesterday', 0.069005763084666508),
(u'national', 0.067280619007549836),
(u'clinton', 0.062355779517627816),
(u'school', 0.062351635930073659),
(u'city', 0.062105186776199854),
(u'officials', 0.061612288468452237),
(u'street', 0.059887144391335571),
(u'cocaine', 0.059640695237461766),
(u'possession', 0.057669102006471289),
(u'year', 0.055697508775480818),
(u'time', 0.055697508775480818),
(u'president', 0.054711712159985583),
(u'man', 0.054465263006111778)],
[(u'street', 0.37965736604514927),
(u'theater', 0.2433748410021592),
(u'new', 0.21162200195659489),
(u'pm', 0.19308288901724735),
(u'west', 0.18973007071970577),
(u'marijuana', 0.17296597923199789),
(u'mr', 0.12957656596969511),
(u'district', 0.096048382994279327),
(u'east', 0.09585115838854158),
(u'village', 0.07928429150657143),
(u'york', 0.076917596237718558),
(u'new york', 0.076523147026243077),
(u'ms', 0.074287536889041758),
(u'avenue', 0.073170328728701495),
(u'minutes', 0.071986981094275052),
(u'street clinton', 0.067465370940317876),
(u'music', 0.066464692133618344),
(u'art', 0.065873018316405116),
(u'police', 0.065675793710667382),
(u'broadway', 0.064125298295827596),
(u'cover', 0.062322975413125807),
(u'lincoln center', 0.060843003240654767),
(u'center', 0.060153504750010668),
(u'like', 0.056800686452469086),
(u'night', 0.056603461846731346),
(u'dance', 0.056547229572255664),
(u'tuesday', 0.05561733881804265),
(u'american', 0.053447868154927511),
(u'street manhattan', 0.053428845622704176),
(u'drug', 0.052856194337714289)],
[(u'marijuana', 0.77477961510431381),
(u'pot', 0.22449772027932885),
(u'medical', 0.16366408768644333),
(u'medical marijuana', 0.15224715550931897),
(u'new', 0.118888063696756),
(u'state', 0.11796166320041764),
(u'colorado', 0.10375685558989614),
(u'drug', 0.10005125360454271),
(u'use', 0.097580852280973754),
(u'legal', 0.087390446821251813),
(u'police', 0.077817641692422113),
(u'recreational', 0.073385319562045831),
(u'states', 0.072259238714391952),
(u'recreational marijuana', 0.064805182194797181),
(u'washington', 0.057436830772978224),
(u'federal', 0.057128030607532104),
(u'california', 0.054966429449409264),
(u'law', 0.054040028953070911),
(u'legalization', 0.050643227133163597),
(u'legalize', 0.048481625975040757),
(u'man', 0.046011224651471803),
(u'possession', 0.045702424486025683),
(u'court', 0.04292322299701061),
(u'new york', 0.04199682250067225),
(u'york', 0.04199682250067225),
(u'city', 0.04137922216978001),
(u'tuesday', 0.04076162183888777),
(u'arrested', 0.037982420349872696),
(u'people', 0.037056019853534336),
(u'legal pot', 0.036938953851034392)]]
In [138]:
# lists to export to wordle for word cloud visualizations
era_list = []
eras_list = []
for idx, era in enumerate(top_words):
print '*' * 20 + 'Era ' + str(idx + 1) + '*' * 20
for a_tuple in era:
print a_tuple[0].encode('latin-1') + ':' + str(a_tuple[1])
********************Era 1********************
marijuana:0.827229273372
drug:0.14071943897
use:0.114585828875
possession:0.092975343605
new:0.0909650659055
police:0.0899599270557
yesterday:0.0859393716565
arrested:0.0758879831587
state:0.0693545806351
penalties:0.0673443029355
states:0.0663391640857
seized:0.0598057615621
drugs:0.0572929144377
charges:0.0542774978883
narcotics:0.0537749284634
united:0.0532723590386
united states:0.0492518036394
federal:0.0477440953647
laws:0.046738956515
years:0.041713262266
use marijuana:0.0412106928411
court:0.0407081234163
criminal:0.0402055539914
law:0.0402055539914
possession marijuana:0.0376927068669
persons:0.0367298771366
york:0.0356824291673
study:0.0356824291673
new york:0.0356824291673
small:0.0341747208927
********************Era 2********************
marijuana:0.607535333205
drug:0.308370207006
police:0.1495825631
new:0.130251893407
federal:0.122427574722
drugs:0.116904526238
cocaine:0.115063510077
use:0.110460969674
arrested:0.10493792119
states:0.10493792119
years:0.0915905540211
united:0.0906700459404
united states:0.0879085216986
officials:0.0856072514971
state:0.0805444570537
mr:0.0782431868522
charges:0.0759419166506
lead:0.0694983600863
court:0.069038106046
yesterday:0.0671970898848
people:0.0593727711996
year:0.0589125171593
seized:0.0575317550384
officers:0.0547702307965
according:0.0543099767562
york:0.0515484525144
new york:0.0515484525144
million:0.0497074363531
coast:0.0492471823128
city:0.0487869282725
********************Era 3********************
marijuana:0.555742841985
drug:0.234373145334
new:0.207263738408
police:0.144172755016
mr:0.139490221093
use:0.127660661707
drugs:0.103262195473
years:0.095622271703
federal:0.0892145937023
medical:0.0887216953946
court:0.0882287970868
state:0.0842856106248
york:0.0818211190861
new york:0.0805888733167
people:0.0786172800857
arrested:0.0744276444699
states:0.0712238054695
yesterday:0.0690057630847
national:0.0672806190075
clinton:0.0623557795176
school:0.0623516359301
city:0.0621051867762
officials:0.0616122884685
street:0.0598871443913
cocaine:0.0596406952375
possession:0.0576691020065
year:0.0556975087755
time:0.0556975087755
president:0.05471171216
man:0.0544652630061
********************Era 4********************
street:0.379657366045
theater:0.243374841002
new:0.211622001957
pm:0.193082889017
west:0.18973007072
marijuana:0.172965979232
mr:0.12957656597
district:0.0960483829943
east:0.0958511583885
village:0.0792842915066
york:0.0769175962377
new york:0.0765231470262
ms:0.074287536889
avenue:0.0731703287287
minutes:0.0719869810943
street clinton:0.0674653709403
music:0.0664646921336
art:0.0658730183164
police:0.0656757937107
broadway:0.0641252982958
cover:0.0623229754131
lincoln center:0.0608430032407
center:0.06015350475
like:0.0568006864525
night:0.0566034618467
dance:0.0565472295723
tuesday:0.055617338818
american:0.0534478681549
street manhattan:0.0534288456227
drug:0.0528561943377
********************Era 5********************
marijuana:0.774779615104
pot:0.224497720279
medical:0.163664087686
medical marijuana:0.152247155509
new:0.118888063697
state:0.1179616632
colorado:0.10375685559
drug:0.100051253605
use:0.097580852281
legal:0.0873904468213
police:0.0778176416924
recreational:0.073385319562
states:0.0722592387144
recreational marijuana:0.0648051821948
washington:0.057436830773
federal:0.0571280306075
california:0.0549664294494
law:0.0540400289531
legalization:0.0506432271332
legalize:0.048481625975
man:0.0460112246515
possession:0.045702424486
court:0.042923222997
new york:0.0419968225007
york:0.0419968225007
city:0.0413792221698
tuesday:0.0407616218389
arrested:0.0379824203499
people:0.0370560198535
legal pot:0.036938953851
In [139]:
print 'argh'
argh
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