Two generations of artists, Rebecca Dick and William Dick, with differing visions and thoughts on the language of sculpture and painting, respond to nature and the everyday environment.
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Freud’s Oracle
Sell/Buy/Date
Tony Award-winning playwright and performer Sarah Jones (Bridge & Tunnel) returns to the New York stage as a dazzling medley of characters in Sell/Buy/Date, an exuberant new show inspired by the real-life experiences of people affected by the sex industry. Extended through December 3. Tickets (with promo code activated) can be purchased here.
Eve – Absinthe – Alice
Premiere of a choral composition based on three poems by Ruth Kessler from Fire Ashes Wings and set to music by Oliver Caplan. Commissioned and performed by the New Hampshire Master Chorale. More information available on website.
Questioning Return
The book launch for Kissileff’s debut novel Questioning Return is November 15 at 7 PM. An excerpt is online at Tablet Magazine.
Quiet: A Poetry Reading for Agnes Martin
Poets Ari Banias, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, and Souvankham Thammavongsa read selections of their work in honor of Agnes Martin in an evening curated by artist Jen Bervin. Information on tickets available here.
The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes & the Invention of Twentieth Century America
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, 7 PM: Celebrate the first-ever biography of a self-taught ‘genius’ polymath: Torchbearer of industrial design, poster boy for ‘streamlining,’ and creator of Futurama at the ’39 NY World’s Fair. Published by Melville House.
Election Night Bash
What will you be doing on election night? Sitting home and trembling in front of the TV? Our season opener will be an election night bash with a group of players from the Berlin Philharmonic. Watch the returns while listening to music composed by a broad mix of American composers. Tickets still available.
Paradise: Large Works on Paper
The first solo exhibition by the artist to feature a selection of paintings from 2010-2016 including pieces made entirely with red wine from different parts of the world. Curated by Bill Carroll and Diane Radycki. Gallery open from 12 noon to 4 PM.
Louise Nevelson: Light and Shadow
Laurie Wilson and Arezoo Moseni converse about Nevelson’s unshakable self-confidence, her relationship to other artists of her era, the gallerists, curators, and critics who shaped her career. This is an Art Book Series Event. Please see the evite for more details.
Jay Shinn: Air Space
This is the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery.
Traces
This is a solo show of the artist’s work. The opening reception is on Saturday, November 5, from 7 to 9 PM.
Lorna Bieber, Tapestry (DETAIL), 2015-2016, inkjet on fabric, 3.35 m x 7.47 m.
A Gambler’s Anatomy
A worldly backgammon player faces his mortality. New York Times reviewer Kurt Anderson puts Lethem’s latest in the category of “thoughtful, first-rate novels that also happen to be page-turners.”
Portal
Portal is presented as part of Gowanus Open Studios. The opening reception takes place on Friday, October 14, from 6-8 PM.
Entering History
Book launch and party, starting at 6 PM. In her long-awaited second volume, Entering History, Mary Stewart Hammond chronicles a long marriage with sharp wit, dark irony, and poignancy.
Plein Air and Beyond
An exhibition at Blue Hill Cultural Center in Pearl River, New York that includes seven of Churchill’s larger paintings. Opening is December 8, 2016, at 7:30 PM.
Beneath the Flame
UN/MASKED: Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl on Tour
Book launch party for UN/MASKED, memoir of a woman-turned-survivor-turned-radical-feminist and member of the Guerrilla Girls feminist art/activist collective. When she takes off her gorilla mask and merges her identities, she reveals all. Skyhorse Publishing. For more information about the event, please see the bookstore’s website.
The Halloween Tree
Based on Ray Bradbury’s classic novel exploring the origins of Halloween, the opera takes us on an epic journey as a group of children search for a friend who has mysteriously disappeared. Tickets are available online.
Book Launch for Stranger
Stranger is Matuk’s second collection of poems and is published with Vehicule Press (Montréal). A poem included in the collection, “Resolve,” appeared in the October 3, 2016 issue of the New Yorker.
Breathing Lights
Breathing Lights is a light art installation in over 200 vacant buildings in the Capital District designed to draw attention to too-long-neglected neighborhoods. The light reminds us of their potential as homes and businesses. Locations and related events are on this schedule. The project is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Breathing Lights/ photo by hyers+mebane
