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Marcus Roberts Trio
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Lincoln Center
62nd-65th Sts. from Columbus to Amsterdam Avs.
, Upper West Side
Watch the 'Marcus Roberts Trio' perform live. The band is composed of Marcus Roberts on piano, Rodney Jordan on bass and Jason Marsalis on drums.
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The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini
Saturday, January 28th, 2012.
11 a.m.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
1000 5th Ave./82nd St.,
Upper East Side
The exhibition is made possible by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Diane W. and James E. Burke Fund, the Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund, and The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation. The exhibition catalogue is made possible by the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Inc.
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The Coe Collection of American Indian Art
Saturday, January 28th, 2012.
11 a.m.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Ave./82nd St.
, Upper East Side
The exhibition comprises some thirty objects made in natural materials from stone to animal hide. It will feature a wide range of Native American works that come from different times, different places, and distinct people.
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Standard Deviations: Types and Families in Contemporary Design
Saturday, January 28th, 2012.
11 a.m.
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
11 W. 53rd St. 5th/6th Ave.
, Midtown
Organized by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, and Kate Carmody, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design, the exhibition showcases objects and designs in the Museum’s collection that belong to families, including an important recent acquisition of 23 digital typefaces, on view here for the first time.
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Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929–1983
Saturday, January 28th, 2012.
11 a.m.
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
11 W. 53rd St. 5th/6th Ave.
, Midtown
This exhibition examines the history of MoMA’s drawings collection through key gifts from donors whose connections with the Museum helped shape the institution from its earliest days. Lillie P. Bliss and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, founders of MoMA, gave numerous masterworks to the new museum, including some of its most prized drawings.
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Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929–1983
Saturday, January 28th, 2012.
11 a.m.
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) ,
11 W. 53rd St. 5th/6th Ave.,
Midtown
This exhibition examines the history of MoMA’s drawings collection through key gifts from donors whose connections with the Museum helped shape the institution from its earliest days. Lillie P. Bliss and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, founders of MoMA, gave numerous masterworks to the new museum, including some of its most prized drawings.
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150th Anniversary Archive Exhibition
Saturday, January 28th, 2012.
11 a.m.
Brooklyn Academy of Music,
BAM, 30 Lafayette Avenue,
Brooklyn
Curated by David Harper and Sharon Lehner, BAM presents a special archival exhibition delving into the rich history of an institution a century and a half in the making. Original documents, archival video, photographs, and more—many dating from the earliest days of BAM—illuminate the moments, memories, and cultural happenings that have transpired both on and off its stages.
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Happy Hour at BAMcafé
Saturday, January 28th, 2012.
6 p.m.
Brooklyn Academy of Music
BAM, 30 Lafayette Avenue
, Brooklyn
Happy Hour at BAMcafé features performances by DJ Idlemind 'The Appropriate Agent'. Come to Happy Hour on select Fridays and Saturdays at BAMcafé, one of Brooklyn’s signature spaces. Chill out and enjoy drink specials and stay for a free BAMcafé live show.
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The Descendants
Saturday, January 28th, 2012.
4:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Academy of Music
BAM, 30 Lafayette Avenue
, Brooklyn
Directed by Alexander Payne and starring George Clooney, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard and Robert Forster, this film is based on the bestselling novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. It centers on an apathetic husband (Clooney) and father to two daughters who is thrown into an active and involved role when his wife has a boating accident.
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Pina in 3-D
Saturday, January 28th, 2012.
4:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Academy of Music
BAM, 30 Lafayette Avenue
, Brooklyn
Directed by Wim Wenders, the move Boasts kinetic performances by Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal, Pina brings the artist’s groundbreaking choreography to life in stunning 3-D showcasing seminal dances throughout her storied career such as Café Müller (1984 Spring Season), Vollmond (2010 Next Wave), and Für die Kinder von gestern, heute und morgen (2004 Next Wave) in settings as diverse as swimming pools, urban intersections, high school gyms, and forests.
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The January Split Bill Series
Saturday, January 28th, 2012.
8 p.m.
Brooklyn Academy of Music
BAM, 30 Lafayette Avenue
, Brooklyn
This program is aimed at emerging artists who need a stepping-stone between a showcase format and full-on evening-length production. Curated by a panel of professional dance artists, this series exposes audiences to a diverse array of emerging, talented choreographers.
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Robot and Frank
Saturday, January 28th, 2012.
Brooklyn Academy of Music,
BAM, 30 Lafayette Avenue,
Brooklyn
Directed by Jake Schreier and featuring Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Sundance returns to BAM with this offbeat buddy movie set in the near future about a curmudgeonly dad and ex-jewel thief (Langella) whose grown kids install a robot as his caretaker.
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