Out & About

| 12 Apr 2016 | 11:13

Thu 14

Waterfront, Parks and Environment Committee MeetingCommunity Board 4 Office, 330 West 42nd St., 26th Floor

6:30 p.m.

www.nyc.gov/mcb4 Miami City BalletJoyce Theater, 175 8th Avenue

7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $34, available online.

One of the largest ballet companies in the United States performs three dances for their New York tour.

www.joyce.org/

Fri 15

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company OpeningJoyce Theater, 175 8th Avenue

8 p.m. Tickets start at $10, available online.

An elite troupe made up of 16 young dancers prepares artists under 20 years old to enter American Ballet Theatre’s main company.

www.joyce.org/

Performance CaptureThe Kitchen, 512 W 19th Street

1:30 p.m. Free.

Artists Ed Atkins performs Wednesday and Friday afternoons as part of his new work that deals with how contemporary modes of representative mediate our lives.

www.thekitchen.org/events/

Sat 16

Family Community Day and Salsa Dance Party Avenues The World School, 259 10th Ave. between 25th and 26th Streets

3-5 p.m. Free. Pick up tickets at a Hudson Guild reception desk

212-736-4536

Waiting Rooms: A Game of Perplexing EmotionsRubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St.

7:30–9:30 p.m. $25; $22.50, members.

Architect Nathalie Pozzi and game designer Eric Zimmerman will prototype their newest physical game installation, Waiting Rooms. The game explores themes of bureaucracy, immigration, economic inequality, and the systematization of contemporary life.

www.rubinmuseum.org/events/

Sun 17

Lecture on the History of SkywritingWhitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St.

7 p.m. $15 adults; $12 members, students and seniors. Available online.

A discussion on skywriting and drone warfare with poet Anne Carson, Yemeni engineer Faisal bin Ali Jaber, and lawyer Cori Crider.

www.whitney.org/events/

Family Sundays at the RubinRubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St.

1–4 p.m. Free for children and accompanying adults.

Art-making activities for children and families. This week, kids can make their own triptychs inspired by works in the Rubin Museum.

www.rubinmuseum.org/events/

Mon 18

ARTSpeak Panel Discussion: The Obstacle RaceFIT Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, Seventh Avenue & W 27th Street

6:30–8:30 p.m. Free.

As part of a lecture series on the difficulties artists face in today’s urban economic environment, FIT History of Art faculty member Mari Dumett will moderate a panel with four professional artists.

www.news.fitnyc.edu/

Preschool Read, Make, and TakeMuhlenberg Library, 209 West 23rd St.

4–4:45 p.m. Free.

Pre-schoolers and their caregivers can come to the library to enjoy fairy tales, folk tales, and picture books, and afterwards, make a craft.

www.nypl.org/events/

Tue 19

StargazingThe High Line at West 14th Street

Dusk to 9:30 p.m. Free.

Have a look through high-powered telescopes provided by knowledgeable members of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York to see celestial bodies.

www.thehighline.org/activities/

Artists on Artists Lecture SeriesDia: Chelsea, 535 West 22nd St., 5th Floor

6:30 p.m. $10; $6 for students and seniors, free for members. Advance online ticket purchase recommended.

Artist Gabriel Kuri will discuss the work of another artist, Jean-Luc Moulène.

www.diaart.org/events/

Wed 20

‘A Chorus Line’Pace University, 1 Pace Plaza

7:30 p.m. $5-$15

Pace School of Performing Arts presents A Chorus Line, the stunning musical-vérité about a chorus audition for a Broadway musical. It tells of the achingly poignant ambitions of professional Broadway gypsies to land a job in the show, and is a powerful metaphor for all human aspiration.

212-346-1715. www.pace.edu/schimmel

‘The Making of Thinking of You’New York University, Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 405, 31 Washington Pl.

6 p.m.-8 p.m. Free

A screening of the documentary produced by Anna Di Lellio and Fitim Shala. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Di Lellio and Ruti Teitel.