Out & About

| 08 Aug 2016 | 07:20

    Thu 11

    Our Voices Project New Ohio Theater, 54 Christopher St.

    7 p.m. $18

    This play explores the work of James Castle, a visionary deaf artist whose collections surpasses 20,000 works.

    newohiotheatre.org

    Small Works on Paper Blue Mountian Gallery 530 West 24th St.

    11 a.m–6 p.m. Free.

    This gallery features the unique works of over fifteen different artists.

    Bluemountaingallery.org

    Fri 12

    Awa Sangho The Rubin Museum. 150 West 17th St.

    7–8:30 p.m. $30.

    Come watch the famous Brooklyn Raga Massive jam with West African superstar Awa Sangho for a genre-fusing funkfest.

    Rubinmusuem.org

    GoosebumpsPier 46 in Greenwich Village

    8:30 p.m. Free

    Grab the family and watch this recreation of R.L Stine’s famous scary stories. Readers beware you choose the scare.

    Hudsonriverpark.org

    Sat 13

    Square Dancing Big Apple Ranch 25 West 31st St.

    8 p.m. Free

    Have fun learning how to square dance and two step in the city’s premiere gay western bar.

    Bigappleranch.com

    Free Kayaking Class Pier 96 in Clinton Cove

    6:30 p.m. Free.

    This week’s class focuses on paddling efficiency and improving kayaking form.

    Hudsonriverpark.org

    Sun 14

    Sunday Yoga Hub Seventeen 114 5th Ave.

    10:15–11:15 a.m. Free

    Start Sunday right with a morning workout led by yoga expert Jessica Swesey.

    Hubseventeennyc.com/workshop/

    Open Studio at the WhitneyFloor Three at the Whitney Museum. 90 Gansevoort St.

    10:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Free

    Families are welcomed to come create art inspired by exhibits currently on display at the museum.

    www.whitney.org

    Mon 15

    Girls Night Out!Chelsea Piers Driving Range

    6-8 p.m. $40

    Women are invited to network with other professionals and learn how to play golf in a fun environment.

    Chelseapiers.com

    Roman Ondak: Learning to Walk The High Line at 13th Street

    11 a.m –noon. Free

    The Slovakian-born artist invites mothers to teach their young children how to walk as part of a performance piece, based on his own experience of teaching his own child how to walk.

    Thehighline.org

    Tue 16

    Summer Breeze Margaret Thatcher Projects, 539 West 23rd St.

    10 a.m.–6 p.m. Free.

    Delicately painted canvases coexist with easy pop minimalism in this perfect summer show.

    Thatherprojects.com

    Texas Plants at Worth Square Madison Square Park

    Noon-1 p.m. Free

    Follow the park’s director of horticulture to learn about General Worth’s contributions in the Mexican-American War and view some of the plants he saw in Mexico.

    Madisonsquarepark.org

    Wed 17

    Ballet XThe Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave.

    7:30 p.m. $10

    The Philadelphia-based company returns to the Joyce to showcase its energetic take on ballet.

    Joyce.org

    In CylinderSVA Flatiron Gallery 133 West 21st St

    9 a.m.–7 p.m. Free

    The work on view in In Cylinder, deriving its title from Samuel Beckett’s short story “The Lost Ones,” confronts different forms of identity and the challenges of the present moment.

    Sva.edu/events/