Out & About

| 25 Jan 2016 | 03:36

    Thu 28

    AMANDA SELWYN DANCE THEATRE’s White Night401 East 34th St., second floor,

    6:30 p.m. $75-$150

    The event will celebrate and honor long-time collaborator Anna-Alisa Belous and the many designs she has created for the Dance Theatre.

    amandaselwyn.notesinmotion.org/

    Musette ExplosionBirdland, 15 West 44th St.

    Doors 5 p.m. $25, plus a $10 minimum

    Three of New York’s most in-demand virtuoso musicians, Will Holshouser, accordion, Matt Munisteri, guitar & banjo, and Marcus Rojas, tuba, explore and expand on Parisian musette.

    www.birdlandjazz.com/

    Fri 29

    “Quicksand”The Kitchen, 512 West 19th St.

    7 p.m., Through Feb. 6. $16/$20

    An opera-novel for music, dance, and light, composed from a novel of the same name by the late Robert Ashley

    212-255-5793. www.thekitchen.org/event/robert-ashley-and-steve-paxton-quicksand

    Parsons Dance The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave.

    Fri, 8 p.m.; Sat, 2 & 8 p.m.; Sun 2 & 7:30 p.m.

    Starting at $10 (Call 212-242-0800 for $10 tickets). Other tickets can be purchased online.

    Parsons Dance returns its blend of sexy athleticism and stunning ensemble work for the New York premiere of Finding Center, David Parsons’ collaboration with visual artist Rita Blitt.

    212-691-9740. www.joyce.org/

    Sat 30

    Downtown Voices: AuditionsTrinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street.

    Trinity Wall Street is looking for the city’s best chorale singers to join Downtown Voices, its new semi-professional choir.

    212-575-4545. www.trinitywallstreet.org/downtownvoices

    “From Freight to Flowers”The High Line, Gansevoort Street entrance.

    Noon. Free, but space is limited

    Hear the story behind New York City’s park-in-the-sky on a special winter walking tour led by knowledgeable volunteer guides with an insider’s perspective.

    212-206.9922. www.thehighline.org/

    Sun 31

    Borough President Gale Brewer’s State of the BoroughThe New School — Tishman Auditorium, 63 Fifth Ave.

    2-4 p.m. Free

    Community event featuring panel led by Borough President Brewer on Manhattan’s future.

    917-960-1187. www.eventbrite.com/e/state-of-the-borough-tickets-20528242526

    LUBA MASON and MIXTURA

    55 Bar, 55 Christopher St.

    6 and 7:30 p.m. No Cover

    Luba and her band Mixtura present a musical blend of jazz and stylistic elements from other genres in her new musical format.

    www.55bar.com, www.lubamason.com

    Mon 1

    Senior Monday Writing WorkshopRubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St. Meet at the base of the spiral staircase in the Museum’s entrance hall

    2-4 p.m.

    With Nina Goss, the co-editor of “Dylan at Play” and a forthcoming collection of essays from University of Mississippi Press.

    (212) 620-5000. rubinmuseum.org/events/events

    No Revolution Without Us: Feminists of the Black Panther Party New Y0rk University, The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts, : 1 Washington Place

    6:30-8:30 p.m.

    In this public conversation, Salamishah Tillet, associate professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, speaks with Lynn C. French, former Black Panther, attorney, and advocate for the homeless, about the fight for gender equality within and beyond the Panthers.

    RSVP: gallatin.nyu.edu/utilities/events/2016/02/norevolutionwithoutus.html. 212-998-7370

    Tue 2

    “Well-Founded Fear”Fashion Institute of Technology, Pomerantz Center, Seventh Avenue, near 28th Street, room D207

    6:30-8:30 p.m.

    As part of the Film and Media program’s monthly film screening series, Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini will present their documentary about immigration struggles in the United States.

    news.fitnyc.edu/category/events/

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

    Gregg Bordowitz on Hanne Darboven

    6:30 p.m. $10; students and seniors, $6; members, free

    212-989-5566. www.diaart.org/events/main/705

    Wed 3

    SEVERING THE EGO: TANTRIC BUDDHIST CHOD PRACTICERubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St.

    6:30–8:30 p.m. $15; members, $13.50

    An evening of Chod, a Tantric Buddhist practice in which practitioners visualize the cutting away of their body, with a Q&A with Kunsang Thongdo Dojee — a young, roaming yogi— and a special Chod-focused tour of the museum’s galleries.

    212-620-5000. www.rubinmuseum.org

    Community Board 4Fulton Auditorium, 119 Ninth Ave.

    6:30 p.m.

    Full Board Meeting

    212-736-4536. www.nyc.gov/html/mancb4/html/home/home.shtml