Out & About

| 16 May 2016 | 06:03

Thu 19

Ariel Rivka Dance FestivalNew York Live Arts, 219 West 19th St.

Thu and Fri, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $30.

Ariel Rivka Dance celebrates its ninth season with a contemporary dance festival comprising four choreographers: Ariel Grossman, soloist Elisa King, Heidi Latsky, and Pascal Rioult.

212-861-0990. www.newyorklivearts.org

FOOTPRINTS: A Modern Dance Festival Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater at the West Side YMCA, 5 West 63rd St.

May 19-21, 7:30 p.m. $15; $10 for students/children; $10 for YMCA NYC members

This second annual dance festival will celebrate innovative works of contemporary dance from diverse new and established voices in NYC dance.

www.ymcanyc.org/

Fri 20

Luan ParleIrish Arts Center, 553 West 51st St.

8 p.m. $18; members, $14.

The Meteor award-winner for Best Irish Female, and will be accompanied by Clive Barnes, who is highly regarded as one of the finest performers. With Mickey Coleman.

www.irishartscenter.org/. 866-811-4111

uniformityFashion and Textile Gallery, The Museum at FIT, Seventh Avenue and 28th Street

Through Nov. 19. Free

The Museum at FIT presents an exhibition that explores the dynamic history behind a variety of uniforms, examining both their social roles and their influence on high fashion.

news.fitnyc.edu/category/museum/

Sat 21

Contemporary Insights 2016 Concert SeriesSpectrum, 121 Ludlow St., #2

7 p.m. $20, $15 (students & seniors) at the door

William Lang, New Works for Trombone, with guests Laura Cocks and Jordan Dodson.

www.contemporaryinsights.com/

Hudson River Park Games

Pier 26, North Moore Street and the Hudson River in Tribeca

8 a.m.-7 p.m. $25, one run on Fear the Pier, $40 double-run.

The second annual Hudson River Park Games are the perfect kick-start to your summer, a celebration of sport that fills our piers with pulse-raising athletic challenges while raising critical funds for New York’s Park for Play.

www.hudsonriverpark.org/

Sun 22

‘Mommy’Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St.

4 p.m. Free with museum admission

Maggie Lee’s 2015 film explores the sudden death of the artist’s mother in 2012. Returning to the suburban New Jersey home where she grew up, Lee addresses the trauma of this loss and her own coming of age using layers of photographs, drawings, cellphone footage and animation.

212-570-3600. whitney.org/

‘Love Your Street Tree Day’Urban Assembly School for Green Careers, Amsterdam Avenue at West 84th Street

Noon

The Second Annual community gathering for tree care, neighborhood cleanup and beautification day! There will be street tree bed care demonstrations by Trees NY and Goddard Greenkeepers, a worm bin composting demonstration by LES Ecology Center, coffee and snacks provided by Irving Coffee and Jacobs Pickles.

Mon 23

The Art of Fiction: A Tribute to James SalterMcNally Jackson, 52 Prince St.

7 p.m.

An evening in honor of the inimitable James Salter, a master stylist long been hailed as writer’s writer, and his final book, “The Art of Fiction,” is a deeply felt reflection on his influences, the desire to create, and work of writing and reading.

212-274-1160. www.mcnallyjackson.com/

35th ANNUAL SPIRIT OF THE CITY GALAThe Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave., at 112th Street

6:30–9:00 p.m. Starting at $750

Honoring Patti LuPone, the award-winning Broadway, film, and television performer. Moving between chapels to dine at community tables, guests will discover the Cathedral’s Chapels of the Tongues anew and discover culinary delights of the nations represented within each space.

212-316-7540. www.stjohndivine.org/

Tue 24

PARKS WITHOUT BORDERSThe New School’s University Center, 63 Fifth Ave.

8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

NYC Parks and The New School’s Center for New York City Affairs and Tishman Center for Environment and Design host Parks Without Borders: Ideas for the next Generation of Urban Parks and Public Space, a discussion summit featuring more than 70 speakers.

www.nycgovparks.org/

Meet the FishesSouth side of Pier 40 at West and Houston Streets

4 p.m. Free

The River Project and Washington Market School invite you into our wetlab aquarium to Meet the Fishes of New York City. There will be refreshments, a raffle and fun activities like crafts and a microscope station.

www.hudsonriverpark.org/

Wed 25

Internet and Email, Google DriveMuhlenberg Library, 209 West 23rd St.

2:30 P.M.

Learn how to create, edit and share documents online using Google’s cloud storage and web app platform.

212-924-1585. www.nypl.org/

Try to Altar Everything TourThe Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St.

6-7 p.m. Free with museum admission

Visit the galleries with a free (with admission) tour, and learn more about Genesis and the connections between h/er life, music, and art. After the tour we welcome you to unwind in our cafe for Himalayan Happy Hour.

212-620-5000. rubinmuseum.org/