City Week: December 2 - December 8
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 Park Avenue Armory's â??Leonardo"s Last Supper: A Vision by Peter Greenaway. 643 Park Ave., 212-616-3930. Rubin Museum of Art's The Sean Smith Trio plays an acoustic jazz concert as part of Harlem in the Himalayas. 150 W. 17th St., 212-620-5000; 7, $7+. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4 NYC Ceramic Festival's Members of New York City"s ceramic arts community open their doors and showcase their talents for collectors and holiday shoppers for the first time. Locations vary, [www.brickhouseny.com](http://www.brickhouseny.com). Barnard Project's For six years, the Barnard Project has paired Barnard and Columbia dance students with artists presented at Dance Theater Workshop. This year"s performance features works by Kimberly Bartosik, Ori Flomin, Will Rawls and Gwen Welliver. Dance Theater Workshop, 219 W. 19th St., 212-924-0077; $20. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5 Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company's The company collaborates with the Ahn Trio for its December season at Harlem School of the Arts. The program features three premieres to music by Kenji Bunch, Michael Nyman and Ronn Yedidia. Harlem School of the Arts, 645 St. Nicholas Ave., 800-650-0246; $10+. MONDAY, DECEMBER 6 Miller Theatre's The Talea Ensemble, with conductor James Baker, pays tribute to composer and conductor Pierre Boulez for his 85th birthday celebration. 2960 Broadway, 212-854-7799; 8, $25. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 Holiday Celebration's New York Choral Society begins its 52nd season with a holiday celebration at Carnegie Hall featuring Grammy Award-winners Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary. Led by Music Director Emeritus Robert De Cormier, the iconic singers will join the Choral Society in a performance of traditional holiday carols as well as their newly recorded version of "Twas the Night Before Christmas. The legendary duo will also perform a collection of their time-honored classics. The festive evening will close with a new arrangement of â??Auld Lang Syne, written by Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey, in tribute to the late Mary Travers. Stern Auditorium, 881 7th Ave., 212-247-7800; 8, $40-$150. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 Gallery Opening's ArtsEcho Galleria, a new fiber art gallery and vintage apparel boutique, will hold a meet-the-artists reception at their grand opening. For the Galleria"s premiere exhibition, the work of contemporary quilter Carolyn Lee Vehslage and paper sculptor Gerardo Latino will be presented. 455 W. 43rd St., 646-692-6277; 7-10 p.m., Free.