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movie

Bigger Than Life: Nicholas Ray's CinemaScope 1956 thriller. More »

art

Martin Klimas: Foley Gallery; Photographs of vases with flowers, caught mid-shatter by a high-speed camera after a projectile has been fired into them. More »

theater

Hedda Gabler: American Airlines Theatre; Mary-Louise Parker stars in Christopher Shinn's new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic social drama about a tortured nineteenth-century woman yearning for freedom. More »

nightlife

Crystal Stilts: The moody indie-pop five-piece band. More »

art

Nathalie Djurberg: Zach Feuer Gallery; In Nathalie Djurberg’s latest animation, a gangly ballerina prances about a table set for a tea party. More »

movie

Defiance: The true story of three Jewish brothers (Liev Schreiber, Daniel Craig, and Jaime Bell) who escaped the Nazis following the German invasion of Poland and formed an effective partisan resistance. More »

theater

Soul of Shaolin: Marquis Theatre; In its Broadway debut, "Soul of Shaolin" employs a cast of 33 martial artists, who, using their expertise in kung fu, tell the story of a boy seperated from his mother during wartime. More »

art

Susan Mikula: CHC Gallery; Digital Duraplex prints originating from vintage Polaroid photos. More »

reading

The New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend: "Times" staffers talk with prominent artists and entertainers; highlights include the hosts of "The View" (1/8), Vampire Weekend (1/10), Lewis Black (1/10), Salman Rushdie (1/11), and Patti Smith (1/11). More »

nightlife

The Bunker: Weekly night of minimal techno. More »

nightlife

Trouble & Bass: Studio B; U.K. dubstep wizard Zomby headlines Drop the Lime's Trouble & Bass crew's monthly party. More »

reading

Tim Kreider: KGB Bar; The subversive comic-strip artist and author of "The Pain: When Will It End?" reminisces on the Bush administration. More »

art

Yael Bartana: P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center; Five videos created over the last seven years make up this exhibition by the artist known for her investigations of society and politics in her native Israel. More »

art

Up Close: Henry Darger: American Folk Art Museum; Three hundred watercolor illustrations from Darger's 15,000-page manuscript. More »

reading

Madeleine Albright: 92nd Street Y; The former secretary of State under Bill Clinton talks with Dan Rather about the diplomatic challenges facing the Obama administration. More »

nightlife

Aziz Ansari: The Glow in the Dark Tour: Comix; The young stand-up, recently of MTV's "Human Giant" and soon to be of NBC's upcoming "The Office" spin-off, performs a series of shows. More »

nightlife

Q-Tip and Rich Medina: Santos' Party House; A Tribe Called Quest's legendary frontman shares a DJ night with scene vet Rich Medina. More »

art

Ves Pitt: Pitts' "Cake Bomb" exhibit is on display. More »

theater

Sleepwalk With Me: Talented comedian Mike Birbiglia makes his theatrical debut with the hysterical yet honest story of his bouts with sleepwalking. Produced by Nathan Lane. More »

reading

Temple Grandin: Barnes & Noble; The famed livestock-handling expert and author of the autism memoir "Thinking in Pictures" reads from her latest book, "Animals Make Us Human." More »

classical

Parsons Dance: Joyce Theater; David Parsons's groundbreaking modern company presents the world premiere of a one-act collaboration with the East Village Opera Company. More »

art

William Eggleston, Democratic Camera -- Photographs and Video, 1961-2008: The influential artist has his first U.S. retrospective, which features both his color and black-and-white photographs as well as a video from the early seventies, "Stranded in Canton." Through 1/25, Whitney Museum of American Art

theater

Dust: A new thriller about the battle between a wealthy executive and a street-smart ex-con, starring Emmy Award nominee Richard Masur and Tony Award nominee Hunter Foster. Through 6/4, Westside Theatre

theater

The Cripple of Inishmaan: Four-time Tony nominee Martin McDonagh's play about a 1934 Hollywood filmmaker who casts an orphaned cripple in his latest production. Through 2/1, Atlantic Theater Company

Movies

David Edelstein

Art

Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters) »

Theater

Shrek the Musical »

Classical

Justin Davidson

Metropolitan Opera: Thaïs »

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Top 5 Plays

Metallica: Prudential Center, 1/31-2/9; $75.94-$95.94

Lil Wayne: Nassau Coliseum, 1/16; $56.25-$122.25

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