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THEATER: New York Magazine called Kanene Holder’s last solo show, SITCHAASSDOWN “21 pitch-perfect snapshots of the black experience”. His current multimedia performance art installation, Committing that Black on Black Crime Called Blackface, goes down in the front window of chashama on 37th Street. Between the hours of 5:30pm and 8pm, curious passers-by can behold Holder paying satirical homage to Buckwheat “via a self-muzzled/pantomiming character who navigates a racist cauldron of images while staring into circus mirrors for glimpses and reconfirmations of reality, by repetitively applying and removing black-face makeup. The menacing screens around him “flash a motley crew of visual memorabilia and supplanted nostalgic references to "the good ole' days" of minstrel shows then and now.” - John Del Signore

5:30pm-8pm // chashama [266 West 37th St] // FREE

DRINK: Wine and cheese pairings get a makeover tonight as Bierkraft brings back their beer and cheese tasting. Try out five lagers with five fromages and go home satisfied.

6:30pm // Bierkraft [191 5th Ave, Park Slope] // Free

MUSIC: If you can't see our interviewees, Earlimart, tonight at Joe's Pub -- head over to Pianos for an evening of free tunes in their upstairs lounge. Liberated Matter will be up there hosting their weekly Cross Pollination series, this week with The Monas and Taxi Taxi.

7pm // Pianos [158 Ludlow St] // Free

MOVIE: "A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute." Jane Fonda plays the "call girl" in the 1971 cult classic Klute -- and her haircut in the film is making a comeback. Read the Observer story on the Klute 'Do, then check it out on the big screen.

7:40pm // Film Forum [209 W Houston St] // $10.50

The Fun Fest film screening series (which doesn't seem to update its website very often) screens short films that they promise are a t-o-n of f-u-n. Check out the movies made for those with a short attention span, then talk with the filmmakers.

8pm // Rapture Cafe [200 Ave A] // Free