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Friday // 7:00 p.m. // McNally Robinson [52 Prince St.] // Free
EVENT: When The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black brought their glam punk carnival to Deitch Projects two years ago, the spectacle culminated in a young girl being fed into the jaws of a giant puppet shark. Good times. The new iteration, to be unfurled at the Park Avenue Armory tonight as part of the Whitney Biennial, supposedly climaxes with an onstage wedding ceremony. Reception to follow? Expect deafening goth metal, ribald theatrics and eye-popping, full body makeup. Also, huge crowds, so go early.
Friday // 8 p.m. // Park Avenue Armory [643 Park Avenue at 67th Street] // Free
THEATER: Elevator Repair Service regular Robert Cucuzza isn’t listed on the cast list for their highly anticipated Off Broadway debut at NYTW – which is a shame, because Cucuzza is (was?) always one of the troupe’s funniest members. But he seems to have a full plate with the ACME Acting Lab and a new play, Carpenter's Gold, which premiered last night at the lush Axis Theatre, arguably the most comfortable and inviting little space in town. The play, which Cucuzza wrote and directed, takes place inside the compound of The Blessed Order, “a global cult phenomenon led by virtuoso storyteller Miss Liza. As she returns from her latest Gathering, however, she discovers that a rival gang, The Black Stomp, is waiting to kidnap her and take down their absent founding father.”
Friday // 8 p.m. // Axis Theatre [1 Sheridan Square] // Tickets cost $15.
ART: Over 30 international galleries specializing in art from Asia, converge at 583 Park Avenue this weekend, for the 13th International Asian Art Fair. The event includes everything from ancient Buddhist sculptures, to Chinese scholar's rocks, to Japanese bamboo baskets, to 17th century Indian jewelry, to contemporary paintings. So if you've been meaning to stock up on some relics of Asian antiquity, fill up the wallet, and stop by. Everything's for sale. – Celeste Sunderland
Saturday // 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. // 583 Park Avenue // $20
COOKING: Knife Sharpening Benefit! Broadway Panhandler invites you to sharpen your knives for a good cause. For $10, they will sharpen up to three knives while you wait and proceeds go to City Harvest. To keep you amused while you're waiting, they've got a full line of demos throughout the day including knife skills with Ben Grossman, Chef/Owner of The Smoke Joint, cookie decorating with Tina Casaceli from the French Culinary Institute & owner of Milk & Cookies Bakery, and mandoline skills. – Laren Spirer
Saturday // 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. // 65 East 8th Street (between Broadway & University) // $10 for up to three knives.
MUSIC: Craving a little music that you can hardly hear? Head to the Old American Can Factory where the Issue Project Room presents an evening of "dramatically reductive chamber music that hovers on the edge of audibility." Trombonist Craig Shepard, flutist Antoine Beuger, and pianist Joseph Kubera play very quiet works, including some solo piano pieces by Morton Feldman. – Celeste Sunderland
Saturday // 8 p.m. // The Old American Can Factory, 232 3rd St. Brooklyn] // $10
FILM: The Anthology Film Archives remembers its beloved cat Max by putting together a screening of short films and inviting everyone to the "classiest memorial of any cat in the repertory film world." Max, who passed away last fall, enjoyed Stan Brakhage's work, as well as most anything subtitled. Included in the memorial are Brakhage's Nightcats, Cat's Cradle, and Max, and Martha Colburn's Cats Amore, Joyce Wieland's Rat Life and Diet in North America, and Pola Chapelle's Intercat – Jen Chung
Saturday // Anthology Film Archives [32 Second Ave.] // 8 p.m. // 212-505-5181
EVENT: Over 30,000 different varieties of trees and flowering plants will be on display at Macy's 34th Annual Flower Show. There are 11 different gardens and this year's centerpiece is a "highly detailed reproduction of Macy's historic Herald Square building," made out of plant materials, by Paul Busse. Tours will be held every half hour following an 11 a.m. ribbon-cutting with America's most tasteful ex-con, Martha Stewart. – Jen Chung
Sunday // 11 a.m. ribbon cutting // Macy's Herald Square [West 34th Street and 6th Avenue] // 212-695-4400
THEATER: Tennessee Williams’s play The Night of the Iguana is currently being revived in a production that Martin Denton calls extraordinary and “makes a strong case that Iguana may be the most powerful of all of Tennessee Williams's plays.” The action takes place during a single day in 1940 at a Costa Verde hotel, where a former minister fights his demons amid the fallout from his sex scandal involving a teenage girl. Says Denton: “I'm not sure I've ever left a production of Williams more exalted or moved by the rich understanding of humanity that our greatest American dramatic poet possessed.”
Sunday // 3 p.m. // T. Schreiber Studio [151 West 26th Street] // Tickets cost $20.
FILM: Early 20th Century Russian & Eastern European Film Series -- Restaurant and vodka temple Pravda is celebrating its roots with a Sunday night Russian Constructivist film series. Get in the mood with complementary house-made chips and caviar dip while you sip on one of the over seventy vodkas in their selection or nibble on blinis. This week, Vertov - ("Kino Eye"& "Three Songs about Lenin"). – Laren Spirer
Sunday // 8:00 p.m. // 281 Lafayette Street // Film, chips and dip complimentary.
Photo from Karen Black: Hikari Yokoyama. Photo of topiary zebra from Macy's Flower Show 2007 by hallfamily90.
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