May 21, 2008
Pencil This In
MOVIE: Woody Allen's '77 classic, Annie Hall, makes a week long appearance at the Film Forum. Catch a screening of the anxiety-ridden romance that "defined New York" sometime before the end of the run next Tuesday. More details on times, here.
Various times // Film Forum [209 W Houston St] // $11
READING: Yesterday's interviewee, Sloane Crosley, and n+1 editor Keith Gessen read from their books I Was Told There'd Be Cake and All the Sad Young Literary Men (respectively), tonight in Brooklyn.
7 p.m. // Book Court [163 Court St, Brooklyn] // Free
EVENT: Where Have You Been? brings together New Yorkers who have dared travel outside their borough, and have returned with stories and a slideshow. "Orbit the earth and your friends just ask if you missed the pizza. This homespun live talk show offers a chance for travelers to tell stories, to bring the world home and share it with the rest of us -- travelers as well as those of us who don't get out much." Tonight features interviews (by Jeff Stark) with Jonathan Lamberton (who climbed Kilimanjaro), Jessie Reilly (paraded in Taiwan), and Ben Moritmer (wintered in Russia).
7 to 8:30 p.m. // Bluestockings [172 Allen St] // $5 suggested donation
THEATER: When the talented actor/writer David Greenspan gets his hands on classic Greek theater, you can be sure the results, at the very least, won’t be boring. After picking up another Obie Monday night for his stirring solo rendition of Aristotle’s Poetics last year, Greenspan is now tackling the difficult, obscure comedy in Aristophanes’s Frogs. The Village Voice’s Michael Feingold says this new adaptation “builds a running analogy between Athens's miserable condition and our own.” The rave review hails “Greenspan’s mad string of intellectual firecrackers… the verbal equivalent of what happens when dozens of circus clowns escape from a midget car and run crazy all over the arena.” – John Del Signore
8 p.m. // Classic Stage Company [136 East 13th Street] // $45
MUSIC: James Apollo’s tunes – warm, back porch grooves with soulful vocals and affable melodies – are immediately likeable. So it’s too bad we discovered him just as he plays his last New York gig for a while; the self-described troubadour is headed west. So give his myspace songs a listen (backed by organ, drums, and violin, the sound ranges from subdued to volatile) and see him off tonight at Union Pool. – John Del Signore
8 p.m. // Union Pool [484 Union Ave, Brooklyn] // $7




Mary-Kate Olsen's way too fat, but that Annie Hall look could just be her ticket out of the dumpster.