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Pencil This In: Bingo, Ghost Trains & Naked Girls Reading

Hello, we have decided to give our readers events for the entire week. You can check them out below (picks include the revival of Three Sisters starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, bingo at The Bell House, Liszt at Carnegie Hall) but you can also get listings a day earlier by signing up for the Gothamist Daily newsletter—sign up here.

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THEATER: Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters is, in the right hands, a hilarious and subtle tale of provincial ennui, buffoonish pettiness, and impotent longing. And a new production at the Classic Stage Company seems to be in very good hands. Directed by Austin Pendleton, the phenomenal ensemble includes Maggie Gyllenhaal, Josh Hamilton, Jessica Hecht, Juliet Rylance, Peter Sarsgaard, and Gothamist favorite Marin Ireland as the vulgar, domineering Natasha.

Tuesday, 8 p.m. // Classic Stage Company [136 E 13th St] // Tickets

BINGO: Head to The Bell House this Wednesday for Dick & Perry's Bingo Is For Lovers. The possibilities are endless with prizes from drink to show tickets, to down right cold hard cash. $5 will get you an entire bingo pack, making you eligible to play in multiple games from 7-11 p.m. Recommended for ages 21-118. (Those old kids love their bingo.) See the Facebook invite and get ready to win big.

Wednesday // 7-11 p.m. // The Bell House [149 7th Street, Gowanus] // $5

READING: Anika Noni Rose (the Broadway and current The Good Wife star) and Stephan Lang read from new stories by Edwidge Danticat and Mark Kurlansky that are part of the new Haiti Noir anthology, which was edited by Danticat.

Wednesday, January 26 / 7 p.m. / Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre [2537 Broadway at 95th Street] / $27; 30 & Under $15

PHOTOGRAPHY: Joseph Holmes' exhibition of photographs showing Prospect Park as a winter wonderland, The Urban Wilderness, has been extended through this Sunday: "Symbols of man intrude upon the pristine park: fencing, lampposts and looming buildings. The images, in turn, define the magical sensation of finding a brief moment of isolation in a place often overcome by crowds, chaos and noise."

Wednesday through Sunday // Noon—6 p.m. // Jen Bekman Gallery [6 Spring Street] // Free

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Laurel Nakadate at PS1

EXHIBITION: Provocative artist Laurel Nakadate gets her first large-scale museum exhibition at MoMa PS1. It will include her early video work "in which she was invited into the homes of anonymous men to dance, pose, or even play dead in their kitchens, bedrooms, and living rooms" and "Good Morning, Sunshine (2009), a more recent work in which Nakadate enters the bedrooms of young women, wakes them, and instructs each to strip down to their underwear for the camera.

Wednesday through Monday // Noon—6 p.m. // MoMA PS1 [entrance at 46-01 21st Street, LIC] // $10 for adults, $5 for students & seniors

NAKED GIRLS READING: Hailed as New York's "Best Story Hour" by The Village Voice, Naked Girls Reading NYC is at it again with Sci-Fi Strikes Back. The evening will include in-the-buff readings of science fiction classics by Arthur C. Clarke, Jules Verne, Douglas Adams, Gene Roddenberry, and more. Hosted by Nasty Canasta, Sci-Fi Strikes Back is sure to be the perfect live intimate event, complete with a glass of Tranya, a newly adapted version of the Star Trek cocktail. More info on seating and tickets available here.

Thursday // 8 p.m. // Upstairs at Madame X [94 W. Houston Street] // $20-$25

CELEBS: This Friday the New York Public Library dips into The Magical Side of Celebrity. "Why do we love celebrities so much, and why are we fascinated by them? Essayist and literary critic Cécile Guilbert who has written essays on Andy Warhol and Lawrence Stern; poet and critic Wayne Koestenbaum, author of Jackie Under My Skin: Interpreting an Icon; and cultural theorist Laura Kipnis, author of How to Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior explore what makes a celebrity. LIVE from the NYPL director Paul Holdengräber moderates."

Friday, 6 p.m. // NYPL [5th Ave and 42nd St] // $15

2011_01_liszt.jpgLISZTOMANIA: To celebrate the 200th birthday of Franz Liszt, Carnegie Hall has a Discovery Day in honor of the composer, including panels, talks and performances. Actors Michael Cumpsty, Robert Stanton, and Wendy Rich Stetson will be performing a dramatic reading of letters, reviews, and writings by Liszt and his contemporaries, while soprano Angela Meade, and pianists Gregory DeTurck and Bradley Moore will perform his works.

Saturday // Starts at 1 p.m. // Carnegie Hall [57th Street and Seventh Avenue] // $22

SATURDAY SESSIONS: The second in a program series, OPEN CIRCUIT is "an interactive sonic architecture that transforms tools of surveillance into instruments of creative play." Hosts Matthew Radune, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, and Thomas Dexter will invite visitors into the installation to generate new sounds through their own activity, while performers Maria Chavez and Shelley Bugon will engage in the improvisational performance with turntable and harp. Saturday Sessions is hosted in the third floor main gallery.

Saturday // 4 to 6 p.m. // MoMA PS1 [22-25 Jackson Ave, LIC] // $10 admission

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SCREENING: To celebrate the grand re-opening of The Museum of Moving Image, the museum has been hosting a series of programs and screenings. This Sunday they'll be showing The Ghost Train (El Tren Fantasma), with live music by Donald Sosin. The 1927 "action-packed thriller is about a railroad engineer who investigates a robbery spree, and falls for the station master's daughter. Filled with dazzling camera movement, fight scenes, and stunts performed by the actors, it is one of the best surviving silent Mexican films."

Sunday, 2 p.m. // Museum of Moving Image [35th Ave at 37th St, Astoria]

SKETCH COMEDY: Check out sketch comedy groups Fambly and Neighbor Boy at UCB Theatre's Maude Night.

Monday, January 31 // 9:30 p.m. // UCB Theatre [307 W. 26th Street] // $5 [reservations]

DISCUSSION: Join Seymour P. Lachman and Robert Polner in conversation with Kevin Baker and Tom Robbins, as they discuss the life and political career of New York Governor Hugh Carey during The Man Who Saved New York: Hugh Carey and the Great Fiscal Crisis of 1975. Perhaps one of the most interesting questions addressed this evening will be those raised in the possible comparisons between the current state of political affairs and those during Carey's time in office. This free event is sponsored by The Tenement Museum.

Monday, January 31st // 6:30 p.m. // Tenement Museum Shop [108 Orchard Street at Delancey Street] // Free

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