Events - May 2009

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Friday, May 1, 2009 | 7:00 PM

Jean Grae + 3beanstew + Derrin Maxwell

Part of Get Weird
 
Music / Performance

Jean Grae stands in a supremely elite class of rappers. Since her 2002 debut, Attack of the Attacking Things, she’s been making energetic, clever songs, full of humor and swagger and beauty. Described by Talib Kweli as... more >

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Saturday, May 2, 2009 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

YTJ: New Museum First Saturdays for Families: Marathon, Building NYC in Two Hours

Part of New Museum First Saturdays for Families, Exhibition Related
 
Family Programs

Inspired by the work The 24 Hour Roman Reconstruction Project, or, Building Rome in a Day by artist Liz Glynn, families will create scale models of New York City’s landmarks and map out their city. This is the second o... more >

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May 7 – 28, 2009

Nick Hallett: Voice & Light Systems

Part of RE:NEW RE:PLAY
 
Music / Performance


Thursday, May 7, 7 p.m. – Meredith Monk's Our Lady of Late
Thursday, May 14, 7 p.m. – Karlheinz Stockhausen's Stimmung
Thursday, May 21, 7 p.m. – Whispering Exercises Premier
Thursday, May 28, 7 p.m. &nda... more >

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Thursday, May 7, 2009 | 7:00 PM

Nick Hallett: Voice & Light Systems, Part One: Meredith Monk’s Our Lady of Late

Part of RE:NEW RE:PLAY
 
Music / Performance

Nick Hallett—singer, composer, and downtown impresario—creates a four-part series at the New Museum theater connecting the human voice to multimedia ritual. In collaboration with a rotating cast of performers and art... more >

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Friday, May 8, 2009 | 7:00 PM

Younger Lovers + Gamma Rays

Part of Get Weird
 
Music / Performance

The stripped-down, insistent rock and roll of the Younger Lovers careens, buzzes, and leers with an energy unheard in decades. Led by Brontez Purnell, known for his performances with Gravy Train!!!! and his confessional... more >

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Saturday, May 9, 2009 | 3:00 PM

SkowheganTALKS: Donald Moffett and Clifford Owens

Part of Special Engagement
 
Discussions

SkowheganTALKS, a lecture series organized by the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, features conversations between some of the most influential visual artists working today. The final talk of the second seaso... more >

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Thursday, May 14, 2009 | 7:00 PM

Nick Hallett: Voice & Light Systems, Part Two: Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung

Part of RE:NEW RE:PLAY
 
Music / Performance

Nick Hallett—singer, composer, and downtown impresario—creates a four-part series at the New Museum theater connecting the human voice to multimedia ritual. In collaboration with a rotating cast of performers and art... more >

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Friday, May 15, 2009 | 7:00 PM

The ’90s vs. The ’90s

Part of Special Engagement
 
Discussions

This panel includes Michael Azerrad, Mark Greif, Emily Gould, A.S. Hamrah, Marisa Meltzer, and Aaron Lake Smith, and considers the legacy of the ’90s and how we are being shaped by them. If the ’70s was the “Me Dec... more >

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Saturday, May 16, 2009 | 3:00 PM

No Fun 2009: Infinite Sound and Image

Part of New Silent
 
Music / Performance, Film / Video

In its sixth year, the No Fun Festival has emerged as one of the most unique and vital festivals for experimental music worldwide. Curated by No Fun organizer and label head Carlos Giffoni, this special screening will pr... more >

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Thursday, May 21, 2009 | 7:00 PM

Nick Hallett: Voice & Light Systems, Part Three: Whispering Exercises Premiere

Part of RE:NEW RE:PLAY
 
Music / Performance

Nick Hallett—singer, composer, and downtown impresario—creates a four-part series at the New Museum theater connecting the human voice to multimedia ritual. In collaboration with a rotating cast of performers and art... more >

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Thursday, May 28, 2009 | 7:00 PM

Nick Hallett: Voice & Light Systems, Part Four: Auroville

Part of RE:NEW RE:PLAY
 
Music / Performance

Nick Hallett—singer, composer, and downtown impresario—creates a four-part series at the New Museum theater connecting the human voice to multimedia ritual. In collaboration with a rotating cast of performers and art... more >

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Friday, May 29, 2009 | 7:00 PM

All Made Up: Monique/Fauxnique and Narcissister

Part of New Museum Presents
 
Music / Performance

San Francisco-based performance artist and female female-impersonator Monique/Fauxnique shares the stage with the New York-based enigma called Narcissister for an evening of extreme dress-up and gender-boundary combustio... more >

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Saturday, May 30, 2009 | 3:00 PM

YTJ: Networked Equality: Technology and Access

Part of Exhibition Related
 
Discussions

Networked Equality is a conversation about the promises and limitations of technology, at home and abroad, with Ethan Zuckerman and Omar Wasow. To what extent is the Internet truly "global"? What steps can be t... more >

Exhibitions - May 2009

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April 8, 2009 - July 12, 2009

The Generational:
Younger Than Jesus

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December 1, 2007 - December 31, 2009

Jeffrey Inaba

Donor Hall

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December 1, 2007 - November 12, 2010

Ugo Rondinone

Hell, Yes!