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  • Critics' Pick

Agenda: New York's culture editors plan the week.

Today: 2/9/10

Wednesday: 2/10/10

Thursday: 2/11/10

Friday: 2/12/10

Saturday: 2/13/10

Sunday: 2/14/10

Monday: 2/15/10

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movie

imageAjami

Stories set in Tel Aviv's multicultural Jaffa neighborhood. More »

art

imageAlex Prager
Yancey Richardson Gallery

If you're a David Lynch fan, this is the photographer for you. More »

nightlife

Royal Bangs
Brooklyn Bowl

Knoxville boys who make grungy and high-energy pop. More »

theater

imageThe Divine Sister
Theater for the New City

Charles Busch wrote and stars in this comic homage to the bygone film genre of nun narratives. More »

theater

Time Stands Still
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Daniel Sullivan directs Donald Margulies's new play, about a pair of married journalists forced to return home to New York after injuries disrupt their war coverage. More »

movie

imageFrom Paris With Love

A diplomat takes on more than he bargained for when he partners with a U.S. agent who's been sent to Paris to stop a terrorist attack. More »

theater

imageAges of the Moon
Atlantic Theater Company

Atlantic Theater Company presents the American premiere of Sam Shepard's latest, about two men whose long friendship is put to the test after they are reunited. More »

reading

Those Who Trespass Against Us
92nd Street Y

Neighbors author Jan Gross joins Philip Gourevitch--author of the acclaimed "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families"--to discuss what can happen when neighbors turn on each other. More »

reading

Basharat Peer
Barnes & Noble

Peer, a Kashmiri journalist, reads from his new memoir, "Curfewed Night," about life in his war-torn homeland. More »

nightlife

Speed-Dating
Black Rabbit

Nothing like classic Brit rock to warm your cold, lonely heart. Head over to the darkly hopeful "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" speed-dating event, set to the music of the Smiths and hosted by Brooklyn comedian Dave Hill. More »

nightlife

Christine Ebersole
Café Carlyle

The two-time Tony winner�most recently for her dual role as Big and Little Edie in Grey Gardens: The Musical �begins a three-week residency. More »

movie

District 13: Ultimatum

This sequel to the hit 2004 French parkour action flick delivers more of the same impressive leaping, jumping, and acrobatic fighting. More »

movie

The Wolfman

Benicio del Toro stars in the high-profile remake. More »

classical

Ariadne auf Naxos
Lincoln Center for the Performin

Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos." More »

nightlife

Beach Fossils
Cake Shop

Music that keeps you warm like a fuzzy blanket from your childhood, from a dude who once considered joining a Taoist monastery. More »

reading

Jim Carroll Memorial Reading
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery

A tribute to the poet and "Basketball Diaries" author, who died in September, with readings of his work by his close friends, including Patti Smith. More »

reading

It's Not You, It's Me
powerHouse Books

Contributors Bob Hicok, Donna Masini, and Mark Halliday delve into the poetry of disillusion with readings from It's Not You, It's Me: The Poetry of Breakup, edited by self-professed breakup expert (and award-winning poet) Jerry Williams. More »

nightlife

Freddy Cole
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

The pianist and singer heats up February with a repertoire of romantic songs. More »

nightlife

Black Hearts Party
Village Pourhouse

Every girl gets a rose with a numbered heart on it and every guy gets a number: Find your match, get a free shot. More »

nightlife

Anti-Valentine's Day
Village Pourhouse

Bring a photo of an ex to pin on the dart board and receive a free Bud Light Draft; hit the bull's-eye and win a free hour of open bar. More »

nightlife

Whiplash
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

A night of alternative stand-up that has featured unleashed sets from local heroes like Todd Barry, Arj Barker, Brett Gelman, Aziz Ansari, Baron Vaughn, and Dave Hill. More »