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

Today: 7/30/10

Saturday: 7/31/10

Sunday: 8/1/10

Monday: 8/2/10

Tuesday: 8/3/10

Wednesday: 8/4/10

Thursday: 8/5/10

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Art

imageOther Spaces

Other Spaces, on view in the temporary Center548, is an enticing look at a new formalism that is bubbling up into view. More »

Art

imageBruce Nauman: Days
The Museum of Modern Art

Only a genius as penetrating as Bruce Nauman could fill a large gallery at the Museum of Modern Art with next to nothing and somehow transform it into a cosmic commentary on the ordering of our world. More »

Theater

imageThe Merchant of Venice
Delacorte Theater

Al Pacino returns to the role of Shylock, which he previously portrayed on film, in a production directed by Daniel Sullivan. More »

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imageLife During Wartime

Solondz's latest multiple-narrative, dysfunctional family saga. More »

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Salt

A CIA officer is accused of being a Russian spy. More »

Art

imageBrion Gysin
The New Museum of Contemporary A

The first U.S. retrospective of the the painter, performer, poet, and writer includes over 300 drawings, books, paintings, photo-collages, films, slide projections, and sound works. More »

Theater

CringeFest

The annual festival of one-acts returns with nearly three dozen new works all steeped in political incorrectness and bad taste for your enjoyment. More »

Nightlife

Spiritualized
Radio City Music Hall

The experimental Brits will be joined by an eight-piece string section and horns for a one-off performance of their recently reissued "Ladies and Gentlemen, We're Floating in Space." More »

Art

American High Style
Brooklyn Museum

Approximately 85 dressed mannequins and a selection of hats, shoes, sketches, and other fashion-related material reintroduce the museum's costume collection--consisting of works by the first generation of American women designers--to the public. More »

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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Russ Meyer's silly 1965 exploitation classic, about a gaggle of strippers rampaging in the desert. More »

Classical

Visions de l'Amen
(Le) Poisson Rouge

Pianists Marilyn Nonken and Sarah Rothenberg perform Messiaen's epic work, originally written for himself and his wife. More »

Reading

Gay Rights in the 1960s
The Museum of the City of New Yo

David Carter, author of 'Stonewall,' moderates a panel on the events that shaped the gay-rights movement with Dick Leitsch, president of the New York Mattachine Society, and Gay Activists Alliance's Rich Wandel. More »

Reading

The Shrinks Are Away!
McNally Jackson

Just in time for August, 'Overexposed' author Susan Shapiro hosts readings about impending mental breakdowns, from David Goodwillie ('American Subversive'), Jennifer Belle ('The Seven Year Bitch'), and Binnie Klein ('Blows to the Head'). More »

Art

American Woman
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The first exhibition drawn from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection explores developing archetypes of femininity from 1890 to 1940 and their influence on contemporary perceptions of women. More »

Art

America's Mayor
The Museum of the City of New Yo

An exploration of Lindsay's mayoralty (1966-73) within the context of the complex social, cultural, and economic issues facing the city during this turbulent era. More »

Art

American Woman
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The first exhibition drawn from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection explores developing archetypes of femininity from 1890 to 1940 and their influence on contemporary perceptions of women. More »

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Moonlight and Pretzels

This freewheeling, low-budget 1933 musical was shot in Astoria, which is why it's being shown as part of the Film Forum's "Hollywood on the Hudson" series. More »

Nightlife

Wavves
Bowery Ballroom

The lo-fi surf-punk outfit has had its fair share of onstage drama, but with their crisp new album, the San Diego boys are out to prove themselves Kings of the Beach. More »

Reading

Jennifer Vanderbes
Barnes & Noble

'The Easter Island' author reads from her second novel, 'Strangers at the Feast.' More »

Reading

Jennifer Egan
192 Books

The author of 'The Keep' reads from her well-received new novel, 'A Visit From the Goon Squad.' More »

Kids

Adventures in Science
American Museum of Natural Histo

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the museum's Lizards and Snakes exhibit. More »

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