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Agenda: What’s Good This Week

Today: 5/17/08

Sunday: 5/18/08

Monday: 5/19/08

Tuesday: 5/20/08

Wednesday: 5/21/08

Thursday: 5/22/08

Friday: 5/23/08
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movie

imageReprise
various locations

Norwegian writer-director Joachim Trier's hyperactive, unabashedly flashy film. More »

movie

imageThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
various locations

Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter are back in the magical land of Narnia in this much darker sequel. More »

theater

Mara Davi
Birdland

"The Drowsy Chaperone" star performs a cabaret show. More »

movie

imageDeath Note
various locations

Japanese director Shusuke Kaneko’s 2006 thriller--based on the manga series by Takeshi Obata. More »

nightlife

imageIndie Rock Trivia
HighLine Ballroom

The New York by "New York" series continues with a night of indie rock trivia hosted by Zach Galifianakis and featuring a live set from Les Savy Fav. More »

reading

Gil Adamson
McNally Robinson

The Toronto author presents her impressive debut novel, "The Outlander." More »

movie

imageIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
various locations

George Lucas's and Steven Spielberg's cloaked-in-mystery sequel to the blockbuster Harrison Ford franchise. More »

art

Rachel Sussman
Michael Steinberg Fine Art

Sussman's gorgeous, large-scale color photos of trees, "predatory fungus," and bacteria. More »

art

Jazz Giants--The Photography of Herman Leonard
Morrison Hotel Gallery

Black-and-white photos of iconic jazz stars. More »

nightlife

The Swell Season
Radio City Music Hall

The duo behind the Academy Award-winning song "Falling Slowly", featured in the film "Once," perform. More »

classical

New York Philharmonic: Broadway's Greatest
Avery Fisher Hall

Marvin Hamlisch leads the orchestra, plus special guests like Kristen Chenoweth and Raul Esparza, in a concert of Broadway favorites. More »

movie

A Jihad for Love
IFC Center

Parvez Sharma's brave documentary about homosexuality in the Muslim world. More »

reading

David Benioff
Barnes & Noble

The author and screenwriter ("The 25th Hour") presents his latest novel, "City of Thieves." More »

movie

The Edge of Heaven
Film Forum

The fragile lives of six people connect on emotional voyages toward forgiveness and reconciliation in Germany and Turkey. More »

reading

John Darnielle
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

The folkster presents his debut work, "Black Sabbath's Master of Reality." More »

movie

Yella
various locations

German director Christian Petzold's surreal drama. More »

nightlife

Los Campesinos!
Bowery Ballroom

Upbeat indie-pop from the U.K. More »

nightlife

Devotchka
Terminal 5

The jangly gypsy-punk collective from Denver. With Basia Bulat and Fancy Trash. More »

nightlife

Progressive Nation
Terminal 5

Dream Theater headlines a lineup of prog and hard rock heavyweights, including Sweden's Opeth, New York's 3 and North Carolina's Between the Buried and Me. More »

art

Bill Wood's Business
ICP

In-depth photographic record of the transformative post-World War II era in Fort Worth, Texas. More »
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