Adam Cayton-Holland Stares Wistfully Toward the Horizon
An evening with Adam Cayton-Holland at Union Hall, under a title that promises some wistful gazing at the horizon. The name alone is a decent reason to go see what he does with it.
Everything coming up
Category, neighborhood, free
Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy, Piano Four-Hands
A duo since their student days share one keyboard for Schubert and Beethoven's Grosse Fuge, with solos of Chopin nocturnes, Ustvolskaya's explosive Sixth Sonata and Beethoven's Op. 109.
Bosco: The Black Parade Drag + Burlesque Show
Drag and burlesque share one bill in a show built around The Black Parade, with Bosco at the center. A night of live performance at Saint Vitus.
Son Lux with Samora Pinderhughes, Holland Andrews, mmeadows, Vines
Son Lux play two nights in the Main Hall for their forthcoming album Out Into, each with different openers. A newly made single-channel film with stereo sound runs as a 17-minute loop.
Studio Salon: Touched by the Mother
A salon built around a single book, pairing a conversation with a reading in the Stoop, the Studio Museum's casual gathering space. A close, unhurried way to spend an afternoon with ideas.
On the Relentless Destruction of Beauty: Short Housing Films + Q&A
Several short films on housing, shown together and followed by a Q&A. A good fit if you like a screening that leaves room to talk about what you just watched.
Jay Campbell, Cello; Geneva Lewis, Violin; Jonathan Cohen, Harpsichord
Built around the young Bach's trek on foot to study with Buxtehude, this Baroque program sets works by both composers beside other masters, played by cello, violin and harpsichord.
The Vanishing (1988)
A 1980s feature on the screen at Syndicated Bar Theater Kitchen, a spot that combines a bar, a theater, and a kitchen, so the movie night can come with a drink.
Isidore Quartet; Conrad Tao, Piano
Bridge's Idylls sit beside Britten's Divertimenti, teacher and pupil, before Mozart gives the cello rare prominence. Conrad Tao then joins the quartet for Schumann's piano quintet.
Famous Last Words
A five-comedian bill with Michael Longfellow, Neel Ghosh, Katrina Davis, Zubi Ahmed and Jay Jurden, so you get a lot of different voices in a single night.
Nicole Linder + Jasmine Sanders
Two writers, Nicole Linder and Jasmine Sanders, share one bill for a reading at St. Mark's Church. It's a simple format: two voices, one room, and the work read aloud.
Emily Wells - Mirror Father - a workshop performance
Emily Wells's opera, years in the making, in workshop form: a "mirror father" and the phantom daughter he dreams of compare queerness, art, and why neither chose a child.
Let’s Watch a Movie: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
Hostess Nostalgia brings drag performances, live commentary and audience antics to a 1990s cult classic, in the spirit of Elvira's Movie Macabre and Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Tara Clerkin Trio
A Bristol trio playing Somewhere Good, their first new music since On The Turning Ground. Pitchfork called it blissful psych-pop with washed-out breakbeats, harpsichord interludes and dubby balladry.
London City Ballet
A British company that once called Sadler's Wells home brings two mixed programs, pairing new ballets with cherished older works, and the performances come with live music.
CBH Talk | Haunted Brooklyn: Ghosts, Folklore, and the Stories We Tell
An author-led conversation on gothic folklore: haunted houses, restless spirits, buried secrets, and the unsettling legends that reveal far more than a taste for the macabre.
Rihab Chaieb, Mezzo-Soprano; Ammiel Bushakevitz, Piano
Ravel and Bizet's outward-looking art songs meet music sung by its own people: Golijov's Ayre, a Fairuz lament, and a traditional song from Chaieb's own heritage.
Fréwaka
A folk-horror story about Shoo, sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman who fears both her neighbors and the Na Sídhe. A creepy pick for the Halloween stretch.
Peni Candra Rini's Jiwa Kala, with Shahzad Ismaily and Andy McGraw Presented by World Music Institute
Javanese singer and composer Peni Candra Rini weaves Sufi poetry into contemporary music, joined on stage by ethnomusicologist Andy McGraw and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily.
GRETA TITELMAN JOURNALS
Patti Harrison is the name on the bill alongside Greta Titelman Journals at Union Hall, so it's a night built around that pairing in a room made for going out.
