Out & About
Thu 3
‘Ides of March’Yorkville Library, 222 East 79th St.
2 p.m. Free
Yorkville Library kicks of an election film festival with Ides of March.
212-744-5824. www.nypl.org
‘Cagney’Barnes & Noble, 150 East 86th St.
7 p.m. Free
A special live performance and CD signing.
212-369-2180. stores.barnesandnoble.com
Fri 4
Blacklisted from Hollywood to ParisAlbertine, 972 Fifth Avenue
7:30 p.m. Free
Nina Shaw, Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche and Claire Diao consider how the complex and diverging histories of each France and America have impacted their respective film industries. Kamilah Forbes moderates.
212-650-0070. www.albertine.com
First FridaysNeue Galerie, 1048 Fifth Ave.
6-8 p.m. Free
Come out to the Neue Galerie on the first Friday of the month and get free admission for two hours.
212-994-9493. www.neuegalerie.org
Sat 5
Verdi’s ‘Don Carlo’ 96th Street Library, 112 East 96th St.1-4 p.m. Free
The New York Opera Forum performs the complete opera with piano accompaniment.
212-289-0908. www.nypl.org
World Culture Festival The Met, 1000 Fifth Ave.
Noon-5 p.m. Free
Join the Met and discover larger-than-life characters and tales with family and friends through performances, interactive gallery activities and artist-led workshops.
212-535-7710. www.metmuseum.org
Sun 6
Houston Grand Opera: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave.
7:30 p.m. $40
Come out for the world premiere of this opera based in part on the timeless film.
212-423-3575. www.guggenheim.org
Race, Equity, and Otherness in Ballet and SocietyAlbertine, 972 Fifth Avenue
5:30 p.m. Free
Virginia Johnson, Benjamin Millepied, and historian Jennifer Homans discuss those themes, against a larger backdrop of identity politics in American and French society today.
212-650-0070. www.albertine.com
Mon 7
The Literary Haunted House on Film92Y, Lexington Avenue, at 92nd Street.
Noon $30
View and discuss four celluloid thrillers based on bestselling novels or other literary forms.
212-415-5500. www.92y.org
NYPD Community Council meeting19th Precinct, 153 East 67th St.
7 p.m. Free
The precinct community council meets on the first Monday of every month.
212-452-0615. www.nyc.gov
Tue 8
CinéSalon — ‘Dr. Strangelove’Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th St.
4 and 7:30 p.m. $14; $7, students; Free, members
A showing of the black comedy about a group of war-eager military men who plan a nuclear apocalypse. The 7:30 screening will be followed by a reception, which will include a viewing of the election results.
800-982-2787. www.fiaf.org
The Celluloid Classroom92Y, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Noon $30
Examine and view five prominent examples of teachers on film who played an important role in the lives of their students.
212-415-5500. www.92y.org
Wed 9
Gandhara: Buddhism and TradeThe Met, 1000 Fifth Ave,
11 a.m. $30
Come out for this series of lectures examining a vibrant and cross-cultural body of Buddhist sculpture.
212-535-7710. www.metmuseum.org
Kati Horna and Women Photographers in ExileNYU Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th St.
6-8:30 p.m. Free, registration required
A panel discussion on Horna’s photographic practice and the work of other female photographers from the perspective of mobility and exile.
212-277-8367. www.as-coa.org