Today’s “Fab 5”/ Selected NYCity Events – SATURDAY, JAN. 04, 2014

Museum of the Moving Image: ‘Raze’ Screening (Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday)
“From tireless stunt double to internationally known action star, Zoë Bell puts aside her acrobatics and deadly moves for an intimate conversation and preview screening of her new film, “Raze.”
Presented as a special program of the museum’s Fist and Sword series, four of Ms. Bell’s films will be screened before Tuesday’s event:
—“Whip It” at 1:30 p.m. and “Death Proof” at 4 p.m. on Saturday, and
—“Kill Bill: Vol. 1” at 2:30 p.m. and “Kill Bill: Vol. 2” at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.
—“Raze” screening and discussion on Tuesday at 7 p.m.,” (NYT)
35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria, Queens,
$15, $9 for members.
(718) 784-0077, movingimage.us

Target First Saturday / BROOKLYN MUSEUM
“Art on the edge” is the theme of 2014’s principal Target First Saturday, the Brooklyn Museum’s popular free monthly program. The arty, edgy offerings include a screening of Iraqi music documentary Heavy Metal in Baghdad (8pm), global grooves by Dendê and Band (5pm), MC Nitty Scott’s socially conscious hip-hop (9pm) and a discussion called “What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Museum: Art, AIDS, Activism and the Institution” (7pm).

Make use of gratis and discounted gallery access to check out current exhibits, including the sweeping 166-year survey, “WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath” (free) and style-focused show “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” ($10).” (TONY mag)
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy
Prospect Heights
Brooklyn
,, at Washington Ave
First Saturday of every month 5–11pm free.
Normally suggested donation $12, seniors and students $8, children under 12 free.
subway: #2, 3 to Eastern Pkwy–Brooklyn Museum
718-638-5000 / brooklynmuseum.org

Darlene Love 
“Her lovelorn “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” is a holiday rock showstopper for the ages; her annual year-end festivities are a New York institution. Truly, Ms. Love, Phil Spector’s former protégée, has been an indelible voice in pop from the 1960s onward, and has reaped extra rewards lately — the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted her in 2011 and the documentary “20 Feet From Stardom,” released this year, followed her rise reverently.” (Anderson-NYT)
B. B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 West 42nd St
Her Friday Dec. 20 show sold out early – get your tickets now.
bbkingblues.com, (800) 745-3000

JEFF DANIELS
These days, it’s no great leap for a Hollywood fixture of a certain age to jump on a cabaret stage and croon standards, but Daniels provides a twist: he writes his own satiric and wistful songs and accompanies himself on guitar. As he reminds us about multitasking celebrities in one of his barbed opuses: “If William Shatner Can, I Can Too.”
(NewYorker mag)
54 Below, 254 W. 54th St.
at 8pm and 11pm / $40-$50 (8pm sold out)
646-476-3551. / 54below.com

Before making final plans, we suggest you call the venue to confirm dates and check times, as schedules are subject to change.
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WHAT’S ON VIEW: Special Exhibitions @ 4 MUSEUMS (Manhattan’s WestSide) 

‘Walker Evans: American Photographs’ (through Jan. 26, 2014)
American Modern: Hopper to O’Keefe (through Jan. 26, 2014)
America’s cultural landscape shifted rapidly in the early 20th century. American Modern at the Museum of Modern Art looks at this change via some of the iconic works produced between 1915 and 1950. Artists highlighted include George Bellows, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz and Andrew Wyeth. In organizing the art thematically, American Modern will highlight the connections between the artists’ works.
Museum of Modern Art: 11 W 53rd St. (btw 5th /6th Ave.)
(212) 708-9400 / moma.org.
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‘The Armory Show at 100: Modern Art and Revolution’ (through Feb. 23, 2014)
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, at 77th St.
(212) 873-3400 / nyhistory.org.

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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: Al Hirschfeld Exhibition
(last day)
“The Line King’s Library,” a display of work by Al Hirschfeld, whose specialty was theatrical caricatures, includes rare works as well as those familiar to theatergoers and readers of various publications, including The New York Times. The exhibition also includes video interviews with Mr. Hirschfeld, who died in 2003 at 99, and works by some of his contemporaries.”
NY Public Library for the Performing Arts, at Lincoln Center
111 Amsterdam Ave and 65th St.
Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m.,
(917) 275-6975, nypl.org/events/exhibitions/line-kings-library.

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The Art of the Brick by Nathan Sawaya (ongoing)
This exhibition by artist Nathan Sawaya is a critically acclaimed collection of intriguing and inspiring works of art made exclusively from one of the most recognizable toys in the world — LEGO® bricks. The Discovery Times Square exhibit is the world’s biggest and most elaborate display of LEGO® art ever and features brand-new, never-before-seen pieces by Sawaya. This show was named ‘One of CNN’s Ten Global Must-See Exhibitions.’
Discovery Times Square, 226 West 44th St. (btw 7th/8th ave)
866.987.9692 / http://www.discoverytsx.com

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WHAT’S ON VIEW: Top Photography Exhibitions
(NYCity / Manhattan’s WestSide)

  Museum of Modern Art
Walker Evans: American Photographs (through Jan. 26, 2014)
New Photography 2013 (through Jan. 6, 2014)
11 West 53rd Street / 212-708-9400

  Metropolitan Museum of Art
Julia Margaret Cameron (through Jan. 5, 2014)
Everyday Ephiphanies: Photography and Daily Life Since 1969 
(through January 26, 2014)
1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street) / 212-535-7710

  American Museum Natural History 
Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies          
(through May 31, 2014)
79th St. And Central Park West / (212) 313-7278 

   International Center Photography
Lewis Hine
The Future of America: Lewis Hine’s New Deal Photographs
JFK November 22, 1963: A Bystander’s View of History
Zoe Strauss: 10 Years
All these exhibitions run through Jan. 19, 2014
1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street / 212-857-0000

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For other selected Museum and Gallery Special Exhibitions see Recent Posts in the right Sidebar: “Selected Events + Special Exhibitions : … …” dated (01/02) and (12/31).