MUSIC
–Saturday, February 27 starting at 7:15 with a reading of the Megillah followed by Purimpalouza at 8:45 PM at the Jewish Music Cafe
–Saturday, February 27 at 8 PM Glenn Branca CD release party with slide show by Robert Longo at La Poisson Rouge
–Sunday, February 28 at 9PM French virtuoso guitarist Stephane Wrembel channels the technique and the fire of Django Reinhardt.
MOVIES
–Shutter Island, Avatar and Crazy Heart at the Pavilion in Park Slope.
DANCE
–February26 & 27 at 8PM, BAM presents Mark Morris Dance Group in the premiere of the humorous Looky, choreographed to Kyle Gann’s idiosyncratic score for Disklavier (digitally driven player piano); world premiere of Socratesl; revival of Behemoth— the sole Morris work performed in silence—reveals that Morris’ genius can be independent of his love of music.
–Through March 7 at the Joyce Theater in Manhattan the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company presents the world premiere performance of Coltrane’s Favrite Things, set to an iconic recording of John Coltrane’s interpretation of the Richard Rodgers song “My Favorite Things” and incorporating Jackson Pollock’s “Autumn Rhythm.”
DIY
Learn how to felt and spin your own yarn at the Old Stone House, from 4pm to 6pm, as part of the House’s new Craft Saturdays series. (The next workshop, on March 27, will be devoted to knitting and big-needle basics.) The session costs $25. Call 718-768-3195 to reserve your spot ASAP.
ART
–February 26-28 at the Dumbo Arts Center: The Great Pop-Up Art Sale, a benefit for the arts center.