Comic Con New York
New York Comic-Con is a huge comics and popular culture show at the Jacob Javits. They’ve already cut off Saturday and weekend-pass ticket sales but Sunday is still a possibility. Here’s what it is from their own blurbbage: “Our show floor plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. Our panels and autograph sessions give fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators. Our screening rooms feature sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either big or small screens. And with dedicated professional hours, New York Comic Con is a market place, bringing together the major players in the entertainment industry.”
OpenHouse NY:
openhouse NY Weekend (OHNY) is America’s largest architect and design event, opens doors throughout New York City all weekend. Your chance to go inside all kinds of interesting buildings, facilities, offices, home and more. Reservations necessary for many events so go to site and browse what you might want to do.
Movies:
The Social Network, The Town, Wall Street Money Never Sleeps at BAM.
Through October 15 at ReRun Theater/Gastro Pub in Dumbo: Red White and Blue, “a vicious but oddly touching horror-thriller about the lives of strangers bound together in blood. The SXSW, Sitges and Fantastic Fest hit from British filmmaker Simon Rumley (THE LIVING & THE DEAD). Erica (Amanda Fuller, TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is a tough, troubled nymphomaniac with wounds across her soul. For Erica, trolling Austin’s dive bars and sleeping with multiple men forms the core of her life, until she meets mysterious Iraq vet Nate (THE PROPOSITION’s Noah Taylor, in a searing performance).”
Through October 28th at BAM: Post-punk Auteur: Olivier Assayas: Leading contemporary filmmaker Olivier Assayas’ films are thrillingly alive: rich, multi-sensory experiences that draw upon the work of Bresson, Asian cinema, and rock ‘n’ roll to address themes of youth culture, East-meets-West globalization, and the nature of cinema itself. Assayas’ simultaneously cerebral and entertaining films move restlessly and impressively between genres—from hip, hyper-sleek thrillers to intimate chamber dramas to his latest magnum opus: a staggering biopic about Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal.
Theater:
Extended through Sunday, October 16: Murder in the Cathedral by TS Eliot at The Church of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights.
Music:
Music for kids this weekend: A Child Grows in Brooklyn
Friday, October 8 and Saturday, October 9 at the Bell House: Brooklyn Soul Festival
Art:
At the Brooklyn Museum now through January 2nd: a mid-career survey of Fred Tomaselli’s “unique hybrid paintings and collages from 1990 to the present. These layered paintings combine cutout images of plants, birds, smiling mouths, and hands (clipped from field guides and magazines) with passages of paint and actual prescription pills and hallucinogenic plants to create highly stylized, eye-popping compositions.”
At Zora Space: One Generation – Seven Artists presents seven Iranian artists graduated from Tehran University, Faculty of Art, during late1960s and early 1970s. “Our group of seven does not claim to have a manifesto; rather we present a collective exhibition from artists who share a lot of similar experiences. We don’t ask why we are all together, but half a century of friendship is the best mortar for our bonding.” with artists: Nahid Hagigat, Hadi Hazavei, Shahram Kari, Abbas Kiarostami, Nicky Nodjoumi, Sudi Sharafshahi, Nasser Vaziri