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What's Going on This Week

JANUARY 21, 2009

This week: Theater for our times, film for the ages and books for your coffee table.

Taschen Books Warehouse Sale
The well-known publisher of art and style books offers don't-drop-this-on-your-foot titles like Arts & Architecture 1945-54: The Complete Reprint and Jazz Covers at at up to 75% off. Come early for the best finds among everything from trade editions to collectors' items.
Friday, January 23 (11am–8pm), Saturday, January 24 (11am–8pm), Sunday, January 25 (12pm–8pm)
Taschen Store NY (107 Greene Street)
http://www.taschen.com/

Young Jean Lee's Theater Company: The Shipment
As part of the excellent winter calendar at The Kitchen, this provocative theater piece with an all-black cast by Korean-American playwright/director Young Jean Lee addresses the "absurdities and atrocities that arise when trying to discuss the black experience in America."
Through Saturday, January 24; shows at 8pm
The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street
Price: $15
http://thekitchen.org/

Jean Luc Godard's Made in U.S.A.
Possibly the most raved-about of Godard's best films, the noirish 1966 romp featuring Nouvelle Vague muse Anna Karina is a must-see.
Through January 22
Film Forum
209 West Houston Street
http://www.filmforum.org/films/made.html