A.M. RICHARD FINE ART: 328 Berry St., Williamsburg. (917) 570-1476 or www.amrichardfineart.com.
Modern and Contemporary Ceramics. Dec. 4–Jan. 10. A.M. Group exhibition of works by Eevin Dougherty, Steve Keister, Elizabeth Kley and George Schneeman.

ART 101: 101 Grand St., between Berry Street and Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg. (718) 302-2242 or www.art101brooklyn.com.
“Point of View.� Dec. 4–21. Group show.

BROOKLYN MUSEUM: 200 Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000 or www.brooklynmuseum.org.
“Who Shot Rock & Roll, A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present.� Through Jan. 31. An exhibition of more than 175 works by 105 photographers, including many rare and never-before-exhibited photographs, that gave the music its visual identity.
“James Tissot: The Life of Christ.� Through Jan 17. The 124 detailed watercolors in this exhibition were selected from a series of 350, purchased by the Museum in 1900 by public subscription, which the Brooklyn Eagle played an important role in furthering. The pivotal acquisition doubled the Museum’s then slender holdings. This exhibition marks the first time in more than 20 years that these works will be on view.
Patricia Cronin: “Harriet Hosmer, Lost and Found.� Through Jan. 24, 2010.
Reflections on the Electric Mirror: New Feminist Video. Through Jan. 10, 2010.

Causey Contemporary: 293 Grand St., Williamsburg. (718) 218-8939 or www.causeycontemporary.com.
Steven Dobbin: “Reclamation.� Through Dec. 7. Dobbin’s latest series — made from recycled cans reclaimed from local areas — is in response to the increasing costs of materials typically used to create artworks.

corridor gallery: 344 Grand Ave. (718) 230-5002 or www.corridorgallerybrooklyn.org.
Navin June Norling: “Whitewash 2009.� Through Jan 9. This installation merges painting, sculpture and performance art to create an unconventional billboard.

HENRY GREGG GALLERY: 111 Front St., Suite 226, DUMBO. (718) 408-1090 or www.henrygregggallery.com.
“In the Shadows.� Through Dec. 20. The works of photographer Ed Leveckis and masterprintmaker Raphael Fodde.

HOGAR COLLECTION: 362 Grand St., Williamsburg. (718) 388-5022 or www.hogarcollection.com.
Dave Choi: “If a lion can talk, we can’t understand it.� Through Jan. 4. Sculpture and video explore a world of curious imagination.

Kentler International Drawing Space: 353 Van Brunt St., Red Hook. (718) 875-2098 or www.kentlergallery.org.
“What’s the Big Idea?� Through Dec. 13. Group show of selections from the Kentler flatfiles featuring the work of Bill Fick, Jiri Kornatovsky, Simon Lewandowski, Lucia Minervini, Orlando Richards and Joel Sokolov.

MICRO MUSEUM: 123 Smith St., Boerum Hill. (718) 797-3116 or www.micromuseum.com.
“Magic Numbers.� Through Jan. 9. Works by Ralph Mindicino, Jing Zhou, Alphonse Lane and Cheryl Brock.

ROTUNDA GALLERY: 33 Clinton St., Brooklyn Heights. (718) 875-4047 or www.briconline.org/rotunda.
“Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form — The 2009.� Through Dec. 18. From The Registry Exhibition, guest curated by Kalia Brooks.

SMACK MELLON: 92 Plymouth St., DUMBO. (718) 834-8761 or www.smackmellon.org.
Two Solo Exhibitions: Tracey Snelling and Michael Paul Britto. Through Jan. 3. Snelling’s installation “Woman on the Run� and Britto’s new video works in “Society’s Children� incorporate elements of pop culture, cinema, and reality.

Tabla Rasa Gallery: 224 48th St., Sunset Park. (718) 833-9100 or www.tablarasagallery.com.
“About Face.� Through Jan. 23 Group show of contemporary portraiture.

BROOKLYN MUSEUM: 200 Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000 or www.brooklynmuseum.org.
Target First Saturday. Dec. 5, from 5:30 to 11 p.m. This month’s free music, dance, film, and interactive activities celebrate seasonal festivals of light from around the world and shine a light on the special exhibition James Tissot: “The Life of Christ.�

BAM HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE: 30 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100 or www.bam.org.
“Mortal Engine.� Dec. 9–12. A spectacular mix of space-slashing choreography and hyper technology deconstructs the boundaries between the self and other. Conceived by the dynamic Australian troupe Chunky Move.

BAX: 421 Fifth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 832-0018 or www.bam.org.
Performance and Discussion Series. Dec. 4 and 5, at 8 p.m. Featuring BAX Space Grant recipients Catharine Dill/Exploding Moment, Drae Campbell and Tiffany Mills Dance.

BROOKLYN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: Walt Whitman Theatre on the campus of Brooklyn College, one block from the junction of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500 or www.brooklyncenteronline.org.
The Colonial Nutcracker. Dec.13, at 2 p.m. An annual holiday favorite at the Brooklyn Center Dance Theatre in Westchester performs an abridged, narrated version of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet set in wintry colonial Yorktown. For ages four and up.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Central Library, Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
“Sesame Street: A Celebration — 40 Years of Life on the Street.� Through Feb. 21. Exhibitions throughout the library feature original Sesame Street book art from Sesame Workshop’s Publishing Archive (grand lobby); photographs, scripts, original sheet music, celluloid animation and show props (foyer cases); and materials from around the world (youth wing).
“Transplanted Ornament.� Through Feb. 21. A site specific collaborative installation of wrought iron metal “transplanted� from nearby neighborhood brownstones by Jean Shin and Brian Ripel.

BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 128 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn Heights. (718) 222-4111 or www.brooklynhistory.org.
Pages of the Past: The Breukelen Adventures of Jasper Danckaerts. Through Jan. 3, 2010.

NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM: Corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street. (718) 694-1600 or www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/museum/index.html.
“Last Day of the Myrtle Avenue El.� Through Feb. 28. Photographs by Theresa King.

The Old Stone House: JJ Byrne Park, between Third and Fourth streets, off Fifth Avenue, Park Slope. (718) 768-3195 or www.theoldstonehouse.org.
“Heart is where the Home Is.� Through Dec. 13. Five Dutch Days exhibit by Persijn Broersen and Margit Lukács.

Brooklyn Lyceum: 227 Fourth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 857-4816 or www.brooklynlyceum.com.
The Will Shaw Fun and Funny Juggling Show. Dec. 5, at 12 noon and 2 p.m. A family holiday event.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Central Library, Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
Musical Puppet Show. Dec. 5, at 1 p.m. Kids sing, giggle and dance with Mary Ellen of Company’s Coming! Children’s Entertainment.

PUPPETWORKS: 338 Sixth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 965-3391 or www.puppetworks.org.
“Peter and the Wolf� and “The Frog Prince.� Through Dec. 20. Adapted for marionettes by Nicolas Coppola.

BAMCINÉMATEK: 30 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100 or www.bam.org.
Liv Ullmann. Through Dec. 6. Celebrating Ullmann’s film career in this series showcasing her most incredible performances as well as films she’s directed.
The Next Director: Bradley Rust Gray & So Yong Kim. Dec. 8–17.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Central Library, Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
Silent Film Series: Celebrating Charley Chase. Dec. 6, at 1:30 p.m. Chase’s short films “Too Many Mammas� (1924) “His Wooden Wedding� (1925); “No Father to Guide him� (1925) and “Dog Shy� (1926). Curated by Ken Gordon with live piano accompaniment by Stuart Oderman.
Russian Film Series: Perestroika. Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. Slava Tsukerman will screen and discuss his new film about a scientist who returns to Russia in 1992 after his exile 17 years earlier. Once branded a traitor, he returns as a hero to face the friends who denounced him and a homeland in turmoil.

GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: 16 Main St., DUMBO. (718) 222-8500 or www.galapagosartspace.com
Zero Film Festival. Dec. 10–13. Zero Film Festival is the first festival exclusive to self-financed filmmakers and the authentically independent films they create.

ISSUE PROJECT ROOM: The (OA) Can Factory, 232 Third St., Gowanus. (718) 330-0313 or www.issueprojectroom.org .
A Can Can for Coin Coin: Concert and Food Drive. Dec. 9, at 8 p.m. Matana Roberts’ final artist-in-residence performance will benefit the Bread and Life Organization. There will also be a post-concert talk with music writer Nate Chinen. Donation: $10, or $5 with a can of food.

Brooklyn Lyceum: 227 Fourth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 857-4816 or www.brooklynlyceum.com.
First Sundays: Vivian Cherry. Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. Cherry, a veteran street photographer, started out as a Broadway dancer, then switched to photography in the early 1940s. The series features intimate readings with established and up-and-coming writers, poets, novelists, journalists, graphic novelists, photojournalists and non-fiction writers.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Central Library, Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
Russian Literary Series: Andrei Bitov. Dec. 5, at 4 p.m. Bitov reads from his latest book Prepodavatel’ simmetrii (The Symmetry Instructor). A novelist, writer, geologist, Bitov was born in Leningrad in 1937.
Tony Fletcher and Alan Vega in Conversation. Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. Fletcher’s new book All Hopped Up and Ready to Go provides a compelling history of the NYC music scene from 1927 to 1977.

Rocky Sullivan’s Pub: 34 Van Dyke St., Red Hook. (718) 246 8050 or www.rockysullivans.com.
Frankie Quinn: “Peaceline Panoramas.� Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. Irish photographer Frankie Quinn will present his most recent work, a series of photographs taken over the last five years documenting life along the walls and barriers that divide the city of Belfast.

BAMCAFÉ: 30 Lafayette Ave. Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100 or www.bam.org.
Ryan Scott. Dec. 4, at 9 p.m.
Jen Chapin. Dec. 5, at 9 p.m.

BAM HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE: 30 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100 or www.bam.org.
“Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica.� Through Dec. 5. Based around DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid/Paul D. Miller’s sound recordings in the Antarctic that explore the acoustic qualities of ice, “Terra Nova� presents the climate crisis with unprecedented intimacy, giving voice to the groaning landscape as it undergoes irrevocable change.

BARGEMUSIC: Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 642-2083 or www.bargemusic.org.
Brazilian Jazz Night with The Luiz Simas Trio. Dec. 3, at 8 p.m.
Beethoven and Brahms. Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. With Jeanne Mallow, viola and Vladimir Valjarevic, piano.
Works by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Roger Sessions, plus the world premiere of Peter Heller’s Arietta for Violin and Piano. Dec. 5, at 8 p.m. and Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. With Mark Peskanov, violin; Sophie Shao, cello; and Doris Stevenson, piano.
Jazz Night with Grandpa Musselman and his Syncopators. Dec. 10, at 8 p.m.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Central Library, Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
Brooklyn Sings, Brooklyn Swings: Mark Winkler. Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. Winkler is a platinum award-winning singer and lyricist who has had over 150 of his songs performed by such artists as Dianne Reeves, Randy Crawford, Liza Minnelli, Bob Dorough and Lea Salonga.
Classical Interludes: Sofya Melikyan. Dec. 6, at 4 p.m. Pianist Melikyan performs works by Franz Liszt, Joseph Hayden, Robert Schumann, Gabriel Faure, and Henri Dutilleux.

GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: 16 Main St., DUMBO. (718) 222-8500 or www.galapagosartspace.com
Strange Girls Sing: Little Annie, Carol Lipnik and Rachelle Garniez. Dec. 9, at 8:30 p.m. A triple bill of astonishing talent in the Avant-Chanteuse vein.

Bay Ridge Jewish Center: 405 81 St., Bay Ridge. (718) 836-3103 or brjc11209@aol.com.
Instruction: Tai Chi classes for seniors (regular or chair), Thursdays at 10.a.m. $10 per class. No reservations required. For more information, call (718) 836-3103.

THE HEIGHTS PLAYERS: 26 Willow Pl., Brooklyn Heights. (718) 237-2752 or www.heightsplayers.org.
“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.� Dec. 4–20. In celebration of the 60th anniversary of Peanuts, The Heights Players continues its 54th season with this musical gem by Brooklyn Heights’ own, the late Clark Gesner.

Bay Ridge Jewish Center: 405 81 St., Bay Ridge. (718) 836-3103, (718) 238-9673 or brjc11209@aol.com.
Tai Chi Quan. Tuesdays, from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. De-stress and improve your body with Jane, an experienced teacher. Cost is $15 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

— Compiled by Rose Deschenes
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