A.M. RICHARD FINE ART: 328 Berry St., Williamsburg. (917) 570-1476 or www.amrichardfineart.com.
Susan Wanklyn: “Paintings in a Room Part II.� Through Nov. 15.

ART 101: 101 Grand St., between Berry Street and Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg. (718) 302-2242 or www.art101brooklyn.com.
Dennis Tomkins: New Paintings. Through Nov. 28.

BROOKLYN ARTISTS GYM: 168 Seventh St., between Second and Third avenues. (718) 858-9069 or brooklynartistsgym.com.
“Fantasy/Transformation� Salon show. Oct. 23, from 7–11 p.m. The show is a collaboration with Room 58 and Art:21. Artists and writers will be talking about their work and we will screen a video from Season 5 of the Art:21, Art in the Twenty-First Century series. Titled “Transformation,� the film documents the work of contemporary artists Paul McCarthy, Cindy Sherman, and Yinka Shonibare MBE.

BROOKLYN MUSEUM: 200 Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000 or www.brooklynmuseum.org.
“James Tissot: The Life of Christ.� Oct. 2–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.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Central Library, Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
“Partners in Art and Life.� Through Nov. 5. Brooklyn visual artists, who are also life partners, are represented by a piece of each individual’s artwork and a portrait photograph of each couple, taken by the curator.
“Rise and Shine.� Through Nov. 5. By Leonard Ursachi. A large aquarium with water that rises and falls over a model of the island Ada-Kaleh, which was submerged by Romania’s communist government for a hydro-electric project in the early 1970s.
“An Artist’s Sketchbook Journals.� Through Nov. 5. By Nan Carey. A collection of illustrated journals spanning 10 years, with intimate observations of the artist’s garden and travels.
“Nature Seen in Brooklyn, Now and Then: Three Photographers Look at Brooklyn: Brainerd, Austin & Golden (1877–2009).� Through Nov. 5. By Richard Golden. Vintage photographs from Central Library’s Brooklyn Collection and contemporary photographs by Golden that show Brooklyn’s open space, past and present.
“Transplanted Ornament.� Through Nov. 5. By Jean Shin and Brian Ripel. A site-specific collaborative installation by this artist and architect couple made of wrought iron metal “transplanted� from nearby neighborhood brownstones.
“Juguetes (Toys).� Through Nov. 5. By Jaime Jiménez. Photographs that capture the creativity of children in the Dominican Republic who make traditional and elaborate toys from found objects.

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC): 499 Van Brunt St., Red Hook. www.bwac.org.
“The Words of Color.� Through Oct. 25. Fall group art exhibition showcasing the art, performance, word and imagination of 250 artists.

CON EDISON EXHIBITING SPACE: 30 Flatbush Avenue Extension, Downtown Brooklyn. (718) 797-3943
Leon Nicholas Kalas: Portraits of His Majesty, Mohammed VI, King of Morocco. Through Oct. 31. In May, Kalas participated in the International Collective Art Exhibition in Rabat and was asked by the organizers to paint a series of portraits of Morocco’s king and royal family.

DUMBO ARTS CENTER (DAC): 30 Washington St., DUMBO. (718) 694-0831 or www.dumboartscenter.org.
“The Experience of Green.� Through Nov. 29. Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B. Nguyen fill the Dumbo Arts Center with their enormous site-specific installation.

DUMBO FIRST THURSDAY: Nov. 5, from 5:30–8:30 p.m. Gallery walk, with free receptions and openings, plus music and art events, at galleries. dumbonyc.com.

FIGUREWORKS GALLERY: 168 North Sixth St., Williamsburg. (718) 486-7021 or www.figureworks.com.
Rusel Parish: “Cult of Michael Jackson.� Through Nov. 1. Parish is a Brooklyn-based artist.

HENRY GREGG GALLERY: 111 Front St., Suite 226, DUMBO. (718) 408-1090 or www.henrygregggallery.com.
“Pure Paint II.� Through Oct. 25. Group show of contemporary artists.

Hogar Collection: 362 Grand St., Williamsburg. (718) 388-5022 or www.hogarcollection.com.
Scarlet Fever. Through Oct. 26. Group exhibition of works by a diverse group of eight artists who studied and worked together towards their MFA degrees at Rutgers University around 2000-2001.

Kentler International Drawing Space: 353 Van Brunt St., Red Hook. (718) 875-2098 or www.kentlergallery.org.
“Reinventing Silverpoint: An Ancient Technique for the 21st Century.� Through Oct. 25. Curated by Susan Schwalb and Margaret Mathews-Berenson.

MICRO MUSEUM: 123 Smith St., Boerum Hill. (718) 797-3116 or www.micromuseum.com.
“Hidden Pictures: Voyeurism in America.� Through Oct. 24. Group show.

NURTUREART GALLERY: 910 Grand St., second Floor, Williamsburg. (718) 782-7755 or www.nurtureart.org
“Plan B.� Through Oct. 24. An investigation of the emerging artist response to the current economic crisis, curated by Krista N. Saunders.

ROTUNDA GALLERY: 33 Clinton St., Brooklyn Heights. (718) 875-4047 or www.briconline.org/rotunda.
“Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form — The 2009.� Nov. 5–Dec. 18. From The Registry Exhibition, Guest Curated by Kalia Brooks

SMACK MELLON: 92 Plymouth St., DUMBO. (718) 834-8761 or www.smackmellon.org.
Ellen Driscoll: “FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2 “ Through Nov. 8. Installation.
Fernando Souto: “The End of the Trail.� Through Nov. 8. Photographs.

Starting Artists: 211 Smith St., Boerum Hill. (718) 701-5483 or www.startingartists.org, M-TH 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Sats., Oct. 24; Oct. 31: 1–5 p.m.

Cobble Hill Drawing Studio. Through Oct. 31. Recent works by Sally Agee, Kathleen Bliss, Jay Brady, Pat Dawkins, Todd Galitz, Ernest Hutton, Jen Hill, Vince Joseph, Steve Negrycz, Jacqueline Raque, Phyllis Schlesinger and Mike Tang.

Tabla Rasa Gallery: 224 48th St., Sunset Park. (718) 833-9100 or www.tablarasagallery.com.
“About Face.� Opening Nov. 4. Group show of contemporary portraiture.

GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: 16 Main St., DUMBO. (718) 222-8500 or www.galapagosartspace.com
BlueNefertiti’s Paris@Night: A French Cabaret. Oct. 23, at 10:30 p.m. An unconventional mélange of ingenious originals and innovative renditions of Edith Piaf, Nina Simone, Josephine Baker, Miriam Makeba, Dave Brubeck, and unexpected guests. www.myspace.com/bluenefertiti

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.
Luna Negra Dance Theater. Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. Chicago-based Luna Negra Dance Theater will perform a program of works by Latino choreographers. Joining the company onstage will be special guests Turtle Island Quartet and the legendary Paquito D’Rivera, who will provide live accompaniment.

GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: 16 Main St., DUMBO. (718) 222-8500 or www.galapagosartspace.com
“Out Through Her.� Oct. 26 and 27, at 8 p.m. A performance of dance, music and images that tries to reveal what comes and goes through a woman.

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.

BAX: 421 Fifth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 832-0018 or www.bax.org.
The Jumpin’ Juniper Show. Oct. 25, at 11 a.m. A not so spooky Halloween hour of songs and stories by Erin Lee an Marci.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Central Library, Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
Professor Klutzo Comedy/Variety Show. Oct. 24, at 1 p.m. The fumbling and bumbling antics of this Professor will leave the audience in stitches.

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

BAMCINÉMATEK: 30 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100 or visit www.bam.org.
Hungarians in Hollywood. Through Oct. 27. This series features a diverse list of films from the last 75 years and honors the Hungarian directors, actors, composers, and screenwriters who have made a major impact on American cinema.
1962: New York Film Critics Circle. Oct. 23–Nov. 9. This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the New York Film Critics Circle, the country’s oldest and most prestigious film critics organization. BAMcinématek is bringing back films from the year 1962 — the only year the NYFCC did not present awards — and also a year of extraordinary New York film premieres.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Central Library, Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
(Some of) The World’s Best Movies: “The Story of Qiu Ju.� Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m. Gong Li portrays a rustic peasant woman in this Kafkaesque tale of an individual standing up to bureaucratic indifference and cruelty. Director Zhang Yimou provides us with a rare insight into life in rural China.

ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE: 180 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights. (718) 489-5272 or www.stfranciscollege.edu.
“10-20: Sometimes Life Takes Unexpected Turns.� Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. Inspired by true events, the film by alumnae Terrisha Kearse is about a boy whose life spirals out of control after he discovers the truth about his mother.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Central Library, Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
Hard Times: Bernice Abbott’s New York. Oct. 25, at 1:30 p.m. Abbot is best known for her black and white images featured in “Changing New York,� which she embarked on after returning to the city from Paris in 1929. Yochelson tells the story behind Abbott’s achievement, revealing the complex relationship between artist and her well-intentioned but beleaguered government patron, The Federal Art Project.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Central Library, Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100 or www.brooklyn publiclibrary.org.
The Art of Non-Fiction: Padgett Powell. Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. In this major new series, acclaimed writers whose work is often on the knife-edge between true and not-true read from their latest books and talk about the many and varied ways a writer stays true to life. Padgett Powell is the author of four novels including Edisto, which was nominated for the American Book Award. In the Dweck Center.
Robert Murphy: The End of the Golden Age in New York Baseball. Oct. 24, at 4 p.m. Murphy strips the lore from the facts about the roles of Walter O’Malley, Robert Moses, and Horace Stoneham in the great betrayal of 1957, when both the Dodgers and the Giants abandoned their hometown for California.

BAM HARVEY THEATER: 651 Fulton St., Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100 or www.bam.org.
“Songs of Ascension.� Through Oct . 25. Inspired in part by sky-bound structures, Meredith Monk, together with video artist Ann Hamilton, transforms the BAM Harvey Theater into a resonant spiritual chamber, using voice, strings, reeds, and percussion to envelop the audience in contemplative sound. Performers lend body to buoyant spirit as gossamer-like video projections flicker on the walls.

BAM HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE: 30 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100 or www.bam.org.
“The Long Count.� Oct. 28–31. In an inspired collision of creative worlds, three inexhaustibly original artists — brothers Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner of indie rock band The National and omnivorous visual art phenomenon Matthew Ritchie — combine talents to create a song-filled myth about the beginning of time.

BAMCAFé: 30 Lafayette Ave. Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100 or www.bam.org.
Michelle Amador. Oct. 23, at 9 p.m. Cocomama. Oct. 24, at 9 p.m.

BARGEMUSIC: Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 642-2083 or www.bargemusic.org.
Here and Now: Featuring the music of Charles Griffes, John Harbison, Shulamit Ran, Fred Lerdahl, Roger Sessions, Eugene McBride and Stefan Wolpe. Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. With David Holzman, piano.
Copland, Beethoven and Dvorák. Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. and Oct. 25, at 3 p.m. With Mark Peskanov, violin; Michael Mermagen, cello; and Rita Sloan, piano.
Jazz Night with The Russ Kassoff Big Band. Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. Featuring Jazz Vocalist Catherine Dupuis.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Central Library, Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
Classical Interludes: Quartet for the End of Time. Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. Oliver Messiaen wrote this iconic work during the Second World War. Sarah Biber and her quartet play the piece and discuss its historical significance and rich compositional method.
Nature’s Weakness: by Ben Katchor and Mark Mulcahy. Oct. 29,at 7 p.m. An evening of picture-stories and songs with illustrator Katchor and composer Mulcahy.

Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge Branch: Sheepshead Bay Branch, 2636 East 14 St. Regina Opera in Concert. Nov. 4, at 6:30 p.m. Free. A one-hour concert of selections from operas and Broadway. For more information, call (718) 236-1760 or visit www.reginaopera.org.

St. Ann’s Warehouse: 38 Water St., DUMBO. (718) 254.8779 or www.stannswarehouse.org
“The New Electric Ballroom.� Oct. 27–Nov. 22. Druid Ireland will perform this piece written by Enda Walsh, one of Ireland’s freshest new voices.

GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: 16 Main St., DUMBO. (718) 222-8500 or www.galapagosartspace.com
Beast. Oct. 22, at 10:30 p.m. Beast is the union of two remarkable and eclectic artists; singer, writer, Betty Bonifassi and composer, percussionist, producer Jean–Phi Goncalves. www.myspace.com/beastsound
Emilio Teubal and Fernando Otero. Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. The first part of the series “New Music from Argentina: An Exploration of the Legacy of Argentinian Music.�
Barbez. Oct. 25, at 9:30 p.m. Old-world cabaret collides with modernity in Brooklyn’s one-of-a-kind punk chamber ensemble.
The Main Squeeze Orchestra: Halloween Show. Oct. 28, at 8 p.m. Fourteen accordionistas under the baton of Walter “Killer Grip� Kuhr. www.mainsqueezeorchestra.com.

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.

GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: 16 Main St., DUMBO. (718) 222-8500 or www.galapagosartspace.com
“Hamlet.�Oct. 22,at 8 p.m. A fearless young cast provides raw violence and cocktail waitresses all while upholding the Bard’s pentameter. Featuring parkour acrobatics, bold design, and a heart-pounding original score.

THE GALLERY PLAYERS: 199 14th St., Park Slope. For tickets, visit www.galleryplayers.com or call (212) 352-3101.
“Top of the Heap.� Oct. 24–Nov. 8. Music by Jeffrey Lodin, book and lyrics by William Squier.

THE HEIGHTS PLAYERS: 26 Willow Pl., Brooklyn Heights. (718) 237-2752 or www.heightsplayers.org.
“Candide.� Through Oct. 25. Book by John Caird; lyrics by Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and John Latouche; directed by Albert Walsh.

The New Workshop Theatre of Brooklyn College: 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.
Theresa Rebeck’s “Mauritius.� October 22–25. A play of high stakes and high humor by Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck. This production will be directed by MFA Candidate Julie Tong.

Ridge Repertory Company: Bay Ridge Jewish Center, Fourth Avenue and 81 Street, Bay Ridge. (718) 836-3103 or ridgerepertory@mind spring.com.
“Lovers & Other Strangers.� Oct. 24 and 31, at 8 p.m.; Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, at 4 p.m. A comedy from the 1960s, directed by Karen Fiorello.

Brooklyn Bridge and Heights: Oct. 24, at 11 a.m. A walking tour across the Brooklyn Bridge and through the city’s first suburb focusing on the history, architecture, and people of this unique area. Meet on the southeast corner of Broadway and Chambers Street, at City Hall Park. For more information, call Big Onion Walking Tours at (212) 439-1090 or visit www.bigonion.com.

Halloween in Green-Wood Cemetery: Oct 31, at 1 p.m. Covering 478 acres and containing more than 600,000 graves, Green-Wood is New York’s great Victorian “City of the Dead.� This tour is an introduction to the history, architecture, and people of this Brooklyn treasure. Meet at the cemetery’s main entrance, Fifth Avenue and 25th Street, Sunset Park. For more information, call Big Onion Walking Tours at (212) 439-1090 or visit www.bigonion.com.

Park Slope: Oct. 24, at 1 p.m. As one of New York’s finest residential neighborhoods, Park Slope is a landmark district filled with remarkable architecture and splendid history. Meet on the southeast corner of Plaza Street West and Flatbush Avenue, at the newsstand. For more information, call Big Onion Walking Tours at (212) 439-1090 or visit www.bigonion.com.

— Compiled by Rose Deschenes
calendar@brooklyneagle.net