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Agenda: New York's culture editors plan the week.

Today: 3/8/09

Monday: 3/9/09

Tuesday: 3/10/09

Wednesday: 3/11/09

Thursday: 3/12/09

Friday: 3/13/09

Saturday: 3/14/09

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movie

imagePhoebe in Wonderland

Ill-behaved young girl who longs to be in the school production of Alice in Wonderland retreats into a disturbing fantasyland of her own. More »

art

imageMartin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective
The Museum of Modern Art

Key selections and bodies of work from the artist's career. More »

movie

imageWatchmen

Film adaptation of the graphic novel about superheroes in an alternate 1985 America. More »

movie

imageAn American Affair

Friendship blossoms between a teenage loner and the mysterious woman next door during the first few months of JFK's presidency, only to go in directions they could never have anticipated. More »

theater

imageBecky Shaw
Second Stage Theatre

An original comedy about a matchmaking newlywed couple and the friends that they set up. More »

movie

Z

A left-wing, pro-peace political candidate in an unnamed country (suggesting Greece) is assassinated, leaving his deputies and an ambitious young magistrate to uncover a trail of conspiracy that leads to the highest-ranks of the ruling right-wing government. More »

art

imageOona Ratcliffe: Deep Forgetting

Ratcliffe's work is a play of opposites--an endless search for frozen stillness in a world of constant movement and an inherent tension between outside and inside, transparency and opacity, nature and urbanism. More »

nightlife

Asssscat 3000
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

A super-popular night of comedy from "Saturday Night Live" veteran Amy Poehler and her buddies. More »

movie

12

Fascinating drama based on Sidney Lumet's "Twelve Angry Men" unfolds over the course of one night as twelve jurors decide the fate of a Chechen teenager accused of murdering his stepfather. More »

nightlife

The Black Lips
Music Hall of Williamsburg

Garage punk band from Atlanta. More »

nightlife

AIDS Wolf
Death By Audio

The abrasive, experimental outfit from Canada. More »

reading

Jedediah Purdy
Strand Bookstore

The author of "For Common Things" presents "A Tolerable Anarchy ," his history of the idea of American freedom. More »

nightlife

The Bunker

Weekly night of minimal techno. More »

classical

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall

Mariss Jansons leads three programs, starring delightful pianist Emanuel Ax. More »

reading

KGB Bar Fiction Reading Series
KGB Bar

Forget "The Sopranos" or "The Simpsons"; Gotham's literary cognoscenti know that Sunday nights are reserved for KGB Bar. More »

kids

AirPlay
New York Hall of Science

In this interactive exhibition, visitors explore how air affects the world around them. More »

reading

Military Power

Journalist Samantha Power, humanitarian Alex de Waal, and retired general Barry McCaffrey debate the uses and abuses of military power. More »

reading

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

The cultural critic discusses "Gimme Shelter," her account of the real-estate crisis, with New York's Christopher Bonanos. More »

classical

Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka
The Metropolitan Opera

Dvorak's "Rusalka," starring Renee Fleming. More »

nightlife

Q-Tip and Rich Medina
Santos' Party House

A Tribe Called Quest's legendary frontman shares a DJ night with scene vet Rich Medina. More »

theater

You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush
Cort Theatre

After famously impersonating George W. Bush on "Saturday Night Live" for years, Will Ferrell stars in this one-man show to send up the 43rd president. More »

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