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arts 02.16.12

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‣ 34 artists from around the world, many not well known in these parts, comprise The Ungovernables, the 2012 New Museum Triennial, not to be missed. [Work by Adrián Villar Rojas, image: Oliver C. Haash]

‣ While we don't often cop to it, there are others cities we love, London chief among them. On Wednesday, 2/29, at Greenlight bookstore, Craig Taylor, author of Londoners (out next week), and a very tony guest lineup, give readings on the topic of that great city.

‣ NYC's dearly departed is the subject of Dead Apple Tours, given in a 1960 Cadillac Superior Crown Royale Hearse, in which seven living New Yorkers can fit (well, eight, counting the driver).

‣ Can the tender movie Once, turned into the tender off-Broadway musical, thrive in the decidedly untender glare of Broadway lights? We think so. Previews begin on 2/28 at the Bernard B. Jacobs (still the Royale to some of us).

indie rock ‣ Thursday: Field Mouse brings their lush dream pop to Spike Hill. Saturday: Zola Jesus's goth-pop intoxicates. See her in action at Webster Hall. Just Announced… 4/10 - 4/17: Kraftwerk @ MoMA. 4/17 & 4/18: Bad Brains

movies ‣ Strangely enough, we've never been into that whole Belgian/cattle hormone/crime syndicate movie genre, though Bullhead could prove the exception to the rule. [Image: Nicolas Karakatsanis]

art ‣ At Fred Torres, 527 W. 29th [10th/11th] 212.244.5074, Earth Laughs in Flowers, David LaChapelle's new show that combines Baroque still life and the distinctly un-still life of the modern world.

dance ‣ Choreographer Jody Oberfelder's work has always had plenty of brain, and muscle, and heart, but there's an extra dose of heart in her new work THROB, March 1-3 at the Abrons Arts Center. The heart—metaphorical and physiological—is explored; there's also a solo piece performed by Oberfelder and the premiere of a work with a cinematic motif. Tickets are $20.

crowdsourcing ‣ Art Therapy Project: New York to Namibia is a Kickstarter project looking for $7,500 of funding to continue bringing the healing power of art to AIDS-orphaned children in that beautiful country. This one really speaks to us— if it does to you, too, they could use the pledges.