King’s county
ATTENTION, residents of Brooklyn. A 50-foot ape is headed your way, but there’s no need to call 911. The hairy beast will be on the screen only — at BAM Rose Cinemas when the original “King Kong” (1933) unreels Sunday. There have been two remakes, but the original remains the one that most readily comes to mind. Even if you’ve never seen the flick, you know the iconic image of Kong at the top of the Empire State Building, clutching a screaming blonde (Fay Wray) in his hand. I interviewed Wray in her later years (she died in 2004, age 96), and she told me that the big guy “didn’t deserve to die.” But if he hadn’t, actor Robert Armstrong would not have gotten to deliver the movie’s memorable closing line: “It wasn’t the planes, ‘twas beauty killed the beast.” BAM Rose Cinemas is at 30 Lafayette Ave., near Flatbush Avenue, in Brooklyn; bam.org.
— V.A. Musetto
NIGHT & DAY
It’s 3 a.m. and you can’t sleep. Why not pop over to the Whitney? Starting Wednesday night at midnight, the museum will remain open 24 hours a day before closing — exhausted, no doubt — three days later, on Friday at 11:59 p.m. You can thank conceptual artist Michael Asher — it’s his Whitney Biennial project.
“Michael’s premise is that we’ll operate the same way we would during [regular] museum hours,” says Biennial co-curator Gary Carrion-Murayari. “It’s partly about the viewers’ experience, but also about making museums look at how they operate, and why they do the things they do.”
Should you feel fatigued, the cafeteria will be serving coffee and the gift shop will be open, too. As an added bonus, another Biennial artist, Aki Sasamoto, will do interactive sculpture performances several times during the wee hours. 945 Madison Ave., at 75th Street; 212-570-3600, whitney.org.
— Barbara Hoffman
DANCING WITH THE STARS
More dancers than you can shake a stick at — and you can shake your booty along with them. New York’s fourth annual Dance Parade takes place tomorrow at 1 p.m., rain or shine, starting at 21st Street and Broadway. Grand Marshals include “So You Think You Can Dance” finalist Ellenore Scott. Along with her, more than 6,000 dancers in 65 different styles of dance, “from ballet to breakdance” as founder Greg Miller puts it, will waltz, tap, salsa and boogie down Broadway and then head to Tompkins Square Park for a free dance festival at 3 p.m. with performances and lessons. You can watch or join in. For more information, go to danceparade.org or call (267) 350-9213.
— Leigh Witchel
IN YOUR FACE
Spa junkies who have been quietly mourning the loss of Cornelia Day Resort since it shuttered last year can take comfort in this: Two former estheticians from the luxurious Fifth Avenue spa have just set up three treatment rooms at the Pierre Michel Salon (135 E. 57th St.). Customers can call 212-755-9500 to book appointments for facials, including the brand’s “Signature Facial,” $145; “Oxygen Purifying Facial,” $195; “Advanced Ultra-Lifting Facial,” $235; and “Lumina Facial,” $255.” And the famous four-handed facial — that’s two people working on your face — can be added to any of the existing treatments for an extra $60. Cornelia beauty products will also be available for purchase.
— Raakhee Mirchandani
POST-ER ART
Headline writing is an art — as displayed everyday in this newspaper. Artist Jason Borbay takes it one step further, using New York Post headlines to create collages on canvas.
“I broke my leg and I was stuck on a couch and the juxtaposition of emotions in all these headlines just struck me,” says Borbay, who will have his Post-inspired works on display tomorrow from 6 to 9 p.m. at TriBeCa’s ArtSlant pop-up gallery space. Then, just like a Post headline, the exhibition is gone forever to make way for the next day’s events.
Admission is free (but the works are on sale for $4,000 to $7,000) at 393 Broadway, at Walker St.; borbay.com.
— Brian Niemietz