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This wooden goblet with feet shaped like horse hooves is used by the Sakha people

GUERRILLA TACTICS The Bronx Museum of the Arts hosts a Day of Collaborative Performance, in conjunction with its current exhibit "Making It Together: Women's Collaborative Art and Community." The event features continuous, carnival-like performances by Contemporary and Modern art collectives such as the Brainstormers!, Spiderwoman Theater, Ridykeulous, the Waitresses, and Guerrilla Girls, Inc., who will head a "Feminist Recruiting Center," where anti-war counter-recruits can "enlist" and are given identification cards. The ongoing show explores a significant chapter in art history, when women artists, inspired by the feminist movement of the 1970s, found new ways to work collectively and address social issues. The program is curated by Carey Lovelace. Saturday, noon-6 p.m., Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street, the Bronx, 718-681-6000, $5 general, free for members.

DESIGN

PASSION IN THE PAGES "Peter Knapp: La Passion des images," an exhibit at the French Institute Alliance Française, throws the spotlight on the work of an artistic director of Elle magazine. Between 1960 and 1964, and again from 1974 to 1978, the Swiss-born Mr. Knapp showcased the work of celebrated photographers in the glossy pages of Elle. He is credited with training a close eye, using his backgrounds in film and photography, on the burgeoning worlds of modeling and fashion. Through Wednesday, June 4, Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., French Institute Alliance Française, Gallery, 22 E. 60th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-307-4100, $12 general, $8 members.

COVER TO COVER In the 1960s and '70s, gentlemen's magazines such as Esquire and GQ frequently depicted provocative imagery on their covers. Few graphic designers pushed the envelope more than Esquire's George Lois. Between 1962 and 1972, Mr. Lois created 92 covers that provoked debate about topics such as the Vietnam War and feminism, and changed the face of magazine design. The Museum of Modern Art has mounted an exhibit, "George Lois: The Esquire Covers," celebrating his work. Through Tuesday, March 31, 2009, Monday, Wednesday-Thursday, Saturday-Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Friday, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m., MoMA, 11 W. 53rd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-708-9400, $20 general, $16 seniors, $12 students, free for members and children under 16.

FAMILY

LATINO CELEBRATION Guild Hall presents "Children's Fiesta," a family event celebrating Latino culture with arts and crafts workshops. A singer-songwriter, Anna Kravis, leads bilingual sing-alongs, and a puppet show and dancing are also on offer. The Calpulli Mexican Dance Company entertains in traditional costumes, and Miss Latina Hamptons 2007, Hannely Cruceta, is on hand to greet museum visitors. Sunday, 2-4 p.m., Guild Hall, 158 Main St., East Hampton, 631-324-0806, free.

FILM

FACING THE PAST El Museo del Barrio hosts a screening of "La Fiesta del Chivo," "The Feast of the Goat" (2006), director Luis Llosa's adaptation of Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa's book of the same name. In the film, a Dominican woman, played by Isabella Rossellini, escapes the tyrannical rule of dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. She returns to her homeland 30 years later, after having become a successful Manhattan lawyer. In the Dominican Republic, she finds the family she left behind. Ms. Rossellini introduces the film, which is in Spanish with English subtitles. Friday, 6:30 p.m., El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Ave. at 104th Street, 212-831-7272, free. To register in advance, send an e-mail to public_programs@elmuseo.org.

MUSIC

BEAT GOES ON The Ngqoko Cultural Group performs songs of South Africa as part of a program presented by the World Music Institute. Members of Ngqoko are considered to be guardians of rural Xhosa culture, indigenous to southeast South Africa. The group is best known for its mastery of the 3,000-year-old style, umngqokolo, or split-tone singing, an unusual vocal technique similar to overtone singing. Friday, 8 p.m., New York University, Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 La Guardia Place at Washington Square South, 212-545-4200, $27 general, $15 students.

THEATER

TENNESSEE DREAMS The Actors Company Theatre stages Tennessee Williams's "The Eccentricities of a Nightingale." Directed by Jenn Thompson, the play tells the story of an irrepressible minister's daughter, Anna Winemiller, who lives at home with her stern, joyless parents in a small Southern town, Glorious Hill, Miss. Through Saturday, May 24, Monday and Thursday-Friday, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Clurman Theatre, Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd St., between Dyer and Ninth avenues, 212-279-4200, $20.

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