7 things to do in NYC this weekend: Feb. 7 – 9

Highlights this play see a Broadway spectacular acceptable for a king — of jazz, that is: Louis Armstrong. Also, cheque retired the premiere of choreographer Camille A. Brown’s newest work. Plus, you tin spot a documentary astir Faith Ringgold‘s Rikers Island-inspired mural and Isaac Mizrahi‘s latest cabaret residency astatine Café Carlyle.

Art

Clarence Heyward, “American Fiction” (Richard Beavers Gallery/Daniel Greer)

“American Fiction”

Richard Beavers Gallery — 408 Marcus Garvey Blvd., Brooklyn (Bedford Stuyvesant)

Through March 22. Tues – Sat, Noon to 6 p.m.

Beginning this weekend, Brooklyn-born creator Clarence Heyward returns to his location turf to debut a solo grounds astatine his longtime collaborator Richard Beavers’ gallery. The caller grounds features 13 works that operations manager Monica Langhan describes arsenic “visual memoir wherever idiosyncratic past collides with corporate struggle.”

The 42-year aged creator and collagist has developed a pursuing creating enactment that investigates taste truths, challenges stereotypes and questions identity.

“His figures, formed successful the spectral greenish of Chroma key, embody the hostility betwixt visibility and erasure — betwixt the fabrication America tells and the information Black bodies endure,” Langhan told The Daily News Wednesday. “Camouflage references the ongoing warfare connected Black bodies successful America, a conflict waged done systemic erasure and imposed narratives.”

Richard Beavers, who established the modern creation assemblage to beforehand divers works successful 2007, said “American Fiction” couldn’t beryllium much timely: “Black radical person been integral to this country’s foundation, yet the emblem that’s expected to correspond state doesn’t clasp the aforesaid meaning for us. It carries trauma, past and contradictions.”

Free.

Theater

“A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical” (Jeremy Daniel)

“A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical“

Studio 54 — 254 West 54th St., Manhattan (Midtown)

Through Feb. 23. Various showtimes.

There’s inactive a accidental to spot Black History live connected the Broadway signifier with this glitzy philharmonic based connected the beingness and times of the King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong. Tony victor James Monroe Iglehart stars arsenic the trailblazing trumpeter and vocalist known in the Aurin Squire-scripted accumulation filled with amusement stopping fig aft showstopper.

Iglehart — who originated the relation of Genie successful Disney’s Broadway adaptation of “Aladdin” — afloat embodies the tone and psyche of Satchmo, utilizing a gravely registry to sing beloved songs helium popularized including “What a Wonderful World” and “When You’re Smiling,” among galore different favorites.

With orchestrations and arrangements by three-time Grammy Award winner Branford Marsalis, choreography by Rickey Tripp and DeWitt Fleming Jr., and a slayer ensemble, it’s a fantastic clip to drawback “A Wonderful World” during the final play of Broadway Week — wherever you tin bargain a summons and get 1 free.

Tickets commencement astatine $69.

Dance

“I AM” Camille A. Brown (Cherylynn Tsushima; Whitney Browne)

“I AM”

The Joyce Theater — 175 Eighth Ave., Manhattan (Chelsea)

Through Feb. 9. Various showtimes.

Four-time Tony-nominated manager and choreographer Camille A. Brown is backmost astatine The Joyce and shining a agleam airy connected Black joyousness with her latest amusement — inspired by the HBO play bid “Lovecraft Country” and the 2002 Black assemblage marching set movie classical “Drumline.”

Featuring live, archetypal euphony by Deah Love Harriott, Juliette Jones, Jaylen Petinuad and Martine Wade, the eponymous creation institution takes assemblage members into “a beingness wherever thing is imaginable done assorted creation and euphony genres of the African Diaspora.”

Tickets commencement astatine $12.

Music

“Isaac Mizrahi: I Know Everybody” (David Andrako)

“Isaac Mizrahi: I Know Everybody”

Cafe Carlyle — 35 East 76th St., Manhattan (Upper East Side)

Through Feb. 15. 8:45 p.m.

Fashion decorator Isaac Mizrahi, known for edgy runway looks of the 1990s, has proven to beryllium a existent renaissance antheral with his pursuits disconnected the garment country floor. On Tuesday, the Brooklyn autochthonal kicked disconnected his ninth residency astatine the classical supper nine — blending his signature benignant of storytelling, opus and crisp wit for an evening of cabaret.

For “I Know Everybody,” Mizrahi assembled a bid of tales — immoderate hilarious, immoderate touching — astir radical helium has encountered passim the years.

Tickets commencement astatine $120, with nutrient and portion minimum. Jackets required.

Film

“Paint Me a Road Out of Here” (Aubin Pictures)

“Paint Me A Road Out Of Here”

Film Forum — 209 West Houston St., Manhattan (Tribeca)

Various showtimes. 

After premiering past twelvemonth astatine the National Museum of African American History & Culture successful Washington, D.C, Catherine Gund’s award-winning documentary follows the travel of Faith Ringgold‘s 1971 coating “For the Women’s House,” which was housed astatine Rikers Island — and past went missing for decades.

Named for New York City’s Women’s House of Detention, the 8×8 ft lipid connected canvas mural depicts women arsenic nonrecreational athletes, doctors, ministers and presidents. Commissioned by the New York State Council connected the Arts’ Creative Arts Public Service Grant, the enactment of creation was to service arsenic an awesome of what state mightiness look like, successful a spot acold from it.

“The women wanted to beryllium free, they wanted to beryllium retired of determination of people but it was evident to maine that the crushed galore of them were determination was due to the fact that they had a deficiency of state successful the archetypal place,” Ringgold, who died successful 2024 astatine 93, erstwhile stated of the work.

The 90-minute movie follows formerly incarcerated creator and rapper Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, joining forces with Ringgold, section politicians, artists, philanthropists and corrections officers to liberate the motivational masterpiece from New York City’s astir notorious correctional installation to the Brooklyn Museum, wherever it is presently housed.

Tickets are $17, discounts available.

Family

“Luminosa: A Festival of Light” (Queens Botanical Garden)

“Luminosa: A Festival of Light”

Queens Botanical Garden — 42-80 Crommelin St., Queens (Flushing)

Through March 6. Various times.

All ages are invited to this breathtaking airy festival with implicit 100 airy sculptures crafted by 150 artisans utilizing 120 tons of alloy and 150,000 feet of silk. The family-friendly evening lawsuit transforms the plot into an immersive wonderland with vibrant flowers, butterflies, unicorns and adjacent a shimmering dragon – cleanable for celebrating the Lunar New Year.

Throughout the run, visitors tin besides bask acrobatic shows, unrecorded music, and an array of photograph ops and tasty treats.

Tickets commencement astatine $17.90, discounts available.

Free

Pearl River Mart’s Lunar New Year Extravaganza (Chelsea Market)

 Lunar New Year Extravaganza

Pearl River Mart — 75 9th Ave., Manhattan (Chelsea)

Sun. Feb. 9. 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The vacation is inactive successful afloat plaything astatine New York City’s Pearl Mart, renowned for its extended offering of Asian products and goods.

Held successful the bosom of the Chelsea Local astatine Chelsea Market, the yearly lawsuit volition diagnostic unrecorded performances, nutrient and beverage specials, and taste activities including ribbon dancers from the New York Chinese Cultural Center, lion dancers from the Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute Dragon and Lion Dance and plentifulness of mahjong.

Free.

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