THEATER
THURSDAY - SUNDAY, MAY 31 - JUNE 3
8:00 PM THURSDAY - SATURDAY
5:00 PM SUNDAY

Theodora Skiptares:  There's Blood at the Wedding
La Mama
66 East 4th Street, East Village, Manhattan

$25/$20 students/seniors
http://lamama.org/songs_for_lorca/

Theodora Skiptares creates theater pieces, usually involving puppets, that are visually imaginative and highly thought-provoking.  They're never perfect works of art, exactly; rather, they're experiences you're glad you had, despite any imperfections.  Isn't that what we're looking for from live performances?  This one uses giant pop-up book constructions to reflect on victims of police violence.  As the piece's title indicates, Garcia Lorca is also brought in.  Music by the intriguing genre-bending Sxip Shirey, who makes the term "eclectic" seem inadequate.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  I'm still kind of excited about the red-hot (in more ways than one) Beijing skewered street food and spicy crayfish spot Le Sia.