MUSIC
FRIDAY - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - 3, 2019 (continuing through NOVEMBER 10)
12:00, 3:00 & 6:00 PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY
12:00 & 3:00 PM SUNDAY

Jonas Mekas: Requiem
Level 4 Gallery, The Shed
545 West 30th Street, Hudson Yards, Manhattan

$10; Free age 18 and under; free with concert ticket (see below)
https://theshed.org/program/132-requiem-film-screenings

I don't usually List films — even posthumous works by artists as in sync with this List's esthetic as Jonas Mekas. But this film treatment of Verdi's Requiem complements a can't-miss series of concert performances of that work later this month by maniac conductor Teodor Currentzis and his period-instruments orchestra MusicAeterna (indeed, concert tickets include an admission to the film — although you can also buy separate film tickets if you want). Mekas, who died early this year, was a giant of American non-narrative cinema, making films that are personal, reflective, utterly transporting if you go with them. I'm not really sure how or by whom this posthumous piece was assembled, but I can't imagine missing it (or the Currentzis concert, for that matter).

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: During the day, Momofuku's Peach Mart, for Korean-inflected sandwiches and snacks. Evenings, Momofuku Kāwi, for nearly (but not quite) straight Korean.