–Via City Council member Rosie Mendez, we learn about a Transgender Day of Remembrance on the steps of City Hall at 4:30 p.m. today. It’s sponsored by the LGBT Caucus. Here’s the Facebook invite.
–Chelsea art dealer James Cohan makes his Lower East Side debut this evening with the opening of a new space at 291 Grand St. The initial show features the late Robert Smithson‘s works on paper and select sculpture from 1963-65. The opening reception takes place from 6-8 p.m.
–At Invisible Exports tonight at 6, it’s the opening of, “Come On Daughter Save Me,” an exhibition of new work by the artist and provocateur Vaginal Davis. More details here.
–Phillip Birch’s “Master Dynamic: Frontier” opens at the Lyles & King Gallery tonight at 105 Forsyth St. 7 p.m.
–A rising star, folk-rocker Dawn Landes, is at Joe’s Pub tonight at 7:30. $15. Ticket info here.
–Canadian garage rock band, July Talk, is at Bowery Ballroom at 9 p.m. tonight. $15.
–The Toronto-based electronic project Jade the Moon is at Piano’s tonight. Details on our calendar.
–On Saturday and Sunday James Murphy brings his Subway Symphony to the Lowline Lab in the Essex Street Market. It is an “immersive new musical technology that turns the sound of subway turnstiles from harsh electronic buzzes into shimmering pieces of music.” Here’s the Facebook invite.
–The “Kick Assonance!” reading series returns to KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St., Saturday at 7 p.m. More info on our Calendar.
–All weekend long, the acclaimed harpist Zeena Parkins is at The Stone, along with a variety of accompanying musicians. See The Stone’s calendar here.
–The regular “Minor Acts” happening at the Abrons Arts Center will focus Saturday on queer documentarian Nelson Sullivan’s 1983 recording at the Chelsea Hotel. 6 p.m. Click for details.
–Saturday from noon-4 p.m., the Seward Park Library is hosting its first ever “Youth Sci-Fi Comic Con!” Free.
–On Sunday at 11 a.m., it’s the Tevye and the Great Turkey Scavenger Hunt at the Museum at Eldridge Street. There will even be a rousing Fiddler on the Roof sing-along.
–On Sunday, the Co-op Village NORC is holding their annual Flea Boutique.
–Sunday at 7 p.m., Participant will open “Martin Gustavsson, El Mirage,” an exhibition of new paintings for the Stanley Love Performance Group, There will be a special opening performance for Performa’s 10th Anniversary, Performa 15. Here’s the Facebook invite.
