BLACK & WHITE
Jackie Robinson at bat; James Baldwin telling a dubious teen we’ll one day have “a Negro president.” They’re among the more uplifting clips in “For All the World To See” at the International Center of Photography. But clips and photos are just part of the story: Posters, magazines and some hideous artifacts (signs for segregated water fountains) hail from a time when African-Americans were either parodied, pitied or invisible. Then came the Civil Rights Movement, when the “weapon of choice” against racism, for pioneers like Gordon Parks, was a camera. Curator Maurice Berger took his show’s title from the mother of Emmett Till, who insisted on an open coffin after the 14-year-old was killed for reportedly flirting with a white woman. “Let the world see what I’ve seen,” she said. Says Berger: “Images matter. They can change the world.” ICP is at Sixth Avenue and 43rd Street; icp.org.
— Barbara Hoffman
KILLER SCHOOLGIRLS
The chilling 1994 New Zealand movie “Heavenly Creatures,” unreeling tomorrow at 7:30 and 10 p.m. at 92Y Tribeca, helped launch the careers of two superstars. The director, Peter Jackson, graduated to the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy; while its star, Kate Winslet, went on to appear in the megahit “Titanic” and to win an Oscar for “The Reader.” In “Heavenly Creatures,” based on a real 1954 killing, Winslet is a teen obsessed with Orson Welles and Mario Lanza who plots with another schoolgirl (Sarah Peirse) to commit a gruesome murder. 92Y Tribeca is at 200 Hudson St., at Canal Street.; 212-601-1000.
— V.A. Musetto
ALL TRUCKED UP
A grassy bank along the Gowanus Canal is the surprisingly bucolic setting for “Parked!” — a food-truck extravaganza on Monday at BKLYN Yard. Nosh on deliciously blistered and charred pies from mobile brick-oven pizzeria Pizzamoto, tasty Taiwanese-style fried chicken from Cravings NYC and excellent affogato (creamy vanilla ice cream topped with a shot of Intelligentsia espresso) from Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream. Oh, and let’s not forget about dumplings, key lime pie, cupcakes, hot dogs and more. Hungry yet? Noon-7 p.m.; 400 Carroll St., Brooklyn; bklynyard.com.
— Carla Spartos
FROM AFRICA WITH LOVE
The DanceAfrica festival at Brooklyn Academy of Music is way more than just dance. It’s “about introducing new traditions to this country that have never been here before,” explains director Chuck Davis. The 33-year-old festival, peaking over Memorial Day weekend, is also a film series, an art exhibition and a huge outdoor bazaar with more than 300 vendors. This year’s headlining acts are the Pamodzi Dance Troupe from Zambia, Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Illstyle & Peace Productions from Philadelphia, as well as Brooklyn’s own BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble. There are performances (at BAM, Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn) Friday through Monday; tickets cost $20 to $50. The bazaar runs Saturday through Monday (Lafayette Avenue and Ashland Place), rain or shine and features children’s activities and roaming performers. Admission is free. For more information, call 718-636-4100 or go to bam.org.
— Leigh Witchel
WHOA NELLIE!
You can never quite predict what you’ll get from the impish, sweet-voiced singer Nellie McKay. But when her residency at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency (540 Park Ave.) begins Tuesday, she says the crowd can expect “a swingin’ time and good clean fun.” McKay will be playing songs from last year’s delightful Doris Day tribute, “Normal as Blueberry Pie,” with, she says, “a little Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore and Ella Fitzgerald thrown in.” And McKay says she’s looking forward to a crowd of “drunken hecklers, randy sailors, criminal tendencies and people with issues. In short, I hope my friends show up.” And we hope they serve blueberry pie. Through June 12; for show times and other details, try 212-339-4095 or feinsteinsatloewsregency.com.
— Billy Heller