DON’T MISS!: CLOWNTOWN
Back off, Bozo: There won’t be any of your kind at the New York Clown Theatre Festival in that Capital of Cool, Williamsburg. Which begs the question: What is a clown festival doing in Williamsburg?
“Clowning is hip,” insists Audrey Crabtree, the festival’s executive producer. “Clowns have a broad range of emotions — it’s clowning for adults, which is how it is in the rest of the world.” This seventh annual edition boasts performers from countries as far-flung as Finland and New Zealand in shows such as “Buffoon Anonymous: 12 Steps to Inanity” and “In the Boudoir,” about a female clown’s love life.
The fest kicks off today at 5:30 p.m. with a rare, family-friendly event: the clown parade in Union Square. Grab a foam nose and join the posse when it piles onto the L train for the trip to Bedford Avenue and the Brick Theater, where a pie fight and festival preview will ensue. Through Sept. 30; 579 Metropolitan Ave.; bricktheater.com/clown.
— Barbara Hoffman
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CHECK IT OUT!: DON’T CRY FOR HER
While Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita sings, “I came from the people, they need to adore me; So Christian Dior me from my head to my toes,” just a little more than a half-mile from the Broadway stage, Perón’s actual Christian Dior frocks are on view, at the exhibit “Evita: Passion and Action.” Commemorating the 60th anniversary of her death, the show at the Consulate General of Argentina features photographs and paintings of the fashionable first lady, as well as rarely seen items from her wardrobe: black velvet heels from Perugia in Paris, haute couture French evening gowns, exquisitely tailored dresses. It’s not all glitz and glamour: There are also several of Perón’s conservative “working” outfits, like a two-piece brown suit by Luis Agostino (pictured). “It projects a strong and feminine image at the same time,” says curator of Buenos Aires’ Museo Evita, Gabriel Ernesto Miremont. “Agostino was a key factor in the making of the trademark that Eva Perón became.” Today through Sept. 28 at 12 W. 56th St.; 212-603-0443.
— Jennifer Ceaser
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WATCH IT!: TWAIN LEAD
Mickey Rooney was the No. 1 box-office attraction in the US when he toned things down a bit to star in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’’ (1939) directed by Richard Thorpe, who had just been relieved of the helm of “The Wizard of Oz.’’ Despite an adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic so free that Tom Sawyer was written out of the plot, it’s still great family fun, with terrific period atmosphere and a sterling supporting cast including the great Rex Ingram as the slave Jim, and William Frawley — the future Fred Mertz of “I Love Lucy’’ — as a con man named The Duke. It’s showing tomorrow and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Munroe Film Center, West 65th Street and Broadway. Info: filmlinc.com.
— Lou Lumenick
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LISTEN UP!: MAYBE BABY
If you couldn’t get enough of Carly Rae Jepsen’s pop smash “Call Me Maybe,” you may have noticed her on Owl City’s equally infectious “Good Time,” which had “summertime beach hit” written all over it when it came out in June. “I thought Carly was perfect for that song, but it wasn’t literally, like, ‘Call Me Maybe,’ ” jokes synth-pop star Adam Young, a k a Owl City. “I e-mailed her and we sent our vocals back and forth online, so we didn’t meet face-to-face until the song was finished!” Now on tour in support of his new album, “The Midsummer Station,” Young brings his live show to Irving Plaza on Tuesday — a five-piece rock band stacked with keyboards, guitars and maybe a few surprises. “Sometimes I think it takes a lot to wow people in New York,” Young says, “so we’re bringing our A-game with a big, anthemic vibe.” Tickets, $25. 17 Irving Place; 212-777-6800, irvingplaza.com.
— Bill Murphy
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CHEW ON THIS!: CARNIVORE CARNIVAL
Meatopia, says event founder Josh Ozersky, “is about people eating cooler, weirder meat, not just steaks and chops all the time.” Plus, he adds, “There’s not the usual d–chebag celebrity chefs.” The best approach to the beef fest tomorrow on Randalls Island? Decide what meat you most want, and go there first (see map and menu online). For Ozersky that would likely be NYC-based Marc Forgione’s Grilled Rib Steak with Bone Marrow Maitre d’ Butter and Pickled Grilled Onions. Those onions will be about the only non-meat you eat all day. “There will be some little piece of vegetable in each dish, and people should feel lucky about that,” says Ozersky. Don’t miss: Pat LaFrieda’s 1,000-pound steer, cooked whole for 36 hours before Meatopia opens. 5 to 9 p.m.; $140 per person, includes ferry to/from and all you can eat and drink. Details at meatopia.org.
— Sara Pepitone
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