Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
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You can buy admission tickets online. Pick a date and time to visit the Museum. Timed-entry slots are released generally one-month prior. All sales are final and payments cannot be refunded.
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Paris Blues
Amidst the jazz scene in 1960s Paris, two musicians—a trombonist and aspiring composer (Paul Newman) and a saxophonist (Sidney Poitier)—dream of success as they hone their craft in nightclubs. The June 19 screening followed by a conversation with Louis Armstrong House Museum Historian Hyland Harris about Armstrong’s film performances, featuring a presentation of archival materials.
Sabbath Queen
Shot over 21 years, Sandi DuBowski’s documentary confronts complex questions about the embodiment of contemporary Judaism, following Amichai Lau-Lavie, an Israeli descended from an unbroken line of 38 rabbis. Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and filmmaker Danielle Durschlag on 6/20.
Risky Business
Following a series of mostly brainless early ’80s sex comedies and first-love dramas, Risky Business surprised with its sexual sophistication and sharp commentary on the growing capitalist mania of the Reagan era. Tom Cruise offers a pure, embryonic dose of the singular charms that would define a decade.
Muppet Babies Take MoMI presented by Bank of America
“Muppet Babies Take MoMI presented by Bank of America” offers fun activities for families on June 21 and 22! Newly restored puppets, including three Muppet Babies, will be on view during a weekend of family-friendly Open Worlds activities.
Paris Blues
Amidst the jazz scene in 1960s Paris, two musicians—a trombonist and aspiring composer (Paul Newman) and a saxophonist (Sidney Poitier)—dream of success as they hone their craft in nightclubs. The June 19 screening followed by a conversation with Louis Armstrong House Museum Historian Hyland Harris about Armstrong’s film performances, featuring a presentation of archival materials.
The Muppets Take Manhattan Special Event
See the beloved 1984 comedy musical directed by Frank Oz, introduced by Craig Shemin, president of the Jim Henson Legacy, featuring special behind-the-scenes footage!
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton’s epochal young adult novel, set in 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma, became, in the hands of Francis Ford Coppola, a 1980s teen classic, breathtakingly acted by an astute cast of up-and-comers and directed with an unmistakable humanity. T
The Muppets Take Manhattan Special Event
See the beloved 1984 comedy musical directed by Frank Oz, introduced by Craig Shemin, president of the Jim Henson Legacy, featuring special behind-the-scenes footage!
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton’s epochal young adult novel, set in 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma, became, in the hands of Francis Ford Coppola, a 1980s teen classic, breathtakingly acted by an astute cast of up-and-comers and directed with an unmistakable humanity. T
Tea and Sympathy + Book Event with Michael Koresky
Vincente Minnelli’s sensitive and multilayered 1956 adaptation of Robert Anderson’s Broadway hit about a mild-mannered boarding school student mercilessly mistreated for his possible homosexuality created a storm of controversy. Followed by a discussion with MoMI’s Senior Curator of Film Michael Koresky, and a signing of his new book Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness.
Let’s Don’t Go to the Dogs Tonight with Embeth Davidtz in person
Embeth Davidtz makes an astonishing debut as director and screenwriter in her vividly textured and complex adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s memoir about growing up in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) during the race and class conflicts during the war for independence that erupted in 1980. Followed by a Q&A with Davidtz.