11 Things to Do in New Yorks Art World Before January 10

TUESDAY, JANUARY 6

Event: 38th Annual Three Kings Day Parade at El Museo del BarrioThe Christian feast day known as Epiphany is traditionally celebrated every year on January 6, and if youre in El Barrio that means its parade time. The eventnow in its 38th yearwas founded by former museum director Jack Ageros, who passed away last year. Join community members and museum staff on Tuesday for the parade, which promises live camels, colorful puppets, parrandas, music, and dancing. Alanna Martinez El Museo del Barrio, 1230 5th Avenue, New York, 11 a.m. 12:30 p.m., see museum website for parade route details

Screening and Artist Talk: Sun Xun: The Time Vivarium at Sean Kelly GalleryThe Time Vivarium is a two part exhibition by Chinese artist Sun Xun. During the month of December the artist and his assistants presented recently created murals at the gallery, and set-up shop to create new works on-site. The process of making the news works was filmed, and on Tuesday that footage, as well as images made prior to the show, will be cut together and screened in a brand new animation to coincide with a complete reinstallation of the galleries as an immersive theater. Plus, dont miss the artiststalk. Phase two will be on view through January. A.M. Sean Kelly Gallery, 475 10th Avenue, New York, 6:30-8 p.m.

Opening: Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe: Whats the Alternative at the Ace HotelJonah Freeman and Justin Lowe are back from Basel, and theyre about to unleash Whats the Alternativewhich is billed as an alternate-reality environment installationupon the Ace Hotel. Its inspired somehow by Inherent Vice, the latest loony masterpiece by Paul Thomas Anderson, and so hopefully this alternate reality environment installation closely resembles the films setting of Gordita Beachwhich is all sand and sun and sun tans and stellar grassbecause its going to be like zero degrees in New York, and any alternative reality to that would be more than welcome. Nate Freeman The Ace Hotel New York, 20 W. 29th Street, New York, 7-10 p.m., invitation only

Opening: Rascal House at Half GalleryAll the guys at Ferus Gallery in the 60s used to hang out at Barneys Beanery on Santa Monica Boulevard, a legendary L.A. joint and one of the many places that used to kick a drunk Jim Morrison to the curb. Ed Kienholz liked the spot so much he recreated it for his installation The Beanery, and all this piqued the interest of Blair Thurman, who decided to make a pilgrimage to it last year. Upon arriving, he, too, was inspired, and so he set out asking a few fellow artistsBlair Thurman, John Armleder, Justin Adian, and Stphane Kropfto contribute works to the show thats evocative of an old Tinseltown diner. And it seems to really be a trend to put on L.A.-inspired shows this time of year. N.F. Half Gallery, 43 East 78th Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7

Opening and Screening: The Adventures of Jamel: A New Web Series by Jayson Musson at Salon 94 BoweryIn this one-night only premiere event, artist and Internet philosopher Jayson Musson will debut his new web series titled The Adventures of Jamel. Theres no official press release for the series of the event, but Mr. Mussonsent us this:The Adventures of Jamel is a new sci-fi comedy series from artist and writer Jayson Musson. Fans of Pootie Tang, Hip-Hop, and time travel will be much rewarded in viewing this. Thats pretty much all we needed to know. A.M. Salon 94 Bowery, 243 Bowery, New York, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8

Opening: Science, Fiction: Diana Thater at David ZwirnerDid you know that the dung beetle can only orient itself using the Milky Way? Videoartist Diana Thater will take visitors to David Zwirner on a journey from the perspective of the tiny insect in a new immersive video installation using footage of the night sky captured at Los Angeles Griffith Observatory. The film will be projected onto a screen on the gallerys ceiling, set-up to mimic the environment used to test the dung beetles navigational aptitude. The walls will belit from below, it supposedly it will create the illusion of levitation. A.M. David Zwirner Gallery, 533 West 19th Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

Opening: Helmut Lang at Sperone WestwaterPerhaps you know the tale: Fashion designer Helmut Lang quits the biz, spends a year in a house in the Hamptons actually doing nothing (The first half of the year was kind of easy. The second half, I had to force myself, he told The Times) and then decided, hey, Im going to be an artist. He showed all over Europe and in a townhouse in New York before getting snapped up by Sperone Westwater. This is his first New York gallery solo show. N.F. Sperone Westwater, 257 Bowery, New York, 6-8 p.m.

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11 Things to Do in New Yorks Art World Before January 10