What's there to do in New York this week?

The Killers perform at MSG, Lincoln Center salutes Alice Tully Hall, Two new exhibitions of Frank Stella's work open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilbert Gottfried cracks jokes at Caroline's, Sandra Cisneros discusses her writing career, more

By LAURA REPSTAD

FRI 27

Sarah Polley chats after a special screening of her film, "Away from Her," the Museum of the Moving Image. $12 - $18, 7:30 p.m.
http://www.movingimage.us/site/screenings/pages/2007/index_personal_special.html

Lesley Gore performs tunes from her most recent album, "Ever Since," Joe's Pub. $30, 7:30 p.m.
http://www.joespub.com/web_joes/?CFID=2502780&CFTOKEN=351e384c90d2747b-E524B279-8A11-AAA6-8703A2DC92E0EE7C

SAT 28

The Killers slay Madison Square Garden. $30 - $45, 8 p.m.
http://www.thegarden.com/boxoffice.jsp

A live simulcast of the Metropolitan Opera performance of Puccini's Il Trittico screens, Walter Reade Theater. $18, 1:30 p.m.
http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/il_trittico.html

SUN 29

Elle Woods comes to life during the Broadway opening of "Legally Blonde," staring Laura Bell Bundy, Palace Theater. $105- $400, 7 p.m.
http://www.palacetheaternewyork.com/?gclid=CMPm3prn2YsCFSmkhgodBA8OUQ

Philip Seymour Hoffman starrer "Jack Goes Boating" closes, LAByrinth Theater Company. $65, 7 p.m.
http://www.labtheater.org

MON 30

Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton serve as honorary co-chairs when the Atlantic Theater Company fetes Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson at their spring gala, the Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Plaza. $600 - $2,000, 6:30 p.m.
http://www.atlantictheater.org/

Lincoln Center salutes Alice Tully Hall with a gala concert and benefit, "Good Night, Alice," hosted by Tom Brokaw. Concert will be the last held in the Hall before it closes temporarily for renovation. Audra McDonald, Wynton Marsalis, Laurie Anderson and Philip Glass perform. $1,500 - $2,500, 6:15 p.m.
http://www.lincolncenter.org/

TUES 1

Howard Dodson moderates when Jesse Sage, Gloria Steinem and Beatrice Fernando discuss the power of the slave narrative genre and why it should be revived, New York Historical Society. $15, 6:30 p.m.
https://www.nyhistory.org/web/default.php?section=public_programs&page=monthly_calendar_view&year_month=2007-05

Two new exhibitions, "Frank Stella: Painting into Architecture" and "Frank Stella on the Roof," open, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. $20 donation. 9:30 am - 9 p.m.
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={6E25CFA7-8CE3-4226-B905-998DF5038E84}

WED 2

Bjork performs, Radio City Music Hall. $61 - $86, 8 p.m.
http://www.thegarden.com/boxoffice.jsp

Showtime and Mu-Nan Pictures host a fundraiser after the premiere of Mohammed Naqvi's doc "Shame." Pic chronicles the life of Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani civil rights leader and fundraiser benefits Vital Voices and Mai's School for Girls, Moran's Restaurant. $100, 6 p.m. screening, 8 p.m. reception.
http://www.virtuefoundation.org/cms/front_content.php

THURS 3

Gilbert Gottfried cracks jokes, Caroline's. $22.25, 8 p.m.
http://www.carolines.com

Sandra Cisneros discusses her writing career for BAM's Eat, Drink & Be Literary series. Jessica Hagedorn moderates, BAMcafé. $45, 6:30 p.m.
http://www.bam.org/events/readings.aspx