DANCE

NOT SO STILL LIFE

Oct. 15-Nov. 4

At the Museum of Modern Art, the choreographer Ralph Lemon pairs dance luminaries in his “Some Sweet Day” series, starting with the sixties radical Steve Paxton and the French provocateur Jérôme Bel. (moma.org.)

THE THEATRE

NAKED AMBITION

Oct. 23

What could be bad about Henry Winkler playing a legendary porn star? In David West Read’s “The Performers,” set at an adult-film awards ceremony, Winkler leads a cast that also includes Alicia Silverstone, Ari Graynor, Cheyenne Jackson, and Daniel Breaker. Evan Cabnet directs, at the Longacre. (212-239-6200.)

NIGHT LIFE

SABOR DOMINICANO

Oct. 24

The world-music series “Live@365,” at the Graduate Center’s Elebash Hall, presents a night of acoustic bachata, with Edilio Paredes, one of the founding fathers of the popular music genre from the Dominican Republic. (liveat365.org.)

CLASSICAL MUSIC

BACH TO BACH

Oct. 27 and Nov. 1

The 92nd Street Y’s fall season opens late this year, but the wait should be worth it: the pianist András Schiff leads off with two concerts that feature Books I and II, respectively, of Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier.” (92Y.org.)

MOVIES

THE WHO’S ON FIRST

Nov. 2-15

On the occasion of the Who’s new tour to perform “Quadrophenia,” BAM Cinématek presents Franc Roddam’s film version, along with Ken Russell’s “Tommy” and “Lisztomania” and Jeff Stein’s film of the group’s late-seventies tours, “The Kids Are Alright.” (718-636-4100.)

ART

DARK MATTER

Nov. 15

The fourth in the Whitney’s ongoing reassessments of American art, “Sinister Pop,” considers the movement’s critique of conspicuous consumption and the American dream. (212-570-3600.)