A Mixed Bag (5.14.10)

Narcissister, Tony Stamolis from "Hot Lunch," 2009. Courtesy the artist.

Narcissister performs at The Kitchen this weekend with her cast of masked companions. She will debut This Masquerade, a series of performances that critique pop culture’s "spurious" ideas about black femininity. Show times and wait list info here.

Fat vs. Phat: Blogger Tasha Fierce on the under representation of black plus size models in mainstream fashion.

Speaking From the Diaphragm: Berlin-based performance artist Vaginal Davis will present live and Skype guests from the worlds of literature, dance, theatre, film and art (including Kembra Pfahler and Derrick Adams). May 15-27 @ PS122.

Heaven's Lemons: Braided lemon bread, candied lemon slices, and a nicely photographed lemon twist.

Field of Gold: In 1982, artist Agnes Denes planted and harvested two acres of wheat in lower Manhattan. See documentation of this Public Art Fund project in the current issue of Red Flag.

Get SmArt: This summer, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council will offer a professional development workshop for artists. Registration is now open. Participants will be selected by lottery.

Get a Job: MoMA/PS1 seeks a curatorial assistant in Performance and Contemporary Practice.

Retire Ronald: A call for the hamburger clown to hang up his big red shoes.

Food Party: IFC has launched the second season of this crazy cooking and puppetry show by Brooklyn-based artist Thu Tran. Tuesday nights at 10pm.

Munchies in Motion: Eat your way through New York City's Greenwich Village on a food scavenger hunt. May 30 @ 1pm.

NYC Food Film Festival: This year's festival includes the world’s first food truck drive-in movie.

Abalicious: Peek behind the scenes of Annie Leibovitz's photo shoot with several six-packed World Cup players.

World Cup Cupcakes.

On Games: The Post Family/Bad at Sports sheds some light on childhood games like Kickball, and (ick) Smear the Queer.

Mile High: Nine cultural institutions are open to the public free of charge for New York's annual Museum Mile Festival. June 8, 6-9pm.

White Flight, Part II: America's suburbs are now more likely to be home to minorities.

Oaxacan Cinnamon Chocolate Macaroons.