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ART

DRAWING POWER

Sept. 11-Nov. 18

It’s hard to believe that Gerhard Richter has never had a major drawing show in the U.S. the Drawing Center remedies this with “Lines which Do not Exist,” a selection of abstractions in graphite, watercolor, and ink. (212-219-2166.)

THE THEATRE

ARTS AND CRAFTS

Sept. 14

Manhattan Theatre Club brings Lee Hall’s “the Pitmen Painters” from London’s National Theatre. the play is based on the true story of the Ashington Group, a gang of Northumberland miners who took an art-appreciation class in 1934 and went on to become celebrated painters. Max Roberts directs the original English cast. (212-239-6200.)

CLASSICAL MUSIC

STATEN ISLAND SONGS

Sept. 19-20

With his opera “the Grapes of Wrath” (heard at Carnegie Hall last season), Ricky Ian Gordon established himself as a major composer. he accompanies the fine young singers of the five Boroughs Music Festival (joined by the clarinettist Todd Palmer)in a program of his songs to be presented both on Staten Island and in Manhattan. (5bmf.org.)

NIGHT LIFE

HE SAID, HE SAID

Sept. 25

John Lennon would have turned seventy next month. In anticipation of this anniversary, the Beatles tribute band the Fab Faux is devoting a night to Lennon’s songs at Radio City Music Hall. (800-745-3000.)

MOVIES

STICK ’EM UP

Oct. 1-21

The holdup has captivated audiences since “the great Train Robbery.” Film Forum presents three weeks of ill-gotten gains in its series “the Heist Festival,” which includes such rare noir classics as “the Burglar,” from 1957; French action films like Jacques Becker’s “Touchez Pas au Grisbi,” from 1954; and Paul Schrader’s masterly first feature, “Blue Collar” (1978), starring Richard Pryor. (212-727-8110.)

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