APRIL THE CULTURAL DIVIDE

EVERYONE' S TALKING ABOUT...

■ The Tribeca Film Festival,

now in its fifth year, will screen 150 films, hold panel discussions with directors and producers, and give cause for numerous afterhours parties (4/25-5/7).

■ Lestat, the visually breathtaking new musical from Elton John and Bernie Taupin, based on Anne Rice's best-selling The Vampire Chronicles, opens at Broadway's Palace Theatre on April 13.

■ Karl Lagerfeld's sensational fall '06 collection, his N.Y.C. photo studio, and his new capsule collection, available at Bergdorf's and Neiman's, have everyone buzzing.

■ Going organic. Find out all you ever wanted to know about Earth Day (4/22) and organic living (organicearthday.org).

■ Fred Segal Feet, the Los Angeles~based store that fuels the fetish of all shoe-lovers, launches its Web site this month. Whether you're in Boise or Bucharest, the full range of shoes—from Valentino stilettos and Louboutin espadrilles to Zanotti cowboy boots—and handbags are just a click away (fredsegalfeet.com).

C H - C H E C K IT OUT Armed with 50 handheld video cameras, Beastie Boys fans captured the October 2004 concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. The footage was edited together and, following in the concert-film genre, Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! (ThinkFilm, March 31) was born.

ART OPENINGS

◄ PHILADELPHIA

"Andrew Wyeth:

Memory and Magic"

Philadelphia Museum of Art This compelling Andrew Wyeth retrospective takes a fresh look at seven decades of the artist's accomplishments (3/29-7/16).

NEW YORK

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Delight in spring. Have cocktails and sandwiches at this heavenly courtyard peppered with flowers, sculpture installations, and spectacular views of Central Park and the New York City skyline (4/25-10/29).

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LONDON

"Modernism: Designing a New World"

Victoria and Albert Museum Using select objects from around the world, including Europe, the U.S., Brazil, Israel, and Japan, the show explores modernism in the designed world— Z

highlighting the years 1914 to 1939 (4/6-7/23).

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LOS ANGELES

"Degas at the Getty"

The Getty Center The most modern of traditional 19th-century artists, Edgar Degas brought an intellectual rigor not only to formal portraits but also to the novel subjects of contemporary life. From Self-portrait to After the Bath, the exhibition spans Degas's career (3/7-6/11).