ART 101: 101 Grand St., Williamsburg. (718) 302-2242 or www.art101brooklyn.com.

Nicola Ginzel & Chester Nielsen. Through March 18. This show features artists whose process is both visible and coherent.

BAC GALLERY: 111 Front St., DUMBO. www.brooklynartscouncil.org.

“Funny Ha Ha.” Through July 27. This group show will explore different approaches to using humor in art. Artists include: Ernest Concepcion, Katy Higgins, Beth Krebs and Iviva Olenick. Curated by Courtney J. Wendroff, BAC’s Visual Arts Director.

BAMART: 30 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100 or www.bam.org.

“From Caruso to Cunningham.” Through August. A special archival exhibition delving into BAM’s rich history, a century and a half in the making. Original documents, archival video, photographs, and more illuminate the moments, memories and cultural happenings that have transpired both on and off its stages. Curator David Harper and archivist Sharon Lehner co-curate this free exhibition, open to the public in the lobby of the BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building. Read the rest of this entry »

68 JAY STREET BAR: corner of Jay and Water streets, DUMBO. www.facebook.com/dumbocomedy

DUMBO Comedy. March 8, at 8:30 p.m. This installment of the monthly show will feature Hari Kondabolu and Liz Miele of Comedy Central, and Calvin Cato of NC Comedy Arts.

KUMBLE THEATER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: Flatbush Avenue, between DeKalb Avenue and Willoughby Street, Downtown Brooklyn. (718) 488-1624 or www.kumbletheater.org.

Cultural Infusion Night. March 8, from 5–7 p.m. Live music, fashion and food from around the world celebrating the diversity of LIU Brooklyn and its neighbors.

BAM HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE: 30 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100 or http://www.bam.org .

“Hora.” Through March 10. Choreographed by Ohad Naharin and performed by Batsheva Dance Company. Naharin’s Hora unfurls a ravishing vision of abstraction, sensuality and playfulness. Isao Tomita’s inventive soundtrack is a collage of classical masterpieces by Strauss, Wagner, Grieg, Debussy and John Williams played on an array of vintage analog synths.

BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange: 421 Fifth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 832-0018 or www.bax.org.

2012 Upstart Festival. March 22–23. BAX welcomes a new group of dancers and choreographers into New York City’s dance community with this two-day showcase curated by choreographer Shannon Hummel, founder/director of Cora Dance and Marya Warshaw Founding and Executive Director of BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange.

MARK MORRIS DANCE CENTER: 3 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene. (718) 624-8400 or mmdg.org.

651 Live and Outspoken Series: Choreographer Garth Fagan interviewed by dancer/choreographer Judith Jamison. March 13, at 7 p.m. Two of modern dance’s legends, Fagan and Jamison, sit down for an intimate conversation about their ideas, inspirations and careers in dance. Members of Garth Fagan Dance will perform excerpts of his work. For tickets or more information, visit www.651ARTS.org.

The Beauty of the Ballet, a program illustrating the process by which talented youngsters develop into accomplished classical ballet dancers, will take place at the Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts on March 11. Students and faculty of the School of American Ballet (the official academy of New York City Ballet) will present this program. Photo by Paul Kolnik

The Beauty of the Ballet. March 11, at 2 p.m. Students and faculty of the world-famous School of American Ballet (the official academy of New York City Ballet) present this program illustrating the process by which talented youngsters develop into accomplished classical ballet dancers. Children will watch a “class” where training exercises and steps are demonstrated, and also enjoy excerpts from famous ballets. Recommended for ages 4 and up.

BROOKLYN LYCEUM: 227 Fourth Ave., Gowanus. (718) 857-4816 or www.brooklynlyceum.com.

“The Worst Actor Who Ever Lived.” March 8, at 8 p.m. AGGROCRAG Theater Company presents this hilarious and quixotic tale for all ages, otherwise known as “The Most Inspiring and Magnificent Tale of Alfridge von Waddlegrave.”

COBBLE HILL CINEMAS: 265 Court St., Cobble Hill. (718) 596-9113 or cobblehilltheatre.com.

Big Movies for Little Kids: “Pippi Longstocking.” March 12, at 4 p.m. Never a damsel in distress, the strongest girl in the world moves into Villa Villakulla with her monkey, Mr. Nillsson, and horse, Little Old Man, and the adventures begin (1969).

P.S. 3: The Bedford Village School, 50 Jefferson Ave., Clinton Hill.

“The African Drum.” Through March 8. The Shadow Box Theatre presents this celebration of multicultural sharing for African-American History Month. Kids listen to the African Drum as it reveals “How the Turtle Got its Shell” and two more African folk tales — woven into the shadow puppet adventures of the little girl Kijana and her animal friends. For reservations or more information, call (212) 724-0677 or visit www.theshadowboxtheatre.org.

‘Puss in Boots’ is the tale of a cat whose master buys him magical boots, enabling him to speak. Puppetworks brings the story to life with an original song score, 18th-century French style costumes and settings, and marionettes designed by Nicolas Coppola. Photo by TA Smith

“Puss in Boots.”Through April 7, at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Charles Perrault’s 1697 French tale of a remarkable cat, adapted for the marionette stage by artistic director Nicolas Coppola.

BAMCINÉMATEK: 30 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene. (718) 636-4100 or www.bam.org.

Hysterical Excess: Discovering Andrzej Zulawski. Through March 20. A complete retrospective of the Polish director’s work, which spans four languages and four decades.

Terence Davies. March 15 and 21-27. British director Davies has a distinctive, noncommercial style and only seven films in his filmography. His work is a personal exploration of memory, time, internal and external repression, childhood, religion, and alienation. BAM presents this series on the occasion of his latest film, “The Deep Blue Sea,” an adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s play set in postwar London.

BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 128 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn Heights. (718) 222-4111 or www.brooklynhistory.org.

“Context/Contrast: New Architecture in Historic Districts 1967 to Present.” Through April 29.

“Inventing Brooklyn: People, Places, Progress.” Through June 3. From Native American roots and Dutch-colonial influences to icons such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Dodgers, this exhibition examines how various people, places and historical events have shaped the development of the borough.

BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN: 1000 Washington Ave., Crown Heights. (718) 623-7200 or www.bbg.org.

31st Annual Making Brooklyn Bloom: “Think Global, Grow Local: What’s Next for Urban Gardeners?” March 10, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. BBG’s community horticulture program, GreenBridge, welcomes hundreds of gardeners from across the borough to kick off spring at Making Brooklyn Bloom. The daylong conference will gather horticultural professionals and home gardeners alike to meet each other, learn new gardening strategies and techniques, and discover local organizations that can help enliven Brooklyn’s landscape and community through gardening.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. (718) 230-2198 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.orgv.

Gotham: Writers in the City: Elissa Schappell. March 10, at 4 p.m. Schappell reads from her new book, Blueprints for Building Better Girls, a provocative, keenly observed and wickedly smart work of fiction that maps America’s shifting cultural landscape from the late 1970s to the present day. WNYC’s Leonard Lopate hosts.

ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: 38 Water St., DUMBO. www.stannswarehouse.org.

“Elephant Room.” March 22–April 8. Illusionists Dennis Diamond, Louie Magic and Daryl Hannah invite you to a place of secrets and mystery.