TO DO Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.

Signature Theatre, opening September 30.

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1. See Oratorio for Living Things

Across the universe.

Physics, cosmology, jazz, and gospel blend with the classical oratorio form in the nonpareil composer Heather Christian's work of music theater, one of the most sublime pieces to come out of the pandemic and a total knockout when it premiered at Greenwich House in 2022. SARA HOLDREN

2. Go to Chantal Akerman: The Long View

Inner lives on film.

Museum of Modern Art, through October 16. Akerman's 1975 Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is the greatest movie of all time, per the last Sight and Sound critics poll, and features more potato peeling than any other cinematic masterpiece. Now, the Belgian filmmaker is getting a retrospective of more than 40 films. ALISON WILLMORE

3. See billy woods

Re-up on bad dreams.

Knockdown Center, September 25.

The rapper goes to Maspeth on tour for his rich and unsettling album Golliwog, which came out in May. His openers-rappers Bruiser Wolf and Elucid, producer DJ Haram, duo Gabe 'Nandez and Preservation, and songwriter Cleo Reed-all have great records out or on the way. CRAIG JENKINS

4. See The Gatherers

Odes to detritus.

MoMA PS1, through October 6.

Without Robert Rauschenberg, Allan Kaprow, and Judy Pfaff, this group show might not exist. As it is, we get pileups and arrangements of furniture, signage, mannequins, and the like. Tbilisi- and Berlin-based Tolia Astakhishvili fashions a wormhole diorama of buildings and transportation networks inside an air-conditioning duct; it is rightfully the centerpiece of the exhibition. JERRY SALTZ

5. Watch House of Guinness

From the creator of Peaky Blinders.

Netflix, September 25.