This Week in Tribeca: November 2

Friday Nov 6 is the busy night this week, with new shows opening across Walker, White and Leonard Streets. Gordon Parks closes at Jack Shainman the same day, and a composer unveils sound portraits of poets on Franklin Street on Saturday.

Opening this week

Xylor Jane, Paintings for People, opens Wednesday Nov 4 at CANADA, 60 Lispenard St, with a reception from 6 to 8pm. The gallery says these are new paintings made after Jane stopped using dots of paint to form grids of numerals. Luke Murphy, Good Light, opens in the Project Room. Both through Dec 19.

Takako Yamaguchi, New Paintings, opens Thursday Nov 5 at Ortuzar, 5 White St, her third solo exhibition with the gallery. Through Jan 9. The same day, Saul Acevedo Gomez, Pomegranate, opens at First Year Contemporary, 368 Broadway, Suite 411. The gallery calls it his first solo exhibition in New York City. Through Dec 18.

Jem Perucchini, Sospiro, opens Friday Nov 6 at 52 Walker, 52 Walker St, with a reception from 6 to 8pm. It is the painter's first exhibition in the United States. Through Dec 19.

Also on Friday: Chakaia Booker, Unpacked, at David Nolan Gallery, 74 Leonard St, her third solo show with the gallery, with a reception with the artist from 6 to 8pm. At Andrew Kreps Gallery, 394 Broadway, the first exhibition in New York devoted to Heitor dos Prazeres brings together works made between 1944 and 1966. And at GRIMM, 54 White St, Gareth Cadwallader launches a book during the 6 to 8pm opening of Goodnight Moon.

Last chance

Friday Nov 6 is the final day for Gordon Parks, Voices in the Mirror, at Jack Shainman Gallery, 46 Lafayette St. The show marks the 20th anniversary of The Gordon Parks Foundation and takes its title from his 1990 memoir. On Saturday Nov 7, exonemo, Terminal, closes at NowHere, 40 Lispenard St. Its centerpiece is a rock suspended above a computer that keeps trying to crack its own code.

One pick

Nick Hallett, Voice Portraits, at Klaus von Nichtssagend, 87 Franklin St. The gallery calls it the composer's first gallery solo show in New York: sound portraits of four poets. Three portraits are unveiled with their subjects present, each at 4pm: Pamela Sneed on Saturday Nov 7, Penny Arcade on Nov 14 and Kyle Dacuyan on Nov 21. Through Dec 12.

Everything else on view and opening this month is on the events page, each listing checked against the gallery's own site. Running a show in the district? Send it to us.