The summer is coming undone, as those New Jersey legends Yo La Tengo once sang. It's been raining hard, and there have been slim pickings at the galleries for the past few weeks. However, press releases have started flying, announcing plans for the upcoming season. The art world is slowly coming back to life, and this week's offerings are a mere trickle of the flood to come.

WEDNESDAY

Jim Staley, Sylvie Courvoisier, and Ikue Mori, at the Stone, corner of 2nd Street and Avenue C, Wednesday, August 25, 8 p.m.,thestonenyc.com

Three new-music all-stars will take the stage of John Zorns pocket-sized venue in the East Village this evening. Staley will be brandish a trombone, Courvoisier will play piano, and former DNA drummer (and occasional Kim Gordon collaborator) Mori will wield "laptop electronics." Mori fans can also see her at the same venue on Sunday, playing with Ned Rothenberg and Zeena Parkins, who will handle reeds and electric harp, respectively.

THURSDAY

Cody Critcheloe and SSION, "Boy," at the Hole, opening Thursday, August 26, 6–9 p.m., through September 11, theholenyc.com

You know the story: After gallerist Jeffrey Deitch left town, two of his former directors, Kathy Grayson and Meghan Coleman, decided to open up a gallery, The Hole. For the venue's new (and very brief) show, Cody Critcheloe and his noisy band SSION are installing a "sweet hangout zone and video lounge," according to the gallery. Zany photographer Jaimie Warren will have work on display in back, and what is sure to be a raucous performance is planned for closing day.

James Holland, "Sky Lines," at Envoy Enterprises, 131 Chrystie Street, opening Thursday, August 26, 6–8 p.m., through Saturday, August 28, envoyenterprises.com

Also brief is James Holland’s debut at Envoy Enterprises, where he’s showing photographs of constellations. "Constellations can’t be photographed!" you say. But Holland has done it, attaching to his camera lens a piece of glass that has been marked with lines connecting the stars, combining drawing and light: the basic ingredients of photography.

FRIDAY

DJ/rupture and Tanlines, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue, Friday, August 27, 7 p.m., whitney.org

Marcel Breuers boxes are filled with music these days, thanks to curator David Kiehls smart retrospective of artist-composer Christian Marclays work, but turntablist DJ/rupture (who has made star turns at MoMA P.S.1 and the Studio Museum in Harlem in recent months) should provide a welcome added groove to the building’s soundtrack. Mellifluous Brooklyn pop duo Tanlines will also proffer dance-ready jams.

ALL WEEK

"Le Amiche," directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, at Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street, daily screenings through Tuesday, August 31, filmforum.org

Antonioni won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival for this ensemble drama, considered by some to be his first great film. Critic J. Hoberman wrote that the auteur "found his métier (modern art galleries, cocktail parties, fashion shows)" in the 1955 work, which features Italian heartthrob Gabriele Ferzetti playing the role of a painter and Valentina Cortese as a ceramic artist. This crisp new print was funded by Gucci, which also happens to be funding Dias upcoming Blinky Palermo retrospective.