TOP EVENTS / WEST SIDE

New York Public Library: ‘Celebrating 50 Years of the New York Review of Books: The Future of Literary Journalism’
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library
At 7 p.m., FREE, but reservations are necessary and can be made online at tinyurl.com/cauyhmr.

This discussion, co-sponsored by The New York Review of Books, features a panel of scholars and writers who have written for the publication, including Ian Buruma, Andrew Delbanco, Alma Guillermoprieto and Zoë Heller. The moderators will be Robert Silvers, co-founding editor, with Barbara Epstein, of the Review, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joseph Lelyveld, who is a former executive editor of The New York Times.

Art Talk: David Smith
National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street
At 6:30 p.m., $15, $10 for students, free for members
(212) 369-4880, Ext. 201, nationalacademy.org;

The career and artwork of the American sculptor David Smith — in particular, the pieces he created while in Italy during the early 1960s — are the subjects of a talk by Michael Brenson, an art critic, historian and writer. Mr. Brenson, who was an art critic for The New York Times from the early 1980s to the early 1990s, is writing a biography of Mr. Smith, who died in 1965 at 59.

New York International Auto Show
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street, (212) 216-2000,   autoshowny.com.

Automotive extravaganza. Regular show hours are daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., except Sunday when the hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets range from $15 for daily admission ($5 for those 12 and younger) to $35 for an early-access pass.

Diva Jazz Orchestra 
Iridium Jazz Club, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street,
8 and 10 p.m., $30 cover, with a $10 minimum.
(212) 582-2121,    theiridium.com

“This all-female big band, led by the drummer Sherrie Maricle, is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2013 — notably with this engagement, part of Todd Barkan’s Keystone Korner Nights series. (Chinen) NYT”

Monterey on Tour
Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, Greenwich Village,
At 8 and 10:30 p.m., $45 at tables or $30 at the bar
475-8592,  bluenote.net;

“Conceived as a 55th-anniversary celebration for the Monterey Jazz Festival, this all-star package has been barnstorming the country almost without pause since early January — an impressive fact made all the more so by the stature of the personnel, who could have found other things to do. Along with the bassist Christian McBride, serving as musical director, the group features the singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, the trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, the saxophonist Chris Potter, the pianist Benny Green and the drummer Lewis Nash. (Chinen) NYT”

Enrico Pieranunzi Trio
Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street,
At 9 and 11 p.m., $25 cover, with a $10 minimum.
(212) 255-4037, villagevanguard.com

“Enrico Pieranunzi is one of the leading jazz pianists in Italy, a careful rhapsodist with a more than casual appreciation of the Bill Evans style. His partners for this engagement are the bassist Marc Johnson and the drummer Joe LaBarbera, former members of Evans’s acclaimed last trio, which recorded memorably in this room.  (Chinen) NYT”

Before making final plans, we suggest you call the venue to confirm dates and check times,
as schedules are subject to change.

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS @ 3 Museums & Galleries: 
(WestSide Manhattan)

‘Edvard Munch: The Scream’ (through April 29)
‘Inventing Abstraction: 1910-1925’ (through April 15)
‘Artist’s Choice: Trisha Donnelly’ (through April 8)
‘Projects 99: Meiro Koizumi’ (through May 6)
‘Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light’ (through Aug. 12)
Museum of Modern Art:11 W 53rd St, / (212) 708-9400 / moma.org.

‘Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg’ (through April 6)
Grey Art Gallery: New York University, 100 Washington Square East, Greenwich Village / (212) 998-6780 / nyu.edu/greyart.

‘Jean-Michel Basquiat’ (through April 6)
Gagosian Gallery: 555 West 24th Street (btw 10th/11th ave)
212-741-1111 / gagosian.com