Selected Events – June 03, 2013

Taste of Times Square
Taste of Times Square is one of New York’s longest-running food festivals, with more than 50 area restaurants participating, including many inhabitants of the area’s famed Restaurant Row. Tickets entitle you to samples from local eateries, such as Virgil’s Real BBQ, Le Rivage, Shake Shack, Junior’s, Toloache, Firebird and more. For more information, visit timessquarenyc.org.

‘100 Years of Flamenco in New York’ (through Aug. 3) This exhibition traces the popularity of the dance form in the city, from the mid-1800s to the present, through engravings and photographs, printed materials, costume pieces and films and recordings.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Viewing hours: Fridays, Saturdays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from noon to 6 p.m., Mondays and Thursdays from noon to 8 p.m., 111 Amsterdam Avenue, at 65th Street, Lincoln Center, (917) 275-6975, nypl.org/lpa; free.

Beka and Logic Project The first name in this collaborative entity belongs to Beka Gochiashvili, a 17-year-old jazz piano phenom originally from Tbilisi, Georgia; the second belongs to DJ Logic from the Bronx. They’ll be joined by what looks a bit like an all-star fusion confab, with Jaleel Shaw on alto saxophone, James Hurt on electric piano, Lamont McCain on electric bass and Justin Brown on drums. (Chinen-NYT)
Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton,
At 7 p.m.,; $25 cover, with $10 minimum.
581-3080 / birdlandjazz.com

Dan Levinson’s Jam Session of the Millennium
For those who don’t get out much, the most exciting trend among young musicians is the red-hot jazz of New Orleans and the 1920s, which proliferates in venues all over the city. This event, produced by the Sidney Bechet Society, represents a watershed moment because it spotlights a dozen 20-something players who have rarely been presented in concert, under the leadership of clarinetist Dan Levinson, best known as a star soloist with Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks—and who, at 47, is the grand old man of the band. Expect exceptional playing from trumpeters Mike Davis and Gordon Au, trombonists Matt Musselman and Josh Holcomb, among others. WSJ
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street, (212) 864-5400

Shostakovich Trilogy
Russian classics, twisted.
Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets are often worth seeing twice, as they reveal little stories within abstraction, complexity within apparently simple arrangements. He matches wits with another Russian subverter of expectations, Dmitri Shostakovich, in a trio of new pieces—­Symphony No. 9, Chamber Symphony, and ­Piano Concerto No. 1—that also show off ABT’s best dancers. —Rebecca Milzoff
Premieres May 31 at American Ballet Theatre.