Selected Events – Manhattan’s WestSide (06/11/13)

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Sinatra in the Park with Judy Collins and Loudon Wainwright III
“The City Parks Foundation raises funds and evokes the sultry spirit of Ol’ Blue Eyes with an evening of soul, folk and jazz-heavy covers from regal devotees, including Ms. Collins, Mr. Wainwright, Aimee Mann, Ted Leo, Allen Toussaint, Andrew Bird, Bettye LaVette, John Legend and more.” (Anderson-NYT)
Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, midpark at 70th Street
At 5:30pm / limited number of $100 tickets remaining.
(212) 360-2777 / summerstage.org;

American Ballet Theater*
““Romeo and Juliet” (Kenneth MacMillan’s interpretation), through June 15, with Diana Vishneva and Marcelo Gomes in the lead roles on opening night on Monday. On Tuesday, Polina Semionova makes her New York debut as Juliet alongside David Hallberg.” (Burke-NYT)
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
at 7:30 p.m. / $20 to $245.
362-6000 / abt.org

Voxify: Dominique Eade & Bruce Barth
“On her 1997 album, “When the Wind Was Cool,” the Boston-based vocalist Dominique Eade was pegged as a latter-day extension of the vocal school of June Christy and Chris Connor. While she still has that hauntingly “cool” tone in common with those sirens of the “Mad Men” era—as well as their enthusiasm for lesser-known but worthy tunes—Ms. Eade’s most recent album, “Whirlpool,” shows that she has cultivated a gift for opening up a song and stretching it as far as it will go, pushing and pulling it like silly putty.

The 2011 album teamed her with the quixotic veteran pianist Ran Blake, and this set at Cornelia Street recruits one of the city’s major duet partners, pianist Bruce Barth. She’s especially expressive on the recording on two movie themes, “Pinky” and “The Pawnbroker,” as well as “The Wind,” which conjures images so vivid that it hardly requires a movie.” (WSJ-Friedwald)
Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia St.
At 8:30pm / $20, includes a drink
(212) 989-9319 / corneliastreetcafe.com

Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, Nels Cline and Shahzad Ismaily* “Aside from the fact that they’re all heralded, genre-fluid guitarists on either side of 60, what do Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot and Nels Cline have in common? A commitment to vernacular American music, for one thing; an agenda of unforced discovery, for another. And a keen sense of collaboration, which should help them in this rare summit, which also features Mr. Ismaily on bass. The evening, part of the fifth anniversary celebration for Le Poisson Rouge, will also feature a guest turn by the harpist Zeena Parkins.” (Chinen-NYT)
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, near Thompson Street
At 6:30pm and 10pm / $30 to $35
505-3474 / lepoissonrouge.com

Ravi Coltrane Quartet*
“The tenor and soprano saxophonist Ravi Coltrane has established a strong presence on the jazz landscape mainly at the helm of two working combos, which appeared on his excellent recent Blue Note debut, “Spirit Fiction.” Here he works with another configuration of players: the guitarist Adam Rogers, the bassist Dezron Douglas and the drummer Johnathan Blake.”
(Chinen-NYT)
Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton,
at 8:30 and 11 p.m., $30 and $40 cover, with a $10 minimum.
(212) 581-3080 / birdlandjazz.com

Bucky Pizzarelli and the Great Guitars
“Mr. Pizzarelli, a guitarist well versed in both the nuances of swing and chapter and verse of the American songbook, convenes a guitar summit with Ed Laub and Gene Bertoncini, and a compatible guest trumpeter, Warren Vaché.” (Chinen-NYT)
54 Below, 254 West 54th Street, Manhattan.
at 7 and 9 p.m., $25 to $35 cover, with a $15 minimum.
476-3551 / 54below.com

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Today, no museum listings. Wait until this evening for your museum visit.
Take advantage of the annual Free Museum Mile Festival:

Museum Mile Festival
The 35th edition of this annual festival, which features outdoor and indoor activities from 6 to 9 p.m., takes place at many of the cultural institutions on Fifth Avenue. Fifth Avenue will be closed to traffic between 82nd and 105th Streets; museummilefestival.org; free.