Selected West Side Events – Sunday, Jun. 16, 2013
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Lighthouse Boat Tours: New York Harbor
A National Lighthouse Museum boat tour of the harbor including: Robbins Reef Light, Staten Island Light, Great Beds Light, Romer Shoal Light, Princes Bay Light, Fort Wadsworth Light, Twin Lights, Sandy Hook Light, Coney Island Light and the site of the Old Orchard Shoal Light, which was damaged during Hurricane Sandy. (NYT)
Battery Park, Slip 6, 75 Battery Place
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. / $60, $40 for children under 10.
(855) 656-7469 / lighthousemuseum.org;
American Crafts Festival
This biannual display in Lincoln Center sponsored by the American Concern for Art and Craftsmanship — it also takes place in the fall — will fill Damrosch Park.
Damrosch Park, at 62nd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues, and Hearst Plaza, at 64th Street and Columbus Avenue
from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. / craftsatlincoln.org.
Bloomsday
Celebrants of all things James Joyce — especially of his novel “Ulysses” — will gather on this day to read and sometimes re-enact portions of the book in which Leopold Bloom embarks on a modern-day odyssey in Dublin. (NYT)
On Sunday at 7 p.m., at the 32nd annual Bloomsday on Broadway, a marathon reading of “Ulysses,” will include the likes of Malachy McCourt, Tom McCormack, Eilin O’Dea and dozens more. Traditional Irish music will serve as a counterpoint to the reading. Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street
at 7 p.m. / $25; $20 for members; $15 for 30 years and under.
(212) 864-5400 / symphonyspace.org
Bryan Batt: Batt on a Hot Tin Roof
Before he leapt to national consciousness as the closeted Salvatore Romano on Mad Men, Bryan Batt had a long career as a musical-theater star—which he now revisits in a cabaret set that limns his lives onstage and off in New Orleans and New York. .
54 Below, 254 W 54th St, between Broadway and Eighth Ave
Willie Jones III Septet
“Willie Jones III, a conscientious hard-bop drummer, never fails to assemble a strong crew. This one looks especially so, with Jeremy Pelt on trumpet, Stacy Dillard on saxophones, Eric Reed on piano, Vicente Archer on bass and Warren Wolf on vibraphone.” (Chinen-NYT)
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway
at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. / $35 and $45 cover, $10 minimum.
258-9595 / jalc.org
Revive Big Band Featuring Savion Glover
“The concert-promotion engine Revive Music Group is behind this showcase for an all-star big band, stocked with players like the saxophonist Marcus Strickland, the trombonist Corey King and the pianist Marc Cary. Joining them, on a program jointly presented by the Blue Note Jazz Festival, is the rhythmic tap dancer Savion Glover, no stranger to jazz collaborations.” (Chinen-NYT)
Highline Ballroom, 431 West 16th Street, Chelsea
at 8 p.m. / $20.
414-5994 / highlineballroom.com
Bryan and the Aardvarks
“Led by the bassist Bryan Copeland, this band specializes in an unabashedly pretty strain of postbop, chamberlike and euphonious. For this one-nighter, its lineup will feature the vibraphonist Chris Dingman, the keyboardist Julian Shore and the drummer Kenny Wollesen.” (Chinen-NYT)
55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, West Village
from 6 to 9 p.m. / no cover, with a two-drink minimum.
(212) 929-9883 / 55bar.com;
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A PremierPub and 3 Good Eating places – West Village
Corner Bistro
331 W. 4th St.
Sometimes you just need a beer and a burger. If so, Corner Bistro is the place you want. Located just outside the hip Meatpacking district, this corner bar and grill is decidedly unhip, but it’s not uncrowded, especially at night. Seems that everyone knows this place has one of the better burgers in town.
In the maze of streets known as the West Village, where West 4th intersects with West 12th (and West 11th, and West 10th, go figure), you will eventually find Corner Bistro on the corner of West 4th and Jane Street. An unassuming neighborhood tavern, it looks just like dozens of other taverns around town. The bartender tells me that the Corner Bistro will be celebrating it’s 50th anniversary next year. The well worn interior tells me that the place itself is much older.
Corner Bistro has outlasted many of those other taverns around town because they know how to keep it simple — just good burgers and beer, fairly priced. The classic bistro Burger is only $6.75, and should be ordered medium rare, which will be plenty rare for most folks. Actually, it will be a juicy, messy delight – make sure you have extra napkins. I like to pull up a stool and sit by the large front window in the afternoon, where I can rest my burger and beer on the shelf, and watch the Villagers walk by.
Corner Bistro seems to attract very different groups of patrons depending on time of day. While it’s crowded with locals in the evening, in the afternoon you hear different foreign languages, and watch groups of euro tourists wander in, led by their guidebooks and smartphones.
For the classic Bistro experience, order your burger with a McSorley’s draft, the dark preferably. This is the same beer that you can get over at the original McSorley’s in the East Village, the pub that claims to be the oldest continually operating bar in NYCity. The only difference is that this McSorley’s ale is served with a smile by the bartenders here. Or you can get a Sierra Nevada, Stella, or Hoegaarden on tap if you want to go upscale a bit. Either way this is a simple, but quality burger and beer experience that is just too rare these days (sorry for the pun).
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