Selected West Side Events – Wednesday, Jun. 19, 2013

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Word for Word: Jami Attenburg and Fiona Maazel with Tedy Wayne
Jami Attenberg, author of “The Middlesteins,” and Fiona Maazel, author of “Woke Up Lonely,” will discuss their novels. Teddy Wayne, author of “The Love Song of Jonny Valentine,” will host.
Bryant Park Reading Room, 6th Ave. at 40th St
At 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. / FREE
(212) 768-4242, bryantpark.org

Liaquat Ahamed and Andrew Ross Sorkin
Liaquat Ahamed, an economist, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of “Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World” (2009), will discuss the current economic situation and historic roots of the global economy with Andrew Ross Sorkin, a columnist for The New York Times. This talk will take place in Pierpont Morgan’s 1906 Library and will coincide with the exhibition “Treasures From the Vault,” (through Oct. 6) which commemorates the death of Mr. Morgan 100 years ago. (NYT)
Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th st. 6:30 p.m./$15, $10 for members, free for students.
(212) 685-0008, Ext. 560 / themorgan.org

Laurie Anderson
As part of the free River to River festival, Laurie Anderson presents “The Language of the Future,” a series of collaborative projects co-presented by LMCC and Battery Park City Authority.. On Wednesday, for the “Songs” portion, Ms. Anderson will take the audience back to 1983 and her electronic opera, “United States I-IV,” to re-explore themes of transportation, politics, money and love. She will be joined by Richard Devine, on electronics; Doug Wieselman, on horns; Eyvind Kang, on viola; Jacob Garchik, on horns; and Yuka Honda, on keyboards. (NYT)
Rockefeller Park,
River Terrace & Murray Street, Battery Park City
at 7 p.m. / FREE
Rivertorivernyc.com / (212) 219-9401

Juneteenth: Gospel Choir Concert
The Marble Community Gospel Choir concert falls on Juneteenth this year, the anniversary of the day in 1865 when slaves in Galveston, Tex., thought to be the last enslaved people, learned they were free. The program will include “Center of My Joy” by Richard Smallwood, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and other gospel spirituals. (NYT)
Marble Collegiate Church, 1 West 29th Street
at 7:30 p.m., $15 advance, $20 at door, $10 for students and 65+
686-2770 Ext. 412 / marblechurch.org

Suzanne Vega
She kicks off the 2013 Mad. Sq. Music: Oval Lawn Series. Vega is an American singer-songwriter of rare poetic genius and emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s. Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observed the world with a clinically poetic eye,” Suzanne’s songs have always tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real world subjects.

Notably succinct and understated, often cerebral but also streetwise, her lyrics invite multiple interpretations. Vega’s musical influences and favorites include Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Laura Nyro and The Smiths. Vega is “widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation,” (Biography Magazine).
Madison Square Park, Madison Ave@ 23rd St
at 7pm. / FREE
212-538-5058 / madisonsquarepark.org

Papo Vazquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours 
“Papo Vazquez, a trombonist and composer-arranger, draws from “Oasis” (Picaro), the most recent album by his Afro-Puerto Rican band, Pirates Troubadours. His partners are Willie Williams on saxophones, Rick Germanson on piano, Dezron Douglas on bass, Alvester Garnett on drums, and Anthony Carrillo and Carlitos Maldonado on percussion.” (Chinen_NYT)
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway
at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. / $35 cover, with a $10 minimum.
(212) 258-9595 / jalc.org

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Before making final plans, we suggest you call the venue to confirm dates and check times, as schedules are subject to change.
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SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS @ 3 MUSEUMS:

(Museum Mile & other Fifth Avenue area Museums)

‘Subliming Vessel: The Drawings of Matthew Barney’ (through Sept. 2)
Morgan Library & Museum: 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th St.
(212) 685-0008 / themorgan.org.

‘Cambodian Rattan: The Sculptures of Sopheap Pich’ (through July 7)
‘Velázquez’s Portrait of Duke Francesco I d’Este: A Masterpiece from the Galleria Estense, Modena’ (through July 14) 
‘At War With the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston’ (through July 28) 
‘Punk: Chaos to Couture’ (through Aug. 14)
“African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde” (through Sept. 2)
‘The Civil War and American Art’ (through Sept. 2)
‘Photography and the American Civil War’ (through Sept. 2)
‘The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi’ (through Nov. 3)
Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1000 5th Ave, at 82nd St.
(212) 535-7710 / metmuseum.org

“New Harmony: Abstraction Between the Wars, 1919-1939” (through Sept. 8)
Guggenheim Museum: 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th St.
(212) 423-3500 / guggenheim.org.