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“Notable Events-July”, “on Broadway”,  and “Top10 Free” in the header above.
For NYCity trip planning see links in “Resources” and “Smart Stuff” in the header above.

Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence
Two historic documents rarely displayed in public — an original copy of the Bill of Rights and a copy of the Declaration of Independence handwritten by Thomas Jefferson — will be on view at the New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. The documents are from the library’s manuscripts and archives division, and can be viewed Monday, noon to 6 p.m.; Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (917) 275-6975, nypl.org.

Bryant Park After Work: Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet
Music to start the end of your day
Four saxophones on a mission to play a highly entertaining and original mix of music with jazz and classical musical influences. Find more info about the Quartet here.

“Broken Reed is anything but broken. Their sound is full-bodied, harmonically strong and appealing, fresh, light-hearted, festive and yet complex and serious. This is a remarkable group.” Dr. José E. Cruz, President, Jazz/Latino, Inc.
Bryant Park, 42nd St., Btw 5th / 6th Ave.
6:00pm – 7:00pm | Fountain Terrace / FREE
Brought to you by the Bryant Park Corporation as part of the After Work music series: Perfectly timed evening performances featuring talented New York area jazz musicians and singer-songwriters.

CAITLIN MARIE BELL
“Caitlin Marie Bell is a New York City based folk singer/songwriter from Snellville, Georgia, whose music and storytelling are primarily centered around the roots of the American folk tradition. Classically trained and inspired by the blues, Appalachian, country, and classical styles on which she was raised, Caitlin Marie writes songs and arrangements that strive to keep the American folk tradition alive.”

For a sense of her authentic folk sound give a listen to her “Pallet on the Floor”
Caffe Vivaldi – 32 Jones Street (btw. Bleecker/W4th)
6:30 – 7:30 / no cover.
212-691-7538 / caffevivaldi.com

Michaël Attias and Renku
In 2013, Renku celebrates ten years of making trio music together, ten years of imbuing every outing with “the spiky, free-flowing coloration that Attias and his partners have developed so beautifully, a language of sparsely orchestrated yet precise themes, open harmony and intuitive transitions.” (David Adler, All About Jazz)

“There are plenty of sax/bass/drum trios around these days, but saxophonist Michaël Attias and his trio Renku have a sound all their own, a distinctive mixture of sweet-and-sour lyricism, off-kilter stomp, and meticulously dispersed rhythms: they don’t merely subdivide the beat, they pounce on it.” (Nate Dorward, Coda)
Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village
At 8:30 p.m. / $20 cover, which includes a drink.
989-9319 / corneliastreetcafe.com

Steven Kroon Latin-Jazz Sextet
On his most recent album, “Without a Doubt (Sin Duda)” (Kroon-A-Tune), the percussionist Steven Kroon presents a program of bright-hued Latin jazz. A similar dynamic should prevail on this installment of the Keystone Nights series, with a band that includes the pianist Igor Atalita, the vibraphonist James Shipp and the flutist Craig Rivers.” (Chinen-NYT)
Iridium Jazz Club, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street
At 8 and 10 p.m. / $25, with a $15 minimum.
(212) 582-2121 / theiridium.com

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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 Museum Mile / Fifth Ave. 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)
“Aten Reign” (through Sept. 25)
the centerpiece of James Turrell’s first exhibition in a New York museum since 1980, recasts the Guggenheim rotunda as an enormous volume filled with shifting artificial and natural light. {see review below}
Guggenheim Museum: 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th St.
(212) 423-3500 / guggenheim.org.

Light and color wash the Rotunda. 
“Turrell works in a single medium: light. He has sliced into walls, designed seamless rooms with holes in the ceiling, and spent four decades building a giant naked-eye observatory in the Arizona desert—all to provide unexpectedly intimate and mysterious views of the sky, the sun, and the stars. For this segment of a three-part show running concurrently in L.A. and Houston, he’s turned the museum’s atrium into a giant light box. —J.D.” (NYMag)

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Museum Mile is a section of Fifth Avenue which contains one of the densest displays of culture in the world. Ten museums can be found along this section of Fifth Avenue:
• 110th Street – Museum for African Art
• 105th Street – El Museo del Barrio
• 103rd Street – Museum of the City of New York
• 92nd Street – The Jewish Museum
• 91st Street – Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
• 89th Street – National Academy Museum
• 88th Street – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
• 86th Street – Neue Galerie New York
• 83rd Street – Goethe-Institut
• 82nd Street – The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Additionally, though technically not part of the Museum Mile, the Frick Collection on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 70th St. and the The Morgan Library & Museum on Madison Ave and 37th St are also located near Fifth Ave. Now plan your own museum crawl.
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