Today’s “Fab Five” / Selected NYCity Events – SATURDAY, July 06, 2013

‘Back Tomorrow: Federico Garcia Lorca/Poet in New York’ (through July 20)
Lorca is considered Spain’s greatest modern poet and playwright. This exhibition highlights the poet’s career and includes manuscripts, drawings, photographs and personal items. The focus is on his “Poet in New York”.

In 1936, the poet left the manuscript of “Poet in New York” on the desk of his Madrid publisher with a note saying he would be “back tomorrow,” probably to discuss final details. He never returned. Weeks later, at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, he was brutally murdered by fascist elements in Granada, his body thrown into an unmarked mass grave. (this is a heads up to my young poet friends – James & Jenessa)
New York Public Library, 42nd St. And 5th Ave.
Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m./ FREE
(this is also a great place to beat the heat – maximum A/C)
(917) 275-6975 / nypl.org/events/exhibitions

The Liar Show
“In this theatrical performance hosted by Andy Christie, four storytellers detail events from their lives, ranging from interesting to revelatory. The catch: One of the four is fabricating everything. Audience members vote on who they believe the liar to be, and prizes are awarded.” (TONY)
Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia St.(btw Bleecker/W4th St.)
At 6pm / $10
(212) 989-9319 / corneliastreetcafe.com

La Sonora Carruseles
“Midsummer Night Swing. Medellín ensemble La Sonora Carruseles puts an up-to-date spin on Colombia’s torrid salsa brava tradition, with boogaloo and cumbia flourishes. Get your dance lesson at 6:30pm, and you can put on some spins and flourishes of your own when the music starts.” (TONY)
Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, W 62nd St, (btw Columbus/Amsterdam Ave)
Subway: #1 to 66th St–Lincoln Ctr
At 6:30pm / $17
212-875-5456 / lincolncenter.org

Peter Bernstein, Harold Mabern, Peter Washington and Jimmy Cobb*
“Peter Bernstein, a guitarist with a clean tone and unwavering technique, spearheads this weekend engagement, part of the Keystone Korner Nights series, in eminent company: the soulful pianist Harold Mabern, the steadfast bassist Peter Washington and the master drummer Jimmy Cobb.” (Nate Chinen-NYT)
Iridium Jazz Club, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street
At 8 and 10 p.m. / $35 cover, with a $10 minimum.
(212) 582-2121 / theiridium.com

Dave Stryker
“The guitarist Dave Stryker has made a subspecialty out of soulful hard-bop, with the occasional detour into straight funk and soul. As on his new album, “Blue to the Bone IV” (SteepleChase), he leads a band with the trumpeter Freddie Hendrix and the saxophonists Steve Slagle and Gary Smulyan out front; his partners in rhythm are the drummer McClenty Hunter and the organist Jared Gold.” (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

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Chelsea is the heart of the NYCity contemporary art scene. Home to more than 300 art galleries, the Rubin Museum, the Joyce Theater and The Kitchen performance spaces,   there is no place like it anywhere in the world.

Come here to browse free exhibitions by world-renowned artists and those unknowns waiting to be discovered in an art district that is concentrated between West 18th and West 27th Streets, and 10th and 11th Avenues. Afterwards stop in the Chelsea Market, stroll on the High Line, or rest up at one of the many cafes and bars and discuss the fine art – my fave is Ovest on W 27th St., where the aperitivo is like Happy Hour on steroids.

Here are a few Special Exhibitions in Chelsea Galleries that you shouldn’t miss:

“Paul McCarthy and Damon McCarthy: Rebel Dabble Babble” (through July 26)
Paul McCarthy has a large scale exhibition at the Park Avenue Armory, decidedly not on the WestSide. “At Hauser & Wirth, a second extravaganza by the artist, working in collaboration with his son Damon, is in the same politically incorrect, punch-drunk vein on a slightly less epic scale. Here the reference point is the 1955 film “Rebel Without a Cause.” (Cotter-NYT)
Hauser & Wirth, 511 West 18th Street, Chelsea,
Mon – Fri, 10am-6pm / FREE
(212) 790-3900 / hauserwirth.com

Laddie John Dill: ‘Elementary’ (through July 26)
At the end of the 1960s the West Coast Light and Space artist Laddie John Dill began producing electric light works out of blown glass tubes in a lush palette of jewel-bright colors. Here nine of these works, all from 1971, are installed in one room at regular intervals creating a trippy visual chamber music. Elsewhere, glowing constructions of glass panes in geometric arrangements could be models for updates of Stonehenge, monuments for a new cosmic paganism.” (Johnson-NYT)
Nyehaus, 358 West 20th St.
Tue-Sat, 11am-6pm / FREE
366-4493 / nyehaus.com
==========================================================For a listing of 25 essential galleries in the Chelsea Art Gallery District, organized by street, which enables you to create your own Chelsea Art Gallery crawl: Chelsea Gallery Guide (nycgo.com)
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For other selected Museum and Gallery Special Exhibitions see Recent Posts in the right Sidebar: “Selected Events + Special Exhibitions : Manhattan’s WestSide” dated (07/03) and (07/01).