Today’s “Fab 5”/ Selected NYCity Events – TUESDAY, OCT. 15, 2013
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BeBrasil Pop-Up Festival
Nearly 5,000 miles separate New York from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. But beginning Oct. 15 for a week, the flavors, fashions, foods, and other cultural arts from the South American nation will be on display as part of BeBrasil, a pop-up festival on West Broadway.
BeBrasil will introduce Brazil’s innovations to the world by celebrating new creative products and services developed through inspiring and collaborative work. During the week of October 15-22, 2013, the creativity of Brazil will take over New York. The weeklong festival will bring together Brazil’s most creative professionals and innovative companies from the following sectors: Fashion, Architecture, Design, Food and Beverages, Plastics, Cosmetics, Film, Music, Aerospace and Technology.
372 West Broadway @ Broome St.
12:00 pm to 8:00 pm / FREE
stars of stage and screen salute philip roth:
alec baldwin, john rothman and frances sternhagen read passages of the plot against america, american pastoral and portnoy’s complaint to commemorate the 80th birthday of american novelist philip roth. roth will be in attendance.
temple emanu-el’s leon lowenstein auditorium (10 e 66th st)
1PM / FREE.
(212) 246-4651
Master Class: Pianist Vladimir Feltsman
Featuring pianist Vladimir Feltsman, this master class provides music lovers with a rare opportunity to witness the interaction between gifted students and a great artist as they examine and explore the craft of performance at the highest level.
New School, Mannes College, 150 W. 85th St. btw Columbus & Amsterdam Aves.
at 12:00 pm / FREE
1-212-580-0210
BRIAN WILSON AND JEFF BECK
“Although last year’s Beach Boys reunion tour ended with (yet another) split between the composer Wilson and the lead vocalist Mike Love, the new record they were promoting, “That’s Why God Made the Radio,” and the concerts themselves were surprising successes.
Co-headlining the show is the esteemed electric guitarist Jeff Beck, who recently joined Wilson in the studio to lay down some tracks for an upcoming solo album. Further collaborators on the tour include the Beach Boys stalwarts Al Jardine, David Marks, and Blondie Chaplin, who sang lead on “Sail On Sailor,” the opening track on the group’s 1973 album, “Holland.” (NewYorker mag)
Beacon Theatre, Broadway at 74th St.
At 8PM / $59-$250
212-465-6500 / beacontheatre.com
Concert: The Music of Caroline Shaw with Roomful of Teeth
Founded in 2009 by Brad Wells, Roomful of Teeth is eight classically trained vocalists skilled in Tuvan throat singing, belting and pop techniques, yodeling, Inuit throat singing, and vocal traditions from Sardinia and Korea. A Roomful of Teeth concert feels less like a classical new music performance and more like a world music rock concert high wire act. This concert will include several parts of Shaw’s award-winning Partita for 8 Voices, among other works.
Brookfield Place, Winter Garden, 220 Vesey St.
At 7PM / FREE
1-212-417-7000
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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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Website: cornerbistrony.com
Phone #: 212-242-9502
Hours: 11:30am-4am Mon-Sat; 12pm-4am Sun
Happy Hour: NO
Music: Juke Box
Subway: #1/2/3 to 14th St. (S end of platform)
Walk 2 blk W. on 13th St. to 8th Ave.; 1 blk S. on 8th Ave. to Jane St.
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