Today’s “Fab 4”/ Selected NYCity Events – TUESDAY, DEC. 17, 2013

Gotham Holiday Swing*
Acclaimed clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen and Boardwalk Empire‘s sexy chanteuse Margot B join the incredible cast of GOTHAM HOLIDAY SWING. The irrepressible Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, New York’s leading swing band that recently won a Grammy Award for its music in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, leads an all-star ensemble celebrating music from the ‘20s, ‘30s, and ‘40s, along with stories and poems about New York. Special guests Garrison Keillor, Nellie McKay, The Hot Sardines, Jon Batiste and Stay Human and more.

Even before they added Anat Cohen to the program, this was pretty special. Now it’s a must see / hear event. Get your ticket before they sell out!
Town Hall, 123 West 43rd St.
At 8 p.m./ $55, $60 and $65.
982-2787, the-townhall-nyc.org

Viewpoint of Billions (through Dec. 18)
Step Right Up! See the American Flag with our Google Glass

David Datuna’s Viewpoint of Billions, an interactive exhibition recently unveiled during Art Basel in Miami, will make its New York debut at Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium. Viewing the artwork—a large American flag covered with optical lenses—through Google Glass reveals photos, videos, and sounds that narrate the artist’s concept of the American cultural, political, and social journey.
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
from 8 am to 10 pm / FREE

GERI ALLEN
“Forming what amounts to a post-bop supergroup, the lauded pianist and composer stocks her quartet with the increasingly influential saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, as well as the drummer Jeff (Tain) Watts and the bassist James Genus, as rock solid a rhythm section as could be wished for.” (NewYorker mag)

Look for her solo piano version of Smokey Robinson’s “Tears of a Clown”
Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Ave South, at 11th St.
At 8:30 and 10:30 p.m./ $25 and $30, with a one-drink minimum.
255-4037, villagevanguard.com

The 42nd Street Jazz Festival
NYU Steinhardt Music and Performing Arts Professions, New York Foundation for the Arts, Yamaha Pianos, RS Berkeley Horns, presents the 42nd Street Jazz Festival. Performances: Monday- Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 5pm. Tickets are $21.25 and are available at telecharge.com.

The 42nd Street Jazz Festival features a wide variety of jazz artists from New York City and around the world, with a diversity of styles from Senegal to Prague, and Buenos Aires to Brooklyn. The festival programs today is: Rudy Linka Trio – Rudy Linka, guitar; Dan Fabricatore, bass; Norman Edwards, drums.
Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd St.
212-239-6200;
telecharge.com/Off-Broadway/42nd-Street-Jazz-Festival/Overview

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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WHAT’S ON VIEW: Special Exhibitions @ 4 MUSEUMS (Manhattan’s WestSide) 

‘Walker Evans: American Photographs’ (through Jan. 26, 2014)
American Modern: Hopper to O’Keefe (through Jan. 26, 2014)
America’s cultural landscape shifted rapidly in the early 20th century. American Modern at the Museum of Modern Art looks at this change via some of the iconic works produced between 1915 and 1950. Artists highlighted include George Bellows, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz and Andrew Wyeth. In organizing the art thematically, American Modern will highlight the connections between the artists’ works.
Museum of Modern Art: 11 W 53rd St. (btw 5th /6th Ave.)
(212) 708-9400 / moma.org.
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‘The Armory Show at 100: Modern Art and Revolution’ (through Feb. 23, 2014)
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, at 77th St.
(212) 873-3400 / nyhistory.org.

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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: Al Hirschfeld Exhibition
(through Jan. 4, 2014)
“The Line King’s Library,” a display of work by Al Hirschfeld, whose specialty was theatrical caricatures, includes rare works as well as those familiar to theatergoers and readers of various publications, including The New York Times. The exhibition also includes video interviews with Mr. Hirschfeld, who died in 2003 at 99, and works by some of his contemporaries.”
NY Public Library for the Performing Arts, at Lincoln Center
111 Amsterdam Ave and 65th St.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m.,
until 8 on Mondays and Thursdays
(917) 275-6975, nypl.org/events/exhibitions/line-kings-library.

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The Art of the Brick by Nathan Sawaya (ongoing)
This exhibition by artist Nathan Sawaya is a critically acclaimed collection of intriguing and inspiring works of art made exclusively from one of the most recognizable toys in the world — LEGO® bricks. The Discovery Times Square exhibit is the world’s biggest and most elaborate display of LEGO® art ever and features brand-new, never-before-seen pieces by Sawaya. This show was named ‘One of CNN’s Ten Global Must-See Exhibitions.’
Discovery Times Square, 226 West 44th St. (btw 7th/8th ave)
866.987.9692 / http://www.discoverytsx.com

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WHAT’S ON VIEW: Top Photography Exhibitions
(NYCity / Manhattan’s WestSide)

  Museum of Modern Art
XL: 19NewAcquisitions in Photography (through Dec. 31)
Walker Evans: American Photographs (through Jan. 26, 2014)
New Photography 2013 (through Jan. 6, 2014)
11 West 53rd Street / 212-708-9400

  Metropolitan Museum of Art
Julia Margaret Cameron (through Jan. 5, 2014)
Everyday Ephiphanies: Photography and Daily Life Since 1969 
(through January 26, 2014)
1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street) / 212-535-7710

  American Museum Natural History 
Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies          
(through May 31, 2014)
79th St. And Central Park West / (212) 313-7278 

   International Center Photography
Lewis Hine
The Future of America: Lewis Hine’s New Deal Photographs
JFK November 22, 1963: A Bystander’s View of History
Zoe Strauss: 10 Years
All these exhibitions run through Jan. 19, 2014
1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street / 212-857-0000

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For other selected Museum and Gallery Special Exhibitions see Recent Posts in the right Sidebar: “Selected Events + Special Exhibitions : … …” dated (12/15) and (12/13).