Today’s “Fab 5”/ Selected NYCity Events – MONDAY, JAN. 06, 2014

Kobo Presents: Opportunities for Authors, Readers, and Bookstores in the Digital Age
A panel discussion on the plethora of options available to authors and readers today, featuring eBook and self-publishing experts: local author Nathaniel Kressen, Miral Sattar from BiblioCrunch, Mary Cummings from Diversion Books, Oren Berman from Authoright, and moderator Christine Munroe from Kobo. A party to celebrate local independent authors to follow – including a Kobo eReader giveaway and free eBooks!
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby Street, near Houston Street, SoHo,
At 7 p.m./ FREE
(212) 334-3324, housingworksbookstore.org

The Longest Date: Life as a Wife
Hit television show Sex and the City writer/producer Cindy Chupack discusses her humorous new book, The Longest Date: Life as a Wife.
Barnes & Noble, 
1972 Broadway,
At 7
PM / FREE
212-595-6859

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
“If you haven’t yet checked out the Nighthawks’ new digs, what are you waiting for. “The band (which has just released their second volume of music from HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”) now actually sounds better, audio-wise, and the menu is a vast improvement over the band’s previous venue—overall, it is a step up, to the second floor, rather than a flight down, to the basement.

Although longtime fans are currently referring to the Nighthawks as “The Iguana Troubadours,” they continue to play with the same amazing combination of skin-tight historical authenticity and sheer, relentless energy, plus a tempo that has always characterized Mr. Giordano’s bands.” (WSJ-Will Friedwald)
Iguana, 240 W. 54th St., (btw 8th/B’way)
8pm-11pm / $15 cover, $20 food/drink minimum
(212) 765-5454 / iguananyc.com

LEON RUSSELL
Rock and roll’s greatest sideman started out in Tulsa, Oklahoma, while still in his teens, playing piano in night clubs. He went on to join the group of L. A. session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, served as the musical director for Joe Cocker’s “Mad Dogs & Englishmen” tour, and became a solo star in the seventies. Along the way, he wrote standards like “A Song for You,” played piano on Badfinger’s “Day After Day” and other hits, and developed professional friendships with everyone from George Harrison to Willie Nelson.

His long, increasingly white beard became iconic, and, after a period of semi-retirement brought on in part by health issues, Russell reëmerged in 2010 with “The Union,” a duet album with Elton John. Don’t miss him at City Winery: he’s a repository of rock history and one of the few legitimate living legends.
City Winery, 155 Varick St.
At 8PM / $45-$55
212-608-0555.

NEIL YOUNG
Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium)
Young is never idle, but this past year was relatively quiet, by his standards: after 2012, a year in which he released two albums with Crazy Horse (“Americana,” which delivered rough, loud updates of ancient folk standards, and “Psychedelic Pill,” which pulled apart and reconstituted Young’s own hippie dreams) and his long-awaited memoir (“Waging Heavy Peace”), he limited his output in 2013 to one album, the archival set “Live at the Cellar Door,” from 1970. The release offers a fine document of vintage Young, including a rare piano-driven version of “Cinnamon Girl.” He’ll be coming to Carnegie Hall for a solo residency, performing four shows in five nights.
sold out tonight; try his other shows: Jan 7-9-10

Before making final plans, we suggest you call the venue to confirm ticket availability, dates, and times, as schedules are subject to change. ==========================================================================================

What’s on View:
Special Exhibitions @ 4 Museum Mile / Fifth Ave. Museums:

‘Balthus: Cats and Girls — Paintings and Provocations’ (through Jan. 12, 2014)
“Brush Writing in the Arts of Japan” (through Jan. 12, 2014)
‘Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom’ (through Feb. 23)
“Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa, The Venini Co., 1932–1947” (through March 2, 2014)
‘Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China’ (through April 6)
‘The American West in Bronze, 1850-1925’ (ends April 13)
William Kentridge: ‘The Refusal of Time’ (through May 11)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, at 82nd St.
(212) 535-7710 / metmuseum.org

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‘Chagall: Love, War, and Exile’ (through Feb. 2)
this one is very special – don’t miss it.
Jewish Museum 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd St.
(212) 423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org

‘Christopher Wool’ (through Jan. 22, 2014)
“Kandinsky in Paris, 1934–1944“ (through Apr. 23, 2014)

Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th St.
(212) 423-3500 / guggenheim.org.

‘Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting From the Mauritshuis’ (through Jan. 19, 2014)
Frick Collection, 1 East 70th St., at Fifth Ave.
everyone wants to see “the girl with the pearl earring”, so admission is by timed tickets.
212-288-0700 / frick.org

========================================================== 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

Last, but certainly not least, America’s premier museum
• 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. ==========================================================

What’s on View: Top Photography Exhibitions
(NYCity / Manhattan’s WestSide)   

Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53rd Street / 212-708-9400
Walker Evans: American Photographs (through Jan. 26, 2014) 

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

ICP 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street / 212-857-0000
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 from Oct 4, 2013–Jan 19, 2014

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

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For other selected Museum and Gallery Special Exhibitions see Recent Posts in right Sidebar: “NYCity Events: Manhattan’s WestSide” dated 01/04 and 01/02.