Today’s “Fab 5”/ Selected NYCity Events – SATURDAY, FEB. 08, 2014
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“I Want to Hold Your Hand”, “Love Me Do”, “Do You Want to Know a Secret”, and all the rest. Today America Celebrates the Beatles
“Exactly 50 years (minus one day) after the Fab Four ignited full-scale Beatlemania with their performance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” Town Hall replicates that watershed rock moment with an evening of tribute performances. The large crop of artists includes Al Jardine of the Beach Boys, Fred Schneider of the B-52s and Greg Hawkes of the Cars.
Surely, none of the stage chatter will eclipse Sullivan’s best quip on that fateful night in 1964, delivered sternly to the shrieking teenage girls in his audience: “If you don’t keep quiet, I’m going to send for a barber.” (Stacey Anderson-NYT)
Town Hall, 123 West 43rd St.
At 7:30 p.m./ $52 to $252
800-982-2787, the-townhall-nyc.org
Today is also the first full day of competition in the Winter Olympics:
Paley Center for Media: The Olympic Games
(Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday)
On select days from Saturday through Feb. 23, visitors can watch daytime coverage of the Olympics on the center’s big screen. The free programming — a celebration of the center’s United States Olympic Archive, featuring televised Olympic competitions dating to 1960 — will begin with figure skating on Saturday at noon (and continue on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday).
Paley Center for Media, West 52nd St.
screenings included in admission: $10, $8 for students and 65+
212-621-6800,paleycenter.org
Monk-in-Motion: The Next Face of Jazz
Melissa Aldana
The Monk in Motion series hosts the winner and finalists in last year’s prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Winner Melissa Aldana, a tenor saxophonist, leads her Crash Trio on Feb 8, and runner-up Tivon Pennicott performs on Feb 22.
Tribeca Performing Arts Center at the Borough of Manhattan Community College
199 Chambers St. between Greenwich and West Sts
7:30pm $25, seniors and students $15
212-220-1460 / tribecapac.org
Matuto
“These engaging international rockers, known for their lively sets, blend traditional Brazilian music like forró with American jazz and funk. They took that alchemy through West Africa as participants in the State Department’s American Music Abroad diplomacy program and recently released an album, “The Devil and the Diamond.” (Anderson-NYT)
S.O.B.’s, 204 Varick Street, at Houston Street, South Village,
At 8:30 and 10:45 p.m./ $15
212-243-4940, sobs.com
Before making final plans, we suggest you call the venue to confirm ticket availability, dates and times, as schedules are subject to change.
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A PremierPub – Upper West Side
Dinosaur / 700 W125th St. @ 12th ave.
Walk only five minutes from the 125th st. station on the #1 line to find this authentic honky-tonk barbecue joint. Some folks think Dinosaur is just a place to eat ribs. Au contraire. With 24 carefully selected taps, this is a place to drink beer, and eat ribs.
No food goes better with American craft ales than American barbecue. Dinosaur may be the best combo of good beer drinking and hearty eating in town, which makes the trip to Harlem totally worthwhile.
This second incarnation of Dinosaur in Harlem is in an old brick warehouse near the Hudson River. Don’t let that run down exterior fool you. Inside it’s a large space with huge, rough wooden columns and unfinished wooden floors and brick walls – just right for a bbq joint. As soon as you open the door you are hit with that tantalizing aroma of barbecue coming from the large open kitchen. Reminds me of all those great rib joints I frequented when stationed in North Carolina all those years ago. If your stomach wasn’t grumbling before, it is now.
Head to the bar, sit down and try to decide on a beer. It’s not an easy decision – a good problem to have. This is a pretty damn good beer list to choose from, one that most beer bars should be jealous of. I love that they feature NY craft beers. You may want to try the four beer sampler, which is always fun, and in this place may be necessary.
The Mississippi blues music playing in the background will get you in the mood for their North Carolina style barbecue, and even when it’s a full house your order shouldn’t take too long. The food is all slow smoked, so it’s already mostly done and ready to go. I always start with an order of their giant, spice rubbed wings, so good they may make you give up Buffalo wings.
Unfortunately, a place this good does not fly under the radar. There can be some humongous waits for a table at dinnertime. So you need a strategy – avoid prime time, and try not to arrive with your entire posse, which will limit your seating options.
A seat at the bar, a small table in the bar area, or in the summer, an outside table, underneath what’s left of the elevated West Side Hwy, all may open before a table inside the main dining room. Otherwise, try Dinosaur for lunch, or come very late for dinner.
Website: http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/
Phone #: 212-694-1777
Hours: M-Th 11:30am-11:00pm; Fr-Sa 11:30am-12:00am;
Su 12:00pm-10:00pm
Happy Hour: 4-7pm every day; $1 off all drinks
Music: Fri / Sat 10:00pm
Subway: #1 to 125th st
Walk 2 blk W on 125th to Dinosaur Bar-B-Q,
just past the elevated highway
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