Today’s “Fab 5”/ Selected NYCity Events – SATURDAY, FEB. 15, 2014

Today starts the second week of competition in the Winter Games.
Today’s highlight – the Russian v USA hockey game at 4:30pm:
Paley Center for Media: The Olympic Games
(Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday)
On select days through Feb. 23, visitors can watch daytime coverage of the Olympics on the center’s big screen. The free programming is a celebration of the center’s United States Olympic Archive, featuring televised Olympic competitions dating to 1960.
Paley Center for Media, West 52nd St.
screenings included in admission: $10, $8 for students and 65+
212-621-6800,paleycenter.org

Angélique Kidjo
“Beninese Afropop spitfire Angélique Kidjo is a huge star in Africa, thanks to her music and work as a women’s-rights activist. She’s collaborated with Questlove and Tune-Yards for the Red Hot Organization, performed at the Peace Ball at Barack Obama’s first inauguration, and The Guardian named her one of the top 100 most inspiring women in the world. Suffice it to say, we think you should probably check her out.” (TONY mag)
The Town Hall, 123 W 43rd St, between Sixth Ave and Broadway
212-840-2824 / thetownhall.org
8:00pm / $40–$55

Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
“This incisive large ensemble, led by the pianist Arturo O’Farrill, begins its 12th season with the program “Jazz Across the Americas: Colombia & Peru,” a celebration of music informed by those cultures. Among the Colombians joining the band, and bringing compositions, are the pianist Pablo Mayor and the accordionist Gregorio Uribe; the analogous guests from Peru are Laura Andrea Leguía, a saxophonist, and Ivonne Paredes, a percussionist.” (Nate Chinen-NYT)
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street,
212-864-5400, symphonyspace.org;
At 8 p.m. / $20; $15 for members and students.

Dee Daniels
“Ms. Daniels is a strong, sure-footed jazz singer of old-school persuasions, though she has her affinities with contemporary gospel and soul. On Valentine’s Day, as on her most recent album, “State of the Art,” she plays with a band that includes the pianist Cyrus Chestnut. On Saturday her pianist will be Helen Sung. On alto saxophone, both nights, is Antonio Hart.” (Chinen-NYT)
Smoke, 2751 Broadway, at 106th Street,
7, 9 and 10:30 p.m. / $40 cover.
212-864-6662, smokejazz.com

Before the Fall: From the Roaring ’20s to the Crash of ’29
“The economic history of the United States is a series of peaks and valleys, booms and busts. That’s just how we roll. Financial historian James Grant, the George W. Bush Institute’s Amity Shlaes and moderator Byron R. Wien reflect on the gilded age of the 1920s, when unprecedented Wall Street windfalls presaged the worst economic disaster in our history.” (TONY mag)
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Sts
Sat 10am–6pm; Price:$18, seniors $14,
212-873-3400 / nyhistory.org

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

‘Walker Evans: American Photographs’ (through Mar. 09)
“In 1938, the Museum of Modern Art mounted its first one-person photography exhibition: “American Photographs,” by Walker Evans. This gripping, 75th-anniversary reprise of that show presents more than 50 images from that body of work. It is accompanied by a reissue of the original catalog, which includes a wonderfully insightful essay by Evans’s friend and supporter Lincoln Kirstein. Together, the show and the book reverberate now in a time when the idea of America is subject to debates as fractious and far-reaching as at any time since the Civil War.” (Johnson-NYT)
Isa Genzken: ‘Retrospective’ (through March 10)
‘Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New’ (through April 21)
 ‘Designing Modern Women 1890-1990’(through Oct. 5)
Museum of Modern Art: 11 W 53rd St. (btw 5th /6th Ave.)
(212) 708-9400 / moma.org.

Designing Modern Women 1890-1990:

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‘Out of Hand: Materializing the Postdigital’ (through June 1)
“If you haven’t quite wrapped your head around the concept of 3-D printing, or haven’t yet had a digital scanner wrap itself around you, now you can do both in this survey of computer-assisted art, architecture and design. The show looks at art made since 2005 and fills nearly three floors, including many irresistible interactive projects. Its ideas may not be entirely new; the Museum of Modern Art’s 2008 exhibition “Design and the Elastic Mind” covered much of the same territory, but there’s something to be said for this more down-to-earth, production-focused exhibition.” (Rosenberg-NYT)
Museum of Arts and Design, Columbus Circle,
212-299-7777,madmuseum.org.
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‘The Armory Show at 100: Modern Art and Revolution’ (through Feb. 23)
“The Historical Society visits a watershed exhibition in the history of American art (and a significant event in the annals of New York City) with this centennial celebration of the 1913 Armory Show, the controversial survey that introduced New York audiences to the works of such modern artists as Duchamp, Matisse, Picasso, Cézanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh. Some of those same pieces return here.” (TONY listings)
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, at 77th St.
(212) 873-3400 / nyhistory.org.

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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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For other selected Museum and Gallery Special Exhibitions see Recent Posts in the right Sidebar: “Selected Events + Special Exhibitions : … …” dated (02/13) and (02/11).