Today’s “Fab 5”/ Selected NYCity Events – SUNDAY, MAR. 16, 2014
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MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING
“Red Hot,” the most recent album by this exuberantly cheeky quartet, which features the bassist Moppa Elliott, the saxophonist Jon Irabagon, the trumpeter Peter Evans, and the drummer Kevin Shea, draws inspiration from jazz and blues of the nineteen-twenties and thirties. But, if you come to these musical rabble-rousers expecting reverence for tradition, you have only yourself to blame.” (NewYorker)
Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia St.
212-989-9319
Flamenco Meets Jazz: Dani De Morón and Aaron Diehl
As the title of the engagement suggests, this program brings two stylistic languages into dialogue, with Mr. De Morón, a Spanish flamenco guitarist, joining a trio led by Mr. Diehl, an American jazz pianist. Joining them are a dancer, Rosario Toledo, and a percussionist, Guillermo McGill” (Chinen -NYT)
At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m./ $40 & $45, with a $10 minimum
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center,
60th St. and Broadway,
212-258-9595, jalc.org
The Poker Player: Vanessa Selbst and John D. Mayer
How do you deal with being dealt a bad hand? Personality psychologist John D. Mayer gets some tips from star poker player Vanessa Selbst about how to avoid a bad read, limping in, and when to bluff the pot. And above all: how to maintain focus without appearing that you are.
Vanessa Selbst is a professional poker player and the highest earning female poker player of all time, with more than $8 million in winnings. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Vanessa has been playing poker for more than ten years. Selbst hopes to earn enough money to eventually fund a foundation dedicated to the creation of national civil rights projects.
John D. Mayer is a professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire and a key innovator in intelligence research. He has written more than 125 scientific articles, books, and psychological tests, including the internationally known Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT™). He has lectured around the world and has appeared on NPR and BBC-TV. His work has been covered in The New York Times, Time, The Washington Post, and The New Republic. His new book Personal Intelligence: The Power of Personality and How It Shapes Our Lives is published this February. He lives in New Hampshire.
Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St.,
at 3:00 pm / $25
212-620-5000
‘Early American Guitars: The Instruments of C.F. Martin’ (through Dec. 7)
“More than 20 guitars made by the 19th-century German-born craftsman Christian Frederick Martin are included in this display of 35 vintage instruments drawn from the museum’s permanent collection as well as the Martin Guitar Museum in Nazareth, Pa., and private collections. Among the Martin guitars on view: a 1939 model made by the company he founded, C.F. Martin & Co, that was played by Eric Clapton.
In a related event, on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. there will be a discussion with the historian Peter Szego and the curator Jason Kerr Dobney on the history of Martin guitars followed by a performance by musician Doug Back using early and modern Martin models; free with museum admission.” (NYT)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sundays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., suggested admission: $25, $17 for 65+
212-535-7710, metmuseum.org
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2014 (last chance)
Showcasing the best in contemporary French film, this series has been running for 10 days and we almost missed it. Today’s films:
A Castle in Italy
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | 2013 | 104 mins at 6:30PM
New York Premiere!
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi directs and stars, alongside former partner Louis Garrel, in this boldly self-revealing, possibly cathartic work—a tender portrait of a family whose glory days are over.
School of Babel
Julie Bertuccelli | 2013 | 89 mins at 1:30PM
North American Premiere!
Shot over a year at a secondary school in Paris’s 10th arrondissement, this observational documentary is a kind of nonfiction counterpart to The Class and a multifaceted look at the French melting pot.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center Plaza, $15
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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