Today’s “Fab 5” / Selected NYCity Events – TUESDAY, APR. 08, 2014.

Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day
“It’s time again for the day ice cream lovers look forward to all year. From 12pm-8pm, Ben & Jerry’s dishes out free scoops in celebration of their birthday. A tradition dating back to 1979, it’s the company’s way of saying thank you and spreading the peace, love & ice cream. In New York, you can find gratis frosty treats at the stores in Times Square, Macy’s and Rockefeller Center.” (Flavorpill’s Mindy Bond)
12pm – 8pm / FREE
Various New York Locations
I’m headed to the one in Macy’s (4th Fl) on 34th St, just E of 7th Ave. See you there.

The Great Choir: St. John at St. John
The Cathedral Choirs present Bach’s famously dramatic setting of the Passion story.
The St. John Passion features powerful opening and closing choruses, dramatic crowd scenes, and a compelling narrative. The work will be sung from the proscenium of the Great Choir.
Soloists:
Lawrence Jones, Evangelist / Neil Netherly, Christus
Amy Justman, soprano / Kirsten Sollek, contralto
John Tiranno, tenor / Peter Stewart, baritone
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam, at 112th St.
7:30pm / $25
212-316-7540

Matt Taibbi: “The Divide”
“Former Rolling Stone contributing editor Taibbi (The Great Derangement, Griftopia) is a clear and passionate voice that confronts ideas worth wrestling with. He’ll talk about his new title, which deals with American wealth inequality and our imbalanced judicial system, with writer and artist Molly Crabapple.” (TONY)
The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main St., at Water St.
At 7:00pm / FREE
718-666-3049 / powerhousearena.com
—————————————————————————————————–
not Manhattan’s WestSide, but it is bklyn’s westside, and it is Matt Taibbi.
easy to get to. subway:#1 to 14 th St.; transfer to F to York; 1st stop in Bklyn
walk towards the river and Water St.; 2 blks S to powerHouse

JANE MONHEIT (through April 12)
“The days when her vocal bona fides were questioned are long since past, and Monheit has become a jazz mainstay. On her recent album, “The Heart of the Matter,” she goes where her fancy takes her, mixing the Beatles, Ivan Lins, Randy Newman, and a “Sesame Street” anthem into her repertoire. For this run, she’s fronting the Manhattan School of Music Big Band, featuring musicians from her alma mater.” (NewYorker)
Birdland, 315 W. 44th St.
At 8 and 10:30 p.m. / $35 cover at tables, $20 at the bar, with a $5 minimum
212-581-3080 / bluenote.net

“Storytelling in the Digital Media Age”
Jeff Gomez, founder of Starlight Entertainment
first annual lecture: The Media and Idea Lab at Columbia University
Columbia University, Butler Library 523
4:30pm

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

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

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

Chelsea is the heart of the NYCity contemporary art scene. Home to more than 300 art galleries, the Rubin Museum, the Joyce Theater, and The Kitchen performance spaces, there is no place like it anywhere in the world. Come here to browse free exhibitions by world-renowned artists and those unknowns waiting to be discovered in an art district that is concentrated between West 18th and West 27th Streets, and 10th and 11th Avenues. Afterwards stop in the Chelsea Market, stroll on the High Line, or rest up at one of the many cafes and bars and discuss the fine art – my fave is Ovest on W 27th St., where the aperitivo is like Happy Hour on steroids.

WHAT’S ON VIEW: Here’s one gallery exhibition that the NYT art critic really liked:  

‘Re-View: Onnasch Collection’ (through April 12) This show more faithfully simulates the experience of seeing art in a modern art museum than any private gallery exhibition in recent memory. Installed in a sequence of 11 whitewall rooms in a gymnasium-size space, the show’s 57 works dating mainly from the 1950s to the ’80s are from a collection assembled by Reinhard Onnasch, a German art dealer. All of the 27 artists — from the Abstract Expressionist Franz Kline to the Minimalist Richard Serra — will be known to anyone familiar with post-World War II art. Nearly all are represented by choice examples.” (Johnson-NYT) Hauser & Wirth, 511 West 18th Street, 212-790-3900, hauserwirth.com.

For a listing of 25 essential galleries in the Chelsea Art Gallery District, organized by street, which enables you to create your own Chelsea Art Gallery crawl, see the Chelsea Gallery Guide (nycgo.com) Or check out TONY magazine’s list of the “Best Chelsea Galleries” and click through to see what’s on view. ==========================================================

For other selected Museum and Gallery Special Exhibitions see Recent Posts in the right Sidebar: “Selected Events + Special Exhibitions : Manhattan’s WestSide” dated (04/06) and (04/04).