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

Brothers in Jazz
“In this season finale for the long-running concert series Highlights in Jazz, the focus is fraternal. Headlining the evening are the Heath Brothers: Jimmy on saxophone and Tootie on drums, with their trustworthy band. Also on the bill are Peter and Will Anderson — saxophonists, clarinetists, identical twins — playing the music of the Dorsey Brothers, with the trombonist Wycliffe Gordon as a featured guest.” (Chinen-NYT)
TriBeCa Performing Arts Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College,
199 Chambers Street, near Greenwich Street,
212-220-1460, tickets.tribecapac.org
At 7:30 p.m. / $45, $40 for students.

Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band (through May 11)
“Latin jazz, in its many regional and stylistic forms, has rarely received as much attention as it has in the past few years. This is due in part to the work of the pianist Palmieri, one of the genre’s most influential and indefatigable figures, a ten-time Grammy winner and a 2013 N.E.A. Jazz Master, who has led rhythmically exhilarating, improvisation-infused ensembles for more than five decades. His group is joined for this run by the violinist Alfredo de la Fé, the vibraphonist Joe Locke, and the saxophonists Donald Harrison and Ronnie Cuber.” (NewYorker)
Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St.
212-475-8592

E. L. Doctorow
E.L. Doctorow is the award winning author of numerous titles, including “Andrew’s Brain”, new this year for Random House. Internationally known for his unique works of historical fiction, Doctorow currently holds the Lewis and Loretta Glucksman Chair of English and American Letters at NYU.
NYU Bookstore, 726 Broadway
6 p.m. / FREE

Maria Schneider Orchestra
Following a triumphant Jazz at Lincoln Center appearance in March, which included exciting new work, this superb contemporary-minded big band returns. Schneider recently won three Grammys, including one for Best Contemporary Classical Composition, for “Winter Morning Walks,” an atypical collaboration with the classical vocalist Dawn Upshaw. Her jazz orchestra is filled to bursting with sharp section players and exceptional soloists, including the saxophonists Scott Robinson and Rich Perry. “ (NewYorker)
Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton,
212-581-3080, birdlandjazz.com;
At 8:30 and 11 p.m. / $45 cover, with a $10 minimum.

Hard Talks: Is The Internet Bad For Us
With more and more of our pursuits, from buying shoes to finding love, currently undertaken online, distinct camps of thinkers have emerged to offer their theories of what this computer-mediated communication do to our species.

Moderated by author and communications scholar Liel Leibovitz, Hard Talks is a new series featuring speakers with strongly opposing points of view addressing some of the most probing and provocative questions in intellectual history.
The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave., New York, NY
212-423-3200
at 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
This program is free with Pay-What-You-Wish-Admission.
Seating is first-come, first-served.
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♦ Before making final plans, we suggest you call the venue to confirm ticket availability, dates and times, as schedules are subject to change.

♦ NYCity is a big town with many visitors where quality shows draw crowds. Try to reserve seats in advance, even if just on day of performance.
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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.

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 (04/30) and (04/28).