Today’s “Fab 5″/ Selected NYCity Events – TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014.
For other useful and curated NYCity event info for Manhattan’s WestSide check out:
♦ “9 Notable NYCity Events-July”, and also “on Broadway”, and “Top10 Free” in the header above.
♦ For NYCity Sights, Sounds and Stories visit out our sister site: nyc123blog.wordpress.com
♦ For NYCity trip planning see links in “Resources” and “Smart Stuff” in the header above. =========================================================================
Summer Concert Series – Tuesdays @ Twelve
Music at St. Paul’s Summer Concert Series.
Each Tuesday at noon during the months of June and July, St. Paul’s will play host to a different world-class organist who will perform on the Aeolian-Skinner Pipe Organ in St. Paul’s Chapel. The last concert in this series, to be held today at noon, features Marc Valenti, classical and jazz pianist.
St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, 117th St. & Amsterdam Ave
At 12 pm / FREE
212-854-0480
Author @ the Library
Dale W. Jamieson discusses his book: “Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed – and What It Means for Our Future.”
This illustrated lecture explains what climate change is, why we have failed to stop it, and why it still matters what we do. Centered in philosophy, it also treats the scientific, historical, economic, and political dimensions of climate change.
Our failure to prevent or even to respond significantly to climate change, Jamieson argues, reflects the impoverishment of our systems of practical reason, the paralysis of our politics, and the limits of our cognitive and affective capacities. The climate change that is underway is remaking the world in such a way that familiar comforts, places, and ways of life will disappear in years or decades rather than centuries.
Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 5th Ave, at 40th St.
At 6:30 pm / FREE, no reservation required
(212) 340-0863 ; nypl.org/locations/mid-manhattan-library
John Tauranac Book Talk
THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING: THE MAKING OF A LANDMARK
(First Published 1995; New Edition, Cornell University Press; March 2014)
The Empire State Building is the landmark book on one of the world’s most famous skyscrapers. John Tauranac focuses on the inception and construction of the building, as well as its history through the interwar years. In a new epilogue to the Cornell edition, Tauranac highlights the continuing resonance and influence of the Empire State Building in the rapidly changing post-9/11 cityscape.
John Tauranac writes on New York’s architectural history, teaches and lectures, and gives tours of the city. He is also a mapmaker. In 1997, he was the guest curator of A Dream Well Planned: The Empire State Building at the Museum of the City of New York. His books include New York from the Air, Elegant New York, Essential New York, and Seeing New York. A frequent contributor to New York newspapers and magazines,Tauranac is an adjunct associate professor at NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place, Lower Manhattan
(212) 968-1961 / skyscraper.org
6:30 pm / FREE; RSVP required (programs@skyscraper.org)
John Pizzarelli and the Swing Seven
Pizzarelli, an outstanding guitarist and a winning singer who balances suavity with endearing goofiness, takes on different musical personas with regularity and ease. With his horn-heavy Swing Seven ensemble, he gets to indulge the jazziest aspects of his nature, exemplified by his 2010 tribute to Duke Ellington, “Rockin’ in Rhythm.” (NewYorker)
Birdland, 315 West 44th St.
212-581-3080, birdlandjazz.com
At 8:30 & 11 p.m. / $45 cover, with a $10 minimum.
Elsewhere, but worth the detour:
IFAR
3D Printing: Infinite Possiblities and New Challenges for the Art World
3D printing is impacting not just manufacturing, architecture, surgery, and fashion, but the visual arts as well. Many museums are 3D scanning their objects for creative re-use by the public, or for replication. Relatively low-cost 3D printers have also broken into the consumer market.
A recent exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York showcased the broad range of artworks created with this new technology. Please join us as we explore the promise and challenges of this new field. There will be a 3D printer at the program.
Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, (btw 37th & 38th St.)
At 6pm / $25
=============================================================================
♦ 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.
==============================================================================
A PremierPub – West Village
Corner Bistro / 331 W. 4th St.
Sometimes you just need a beer and a burger. If so, Corner Bistro is the place you want. Located just outside the hip Meatpacking district, this corner bar and grill is decidedly unhip, but it’s not uncrowded, especially at night. Seems that everyone knows this place has one of the better burgers in town.
In the maze of streets known as the West Village, where West 4th intersects with West 12th (and West 11th, and West 10th, go figure), you will eventually find Corner Bistro on the corner of West 4th and Jane Street. An unassuming neighborhood tavern, it looks just like dozens of other taverns around town. The bartender tells me that the Corner Bistro will be celebrating it’s 50th anniversary next year. The well worn interior tells me that the place itself is much older.
Corner Bistro has outlasted many of those other taverns around town because they know how to keep it simple — just good burgers and beer, fairly priced. The classic bistro Burger is only $6.75, and should be ordered medium rare, which will be plenty rare for most folks. Actually, it will be a juicy, messy delight – make sure you have extra napkins. I like to pull up a stool and sit by the large front window in the afternoon, where I can rest my burger and beer on the shelf, and watch the Villagers walk by.
Corner Bistro seems to attract very different groups of patrons depending on time of day. While it’s crowded with locals in the evening, in the afternoon you hear different foreign languages, and watch groups of euro tourists wander in, led by their guidebooks and smartphones.
For the classic Bistro experience, order your burger with a McSorley’s draft, the dark preferably. This is the same beer that you can get over at the original McSorley’s in the East Village, the pub that claims to be the oldest continually operating bar in NYCity. The only difference is that this McSorley’s ale is served with a smile by the bartenders here. Or you can get a Sierra Nevada, Stella, or Hoegaarden on tap if you want to go upscale a bit. Either way this is a simple, but quality burger and beer experience that is just too rare these days (sorry for the pun).
=========================================================
Website: cornerbistrony.com
Phone #: 212-242-9502
Hours: 11:30am-4am Mon-Sat; 12pm-4am Sun
Happy Hour: NO
Music: Juke Box
Subway: #1/2/3 to 14th St. (S end of platform)
Walk 2 blk W. on 13th St. to 8th Ave.; 1 blk S. on 8th Ave. to Jane St.
Update:
NYCity 1-2-3 : What's Happening / Manhattan's WestSide 