Favorite Venues-Manhattan’s WestSide – MONDAY, JAN. 26, 2014.

Today’s Blizzard will close most venues and keep most patrons safe at home.
Rather than try to identify those few special performances that may take place, today’s post will highlight some of my fave performing arts venues on Manhattan’s WestSide:

Music – Jazz and Standards
Birdland
Blue Note
Dizzy’s Club
54 Below
55 Bar
Smoke
Village Vanguard

Music – Everything Else
(but no Hip Hop/Rap, Grunge/Punk/Heavy Metal, Electronic/Dance music)
B.B. King’s Blues Club
Beacon Theater
Caffe Vivaldi
Carnegie Hall
City Winery
Cornelia Street Cafe
Joe’s Pub
Le Poisson Rouge
Metropolitan Room
Town Hall

Other Performing Arts
Lincoln Center
(cultural heart of the cultural capital of the world)
…The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
…Film Society of Lincoln Center
…Jazz at Lincoln Center
…The Juilliard School
…Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
…Lincoln Center Theater
…The Metropolitan Opera
…New York City Ballet
…New York Philharmonic
…NY Public Library for the Performing Arts
…School of American Ballet
…David Rubenstein Atrium / esp. Target Thursdays

BAM
City Center
Joyce Theater
Symphony Space

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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 (pop. 8.4 million) had 54 million visitors last year and quality shows draw crowds. Try to reserve seats in advance, even if just on day of performance.
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