Today’s “Fab 5″+1 / Selected NYCity Events – THURSDAY, FEB. 05, 2015
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Music for Words: Bob Dylan — SmartStuff/ Book Talk (6:15pm)
Athena Film Festival — Film (various times)
Business of Baseball with Andrew Zimbalist — SmartStuff/ Book Talk (7pm)
Composer Portraits: Missy Mazzoli — Classical Music (8pm)
Close Conversation: Painters and Curators — SmartStuff/ Art Talk (6:30pm)
A Gilded Age Salon: Music from Paris and New York — Classical Music (6:30pm)
For other useful and curated NYCity event info for Manhattan’s WestSide:
♦ “9 Notable Events-Feb.”, and “Top10 Free” in the header above.
♦ For NYCity trip planning see links in “Resources” and “Smart Stuff” in the header above.
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Music for Words: Bob Dylan
Christopher Ricks, William M. and Sara B. Warren Professor of the Humanities at Boston University, and Sean Wilentz, George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University, will discuss “The Lyrics: Since 1962″, the recently published comprehensive collected lyrics of Bob Dylan. Ricks collaborated with Dylan to complete the publication of the massive 960 page tome.
In the words of Ricks: “For fifty years, all the world has delighted in Bob Dylan’s books of words and more than words: provocative, mysterious, touching, baffling, not-to-be-pinned-down, intriguing, and a reminder that genius is free to do as it chooses. And, again and again, these are not the words that he sings on the initially released albums.”
Barnard College, The Heyman Center for Humanities, Second Floor Common Room
6:15pm / FREE
Athena Film Festival (through Feb. 8)
“Here’s an event that screams that girls truly do “Run the World,” with media to back it up. The Barnard College fest, which focuses on strong women both behind and in front of the camera, features critically acclaimed films (Dear White People, Obvious Child), a ceremony celebrating Jodie Foster’s career, and shorts and talks with filmmakers and professors including a sit-down with dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp covering the concept of moving images in technology.” (TONY)`
Various locations and times on the Barnard College campus,
3009 Broadway, at 117th Street, Morningside Heights,
212-854-1264 / athenafilmfestival.com for details.
“Circus Maximus” and the Business of Baseball with Andrew Zimbalist
Leading off our first author event of 2015, the country’s preeminent sports economist returns to the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse.
“Andrew Zimbalist is a perpetual source of insight on the economics and administration of modern sports.” -Bob Costas
For his third appearance in the Clubhouse — and on the date of its release — we celebrate the newest book by noted sports economist Andrew Zimbalist. Athletes compete for national honor in Olympic and World Cup games. But the road to these mega events is paved by big business. How did both the Olympics and the World Cup evolve from noble sporting events to exhibits of excess? Andrew Zimbalist traces the path.
Of course, this being the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, we will also discuss the economic issues of the day in Major League Baseball.
Andrew Zimbalist is the country’s preeminent sports economist, a frequent sports industry consultant and media commentator, professor at Smith College, and author of many books, including “The Sabermetric Revolution,” “Baseball and Billions,” “Circling the Bases,” and “In the Best Interests of Baseball.” (ThoughtGallery.org)
Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, 67 E. 11th St.
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm / FREE
212-226-7150
Composer Portraits: Missy Mazzoli
Versatile and dynamic, American composer Missy Mazzoli has been called “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York). Her work includes commissions from Carnegie Hall, the Kronos Quartet, the LA Phil, and the Whitney Museum of Art. This Portrait highlights Mazzoli’s diverse works for strings, from solo pieces for cello and violin to works such as Harp and Altar, a love song to the Brooklyn Bridge that fuses string quartet with pre-recorded electronics and the poetry of Hart Crane.
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway @ 116th St.
8pm / $20-$30
212-854-7799
Close Conversation: Painters and Curators
Join us for a series of one-on-one conversations between curators and painters in front of their paintings on view in the exhibition The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World. All conversations take place in The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor, unless otherwise noted. Seating is extremely limited – ticket purchase limited to two per person.
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), 11 West 53 St. (btw Fifth and Sixth ave)
6:30pm / $15
(212) 708-9400
A Gilded Age Salon: Music from Paris and New York
Step back into New York high society circa 1900 for an elegant and intimate musical evening. The Sylvan Winds, a chamber ensemble hailed by the New York Times for their “venturesome programming and stylishness of performance,” will play a program of French and American music from the Gilded Age, including works by Debussy, Faure, MacDowell, Still, and Lefebvre. Before the concert, guests are invited to join Donald Albrecht, the Museum’s Curator of Architecture and Design, for a tour of the newly-refurbished (with additional decorative objects, accessories and costumes) exhibition, Gilded New York.
6:30-7:00pm: Tour by Donald Albrecht of Gilded New York
7:00-8:00pm: Concert by Sylvan Winds
8:00-8:30pm: Reception
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St.
6:30pm / $25
212-534-1672
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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 a record 56 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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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 uptown to West Harlem totally worthwhile.
This second incarnation of Dinosaur in Harlem is in a two story, 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 front door you are hit with that tantalizing aroma of barbecue coming from the large open kitchen. Reminds me of 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 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 (assuming you snagged a table). 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 long 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 Highway, all may open before a table inside the main dining room. Otherwise, try Dinosaur for lunch, or come very late for dinner, maybe after a show at the nearby Cotton Club nightclub.
Website: http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/
Phone #: 212-694-1777
Hours: Mo-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 10:30pm
Subway: #1 to 125th St.
Walk 2 blk W on 125th St. to Dinosaur Bar-B-Q,
just past the elevated highway.
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