Today’s Super 7 NYC Events > TUESDAY/ FEBRUARY 25, 2020
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Have time for only one NYC Event today? Do This:
New York City Ballet (through March 1)
NYS Theater, Lincoln Center / 7:30PM, $78+
“The company introduces two programs that it believes best represent its identity: “Classic NYCB I,” on Tuesday, consists of “Haieff Divertimento” and “Episodes” by George Balanchine, “Concertino” by Jerome Robbins and the lovely “Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes” by Justin Peck. The “Classic NYCB II” bill on Wednesday and Feb. 27 features Robbins’s “In G Major,” Christopher Wheeldon’s “DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse” and Peck’s new work, set to music by Nico Muhly.” (NYT-Brian Schaefer)
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6 OTHER TOP NYC EVENTS TODAY (see below for full listing)
>> Agrippina
>> The Lineup with Susie Mosher
>> JON IRABAGON
>> Austin Wulliman & Conrad Tao
>> How Magic Works—A (Bar) Talk by Magician Mark Mitton
>> Our Cosmic Ballet
You may want to look at previous days posts for events that continue through today.
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Music, Dance, Performing Arts
The Metropolitan Opera
Agrippina (next Feb.29, 1PM)
Metropolitan Opera House / 7:30 PM, $30+
“Handel’s tale of intrigue and impropriety in ancient Rome receives its first Met performances, with star mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as the controlling, power-hungry Agrippina and Harry Bicket conducting. Sir David McVicar’s production ingeniously reframes the action of this black comedy about the abuse of power to “the present,” where it should loudly resonate. The all-star cast features mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey as Agrippina’s son and future emperor Nerone, soprano Brenda Rae as the seductive Poppea, countertenor Iestyn Davies as the ambitious officer Ottone, and bass Matthew Rose as the weary emperor Claudius.”
The Lineup with Susie Mosher
Birdland / 9:30PM, $25
“Mosher is one of those talents you need to see to believe: warm, funny, biting, ferociously committed. In her weekly series at the downstairs Birdland Theater, she invites a gaggle of performers from Broadway and beyond to show their talents. Guests at the February 25 edition include Kenn Boisinger, the LadyBugs, Blake Allen with Kuhoo Verma, Marta Sanders and Leanne Borghesi, Lisa Viggiano, Ira Lee Collings, Joan Ryan, Highline Vocal Jazz and musical director Brad Simmons.” (TONY)
JON IRABAGON (Feb.25-29)
at the Stone / 8:30 p.m.; $20
“Among the most preternaturally gifted saxophonists working today, Irabagon puts few limits on his expression. He’s as likely to blow a startlingly swinging chorus over a jazz standard as he is to unleash a searing blast of sound over a dissolute, free-jazz backing. Here he presents five different projects in as many nights, including 3Dom Factor, an inside-outside group helmed by the elder drummer Barry Altschul, on Tuesday; and a quartet featuring Matt Mitchell on piano, Chris Lightcap on bass and Dan Weiss on drums, on Feb. 28.” (NYT-GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO)
Austin Wulliman & Conrad Tao
Free music, free beer.
Miller Theatre / 6PM, FREE
“JACK Quartet violinist Austin Wulliman and pianist Conrad Tao, both of whom are also composers, perform a handful of world premieres, plus works by Carter and Feldman in an atmosphere that approximates a 19th-century salon.” (J.D., vulture, NYMag)
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Smart Stuff / Other NYC EventS
(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other)
How Magic Works—A (Bar) Talk by Magician Mark Mitton
Third Avenue Ale House, 1644 Third Ave./ 7:30PM, $18
“Magician Mark Mitton has presented on perception to the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness among a steady stream of engagements. Think & Drink NYC welcomes him uptown to the Third Avenue Ale House to provide a magician’s take on our increasingly virtual present, how magic tricks work, and what tools they might provide us as we’re asked to process increasingly complex information.” (ThoughtGallery)
Our Cosmic Ballet
American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St. / 7PM, $15
“All objects in the universe are in constant motion.
Throughout our 13-billion-year history, and looking forward into the not-so-distant future, stars zip by each other, space objects collide, and galaxies merge. Astrophysicist Jackie Faherty uses the power of the Museum’s digital software to show guests the cosmic ballet of stars and galaxies as they dance around each other through time.”
Continuing Events
The Orchid Show: Jeff Leatham’s Kaleidoscope
Saturday, February 15, 2020 – Sunday, April 19, 2020
Experience Famed Designer Jeff Leatham’s Bold and Colorful Vision
“The dazzling floral creations of Jeff Leatham, famed artistic director of the Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris and floral designer to the stars, energize the 18th annual Orchid Show. Leatham’s bold and colorful vision unfolds through captivating installations and designs, transforming each gallery of the exhibition in the historic Enid A. Haupt Conservatory into a different color experience and visual effect, like the turn of a kaleidoscope.
Thousands of orchids provide bursts of forms and colors—in purples, reds, oranges, and hot pink—revealed through overhead arches, vine-inspired ribbons, mirrored sculpture, dramatic lighting, and other artistic embellishments.”
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COMING SOON (WFUV)
2/25 Stone Temple Pilots, Gramercy Theatre
2/25 Rhys Lewis, Mercury Lounge
2/26 Tibet House Benefit Concert, Carnegie Hall
2/26 Natalie Merchant, Jazz At Lincoln Center
2/26 Glass Animals, Music Hall of Williamsburg
♦ Before making final plans, we suggest you call the venue to confirm ticket availability, plus dates and times, as schedules are subject to change.
♦ NYCity, with a population of 8.6 million, had a record 65 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2019 – the ninth consecutive year. But quality shows draw crowds. Try to reserve seats for these top NYC events in advance, even if just earlier on the day of performance.
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A PremierPub / Upper West Side
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que / 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. Not so. 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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“Pub” is used in it’s broadest sense – bars, bar/restaurants, jazz clubs, wine bars, tapas bars, craft beer bars, dive bars, cocktail lounges, and of course, pubs – just about anyplace you can get a drink without a cover charge (except for certain jazz clubs).
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