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Selected NYC Events (10/19) + Today’s Featured Pub (Times Square/ Theater District)

Posted on 10/19/2016 by GregD

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Have time for only one NYC Event today? Do this:

The New York Cabaret Convention 2016 (thru Oct.21)
Rose Theater, Broadway @ 60th St./ 6PM, $25+

“The Mabel Mercer Foundation’s 27th annual cabaret fest brings together some of the genre’s top artists to celebrate the Great American Songbook over 4 nights.

The Wednesday October 19 show, devoted to songs by Stephen Sondheim, includes Jeff Harnar, Andrea Marcovicci, Karen Akers, Raissa Katona Bennett, Sally Mayes, Donna McKechnie, Marissa Mulder, Sidney Myer, Sarah Rice and Steve Ross.” (TONY)

That’s a very fine group of performers, but trust me, the feature singer tonight is Jennifer Sheehan, NYCity’s newest Cabaret star.

Music, Dance, Performing Arts

AMERICAN BALLET THEATER (through Oct. 30)
NYS/DHK Theater, Lincoln Center/ at various times, $
“Ballet Theater’s fall season begins with a welcome reprise of Alexei Ratmansky’s handsome and moving portrait of male camaraderie, “Serenade After Plato’s Symposium,” paired with Frederick Ashton’s intimate midcentury study in pure classicism, “Symphonic Variations,” and Twyla Tharp’s large-scale “The Brahms-Haydn Variations” (Wednesday). Thursday’s gala introduces the company premiere of Benjamin Millepied’s “Daphnis and Chloe,” Ashton’s “Symphonic Variations,” and “Rondo Capriccioso,” a work that Mr. Ratmansky made for the students at Ballet Theater’s pre-professional school.” (Brian Schaefer-NYT)

TOM HARRELL
Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Ave. S., at 11th St./ 8:30PM +10:30PM, $30
“Drawing from the Miles Davis rule book, the trumpeter Harrell pairs himself with a saxophonist who will both inspire and challenge him: the inventive tenor stylist Mark Turner. A lean quartet bolstered by Ugonna Okegwo’s bass and Adam Cruz’s drums offers plenty of open terrain for creative jostling.” (NewYorker)

Smart Stuff / Other NYC Events
(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other)

PlayFest: Made in New York
Paley Center for Media, 25 W52nd St./ 8PM, $50
‘This series of screenings and panel discussions returns with a focus on television shows filmed in New York City. On Wednesday, PaleyFest concludes with a screening of Fox’s “Gotham” and a talk with Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue and Michael Chiklis.” (NYT-AroundTown)

TODAY’S events include: Museum of the City of New York
My City Book Club | A History of Housing in New York City / 6:30PM
“Richard Plunz’s landmark study, A History of Housing in New York City, traces the development of housing in New York from 1850 to the present day. First published in 1992, Plunz’s lively account investigates the housing of all classes, from the single-family house to tenements and high-rise apartment buildings, and places the story of housing within the context of the New York’s broader political and cultural development.”

CHRISTIE’S: BASEBALL MEMORABILIA
Christie’s, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, at 49th St./
“Baseball is the subject of a two-day sale at Christie’s (Oct. 19-20), at which the house offers more than five hundred pieces being deaccessioned by the National Pastime Museum, an online showcase of memorabilia. Among the lots: a bat that once belonged to Jackie Robinson, a baseball signed by Babe Ruth, and a contract signed by the Negro League star (and Hall of Famer) Josh Gibson.” (NewYorker)

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Bonus NYC Events – Music Venues:
So much fine live music every night in this town. These are my favorite music venues, most on Manhattan’s WestSide. Check out who’s playing tonight:

City Winery – 155 Varick St., citywinery.com, 212-608-0555
Feinstein’s/54 Below – 254 W54th St., 54below.com, 646-476-3551
Joe’s Pub @ Public Theater – 425 Lafayette St., joespub.com, 212-967-7555
Metropolitan Room – 34W22ndSt., metropolitan room.com, 212-206-0440
Beacon Theatre – 2124 Broadway @ 74th St., beacontheatre.com, 212-465-6500
Bowery Ballroom – 6 Delancey St. boweryballroom.com,
B.B. King’s Blues Bar – 237W42nd St., bbkingblues.com, 212-997-2144
Le Poisson Rouge – 158 Bleecker St., lepoissonrouge.com, 212-505-3474

Special Mention:
Caffe Vivaldi – 32 Jones St. nr Bleecker St. caffevivaldi.com, 212-691-7538
a classic, old jazz club in the Village, Caffe V often surprises with a wonderfully eclectic lineup. It’s my favorite spot for an evening of listening enjoyment and discovery.

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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, with a population of 8.5 million, had a record 58 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2016. Quality shows draw crowds.
Try to reserve seats for these top NYC events in advance, even if just on day of performance.

NYCity Vacation Travel Guide Video (Expedia):

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A PremierPub + 3 Good Eating places

Jimmy’s Corner / 140 W 44th St (btw B’way & 7th ave)

Jimmy’s Corner is right in the heart of Times Square, but you won’t find it on the corner, it’s mid-block. Enter this long narrow bar and you are struck by the walls covered with mostly black-and-white boxing photographs, and memorabilia. Soon enough you learn that “Corner” refers to proprietor Jimmy Glenn’s long career as a corner man for some of boxing greats – Liston, Tyson, even “the greatest”, Ali.

Jimmy’s is a sort of time machine, taking you back to a time and place that no longer exists. All around you Times Square has cleaned up, grown up, assumed a new identity. Jimmy’s probably hasn’t changed a bit since it first opened in 1971. Certainly the bar itself looks original and the prices haven’t changed much either. When I brought a friend, who owns her own bar, she was surprised when she got the small tab for a round of drinks. Figured there must be a mistake, that maybe they forgot to charge for all the drinks.

Times Square today is filled with neon glitz and wandering tourists from Dubuque, but not Jimmy’s. You’ll likely find some old timer’s at the bar nursing their drinks, some younger locals at tables in the back, and maybe a few adventuresome tourists clutching their trusty guidebooks. There’s no food served here because this is just a bar, and sometimes that’s all you need.

On nights when no local team is playing, it’s a fine place to sip some drafts and listen to a great old time jukebox (40s, 50s, R&B, and soul). On sports nights this very narrow bar can get a bit claustrophobic, filled with excited fans watching their team on the TVs. Either way, Jimmy’s is the place to be if you are looking for an old time bar in the new Times Square.
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Website: are you kidding !
(although there is a facebook page with lots of photos –
facebook.com/jimmyscornernyc)
Phone #: 212-221-9510
Hours: 11am – 4 am, except Sunday they open 12 noon
Happy Hour: not necessary, low prices all day, every day
Subway: #1,2,3 to TimesSquare 42nd st
walk 2 blks N on 7th ave to 44th st; ½ blk E to Jimmy’s

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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).

If you have a fave premier pub or good eating place on Manhattan’s WestSide let us all know about it – leave a comment.
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3 Good Eating Places

It’s not difficult finding a place to eat in Manhattan.
Finding a good, inexpensive place to eat is a bit harder.
Here are a few of my faves in this neighborhood:

Patzeria Perfect Pizza – 231 W46 St. (Btw 7th/8th ave)
Perfect name for a pizza joint. On a street filled with Broadway theaters, this is a real hole in the wall, but don’t let the dive look scare you away. You can never go wrong with a slice of NYCity pizza, and this one is a classic thin crust. Only a few seats here, but pizza was made to eat standing up.

Shake Shack – 691 8th Ave. (Btw 43rd/44th st)
Danny Meyer has revolutionized the high quality burger in this town. Now he has a branch on the West Side that was desperately needed, with a bit less of the insane lines that you find at the Madison Sq. Park location. Worth the wait.

Xi’an Famous Foods – 24 W45th St. (Btw 5th/6th ave)
Try to avoid long lunch lines. Order lamb hand ripped noodles and warm your insides at one of the tables in the back. You’ll return, just remember that even mild is pretty spicy.
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“3 Good Eating Places” focuses on a quick bite, what I call “Fine Fast Food – NYCity Style”
◊ For all my picks of 54 Good Eating places, and essays on my favorite 18 Premier Pubs in 9 Neighborhoods on Manhattan’s WestSide, order a copy of my e-book:
“Eating and Drinking on NYCity’s WestSide” ($4.99, available Fall 2016).
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Selected NYC Events (10/18) + Museum Special Exhibitions: Manhattan’s 5th Avenue

Posted on 10/18/2016 by GregD

Have time for only one NYC Event today? Do this:

The New York Cabaret Convention 2016 (thru Oct.21)
Rose Theater, Broadway @ 60th St./ 6PM, $35+
The Mabel Mercer Foundation’s 27th annual cabaret fest brings together some of the genre’s top artists to celebrate the Great American Songbook.

Performers of note at the October 18 gala opening, hosted by KT Sullivan, include Christina Bianco, Carole J. Bufford, Robert Creighton, Natalie Douglas, Barbara Fasano, Eric Yves Garcia, Karen Oberlin, Vivian Reed, T. Oliver Reid, Kim David Smith and this year’s Mabel Mercer Award winner, Maureen McGovern.

Highlight will be tomorrow when the lovely Jennifer Sheehan sings her heart out.

Music, Dance, Performing Arts

JANE MONHEIT (Oct. 18-22.)
Birdland, 315 W44th St./ 8:30PM, +11PM, $40
On her latest album, “The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald,” the jazz vocalist Monheit gets to pay homage to a major influence while having her pick of choice material from the likes of Rodgers and Hart, Arlen, and Porter—a win-win situation. While the album benefits from the work of the guest trumpeter Nicholas Payton, here this congenial stylist will be flanked by her supportive trio.” (NewYorker)

Regina Spektor
The Town Hall; 8PM, $75
“Thanks to the ascent of women such as Ingrid Michaelson, Sara Bareilles and Christina Perri, the female quirk-pop field is a lot more crowded now than it was when Regina Spektor broke through with “Fidelity,” her oft-licensed semihit, in 2006. Yet one needn’t proceed too deeply into Spektor’s latest to remember what an idiosyncratic talent she remains: On Remember Us to Life (released on September 30), the NYC songstress returns to form.” (TONY)

Elsewhere, but this looks worth the detour:
THE BESSIES
Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Avenue, at Ashland Place / 7:30PM, $
“The New York Dance and Performance Awards, known as the Bessies after beloved dance teacher Bessie Schonberg, honor local choreographers and performers across a wide range of artistic styles. The event, open to the public, doles out awards and features several performances. This year, that includes Donald McKayle’s seminal “Rainbow Round My Shoulder” and a tap tribute to the lifetime achievement recipient Brenda Bufalino.” (Schaefer-NYT)

Smart Stuff / Other NYC Events
(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other)

Food and the City: New York’s Professional Chefs, Restaurateurs, Line Cooks, Street Vendors, and Purveyors Talk About What They Do and Why They Do It,
NYPL, Main Building,/ 6:30PM, FREE
with Ina Yalof, a journalist and non-fiction author who reports on a variety of diverse topics. “This lecture gives a behind-the-scenes tour of New York City’s dynamic food culture, as told through the voices of the chefs, line cooks, restaurateurs, waiters, and street vendors who have made this industry their lives. “

TODAY’S events include: Steinway Piano Factory Tour / 11AM
Join AIA Queens as we explore the factory of one of the most famous piano makers in the world, located in Astoria, Queens. Steinway & Sons, founded in 1853, has called Queens home for decades, a place where Steinway pianos are built by hand and its place in local history is worth finding out about.

BONUS (too good not to list):

LIVE from the NYPL |
Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas
New York Public Library—Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 476 Fifth Ave./ 7PM, $25
“A city is made of layers—of vitality, of diversity, of richness, but also of inequity and erasure. Weaving together a tapestry of this robust city, Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas collects writings from linguists, music historians, cartographers, artists, and more. LIVE from the NYPL welcomes the minds behind this project—writer and activist Rebecca Solnit, geographer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, essayist Garnette Cadogan, and authors Suketu Mehta and Luc Sante—for a discussion about this thriving metropolis.”

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Bonus NYC Events – Music Venues:
So much fine live music every night in this town. These are my favorite music venues, most on Manhattan’s WestSide. Check out who’s playing tonight:

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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, with a population of 8.5 million, had a record 58 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2016. Quality shows draw crowds.
Try to reserve seats for these top NYC events in advance, even if just on day of performance.

NYCity Vacation Travel Guide Video (Expedia):

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WHAT’S ON VIEW
These are My Fave Special Exhibitions @ MUSEUMS / Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue
(See the New York Times Arts Section for listings of all museum exhibitions,
and also see the expanded reviews of these exhibitions)

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM:
‘AGNES MARTIN’ (through Jan. 11)
Agnes Martin was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1912, lived in New York City in the 1950s and ’60s, and spent the rest of her life in New Mexico, where she died in 2004. More than 100 of her paintings and drawings now float up the ramps of the Guggenheim Museum’s rotunda in the most out-of-this-world-beautiful show in this space in years. Her art is about faint colors and subliminal lines; to see it requires sustained looking and some moving around: Stand back, then move up close. By the time you reach the final painting, high up under the museum’s great skylight, you’ve been through a rich life, and had a spirit-lifting, body-lightening lesson in what abstraction can be and can do. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Cotter)

MET BREUER:
‘DIANE ARBUS: IN THE BEGINNING’ (through Nov. 27)
“This show of 100 or so early photographs by Arbus (1923-71), many on view for the first time, has a terrific installation, with work hung on columnlike panels that suggest rows of doors receding into darkness. The pictures themselves, dating between 1956 and 1962, have a grainy, moody texture, and they reveal an Arbus who had already landed on some of her favored themes: childhood, negotiable gender, fringe culture and class. If the show as a whole is more powerful than most of its individual images, there are some wonderful things. And as a forecast of mature work to come — familiar examples are included in a separate gallery — it is utterly magnetic. 945 Madison Avenue, at 75th Street, Manhattan, 212-535-0177, metmuseum.org.” (Cotter)

MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM:
‘HANS MEMLING: PORTRAITURE, PIETY AND A REUNITED ALTARPIECE’ (through January 2017)
“When it comes to jewels, there are Taylor-Burton rocks and discreetly cut heirloom stones. With museum shows, it’s the same. This one, at the Morgan Library, is a minute but invaluable gem. Set in a 20-by-20-by-20-foot gallery known as the Cube, it reunites, for the first time in the United States, dispersed sections of an altarpiece by the 15th-century German-born, Flanders-based Memling and adds some of his exquisite portrait paintings. 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street, 212-685-0008, themorgan.org.” (Cotter)

and you should be sure to check out the special exhibitions at that little museum on Fifth Ave., The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(open 7 days /week, AND always Pay What You Wish)

at the very least you will want to see these two:
‘CELEBRATING THE ARTS OF JAPAN: THE MARY GRIGGS BURKE COLLECTION’ (through May 2017)
“This lavish collection of 160 objects came to the Met from the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in early 2015. The Burkes loved Japanese art — all of it — and the exhibition is close to compendious in terms of media, from wood-carved Buddhas to bamboo baskets, with a particular strength in painting, early and late. The quality of the work? Japan thinks highly enough of it to have made the Burke holdings the first Japanese collection from abroad ever to show at Tokyo National Museum. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org.” (Cotter)

‘JERUSALEM 1000–1400: EVERY PEOPLE UNDER HEAVEN’ (through Jan. 8)
“Three major faiths — Judaism, Christianity and Islam — have called Jerusalem their own, and its varying histories as a sacred space, a theater of conflict and a cosmopolitan cultural emporium are reflected in this exhibition modeled along classic Met epic lines: 200 fascinating objects from 60 international collections, with a time frame in the past and context in the present (in the form of short videos in each gallery). If much of the art is small, the effect is not. We see a city otherworldly and monumental, but also one of appetites, personalities and ethnic tensions as real today as they ever were. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org.” (Cotter)

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Museum Mile is a section of Fifth Avenue which contains one of the densest displays of culture in the world. Eight museums can be found along this section of Fifth Avenue:
• 105th Street – El Museo del Barrio (closed Sun-Mon)*
• 103rd Street – Museum of the City of New York (open 7 days /week)
• 92nd Street – The Jewish Museum (closed Wed) (Sat FREE) (Thu 5-8 PWYW)
• 91st Street – Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum (open 7 days /week)
• 89th Street – National Academy Museum (closed Mon-Tue)
• 88th Street – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (closed Thu) (Sat 6-8 PWYW)
• 86th Street – Neue Galerie New York (closed Tue-Wed) (Fri 6-8 FREE)
Last, but certainly not least, America’s premier museum
• 82nd Street – The Metropolitan Museum of Art (open 7 days /week)*
*always Pay What You Wish (PWYW)

Although technically not part of the Museum Mile, the Frick Collection (closed Mon) (SUN 11am-1pm PWYW) on the corner of 70th St. and Fifth Avenue and the The Morgan Library & Museum (closed Mon) (Fri 7-9 FREE) on Madison Ave and 37th St are also located near Fifth Ave.
Now plan your own museum crawl (info on hours & admission updated June 2, 2015).
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For other selected Museum and Gallery Special Exhibitions see Recent Posts in right Sidebar dated 10/10 and 10/08.
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Selected NYC Events (10/17) + Today’s Featured Pub (Greenwich Village)

Posted on 10/17/2016 by GregD

Have time for only one NYC Event today? Do this:

PlayFest: Made in New York (also Oct.19)
Paley Center for Media, 25 W52nd St./ 7PM, $50
‘This series of screenings and panel discussions returns with a focus on television shows filmed in New York City. The coming week’s lineup includes the ABC series “Quantico,” with appearances by the cast members Priyanka Chopra and Blair Underwood, as well as the show’s creator, Joshua Safran (Monday at 7 p.m.). On Wednesday, PaleyFest concludes with a screening of Fox’s “Gotham” and a talk with Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue and Michael Chiklis (at 8 p.m.).” (NYT-AroundTown)

Music, Dance, Performing Arts

THE BROADWAY PRINCE PARTY
54 Below, / 7PM +9:30PM, $45+
“After six sold out “Broadway Princess Parties,” the time has come for Broadway’s favorite leading men to stand in the spotlight in THE BROADWAY PRINCE PARTY at Feinstein’s/54 Below!

Hosted by Aladdin’s Adam Jacobs and Anastasia’s Derek Klena and produced by The Broadway Princess Party’s Laura Osnes and music director Benjamin Rauhala, the very first BROADWAY PRINCE PARTY will be an unforgettable MANLY evening of heroism, bravura, and macho magic. The all-star cast will sing the most beloved ‘prince’ songs of stage and screen in a thrilling evening that is not to be missed! Where else might the son of a Greek God converse with a prince enchanted by the voice of a mermaid? Or might the ruler of the Pride Lands converse with a prince in pursuit of a maiden whose foot fits a glass slipper?

Smart Stuff / Other NYC Events
(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other)

The Elephant Singers of Kenya’s Kerio Valley
The Explorers Club, 6 E70th St./ 6PM, $25
“Don Young will tell the story of a vanishing ritual — virtually unknown to the rest of the world — that could hold the key to saving elephants and other wildlife in one of the most remote and beautiful parts of Africa. For many years, Young and his friend Senior Warden William Kimosop have studied remarkable individuals who are envoys between people and elephants. Singing ancient songs, they welcome the elephant herds (estimated to be 500-600), asking them not to destroy their fields, and to bless their children to be “as good as the elephant.” The ultimate compliment is to be told you have the “Soul of the Elephant.”

Don and William believe this ancient ritual can be a foundation to save wilderness and wildlife in the spectacularly beautiful Kerio Valley. Intertwined with the story of the Elephant Singers will be Don’s other adventures researching the explorer Captain Richard F. Burton, and Don’s discovery of an important fossil site in northern Kenya. (ThoughtGallery.org)

TODAY’S events include: National September 11 Memorial & Museum / 12PM
The Stories They Tell: Trees of Steel
Every Monday in October, 9/11 Memorial staff will present a short talk about the architectural history of the World Trade Center site as exemplified by the tridents, iconic forked beams that withstood the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11. These talks will take place in the Museum Auditorium and are free with Museum admission.

OPERA IN POP CULTURE
Opera Learning Center, Samuel B. and David Rose Building at Lincoln Center, 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue/ 5:30PM, $22
“With its history of four centuries, the operatic art form has found its way into many aspects of pop culture. From TV commercials to bestselling books to heavy metal music, opera and its themes are part of our lives in ways we may not always realize. Join William Berger as he explores these familiar and unexpected connections.” (ThoughtGallery.org)

A three-part series of talks hosted by the Metropolitan Opera Guild and led by William Berger, the author and co-host of the Met’s radio broadcasts. It began last week with Opera and Literature. Parts 2 and 3, will explore opera in pop music (Oct. 17) and film (Oct. 24).

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Bonus NYC Events – Music Venues:
So much fine live music every night in this town. These are my favorite music venues on Manhattan’s WestSide. Check out who’s playing tonight:

City Winery – 155 Varick St., citywinery.com, 212-608-0555
Feinstein’s/54 Below – 254 W54th St., 54below.com, 646-476-3551
Joe’s Pub @ Public Theater – 425 Lafayette St., joespub.com, 212-967-7555
Metropolitan Room – 34W22ndSt., metropolitan room.com, 212-206-0440
Beacon Theatre – 2124 Broadway @ 74th St., beacontheatre.com, 212-465-6500
B.B. King’s Blues Bar – 237W42nd St., bbkingblues.com, 212-997-2144
Le Poisson Rouge – 158 Bleecker St., lepoissonrouge.com, 212-505-3474

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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, with a population of 8.5 million, had a record 58 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2016. Quality shows draw crowds.
Try to reserve seats for these top NYC events in advance, even if just on day of performance.

NYCity Vacation Travel Guide Video (Expedia):

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A PremierPub and 3 Good Eating Places – Greenwich Village

Caffe Vivaldi / 32 Jones Street (btw. Bleecker St./W4th St.)

Café Vivaldi is a classic, intimate club located in Greenwich Village on Jones Street, the street featured on the cover of Bob Dylan’s second album, “Freewheelin’. ”

Each night Ishrat, the long time proprietor and impresario, carefully curates and schedules an eclectic series of musicians. You can often see him at his table in the corner, hard at work reviewing music videos and listening to cd demos on his laptop, scouting out future bookings. Musicians come from all over to play and sing in a club in Greenwich Village. Some are local New Yorkers, others are just passing through, in town for a few days.

There is a small bar, seating maybe 10. It’s close to the stage and I find it’s a perfect spot to sip a glass of red wine while listening to the music. The room itself has the performance area at one end and a cozy fireplace at the other. The performance area here is small, dominated by a large black Yamaha Grand piano. Tables are bunched together and most people at the tables are eating lite meals or sampling the wonderful desserts.

There is also a good selection of fairly priced wines, but you are here because of the music. You can never be quite sure what you’re going to find, and that’s half the charm of this place. It’s not a home run every night, but many nights it’s pretty special.

I remember the night I saw the most talented bossa nova group, just in from San Paulo. As I listened, I wondered if there was any better music playing anywhere else in New York City that night. And at Caffé Vivaldi there is never a cover charge. Their recently redesigned web site does give you a better idea of the type of music playing each night.

At one time Greenwich Village was filled with clubs just like this, but times change. Real estate interests have impacted the village, and not for the better. Even Caffé Vivaldi had a rough time recently, when a new landlord raised the rent exorbitantly. Fortunately, Ishrat has built a loyal following over the years, and a fund raiser and slightly more reasonable rent has kept Café Vivaldi in business.

When Woody Allen and Al Pacino wanted to make movies featuring the timeless quality of Greenwich Village they came to Vivaldi. It’s important that we keep this special place alive, for if we lose Cafe Vivaldi, NYCity will have lost a piece of it’s soul.

Website: http://caffevivaldi.com/
Phone #: (212) 691-7538
Hours: Music generally 7:30PM – 11PM, but varies
Lunch/Dinner 11AM-on
Subway: #1 to Christopher St.
Walk 1 blk S. on 7th ave S. to Bleecker St., 1 blk left on Bleecker to Jones St., 50 yards left on Jones St. to Caffe V.
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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.

If you have a fave premier pub or good eating place on Manhattan’s WestSide let us all know about it – leave a comment.
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3 Good Eating places

It’s not difficult to find a place to eat in Manhattan.
Finding a good, inexpensive place to eat is a bit harder.
Here are a few of my faves in this neighborhood:

Fish – 280 Bleecker St. (just a bit S. of 7th ave South)
This was an easy pick – the best raw bar special in town. $9 gets you 6 of the freshest oysters or clams + a glass of wine or beer. Don’t know how they can do it, but I tell everyone I know about this place. And it’s located right in the heart of some of the best no cover music in town.

Bleecker Street Pizza – 69 7th ave S. (corner of Bleecker St.)
The place is tiny and not much to look at, but this is one good slice. They like to brag that they have been voted “Best pizza in NY” 3 years in a row by the Food Network. I believe them. I would have voted for them.

Num Pang – 21 E 12th St. (btw. University Place/5th ave.)
This is a Cambodian banh mi sandwich shop that kept me well fed while I was in class nearby recently. It’s cramped, even for NYCity, but usually there is room up the spiral staircase to sit down and eat. In good weather carry your sandwich a few blocks to Union Square park. You may have to wait a few minutes, because everything is freshly made, but it’s worth it. Can you believe – an unheard of 26 food rating by Zagat.

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“3 Good Eating places” focuses on a quick bite, what I call “Fine Fast Food – NYCity Style”
No reservations needed.
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NYCity is the most diverse and interesting place to find a meal anywhere in the world. With more than 24 thousand eating establishments you might welcome some advice.

◊ For all my picks of 54 Good Eating places, and essays on my favorite 18 PremierPubs in 9 Neighborhoods on Manhattan’s WestSide, order a copy of my e-book:
“Eating and Drinking on NYCity’s WestSide” ($4.99, available Winter 2016).
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This week’s fave and FREE NYCity AppS:
Trip Advisor
An enormous base of NYCity user reviews (2.1 million) provides the widest coverage of hotels (468), restaurants (12,645) and things to do (yes, 3,246). Have a specific question? Then try one of Trip Advisor’s forums. Just remember that with all those reviews you have to try to find the consistency among the comments, and ignore the outliers.

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Selected NYC Events (10/16) + Museum Special Exhibitions: Manhattan’s WestSide

Posted on 10/16/2016 by GregD

Have time for only one NYC Event today? Do this:

OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK (all weekend)
(this is my favorite weekend event all year and the weather looks superb)
“Historic residential and commercial buildings will be opened to the public during this annual architecture-tour-and-talk series. Attendees will enjoy unparalleled access to more than two hundred and seventy-five sites across the city, along with informative lectures from the designers and developers who continue to shape civic life and build the New York of tomorrow. Highlights include the African Burial Ground National Monument, in Tribeca; the newly restored Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, in the financial district; the rooftop farms of Brooklyn Grange; a trip to the top of Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine; the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, in the Bronx; the Met Breuer, which opened last March, on the Upper East Side; and Kings Theatre, in Flatbush, which was restored and reopened in January, 2015.” (NewYorker)

Music, Dance, Performing Arts

BILL FRISELL (LAST DAY)
Blue Note, 131 W3rd St./ 8PM, +10:30PM, $20-$35
“The 2014 album “Guitar in the Space Age!” documented Frisell’s infatuation with the pop and country music of his impressionable youth. The record never quite achieved liftoff, but in performance this brilliant instrumentalist and his sharp quartet (with the pedal-steel guitarist Greg Leis) are determined to convey the exhilaration of first-love listening.” (NewYorker)

Smart Stuff / Other NYC Events
(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other)

American Heiress: The Kidnapping, Crimes, and Trial of Patty Hearst
FEATURING: Jeffrey Toobin, David M. Rubenstein (moderator)
NY Historical Society /5PM, $38
“In the 1970s, Patty Hearst, the young heiress to the Hearst family fortune, was kidnapped by renegade leftist revolutionaries. Best-selling author Jeffrey Toobin recounts the controversial period during which Ms. Hearst became an ardent supporter of her captives’ cause and was prosecuted in one of the most ludicrous trials in American legal history.

Jeffrey Toobin is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst. David M. Rubenstein (moderator), an American philanthropist, is a co-founder and co-CEO of The Carlyle Group.”

TODAY’S events include: Schermerhorn Row and the Counting House Life / 4:00pm
Come discover the treasures hidden inside Schermerhorn Row, one of the oldest warehouses of New York City, and home of the Seaport Museum. You will walk up three floors, usually closed to the public, view selected artifacts from the Museum’s permanent collection, and walk through the hidden hotels and saloon rooms made famous by New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell’s story “Up in the Old Hotel.” Registration required.

BONUS:

NEW YORK CITY WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL (LAST DAY)
at various venues and times, $85-$300
“Just reading through the list of events at this year’s festival is sure to stir up an appetite. There will be dinners and tasting events with chefs, celebrities and stars of the Food Network and Cooking Channel, including Giada De Laurentiis, Anne Burrell, Mario Batali, Dominique Ansel, Neil Patrick Harris and Guy Fieri. The festival benefits No Kid Hungry and Food Bank For New York City.” (Newsday)

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Bonus NYC Events – Music Venues:
So much fine live music every night in this town. These are my favorite music venues on Manhattan’s WestSide. Check out who’s playing tonight:

City Winery – 155 Varick St., citywinery.com, 212-608-0555
Feinstein’s/54 Below – 254 W54th St., 54below.com, 646-476-3551
Joe’s Pub @ Public Theater – 425 Lafayette St., joespub.com, 212-967-7555
Metropolitan Room – 34W22ndSt., metropolitan room.com, 212-206-0440
Beacon Theatre – 2124 Broadway @ 74th St., beacontheatre.com, 212-465-6500
B.B. King’s Blues Bar – 237W42nd St., bbkingblues.com, 212-997-2144
Le Poisson Rouge – 158 Bleecker St., lepoissonrouge.com, 212-505-3474

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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, with a population of 8.5 million, had a record 58 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2016. Quality shows draw crowds.
Try to reserve seats for these top NYC events in advance, even if just on day of performance.

NYCity Vacation Travel Guide Video (Expedia):

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WHAT’S ON VIEW
My Fave Special Exhibitions – MUSEUMS / Manhattan’s WestSide
(See the New York Times Arts Section for listings of all museums,
and also to see their expanded reviews of these exhibitions)

Museum of Modern Art:

‘From the Collection: 1960-1969’ (through March 2017)
“MoMA shakes up its sanctum sanctorum, installing half of its permanent collection galleries with works chosen by 17 curators from a single decade: the tumultuous 1960s. The limited time frame is balanced by unprecedented breadth and variety. As never before, the presentation mixes together objects and artworks from all six of the museum’s curatorial departments. The blend is alternately stimulating and bewildering, revelatory and infuriating: yet another symptom of the museum’s limited curatorial mind-set. 212-708-9400, moma.org.” (Smith)

Whitney Museum of American Art:

‘Human Interest: Portraits From the Whitney’s Collection’ (through Feb. 12, 2017)
“A year ago, the Whitney inaugurated its new downtown home with a permanent collection showcase called “America Is Hard to See.” Its even more immediately engaging successor, devoted entirely to portraiture, is now on view and might well have been subtitled “Americans Are Strange to Look At,” which, in the 250 images here, we sure are: funny-strange, beautiful-strange, crazy-strange, dangerous-strange, inscrutable-strange. The work is arranged by theme and spread over two floors. There are magnetic images everywhere. 99 Gansevoort Street, 212-570-3600, whitney.org.” (Cotter)

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Subway Time
Need to catch your #1,2,3 subway to attend an event? Use the Subway Time app from the MTA to find out when the next train arrives at your station. The MTA also has Train and Bus Time info available on their mobile website.
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Selected NYC Events (10/15) + Today’s Featured Pub (Tribeca)

Posted on 10/15/2016 by GregD

Have time for only one NYC Event today? Do this:

Music, Dance, Performing Arts

JAZZ 100: THE MUSIC OF DIZZY, ELLA, MONGO, AND MONK
Rose Theatre, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th St./ 8PM, $50+
Other than their legendary jazz status, what do Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Mongo Santamaria, and Thelonious Monk have in common? They’ll all have their hundredth birthdays in 2017. For this early celebration, a hand-picked ensemble, under the direction of the pianist Danilo Perez, including Chris Potter, Wycliffe Gordon, and Ledisi, reinterprets music from each of the icons.” (NewYorker)

BILL FRISELL (through Oct. 16)
Blue Note, 131 W3rd St./ 8PM, +10:30PM, $20-$35
“The 2014 album “Guitar in the Space Age!” documented Frisell’s infatuation with the pop and country music of his impressionable youth. The record never quite achieved liftoff, but in performance this brilliant instrumentalist and his sharp quartet (with the pedal-steel guitarist Greg Leis) are determined to convey the exhilaration of first-love listening.” (NewYorker)

Smart Stuff / Other NYC Events
(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other

Chelsea “Best Exhibits” Gallery Tour
Meet at 526 W. 26th St. between 10th & 11th Ave./ 1PM, $25
(visit their website to get a DISCOUNT code for $8-off admission!) “Take a fascinating gallery tour of Chelsea – the world’s center for contemporary art – and see the very latest in painting, sculpture, electronic media & photography. Our guide, who holds a Ph.D. in arts education, helps explain the artwork and leads the group in lively discussion.”

TODAY’S events include: Steinway Piano Factory Tour / 1:00-4:00pm
“Join AIA Queens as we explore the factory of one of the most famous piano makers in the world, located in Astoria, Queens. Steinway & Sons, founded in 1853, has called Queens home for decades, a place where Steinway pianos are built by hand and its place in local history is worth finding out about.”

BONUS:

NEW YORK CITY WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL (through Sunday)
at various venues and times, $85-$300
“Just reading through the list of events at this year’s festival is sure to stir up an appetite. There will be dinners and tasting events with chefs, celebrities and stars of the Food Network and Cooking Channel, including Giada De Laurentiis, Anne Burrell, Mario Batali, Dominique Ansel, Neil Patrick Harris and Guy Fieri. The festival benefits No Kid Hungry and Food Bank For New York City.” (Newsday)

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Bonus NYC Events – Jazz Clubs:
Many consider NYCity the Jazz capital of the world. Here are my favorite Jazz clubs, all on Manhattan’s WestSide. Check out who is playing tonight:

Greenwich Village (all six are within walking distance of each other):
Village Vanguard – 178 7th Ave. South, villagevanguard.com, 212-255-4037
Blue Note – 131 W3rd St. nr 6th ave. bluenotejazz.com, 212-475-8592
55 Bar – 55 Christopher St. nr 7th ave.S. 55bar.com, 212-929-9883
Mezzrow – basement @ 163 W10th St. nr 7th Ave. mezzrow.com,646-476-4346
Smalls – basement @ 183 W10th St. smallslive.com, 646-476-4346
Cornelia Street Cafe – 29 Cornelia St. corneliastreetcafe.com, 212-989-9319

Outside Greenwich Village:
Dizzy’s Club – Broadway @ 60th St. — jazz.org/dizzys / 212-258-9595
Birdland – 315 W44th St.(btw 8/9ave) — birdlandjazz.com / 212-581-3080
Smoke Jazz Club – 2751 Broadway nr.106th St. — smokejazz.com / 212-864-6662

Special Mention:
Caffe Vivaldi – 32 Jones St. nr Bleecker St. — caffevivaldi.com / 212-691-7538
a classic, old jazz club in the Village, Caffe V often surprises with a wonderfully eclectic lineup. It’s my favorite spot for an evening of listening enjoyment and discovery.

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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, with a population of 8.5 million, had a record 58 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2016. Quality shows draw crowds.
Try to reserve seats for these top NYC events in advance, even if just on day of performance.

NYCity Vacation Travel Guide Video (Expedia):

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A PremierPub / Tribeca

B-Flat / 277 Church St. (btw Franklin/White St))

There are some places that are tough to find, then add a layer of mystery when you do find them. B-Flat has a nondescript, almost unmarked door at street level – today’s speakeasy vibe. Open this door and you face a dimly lit stairway down to their basement location. It almost takes a leap of faith to follow the stairs down to their interior door.
But open that door and a pleasant surprise awaits you.

It’s a basement jazz spot all right, but not like any traditional jazz joint you may have been to before. This place looks as fresh as today, probably because it’s only been open for 6 years. Even though it hasn’t had a chance to age gracefully, the cherry wood accents and low lighting make this small space very inviting.

There is always jazz, often progressive jazz, playing over their very discrete, stylish bose speakers, setting just the right tone as you find a seat at the bar, or one of the small tables. There is wine and beer available, but this place has some expert mixologists making some very creative cocktails, which I’m told change seasonally, a nice touch.

Come at happy hour and tasty cocktails like the el Diablo or the lychee martini are $8 – not bad. I am a sucker for any drink made with lychee and how can you not try a tequila drink named el Diablo. There is also nice selection of small bites available at happy hour and a food menu that is as innovative as the cocktail menu, so this does not have to be a happy hour only stop.

It wasn’t surprising to find a tasty prosciutto and arugula salad with yuzu dressing, but I did not expect to find such a good version of fried chicken breast on the apps menu. Here it’s called “Tatsuta.” Best bet is to sample happy hour, then dinner on a Monday or Wednesday night, when you can finish with no cover live jazz that starts around 8.

This place is tough to find (look for a small slate sandwich board on the sidewalk out front advertising happy hour) and on some nights when there is no live music it may be a little too quiet for some. But I think it’s worth searching out if you want a place with good music, food, and especially drinks, away from the maddening crowd.

Website: http://http://www.bflat.info/index.html
Phone #: 212-219-2970
Hours: Mo-Wed 5pm-2am; Th-Sat 5pm-3am; no Sun
Happy Hour: 5-7pm every day; $8 cocktails + special prices on apps
Music: Mon/Wed 8pm
Subway: #1 to Franklin; walk E 1 blk to Church; N 1 blk to bFlat

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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).

If you have a fave premier pub or good eating place on Manhattan’s WestSide let us all know about it – leave a comment.

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This week’s fave and FREE NYCity AppS:
Trip Advisor
An enormous base of NYCity user reviews (2.1 million) provides the widest coverage of hotels (468), restaurants (12,645) and things to do (yes, 3,246). Have a specific question? Then try one of Trip Advisor’s forums. Just remember that with all those reviews you have to try to find the consistency among the comments, and ignore the outliers.
OpenTable
Instantly locate restaurants near you with open reservations and then place a reservation right from your iOS device. A great interface and the ability to see a menu from the restaurant you’re interested in makes this my go to restaurant reservation app.
Subway Time
Need to catch your #1,2,3 subway to attend an event? Use the Subway Time app from the MTA to find out when the next train arrives at your station. The MTA also has Bus Time info available on their mobile website.
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Selected NYC Events (10/14) + GallerySpecialExhibits: Chelsea

Posted on 10/14/2016 by GregD

Today’s Sweet6 NYC Events > FRIDAY / OCT 14, 2016

Have time for only one NYC Event today? Do this:

JAZZ 100: THE MUSIC OF DIZZY, ELLA, MONGO, AND MONK (also Sat.)
Rose Theatre, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th St./ 8PM, $50+
Other than their legendary jazz status, what do Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Mongo Santamaria, and Thelonious Monk have in common? They’ll all have their hundredth birthdays in 2017. For this early celebration, a hand-picked ensemble, under the direction of the pianist Danilo Perez, including Chris Potter, Wycliffe Gordon, and Ledisi, reinterprets music from each of the icons.” (NewYorker)

Music, Dance, Performing Arts

TOM HARRELL: ‘SOMETHING GOLD, SOMETHING BLUE’ (through Oct. 16)
Village Vanguard,178 7th Ave South, at 11th St./ 8:30 and 10:30PM, $30
“Mr. Harrell, a trumpeter and fluegelhorn player of prominence since the 1970s, has a vital new album, “Something Gold, Something Blue,” that pairs him with a second trumpeter and a guitar-led rhythm section. For the first of his two weeks at the Village Vanguard, he will revisit that music with the trumpeter Dave Douglas, the guitarist Charles Altura, the bassist Ugonna Okegwo and the drummer E.J. Strickland.” (Chinen-NYT)

Smart Stuff / Other NYC Events
(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other

MARGARET ATWOOD
Celeste Bartos Forum, NYPL Main Building, 476 Fifth Ave./ 7PM, $40
“Margaret Atwood’s latest novel, “Hag-Seed,” is her take on William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” Atwood will be at the New York Public Library in discussion with Fiona Shaw, a London stage actress who has starred in “As You Like It,” “Hamlet” and “Richard II.” They’ll celebrate the Bard and his influence on their careers.” (Newsday-NYC Weekend Picks)

PlayFest: Made in New York (also Oct.17-19)
Paley Center for Media, 25 W52nd St./ $
‘This series of screenings and panel discussions returns with a focus on television shows filmed in New York City. The coming week’s lineup includes the ABC series “Quantico,” with appearances by the cast members Priyanka Chopra and Blair Underwood, as well as the show’s creator, Joshua Safran (Monday at 7 p.m.). On Wednesday, PaleyFest concludes with a screening of Fox’s “Gotham” and a talk with Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue and Michael Chiklis (at 8 p.m.).” (NYT-AroundTown)

TODAY’S events include: Around Manhattan Architecture Boat Tour
10:00am-12:45pm; 1:45-4:30pm
“The “Around Manhattan” tour narration, provided by members of the American Institute of Architects’ NYC chapter, is general enough for visitors yet detailed enough for the locals. On this 2.75-hour cruise, you will circumnavigate the island of Manhattan (passing under all 18 bridges) while taking in monuments, architecture, parks and infrastructure.”

BONUS:

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Bonus NYC events– Jazz Venues:
Many consider NYCity the Jazz capital of the world. Here are my favorite Jazz clubs, all on Manhattan’s WestSide. Check out who is playing tonight:

Greenwich Village (all six are within walking distance of each other):
Village Vanguard – 178 7th Ave. South, villagevanguard.com, 212-255-4037
Blue Note – 131 W3rd St. nr 6th ave. bluenotejazz.com, 212-475-8592
55 Bar – basement @55 Christopher St. nr 7th ave.S. 55bar.com, 212-929-9883
Mezzrow – basement @ 163 W10th St. nr 7th Ave. mezzrow.com,646-476-4346
Smalls – basement @ 183 W10th St. smallslive.com, 646-476-4346
Cornelia Street Cafe – 29 Cornelia St. corneliastreetcafe.com, 212-989-9319

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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, with a population of 8.5 million, had a record 58 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2016. Quality shows draw crowds.
Try to reserve seats for these top NYC events in advance, even if just on day of performance.

NYCity Vacation Travel Guide Video (Expedia):

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Chelsea Art Gallery District*

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.

One exhibition the NYT likes:
RICHARD SERRA (through Oct.22)
“New works occupying one of Gagosian Gallery’s Chelsea display spaces reveal Mr. Serra to be, at 76, still wrangling sculptural fundamentals into objects and installations of thrilling severity. The space, on West 24th Street, hosts three works made of solid steel slabs as well as a drawing installation.”
Gagosian Gallery, 555 West 24th Street, 212-741-1111, gagosian.com. (Johnson)

One exhibition TimeOutNewYork likes:
Random International (thru Oct.22)
Pace Gallery, 537 W24th St./ 10AM-6PM, FREE
“The the art and design studio behind the hugely popular Rain Room at MoMA in 2013 returns with more examples of digitally-aided legerdemain, including an interactive, full-length “mirror” that blurs your refection.”

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.

*Now plan your own gallery crawl, but better to plan your visits for Tuesday through Saturday; most galleries are closed Sunday and Monday.

TIP: After your gallery tour, stop in Ovest at 513W27th St. for Aperitivo Italiano (Happy Hour on steroids). Discuss all the great art you have viewed over a drink and a very tasty selection of FREE appetizers (M-F, 5-8pm).

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For other selected Museum and Gallery Special Exhibitions see recent posts in right sidebar dated 10/12 and 10/10.
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Selected NYC Events (10/13) + Today’s Featured Pub (Upper WestSide)

Posted on 10/13/2016 by GregD

Today’s Sweet6 NYC Events > THURSDAY / OCT 13, 2016

Have time for only one NYC Event today? Do this:

CAETANO VELOSO
Town Hall, 123 W43rd St./ 8PM, $50+
“Earlier this year, the seventy-four-year-old Brazilian legend Veloso released “Dois Amigos, Um Seculo de Musica,” an exquisite live album with his lifelong friend and sometime musical collaborator Gilberto Gil. The stripped-down record, a high point in a half-century-long career filled with them, features Veloso’s 1967 saudade classic “Coração Vagabundo,” along with newer songs that showcase his undiminished talent for lyrical sophistication and harmonic ambiguity. For this solo concert, Veloso will present material spanning several decades in a similarly spare manner, but his primary motivation is to draw attention to the opening act, Teresa Christina. Christina, a subtle, potent singer, will perform the songs of the samba pioneer Cartola, accompanied by her tasteful, virtuoso guitarist, Carlinhos Sete Cordas.” (NewYorker)

Music, Dance, Performing Arts

Elsewhere, but this looks worth the detour:

COMPANY WANG RAMIREZ (through Oct. 15)
Fishman Space, Fisher Building, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 321 Ashland Place, near Lafayette Avenue, Fort Greene
“It’s not easy to blend dance styles: The result can be cute at best, or just awkward. Honji Wang trained in ballet and martial arts; Sébastien Ramirez is a b-boy. Their sharp, captivating show “Monchichi” works because the stylistic blend is seamless — and they both look great. (So does the simple, elegant set.) Ms. Wang is Korean-German, and Mr. Ramirez is French-Spanish, giving the work a global appeal. The two are also real-life partners, so there’s a subtle romantic angle, too.” (Schaefer-NYT)
Thursday and Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 14 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.,

Smart Stuff / Other NYC Events
(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other

PlayFest: Made in New York (also Oct.14-17-19)
Paley Center for Media, 25 W52nd St./ $
“This series of screenings and panel discussions returns with a focus on television shows filmed in New York City. The coming week’s lineup includes “Younger,” with appearances by the cast members Sutton Foster and Hilary Duff, as well as others including the show’s creator, Darren Star, of “Sex and the City” fame (Monday at 6:30 p.m.). On Thursday, Trevor Noah and his team discuss “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (at 8:30 p.m.). Other events at various times.” (NYT-AroundTown)

ARCHTOBER (through Oct. 31)
“Tours, talks, exhibitions — it’s difficult to keep track of all the events going on during New York’s annual monthlong celebration of architecture and design. Each day features a “building of the day,” with a tour. Make reservations early; coveted tours sell out quickly. Among the options for the coming week are a peek at the Department of Sanitation’s garage and salt shed complex — it has a much more radical and exciting design than you might suspect — at Spring and West Streets in Manhattan (Tuesday at 3 and 3:30 p.m.). Other highlights include “Watching Modernism,” a presentation by the World Monuments Fund about buildings on its watch list, such as Philip Johnson’s New York State Pavilion, designed for the for the 1964-65 World’s Fair in Flushing, Queens (Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Empire State Building).” (NYT-AroundTown)

TODAY’S events include:
Dialogues on Design: Nina Campbell and Rita Konig / 5PM
“New York School of Interior Design is pleased to present Dialogues on Design, a series of six conversations with noted designers moderated by Newell Turner, editorial director of the Hearst Design Group and NYSID Trustee. In each session two prominent designers will address issues in design and talk about their approach to their work.”

BONUS:

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Bonus NYC Events – Jazz Clubs:
Many consider NYCity the Jazz capital of the world. Here are my favorite Jazz clubs, all on Manhattan’s WestSide. Check out who is playing tonight:

==================================================================================
♦ Before making final plans, we suggest you call the venue to confirm ticket availability, dates and times, as schedules are subject to change.
♦ NYCity, with a population of 8.5 million, had a record 58 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2016. Quality shows draw crowds.
Try to reserve seats in advance at these top NYC events, even if just on day of performance.

NYCity Vacation Travel Guide Video (Expedia):

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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. 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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“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).

If you have a fave premier pub or good eating place on Manhattan’s WestSide let us all know about it – leave a comment.

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Selected NYC Events (10/12) + Museum Special Exhibitions: Manhattan’s 5th Avenue

Posted on 10/11/2016 by GregD

Today’s Sweet6 NYC Events > WEDNESDAY / OCT 12, 2016

Have time for only one NYC Event today? Do this:

Music, Dance, Performing Arts

NEW YORK CITY BALLET (through Oct. 16)
NYS / DHK Theater, Lincoln Center/ at various times, $
“In the last week of the season, Jerome Robbins’s “Dances at a Gathering,” a favorite of audiences and dancers alike, will be performed four times as part of a double bill, with George Balanchine’s “Firebird.” “Dances at a Gathering,” from 1969, marked Robbins’s return to ballet after years of working on Broadway. Made up of a series of solos, duets, trios, and ensembles set to Chopin piano works, it is linked by a thread of lyricism, humor, and delicate emotion. “Firebird,” in contrast, is a Russian folk tale with all the trimmings: a magic bird, a sorcerer, a pure-hearted prince, and a wondrous score by Stravinsky. * Oct. 11 and Oct. 13 at 7:30 and Oct. 14-15 at 8: “Dances at a Gathering” and “Firebird.” * Oct. 12 at 7:30: “Serenade,” “American Rhapsody,” “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux,” and “Western Symphony.” * Oct. 15 at 2: “For Clara,” “The Dreamers,” “ten in seven,” “Unframed,” and “Everywhere We Go.” * Oct. 16 at 3: “Glass Pieces,” “Thou Swell,” and “Stars and Stripes.” (NewYorker)

HOT TICKET:
CAETANO VELOSO (also Thursday)
Town Hall, 123 W43rd St./ 8PM, $50+
(Tonight looks sold out. Better try for the Thursday performance.)
“Earlier this year, the seventy-four-year-old Brazilian legend Veloso released “Dois Amigos, Um Seculo de Musica,” an exquisite live album with his lifelong friend and sometime musical collaborator Gilberto Gil. The stripped-down record, a high point in a half-century-long career filled with them, features Veloso’s 1967 saudade classic “Coração Vagabundo,” along with newer songs that showcase his undiminished talent for lyrical sophistication and harmonic ambiguity. For this solo concert, Veloso will present material spanning several decades in a similarly spare manner, but his primary motivation is to draw attention to the opening act, Teresa Christina. Christina, a subtle, potent singer, will perform the songs of the samba pioneer Cartola, accompanied by her tasteful, virtuoso guitarist, Carlinhos Sete Cordas.” (NewYorker)

Smart Stuff / Other NYC Events
(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other

TODAY’S events include:
EERO SAARINEN: THE ARCHITECT WHO SAW THE FUTURE / 7PM, $12
This documentary explores the life of Finnish-American modernist architectural giant Eero Saarinen (1910-1961), whose visionary buildings include National Historic Landmarks such as St. Louis’s iconic Gateway Arch and the General Motors Technical Center in Michigan. Saarinen also designed New York’s TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Yale University’s Ingalls Rink, Virginia’s Dulles Airport, and modernist pedestal furniture like the Tulip chair.

Travel with his son, director of photography Eric Saarinen, as he visits the sites of his father’s work on a cathartic journey, shot in 6K with the latest in drone technology that showcases the architect’s body of timeless work for the first time. Eero’s sudden death at age 51 cut short one of the most influential careers in American architecture. Today, Saarinen’s work stands apart and continues to inspire, especially among renewed interest in 20th-century architects and artists who exploded the comfortable constraints of the past to create a robust and daring American aesthetic.

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Bonus NYC Events – Music Venues:
So much fine live music every night in this town. These are my favorite music venues, most on Manhattan’s WestSide. Check out who’s playing tonight:

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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, with a population of 8.5 million, had a record 58 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2016. Quality shows draw crowds.
Try to reserve seats for these top NYC events in advance, even if just on day of performance.

NYCity Vacation Travel Guide Video (Expedia):

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MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK:
‘ROZ CHAST: CARTOON MEMOIRS’ (through Oct. 16)
“This delightful, frequently laugh-out-loud exhibition presents more than 200 works by the brilliant, widely beloved visual humorist Roz Chast, including many images made for The New Yorker over the past four decades as well as some never before published. The anxieties, contradictions and pathos of middle class, metropolitan life have rarely been illustrated with such generous comic élan. Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, 212-534-1672, mcny.org.” (Johnson)

and you should be sure to check out the special exhibitions at that little museum on Fifth Ave., The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(open 7 days /week, AND always Pay What You Wish)

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Selected NYC Events (10/11) + Today’s Featured Pub (Greenwich Village)

Posted on 10/11/2016 by GregD

Today’s Sweet6 NYC Events > TUESDAY / OCT 11, 2016

Have time for only one NYC Event today? Do this:

Music, Dance, Performing Arts

WHITNEY
Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St./ 9PM, $15
“The guitarist Max Kakacek, formerly of the Smith Westerns, and Julien Ehrlich, who also drums for Unknown Mortal Orchestra, came together to form this soft-psychedelic outlet for their more cerebral musical impulses. Honeyed timbres smooth out their back-road folk influences in songs about heartache and home towns. Despite its slim lineup, Whitney composes ambitious arrangements that add in warm string and horn sections, pastel bridges, and choruses that swell to the back of their venues. Their début album, “Light Upon the Lake,” was released this June by the Indiana label Secretly Canadian, home to soul stirrers like Anohni and the War on Drugs. After hosting small album-release shows this summer, Whitney returns to the city for two much hyped nights.”

Smart Stuff / Other NYC Events
(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other

TODAY’S events include:
Spaces for Art: Annabelle Selldorf and Cathleen McGuigan in Dialogue
Pratt Institute, Manhattan Center, 144 W14th St., Room 213 / 6:30PM, $10
“The School of Continuing and Professional Studies at Pratt Institute is proud to participate in Archtober, the sixth annual month-long festival of architecture activities, programs and exhibitions taking place during the month of October by presenting a dialogue between architect Annabelle Selldorf and Cathleen McGuigan, Editor-in-chief of Architectural Record.
Ms. McGuigan will interview Ms. Selldorf about her career and the pleasures and challenges of designing spaces in which to view art.”

Elsewhere, but looks worth the detour:

Walter Mosley Folding the Red into the Black
Book Court, 163 Court St., Bklyn/ 7PM, FREE
718-875-3677
“Walter Mosley is one of America’s bestselling novelists, known for his critically acclaimed series of mysteries featuring private investigator Easy Rawlins. His writing is hard-hitting, often limned with a political subtext—aimed at a broad audience.

When Mosley was working on a doctorate in political theory, he envisioned himself writing very different kinds of books from the ones he writes now. But once you’ve been tagged as a novelist, and in Mosley’s case, a genre writer, even a bestselling one, it is hard to get an airing of ideas that cross those boundaries. Folding the Red into the Black has grown out of Mosley’s public talks, which have gotten both enthusiastic and agitated responses.” (ThoughtGallery.org)

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Bonus NYC Events – Music Venues:
So much fine live music every night in this town. These are my favorite music venues on Manhattan’s WestSide. Check out who’s playing tonight:

City Winery – 155 Varick St., citywinery.com, 212-608-0555
Feinstein’s/54 Below – 254 W54th St., 54below.com, 646-476-3551
Joe’s Pub @ Public Theater – 425 Lafayette St., joespub.com, 212-967-7555
Metropolitan Room – 34W22ndSt., metropolitan room.com, 212-206-0440
Beacon Theatre – 2124 Broadway @ 74th St., beacontheatre.com, 212-465-6500
B.B. King’s Blues Bar – 237W42nd St., bbkingblues.com, 212-997-2144
Le Poisson Rouge – 158 Bleecker St., lepoissonrouge.com, 212-505-3474

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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, with a population of 8.5 million, had a record 58 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2016. Quality shows draw crowds.
Try to reserve seats for these top NYC events in advance, even if just on day of performance.

NYCity Vacation Travel Guide Video (Expedia):

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A PremierPub and 3 Good Eating Places – Greenwich Village

Caffe Vivaldi / 32 Jones Street (btw. Bleecker St./W4th St.)

Café Vivaldi is a classic, intimate club located in Greenwich Village on Jones Street, the street featured on the cover of Bob Dylan’s second album, “Freewheelin’. ”

If you have a fave premier pub or good eating place on Manhattan’s WestSide let us all know about it – leave a comment.
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3 Good Eating places

It’s not difficult to find a place to eat in Manhattan.
Finding a good, inexpensive place to eat is a bit harder.
Here are a few of my faves in this neighborhood:

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Selected NYC Events (10/10) + Museum Special Exhibitions: Manhattan’s WestSide

Posted on 10/10/2016 by GregD

Today’s Sweet6 NYC Events > MONDAY / OCT 10, 2016

Have time for only one NYC Event today? Do this:

MULDOON’S PICNIC
Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st St./ 7:30PM, $
“This variety show by Paul Muldoon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and poetry editor of The New Yorker, continues its fifth season of storytelling and music. Guests include Len Graham, an Irish folk singer; Alice McDermott, the National Book Award-winning author; Michael Robbins, a poet and New Yorker contributor; Sean Wilentz, a professor of American history at Princeton University; and Warren Zanes, the writer and musician known for his band Del Fuegos. As usual, the house band is Rogue Oliphant.” (NYT-AroundTown)

Music, Dance, Performing Arts

JOHNNY O’NEAL
Dizzy’s Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th St. and Broadway,/ 7:30PM, +9:30PM, $
“A pianist in the Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson lineage, and a singer of gruff erudition, Mr. O’Neal has been enjoying a late-career comeback possibly sweeter than his so-called prime. On Monday he will venture farther uptown to preside over his own 60th-birthday party.” (Chinen-NYT)

Smart Stuff / Other NYC Events

(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other

A three-part series of talks hosted by the Metropolitan Opera Guild and led by William Berger, the author and co-host of the Met’s radio broadcasts. It begins today with Opera and Literature. Parts 2 and 3, will explore opera in pop music (Oct. 17) and film (Oct. 24).

PlayFest: Made in New York (through Oct. 19)
Paley Center for Media, 25 W52nd St./
“This series of screenings and panel discussions returns with a focus on television shows filmed in New York City. The coming week’s lineup includes “Younger,” with appearances by the cast members Sutton Foster and Hilary Duff, as well as others including the show’s creator, Darren Star, of “Sex and the City” fame (Monday at 6:30 p.m.). On Thursday, Trevor Noah and his team discuss “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (at 8:30 p.m.). Other events at various times.” (NYT-AroundTown)

TODAY’S EVENTS INCLUDE:
National September 11 Memorial & Museum / 12PM
The Stories They Tell: Trees of Steel
“Every Monday in October, 9/11 Memorial staff will present a short talk about the architectural history of the World Trade Center site as exemplified by the tridents, iconic forked beams that withstood the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11. These talks will take place in the Museum Auditorium and are free with Museum admission.”

The 54th New York Film Festival (thru Oct.16)
Alice Tully Hall, various times
“Founded in 1963, as the auteur theory and European cinematic modernism were crashing upon the shores of American film culture, the New York Film Festival continues to introduce audiences to the most exciting, innovative and accomplished works of world cinema. Join us as North America’s second oldest film festival marks its 54th edition with 17 days of exciting world premieres, award winners from Cannes, Berlin and Venice, retrospective screenings, spotlights on emerging filmmakers, panels, galas and much more!”
TODAY includes: Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened / 6:30PM,
“In 1981, Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, and George Furth embarked on Merrily We Roll Along, a musical based on the 1934 George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart comedy told in reverse: the characters, played by a cast of teenage unknowns, begin as disillusioned adults and end as starry-eyed adolescents. Though the original, much-ballyhooed production was panned by the critics and closed after just 16 performances, Merrily We Roll Along would go on to attain musical theater legend status. This alternately heartbreaking and euphoric film by original cast member Lonny Price features never-before seen footage of Prince and Sondheim at work on the show and revisits many of Price’s fellow actors, all of them united by this once-in-a-lifetime experience.
*Stephen Sondheim in person at October 9 screening only.”

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Bonus NYC Events – Music Venues:
So much fine live music every night in this town. These are my favorite music venues on Manhattan’s WestSide. Check out who’s playing tonight:

City Winery – 155 Varick St., citywinery.com, 212-608-0555
Feinstein’s/54 Below – 254 W54th St., 54below.com, 646-476-3551
Joe’s Pub @ Public Theater – 425 Lafayette St., joespub.com, 212-967-7555
Metropolitan Room – 34W22ndSt., metropolitan room.com, 212-206-0440
Beacon Theatre – 2124 Broadway @ 74th St., beacontheatre.com, 212-465-6500
B.B. King’s Blues Bar – 237W42nd St., bbkingblues.com, 212-997-2144
Le Poisson Rouge – 158 Bleecker St., lepoissonrouge.com, 212-505-3474

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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, with a population of 8.5 million, had a record 58 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2016. Quality shows draw crowds.
Try to reserve seats for these top NYC events in advance, even if just on day of performance.

NYCity Vacation Travel Guide Video (Expedia):

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Museum of Modern Art:

Whitney Museum of American Art:

‘Human Interest: Portraits From the Whitney’s Collection’ (through Feb. 12)
“A year ago, the Whitney inaugurated its new downtown home with a permanent collection showcase called “America Is Hard to See.” Its even more immediately engaging successor, devoted entirely to portraiture, is now on view and might well have been subtitled “Americans Are Strange to Look At,” which, in the 250 images here, we sure are: funny-strange, beautiful-strange, crazy-strange, dangerous-strange, inscrutable-strange. The work is arranged by theme and spread over two floors. There are magnetic images everywhere. 99 Gansevoort Street, 212-570-3600, whitney.org.” (Cotter)

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For other selected Museum and Gallery Special Exhibitions see Recent Posts in right sidebar dated 10/08 and 10/06.
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Today’s Sweet6 NYC Events>WEDNESDAY/ OCT 19, 2016

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A PremierPub + 3 Good Eating places

Jimmy’s Corner / 140 W 44th St (btw B’way & 7th ave)

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Today’s Sweet6 NYC Events > TUESDAY / OCT 18, 2016

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Today’s Sweet6 NYC Events > MONDAY / OCT 17, 2016

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A PremierPub and 3 Good Eating Places – Greenwich Village

Caffe Vivaldi / 32 Jones Street (btw. Bleecker St./W4th St.)

3 Good Eating places

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A PremierPub / Tribeca

B-Flat / 277 Church St. (btw Franklin/White St))

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Chelsea Art Gallery District*

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A PremierPub / Upper West Side

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que / 700 W125th St. @ 12th ave.

If you have a fave premier pub or good eating place on Manhattan’s WestSide let us all know about it – leave a comment.

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A PremierPub and 3 Good Eating Places – Greenwich Village

Caffe Vivaldi / 32 Jones Street (btw. Bleecker St./W4th St.)

3 Good Eating places

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