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Tuesday, June 30, 2020, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Living Music with Nadia Sirota: Pirate Radio Edition
MUSIC
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020 (Weekly)
9:00 PM
Facebook
Free (donation requested)
https://www.facebook.com/LivingMusicwithNadiaSirota/
Hostess with the mostess Nadia Sirota brings you exactly the kind of musicians this List focuses on.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The Queen Elizabeth: pour 2 oz. dry Vermouth and 1 oz. each of Bénédictine and lime juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Drum & Lace
MUSIC
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020
6:00 PM
Live@NationalSawdust
Free
https://live.nationalsawdust.org/event/drum-lace
Drum & Lace's light-classical-tinged electronica, or electronica-tinged light classical, veers a bit too Easy Listening for my taste. But it sure is purty.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Clean Slate: pour 1 oz. each of Manzanilla Sherry and Vermouth Blanc and 1/2 oz. Salers, with 2 dashes of Peychaud's bitters, into an ace-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a tulip glass. Garnish with an edible flower of some sort.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
MV Carbon
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020
6:00 PM
Kitchen Broadcast
Free
https://thekitchen.org/event/broadcast-week-12
I've called MV Carbon "The Cellist Of The Future". But really, she's more than that. She's the cellist/mulitdisciplinary artist/theorist of the future.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Water Lily: pour 3/4 oz. each of Gin, Cointreau, Crème de Violette, and lemon juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CyberTank Variety Show: Black Phoenix Nest: Black Excellence
THEATER / PERFORMANCE / DANCE
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020 (Weekly)
4:00 PM
The Tank X Dey Phoenix
Twitch
Free
https://thetanknyc.org/cybertank-calendar/varietyshow/blackphoenix
Performing artists share what they've been working on. This week focusing on Black performers.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Algonquin: pour 2 oz. Rye, and 1 oz. each of dry Vermouth and pineapple juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Metropolis Ensemble: House Music
MUSIC
TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JUNE 30 & JULY 2, 2020 (Semi-Weekly)
10:00 AM
Free
https://metropolisensemble.org/house-music
Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Metropolis Ensemble showcases ace musicians associated with its excellent self, or in any event friends of the ensemble, playing solo contemporary, classical, and newly commissioned pieces from home. I don't think this is live-streamed — I hope they're not making these musicians perform at 10 AM (especially the ones located in time zones west of here!) — but this is such a worthwhile initiative that it would be wrong not to List it.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Coffee.
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Monday, June 29, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
PERFORMANCE
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020
6:00 PM
LaMaMa Live Stream
Free
http://lamama.org/experiments-in-digital-storytelling-exegesis/
Virtual reality specialists Dream Adoption Society, under the direction of biting theatrical magic-maker Krzysztof Garbaczewski, use emerging technologies to tell stories.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: 21st Century: rinse a chilled Martini glass or coupe with Absinthe. Pour 2 oz. of Blanco Tequila and 3/4 oz. each of white Crème de Cacao and lemon juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into the rinsed glass.
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Sunday, June 28, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Out of an Abundance of Caution
THEATER / MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2020 (Weekly)
8:00 PM
The Brick
Twitch
Free (tips encouraged)
https://www.bricktheater.com/event/out-of-an-abundance-of-caution-volume-fifteen/
Some of the leading forces in Brooklyn experimental theater curate a weekly series of stuff from beyond the beyond: enormous fun!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Journey into the past with a Delmonico No. 1: pour 3/4 oz. Gin and 1/2 oz. each of Brandy, dry Vermouth, and sweet Vermouth, with 2 dashes of Angostura bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.
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Sunday, June 28, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Justin Allen, Yulan Grant & S*an D. Henry-Smith: Call
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2020
6:00 PM
The Shed UP CLOSE
Zoom
Free (with registration by 5:00 PM)
https://theshed.org/program/158-justin-allen-yulan-grant-and-s-an-d-henry-smith
Three multidisciplinary artists explore the constraints of lo-fi Zoom performances.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Here's a new one on me, the Friends And Neighbors: pour 3/4 oz. each of Aperol, Lillet Blanc (I'm gonna use Kina l'Aero d'Or instead myself), and Suze into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. In another glass, pour 3/4 oz. Absinthe over ice and stir until it develops a louche, i.e., it gets milky. Then, float the Absinthe over the cocktail in the rocks glass. I really can't wait to try this.
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Sunday, June 28, 2020, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Majel Connery: At Home With
MUSIC
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2020
3:30 PM
Mondo Jazz Live Stream
$15 donation requested (registration required)
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/at-home-with-majel/register
Majel Connery sings (beautifully) alt-electropop, Neo-Baroque Alt Classical, and plain old Alt Classical. She could be a poster girl for the um esthetic of this List.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: St. Stephen's Sour: pour 1 oz. each of Cognac and aged Rum, and 3/4 oz. each of lemon juice and Orgeat, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a Collins glass over ice. Garnish with a lemon twist. Pure heaven.
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Sunday, June 28, 2020, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Edward Einhorn: Performance for One
THEATER
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2020 (continuing through JULY 12)
10-minute intervals from 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Untitled Theater Company #61
Skype
Free
http://www.untitledtheater.com/previous-productions/performance-for-one.html
The Skyped performances of this one-on-one theater piece, which has probably gotten more positive List subscriber feedback than anything I've ever recommended, are continuing indefinitely. When this 10-minute-each-of-two-parts piece, with one actor performing in an enclosed space for one audience member, involving close interaction between actor and audience member exploring memory and the performer-audience relationship, played live around the City last year, it threatened to be a bit precious and potentially more than a bit intrusive . But as a one-on-one Skype experience, it seems perfect — just what all we people ensconced alone in our apartments need right now. Most of the successive 10-minute slots are reserved in advance by email, but a few are left open for virtual walk-ins. Bravo to Edward Einhorn and Untitled Theater Company #61 for a truly timely and extremely well-thought-out enterprise.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: This early in the day, you'd want a Pimm's Cup: 2 oz. Pimm's No. 1 Cup (you have some, right?) and 3 oz. lemon soda, lemon/lime soda, or ginger ale (I have to say that my own preference is for lemon soda) in a tall glass over ice, garnished with two or more of a cucumber slice, a strawberry, a celery or rhubarb stalk, an orange or lemon wheel, or whatever you have on hand, really.
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Saturday, June 27, 2020, 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Eschaton
PERFORMANCE
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2020 (Weekly)
10:00 PM
Zoom
$10
https://chorusproductions.ticketspice.com/eschaton
An immersive experience in which viewers wander from room to virtual room seeing different variety acts and interacting with them.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: It's late on a Saturday, so I'm going to recommend something strong. Don't blame me for how you feel Sunday morning. Nineteen-Twenty Pick-Me-Up: pour 2 oz. Absinthe, 1 oz. Gin, 1 teaspoon Simple Syrup, and 1 dash each of Angostura and orange bitters into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a wine glass, and fill the rest up with soda water.
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Saturday, June 27, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The House Party with Everybooty
PERFORMANCE / MUSIC / DANCE
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2020
8:00 PM
New York Live Arts & BAM
Free
https://www.bam.org/housepartyeverybooty
A huge night of drag, dance, and music in celebration of Pride.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A night for Oscar Wildes: pour 1-1/4 oz. Absinthe and 3/4 oz. each of lemon juice and Simple Syrup, with 1 egg white, into a cocktail shaker without ice. Dry shake. Strain into a white wine glass. Top with Champagne. Sprinkle with nutmeg, and garnish with a lemon twist.
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Saturday, June 27, 2020, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Great Jones Rep: Getting Thru It
THEATER
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2020
7:00 PM
La MaMa
Free (with reservation) (donations requested)
http://lamama.org/getting-thru-it/
This La MaMa-annexed theater company explores the process of making theater remotely.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Blinker: pour 1 oz. Rye, 1-1/2 oz. grapefruit juice, and 1/2 oz. Grenadine into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.
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Saturday, June 27, 2020, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
TJG Online Lockdown Sessions: Anna Webber / Jonathan Finlayson / Jaleel Shaw / Gretchen Parlando
MUSIC
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2020
7:00 PM
Jazz Gallery Live Stream
Zoom
$20
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/lockdown-session-12
Another Jazz Gallery initiative, this one featuring musical segments recorded by the participating artists during the week preceding the stream, and then live chat with the artists afterward. While Jonathan Finlayson is an extremely absorbing trumpeter/composer who is very much worth going out of your way for, Your Compiler might be even more excited about saxophonist Anna Webber, who is sort of Brooklyn Jazz Personified in her refusal to distinguish between jazz and classical and other musics.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The Brooklyn gave rise to the Red Hook: pour 2 oz. Rye and 1/2 oz. each of Punt e Mes and Maraschino liqueur into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Saturday, June 27, 2020, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Vox Effusis
MUSIC
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2020
3:00 PM
Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts
Twitch
Free (donations requested)
https://ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts
This is a pretty spectacular program. Pamela Z is one of the most charismatic and enjoyable performers in contemporary classical; I can't imagine not loving her enhanced vocal performances. Violinist/whatever C. Spenser Yeh makes noise and the occasional song. Alessandro Bosetti takes oral/vocal materials and fragments and fucks with them, to fascinating effect. Audrey Chen does advanced voice/cello/electronics; tonight she plays (very remotely) with free jazz trumpeter/vocalist Phil Minton.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Everybody loves a Bee's Knees: pour 2 oz. Gin, 1 oz. lemon juice, and 3/4 oz. Honey Syrup into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Saturday, June 27, 2020, 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Molière:Tartuffe
THEATER
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2020
2:00 & 7:00 PM
Molière in the Park
French Institute Alliance Française
Free (with registration) (donations requested)
https://fiaf.org/event/2020-06-tartuffe/
It's becoming apparent that standard-issue theater acting doesn't work in the remote Zoom format. Actors have to scale down as they would for TV; it doesn't do to punch your performance out to the rafters. Remote readings where the actors didn't scale down have seemed overbroad and unwatchable. So the companies that have done best with remote readings have been those that take a scaled-down approach to start with. Which is why I'm worried about this show. To be sure, Molière is as funny — and as witty (not to mention socially perceptive) — as theater gets. And, in the theater, Raúl Esparza, the lead here, can't be beat. But will this production do Molière as if it's on a stage, or will it remember that everybody's in their living rooms? Fortunately, it won't cost anything to find out.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Molière calls for the original version of the French 75, which you hardly see anymore (the contemporary version is made with Gin instead of Cognac): pour 1 oz. each of Cognac and Simple Syrup and 3/4 oz. lemon juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a Champagne flute. Top with 3 oz. Champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Saturday, June 27, 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Yoshiko Chuma & The School of Hard Knocks: Zooma — Dead End
PERFORMANCE
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2020 (weekly)
11:00 AM
Saturday Morning Live
La MaMa Live Stream
Zoom
Free (donation requested)
http://lamama.org/saturday-morning-live/
Downtown multidisciplinary performance stalwart Yoshiko Chuma brings her kaleidoscopic thing online in a weekly series. One can almost imagine being awake at 11 AM on a Saturday for this.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: At 11 AM on a Saturday, what are you going to drink but a Mimosa? Pour 2 oz. orange juice into a Champagne flute. Top with 4 oz. Brut Champagne. Take it to heaven with a teaspoon of Grand Marnier.
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Friday, June 26, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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Fri, Jun 26, 2020, 7:30 PM – Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 8:30 PM
Toshiki Okada: Zero Cost House
THEATER
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 26 & 27, 2020 (also on JULY 2 & 3)
7:30 PM
Pig Iron Theatre
Zoom
$1-$99
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4612629
It's always pretty iffy to call someone The Voice Of Their Generation, but Toshiki Okada (b. 1973), with his real-into-surreal depictions of the lives of urban young adults, has given every appearance over the last couple of decades of being The Voice Of His Generation in Japan. This piece explores what happens when an artist becomes political: although it was written for Pig Iron a decade ago, it seems particularly timely now.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The Esquire: pour 2-1/4 oz. Bourbon, 3/4 oz. Grand Marnier, and 1 teaspoon orange juice, with 2 dashes of Angostura bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Friday, June 26, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Virtual Community Salon
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020
7:30 PM
Contemporaneous
Zoom
Free (with registration)
https://www.contemporaneous.org/upcoming-events/2020/5/7/virtual-community-salon-vol-4-zg27h-8ewae-g4ekz
A virtual salon. Artists and performers can share pieces in whatever stage of completion. Everyone else can comment and converse.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A friend just turned me on to a cocktail called the Zephyr. I haven't tried one yet, but it looks delicious (there are other cocktails going by this name that look decidedly less delicious): pour 1 oz. Gin and 1/2 oz. each Cocchi Americano and Green Chartreuse into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Friday, June 26, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Words & Music: Jen Shyu
MUSIC
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020
6:00 PM
Jazz Gallery Live Stream
Zoom
$15
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/happy-hour-jen-shyu-2
You're probably tired of hearing me sing the praises of Jen Shyu, jazz/classical/world/whyevenbother? pianist/vocalist/Asian string player. So just listen.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Hey Hey, My My (some bartender's a Neil Young fan): pour 3/4 oz. Fino Sherry, 1-1/2 oz. Aperol, 1 oz. grapefruit juice, 1/2 oz. lemon juice, and 1/4 oz. honey syrup into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a Martini glass or coupe.
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Friday, June 26, 2020, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
ETHEL and Friends: Balcony Bar from Home
MUSIC
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020 (Weekly?)
5:00 PM
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Facebook
Free
https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-live-arts/ethel-online
The fab alt string quartet ETHEL brings its weekly recitals in the Met Balcony Bar home (theirs and yours). Expect old and new music, and surprise guests (from still more homes). This might be the last one.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Are we really going to have Mary Pickfords (which, believe it or not, is a Cuban drink)? Yeah, I think we are: pour 2 oz. white Rum, 1 oz. pineapple juice, and 1-1/2 teaspoons of Maraschino liqueur, with 1 dash of Grenadine, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Friday, June 26, 2020, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Molly Joyce: Breaking and Entering
MUSIC
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020
5:00 PM
New Amsterdam Records
YouTube
Facebook
Free
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/molly-joyce-breaking-and-entering-release-party-tickets-109962488764
Molly Joyce finally gets to go ahead with the release party for her excellent new album. Joyce makes extremely compelling, compulsively listenable electroacoustic music, prominently featuring her favored instrument the toy organ, that manages to sooth and provoke in equal measure. Her new album, Breaking and Entering — having an implicit theme of the consequences, positive and negative, of physical disability — is a great listen. Tonight she belatedly celebrates its official release, with music from the record, performances, and chat.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I think I like the Fair Harvard even more than the plain old Harvard cocktail it springs from: pour 2 oz. Pisco and 1 oz. Vermouth Blanc, with 3 dashes of orange bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a Martini glass or coupe. Squeeze a lemon twist into the drink, and then drop the peel in.
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Thursday, June 25, 2020, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM
The Living Earth Show: Music for Hard Times
MUSIC
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020
9:00 PM
Living Music With Nadia Sirota: Pirate Radio Edition
Facebook
Free
https://www.facebook.com/LivingMusicwithNadiaSirota/
One is (meaning I am) skeptical of art that seeks to be uplifting, much less comforting: that's only one very minor dimension of what art is supposed to do. Nevertheless, the fabulous guitar-percussion duo The Living Earth Show, working with composer Danny Clay and visual artist/filmmaker Jon Fischer, appeared to have nailed it: based on the excerpts they previewed on Tuesday night's Living Music: Pirate Radio Edition, this new music video piece is indeed comforting and uplifting — without being dumb, bland, or insulting. Can't wait to see the whole thing.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: It's time to rehabilitate the Tequila Sunrise: pour 1-1/2 oz. Reposado Tequila into an ice-filled Collins glass. Then pour in 3 oz. orange juice. Then drop in 1 teaspoon of Grenadine (watching it magically sink to the bottom and form an underlying layer, creating the "sunrise" effect). Ruin the effect (but combine and incorporate the flavors) by stirring. Garnish with an orange wheel. Pretend you're in the '70s. (The drink, it happily turns out, was invented before World War II.)
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Thursday, June 25, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Zero Boy: The COVID Cabaret
PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020 (Weekly)
8:00 PM
Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse
YouTube
Free
http://www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/virtualplayhouse
Submit a 4-5 word suggestion, and Zero Boy will turn into into . . . improv comedy!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I'm sure Zero Boy would be happy to be accompanied by a Napoleon: pour 2 oz. Gin and one teaspoon each of Curaçao, Dubonnet, and Fernet into an ice-filled cocktail shaker, stir, and strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 8:00 PM – Fri, Jun 26, 2020, 9:00 PM
International Contemporary Ensemble Presents
MUSIC
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, JUNE 25 & 26, 2020
8:00 PM
Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts
Twitch
Free (donations required)
https://ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts
The non-pareil International Contemporary Ensemble themselves play on Saturday (with guests). On Friday, they present sets by the avant-gutbucket jazz saxophonist/conceptualist Matana Roberts — one of the great musicians of our time, if you ask me — and by NYC-scene percussion/electronics whiz Levy Lorenzo.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: JFK Harris: put 10-12 mint leaves at the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Pour in 2 oz. white Rum, and 3/4 oz. each of lemon juice and Simple Syrup. Fill with ice, and shake. Strain into a double rocks glass over ice. Float a finger of Red Wine on top.
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Thursday, June 25, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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Thursday, June 25, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Livestream Concert: Joel Ross
MUSIC
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020
8:00 PM
Jazz Gallery Live Stream
YouTube
$10
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/livestream-joel-ross
The Jazz Gallery starts yet another welcome online initiative, this time a weekly series of straight-up concerts. It's starting with the terrific Joel Ross, the current boss vibes player in jazz. It appears to be sold out already — yeah, online shows can somehow sell out — but there's a wait list.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Been a while since we've had a Brooklyn: pour 2 oz. Rye, 3/4 oz. Vermouth Blanc, and 1/4 oz. each of Maraschino liqueur and Bigallet China-China (if you don't have any, get some: you'll thank me) into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Thursday, June 25, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
NAR
MUSIC
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020
6:00 PM
Kitchen Broadcast
Twitch
Free (donations requested)
https://thekitchen.org/event/broadcast-week-11
NAR makes fascinating, extremely attractive Middle Eastern-inflected electronic music — and is a Rihanna protegé to boot.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Deep Blue Sea: pour 2 oz. Gin, 3/4 oz. Cochi Americano, and 1/4 oz. Crème de Violette, with 2 dashes of orange bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Thursday, June 25, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Adam Tendler
MUSIC
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020
6:00 PM
Live@NationalSawdust
Free
https://live.nationalsawdust.org/event/adam-tendler
Adam Tendler performed a stunning Live Stream recital somewhere or other a month or so ago. So hopes for this new piano recital are high. Contemporary classical — Glass and Tendler himself — performed with guts and finesse.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I still think of the Last Word as a supreme cocktail (and so easy to make!): pour 3/4 oz. each of Gin (I urge you to use Monkey 47 in this, as it stands up to Green Chartreuse better than any other I know), Green Chartreuse, Maraschino liqueur, and lime juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Thursday, June 25, 2020, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Lisa Bielawa: Broadcast from Home
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020 (Weekly)
3:00 PM
Free
https://www.lisabielawa.net/projects-1
The imaginative and empathetic composer Lisa Bielawa — certainly one of those who have their own sound world that you can recognize immediately — has a coronavirus project in which she's soliciting short testimonies from the public reflecting on coronavirus experiences, writing melodies for them, giving them to singers to record, and then composing backing tracks for them. She'll post a new "chapter" each Thursday at 3 PM (and leave them up), toward the eventual end of their all forming a big piece — which the participants can get together to perform live on The Other Side!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Abbey Cocktail: pour 1-1/2 oz. Gin and 3/4 oz. each Cocchi Americano and orange juice, with 1 dash each of orange and Angostura bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a cocktail cherry.
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Thursday, June 25, 2020, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Gordon Beeferman: Acoustic+
MUSIC
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020
2:30 PM
Mise-En_Place #live
Free
https://place.mise-en.org/#live
Gordon Beeferman is a very compelling, very inventive, very fluent composer/pianist on the border between classical and jazz. If you don't know him, you should.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I've been thinking about what a completely brilliant invention the White Negroni is: pour 1 oz. each of Gin, Lillet Blanc (I prefer Kina l'Aero d'Or, to be honest), and Suze into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.
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Thursday, June 25, 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Metropolis Ensemble: House Music
MUSIC
TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JUNE 23 & 25, 2020 (Semi-Weekly)
10:00 AM
Free
https://metropolisensemble.org/house-music
Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Metropolis Ensemble showcases ace musicians associated with its excellent self, or in any event friends of the ensemble, playing solo contemporary, classical, and newly commissioned pieces from home. I don't think this is live-streamed — I hope they're not making these musicians perform at 10 AM (especially the ones located in time zones west of here!) — but this is such a worthwhile initiative that it would be wrong not to List it.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Coffee.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
C. Spencer Yeh: The Big Share
MUSIC
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020
8:00 PM
Isolated Field Recording Series
ISSUE Project Room
Free (donations requested)
https://issueprojectroom.org/event/isolated-field-recording-series-c-spencer-yeh-big-share
C. Spencer Yeh is a real favorite of this List. He makes noise music. Sometimes his noise music isn't that loud. He plays violin. He makes psych sound collages. He writes songs (not often). His curiosity seems endless. Here, he deals with all the material he has had bottled up since The Quarantine induced him to stop his SM sharing (he didn't stop taking pictures and accruing material; he just stopped posting it) (GOOD MOVE). I'm curious about the part that will be about food: I don't think I'll agree with it. I can't wait to find out.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Sometimes I think a Gin and Tonic gives the most bang for the buck of any single item in the entire culinary universe. Do I have to give a recipe? Pour 2 or so oz. of Gin into a Collins glass, fill with ice, and top with 4 or so oz. of Tonic Water. Give it a stir. Squeeze a lime wedge into it, and toss in the wedge.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Voice Training: Hard Exit
MUSIC
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2020
8:00 PM
Isolated Field Recording Series
ISSUE Project Room
Free (donations requested)
https://issueprojectroom.org/event/isolated-field-recording-series-voice-training-hard-exit
Always-interesting multidisciplinary artist Voice Training explores personal physical alienation under the hegemony of techno capital — and feminine resistance.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A Black Rock Chiller is not for the faint of heart: pour 3/4 oz. each of Reposada Tequila and Branca-Menta, and 1/4 oz. Suze, into a rocks glass WITHOUT ICE. Stir. Serve at room temperature.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Words & Music: David Virelles
MUSIC
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020
6:00 PM
Jazz Gallery Live Stream
Zoom
$15
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/happy-hour-david-virelles
I've made no secret of my affection for Cuban jazz, and right now pianist/composer David Virelles is at the very tip-top: a searingly inventive, thoughtful composer with the chops to put his surprising ideas across.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The only problem with an El Malecón is that it'll cause you to open some bottles of Port and Sherry that you'll then have to finish off. Wait, maybe that isn't a problem. Pour 1-3/4 oz. white Rum, 1/2 oz. Ruby Port, 2 teaspoons of Oloroso Sherry, 1 oz. lime juice, and 2 teaspoons of superfine sugar (or, let's get real, 1/2 oz. of Simple Syrup), with 3 dashes of Peychaud's bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a Martini glass or coupe with (believe it or not) an ice cube.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Living Music with Nadia Sirota: Pirate Radio Edition
MUSIC
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020 (Weekly)
9:00 PM
Facebook
Free (donation requested)
https://www.facebook.com/LivingMusicwithNadiaSirota/
Hostess with the mostess Nadia Sirota brings you exactly the kind of musicians this List focuses on.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Now that it's Officially Summer, time to stop fucking around and dive into a Mai Tai (a favorite of Nadia's brother, if I remember correctly): pour 1 oz. each of dark and amber Rum, 3/4 oz. each of lime juice and Orgeat, and 1/2 oz. Curaçao into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a rocks glass over ice (shaved if you can). Garnish with half the juiced lime domed over the top and a mint sprig.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Paula Vogel: The Long Christmas Ride Home
THEATER
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020
6:30 PM
Bedlam Theater
Zoom
Facebook
Free (donations requested)
https://bedlam.org/benefit-reading/
Paula Vogel's family-car drama was originally done with neo-Bunraku puppets. Will this reading use them?
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Christmas in June with a Bénédictine Cocktail: pour 1-1/2 oz. Cognac and 3/4 oz. each of Bénédictine and lemon juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Kangmin Justin Kim
MUSIC / DANCE
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020
6:00 PM
Live@NationalSawdust
Free
https://live.nationalsawdust.org/event/kangmin-justin-kim
Counter-tenor highjinks (NOT a typo) with Kangmin Justin Kim.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I really liked the Chartreuse Smash, so I'm going to repeat it: muddle 10 mint leaves with 1 oz. lemon juice and 2 teaspoons of sugar in a cocktail shaker. Add 2 oz. green Chartreuse. Fill with ice. Shake. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice (shaved if possible). Garnish with a mint sprig.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CyberTank Variety Show
THEATER / PERFORMANCE / DANCE
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020 (Weekly)
4:00 PM
The Tank
Twitch
Free
https://thetanknyc.org/cybertank
Performing artists from around the world share what they've been working on. This week: a special Pride edition!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Louisiana Purchase: pour 2 oz. Cognac (or other Brandy) and 3/4 oz. each of lemon juice and Honey Syrup into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Go ahead and garnish with a lemon twist.
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Monday, June 22, 2020, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Ensemble Dal Niente
MUSIC
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020
9:00 PM
OPTION
Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts
Twitch
Free (donations requested)https://ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts
Members of Chicago's splendid New Music Ensemble Dal Niente play solo pieces.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Sugarplum: pour 2 oz. Gin, 1 oz. grapefruit juice, and 1/2 oz. Grenadine into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Monday, June 22, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
John Jarboe: Rose
PERFORMANCE
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020
7:30 PM
Works & Process
LaMaMa Live Stream
Free
http://lamama.org/john-jarboe/
Bearded Lady John Jarboe presents a true story of gender, long-lost twins and . . . cannibalism?
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: More 20th Centuries! Pour 1-1/2 oz. Gin, 3/4 oz. each of Kina l'Aero d'Or, white Crème de Cacao (make it a scant 3/4 oz. of the Crème), and lemon juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Monday, June 22, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Words & Music: Immanuel Wilkins
MUSIC
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020
6:00 PM
Jazz Gallery Live Stream
Zoom
$15
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/happy-hour-immanuel-wilkins
Several nights a week, the Jazz Gallery is putting on early evening remote sessions where jazz musicians play and chat with the audience (limited to 15 people per show). I'm recommending them selectively, but check out the website for a full listing. This evening's show features Immanuel Wilkins, a perennially up-and-coming sax player/composer/bandleader who, after his major debut drops in August, will have upped and come. Another guy who's straight ahead but fresh.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I'm sticking with a Presbyterian, which somehow just seems right for this show: pour 2 oz. Rye and 1-1/2 oz. each of ginger ale and club soda into a Highball glass over ice. Stir. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Monday, June 22, 2020, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Princess: Out There
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020
12:00 PM
The Tank Online
Free
https://thetanknyc.org/cybertank-calendar/2020/6/22/out-there
A concept video album presenting a sci-fi exploration of toxic masculinity and the role men ought to be playing in the current reckoning of systemic misogyny. High-concept art-popsters Princess are awesome enough, but look who their collaborators are: likeminded art-popster JD Samson, visual artist Jennifer Myers and . . . the disbanded (sob) personal fave band TEEN!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Hemingway claimed to have invented the Death in the Afternoon himself. And I believe him, cuz no real bartender would have put so much Absinthe into this drink: pour 1-1/2 oz. Absinthe into a Champagne flute. Top with 4-1/2 oz. Champagne.
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Sunday, June 21, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Out of an Abundance of Caution
THEATER / MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020 (Weekly)
8:00 PM
The Brick
Twitch
Free (tips encouraged)
https://www.bricktheater.com/event/out-of-an-abundance-of-caution-volume-fourteen/
Some of the leading forces in Brooklyn experimental theater curate a weekly series of stuff from beyond the beyond: enormous fun!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I don't know about you guys, but I am SO in the mood for a Oaxaca Old Fashioned: pour 1-1/2 oz. Reposado Tequila, 3 teaspoons of Mezcal, 1 teaspoon of Agave nectar, and 2 dashes of Angostura bitters into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Pour into a rocks glass over ice. Flame an orange peel into the drink and use the flamed peel as a garnish.
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Sunday, June 21, 2020, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Edward Einhorn: Performance for One
THEATER
THURSDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 18, & 21, 2020 (continuing through JULY 12)
10-minute intervals from 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Untitled Theater Company #61
Skype
Free
http://www.untitledtheater.com/previous-productions/performance-for-one.html
The Skyped performances of this one-on-one theater piece, which has probably gotten more positive List subscriber feedback than anything I've ever recommended, are continuing indefinitely. When this 10-minute-each-of-two-parts piece, with one actor performing in an enclosed space for one audience member, involving close interaction between actor and audience member exploring memory and the performer-audience relationship, played live around the City last year, it threatened to be a bit precious and potentially more than a bit intrusive . But as a one-on-one Skype experience, it seems perfect — just what all we people ensconced alone in our apartments need right now. Most of the successive 10-minute slots are reserved in advance by email, but a few are left open for virtual walk-ins. Bravo to Edward Einhorn and Untitled Theater Company #61 for a truly timely and extremely well-thought-out enterprise.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: This early in the day, you'd want a Pimm's Cup: 2 oz. Pimm's No. 1 Cup (you have some, right?) and 3 oz. lemon soda, lemon/lime soda, or ginger ale (I have to say that my own preference is for lemon soda) in a tall glass over ice, garnished with two or more of a cucumber slice, a strawberry, a celery or rhubarb stalk, an orange or lemon wheel, or whatever you have on hand, really.
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Saturday, June 20, 2020, 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Eschaton
PERFORMANCE
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2020 (Weekly)
10:00 PM
Zoom
$10
https://chorusproductions.ticketspice.com/eschaton
An immersive experience in which viewers wander from room to virtual room seeing different variety acts and interacting with them.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: It's late on a Saturday, so I'm going to recommend something strong. Don't blame me for how you feel Sunday morning. Nineteen-Twenty Pick-Me-Up: pour 2 oz. Absinthe, 1 oz. Gin, 1 teaspoon Simple Syrup, and 1 dash each of Angostura and orange bitters into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a wine glass, and fill the rest up with soda water.
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Saturday, June 20, 2020, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Jennifer Koh: Alone Together
MUSIC
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2020
7:00 PM
ARCO Collaborative
Instragram & Facebook Live Streams; YouTube Video
Free
https://arcocollaborative.net/projects/AloneTogether/index.html
The final program of this almost staggeringly well-intentioned initiative (and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible) from the fantastic violinist Jennifer Koh. The idea is this: there are active composers who have stable incomes from salaries or grants and other forms of institutional support; and there are active composers who freelance. Koh approached 21 composers have who stable incomes and asked them each to donate a 30-second micropiece for solo violin; in addition, she asked each of those composers to recommend a freelance composer, each of whom will be paid to compose a 30-second micropiece. Koh (who is donating her own considerable services) will premiere a few of the resulting works every Saturday at 7:00 PM on Instagram and Facebook live streams; if you don't feel comfortable exposing your personal data to the Evil Empire of Surveillance Capitalism, the shows will then reside on YouTube as videos. Just beyond great.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The Belmont Stakes has had a series of "official cocktails" — but only one was formulated by Dale DeGroff: the Belmont Breeze. Pour 1-1/2 oz. Bourbon, 1/2 oz. each of Amontillado Sherry, lemon juice, and Simple Syrup, and a splash each (that's much more than a dash) of orange juice and cranberry juice, with 5 mint leaves, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a tall glass over ice. Garnish with an orange wedge and a mint sprig.
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Saturday, June 20, 2020, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
TJG Online Lockdown Sessions: Orrin Evans / David Fiuczynski / Eric Harland / Kalia Vandever
MUSIC
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2020
7:00 PM
Jazz Gallery Live Stream
Zoom
$20
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/lockdown-session-11
Another Jazz Gallery initiative, this one featuring musical segments recorded by the participating artists during the week preceding the stream, and then live chat with the artists afterward. Tune in tonight for the formidable pianist/composer Orrin Evans.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A Hemingway favorite, El Floridita No. 1: pour 2 oz. white Rum and 3 teaspoons each of Maraschino liqueur, lime juice, and Simple Syrup into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Saturday, June 20, 2020, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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Saturday, June 20, 2020, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Sasha Milavic Davies & Lucy Railton: everything that rises must dance
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2020
12:00 PM
Complicité
Facebook
Free
http://www.complicite.org/current.php?section=1
A live remote Quarantine-keyed recreation of a former stage piece cataloguing ways of female movement (this time focusing on movement within one's home environment).
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Good morning! Let's have a Wild Heart: pour 1-1/4 oz. each of Aperol and Vermouth Blanc and 3/4 oz. lemon juice, with 2 dashes of Angostura bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Top with bitter lemon soda. Garnish with half a lemon wheel.
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Saturday, June 20, 2020, 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Make Music New York
SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2020
7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Various
Free
https://makemusicny.org/2020-schedule
https://makemusicny.org/
Make Music New York goes mostly online this year (there are also concerts you can listen to from your car — if you have a car) (or on porches in Ditmas Park, if you're more socially and ecologically responsible than that) . There are no big New Music coups like Xenakis played on rafts nd listened to from rowboats on a lake in Central Park. But it's there.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: You can spend the day and night drinking Saint-Florents: combine 3 tablespoons of Gin, 1 tablespoon of Aperol, 1-1/2 tablespoons of lime juice, and 1/2 tablespoon of honey syrup, with 2 dashes of Angostura bitters, in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a Martini glass or coupe. Top with Champagne. Garnish with a lime wheel. (You can make the non-Champagne part in bulk and then pour these throughout the day.)
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Friday, June 19, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Downtown Variety Show: Juneteenth
PERFORMANCE / MUSIC / DANCE
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020
8:00 PM
La MaMa Live Stream
Free (donation requested)
http://lamama.org/juneteenth/
A special Juneteenth edition of La MaMa's absolutely wonderful avant-variety show!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A red cocktail for Juneteenth, the Bishop Cocktail: pour 3 oz. white Rum, 1 oz. red wine (Burgundy by preference), 3 teaspoons of lemon juice, and 1 teaspoon of Simple Syrup into an ice filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled wine glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.
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Friday, June 19, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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Friday, June 19, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
DeForrest Brown Jr.: Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry
MUSIC
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020
8:00 PM
Public Records Public Access
Free
https://publicrecords.tv/
DeForrest Brown Jr. puts on his musician hat and contributes a soundtrack — a conceptual backdrop, as he calls it — to what's happening on the streets.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Another red cocktail, the Gin-Campari Old Fashioned: muddle a long lemon zest with 1 teaspoon each of Campari and Demerara Simple Syrup, with 3 dashes of grapefruit bitters and a pinch of salt, in a rocks glass. Add 2 oz. Gin and a couple of ice cubs. Stir. Add more ice cubes. Drink.
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Friday, June 19, 2020, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
ETHEL and Friends: Balcony Bar from Home
MUSIC
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020 (Weekly)
5:00 PM
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Facebook
Free
https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-live-arts/ethel-online
The fab alt string quartet ETHEL brings its weekly recitals in the Met Balcony Bar home (theirs and yours). Expect old and new music, and surprise guests (from still more homes).
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Are we really going to have Mary Pickfords? Yeah, I think we are: pour 2 oz. white Rum, 1 oz. pineapple juice, and 1-1/2 teaspoons of Maraschino liqueur, with 1 dash of Grenadine, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Thursday, June 18, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Zero Boy: The COVID Cabaret
PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 (Weekly)
8:00 PM
Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse
YouTube
Free
http://www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/virtualplayhouse
Submit a 4-5 word suggestion, and Zero Boy will turn into into . . . improv comedy!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I'm sure Zero Boy would be happy to be accompanied by a Napoleon: pour 2 oz. Gin and one teaspoon each of Curaçao, Dubonnet, and Fernet into an ice-filled cocktail shaker, stir, and strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Thursday, June 18, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Peter Zummo: Tracking My Packages
MUSIC
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
8:00 PM
Isolated Field Recordings Series
ISSUE Project Room Live Stream
Free (donations requested)
https://issueprojectroom.org/event/isolated-field-recording-series-peter-zummo-tracking-my-packages
Trombonist/Downtown mastermind Peter Zummo fucks around in his home studio with music, images, concepts — cuz what else is there to do these days?
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Blinker (trust me on this): pour 2 oz. Rye, 3 oz. grapefruit juice, and 1 oz. Grenadine into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a Highball glass over ice. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.
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Thursday, June 18, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Contagion Cabaret
PERFORMANCE / DANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
7:30 PM
Dixon Place DP TV
YouTube
Free (donation requested)
http://dixonplace.org/performances/contagion-cabaret-06-18-20/
The promotional description of this show —"artists responding to this challenging time of self-isolation and social distancing during COVID-19 lock-down" — sounds so dour. But the lineup promises pure (actually, impure) fun!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A drink created for none other than Dean Martin, the Flame of Love: rinse a chilled Martini glass or coupe with dry Sherry. Flame an orange peel into it. Pour 3 oz. Gin into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into the glass. Flame in another orange peel.
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Thursday, June 18, 2020, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Melanie Maria Goodreaux: The White Blacks
THEATER
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
7:00 PM
TNC "On the Air"
Theater for the New City Live Stream
Free (donations requested)
https://theaterforthenewcity.net/?vh_show=new-virtual-live-reading-series-tnc-on-the-air
Passing in New Orleans in the 1970s, by an LES stalwart.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Before there were Sidecars, there was the Brandy Crusta: moisten the rim of a Martini glass or coupe with lemon and rim it with sugar. Pour 2 oz. Brandy and 3 teaspoons each of Curaçao, Maraschino liqueur, and lemon juice, with 2 dashes of Angostura bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into the glass. Garnish with a very long lemon twist (extra points if you can sort of ring it around the interior of the glass).
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Thursday, June 18, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Dayramir Gonzalez
MUSIC
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
6:00 PM
Live@NationalSawdust
Free
https://live.nationalsawdust.org/event/dayramir-gonzalez
This List is always good for a good word for Afro-Cuban Jazz, and pianist/composer Dayramir Gonzalez is a real comer.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The great Cuban cocktail that you might not know, El Presidente: pour 1-1/2 oz. each of white Rum and Vermouth Blanc, 1 teaspoon of Curaçao, and 1/2 teaspoon of Grenadine into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Squeeze an orange twist into the drink and use as a garnish, along with a cocktail cherry.
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Thursday, June 18, 2020, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Lisa Bielawa: Broadcast from Home
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 (Weekly)
3:00 PM
Free
https://www.lisabielawa.net/projects-1
The imaginative and empathetic composer Lisa Bielawa — certainly one of those who have their own sound world that you can recognize immediately — has a coronavirus project in which she's soliciting short testimonies from the public reflecting on coronavirus experiences, writing melodies for them, giving them to singers to record, and then composing backing tracks for them. She'll post a new "chapter" each Thursday at 3 PM (and leave them up), toward the eventual end of their all forming a big piece — which the participants can get together to perform live on The Other Side!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Abbey Cocktail: pour 1-1/2 oz. Gin and 3/4 oz. each Cocchi Americano and orange juice, with 1 dash each of orange and Angostura bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a cocktail cherry.
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Thursday, June 18, 2020, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Yumi Suehiro: Acoustic+
PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
2:30 PM
Mise-En_Place #live
Free
https://place.mise-en.org/#live
Pianist Yumi Suehiro plays gnarly Modernist stuff — Berio, Jarrell, Furrer, like that — with visual elements provided by jewelry maker/artist Kaname Higa.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Roman Holiday: muddle 8 mint leaves and 3 teaspoons of Simple Syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add 1 oz. each of Amaro (Averna by preference) and sweet Vermouth, and 3/4 oz. lemon juice. Fill with ice. Shake. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a lemon wedge.
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Thursday, June 18, 2020, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Edward Einhorn: Performance for One
THEATER
THURSDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 18, & 21, 2020 (continuing through JULY 12)
10-minute intervals from 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Untitled Theater Company #61
Skype
Free
http://www.untitledtheater.com/previous-productions/performance-for-one.html
The Skyped performances of this one-on-one theater piece, which has probably gotten more positive List subscriber feedback than anything I've ever recommended, are continuing indefinitely. When this 10-minute-each-of-two-parts piece, with one actor performing in an enclosed space for one audience member, involving close interaction between actor and audience member exploring memory and the performer-audience relationship, played live around the City last year, it threatened to be a bit precious and potentially more than a bit intrusive . But as a one-on-one Skype experience, it seems perfect — just what all we people ensconced alone in our apartments need right now. Most of the successive 10-minute slots are reserved in advance by email, but a few are left open for virtual walk-ins. Bravo to Edward Einhorn and Untitled Theater Company #61 for a truly timely and extremely well-thought-out enterprise.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: This early in the day, you'd want a Pimm's Cup: 2 oz. Pimm's No. 1 Cup (you have some, right?) and 3 oz. lemon soda, lemon/lime soda, or ginger ale (I have to say that my own preference is for lemon soda) in a tall glass over ice, garnished with two or more of a cucumber slice, a strawberry, a celery or rhubarb stalk, an orange or lemon wheel, or whatever you have on hand, really.
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Thursday, June 18, 2020, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Thursday, June 18, 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Metropolis Ensemble: House Music
MUSIC
TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JUNE 16 & 18, 2020 (Semi-Weekly)
10:00 AM
Free
https://metropolisensemble.org/house-music
Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Metropolis Ensemble showcases ace musicians associated with its excellent self, or in any event friends of the ensemble, playing solo contemporary, classical, and newly commissioned pieces from home. I don't think this is live-streamed — I hope they're not making these musicians perform at 10 AM (especially the ones located in time zones west of here!) — but this is such a worthwhile initiative that it would be wrong not to List it.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Coffee.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
DeForrest Brown Jr.: Assembling a Black Counterculture
PERFORMANCE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020
8:00 PM
Public Records Public Access
Free
https://publicrecords.tv/
Let me start by saying that the album musician/theorist DeForrest Brown Jr. dropped last month in his Speaker Music guise, Percussive Therapy, is a huge favorite that I've been listening to obsessively. Tonight, though, Brown puts on his theorist hat, turning a talk he gave last year about White appropriation of Black music, Black representation in the recording industry, and various strands of Black popular music in relation to the development of on-the-ground music cultures into a visual essay.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Airmail: pour 1 oz. gold Rum and 3/4 oz. each of lime juice and Honey Syrup into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a Collins glass over ice. Top with Brut Champagne. Garnish with a lime twist.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Vanessa Long: Stageless
PERFORMANCE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020
7:30 PM
Dixon Place DP TV
YouTube
Free (donations requested)
http://dixonplace.org/performances/stageless-06-17-20/
Choreographer/dancer Vanessa Long sketches the stages of loss in connection with COVID-19.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Gibson: pour 2 oz. Gin and 1 oz. dry Vermouth into a cocktail shaker. Stir. Garnish with a cocktail onion (or a few).
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo & Billy X. Curmano: Sacred Objects
PERFORMANCE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020
6:00 PM
BX Expressions
Bronx Council on the Arts
Free (registration required)
https://www.bronxarts.org/event/sacred-objects/
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo and Billy X. Curmano — one sequestered by the Mississippi River, the other by the Bronx River — reprise their exploration of life in isolation by means of a show-and-tell of objects with which they importantly interact; the audience members are requested to bring such objects of their own.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Bourbon Fix: pour 2 oz. Bourbon, 1 oz. lemon juice, and 2 teaspoons of Simple Syrup in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a Highball glass over ice. Garnish with a lemon slice and a cocktail cherry.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Words & Music: Miguel Zenon
MUSIC
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020
6:00 PM
Jazz Gallery
Zoom
$15
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/happy-hour-miguel-zenon
Miguel Zenon writes as well as plays the alto sax — which is very well indeed.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Missing Link: pour 1-1/2 oz. dark Rum, 1 oz. Cointreau or other Triple Sec, and 3 teaspoons of lemon juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Living Music with Nadia Sirota: Pirate Radio Edition
MUSIC
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020 (Weekly)
9:00 PM
Facebook
Free (donation requested)
https://www.facebook.com/LivingMusicwithNadiaSirota/
Hostess with the mostess Nadia Sirota brings you exactly the kind of musicians this List focuses on.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Leap-Year: pour 2 oz. Gin, 3 teaspoons each of sweet Vermouth and Grand Marnier, and 1-1/2 teaspoons of lemon juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Pour into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Justin Hicks & Kenita Miller-Hicks: Rest Stop SOS Response
MUSIC / THEATER
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020
7:00 PM
Café La MaMa Live
Free (donation requested)
http://lamama.org/sos-response/
Inspired by Deniece Williams's "Black Butterfly", Justin Hicks and Kenita Miller-Hicks of The Hawtplates put together a set of songs about, of all things, love, as a source of empowerment.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Phil Ward's Old Gal, a wonderful drink: pour 1-1/2 oz. Rye and 1 oz. each of Vermouth Blanc and Campari into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Sxip & Coco
MUSIC / DANCE
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020
6:00 PM
Live@NationalSawdust
Free
https://live.nationalsawdust.org/event/sxip-coco
Avant-madman Sxip Shirey is always surprising, unpredictable, playful, entertaining: since he hasn't asked me to stop yet, I'll keep calling him the American Tom Zé. And he's married to Coco Karol, a dancer/choreographer just as surprising and playful as he is!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A surprising, enjoyable cocktail, a Chartreuse Smash: muddle 10 mint leaves with 1 oz. lemon juice and 2 teaspoons of sugar in a cocktail shaker. Add 2 oz. green Chartreuse. Fill with ice. Shake. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice (shaved if possible). Garnish with a mint sprig.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Metropolis Ensemble: House Music
MUSIC
TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JUNE 16 & 18, 2020 (Semi-Weekly)
10:00 AM
Free
https://metropolisensemble.org/house-music
Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Metropolis Ensemble showcases ace musicians associated with its excellent self, or in any event friends of the ensemble, playing solo contemporary, classical, and newly commissioned pieces from home. I don't think this is live-streamed — I hope they're not making these musicians perform at 10 AM (especially the ones located in time zones west of here!) — but this is such a worthwhile initiative that it would be wrong not to List it.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Coffee.
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Monday, June 15, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Gogol / Jeffrey Hatcher: The Government Inspector
THEATER
MONDAY JUNE 15, 2020
7:30 PM
Red Bull Theater RBT Live
Free (donations requested)
https://www.redbulltheater.com/the-government-inspector-rbt-live
Here's a example of something that would have been too mainstream to List when we were allowed to Go Out!, but now that we're Staying In! seems worth pointing out to all of you. It might not seem much of an achievement to be the Funniest Russian Ever, but Nicolai Gogol wears that accolade well. This production of Gogol's most forthrightly funny work was universally praised as being almost painfully hilarious when it played live a couple of years ago. Tonight's live reading — featuring a dream cast of NYC mainstream theater actors — is well worth your time and attention.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Just about the only cocktail featuring Vodka I will ever recommend is a Vesper Martini: pour 2 oz. Gin, 1/2 oz. Vodka, and 1-1/2 teaspoons of Kina l'Aéro d'Or (you can also use Cocchi Americano) into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Monday, June 15, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Words & Music: Johnathan Blake
MUSIC
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020
6:00 PM
Jazz Gallery
Zoom
$15
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/happy-hour-johnathan-blake-2
Several nights a week, the Jazz Gallery is putting on early evening remote sessions where jazz musicians play and chat with the audience (limited to 15 people per show). I'm recommending them selectively, but check out the website for a full listing. This evening's show features Johnathan Blake, certainly one of the better drummers on the scene.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Presbyterian: pour 2 oz. Rye and 1-1/2 oz. each of ginger ale and club soda into a Highball glass over ice. Stir. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Sunday, June 14, 2020, 3:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Bang on a Can Marathon 2020
MUSIC
SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2020
3:00 — 9:00 PM
Bang on a Can Live Stream
Free ($10-$50 "ticket" purchase suggested)
https://marathon2020.bangonacan.org/
The first online installment of this year's Bang on a Can Marathon last month was a spectacular success (artistically if not technically — but as everybody has commented, technical fuck-ups are as much a part of the BOAC Marathon tradition as running late is). So don't even think of missing this one. It's like everything this List stands for, in one 6-hour slice.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Let's use up more of those mint leaves in a parade of Southside Fizzes throughout the day: muddle 8-10 (by which I mean 10: we've got to use those suckers!) mint leaves in a cocktail shaker. Pour in 2 oz. Gin, 3/4 oz. lime juice, and 1-1/2 tablespoons of Simple Syrup. Fill with ice. Stir. Double-strain into a Highball glass over ice. Top with club soda. Garnish with a mint sprig.
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Sunday, June 14, 2020, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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Saturday, June 13, 2020, 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Eschaton
PERFORMANCE
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020 (Weekly)
10:00 PM
Zoom
$10
https://chorusproductions.ticketspice.com/eschaton
An immersive experience in which viewers wander from room to virtual room seeing different variety acts and interacting with them.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: It's late on a Saturday, so I'm going to recommend something strong. Don't blame me for how you feel Sunday morning. Nineteen-Twenty Pick-Me-Up: pour 2 oz. Absinthe, 1 oz. Gin, 1 teaspoon Simple Syrup, and 1 dash each of Angostura and orange bitters into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a wine glass, and fill the rest up with soda water.
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Friday, June 12, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Virtual Community Salon
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020
7:30 PM
Contemporaneous
Zoom
Free (with registration)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-community-salon-volume-6-new-date-tickets-105701620392
A virtual salon. Artists and performers can share pieces in whatever stage of completion. Everyone else can comment and converse.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Tommy's Margarita, a Margarita without Triple-Sec: pour 2 oz. Reposado Tequila and 1 oz. each lime juice and Agave Syrup into an ice-filled cocktail shaker, shake, and pour (DO NOT strain) into a chilled rocks glass.
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Friday, June 12, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Words & Music: Dafnis Prieto
MUSIC
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020
6:00 PM
Jazz Gallery
Zoom
$15
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/happy-hour-dafnis-prieto
Dafnis Prieto is really one of my favorite currently active musicians. A percussionist with a unique, highly individual style — and, what's more, a unique, highly individual compositional voice.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: There really is nothing better than a Hemingway Daiquiri: pour 1-1/2 oz. white Rum, 1/4 oz. each Maraschino liqueur and grapefruit juice, and 3/4 oz. lime juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lime wedge.
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Friday, June 12, 2020, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
ETHEL and Friends: Balcony Bar from Home
MUSIC
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020 (Weekly)
5:00 PM
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Facebook
Free
https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-live-arts/ethel-online
The fab alt string quartet ETHEL brings its weekly recitals in the Met Balcony Bar home (theirs and yours). Expect old and new music, and surprise guests (from still more homes).
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: It's strange that in Mexico a Paloma is considered a "working man's drink", since I always think of it as rather dainty. But great! Rub the rim of a tall glass with a grapefruit wedge, and then rim it with salt. Pour 2 oz. grapefruit juice and 1 tablespoon lime juice, with 1 teaspoon sugar, into the glass. Stir in 2 oz. Tequila Blanco. Add ice. Top with 2 oz. club soda. Garnish with that grapefruit wedge.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Living Music with Nadia Sirota: Pirate Radio Edition
MUSIC
TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JUNE 9 & 11, 2020 (Semi-Weekly)
9:00 PM
Facebook
Free (donation requested)
https://www.facebook.com/LivingMusicwithNadiaSirota/
Twice a week, hostess with the mostess Nadia Sirota brings you exactly the kind of musicians this List focuses on.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: When life gives you mints, make a Gin-Gin Mule: muddle 10 mint leaves with 3/4 oz. lime juice and 1 oz. Simple Syrup in a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice. Pour in 1-1/2 oz. gin. Shake. Strain into a mule mug (or cocktail glass if you must) over ice Top off with 2 oz. ginger beer. Garnish with a mint sprig.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Zero Boy: The COVID Cabaret
PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020 (Weekly)
8:00 PM
Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse
YouTube
Free
http://www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/virtualplayhouse
Submit a 4-5 word suggestion, and Zero Boy will turn into into . . . improv comedy!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I'm sure Zero Boy would be happy to be accompanied by a Napoleon: pour 2 oz. Gin and one teaspoon each of Curaçao, Dubonnet, and Fernet into an ice-filled cocktail shaker, stir, and strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Dawn Kasper: Things Mother Used to Make
PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020
8:00 PM
Isolated Field Recording Series
ISSUE Project Room Live Stream
Free (donation requested)
https://issueprojectroom.org/event/isolated-field-recording-series-dawn-kasper-things-mother-used-make
Interdisciplinary performance artist Dawn Kasper steals a title from a 1912 cookbook and reflects on where we are and how we got here.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I'll bet Mother liked nipping at a Sherry Cobbler while she was cooking: muddle 3 orange slices with 1/2 oz. Simple Syrup in a cocktail shaker. Pour in 3-1/2 oz. Amontillado Sherry. Fill with ice. Stir. Strain into a Collins glass over ice. Garnish a lemon wheel, seasonal berries, and a mint sprig. Drink through a (metal!) straw.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
William Electric Black: I Will Never Clean My Room / The Cry
THEATER
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020
7:00 PM
TNC "On the Air"
Theater for the New City Live Stream
Free (donations requested)
https://theaterforthenewcity.net/?vh_show=new-virtual-live-reading-series-tnc-on-the-air
No one ever writes about William Electric Black without noting that he started out writing for Sesame Street. The plays that he presents under this guise are a good deal angrier. Here's a reading of two of them. Expect to feel like you've been punched in the gut.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: 100-Year-Old Cigar: rinse a chilled Martini glass or coupe with Absinthe. Pour 1-3/4 oz. dark aged Rum, 1/4 oz. peaty Scotch (like Laphroaig), and 3/4 oz. each of Cynar and Bénédictine, with 1 dash of Angostura bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into the rinsed glass.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Lisa Bielawa: Broadcast from Home
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020 (Weekly)
3:00 PM
Free
https://www.lisabielawa.net/projects-1
The imaginative and empathetic composer Lisa Bielawa — certainly one of those who have their own sound world that you can recognize immediately — has a coronavirus project in which she's soliciting short testimonies from the public reflecting on coronavirus experiences, writing melodies for them, giving them to singers to record, and then composing backing tracks for them. She'll post a new "chapter" each Thursday at 3 PM (and leave them up), toward the eventual end of their all forming a big piece — which the participants can get together to perform live on The Other Side!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I don't know if it will be the cause of it all, but this Mint Julep will be the cause of your depleting your mint overload: muddle 15 mint leaves with 1-1-2 teaspoons of Simple Syrup in a julep cup (or an Old Fashioned glass if you must — but really). Fill with crushed ice. Pour in 2-1/2 oz. Bourbon, and drizzle 3/4 oz. Simple Syrup on top. Garnish with mint sprig.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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Thursday, June 11, 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
MUSIC
TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JUNE 9 & 11, 2020 (Semi-Weekly)
10:00 AM
Metropolis Ensemble: House Music
Free
https://metropolisensemble.org/house-music
Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Metropolis Ensemble showcases ace musicians associated with its excellent self, or in any event friends of the ensemble, playing solo contemporary, classical, and newly commissioned pieces from home. I don't think this is live-streamed — I hope they're not making these musicians perform at 10 AM (especially the ones located in time zones west of here!) — but this is such a worthwhile initiative that it would be wrong not to List it.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Coffee.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
LoVid: April
PERFORMANCE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020
8:00 PM
Isolated Field Recording Series
ISSUE Project Room Live Stream
Free (donation requested)
https://issueprojectroom.org/event/isolated-field-recording-series-lovid-april
Interdisciplinary performance duo LoVid sculpts images taken this April into a noisy flickery rumination on our experience of the present "in these troubled times."
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: This seems to me to call for a Rosita: pour 1-1/2 oz. Reposado Tequila and 1/2 oz. each of dry Vermouth, sweet Vermouth, and Campari, with 1 dash of Angostura bitters, into an ice-filled cocktails shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Armory Comedy: Above Ground Pool
PERFORMANCE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020
8:00 PM
The Tank
Zoom
Free (email registration required for link)
https://thearmorycomedy.com/schedule/2020/5/26/above-ground-pool
Sketch comedy.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: You only have Tres Hands: pour 3/4 oz. each of Mezcal, Reposado Tequila, sweet Vermouth, and Campari, with 3 dashes of mole (or chocolate) bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a cocktail cherry.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Words & Music: Dan Tepfer
MUSIC
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020
6:00 PM
Jazz Gallery
Zoom
$15
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/happy-hour-dan-tepfer
Dan Tepfer is a jazz pianist, except he's a classical pianist. Whatever: he's a good pianist.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: As Robert Simonson has said, if the Obituary is your deathbed drink, you haven't done too badly: pour 2 oz. Gin and 1-1/2 teaspoons each of dry Vermouth and Absinthe into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Living Music with Nadia Sirota: Pirate Radio Edition
MUSIC
TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JUNE 9 & 11, 2020 (Semi-Weekly)
9:00 PM
Facebook
Free (donation requested)
https://www.facebook.com/LivingMusicwithNadiaSirota/
Twice a week, hostess with the mostess Nadia Sirota brings you exactly the kind of musicians this List focuses on.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: When life gives you mints, make a Gin-Gin Mule: muddle 10 mint leaves with 3/4 oz. lime juice and 1 oz. Simple Syrup in a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice. Pour in 1-1/2 oz. gin. Shake. Strain into a mule mug (or cocktail glass if you must) over ice Top off with 2 oz. ginger beer. Garnish with a mint sprig.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Saul Williams / Ted Hearne: Place
MUSIC / THEATER
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020
8:00 PM
New Sounds Live Stream
Free
https://thegreenespace.org/event/ted-hearne-saul-williams-place-a-world-premiere/
Here's the remarkable thing: I saw a live performance of Saul Williams and Ted Hearne's lively, affecting, disquieting, eclectic but solidly R&B-inflected music-theater piece treating gentrification and displacement back in the days when they still had live performances. I've also seen a snippet of this remote video production, performed by the singers and musicians from their homes. And — I can't believe it — the remote video production is better, just as disquieting but even more affecting, than the live show was. Will wonders never cease.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I don't know about you, but I've got tons of mint on hand. ¡Mojito! Muddle 8 mint leaves in a cocktail shaker. Fill it with ice. Pour in 2 oz. white Rum, 3/4 oz. lime juice, and 1 oz. Simple Syrup. Shake. Strain into a Collins glass over ice. Stir in 1/2 oz. club soda. Garnish with a mint sprig.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
The Shallow B-Rate Spectacle: Tea Time with Shelton Whimsy
PERFORMANCE
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020 (Weekly)
7:30 PM
Dixon Place DP TV
Facebook
Free (donations requested)
http://dixonplace.org/performances/tea-time-with-shelton-whimsy-06-09-20-2/
Shelton Whimsy was a neo-vaudevillian in happier times; now that there are no live performances he's become a video artist. Here he chats, tells stories, and welcomes special guests..
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Salomé: pour 3/4 oz. each of Gin, dry Vermouth, and Dubonnet Rouge into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martin glass or coupe. Some people like to add a dash of bitters. Some people like to garnish with an orange or lemon twist.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
MUSIC
TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JUNE 9 & 11, 2020 (Semi-Weekly)
10:00 AM
Metropolis Ensemble: House Music
Free
https://metropolisensemble.org/house-music
Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Metropolis Ensemble showcases ace musicians associated with its excellent self, or in any event friends of the ensemble, playing solo contemporary, classical, and newly commissioned pieces from home. I don't think this is live-streamed — I hope they're not making these musicians perform at 10 AM (especially the ones located in time zones west of here!) — but this is such a worthwhile initiative that it would be wrong not to List it.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Coffee.
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Monday, June 8, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Words & Music: Nir Felder
MUSIC
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2020
6:00 PM
Jazz Gallery
Zoom
$15
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/happy-hour-nir-felder-2
Several nights a week, the Jazz Gallery is putting on early evening remote sessions where jazz musicians play and chat with the audience (limited to 15 people per show). I'm recommending them selectively, but check out the website for a full listing. This evening's show features Nir Felder, a really interesting guitarist.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The big decision when making an Old Fashioned is whether you use Rye or Bourbon. I tend to prefer Rye's sharp spiciness over Bourbon's mellow sweetness as a matter of principle — but goddamn it, sometimes you're just in the mood for a sweeter, mellower libation. Really you can't go wrong either way. Place a sugar cube in an Old Fashioned glass (duh) and wet it with a dash or two of Angostura bitters and maybe a very tiny bit of club soda. Muddle (and kind of spread the sugar around). Add ice. Pour in 2 oz. Rye or Bourbon. Garnish with an orange twist.
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Monday, June 8, 2020, 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM
The Amory Solo Festival
PERFORMANCE
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2020
5:00 – 11:00 PM
The Armory Comedy/The Tank
Zoom
Free (email registration required for link)
https://thearmorycomedy.com/schedule/2020/6/8/the-armory-solo-festival
An evening of solo performances put on by The Tank's improvisational comedy branch.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Spend the evening drinking Gin Rickeys (they're not only light, refreshing, and delicious — but they're fun to make!): squeeze the juice of half a lime into a highball glass filled with ice cubes. Throw the squeezed lime into the glass. Pour in 2 oz. Gin, and then top off with about 6 oz. club soda. Stir. Repeat.
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Sunday, June 7, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Out of an Abundance of Caution
THEATER / MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2020 (Weekly)
7:30 PM
The Brick
Twitch
Free (tips encouraged)
https://www.bricktheater.com/event/out-of-an-abundance-of-caution-volume-twelve/
Some of the leading forces in Brooklyn experimental theater curate a weekly series of stuff from beyond the beyond: enormous fun!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A Full House: pour 1-1/2 oz. Rum and 3/4 oz. each of dry Vermouth and Swedish Punsch into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Sunday, June 7, 2020, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Edward Einhorn: Performance for One
THEATER
TUESDAY, THURSDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 4, & 7, 2020 (continuing "as long as interest lasts")
10-minute intervals from 11:00 – 1:00 PM TUESDAY
10-minute intervals from 2:00 – 4:00 PM THURSDAY & SUNDAY
Untitled Theater Company #61
Skype
Free
http://www.untitledtheater.com/previous-productions/performance-for-one.html
The Skyped performances of this one-on-one theater piece, which has probably gotten more positive List subscriber feedback than anything I've ever recommended, are continuing indefinitely. When this 10-minute-each-of-two-parts piece, with one actor performing in an enclosed space for one audience member, involving close interaction between actor and audience member exploring memory and the performer-audience relationship, played live around the City last year, it threatened to be a bit precious and potentially more than a bit intrusive . But as a one-on-one Skype experience, it seems perfect — just what all we people ensconced alone in our apartments need right now. Most of the successive 10-minute slots are reserved in advance by email, but a few are left open for virtual walk-ins. Bravo to Edward Einhorn and Untitled Theater Company #61 for a truly timely and extremely well-thought-out enterprise.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: This early in the day, you'd want a Pimm's Cup: 2 oz. Pimm's No. 1 Cup (you have some, right?) and 3 oz. lemon soda, lemon/lime soda, or ginger ale (I have to say that my own preference is for lemon soda) in a tall glass over ice, garnished with two or more of a cucumber slice, a strawberry, a celery or rhubarb stalk, an orange or lemon wheel, or whatever you have on hand, really.
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Sunday, June 7, 2020, 1:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Sandbox Percussion: Super Sandbox Sunday
MUSIC
SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2020
1:00 – 8:30 PM
Sandbox Percussion Live Stream
Free (donations requested: this is a FUNDRAISER)
https://sandboxpercussion.com/benefit2020/
Even though her own show has been cancelled, you can still hear Molly Joyce's music — among a plenitude of other things — at Sandbox Percussion's all-day fundraising marathon. Sandbox is yet another marvelous small percussion ensemble doing exactly the kind of music this List supports: smart, inquisitive, and fun.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: On the one hand, it seems disrespectful to suggest a drink during these serious times. On the other hand, you may feel you can use one more than ever. Harry Craddock "invented" (it's actually virtually identical to existing cocktails) the Strike's Off to commemorate the end of the 1926 general strike in Great Britain in support of the rights of coal miners: pour 1-1/2 oz. Gin and 3/4 oz. each Swedish Punsch and lemon juice (you can also use lime juice) into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Not to detract from Sandbox Percussion, but you might want to play The Byrds doing "The Bells of Rhymney", based on a poem about the continuing mistreatment of miners after the strike, while drinking it.
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Saturday, June 6, 2020, 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Eschaton
PERFORMANCE
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2020 (Weekly)
10:00 PM
Zoom
$10
https://chorusproductions.ticketspice.com/eschaton
An immersive experience in which viewers wander from room to virtual room seeing different variety acts and interacting with them.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: It's late on a Saturday, so I'm going to recommend something strong. Don't blame me for how you feel Sunday morning. Nineteen-Twenty Pick-Me-Up: pour 2 oz. Absinthe, 1 oz. Gin, 1 teaspoon Simple Syrup, and 1 dash each of Angostura and orange bitters into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a wine glass, and fill the rest up with soda water.
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Saturday, June 6, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Peter Charney: Distant Visions
THEATER
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2020
7:30 PM
Dixon Place DP TV
Zoom
Free (donations requested)
http://dixonplace.org/performances/distant-visions/
A set of short plays focusing on such contemporary concerns as distance, uncertainty, and connection.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: El Presidente just such a superb cocktail: pour 1-1/2 oz. white Rum, 3/4 oz. each of dry Vermouth and Curaçao, and 1/4 teaspoon of Grenadine, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Saturday, June 6, 2020, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Jennifer Koh: Alone Together
MUSIC
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2020 (Weekly)
7:00 PM
ARCO Collaborative
Instragram & Facebook Live Streams; YouTube Video
Free
https://arcocollaborative.net/projects/AloneTogether/index.html
An almost staggeringly well-intentioned initiative (and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible) from the fantastic violinist Jennifer Koh. The idea is this: there are active composers who have stable incomes from salaries or grants and other forms of institutional support; and there are active composers who freelance. Koh approached 21 composers have who stable incomes and asked them each to donate a 30-second micropiece for solo violin; in addition, she asked each of those composers to recommend a freelance composer, each of whom will be paid to compose a 30-second micropiece. Koh (who is donating her own considerable services) will premiere a few of the resulting works every Saturday at 7:00 PM on Instagram and Facebook live streams; if you don't feel comfortable exposing your personal data to the Evil Empire of Surveillance Capitalism, the shows will then reside on YouTube as videos. Just beyond great.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: It's been a while since we treated ourselves to an Adonis: pour 1-1/2 oz. each of Fino (or Manzanilla) Sherry and sweet Vermouth, with 2 dashes of orange bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe — or even a wine glass. Squeeze an orange peel into the drink, and then discard (the orange peel, not the drink).
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Saturday, June 6, 2020, 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM
David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
MUSIC
SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2020
3:00 & 7:00 PM
Mountain Lake PBS
Facebook & Zoom
Free
https://mountainlake.org/hillandhollow/
Avant-garde/klezmer/jazz/classical clarinet-piano duo David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg present a video performance of the acoustic portion of their new album on Facebook, with a live meet-and-greet following each presentation on Zoom.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I see us sipping Brown Derbies during this: pour 2 oz. Bourbon, 3/4 oz. grapefruit juice, and 1/2 oz. honey syrup into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.
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Friday, June 5, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Downtown Variety
THEATER / MUSIC / PERFORMANCE / DANCE
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 (Weekly)
8:00 PM
La MaMa Live Stream
Free (donation requested)
http://lamama.org/downtown-variety-9/
Each week (except they took last week off) La MaMa assembles a bunch of experimentalist dancers, performers, actors, media artists, musicians, and what have you, and sees what happens when they live stream. It's almost always at the very least interesting.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The Bobby Burns is kind of Autumnal, if not downright Wintry. But if you're getting a little tired of all this Spring-into-Summer shit, it's also kind of delicious: pour 2 oz. blended Scotch, 3/4 Oz. sweet Vermouth, and 1/2 Bénédictine into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 8:00 PM – Sat, Jun 6, 2020, 9:00 PM
The Tank: Rule of 7x7
THEATER
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 5 & 6, 2020
8:00 PM
Zoom
Free (with registration)
https://thetanknyc.org/cybertank-calendar/7x7/virtual/8
https://thetanknyc.org/cybertank-calendar/7x7/virtual/9
Seven playwrights were assembled to each to write a short 10-minute play. Each had to come up with a rule to be followed in writing the plays; and all had to abide by all seven rules the seven playwrights had come up with. The plays are now performed. People have loved the past iterations of this (it's now being done every two weeks). Of course, some people also haven't — but the whole premise assumes a mixed bag.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The Tank promises "unlimited booze" ("provided by yourselves"). Let's take them up on that with some Palmettos: pour 1-1/2 oz. each of dark Rum and sweet Vermouth, with 1 dash of orange bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Friday, June 5, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Marwa Helal & Saint Abdullah:Your Wait Time Will Be
PERFORMANCE / MUSIC
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020
8:00 PM
Issue Project Room Online
Free
https://issueprojectroom.org/event/nomadic-signals-marwa-helal-saint-abdullah-your-wait-time-will-be
Arab-futurist performance polymath Leyya Tawil's Nomadic Signals series goes online with a piece by poet Maraw Helal with a musical assist from Saint Abdullah that seems just about perfect: a "meditatively noisy reflection on the intersections of pandemic and bureaucracy".
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Toronto: pour 2 oz. Rye and 1/4 oz. each of Fernet and Simple Syrup, and 2 dashes of orange bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Squeeze an orange peel into the drink, and toss it in as a garnish.
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Friday, June 5, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Dance Quarantine
DANCE
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 (Weekly)
7:30 PM
Dixon Place DP TV
YouTube
Free (donations requested)
http://dixonplace.org/performances/dance-quarantine-7-06-05-2020/
Dancers and choreographers react to The Quarantine.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The 1795 may seem complicated — but it'll help you empty out your liquor cabinet: pour 1-1/2 oz. Rye and 1/2 oz. each of sweet Vermouth (Carpano Antiqua by preference), Punt e Mes, Campari, and Aperol, with 1 dash of chocolate bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Flame an orange peel into the drink, and garnish with the flamed peel.
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Friday, June 5, 2020, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
ETHEL and Friends: Balcony Bar from Home
MUSIC
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 (Weekly)
5:00 PM
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Facebook
Free
https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-live-arts/ethel-online
The fab alt string quartet ETHEL brings its weekly recitals in the Met Balcony Bar home (theirs and yours). Expect old and new music, and surprise guests (from still more homes).
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A perfect drink for an early Friday evening, the Fresh Air: muddle 2 orange slices and 5 thyme sprigs in a cocktail shaker. Pour in 1 oz. Gin, 3/4 oz. each of Vermouth Blanc and lemon juice, and 1/2 oz. Simple Syrup. Shake very hard. Strain into a wine glass half filled with ice. Stir in 1 oz. Belgian-style White Ale. Garnish with another thyme sprig.
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Friday, June 5, 2020, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Molly Joyce: Breaking and Entering
MUSIC
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020
5:00 PM
New Amsterdam Records
YouTube
Facebook
Free
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/molly-joyce-breaking-and-entering-album-release-party-tickets-106836773666
Molly Joyce makes entrancing electroacoustic music, prominently featuring her favored instrument the toy organ, that manages to sooth and provoke in equal measure. Her new album, Breaking and Entering — having an implicit theme of the consequences, positive and negative, of physical disability — is a great listen. Tonight she celebrates its official release, with music from the record, performances, and chat.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I think I like the Fair Harvard even more than the plain old Harvard cocktail it springs from: pour 2 oz. Pisco and 1 oz. Vermouth Blanc, with 3 dashes of orange bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a Martini glass or coupe. Squeeze a lemon twist into the drink, and then drop the peel in.
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Friday, June 5, 2020, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
#stillHERE: Trey Lyford & Geoff Sobelle
PERFORMANCE
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020
1:00 PM
HERE Live Stream
Free
https://here.org/shows/stillhere/
https://www.facebook.com/hereartscenter/
Two matchless clowns — almost unbelievable masters of physical theater — take their act online. Does physical comedy work as well on a computer screen as on stage? Let's find out!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Roman Holiday: muddle 6 mint leaves and 1/4 oz. Simple Syrup in a cocktail shaker. Pour in 1 oz. each of sweet Vermouth and Amaro (Averna by preference) and 3/4 oz. lemon juice. Add ice. Shake. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a lemon wedge and a mint sprig.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Puppet Playlist: Home
THEATER / PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020
8:00 PM
Sinking Ship Productions Live Stream
$10 donation requested (registration required)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/puppet-playlist-30-home-streaming-edition-tickets-106004209444
Sinking Ship Productions knows a thing or two about excellent puppet theater. So when they take their puppet-theater showcase online (thus enabling them to feature creators from around the globe), you can expect something special.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Red Light Negroni: pour 1 oz. each of Genever, sweet Vermouth, and Campari into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with an orange twist.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Zero Boy: The COVID Cabaret
PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020 (Weekly)
8:00 PM
Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse
YouTube
Free
http://www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/virtualplayhouse
Submit a 4-5 word suggestion, and Zero Boy will turn into into . . . improv comedy!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I'm sure Zero Boy would be happy to be accompanied by a Napoleon: pour 2 oz. Gin and one teaspoon each of Curaçao, Dubonnet, and Fernet into an ice-filled cocktail shaker, stir, and strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Billy X. Curmano & Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo: From Talismans to Comfort Items
PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020
7:30 PM
Dixon Place DP TV
Zoom
Free (donations requested)
http://dixonplace.org/performances/from-talismans-to-comfort-items-06-04-20/
Two performance artists, one cloistered by the Mississippi River and the other by the Bronx River, engage during Quarantine with each other and with their Zoom audience (which is requested to bring talismans and comfort items of their own).
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I don't know why, but I see us drinking Gold Rushes with this: pour 2 oz. Bourbon and 3/4 oz. each of lemon juice and honey into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake REALLY HARD. Pour into a rocks glass over ice.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Whitney George: Julie
OPERA
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020
7:00 PM
New Camerata Opera Live Stream
Free
https://www.newcamerataopera.org/events/
Composer Whitney George's music-theater pieces are always enjoyable. So this brand-new filmed opera about a 17th Century French bisexual opera singer/swordswoman seems kind of a sure thing.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A Between the Sheets (which believe it or not was probably invented in Paris) is a good cocktail to drink at home, cuz I for one would be embarrassed to order it by name at a bar. Pour 3/4 oz. each of light Rum, Cognac, and Cointreau, and 1/2 oz. lemon juice, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Eva Dorrepaal: Raising a Revolutionary
THEATER
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020
7:00 PM
TNC "On the Air"
Theater for the New City Live Stream
Free (donations requested)
https://theaterforthenewcity.net/?vh_show=tnc-on-the-air-presents-raising-a-revolutionary
Dutch actress Eva Dorrepaal presents a sort of non-musical prequel to Hamilton.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: For obvious reasons, it's hard to resist recommending a Barbadian Gin Punch here: pour 2 oz. each of Genever and coconut water and 1/2 oz. each of lime juice and Demerara Syrup, with 2 dashes of Angostura bitters, into a tall glass filled with crushed ice. Swizzle. Drink.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
MV Carbon
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020
6:00 PM
Kitchen Broadcast
Free
https://thekitchen.org/event/broadcast-week-10
I've called MV Carbon "The Cellist Of The Future". But really, she's more than that. She's the cellist/mulitdisciplinary artist/theorist of the future.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Water Lily: pour 3/4 oz. each of Gin, Cointreau, Crème de Violette, and lemon juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Louna Dekker-Vargas: Deep Flute Dive
MUSIC
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020
6:00 PM
Groupmuse
$18
https://www.groupmuse.com/events/10714-deep-flute-dive
List fave flautist Louna Dekker-Vargas plays some specialties, ranging from Bach and Marais to Debussy and Ravel to Varèse and the obscure (except to flautists) Bozza.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A French Blonde seems about right: pour 1 oz. Gin, 2 oz. each Lillet Blanc and grapefruit juice, and 1/2 oz. St-Germain, with 3 or 4 dashes of lemon bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Lisa Bielawa: Broadcast from Home
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020 (Weekly)
3:00 PM
Free
https://www.lisabielawa.net/projects-1
The imaginative and empathetic composer Lisa Bielawa — certainly one of those who have their own sound world that you can recognize immediately — has a coronavirus project in which she's soliciting short testimonies from the public reflecting on coronavirus experiences, writing melodies for them, giving them to singers to record, and then composing backing tracks for them. She'll post a new "chapter" each Thursday at 3 PM (and leave them up), toward the eventual end of their all forming a big piece — which the participants can get together to perform live on The Other Side!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: There are a few different drinks going under the name Petite Fleur. This is one that isn't insane to prepare: pour 1-1/2 oz. white Rum and 3/4 oz. each of Cointreau and grapefruit juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a cocktail cherry.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Edward Einhorn: Performance for One
THEATER
TUESDAY, THURSDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 4, & 7, 2020 (continuing "as long as interest lasts")
10-minute intervals from 11:00 – 1:00 PM TUESDAY
10-minute intervals from 2:00 – 4:00 PM THURSDAY & SUNDAY
Untitled Theater Company #61
Skype
Free
http://www.untitledtheater.com/previous-productions/performance-for-one.html
The Skyped performances of this one-on-one theater piece, which has probably gotten more positive List subscriber feedback than anything I've ever recommended, are continuing indefinitely. When this 10-minute-each-of-two-parts piece, with one actor performing in an enclosed space for one audience member, involving close interaction between actor and audience member exploring memory and the performer-audience relationship, played live around the City last year, it threatened to be a bit precious and potentially more than a bit intrusive . But as a one-on-one Skype experience, it seems perfect — just what all we people ensconced alone in our apartments need right now. Most of the successive 10-minute slots are reserved in advance by email, but a few are left open for virtual walk-ins. Bravo to Edward Einhorn and Untitled Theater Company #61 for a truly timely and extremely well-thought-out enterprise.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: This early in the day, you'd want a Pimm's Cup: 2 oz. Pimm's No. 1 Cup (you have some, right?) and 3 oz. lemon soda, lemon/lime soda, or ginger ale (I have to say that my own preference is for lemon soda) in a tall glass over ice, garnished with two or more of a cucumber slice, a strawberry, a celery or rhubarb stalk, an orange or lemon wheel, or whatever you have on hand, really.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Metropolis Ensemble: House Music
MUSIC
TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JUNE 2 & 4, 2020 (Semi-Weekly)
10:00 AM
Free
https://metropolisensemble.org/house-music
Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Metropolis Ensemble showcases ace musicians associated with its excellent self, or in any event friends of the ensemble, playing solo contemporary, classical, and newly commissioned pieces from home. I don't think this is live-streamed — I hope they're not making these musicians perform at 10 AM (especially the ones located in time zones west of here!) — but this is such a worthwhile initiative that it would be wrong not to List it.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Coffee.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Contagion Cabaret
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020
7:30 PM
Dixon Place DP TV
YouTube
Free (donation requested)
http://dixonplace.org/performances/contagion-cabaret-06-03-20/
The promotional description of this show —"artists responding to this challenging time of self-isolation and social distancing during COVID-19 lock-down" — sounds so dour. But the lineup promises pure (actually, impure) fun!
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A Casino Cocktail is fun! Pour 2 oz. Old Tom Gin and 1/4 oz. each of Maraschino liqueur and lemon juice, with 2 dashes of orange bitters, into a rocks glass over ice. Stir. Garnish with a cocktail cherry and an orange twist (or, so as not to be wasteful, a twist of the lemon you just juiced).
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Happy Hour Hang: Walter Smith III
MUSIC
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020
6:00 PM
Jazz Gallery
Zoom
$15
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/happy-hour-walter-smith-3-2
Several nights a week, the Jazz Gallery is putting on early evening remote sessions where jazz musicians play and chat with the audience (limited to 15 people per show). I'm recommending them selectively, but check out the website for a full listing. This evening's show features saxman Walter Smith III, who makes in-the-tradition sound fresh.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I know I plugged this last week, but I'm still feeling a Martinez. Let's stick with Jerry Thomas's original recipe: pour 1 oz. Old Tom Gin (you can use regular Gin if you must), 2 oz. sweet Vermouth, and 1 teaspoon of Maraschino liqueur, with two dashes of Angostura or orange bitters (your choice!) into an ice-filled cocktail shaker, stir, and strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe (or a Nick and Nora glass if you have one).
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Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 2:00 PM – Sat, Jun 6, 2020, 10:00 PM
Verdi: Lady M
OPERA
WEDNESDAY – SATURDAY, JUNE 3 – 6, 2020
2:00 & 8:00 PM WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY
7:00 & 900 PM THURSDAY
8:00 PM SATURDAY
Heartbeat Opera
Zoom
$20
https://www.heartbeatopera.org/lady-m
Heartbeat Opera was going to give one of their politicized updates to Verdi's Macbeth this Spring, but you know what happened. So instead they're doing a series of "virtual soirées", where a limited Zoom audience will interact with a cast member, who will do a live musical performance and host rehearsal footage and a music video of Lady M's killer Sleepwalking Scene (of course, obsessive handwashing doesn't seem so ominous these days).
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A nice Corpse Reviver No. 2 variation! Creeping Death: Pour 3/4 oz. each of Gin, Cointreau, Cynar, and lemon juice, with 1/2 teaspoon of Absinthe, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
The Shallow B-Rate Spectacle: Tea Time with Shelton Whimsy
PERFORMANCE
TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2020 (Weekly)
7:30 PM
Dixon Place DP TV
Zoom
Free (R.S.V.P. required)(donations requested)
http://dixonplace.org/performances/tea-time-with-shelton-whimsy/
Shelton Whimsy was a neo-vaudevillian in happier times; now that there are no live performances he's become a video artist. Here he chats, tells stories, and welcomes special guests..
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Young Man Cocktail: pour 2-1/4 oz. Brandy, 3/4 oz. sweet Vermouth, and 1/2 teaspoon Curaçao, with 1 dash of Angostura bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass, coupe, or even better, Nick and Nora glass. Garnish with a cocktail cherry or an orange twist. Or really, why not both?!
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
NAR
MUSIC
TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2020
6:00 PM
Kitchen Broadcast
Free
https://thekitchen.org/event/broadcast-week-10
Middle-Eastern tinged electronic dance music from NAR.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Have I recommended a Japanese Cocktail yet? I think so. Well, I'm doing it again: pour 2 oz. Cognac and 1/2 oz. Orgeat, with 2 dashes of Angostura bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Squeeze a lemon twist into the drink, and then drop the twist in.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CyberTank Variety Show
THEATER / PERFORMANCE / DANCE
TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2020 (Weekly)
4:00 PM
The Tank
Twitch
Free
https://thetanknyc.org/cybertank
Performing artists from around the world share what they've been working on.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: A nice Fabiola: pour 3/4 oz. each of Brandy, Vermouth Blanc, and Grand Marnier into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Edward Einhorn: Performance for One
THEATER
TUESDAY, THURSDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 4, & 7, 2020 (continuing "as long as interest lasts")
10-minute intervals from 11:00 – 1:00 PM TUESDAY
10-minute intervals from 2:00 – 4:00 PM THURSDAY & SUNDAY
Untitled Theater Company #61
Skype
Free
http://www.untitledtheater.com/previous-productions/performance-for-one.html
The Skyped performances of this one-on-one theater piece, which has probably gotten more positive List subscriber feedback than anything I've ever recommended, are continuing indefinitely. When this 10-minute-each-of-two-parts piece, with one actor performing in an enclosed space for one audience member, involving close interaction between actor and audience member exploring memory and the performer-audience relationship, played live around the City last year, it threatened to be a bit precious and potentially more than a bit intrusive . But as a one-on-one Skype experience, it seems perfect — just what all we people ensconced alone in our apartments need right now. Most of the successive 10-minute slots are reserved in advance by email, but a few are left open for virtual walk-ins. Bravo to Edward Einhorn and Untitled Theater Company #61 for a truly timely and extremely well-thought-out enterprise.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: This early in the day, you'd want a Pimm's Cup: 2 oz. Pimm's No. 1 Cup (you have some, right?) and 3 oz. lemon soda, lemon/lime soda, or ginger ale (I have to say that my own preference is for lemon soda) in a tall glass over ice, garnished with two or more of a cucumber slice, a strawberry, a celery or rhubarb stalk, an orange or lemon wheel, or whatever you have on hand, really.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Metropolis Ensemble: House Music
MUSIC
TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JUNE 2 & 4, 2020 (Semi-Weekly)
10:00 AM
Free
https://metropolisensemble.org/house-music
Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Metropolis Ensemble showcases ace musicians associated with its excellent self, or in any event friends of the ensemble, playing solo contemporary, classical, and newly commissioned pieces from home. I don't think this is live-streamed — I hope they're not making these musicians perform at 10 AM (especially the ones located in time zones west of here!) — but this is such a worthwhile initiative that it would be wrong not to List it.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Coffee.
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Monday, June 1, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Bindlestiff Open Stage Variety Show Quarantine Edition
PERFORMANCE
MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020 (Weekly)
7:30 PM
Dixon Place DP TV
YouTube
Facebook
Free (donations requested)
http://dixonplace.org/performances/bindlestiff-quarantine-edition-06-01-2020/
The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus presents magicians! Jugglers! Aerialists! Performance artists! Trained rats (sometimes)! I can just about promise you'll enjoy this.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: I can't top the Monkey Gland as a pairing for this, so I'm gonna keep repeating it (albeit still without any guaranties about um virility). Do the coat-a-chilled-glass (Martini glass or coupe)-with-Absinthe thing. Then pour 2 oz. Gin, 1 oz. orange juice, and 1/4 oz. Grenadine into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake, and pour into the Absinthe-coated glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
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Monday, June 1, 2020, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
MUSIC
MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020
7:30 PM
Music Mondays
Facebook
Free
https://www.facebook.com/Music-Mondays-145851504032/
Clarinetist David Krakauer plays, with both technique and imagination seemingly unconstrained, avant-garde, klezmer, jazz, and classical. He and his pianist partner, Kathleen Tagg, had created an immersive multi-media concert experience in support of their new album. But tonight they'll be playing in their living room. They'll present a fuller (but not live) account (but still not of the immersive multi-media part) on Sunday.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Remember the Alimony: pour 3/4 oz. Gin and 1-1/4 oz. each of Fino Sherry and Cynar in a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with an orange twist.
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Monday, June 1, 2020, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Day of Musical Action
MUSIC
MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020
4:00 – 8:00 PM
Kaufman Music Center Live Stream
Free (but bear in mind this is a fundraiser)
https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/page/kaufman-day-of-musical-action/
A day of bad mainstream classical, good mainstream classical, bad mainstream pop, seemingly no good mainstream pop, no non-mainstream pop . . . and Missy Mazzoli, Caroline Shaw, Ellen Reid, the JACK Quartet, and Nathalie Joachim!!!!! Fortunately, there's a schedule.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: When someone like Desmond Child comes on, the best thing to do is hit yourself on the head with a wooden board and hope you don't wake up till he's over. In general, though, you could do worse than spending the late afternoon and early evening sipping Tom Collinses: pour 2 oz. Old Tom Gin (you can use plain old London Dry if you're unfortunate enough not to have any Old Tom around) (a circumstance I hope you'll remedy), 3/4 oz. lemon juice, and 1 oz. Simple Syrup into a cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into an ice-filled Highball or Collins glass. Top with soda water. Garnish with a lemon wedge and a cocktail cherry. (I'll acknowledge that the traditional method of preparation is to build this drink in the glass — but I will go to my death insisting that you get a better blend of the ingredients when you shake them.)
