Break open your piggy bank, rob a neighbor, spend your student-loan money, beg your parents for cash and head to the beautiful Algonquin Hotel, where cabaret’s great young hope, Maude Maggart, sings in the Oak Room. It ain’t cheap, but the lovely singer’s show about parents and children will provide a uniquely New York experience. And you will be treated like a king in the midst of a horrendous recession.
Don’t have that much cash?
A mere $5 admits you to NYU Kimmel Center to see a smart hip-hop bill featuring Kidz in the Hall, Nyle and 88 Keys.
North Carolina indie-rock band the Rosebuds plays The Bell House with a special treat: comedian Todd Barry.
Todd Rundgren has had a long, bizarre career—in recent years alone, he’s produced the New York Dolls and subbed for Ric Ocasek in the Cars. Tonight, he’s at intimate City Winery.
And at Cornelia Street Café, the folky group Sometymes Why—featuring members of Crooked Still, Uncle Earl and the Mammals—plays from its new album, Your Heart Is a Glorious Machine.
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