News? We've got it
As another sub-50 degree rolls in today, now might be the ideal time to head inside the doors of a museum while March weather is still--well, March weather. There's a bunch of exhibitions going on at the Met right now, including one on art of the Plains Indians. Cool Stuff.
NEED TO KNOW
Netanyahu Found Votes In Israeli Right Wing [Wall Street Journal]
Racial Tensions Heat Up at University of Virginia [Washington Post]
De Blasio Embraces Religious Groups [New York Times]
New Clues Emerge in Harlem Gas Explosion [New York Times]
It's Official: New Yorkers Have Longest Commute in Nation [Gothamist]
SPORTS
Yesterday
The Nets fell to Cleveland, 117-92
The Rangers lost to Chicago, 2-1
Today
The Knicks play Minnesota at 7:30
WEATHER
Sunny, with highs around 45 degrees. {Full Report]
ON STAGE TONIGHT
Phil Lesh featuring Warren Haynes, Barry Sless, Rob Barraco and John Molo @ the Capitol Theatre
Modest Mouse (with Mimicking Birds) @ Webster Hall
Jimmie Vaughan @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
Dave And Phil Alvin With The Guilty Ones (with The Far West) @ City Winery
Willie Nile (with The Liza Colby Sound and Jeremy And The Harlequins) @ Rough Trade NYC
Jonathan Edwards @ the Turning Point
Howard Jones @ the Paramount
Katrina formerly of Katrina And The Waves @ Iridium
Soulive And The Shady Horns featuring Anders Osborne and George Porter Jr. (with Curtis Harding) @
Brooklyn Bowl
Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons @ the Beacon Theatre
Maceo Parker @ the Blue Note
Herb Alpert And Lani Hall @ Café Carlyle
Bill Frisell And Thomas Morgan @ the Village Vanguard
The NettWork Trio featuring Stanley Jordan, Jeff Tain Watts and Charnett Moffett @ Birdland
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today in 1941, the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of pilots in the US Military, is officially activated.
