Tonight Friday September 28th, 2012, if you're not in the mood to face the opening night crowds of BEAR CITY 2 but are looking for something a little more music oriented, consider giving Shaynee Rainbolt's show at the Metropolitan Room a try.
Gorgeous and talented, I first met Shaynee a few months ago when she and her girlfriend jazz impresario Terese Genecco threw caution to the wind and became our first guests at the Ritz. Both sang and they were electric but since Shaynee is a redhead, I may have to give her the edge (we redheads have to stick together, we're going to be extinct in a 100 years! LOL).
Seriously though, she's been playing the Metropolitan Room for the past few Fridays gathering great review after great review and so this is a show that you shouldn't miss (although unfortunately I am not going to make it myself).
Actually, if you really wanted to make an evening of it, you could go to the Bear City 2 premiere at the Cinema Village on W. 12th Street at 7 and still be out in time to walk up to W. 22nd Street and catch Shaynee's show at 9:30pm. Because in New York, you can't take in every single thing that happens, but we here do have to become expert time managers so that we can take advantage of as many of things offered as possible. :) There is a Chipotle halfway in between and the Metropolitan Room does serve snacks (and of course as per my last blog post, the popcorn at the Cinema Village is pretty damn awesome).
There's a $25 cover and a 2 drink minimum and you can click here to make reservations and click here to read an excellent review of the show on the Bistro Awards blog by Roy Sander.
As a side note, Terese will return to The Will Clark Show on Thursday November 8th as a guest of Uptown Express but you can catch her at Iridium alternates between the third or last Tuesday of every month, her next show there is on Tuesday October 30th with a tribute to Francis Faye (my ex BF drooled when he heard that, he's a huge Francis Faye fan). Click here for Terese's website and then click on the calendar to find out all about her appearances. :)
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