MUSIC
TUESDAY, JUNE 5
6:00 PM

Spektral Quartet
Pop-Up Concerts
Miller Theater at Columbia University
2690 Broadway, Morningside Heights, Manhattan

Free
https://www.millertheatre.com/events/spektral-quartet

You'd figure a fertile New Music scene like Chicago's would feature a really good string quartet -- and Spektral is it.  They bring to this recital a piece by a Chicago composer, Eliza Brown.  They in turn play a piece by one of the stars of their host institution, George Lewis -- although Chicago native Lewis of course has deep musical roots in his home city by way of the AACM.   Then there's a piece by another Columbia-affiliated musician, David Fulmer (whom I, for one, know as an excellent violinist and conductor, but who is an award-winning composer as well).  This should all be completely absorbing -- and superbly played.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  People have been so happy with my Manna's steam-table soul food recommendation that I can't help but repeat it.  The location at Fredrick Douglass Boulevard near 127th St. is the closest.  And with a concert this early, you can get there afterwards before their punishing 9:00 PM closing!