DANCE
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JULY 6 & 7
8:00 PM

Barak Ballet
The Joyce Theater
175 8th Avenue, Chelsea, Manhattan

$26-$46
https://joyce.org/performances/barak-ballet

This looks really good.  LA dancer/choreographer Melissa Barak's program centers on a piece called E/SPACE, featuring digital effects that look to be, um, psychedelic.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Venezuelan food is no longer as unrepresented in New York as it was when El Cocotero first opened.  But you still don't see it coming and going, and as this place shows, it can be extremely tasty (and quite quite filling!).