5 Things: Peter Gordon and Love of Life Orchestra at Roulette

1. Join the club. Head over to powerHouse on 8th for Middle Grade Book Club: Navigating Early.  Join powerHouse for the next installment of their Middle Grade Book Club (Ages 9 to 12) with staff member and kids' book blogger Jordan Nielsen of TheRustyKey.com. This month’s book is “Navigating Early” by Clare Vanderpool. The discussion will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the store 1111 Eighth Ave, between 11th and 12th streets. Club members who purchase the book in the store will receive a 15% discount on each month’s book.   

2. Get political. Don’t miss 35th City Council District Candidates Forum at P.S. 9, 80 Underhill Avenue between St. Marks Avenue and Bergen Street, at 7 p.m. Join the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council, the Crown Heights North Association and the Crow Hill Association for a discussion of issues affecting our communities with the candidates who hope to be the next City Council member representing the 35th District. Come and hear where the candidates, Olanike Alabi, Laurie Cumbo, Ede Fox, Jesse Hamilton, F. Richard Hurley and Jelani Mashariki, stand on issues important to you. The discussion will be moderated by Mark Winston Griffith, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Movement Center. Residents and business owners of Crow Hill, Crown Heights and Prospect Heights are encouraged to submit questions for the forum online using Google Moderator.    

3. Solve some problems. Go to New York Transit Museum, at Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, for the event Problem Solvers. Hosted by transit blogger Ben Kabak of Second Ave. Sagas, this continuing series of compelling one-on-one interviews with transit leaders, thinkers, innovators and “problem solvers.” This time, Kabak sits down with Joseph Nugent, Interagency Liaison between the NYPD and NYCT, to discuss public security and safety as it relates to transit in our city. Make reservations here.  

4. Play Roulette. Check out Roulette Presents: Peter Gordon and Love of Life Orchestra at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave, at 8 p.m. The Love of Life orchestra (LOLO) will perform Symphony #5, which emphasizes the orchestral dimension of the LOLO. The new piece Symphony #5, is a culmination of work Peter Gordon has been composing over the past five years in a multi-movement format. It is compositionally intricate, at the same time allowing for the musical personae of the musicians to come forth. This event will feature Peter Gordon on the sax and organ and LOLO veterans Peter Zummo on the trombone, Ned Sublette and Randy Gun on guitar, Max Gordon on the trumpet, Paul Shapiro on the sax and the Afro-Cuban jazz powerhouses Robby Ameen and Elio Villafranca on piano, Yunior Terry on bass and Katie Porter on clarinet.   

5. Move your car. The DOT’s alternate-side parking rules are in effect today.