Tech – Dec. 7
MAC-PACKING DISTRICT
As of 6 p.m. today, iFanatics tired of traveling to SoHo or Midtown every time their iPod freaks out will have a new option in the Meatpacking District, where a brand-new store is opening its doors. Granted, this area is known for its nightlife, but the shop’s Genius Bar will be a most welcome addition, and bottle service isn’t required. The Apple Store, 401 W. 14th St., at Ninth Avenue; (212) 444-3400.
Jazz – Dec. 7
LOVE ME TENOR
Bennie Wallace, 61, a tenor saxophonist who bridges traditional and avant jazz, focuses on his classical side when he brings a nine-piece band to the Jazz Standard (116 E. 27th St.; [212] 576-2232) today through Sunday. Wallace will celebrate the music of Coleman Hawkins, the sax great who is well known for his composition “Body and Soul.” Wallace, who wrote the score for “White Men Can’t Jump,” recently released “Disorder at the Border,” a live tribute to Hawkins, who died in 1969. Tickets are $25-$30, and shows are at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., and there’s an additional 11:30 show tonight and tomorrow night.
– Mary Huhn
Brass – Dec. 9
TOTALLY TUBULAR
Hundreds of tenor- and bass-tuba players will congregate on the rink at Rockefeller Center Sunday for a free one-hour performance of holiday favorites, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Not that these blowhards will be hard to find, but the show’s at 30 Rockefeller Center, between 49th and 50th streets and Fifth and Sixth avenues; (212) 332-7654.
Shop – Dec. 8
SHOPPERS GET BUSTED
Bust Magazine’s Holiday Craftacular brings 200+ vendors to the Metropolitan Pavilion tomorrow for a one-day shopping event with deejays, drinks and Amy Sedaris, who will be selling cupcakes and signing her new book, which is titled … wait, she’ll be selling cupcakes? Forget the gratuitous book promo – we’re there! Tickets for the 10 a.m.-to-8 p.m. event are only $1, and the first 300 attendees get goodie bags at 125 W. 18th St.; (212) 675-1707, bust.com/craftacular.
Record – Dec. 8
ON THE RECORD
Those who find iTunes gift cards lacking in the it’s-the-thought-that-counts department can stock up at ARChive of Contemporary Music’s “Sneaky Santa” extravaganza, where 20,000 LPs and CDs priced from $2 to $8 are on sale tomorrow through Dec. 16. Boasting the “largest music library in the world,” ARChive specializes in hard-to-find recordings such as a Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” picture disc, which is being sold alongside cutouts from leading indie labels like Rough Trade and Mute Records. Collectors will also find rare prints, including a Jimi Hendrix concert poster peeled off the wall of Detroit’s Grande Ballroom, which sells for $1,900. The sale’s at 54 White St.; (212) 226-6967.
Music – Dec. 7
BAND ON THE FUN
While music legend Paul McCartney may be playing around, he’s not currently playing around here. But the next-best thing to seeing Sir Paul in concert happens this weekend when the Losers Lounge pays tribute to the ex-Beatle. Former Psychedelic Furs keyboardist Joe McGinty leads a top-rate collection of musicians and special guests through McCartney’s greatest hits tonight and tomorrow at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 at Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St.; (212) 539-8778.
Film – Dec. 7
LYNCH PIN
Pencil this in on your schedule: “Eraserhead,” David Lynch’s 1977 shocker about the baby from hell, today begins a two-week revival at the IFC Center. It stars wire-haired Jack Nance, who appeared in nearly every Lynch movie until he died Dec. 30, 1996, at age 53, from head injuries. Nance claimed to have been hurt in a brawl at an all-night doughnut shop in California, but cops believe he was more likely to have been injured in a drunken fall. The IFC Center is on Sixth Avenue, near Third Street, in the West Village; (212) 924-5246.
– V.A. Musetto