{"id":38849,"date":"2013-07-17T16:37:27","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T20:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=38849"},"modified":"2013-07-18T11:08:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T15:08:44","slug":"this-thursday-agaves-finest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/07\/garden-programming\/this-thursday-agaves-finest\/","title":{"rendered":"This Thursday: Agave’s Finest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cocktails\"<\/a>Cr\u00e8me Yvette, lime, and one all-important choice to finish it: tequila or mezcal? We’re moving off from the last Cocktail Evening<\/em><\/a>‘s gin and cucumber combo toward something on the smoky side of the spectrum, couching the refreshing flavors of berry liqueur in everyone’s favorite agave spirits. And with the city baking like a blueberry pie this week, I can’t think of many things better than a complimentary cocktail, a stroll through\u00a0Wild Medicine<\/a><\/em>, and some music after dark to shrug off the day’s heat.<\/p>\n

On stage, “Italia in Jazz” spotlights the musical talents of the Marco Pignataro Quartet<\/a>, paying a proper tribute to timeless Italian standards and original compositions alike. And with Marco and his saxophone at the helm, the night’s entertainment is in good hands! Originally from Bologna, Italy, Pignataro has taken the stage with such jazz greats as Eddie Gomez and Danilo P\u00e9rez. In concert with the latter, he now leads Berklee’s Global Jazz Institute in Boston, but that hasn’t stopped him from performing on stages around the world\u2014and he’ll be right at home with his quartet here at the Garden.
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\nSince this season\u2019s musical performances take place in our outdoor pavilion tent, you\u2019re welcome to bring a blanket and a picnic dinner to set up on the nearby lawn (seating here is limited, so find your spot early), or purchase dinner and other refreshments here. We’ll also have a cash bar for those who look to continue the night beyond their complimentary cocktail. We\u2019ll also have the famed Mike\u2019s Deli<\/a> from Little Italy in the Bronx on hand offering authentic Italian food samplings, along with The Bronx Beer Hall <\/a>supplying a selection of samples from our borough\u2019s own Jonas Bronck\u2019s Beer Company. Of course, you can always wait until afterwards to head over to the famed Arthur Avenue, where we\u2019ve teamed with some of our favorite Italian restaurants to offer dinner discounts for Cocktail Evening<\/em> ticket holders. Check out the participating locations here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\"Cocktail<\/a>\n

For MasterCard holders, we also offer a champagne pre-party<\/a> beginning in the Shop in the Garden<\/a> and moving on to Wild Medicine<\/em><\/a>. Because why wouldn\u2019t you make a full night of it?<\/p>\n

With less than a day until July’s exclusive Cocktail Evening<\/em>, and tickets dwindling, you may want to think about registering as soon as possible<\/a>. There\u2019s only one per month through August 15!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smoky mezcal, candlelight, and lilting Italian jazz\u2014grab tickets to July 18’s Cocktail Evening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":38850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[3373,4671,3386,4640,3096],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Cocktails.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-a6B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38849"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38870,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38849\/revisions\/38870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}