Morning Brief: February 27

by Rob Palazzolo | 02/27/2015 | 5:00am

Morning Brief: February 27

As March comes along, it's your last chance for some Winter activites

The last weekend of February is upon us, and although March is hardly going to feel like spring at first, now's your chance to get in those last-minute winter-specific events. The Bryant Park ice rink and winter village closes Sunday, so get there pronto. Rockefeller Center is at least open until April. And curling lessons in Prospect Park end March 25. You know, in case you like curling. 

NEED TO KNOW

Putin Threatens Gas Shipments to Ukraine, Europe  [Washington Post

Homeland Security Department Shutdown Likely to be Averted  [Washington Post

Brooklyn Would-Be ISIS Fighters Led Seemingly Normal Lives  [New York Times

Mystery of Maraschino Cherry Factory Marijuana Farm Deepens  [New York Times

Long Island Teachers Get High Rankings From State  [Newsday

SPORTS

Yesterday

The Rangers beat Arizona, 4-3

Today

The Knicks play Detroit at 7:30

The Nets take on Houston at 8

The Islanders take on Calgary at 7

The Devils play Boston at 7

WEATHER

Partly Cloudy, highs at 30 degrees  [Full Report]

ON STAGE TONIGHT

TONIGHT (Friday the 27th):
 
Dr. John featuring The Nite Trippers and The Ske Dat De Dat Horns with Nicholas Payton, Sarah Morrow: musical director @ 
Town Hall
 
Joan Osborne featuring Keith Cotton (with Derik Hultquist) @ the Outpost in the Burbs
 
Sleater-Kinney (with Lizzo) @ Terminal 5
 
North Mississippi Allstars And Anders Osborne present N.M.O. @ the Capitol Theatre
 
Vanilla Fudge Carmine Appice, Vince Martell, Mark Stein, Pete Bremy @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
 
The Duke Robillard Band @ the Towne Crier Café
 
Midge Ure (with Jane Badler) @ Iridium
 
The Dodos (with Springtime Carnivore) @ the Music Hall of Williamsburg
 
Sean Watkins (with Jill Andrews) @ Rockwood Music Hall
 
Natalie MacMaster And Donnell Leahy @ the Mayo Performing Arts Center
 
2:54 and Honeyblood (with Okay Kaya) @ Rough Trade NYC
 
Wynonna And Friends @ the NYCB Theatre at Westbury
 
Poi Dog Pondering (with Pete Molinari) @ City Winery (Tonight and tomorrow)
 
WFUV PRESENTS: Nicole Atkins @ Landmark on Main Street
 
WFUV PRESENTS: The Keb’ Mo’ Band @ the Tarrytown Music Hall
 
TOMORROW (Saturday the 28th):
 
Dr. John And The Nite Trippers @ the Norwalk Concert Hall
 
The Keb’ Mo’ Band @ the Space at Westbury
 
“British Invasion Tour! 2015” featuring Chad And Jeremy, Peter Asher, Billy J. Kramer, Mike 
Pender’s Searchers, Denny Laine and Terry Sylvester @ the Tarrytown Music Hall
 
JD McPherson (with Dylan Pratt) @ the Music Hall of Williamsburg
 
The Gaslight Anthem (with Northcote and The Scandals) @ Terminal 5
 
Jukebox The Ghost (with Little Daylight and Secret Someones) @ Irving Plaza
 
Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger (with Summer Moon, Tall Tall Trees and Invisible Familiars) @ Baby’s All Right
 
Winterpills @ the Living Room
 
Uriah Heep (with Awaken) @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
 
Spin Doctors @ the Capitol Theatre
 
Tab Benoit @ the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
 
The Fab Faux @ the Wellmont Theater
 
Bush (with Theory Of A Deadman and Stars In Stereo) @ the Starland Ballroom
 
Beth Hart (with Matt Andersen) @ the Gramercy Theatre
 
SUNDAY (the 1st):
 
Diana Krall @ the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts (at LIU Post)
 
The Juliana Hatfield Three (with Potty Mouth) @ the Bowery Ballroom
 
Uriah Heep (with Awaken) @ the Ridgefield Playhouse
 
Altan (with Ciaran O Maonaigh And Caitlin Nic Gabhann) @ City Winery
 
Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band (with Scott Sharrard And The Brickyard Band) @ Brooklyn Bowl
 
Tab Benoit @ the Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne
 
Mary Fahl @ the Ringwood Public Library
 
Jerry Douglas Presents Earls Of Leicester with Red Molly @ the Tarrytown Music Hall
 
Garnet Rogers @ the Turning Point
 
Gaelic Storm @ the South Orange Performing Arts Center

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today in 1844, the Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti

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