Singer-songwriters Bev Grant (pictured) and Joe Jencks will swap songs for two sets of roots music at the Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor on Dec. 10, beginning at 8 pm. Comment.

If I had a boyfriend, I’d consider taking him to Cantina, a Mexican restaurant on the edge of Park Slope. It’s dark inside. Dampness lurks behind the aroma of chili, and there’s something illicit about the tables tucked into the dark corners in back. Comment.

"I’m going to make you a pizza you can’t refuse," says a poster hanging on the back wall of Casa Calamari, an Italian seafood restaurant in Bay Ridge, harking back to the classic "Godfather" line. And how could you resist such an offer from a young Marlon Brando pictured with a mean slice of pizza? It’s just one of several new additions to the restaurant’s menu. Comment.

A star-studded cast will take the St. Ann’s Warehouse stage on Dec. 8 for Arts at St. Ann’s 25th anniversary benefit bash. Among the musicians (aka barflies) who will perform "Fire at Keaton’s Bar & Grill" are Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed (pictured), Dan Zanes & Cynthia Hopkins, the Jazz Passengers, Marc Anthony Thompson and Nellie McKay. Deborah Harry will reprise her role as the bartender in Roy Nathanson’s song cycle about a mythical dive bar. Comment.

Unusually rich in both spirit and history is traditional Jewish klezmer music. Its unique blend of jazz, folk and even classical idioms results in an exuberantly irresistible and completely contagious musical form. Comment.

Letters: I write to you today in response to Drew Pisarra’s review of “Who is Wilford Brimley? The Musical” [“Soggy Oats,” GO Brooklyn, Nov. 20]. It seems that Mr. Pisarra took the play a bit too literally. Comment.

In Warren Leight’s semi-autobiographical play "Side Man," the subject is talented trumpeter Gene Glimmer, whose passion for his music eclipses his love for his wife and child. Comment.