Renee Fleming

plus Cautious Clay, Jade Bird, Perfume Genius, Anjimile, and more things to stream this week.

NY PopsUp is ”a nation-leading initiative to accelerate the revival of the arts: the creative energy that defines NY” that will feature over 300 pop-up arts events across New York state, beginning February 20 and running through Labor Day…

Cyndi Lauper, who hosts her own holiday show at Beacon Theater on 12/6, will join Rufus and Martha Wainwright at the first of their two holiday shows at Town Hall later in the month…

Paul Simon at Webster Hall in 2011 (more by Ryan Barkan) Songwriting legend Paul Simon was recently paid tribute to at Carnegie Hall and not long before that played 2 MSG shows w/ Sting…

Weedeater @ the Charleston in 2009 (more by Paul Birman) today in NYC * Ninjasonik @ SOB’s * Louis CK @ Carolines * Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl * Brain Cloud @ Barbes * Greg Cohen @ The Stone * Skuli Sverisson @ The Stone * Chicago Afrobeat Project @ Cameo * Gwar @ Starland Ballroom (NJ) * Holcombe Waller @ Joe’s Pub * The Jolly Boys @ Hiro Ballroom * Bon Jovi @ Madison Square Garden * Charlie Hunter @ Rose Live Music * Phyllis Chen, Proper Glue Duo @ Barbes * Allen Ritter, Ninjasonik @ Public Assembly * My Morning Jacket @ VH1 Storytellers * Francis and the Lights @ Le Poisson Rouge * Porcelain Raft, Aislyn @ Mercury Lounge * Bustle In Your Hedgerow @ Brooklyn Bowl * Princeton, The Front Bottoms @ Mercury Lounge * Ravens & Chimes, Harper Blynn @ Cameo Gallery * Girl Talk, Max Tundra, Junk Culture @ Terminal 5 * Wanda Jackson, The Lustre Kings @ Bowery Ballroom * My Best Fiend, Mike Bones, Open Ocean @ Union Pool * Yellow Ostrich, Holy Spirits, Empress Hotel @ Pianos * Weedeater, ASG, Naam, Clean Teeth @ Santos Party House * Barrington Levy, The Skatalites, The Itals @ Irving Plaza * Collide-O-Scope Music, Toomai Quintet @ Issue Project Room * BRAHMS, Acrylics, New Moods, Tanlines (DJ set) @ Glasslands * Neko Case & Michael Showalter @ Barnes & Noble Union Square * Radical Dads, Quilty, Diehard, Mala Strana, Ovlov @ Silent Barn * …

Former Velvet Underground members Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule will make an extremely rare joint public appearance on Dec. 8 at the New York Public Library…