As a child, the violin ensemble I was in played a Sunday afternoon concert at the Village Gate so I’ve always had a soft spot for that Bleecker Street club. I’ve also been hearing about  Le Poisson Rouge a new club that’s been having some great shows, including a record release show for Simone Dinnerstein’s new CD back in August. Turns out it’s the Village Gate reborn. Here from the Times:

Half a century after he opened the Village Gate — and 14 years after he reluctantly closed it — Art D’Lugoff is back at the legendary club. The old sign is still there on the corner of Thompson and Bleecker Streets, even if the old club has been remade into Le Poisson Rouge.

An aquarium is suspended in front of a portrait of the composer Philip
Glass at Le Poisson Rouge, where the goal, its owners say, is the
eclecticism in music and art that was characteristic of the Village
Gate.

But Mr. D’Lugoff, 84, is very
much in the house — this time as a consultant — ready to book the kinds
of double and triple bills that made the Village Gate the site of
unforgettable performances by musicians like Gillespie and Coltrane
(and comedians like Cosby and Seinfeld, too). On Monday, he revived one
of his oldest and most popular concoctions, the Salsa Meets Jazz series, hoping to attract the kind of mix on stage and in the audience that can  happen only in New York.

“This
is what’s most needed artistically,” Mr. D’Lugoff said. “So many people
had been asking me if I would ever bring that back. I like the
crossover that happens here, and that’s crucial. It’s two great types
of music that have a lot in common and bring people together.”