Music
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RETURN OF THE LEMONHEADS A lead singer for alternative-pop band the Lemonheads, Evan Dando, performs selections from the group’s self-titled album, the first in a decade. Band members include drummer Bill Stevenson and bassist Karl Alvarez. Accompanying acts include the Vietnam and the Hymns. Friday, 8 p.m., Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place, between 15th and 16th streets, 212-777-6800, $22.50.
STRINGS ON HIGH The Guarneri String Quartet performs its second concert in the Metropolitan Museum Concerts series. The program includes Haydn’s String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54, No. 2, Janácek’s String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata,” and Beethoven’s String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131. Musicians include violinists Arnold Steinhardt and John Dalley. Saturday, 8 p.m., Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd Street, 212-570-3949, $60.
IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN A former backup singer for fellow Philadelphia native Jill Scott, Vivian Green, performs selections from her self-titled sophomore album of soulful R&B. Saturday, 8 p.m., B.B. King Blues Bar & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues, 212-997-4144, $25.
