The Early Word: The New Cookers at BAMcafe

1. Inspired by Freddie Hubbard’s seminal album, The Night of the Cookers, excel in the hard bop and free jazz of a gone but not forgotten era. , 30 Lafayette Ave. 9 p.m. Free.

2. Creating an encounter between visual and verbal forms of representation, between the faults, slippages, and tensions that arise when representing images with words. BRIC Rotunda Gallery, 33 Clinton St. (Brooklyn Heights). Noon. Free.

3. Dr. John's continues with special musical guests Telmary Diaz, James Andrews and the Blind Boys of Alabama. Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave. 8 p.m. $35.

4. with proceeds benefiting The Woodwind Ensemble, PS 20 FARMS, The Artist In Residence Program and more at P.S. 20. , 85 S. Oxford St. 6 p.m. $20.

5. Alternate side parking rules are in effect.