‘Lady Sings Sinatra’ at Fort Lee Public Library Sunday

The is hosting a concert Sunday by husband and wife team Francine Evans and Joel Zelnik called “Lady Sings Sinatra: A New Look at a Legend” in commemoration of Frank Sinatra’s birthday.

Though Sinatra was actually born on Dec. 12, 1915 in Hoboken, the concert a week earlier than his actual birthday will feature Evans paying tribute to the legendary singer’s legacy “from a dame’s point of view,” according to organizers, who describe the show as “a solid program of the ‘Chairman of The Board’s’ hit after swinging hit with a great New York, New York.”

Evans, “a graduate of New York City’s cabaret rooms,” according to organizers, has performed in New York, Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Japan and Greece. The music teacher has produced nearly 40 shows.

Her husband, Zelnik, is a contemporary of Bill Evans, and has entertained five presidents and been a pianist and bandleader for thousands of events worldwide, organizers say, including New York City’s Windows On The World and The Rainbow Room.

You can sample some of the husband and wife duo’s music by clicking here. For more information about Evans and Zelnick, visit their website.

“Lady Sings Sinatra” is Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Fort Lee Public Library and is part of the library’s continuing free holiday concert series.

Remaining performances are as follows, according to the library:

• Banjo Rascals – Sunday, Dec. 11, 2 p.m., described by the library as a “family-oriented holiday concert.”

“Wear your Santa hats and bring the children,” organizers of the Sunday holiday concert series say. “Listen to Dixieland, dueling banjos and dance in the aisles.”

• Svitlana Syrtsova and Sergey Krivonos – Sunday, Dec. 18, 2 p.m., which the library is calling a “piano duo extravaganza.”

This show “includes all-time classical favorites” like Schubert’s Fantasy, excerpts from Grieg’s Peer Gynt, Camille Saint-Saen’s Carnival of Animals and Aram Khachaturian’s Masquerade.

All concerts are about 90 minutes long.

For more information or to reserve seating for a group, contact Olga Kuharets at 201-592-3614, ext. 4010.