1. John Mayer + Corey Harris play at Webster Hall tonight if that's your thing. Mayer is returning to his blues roots, the ones he developed in Fairfield, CT strangely enough. [Village Voice]
2. Original punk priestess Patti Smith performs at Bowery Ballroom tonight and tomorrow in a two day warm-up before her big New Year's gig there. [Bowery Ballroom]
3. Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice opens tonight at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and Loews East Village Theatre. Go see Pacino get his Shylock and scream on.
4. DJ McCUTCHEON! Rock and roll, Britpop and more at 12" Bar on Essex below Houston.