To-Do: A Public Space, The Rejection Show, or Matt Pond PA

• Former Paris Review hottie Brigid Hughes reads from the debut issue of her my-way-or-the-highway literary magazine A Public Space. John Haskell and Claudia Gonson make cameos. [flavorpill]
• Continuing with the theme of "couldn't get it published anywhere else," Jon Friedman hosts The Rejection Show, a comedy hour featuring material rejected from other arenas. One man's trash is another man's polite laughter. [Upcoming]
• Matt Pond PA brings his lush, depressing rock to the Bowery Ballroom. California act dios (malos) open, providing just enough jangly pop to make sure you don't kill yourself. [Oh My Rockness]