• Gothamist celebrates its third birthday while presenting their sixth musical showcase at the Knitting Factory, featuring Burnside Project, Metal Hearts, and Slowlands. Three years old, eh? It seems like just yesterday that Jake Dobkin was just a wee lad, dreaming a big, bloggy dream... [Gothamist]
• All the fun of Haight-Ashbury, but only half the drugs: Elevator Repair Service presents No Great Society, a perfomance piece inspired by the beat writers and their trippy ways. [flavorpill]
• Author Jonathan Lethem gives a reading of hand-picked short stories tonight at Symphony Space. Why use your own stuff when you can get attention reading someone else's? [Upcoming]