To Do: Hardcore, Onion Comedy, or William Rhoden

• Make your way over to the Whitney and check out Walter de Maria's Hardcore. Alas, it's visual art and not porn, but you can't win them all. [flavorpill]
• The Onion's monthly comedy series debuts tonight at Joe's Pub; you won't get Jean Teasdale, but Michael Ian Black should suffice. [NYM]
• Times columnist William Rhoden reads from his book The $40 Million Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete, in which he likens the sports industry to a plantation. Yeah, that's not going to raise an eyebrow or anything. [Paper]