Pencil This In

DISCUSSION: A performance artist, an art critic, an art scholar, a restaurateur, and a gallery owner all walk in to a bar...Oh wait, that's not the beginning of a joke. Those creative types will all be at The New Museum tonight though for their Hot Button! discussion series. Find out their motivation behind the craft. What will win, love or money?

6:30 to 8pm // Cooper Union [7 E 7th St // $6

THEATER: Bhutan is a little country in the Himalayas whose remoteness becomes a source of talismanic enchantment in Daisy Foote’s current play of same name, which tracks a New England family’s vicissitudes after their father’s death. The action is summarized thusly: “Frances Conroy wonders how she ended up here. Her mother is driving her crazy. Her aunt is stalking a married man. Her brother is in prison. She dreams of Bhutan but can barely find the kitchen door." - John Del Signore

8pm // Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street // Tickets

MUSIC: So we all know there's too much going on musically in this town right now to make just one pick. But if we had to, we'd say you can't go wrong with Favourite Sons, Professor Murder, Annuals, Vietnam, The Big Sleep and Bound Stems. We've talked about the latter enough as is, but the rest of the lineup is pretty solid as well. The Big Sleep wowed us last time we checked them out and we've been meaning to drop in on Professor Murder for some time (clip above). All of this at an unpretentious, unassuming little venue in Brooklyn? For FREE?! We say: yes please.

8pm // The Syrup Room [100 Ingraham, Brooklyn] // Free