Pencil This In

ART: As a "happy anniversary" to The Velvet Underground and Nico (40 years!), John McWhinnie honors the rock legends (and the release of that album) with a collection of rare memorabilia and art(rock)ifacts. Come by to check out film stills by Warhol, "never before published or publicly shown photographs of the band by Adam Ritchie, Paul Morrisey and Doug Yule," and original lyrics by Lou Reed. More info here.

10am to 6pm // John McWhinnie @ Glenn Horowitz Bookseller [50 1/2 E 64th St] // Free

READING: Rue McClanahan, you know her as Blanche Devereaux from The Golden Girls (we know you watch the reruns), is in town tonight. Her new autobiography, My First Five Husbands... and the Ones Who Got Away, is out and she's ready to school you in life, love and whatever else she's learned in her years.

7pm // Barnes & Noble [33 E 17th St] // Free

EVENT: It's a slow music night, so instead we give you a non-music option at our favorite music venue. Union Hall is holding a Spelling & Grammar Bee! See how well you do under the influence.

8pm // Union Hall [702 Union St, Park Slope] // Free

THEATER: Four bold-faced theater names have teamed for Deuce, Terrence McNally’s new play about two former doubles stars who reunite at a championship tennis match. Angela Lansbury and Marian Seldes play the players; Michael Blakemore (Kiss Me Kate, Copenhagen) directs the legends as they “remember past successes, rehash old rivalries and reveal astonishing secrets.” While the story sounds dramatically slight, Lansbury and Seldes, who aren't getting any younger, are not to be missed. And McNally's always good for a laugh, if not more. (In previews.) - John Del Signore

8pm // Music Box Theatre [239 W 45th St] // Ticket prices vary