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THEATER: Biography is a largely forgotten 1932 comedy by S. N. Behrman, who wrote witty and flattering plays for high society. In the Pearl Theatre’s current revival, Carolyn McCormick (Law & Order) plays Marion Froude, a free-spirited, liberated lady in her 40s who draws heat when she decides to write a tell-all about her eccentric life. One of the colorful characters from her past who dreads the exposure is a U.S. Senate hopeful; sparks fly when Ms. Froude refuses to self-edit. Martin Denton calls it “a delightful, giddy, smart screwball comedy of ideas.” - John Del Signore

7pm // The Pearl Theatre [80 St. Mark’s Place] // Ticket prices vary.

MUSIC: Peter & The Wolf, Artanker Convoy and Heavy Creatures share a stage tonight, and they want to know, "Where better to celebrate our glorious brotherhood of socialist ideals then with your comrades at the Union Hall!" Tickets still on sale, here.

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

Earlier in the day, Tribeca Film Festival and ASCAP open their Music Lounge (which is at the Canal Room). The lineup for today is:

3:00 p.m. - Kenna
3:40 p.m. - Yerba Buena
4:20 p.m. - Rhett Miller
5:00 p.m. - Glen Hansard
5:40 p.m. - Jimmy Webb

Various Times // The Canal Room [285 West Broadway at Canal Street] // Only open to badge holders

READING: Michael Chabon reads from his latest novel, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union tonight, to be followed by a discussion with Salon.com’s Laura Miller.

From the New York Times profile on Chabon and his new novel: "Mr. Chabon takes a historical footnote, a pie-in-the-sky proposal to open up the Alaska Territory in 1940 to European Jews marked for extermination, and asks: What if? What if this proposal, which in real life was supported by the secretary of the interior, Harold Ickes, but killed in Congress, had actually passed? What if Jews had poured into a frigid island instead of the Middle Eastern desert, and the state of Israel had never been created? What if the small settlement of Sitka had grown into a teeming Jewish homeland, a land not of milk and honey but of salmon and lumber?"

8pm // 92nd Street Y [1395 Lexington Ave] // $18

FILM: Reel Life Movie House (which takes place every two weeks) brings together a classic feature film and several local shorts, turning Galapagos into a screening room. This week catch David Bowie in Labyrinth, alongside some select shorts.

8pm // Galapagos [70 N 6th St, Williamsburg] // Free