Pencil This In

HAPPY HOUR: You read the Onion, and you probably drink whiskey...so why not combine the two tonight? The Onion crew enjoys the simple pleasures of life in WIlliamsburg with some free Jameson Irish Whiskey in the name of alcohol preservation.

7 to 9pm // Live at Rose [345 Grand St, Williamsburg] // Free, RSVP nypromo (a) theonion.com

EVENT: Mikhail Baryshnikov, ballet superstar, has joined forces with illustrator Vladimir Radunsky in creating Because..., a children's book. Celebrity authors are also helping out with this "playful book about being true to oneself regardless of how others react." Guess Baryshnikov has been busy after portraying Carrie's boyfriend, Alexander Petrovsky, on Sex and the City. Tonight he's at the 92nd St Y with Radunsky.

8pm // 92nd St Y [1395 Lexington Ave] // $25

THEATER: The Devil on All Sides is the first American production of work by Fabrice Melquiot, one of the most celebrated contemporary French playwrights. His 2003 play examines the Bosnian war through the eyes of a Serbian military deserter who has fallen in love with a Muslim. This new production is being brought to P.S. 122 by acclaimed San Francisco company foolsFURY; their adventurous style “mines the border between theater, dance, and spectacle.” – John Del Signore

8:30pm // P.S. 122 [150 First Ave] // Tickets cost $18.

MUSIC: If you couldn't get in to Paul McCartney's "secret" intimate show tonight at Highline, check out The Jealous Girlfriends, Liam & Me and The Shorebirds at the Annex or Clair, The Jones Street Boys and Wynn Walent at Union Hall. We've been enjoying both Wynn Walent and The Jealous Girlfriends lately, so it's a tough call. Listen: It's OK.mp3 - Wynn Walent

8pm // The Annex [152 Orchard St] // Price TBA
8pm // Union Hall [702 Union St, Park Slope] // $7