Pencil This In

EVENT: Together, the New York Book Club and the Gotham Center present "Resistance: A Radical History of the Lower East Side," with Michael Rosen, Al Orensanz, Jay Blotcher, and moderator Clayton Patterson. They'll tell you all about how the LES "experienced massive changes during the 1980s and 90s," including stories from the activists, writers, artists, and residents who lived it. More info here.

6pm // LES Tenement Museum [108 Orchard St] // Free

MUSIC: Tonight Martha Wainwright, Chris Thile (from Nickel Creek), Jim Campilongo, Ari Hest and The Bees take the WFC stage together for a show celebrating another New York stage: The Living Room. All alums of the famed venue will be celebrating the it at this free show tonight.

7pm // WFC Plaza (200 Liberty St, directions here) // Free

AUCTION: The BARC Shelter is holding their Art Auction tonight. Come out and support our fluffy friends by bidding on work by local artists. The reception includes wine and h'ors doeuvres. The shelter is just around the corner, so maybe you could check out some cute pups, cats and bunnies (!) while you're at it.

7:30pm // BARC [86 N 1st St, Williamsburg] // $25

MOVIE: It was only a matter of time before a film about everyone's favorite hipster mecca graced the big screen. Come out to Galapagos to see Williamsburg: The Film tonight, it promises to be "a voyeuristic picture about seven artists living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and their comical, usually absurd, intertwining lives." The cast of characters ranges from "a coke-head film producer" to "a bulimic, failing, closet- homosexual male actor."

7:30pm (every Tuesday in June) // Galapagos [70 N 6th St] // $10

THEATER: Can’t be bothered to wait on line all day for Shakespeare in the Park? For $15 or less, venture to the other end of Shakespeare’s spectrum (and forgo The Public Theater’s extravagant production and celebrity casting) to check out Theatre of the Expendable’s Dick 2 (a.k.a. Richard II). True, it’s in the third floor of a building in Chelsea instead of the park, but their twisted style is sure to transport you away from all that: “What happens when a sensitive poetic boy becomes king of the world’s most powerful nation at 10? Without Prozac, the odds don’t look good. What does look good is the story of Shakespeare’s Richard II. Bursting at the seams with poets and thugs, fantasia and realism, martyrdom and brutality, DICK 2 offers one of the most mesmerizing political and psychological tales ever told." – John Del Signore

8pm // Joria Productions [260 W 36 St, 3rd Floor] // Tickets cost between $8-$15.