Pencil This In

READING: It's the first Tuesday of the month, which means...there's a Sci-Fi reading! "Now In its 19th year, the New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series has showcased some of the most prominent and upcoming authors in the genre. However, the series' commitment to providing a venue as an ongoing science fiction reading series in New York City, is open to all works of speculative fiction, whether they be works of fantasy, magical realism, horror, or science fiction." 40 years ago, Samuel R. Delany narrated a radio adaptation of his novella, The Star Pit, for The Mind's Eye Theatre, Baird Searles' ongoing series of radio dramas at New York's listener-sponsored WBAI-FM. Tonight the anniversary of the broadcast is celebrated with Delany himself.

6:30 // South Street Seaport Museum's Melville Gallery [213 Water St] // $5 donation

MUSIC: Two Gallants (pictured) take on Gramercy Theater tonight. This band always impresses and this time around they're back with a new album in tow (listen to new and old songs here). We sort of love them. Blitzen Trapper opens.

7pm // Gramercy Theater [127 East 23rd St] // $17

THEATER: The Mint Theater Company continues their mission of reviving all-but forgotten but strikingly relevant plays with their unearthed Tolstoy gem The Power of Darkness. The play is set in 1886, years before the abolition of Russian serfdom, when most peasants had about as many rights as a sack of rotting potatoes. The juicy story swirls around an ailing, tyrannical but comparatively comfortable peasant and his serf-wife Anisya, who becomes drawn into an affair with her husband’s hot new farm hand. A dark storm of murder, adultery and infanticide ensues. Martin Denton calls it a remarkable play with scenes “of human behavior at its most desperate and cruel.”– John Del Signore

7pm // Mint Theater [311 West 43rd Street] // Tickets cost $55

TRIVIA: We've still yet to hit up the Sound Fix trivia night, despite our love of rock trivia. Think you know your stuff? A bit of a music snob, are you? Well then head over there and show 'em what you got. Drinks and prizes...and drink prizes...will be up for grabs.

8pm // Sound Fix [110 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg] // Free