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READING: It's another First Tuesday event at McNally Robinson, and this time around author and activist Mark Crispin Miller invites Anthony Lappe to center stage. The executive editor of the Guerilla News Network also produced an award-winning documentary on the war in Iraq for Showtime. More recently, he's created a graphic novel called Shooting War with illustrator Dan Goldman, which is "a spoof of the network news, the war in Iraq, and the burgeoning 'citizen journalism' movement set in the near future." Expect a lively discussion about all of the above!

7pm // McNally Robinson [52 Prince St] // Free

EVENT: Drinking Liberally invites you to "watch liberally, cheer loudly and debate lividly" tonight, all with a drink in your hand and the New Hampshire primaries on TV. They wonder if the Granite State surprise the nation, and invite partisans of all stripes, and undecideds, to come find out.

7pm // Circus Bar [9th Ave between 43rd and 44th] // Free

MUSIC: It's Ecastatic Peace night at the Knit. The night is named after Thurston Moore's record label and as such features bands with his stamp of approval (though be warned, he did approve Pagoda). Tonight enjoy the eccentric sounds of MV & EE with The Golden Road, Thurston Moore Groop, Tall Firs, Religious Knives and a deejay set by Derek Stanton of Awesome Color. That's quite a hefty lineup!

8pm // The Knitting Factory [74 Leonard St] // $12

Before that, head over to the Virgin Megastore for an in-store performance by London songstress Kate Nash. Her Bowery show is sold out, so it's your only chance to catch her! Listen here.

7pm // Virgin Megastore Union Square // Free

THEATER: Deep breath: Kamala Sankaram’s one woman multi-media murder mystery chamber opera opens tonight at HERE as part of their tenth annual Culturemart festival of works in progress. Sankaram’s intriguing production, which ends tomorrow, is called Miranda 5X; it manipulates perspective through a combination of film, live opera, and real-time video effects, staging a murder mystery play in which “the audience is allowed to see through the eyes of the five different murder suspects, and to experience their last interactions with Miranda, the victim.” – John Del Signore

8:30pm // HERE Arts Center [145 Sixth Ave] // Tickets cost $15.