ART: Honey Space, the unstaffed Chelsea gallery that recently opened, will be holding a closing party tonight for their inaugural exhibition. This is your last chance to see Adam Standforth's work on the walls, but hopefully there will be plenty more shows to see there in the future. The party will also feature musical performances by two nameless Cantonese fisherman discovered in the subway.
6 to 9 p.m. // Honey Space [148 11th Ave] // Free
EVENT: The architect heading up the World Trade Center Memorial, Michael Arad, will be discussing the project tonight in an event that's open to the public.
7 p.m. // 7 World Trade Center, 45th Floor // Free
THEATER:Sex! Drugs! & Ukuleles! is the funniest title to surface in recent memory, and critic Martin Denton says the show itself is more fun than any musical he’s seen in a very long time. With music by ragtime virtuoso Terry Waldo, the romantic comedy is set in a dystopian future where making music and love is outlawed, and the population is sedated by a pharmaceutical mega-corporation that controls the entire world. Against all odds, three friends form an underground ukulele band that gets offered the chance to perform legally as one of ten government-sanctioned bands who make music for all humanity. – John Del Signore
MUSIC: Sway Machinery celebrate Purim at the annual Stanton Street Shul Purim Party this evening. "Longtime collaborators Jeremiah Lockwood (Balkan Beat Box, Carolina Slim) and Tomer Tzur (Beat the Donkey, Pharaoh's Daughter) have teamed up with friends from Antibalas Stuart Bogie, Colin Stetson and Jordan McLean to present an audacious descent into the depths of Jewish soul music." Free entry and one free shot!
COMEDY: Dave Hill consistently welcomes amazing guests to the UCB stage for his Dave Hill Explosion show. Tonight is no exception, audience members will be treated to NPR's Ira Glass, and...Moby (who seems to be everywhere these days). Prepare for a whole lot of everything jammed into 35 minutes. Reserve tickets here.
9:30 p.m. // UCB Theater [307 West 26th St] // $5
Correction:The Chinatown Garbage Tour we mentioned earlier this week as being today, is actually next Thursday. So if you planned on dipping your hands in trash in search for dead animals, it's gonna have to wait seven more days. Just enough time to get vaccinated for whatever diseases you're likely to get on the tour.
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