AUDITIONS: Calling all street performers, today is the Annual Street Performer Auditions at South Street Seaport. It promises to be better than reality television (but then again, what isn't?), so spectators are welcome too. The annual competition is a rite of Spring, of sorts, and will determine which 25 performers get to "become part of the street performer program at South Street Seaport. Those selected entertain and wow the thousands of visitors who stroll the cobblestone streets and historic pier of lower Manhattan each summer." Keep in mind, however, that despite the fact that Fulton Street is public property, the owner of the Seaport uses private security to illegally restrict and control who can and can't perform there.

Noon to 7:30 p.m. // South Street Seaport // Free

MOVIE: Happy Earth Day! If you're looking for a bit of a downer to help you "celebrate," head over to a screening of Michael O’Connell’s documentary, Mountaintop Removal. The film takes a look at the environmentally disastrous strip-mining in West Virginia , and how it "is impacting local communities in the heart of coal-mining country. While the demolition of the ancient mountain tops alters the state's natural landscape, the transportation of the mountain debris to adjacent valleys is creeping into natural resources used by area residents." After the screening there will be a discussion with O’Connell and activist Ed Wiley.

6:15 p.m. // Walter Reade Theater [165 W 65th St] // $12

MUSIC: Remember Tokyo Police Club? They're back, and bringing their pop beats to the Virgin Megastore for a free show (following last night's un-free show!). Tomorrow night they're slated to play another show at Sound Fix, but all signs point to that one not happening.

7 p.m. // Virgin Megastore [52 East 14th St] // Free

READING: The (slightly) more literate side of the First Family will be at the 92nd Street Y tonight to talk about literacy. Jenna Bush (pictured) and Laura Bush join Julia Reed from Vogue to "discuss the importance of literacy and education, their passion for reading and their collaboration on a new children's book called Read All About It!."

8 p.m. // 92nd St Y [1395 Lexington Ave] // $26

THEATER: Liz Flahive’s comedy From Up Here concerns a high school senior who has to publicly apologize to his school after being suspended for threatening to kill his classmates. Home life isn’t much rosier, with a snooping stepfather and a loving but neurotic mother who just doesn’t understand the urge to slaughter an entire student body. Writing for the Times, Charles Isherwood says “there is nothing of the after-school special in Ms. Flahive’s treatment of this Important Issue. The play has the bouncy humor of a quirky-family sitcom, but in this case the usual adolescent afflictions — acne and awkwardness, mean girls and cruel jocks — take a back seat to something larger, darker and more mysterious.” – John Del Signore

8 p.m. // Manhattan Theater Club at City Center [131 West 55th Street] // Tickets cost $75

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