THEATER: Broadway’s best show, the critically acclaimed Passing Strange, is still open for business, though struggling to compete against the usual insipid pabulum like Legally Blonde. Producers of this phenomenal rock musical were dealt another blow this week when CBS refused to broadcast their performance in the Tony Awards preview show. (The number, “We Just Had Sex,” is a cheeky, PG-13 homage to free love.) So if you haven’t seen Passing Strange yet, for crying out loud, do yourself a favor and catch it before it’s too late. You won’t have a problem getting $25 rush tickets before the show – we’ve seen it twice and would gladly pay double that amount. – John Del Signore

2 p.m. & 8 p.m. // The Belasco Theatre [111 West 44th Street] // Advance ticket prices vary

EVENT: Jamel Shabazz takes his books to the Bronx Museum tonight, for a signing to coincide with his photography exhibit. "Back in the Days," "A Time Before Crack" and "Seconds of My Life" all documenting New York's street culture in the 1980s; though Shabazz says "that his images are not only a document of street culture, but that they actually represent a kind of social activism inspiring youth through unique portrayals of their peers and neighborhoods."

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. // Bronx Museum of the Arts [1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx] // Free

GAME: Chelsea Mind Games returns to mess with your head. Tonight features music by rap violinist (!) Katie Pawluk, a Math Bee hosted by comedian/SAT tutors Jen Dziura and Charlie Kasov, and Dorothy Von Irony's Hour of Literary Comedy and Comic Literature.

6:30 p.m. // Chelsea Market [75 9th Ave] // Free

SCIENCE: Another Secret Science Club meeting is being held tonight; the topic at hand: “It’s Getting Hot in Here!” with Earth Scientist Wallace Broecker. "One of the most important contributors to our understanding of climate change," Broecker will discuss our increasingly hot planet—and what we can do about it. He should know, he's the Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, a longtime researcher at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and author of the just-released book Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Change Reveals about the Current Threat—And How to Counter It. Wash down the earth's troubles with an eco-cocktail: the fiery Heat Miser. We've been told "it will sizzle your swizzle."

8 p.m. // Union Hall [702 Union St, Park Slope] // Free