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EVENT: Tenement Talks presents…Lower East Side Stories: Subway Stories. Host H.R. Britton will bring together New Yorkers to tell their stories, including: Matt Bresler is a public school theatre teacher, storyteller with The Moth; Michele Carlo, online in Mr. Beller's Neighborhood; Brad Lawrence, Brooklyn writer/actor/storyteller; Regina Ress, award winning storyteller, actor, teacher, and writer. You can also share your own notes from the underground as the night turns open-mic.
6:30 p.m. // Tenement Museum Shop [108 Orchard St] // Free
READING: The Happy Ending Music and Reading Series, touted by the Times as "keeping downtown alive,” takes place once again tonight. You'll get three readings and one musical performance all for the price of free! Nicholas Dawidoff, Marisa Silver and Sloane Crosley will all be reading, while musician Nina Katchadourian will perform some tunes (she's also required to play one cover song and get the audience to sing along).
7 p.m. // Happy Ending Bar [302 Broome St] // Free
THEATER: Three monologues by a trio of stellar actors make up Judith Thompson’s play Palace of the End, which views the American occupation of Iraq through the eyes of three different participants. One is a former soldier modeled on Lynndie England, the infamous Abu Ghraib photo star; the second character is an evocation of David Kelly, a British arms expert who committed suicide after it was revealed that he leaked dirt on the government to the BBC. The play concludes with a monologue by an Iraqi woman who lost her family during Hussein’s rule but blames the C.I.A. The Times calls it “intense, absorbing, and thought-provoking.” – John Del Signore
7 p.m. // Peter Jay Sharp Theater [416 West 42nd Street] // $50
PARTY: The Finger On The Pulse deejays bring a BBQ to Studio B tonight. Utilizing the new rooftop, they'll be working the 1s and 2s while you enjoy some grub ($4 plates) from Avery Wittkamp (Pastry Chef at Marlow & Sons), Gabe McMackin (formerly at Stone Barns at Blue Hill,) Lesley Stockton (Executive Chef of Dram Shop), and Heather Meldrom (formerly at Craftsteak NYC). David Bruno and Harvard Bass will also be on the decks.
7 p.m. // Studio B Rooftop [259 Banker St, Greenpoint] // Free entry, $4 all you can eat
MUSIC: Locked out of seeing your favorite 90s rockers play tonight? Liz Phair and Pearl Jam aren't the only acts in town, Moby's band The Little Death NYC are playing Mercury Lounge with The Ettes and Children of The Unicorn. Tickets still on sale.
7:30 p.m. // Mercury Lounge [217 E Houston] // $10
Production photo from Palace of the End by Carol Rosegg.
