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EVENT: Upstairs at the Square is going on vacation for the rest of the summer, after tonight's event that is. Singer/songwriter Aimee Mann (pictured), whose new album is @#%&*! Smilers, and Joseph O'Neill, author of Netherland discuss and perform their work in conversation with host and journalist Katherine Lanpher.

7 p.m. // Barnes & Noble Union Square [33 E 17th St] // Free

MUSIC: Before heading upstairs, why not bask in the evening sun in Union Square for a free set by Jukebox the Ghost? The D.C. trio will be performing as part of the Union Square Partnership's Summer Series.

5:30 p.m. // Union Square // Free

WINE: Babeland's SoHo branch is hosting an "Erotic Wine Tasting Soirée" tonight. "Sample erotic wines from Naked Winery paired with exotic cheeses and Roni Sue Chocolates while enjoying the talents of singer/songwriter Brown Rane. Win a Babeland Big Bang Gift Bag and free wine to take home! 10% discount on all purchases during the event."

8 p.m. // Babeland SoHo [43 Mercer St] // $40

THEATER: Did you know that avant-garde theater maker Richard Foreman started out writing “normal” plays in the ‘60s, replete such bourgeois vulgarities as narrative and characters? Well, it’s true, and longtime indie theater impresario Ian W. Hill has gotten his hands on one of them for a production at The Brick Theater. (Hill first presented it in ’99 at Foreman’s suggestion.) Called Harry in Love: A Manic Vaudeville, the “boulevard comedy” concerns Harry Rosenfeld, “a big, neurotic, unnerved and unnerving man who believes his wife, Hilda, is planning to cheat on him (and he seems to be right). His response: drug her coffee and keep her knocked out until her paramour goes away.” – John Del Signore

7:30 p.m. // Brick Theater [575 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn] // $15