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EVENT: Camera Club New York is hosting a silent auction tonight, with works from both emerging and established photographers, and a selection of vintage prints as well. Preview some of the photographs here. Pictured is a shot by Larry Fink called "Stiff Arm and Silk, McKuin Wedding, 2008." All proceeds go to the CCNY, a non-profit arts organization that has been around since 1884.
6:30 p.m. // Calumet Photographics [22 W 22nd St] // $10
READING: The New Indie Novel Night at Book Culture this evening. The reading and celebration will feature Lawrence Shainberg, who will read from the Jonathan Lethem-praised Crust, and Anne Landsman, who will read from The Rowing Lesson.
7 p.m. // Book Culture [536 W 112th St] // Free
THEATER: The Classical Theatre of Harlem's Future Classics reading series continues tonight with Stepchild, a one-man show starring Roger Guenveur Smith as Frederick Douglass. Set just after Lincoln's assassination, the play explores "the complex and often conflicted relationship between Douglass, perhaps the most powerful symbol and agent of the Abolitionist movement in America, and Abraham Lincoln, a U.S. President who found 'greatness thrust upon him.'" – John Del Signore
7 p.m. // The Schomburg Center [515 Malcolm X Boulevard at 135th Street] // FREE
MOVIE & MUSIC: Tonight Ivana XL will perform at IFC’s Rooftop Films event. On top of getting to soak up some of the songstresses set (you may recognize her voice from the background of some Ryan Adams tunes), you'll be able to view "10 amazing independent animated films chosen from Rooftop Films' 2008 Summer Series and our library of shorts." Bonus!: Free Radeberger Pilsner.
7 p.m. // Chelsea Market [75 9th Ave] // Free
