Pencil This In
MUSIC: If you were shut out of Andrew Bird at Carnegie Hall, or Cold War Kids at Mercury Lounge, then head to Fontana's to check out today's interviewees, shoegazers the Depreciation Guild. If you wanna pack more gazing into your night, there's also "bootgazer" Jessica Lea Mayfield (pictured) playing at Bowery Ballroom (with Annuals).
7:30 p.m. // Bowery Ballroom [6 Delancey St] // $13
THEATER: Andrea Lepcio’s Looking for the Pony is getting great reviews; her play tells the story of two brilliant sisters coping with the elder sibling's battle with cancer. The Times's Anita Gates writes, "When you’re in the audience at a play about breast cancer, you don’t expect to laugh a lot. Or to enjoy the sweet taste of victory. Looking for the Pony takes its name from the old joke about the child shown a pile of horse manure who happily starts digging because 'there’s got to be a pony in here somewhere.' In this case, the situation in which you have to dig deep to find a bright side is a battle with cancer." And Martin Denton at nytheatre.com calls it a "gorgeous, wise, and moving play." — John Del Signore
2 p.m. and 7 p.m. // McGinn/Cazale Theater [2162 Broadway at 76th St] // Tickets
LEARN: Hipsters, if you've been stashing your cash away in your Converse shoebox and are thinking that shoebox needs a new home, then tonight is your night! Home Buying for Hipsters is back, and experts will be on hand to tell you how to buy that Karl Fisher you've been eyeing. "Rob Slifer of Professional Advantage Financial Group to talk money specifics; Matt Rogers, super residential real estate attorney hero at Gotham Lawyer guides you through the legal labyrinth; Eve Levine - HBFH's chief mover and shaker is at your service to show you what current listings your money can buy!"
6 p.m. // The Gibson [108 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg] // Free
EVENT: Blaise K brings a new monthly How I Learned series to town, "featuring the best writers, comedians, bloggers, performers, and personalities [it] offers such educational topics as How I Learned About Sex, How I Learned That Everyone Is Against Me, How I Learned My Adolescence Is Over, How I Learned That It's Not All My Parent's Fault (Only About 75 Percent), How I Learned We Were Breaking Up, and more. How I Learned strives to share invaluable life lessons against a dimly-lit, self-indulgent, sexually tense and potentially booze-fueled backdrop. It's education that works." Tonight's debut features Mike Albo, Todd Levin, Rosie Schaap and Erin Bradley on the topic How I Learned to Steal From the Liquor Cabinet: Stories About Drinking (...Or Not Drinking).
8 p.m. // Happy Ending [302 Broome St] // Free
