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MUSIC: It's not often that the "new" Galapagos hosts music anymore, so head over there tonight for Panda Transport (pictured; recently on Grey's Anatomy). They're described as using toys and theremins to create their sound, which might sound like an indie-rock gimmick nightmare but it actually works for the French-American duet. They'll be joined on the bill by Edison Woods, who delivers a "brilliant mélange of eerie tones mixed with upbeat percussion and whimsical strings."

8 p.m. // Galapagos [16 Main St, DUMBO] // $5

Also playing tonight: M. Ward at the Apollo (tickets), yesterday's interviewee Charlie Hunter at (le) Poisson Rouge (tickets), and today's interviewee Bell at Mercury Lounge (tickets).

ART: The Free Store is opening in downtown Manhattan today. The exhibition from artists Athena Robles and Anna Stein is a "cultural pop-up shop, functioning through bartering and exchange and allowing visitors to give something useful or get something useful. The store is the first Global Free Store and will accept and offer World Bills, a global currency, for everyday items brought in by the public, such as a map, clothing or a bag. The store will carry one or two stocked items that are produced in-house. Free Store will also feature special projects and events by curators Felicity Hogan, Edwin Ramoran, Julie Sengle and Herb Tam." Closing day is March 22nd.

5 p.m. // 99 Nassau Street // Free

EVENT: Brooklyn Industries has teamed up with the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to help warm you up in the winter. Their ¡Think Spring! series brings a "plantastic" in-store event to 10 locations this evening, where "shoppers will have the chance to enjoy refreshments, win BBG memberships, signature plants, and other plant-related prizes." More details here.

5:30 p.m. // Various stores // Free

THEATER: The Foundry Theater excels at rendering unlikely texts into intellectually rigorous theatrical romps; they're perhaps most famous for collaborating on a hit adaptation of Greil Marcus's Lipstick Traces. Their latest production, very loosely adapted from Avital Ronell's The Telephone Book; Technology, Schizophrenia, And Electric Speech, is an eerie, lavishly designed exploration of the telephone's impact on human communication, or lack thereof. Called Telephone, the 80 minute, three-part play has been very well received; read our take here. — John Del Signore

7:30 p.m. // Cherry Lane Theatre [38 Commerce St] // $30