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REMINDER: That Led Zeppelin wine pairing is tonight!
EVENT: The Brooklyn Botanic Garden helps you plant a seed at home tonight. "Feeling limited by the small selection of veggie starts available in local nurseries? Start your garden on the right foot this year by discovering the best methods to propagate tasty, beautiful varieties of plants from seeds. Learn what skills, equipment, and techniques are needed to start your own seeds at home while getting some hands-on practice right here at BBG." More details here.
6 p.m. // Brooklyn Botanic Garden [1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn] // Free
YOGA: Forget all about drinking green beer and do your body some good instead. There's a free workshop on yoga and meditation being offered tonight for those who could use some stress-reduction. Let the Art of Living Center help you melt those knots away.
6:30 p.m. // Art of Living Center [127 W 25th St] // Free
MUSIC: The Half King will be hosting some live Irish music tonight, for those who want to get all festive. Irish delights, such as corned beef and cabbage, are also on the menu. All other bands are on their way to Austin for SXSW, except for Peter, Bjorn and John who are playing at the W (but that costs $549).
5 p.m. // the Half King [505 W 23rd St] // Free
THEATER: Lorenzo Pisoni was raised by clowns and grew up performing as the youngest member of the Pickle Family Circus in San Francisco. Miraculously, he hasn't gone on to become a serial killer (as far as we know). Instead, he's written a one-man show about his loony childhood called Humor Abuse. The play, performed by Pisoni, chronicles his long struggle to fill his father's giant shoes, then ultimately walk away from them. Charles Isherwood at the Times calls it "endearing... Physically, Pisoni’s performance is breathtaking. He juggles, he performs pratfalls, he flings himself in and out of the trunk that is the main feature of the set... As he remarks ruefully at one point, once upon a time kids dreamed of running away to the circus. It took the young Pisoni a while to find the courage to run away from it." — John Del Signore
7:30 p.m. // Manhattan Theater Club at City Center Stage II [131 W 55th St] // $52
