MUSIC: Propect Park. TV on the Radio. Matt Pond PA. Voxtrot. Free. Need we say more? Bring a blanket. Friday // 6:30pm // Prospect Park Bandshell // Free READING: On of our favorite New Yorkers, Joan Didion, will be reading from her masterful book, The Year of Magical Thinking, tonight in Central Park. The book, which chronicles the year after Pulitzer-prize-winning Didion lost her husband John Gregory Dunne to a heart attack, was a taut,......

We mentioned the Billyburg Short Film Festival last week as something worth checking out. However, it ended up being cancelled due to the insane amounts of rain that poured down. So we wanted to draw extra special attention to it now, since it's back on...tonight! Michael Showalter is still the MC, Japanther is still the band, there will still be short films. This part might be new though: there's an afterparty at Supreme Trading once......

READING: The wonderful Paragraph, a downtown writers' haven, is hosting a roof deck reading, which is a pretty sweet way to get a good view and some good stories at the same time. The reading, which features Mohammed Naseeu Ali (The Prophet of Zongo Street) and poet Wyn Cooper (Stories From the Interior), will actually be held on the roof deck at Clay, the spa next door to Paragraph on 14th street. Wine and cheese......

Japanther is: Ian Vanek, Matt Reily One of the most well respected and truly underground bands in New York, Japanther rarely play traditional venues. You find them in warehouses, lofts, restaurants, basements, bedrooms, bathrooms...anywhere you can squeeze two guys, a bit of equipment, and a mass of sweaty fans. The Bass and Drum Art/Noise/Punk duo are one of the most revered live acts in New York, and this weekend we have two chances to......