THEATER: Symphony Space presents the 27th annual Bloomsday on Broadway, a reading from the classic Ulysses. This year's event promises the first performance of the “Ithaca” episode’s complete, unedited text in an evening entitled “Mr. Bloom Comes Home.” The night will include readings by actors and avid Joyceans, including Stephen Colbert, Frank and Malachy McCourt, Fionnula Flanagan and Marian Seldes. Fun fact: June 16, 1904 is the most famous fictional date in literature, when Leopold Bloom walked around Dublin in the pages of James Joyce’s classic. more ›

THEATER: We saw Fiona Shaw in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days on Saturday and highly recommend it. Shaw is mesmerizing in her performance as Winnie, crystallizing in her 90-minute virtuoso performance all the desperation, self-delusion and absurdity of an entire lifetime. (Her little-seen costar Tim Potter is also a hoot as Willie.) The production is as bitterly funny as it is affecting, and, as a metaphor, the blasted landscape that devours Winnie is as potent as it was in 1960, when the play was written. In our interview with Fiona Shaw she mentioned talk of a Broadway transfer, but don't take any chances; see it at BAM before it closes on February 2nd. – John Del Signore more ›

FOOD: If you haven't been indulging enough this holiday season, have we got a sweet soiree for you. Chocoholics come together tonight to indulge in the finest goodies from around the world. Expect music, cocktails and a giant chocolate buffet. more ›

EVENT: Together, the New York Book Club and the Gotham Center present "Resistance: A Radical History of the Lower East Side," with Michael Rosen, Al Orensanz, Jay Blotcher, and moderator Clayton Patterson. They'll tell you all about how the LES "experienced massive changes during the 1980s and 90s," including stories from the activists, writers, artists, and residents who lived it. More info here. more ›

Spend Christmas with Rufus and Martha Wainwright as The Wainwright Family celebrates Christmas a little early at Carnegie Hall (on December 13th). more ›

Today Martha Wainwright and Belle & Sebastian played at the River to River Festival in Battery Park. Rain and an electrical storm threatened the show... more ›

Are you tired of waiting around for festival season to officially begin? I mean, we've got a whole month to wait for the Siren Fest. So why not get over to the East River Park Amphitheater this weekend for some free music. The lineup this Saturday is as follows: more ›