New YorkAn Evening with David Sedaris at BAM, with the humorist/satirist/genius chronicler of childhood light-switch-licking reading new material and signing his 2010 book Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary. (Sold out.) [BAM]
Florence and the Machine at Radio City Music Hall (with opener/ 2012 PAPER Beautiful Person Blood Orange) (Sold out.) [Flavorpill]
Cheap Date Comedy Show at Union Hall with hosts Sharron Paul and Calvin Cole. Comedians include Sherri Shepherd (The View), Jermaine Fowler, Brent Sullivan and Travis Irvine. [Brooklyn Based]
The Beach Boys at Beacon Theater. [VillageVoice]
Chairlift at Webster Hall. [BoweryPresents]
L.A.
"My Little Pony Project" -- with MLP celebrity designs from the likes of Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh and street artist COPE2 -- at Toy Art Gallery [LA Weekly]
Drake at the Verizon Wireless Center [LA Weekly]
Bedroom Bondage workshop inspired by 50 Shades of Grey at the Pleasure Chest [Flavorpill]
An off-West End staging of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe at Threesixty Theatre [TimeOutLondon]
Electro/disco dance party White Heat at Madam JoJos. Tonight's DJs include Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross (Mad Decent), Halls and Raisa. [TimeOutLondon]
Chicago
Wu Tang Clan 101: Mystery of the Illest Rap Group Ever -- a night examining "the music, history and mythology" of the Staten Island hip-hop icons with writer Sherron Shabazz. [Flavorpill] The Sea and Cake + Golden Retriever at Empty Bottle [TimeOutChicago]
"Illuminate: The Art and Craft of Graphic Novels" -- benefit with Nicole Hollander, Audrey Niffenegger, C. Spike Trotman, and Chris Ware [ChicagoReader]
All-Girl Moby Dick at Zoo Studio -- a stage adaptation of Herman Melville's American classic that is exactly as it sounds. [Chicago Reader]
