2:54 + Widowspeak at Mercury Lounge: It's all about woozy shoegaze at Mercury Lounge tonight with sets from dreamy UK duo 2:54, and Brooklyn's Widowspeak, who have clearly watched a lot of Twin Peaks, listened to a lot of Mazzy Star and whose cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" is a must listen. [BoweryPresents] Poets House Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge: The annual poets house benefit and walk across the Brooklyn Bridge starts at 6:30 p.m. tonight at 1 Center Street and ends at Fulton Ferry with a sunset reading of Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" by Galway Kinnell. Better yet, Bill Murray (as in Bill Murray) and Marie Howe are also participating in the walk. The whole thing ends with dinner at a nearby restaurant. (P.S. This costs $250. But if you're a high roller -- dinner with Bill Murray is totally worth it.) [VillageVoice]
The Pruitt Igoe Myth at BAM: A screening of Chad Friedrichs' striking documentary about the much discussed Pruitt-Igoe houses in St. Louis, which were built in the 50s and towrn down a mere 20 years later. Friedrichs explores the various racial and economic issues behind the building's razing as well as telling the stories of the people who lived in the building. Screening followed by a panel with Friedrichs and urban development experts. [BAM]
Los Angeles
Action Bronson at The Observatory: NYC-based chef-turned-rapper Action Bronson takes the mic at The Observatory. [via Oh My Rockness]Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974: Perhaps the first large-scale exhibition of land art, this show presents over 80 land art projects from around the world including Robert Smithson's 1970 configuration of salt and mud near Salt Lake City known as Spiral Jetty to G.X. Jupitter-Larsen's 1981 work "Vacant Lots," which declared that all vacant lots could be conceived as "monuments to entropy." [via L.A. Weekly]
Chicago
Chicago Design Week: Today's the kick-off of a week of design programs, graphic arts lectures and parties that bring together folks like Jake Nickell of Threadless t-shirts, Metro's Michael Lejeune and Matthew Hoffman of You Are Beautiful. [via Flavorpill]Stew Snack Attack Supper: The Stew Supper Club prepares a meal that exclusively features locally-sourced snack food. Though we're not sure what's on the menu, it won't be your average gas station junk. [via Chicago Reader]
London
Usher at Hammersmith Apollo: Usher's new album, Looking 4 Myself, drops today and British fans can catch the R&B crooner (and hear his new tracks like the Diplo-produced "Climax") at this last-minute headlining show. [via Time Out]Surf Shack Pop-Up: Though Londoners might be quite a ways from any waves, that doesn't mean you can't dress the part, courtesy of a new pop-up located in Selfridge's. Beachwear, board shorts and retro tees from brands like Saturdays Surf NYC, Aviator Nation and Paradise Found will be on-hand. [via Time Out]
