As part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's tribute to Gene Kelly, Les Girls (1957) screens tonight. Starring Kelly as a dancing lothario, the film gives three different accounts of various affairs between Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor and Kay Kendall. The musical comedy features songs by Cole Porter. [via Film Linc]Much-beloved literary and arts journal BOMB is hosting its summer issue launch party tonight at Book Court, with readings and discussions with contributors Joshua Cohen, Wayne Koestenbaum, Justin Lieberman, Carole Maso and B. Wurtz. [via Book Court]
Los Angeles
Malek Jandali, the Syrian composer and pianist who performed last year at a pro-Syrian opposition demonstration in front of the White House (and whose family was later beaten by the Syrian government), speaks with his cousin/author Mona Simpson at the Hammer Museum. [via L.A. Weekly] Much buzzed about L.A. quintet Milo Greene -- and yes, it's a band not a person, FYI -- play lush folk-rock tunes that have earned them quite the following. They play an intimate show at Fingerprints in Long Beach tonight. [via OMR]
Joshua Henkin reads from his third book, The World Without You, at Skylight Books. The novel follows a family who gathers at a summer home in the Berkshires to mourn the youngest son Leo's death. [via Zing]
Chicago
If all the indie-rock at this past weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival has you in the mood for something a little more mainstream, catch recent PAPER cover-ga Nicki Minaj do her thing tonight at the Chicago Theatre. [Chicago Reader]Neil Simon's 1967 film adaptation of the Broadway hit, Barefoot in the Park, screens tonight in Chicago's Belmont Harbor park. [via Chicago Reader]
Another Neil-related event: Neil Young Journeys -- Jonathan Demme's documentary which follows the last two night's of Young's 2011 solo world tour at Toronto's Massey Hall -- screens tonight at the Music Box Theatre. [via Zing]
London
The legendary British comedian Eddie Izzard workshops new material at this intimate, "Works-in-Progress" show at the SoHo Theatre. [via Time Out]As part of Somerset House's wonderful outdoor summer concert series, M83 -- aka French electronic musician Anthony Gonzalez -- will play what will surely be a mind-boggling show tonight in the elegant, grand courtyard. [via Somerset House]
