Abdi Nazemian and The Walk-in Closet

The Strand New York

As a gay American-Iranian, Abdi Nazemian couldn’t escape the feeling that his viewpoint was not one oft-represented in popular culture. His debut novel,The Walk-In Closet,…

$15

Steve Keene's Brooklyn Experience

Central Library 10 Grand Army Plaza, New York

Steve Keene, speed painter extraordinaire and cover artist for Pavement and Soul Coughing among others, is Brooklyn Public Library's artist-in-residence for the summer. An exhibition of…

Free

Here and Elsewhere at the New Museum

New Museum 235 Bowery, Lower East Side, New York

This exhibition is New York's first gallery-wide exhibition of artists from the Arab world, and is appropriately (and devastatingly) dedicated to exploring the ethics of representation and the…

$16

Women & Trans Bike Repair Class

Time's Up! Brooklyn

The workshop, held every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in Williamsburg, has four classes beginning the first Thursday of the month. During the first class, mechanics…

Bayside! The Musical!

Theatre 80 80 St Marks Pl , East Village

This super raunchy send-up of everyone's favorite '90s show has seen drop-ins from the actors who played the original Mr. Belding and Screech. But even…

Catey Shaw at Baby's All Right

Baby's All Right 146 Broadway, Brooklyn

Catey Shaw's music is indie-folk-pop with a splash of white-girl rap, and she strums her ukelele with the fevered intensity of a Death Metal shredder.…

Free

Bingo at Crocodile Lounge

Crocodile Lounge 325 E. 14th St, East Village

Remember Bad Grampa at the bingo parlor? That's this. Win bar tabs and shot rounds. Oh, and Croc Lounge will be giving out free pizzas…

Free

Questlove's Bowl Train

Brooklyn Bowl 61 Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg

Questlove (The Roots) was omnipresent even before he got a gig as bandleader of The Tonight Show, but somehow he manages to show up for…