How do you give a poetry reading if you aren’t speaking? Or belt out a song? Or dance to the beat of music that isn’t actually there? We’re baffled but altogether intrigued by the concept behind site-specific “The Collection of Silence,” which you can catch tonight at the Hispanic Society of America (Audubon Terrace, Broadway between W 155th and 156th Sts; 212-293-5582, hispanicsociety.org; 7pm, free), curated by poet Eileen Myles, pictured at left. A total of 25 poets, one soprano (Juliana Snapper), a dancer (Christine Elmo), 40 kids from P.S. 4, and F>A>R>T>S, a Brooklyn life-drawing group, will gather and stage their individual numbers—without making a sound. You are invited to watch, and are inexplicably encouraged to dress as if you were attending a Renaissance Fair, preparing to spray-paint your roof or anything in between. (We recommend donning a costume in homage to Animal the Muppet, for obvious reasons.) If you tire of all the shhhh-ing, sit tight till 8:15pm, when the mute event morphs into proper party. At that point, we are happy to report, you will not be chastised for using your outdoor voice.