Books
Nick Hornby
The ever-popular British author reads from his latest novel, Juliet, Naked.
Gay
Big Gay Spelling Bee
Round four promises to be just as big and gay as previous rounds.
Film
70th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz concert and screening
A screening of the 1939 classic is preceded by performances from Jennifer Hudson, Julianne Hough and the Roots’ ?uestlove, who will add their own spin to tunes from the film.
Eat Out
Habitual Chicken Ritual
The rules are simple: twelve competitors, ten minutes, as many wings as possible. The contestants have already been chosen, but crowds can root for their favorite glutton and gnaw 25¢ wings from 6 till 10pm.
Mind & Body
Pilates mat class in Brooklyn Bridge Park
This is your last chance to enjoy this summer’s gratis waterfront workout. Mats are available with valid ID, but arrive early; registration for this class starts at 6:30pm and space is limited.
Books
Nick McDonnell
The young author reads from An Expensive Education, a new novel that juxtaposes a violence-saturated region of East Africa with university life at his alma mater, Harvard.
Gay & Lesbian
Big Gay Spelling Bee: Round 3
Tobly McSmith and Miss Sunday host this monthly spelling bee for all orthographic queers—with plenty of drink specials to get those vocabulary juices flowing, plus prizes by Babeland.
Lara St. John performs with the Knights at the opening Naumburg Orchestral Concert.
Classical
Naumburg Orchestral Concerts
In its 104th year, reputedly the oldest free concert series in the U.S. is not going to be stopped by a few drops of rain. Tonight, Brooklyn’s young chamber orchestra the Knights performs a Bach-heavy program.
Books
Bill Wasik
The Harper’s editor examines how stories exist in the Internet Age in And Then There’s This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture.
LGBT
Big Gay Spelling Bee
A new monthly spelling bee at Nowhere. Can you spell two-dollar drafts and three-dollar well drinks? After you’ve spent $10, probably not.
Own This City Life in New York
The Feed Eating and drinking
The Volume Music news of note
Upstaged The world of theater
