This week in NYC:
MONDAY 7/23: Fluxblog celebrates 10 years of mp3 blogging at Housing Works Bookstore Café. Rob Sheffield, Mark Richardson, Emily Gould, Amanda Petrusich, Dick Valentine of Electric Six, Heather D’Angelo of Au Revoir Simone, and Amy Rose of Rookie will each share and talk about a song. 7pm, free.
TUESDAY 7/24: Uptown Showdown, a humorous spin on classic debate team battles, takes on an issue of critical importance in this restive political climate: Babies vs. Old People. Kristin Schaal and Kurt Braunohler will debate Christian Finnegan, Myq Kaplan, and Bob Powers; hosted by Matthew Love. Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space, 8pm, $15.
WEDNESDAY 7/25: WORD hosts a book launch for Karolina Waclawiak’s novel, How to Get Into the Twin Palms. Waclawiak will discuss the book with Ross Simonini, interviews editor of The Believer. 7pm, free.
McNally Jackson assembles an absolute rock-star lineup of writers for a discussion of 50 Shades of Grey, with Erica Jong (Fear of Flying), Daniel Bergner (The Other Side of Desire), Ian Kerner (She Comes First), Melissa Febos (Whip Smart), and The Rumpus’s own Roxane Gay. 7pm, free.
THURSDAY 7/26: Colson Whitehead reads from Zone One at The Strand. 7pm, buy Zone One or a $10 Strand gift card to attend.
Grantland launches their third issue at BookCourt, with Jonathan Abrams, Amos Barshad, Rembert Browne, Andy Greenwald, Jay Caspian Kang, and Chuck Klosterman. 7pm, free.
FRIDAY 7/27: This is different: Bastinado performs at Galapagos Art Space. Their music is created using a reactable live—which has something to do with sound, light, and Europe—and a didgeridoo. (A didgeridoo!) 9pm doors, 10pm show; $20 pre-sale, $25 at the door.
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