Five Things to Do This Week

Monday

, playing at , comment on subjects from Dr. Seuss to superheroes to fast food with their spoken word poetry. This trio of theatrically-trained artists will be joined by an electric violinist to explore rhythm in its many forms. 

Tuesday

Hosted by a self-proclaimed “Rodney Dangerfield impersonator” and his daughter (Fred and Jo Firestone), at . The event is a round robin, but only the first 24 individuals/duos to sign-up at the door will have a chance to compete. Expect celebrity judges and grand prizes.

Wednesday

Come to the to hear chronicle the tolls of long-term conflicts by detailing the lives and perspectives of men and women who find themselves mired in seemingly irresolvable wars. Jagielski will be interviewed by Joel Whitney, a founding editor of Guernica: A Magazine of Art & Politics.

Thursday

will have its third appearance of “” (from Chicago) hosted by syndicated columnist Mark Bazer. This talk show will feature Jon Glaser, creator and star of TV show "Delocated!,” Chuck Klosterman, best-selling author of "Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs" and, most recently, the novel "The Visible Man" and Em & Lo, sex and love columnists/bloggers, authors of "Sex: How to Do Everything."

Friday

Come to for a major revival of Harold Pinter’s —two-time Tony and Olivier Award winner (Miss Saigon, Hamlet) and film actor (Brazil, Pirates of the Caribbean)— Alan Cox and Alex Hassell. Pinter’s first great success is about a pair of working-class brothers who allow a homeless man to stay in their decrepit London flat, an act of compassion that sparks a cycle of cruelties, delusions, and shifting loyalties in a desperate struggle over territory.