Concert - Opera & Classical
New York Philharmonic at the Great Lawn/Central Park
Central Park (from 79th to 85th Sts)
Manhattan
8PM
Music director designate Alan Gilbert takes the reins for the Phil's summer tour of the parks, conducting Mozart's Symphony No. 41 ("Jupiter") and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Bring your cell phone (set on vibrate, of course) and cast your vote for the encore.
Concert - Rock
William Elliott Whitmore at Hudson Square
Spring St (b/t Varick and Hudson Sts)
Soho/Manhattan
5PM-7PM
You wouldn't know it to look at him, but blues man William Elliott Whitmore has a gravelly growl waiting to get out and entrance his listeners. You can expect to hear a clutch of songs from his current album, Animals in the Dark, at this free, after-work wind-down, which also features a farmers' market.
Books
David Farley at Barnes & Noble
396 Sixth Ave (at 8th St)
Greenwich Village/Manhattan
(212) 674-8780
7PM
Farley reads from An Irreverent Curiosity, his nonfiction book about miracles and an Italian church's peculiar relic: J.C.'s foreskin.
Musical Theatre
Live at Lincoln: 9 to 5 at Barnes & Noble
1972 Broadway (at 66th St)
Upper West Side/Manhattan
(212) 595-6859
4:30PM
Cast members of the Broadway musical 9 to 5 perform excerpts from the score.
Comedy
Punch Up Your Life at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby St. (b/t Houston and Prince Sts)
Soho/Manhattan
(212) 334-3324
8:30PM
Pete Holmes and Jessi Klein bring jokes, silliness, overly intimate personal stories and top comedians to this weekly free show.
Gay
Dykes on Mics at Ochi's Lounge/Comix Basement
353 W 14th St (at Ninth Ave)
Meatpacking District/Manhattan
(212) 524-2500
9PM
Amy Beckerman and Leah Dubie perform stand-up comedy with special guests every week.
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