· Paris Review prizewinners (for fiction and most promising emerging writer) appear at the Culture Project to read from their respective works. The $10 admission includes an open bar—a nice way to cope with the realization that you, most likely, will not be published in the Paris Review anytime soon. [flavorpill]
· Bar-owning journalist hottie Sebastian Junger discusses what he's learned from being a bar-owning journalist hottie at the Explorers Club tonight. Tickets go on sale at 6pm for all of you lustful admirers. [Explorers]
· Crown Heights duo Ratatat headline a show at the Knitting Factory for Pitchfork readers who fancy melodic electro-rock. [KF]

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