The Big Sleep perform at Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western Ave, at W Cortez St, 9pm, $8

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Takashi Murakami is ongoing at Blum and Poe, 2754 S La Cienega Blvd, btw Alvira St and Washington Blvd, 10am-6pm

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Lise Anne Couture discusses her work at MCA, 220 E Chicago Ave, at Mies van der Rohe Way, 6pm

Charlie Newman reads at The Café, 5115 N Lincoln Ave, at Foster Ave, 8pm

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Juli Lindsey opens at Helen Lindhurst Fine Arts Gallery, USC, 6-10pm

Rob Kutner reads at Vromans Bookstore, 695 E Colorado Blvd, btw N Oak Knoll Ave and N El Molino Ave, Pasadena, 7pm

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Elizabeth Hand and Matthew Sharpe read at The Book Cellar, 4736-38 N Lincoln Ave, btw Leland Ave and Lawrence Ave, 7:30pm

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We Barbarians perform at Spaceland, 1717 Silver Lake Blvd, btw Effie St and Swan Pl, 9pm, Free

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Rosa Loy and Neo Rauch in conversation with Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk at the Goethe Institut, 1014 5^th Ave, btw 82^nd and 83^rd, 7pm, Free

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The Third Man screens at Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State St, btw W Couch Pl and W Randolph St, 5:30pm

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Monome performs at Machine Project, 1200 D N Alvarado Dr, at Elsinore St, 8pm

Inner Battles of the Imaginary Male is ongoing at AndrewShire Gallery, 3850 Wilshire Blvd, #107, btw S St Andrews Pl and S Manhattan Pl, 11am-6pm

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José Ruiz opens at Cuchifritos, 120 Essex St, btw Delancey and Rivington, 4-6pm

Stefano Arienti opens at Lehmann Maupin, 201 Chrystie St at Stanton, 6-8pm

Jodie Vicenta Jacobson opens at Wild Project, 195 E 3^rd St, btw Ave A and B, 7-10pm

Book launch for Maria McBride’s Party Basics for New Nesters at Marie Belle, 484 Broome St, btw W Broadway and Wooster, 12-4pm

Courtney Zell opens at Manhattan Graphics Center, 481 Washington St at Canal, 6:30-8:30pm

Rosa Loy opens at André Schlechtriem Contemporary, 600 Washington St at Leroy, 6-8pm

Charles W Hawthorne and James Chapin open at ACA, 529 W 20^th St, 5^th Fl, btw 10^th and 11^th, 3-5pm

Christian Vincent opens at Mike Weiss, 520 W 24^th St, btw 10^th and 11^th, 6-8pm

See Seven Line Drawings by Picasso, curated by Olivier Berggruen, at Venetia Kapernekas, 526 W 26^th St, Ste 814, btw 10^th and 11^th, 1-5pm

Stargazing with the Amateur Astronomers Association at Riverside Park, Riverside Dr at 96th St, 7-11pm, Free

The Colorfull World of Aylin Kanzik at 346 10^th St, Apt 1, btw 4^th and 5^th Ave, Brooklyn, 2pm-12am

Synesthesia opens at Five Myles, 558 St Johns Pl, btw Classon and Franklin, Brooklyn, 5-7pm

The Super Thing: NYC goes DEVO at 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave at Meadow, Brooklyn, 8pm-12am, rsvp to gallery@3rdward.com

Iris Lezak opens at Topaz Arts, 55-03 39^th Ave at 55^th St, Queens, 3-6pm

Assume Vivid Astro Focus at Deitch Studios, 4-40 44th Dr on the East River, 7-11pm, performances start at 8, a shuttle bus runs from the E/V stop at Ely and 23rd

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