wednesday agenda : n+1 at elliott bay, u.s.e. free at neumo’s
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n+1, a twice-yearly publication that A. O. Scott described as one that “surveys contemporary culture through eyes narrowed by skepticism” [nyt] presents a group reading tonight at Elliott Bay. Two of the publications four editors, Keith Gessen and Chad Harbach, will be on hand (with the promise of additional guests) to discuss their latest issue. The magazine covers matters literary, political, and cultural. Most notable in this installation is Carla Blumenkranz’s front-page chronicle of Gawker, which has been [inaccurately] cited as the cause for that weblog’s current editorial exodus. Regardless of cause and effect, it is, at least for those who obsess over such matters, a thrilling and insightful chronicle of the motivations and mechinations of very popular website.
In addition to topics covered in the journal, it’s likely that there will be some discussion of Gessen’s forthcoming novel, All the Sad Young Literary Men, or his translation of Svetlana Alexievich’s Voices from Chernobyl.
Free, 7:30 pm [elliottbaybook]
- There’s also that free U.S.E. show [tig], which is bound to be a whole lot of fun and incredibly uncomfortably packed, to celebrate “repeal day”. with Siberian, Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground, Circus Contraption. Of course, Dewar’s drink specials all night. 8pm, 21+ (because even if you’re celebrating repeal, there are still crazy drinking laws to be followed. [neumos]
