• Esquire crash test dummy A.J. Jacobs appears at Strand Bookstore tonight to participate in a trivia quiz tie-in for his book, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World. If you don't actually want to go, feel free to outsource someone in your stead. [Strand]
• The editors of the Onion read from Embedded in America: Complete News Archives Volume 16 at the Astor Place Barnes and Noble tonight. Go and heckle them about their softball skills. [Upcoming]
• Fag-tastic comedian Graham Norton riffs on all things gay (sample topics: casual sex, Craiglist, and chatrooms — his examples, not ours) in the first of a 12-show set at the Village Theater. [flavorpill]