• We got it wrong last time, but Nellie McKay, word wizard and prodigious wonder, actually IS performing tonight at Makor. For serious this time. [flavorpill]
• Oprah's latest monster, James Frey, milks it to the very last damn drop by reading at the Union Square Barnes & Noble tonight at 7. In another world, where people win Pulitzers and know who Virginia Woolf is, Edward Albee discusses his literary influences at The Center, courtesy of the Gray Lady. [NYT]
• Earnest Sewn sells its jeans at an almost affordable price, now through December 9. Make yourself into a beast of trend-denim every night until 7 PM. [Paper]