• The DJs from Digable Planets perform tonight at the Canal Room as a part of Giant Step's Annual Toy Drive, this year benefiting the children affected by Hurricane Katrina. A list of banned toys includes Super Soakers and Slip'n'Slides, but classic Water Wings will be accepted. [flavorpill]
• Remember the first time you read Song of Myself as an angsty 15-year-old? Uh, no, of course, we don't either! But apparently people adore Walt Whitman, what with his yawps and his multitudes, and so Harold Bloom, Michael Cunningham and poet J.D. McClatchy convene to read and discuss Leaves of Grass on its 150th birthday. 92nd St. Y, tonight at 8. [Paper]
• As though it's a new thing to hate, loathe, and despise Wal-mart, the good folks at DCTV offer a screening of Wal-mart: The High Cost of Low Price and a follow-up discussion with Liza Featherstone, "leading Wal-mart critic." Wish we'd known that was a career option. [Upcoming]