• First the beard, now a lefty documentary: watch Al Gore continue morphing into a green Michael Moore tonight at Town Hall. Laurie David and Catherine Keener, among others, join the panel tonight at 8. [Ticketmaster]
• Steve Coleman and the Five Elements play at the Jazz Gallery. Start off the long weekend all classy (since it won't stay that way). [flavorpill]
• A Place to Bury Strangers hit Northsix, where you can assuage the pain of omnipresent Idol crap far, far away from the world of Paula Abdul. [Prefix]