MUSIC: METZ at Mercury Lounge
Toronto pigfuck revivalists METZ filled the house wherever they played at last month's CMJ. Tonight they're joined by the local punks in Hunters.
Mercury Lounge, 217 East Houston Street. 9:30 p.m. Sold out.
MUSIC: EDM for Sandy at Gramercy Theater
Hear sets from the Crystal Method (DJ set), Drop the Lime, Tommie Sunshine, and Run DMT. All proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross.
The Gramercy Theater, 127 West 23rd Street. 7 p.m. $20
FUN AND GAMES: The Place to Bee! at the Standard Hotel
Test your orthographical skills against the smarty-pants likes of Jonathan Ames and Roseanne Cash. Emceed by the New Yorker's Ben Greenman and judged by Oxford English Dictionary editor-at-large Jesse Sheidlower, tonight's event benefits the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses.
The Standard, New York, 848 Washington Street. Third Floor. 7 p.m. $100 donation.