New YorkSeeing tUnE-YaRds' Merrill Garbus do her thing live... well, you just have to see it to believe it. She's joined by multi-instrumentalist Delicate Steve (Steve Marion), and British avant-poppers Micachu & the Shapes at Terminal 5 tonight. [via Oh My Rockness]
Elusive, prolific and legendary street artist Jim Joe's two-day exhibit opens at The Hole tonight. [via The Hole]
Head to the East Village this weekend for the Howl! Festival -- a weekend filled with music, poetry, theater and art, inspired by longtime EV resident Allen Ginsberg's famous poem of the same name. [Howl! Festival]
L.A.
Those crazy MFA kids over at CalArts are displaying their wares at L.A. Mart. [via Art Slant]
Pop darling Santigold plays up-beat tunes off her newly-released album Master of My Make-Believe at Club Nokia. [via Oh My Rockness] Chicago
Members of New York's 17-member strong vintage disco wunderkinds Escort are manning the ones and twos at Smart Bar tonight, alongside J Kriv, Kid Color and Tim Zawanda. [via Chicago Reader]
The city's first proper summer street festival, the three-day Do-Division Street Fest, kicks off tonight with performances by Black Belles, BBU and Moon Furies. [via Flavorpill]
Jeff Goldblum's finest film, Jurassic Park, screens at midnight at the Landmark's Century Centre Cinema. [via Time Out]
London
Jenny Holzer (known for her famous "truisms") gets the survey treatment at Sprueth Magers Gallery, with a selection of spray paint canvases, paint canvases, granite benches, LED pieces and painted signs. [via Sprueth Magers]Britain's best, Coldplay and Marina and the Diamonds, play Emirates Stadium. [via Time Out]