Hirsute: The Hairs, a Brooklyn dream pop outfit in the same vein as The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (and occasionally featuring that group's Alex Nadius), play Glasslands. Mazes, Beige and the percolating Country Mice provide support. $12 tickets here. 8 p.m.
Summer Loving: Head to Film Forum for your last chance to see its revival of "Summer" (1986), which is often cited as one of French New Wave directing great Eric Rohmer's finest works. $14 tickets here. 8 p.m., 10 p.m.
In the Ghetto: Fifteen years after writing "Push" and two years after its movie adaptation "Precious..." made waves, writer Sapphire reads from her latest gritty urban novel, "The Kid," about the son of "Push" heroine Claireece Jones, at Barnes & Noble Union Square. Free. 7 p.m.
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