Robert Perišić, Michael Pollan and Edward O. Wilson: it's sort of a grand old (and middle-aged!) man night in New York City.

Stuff. To Do.

If I could just point out three of the most excellent of many excellent things on this weekend's events calendar?

• The Splitsider + Tumblr Dog and Pony Show is happening tonight at UCB East.

• The New York Map Society is hosting our own Victoria Johnson to talk on "Cartography in Fantasy Literature" at the Mid-Manhattan Library, at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

• The Robin Byrd Show Live is happening at The Cutting Room on Saturday night, with our own Mark Allen as guest star.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WEAR. Here are some things to do.

Do you have things to do? Are you lonely? Put down that dumb spreadsheet and go have some fun, with Ben Marcus, Julian Fleisher, and a bunch of comedians and stuff.

It's baseball season! But there is more to life than baseball you know.

It's actually a hot evening in New York City, one of those nights when this ol' town deserves its reputation for being awesome. See what I mean?

Today in New York City: women discuss programming—cultural programming!—at Housing Works, dudes discuss Brecht at the 92Y, Nicole Krauss and André Aciman discuss assimilation and there's nice things to do for kids and for your ears.

Events: Renata Adler reads tonight at the Center for Fiction; the Danielson Famile plays at Knitting Factory; Gilbert Hernandez is at Housing Works.

Tonight in NYC: don't forget to pack your umbrella! Marnie Stern, Douglas Rushkoff, Joe O'Neill and others grace us with their presence.

It's a day of celebration! And also Amy Hempel at the Franklin Park Reading Series, Fleetwood Mac and Slavoj Žižek! And more. UPDATE: Žižek postponed. :( FURTHER UPDATE: Good grief, Amy Hempel canceled too! What a day.

Mark Morris, The NY Review of Books, Junot Diaz and… Clint Mansell?

Our events calendar for this weekend looks like it was written in 1994. The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black? Nick Cave? The Breeders? Robocop? What's not to love! Plus the weather: the weather forecast is "terrific."

Man, rough morning, right? At least you're not locked in a glass box in MoMA, unable to pee all day. Could always be worse! Otherwise today in NYC, some bookish things.

Just make this week stop. Whatever you want. Here's my money. Would you like some cats? Sure, take it all.

You could feign interest in one of these events but really, we know what you're doing.

Eggheads will be rewarded tonight by Diller, Scofidio and Renfro at the NYPL, or the big gay meet-up of Andrew Solomon and Tony Kushner at the Strand. And more.

Are your favorite things Renata Adler, Hal Hartley, Peter Dinklage, gay nude drawings and baseball? OH MY GOD, MINE TOO, LET'S BE FRIENDS!!! But yes, all of these things are happening: *screaming*. Renata hits The Strand at 7 p.m.

You gotta love it when NYC delivers. Look at this calendar of events! Come on! Lil Buck performing to a Philip Glass premiere? Maya Angelou? An examination of Sekou Sundiata? Also I'd be remiss in not pointing out that our own Dave Bry is appearing with Rose Surnow at KGB Bar tonight.

Do you like to do things? Sure ya do!