June 16: R&B At MetroTech

Bring on the funk, Brooklyn. 

A master of multiple styles, Geri Allen hits the stage as part of the at noon. So consider taking your lunch, playing hooky for a few hours (we promise not to tell your boss... which is pretty easy since we don't know your boss) and enjoying the outdoors, jazz and Brooklyn.

Here are your 5 Things for today:

1. Happy Bloomsday, everyone. Yes, today is the day chronicled in James Joyce's masterwork, Ulysses. And over the years, fans have come up with some pretty creative ways to pay homage to this challenging, exhaustive and essentially timeless work. Here's a list of what's cooking in NYC this year. 

2.  in Clinton Hill hosts an  tonight, featuring the work of Bill Gerhard, Alyssa Ratkewitch and Polina Porras Sivolobova.

3. Head down to Greenlight for , a monthly humor series hosted by Bob Powers, author of Happy Cruelty Days. 

4. In a vote last night, the New York State Assembly passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, 80-63, sending the legislation to the Senate — where marriage equality proponents are only .

5. Alternate side parking rules are in effect.