Amy Schumer's book and free museums days!

6pm: emmy award-winning comedian, actor, and writer amy schumer presents her new book, the girl with the lower back tattoo. barnes + noble union square, wristbands will be distributed with book purchase starting at 9am. >>

6pm: where do ships go to die? board the historic floating lighthouse nantucket for a documentary screening and discussion about the staten island ship graveyard at arthur kill. brooklyn bridge park’s pier 6, free. >>

6:30pm (monthly): at the prose bowl, emerging fiction stylists (you could be one of them) go at it in ‘brooklyn’s only semi-competitive, flash fiction, open mic, reading series…that we know of.’ pete’s candy store (williamsburg), $5 suggested donation. >>

7pm: kickstarter brings together authors of books inspired by new york: brian foo (continuous city), tim reitzes (the new york pizza book), and jesse reed + hamish smyth (nycta graphics standards manual reissue). strand books (union square), free. >>

7pm: check out new gaming and virtual reality technology demos from hp while enjoying complimentary cocktails at villain (williamsburg). free (rsvp required). >>

7-10pm (thru 8/23): reverend jen’s beloved troll museum returns for a week-long gallery installation at chinatown soup gallery (les) with performances, a troll hair-dressing station, a troll-coloring book station, a troll parade, and more. no need to pay the troll toll to get in- admission is free. >>

7:30pm (thru 8/21): philadelphia-based balletx performs new york premieres of choreography set to the music of amy winehouse, brooklyn rider, bach, mozart, monteverdi, and berg. the joyce theater (chelsea), $10+. >>

8pm (every third tuesday): keep the creative juices (and drinks) flowing at sip-n-scribe, where hosts jenn wehrung (laugh it up, astoria!) and kelly jean fitzsimmons (no, you tell it!) provide writing prompts for you to experiment with. b.y.o. pen and paper. q.e.d. (astoria), $5 suggested donation. >>

8pm (monthly): real-life couples + friends do stand-up sets together at the ‘in stereo: two comics, one stage’ show. tonight: casey james salengo + blair socci, selena coppock + blake midgette, jacqueline novak + chris laker, and calvin cato + michelle de swarte. hosted by naomi ekperigin (broad city writer, comedy central’s ‘the half hour’) and andy beckerman (the pete holmes show, beginnings). hifi bar (alphabet city), free >>

8pm (monthly): saurin choksi (white guy talk show) hosts the brown privilege comedy show, with performances by akaash singh (guy code), blair socci (ladylike), thomas brady (doug loves movies), shane torres (conan), sydney washington (the warm up), and will miles (the chris gethard show). friends and lovers (crown heights), free. >>

8pm (weekly): new york distilling company’s distilling room (williamsburg) hosts booze and laughs for the dan + joe + charles show, which includes stand-up from sasheer zamata (snl), cole escola (difficult people), whitmer thomas (power violence>), and travis irvine (vice). free. >>