SpeakEasy: Stories from the Back Room: Biscuit Barbecue 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street, Brooklyn (formerly Night and Day) Thursday  Jan. 18 8:30 pm. Doors open at 8:00. 

Krista Weaver (One Guitar Woman) will perform.
Join
Sherry Weaver and her band of storytellers-Albert Stern, Jon Levin,
Darlene White, Peter Lubell, Michele Carlo, and Margot  Leitman-for an
evening of startling personal revelations!
$8 plus one drink or food item minimum. www.speakeasystories.com

Oops. It’s the same night as Brooklyn Reading Works with Adarro Minton, author of "Gay, Fat,  Crippled, Black, a collection of short stories. 8 p.m. The Old Stone House. Fifth Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets.