Paul Banks, Eugene Mirman, More Perform at Second "It Came From Brooklyn" Concert Tonight

Looks like the folks at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Manhattan have another night of Brooklyn artistry in store for this evening. The night of music, literature, comedy and art arrives as the second installment in the museum's "It Came from Brooklyn" series, a component of its 50th anniversary celebration held in the famous Frank Lloyd Wright-designed rotunda. It will feature performances from Julian Plenti (as in Interpol frontman Paul Banks, who recently released an album under said pseudonym) and I'm In You, as well as readings by writers Hampton Fancher and Rivka Galchen. All the while, absurdist comedian Eugene Mirman (whom you might recognize from his recurring role on Flight of the Conchords, among other things) will serve as MC.

The series aims to tap into the wealth of creative work produced in Brooklyn/by Brooklynites over the past decade by both up-and-coming artists and more longstanding fixtures, as exemplified by its debut show featuring The Walkmen and High Places. "Over the past decade, Brooklyn has emerged as a place of astonishing artistic creativity and interdisplinary experimentation," said Sam Brumbaugh, co-producer of the project, in a statement. "Our aim is to share the spirit of this scene with the museum's audience and beyond, while keeping a local feel for New Yorkers."

Not every artist in the series thus far is a current or lifetime Brooklyn resident, and the project's creators acknowledge this fluidity within the borough's artistic scene. "The music and art scene in Brooklyn has always been in flux," Brumbaugh told Time Out New York in August. "People come through, go back, rehearse.... But I really think the last ten years have been a true scene in both the music and book worlds."

Concertgoers tonight can also meander through the museum's Vasily Kandinsky retrospective currently on view and, of course, the spiraling rotunda in which the performances will be held. "Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Guggenheim to be a social space that engages the public," said Bronwyn Keenan, the museum's Associate Director of Special Events, in a statement. "The audience can move up and around the spiraling ramp during the acts for a concert experience that is at once monumental and intimate, a powerful contrast intrinsic to the series."

The show will mark Julian Plenti's first public performance since 2002. Tickets are available at Guggenheim.org/Brooklyn at $45 for non-members and $40 for members. Doors open at 8 p.m.

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