It's a new week, with a mercifully short list of ticketable events and happenings around town. It's the quiet before the storm that is September, when just about everything seems to be landing. Still, couple of note-worthy things; modern-day boyband Why Don't We is in town tomorrow, STREET NOISE is throwing down some hip-hop, and professional funny-man Tom Rhodes is plying his trade at Cages later this week.

*** Made up of fresh-faced 16-19 year olds Daniel Seavey, Zach Herron, Corbyn Besson, Jonah Marais, and Jack Avery (heart), Why Don’t We's churned out like four teenie-bopper EPs in a year. Last summer's album hit #1 on iTunes' "Pop Albums," overtaking Bruno Mars, Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran. God help us. They're hitting up Modernsky Lab. SmartTicket link! Quebecois Samajam has introduced a show for families! Each audience member is given several musical instruments when they enter, including tambourines, musical tubes and drumsticks, which they'll use in magical, magical harmony with the showleaders on stage exploring basic music theory. SmartTicket link! American jazz singer Sachal Vasandani is known for his singularly recognizable voice and the technical versatility to improvise the skabadoobopinest of double-time jams. He's at Jazz at the Lincoln Center's intimate live session space from the end of August to the start of September. SmartTicket link! For STREET NOISE 2018, the eponymous hip-hop promoter and their fulsome plurality of street-style talent are doing doing another domestic tour in November, but as a warm-up, they're kicking it for two days at VAS Livehouse. Line-up includes MC Guang Guang, Liao Xiao Nong, YOUNG GEE, KC, GIGNA, Ki Dastronaut, TNT MUSIC GROUP, Li Da Ben, J-SLEEPER, CDE, Indigo Children, JARSTICK, NIFT, DOUBLE X2 and more. SmartTicket link! Acclaimed children's author Stan Lai’s teams up with his daughter and granddaughter to present 'The Whale Library,' a theatrical journey into the belly of a whale, where a most bodacious library resides. But mischievous monkeys from a nearby island are stealing books to burn them! SmartTicket link! Tom Rhodes has built a world-traveling comic career over 33+ years. The New York Times describes him as “a mostly natural intellect with a knack for reporting the harsh realities of life with a dark and absurdly optimistic cynicism.” He's touring China with the Shanghai Comedy Club, stopping in for one night at CAGES. VIP tickets include a meet and greet with the man himself after the show. SmartTicket link!