The day after

Eugene Mirman

Obama won! And you voted for him!
Now that he’s officially President-elect Obama, you deserve to sit back and laugh. Join fervent Obama supporter and alt-comedy messiah Eugene Mirman as he presents stand-up and shorts with funny pals Jessi Klein, Arj Barker, Hannibal Buress and Kumail Nanjiani. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St between Canal and Desbrosses Sts (212-601-1000, 92y.org). Wed 5 at 8:30pm, $12.

Obama won! And you voted against him!
It was those goddamned MySpace youths, you just know it. Find out what in tarnation happened at “Youthquake: Election, Media and The Young Voter,” a panel discussion with political researchers, authors and (crikey!) MTV News correspondent Kim Stolz. The Paley Center for Media, 25 W 52nd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-621-6800, paleycenter.org). Nov 12 at 6:30pm; $25, members $15.

McCain won! And you voted for him!
The “liberal elite media” may’ve fudged the facts but they didn’t fudge enough. Learn about how they operated during the Cold War at “The Political Culture of Journalism in the Age of Totalitarianism,” a lecture led by the University of Chicago’s Sam Lebovic. FREE NYU Bobst Library, 70 Washington Sq South at La Guardia Pl, tenth floor (212-998-2471, nyu.edu/public.affairs. Nov 20 at 5pm.

McCain won! And you voted against him!
The Straight Talk Express just crashed the White House, leaving Maverick Magoo and the Polar Bear Huntress in charge of the country (and our future). Um, holy fuck. Seek words of comfort—or at least a silver lining—when Melville scholar Andrew Delbanco, writer Joan Didion, novelist Daryl Pinckney, political commentator Michael Tomaskey and historian Gary Wills present “What Happens Now? A Conversation on the 2008 Election.” Celeste Bartos Forum, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Fifth Ave at 42nd St (212-340-0849, nypl.org). Nov 10 at 7pm, $15.

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