The calendar is high octane until the middle of December.
Thursday November 12. Is it Obsolete? Debate about it at Word in Greenpoint. Anna Jane Grossman’s book about Obsolete objects is sparking a fun debate. Faye Penn from Brokelyn moderates. 7:30PM FREE
Friday November 13. Erin and Her Cello begins her residency at Rockwood Music Hall. New Songs. Special Guests. 7PM FREE
Playing until Thursday 19. The classic movie, The Red Shoes, is playing at The Film Forum
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Paint The Town Red pretty much covered most of the upcoming events this week, but here’s a few eclectic things that are actually NOT Halloween-related.
Thursday, October 29. Meet the real star of The September Issue, Grace Coddington. Grace will be doing a book signing of The Catwalk Cats at Clic Bookstore & Gallery 255 Centre Street 7PM.
Friday, October 30. Housing Works New York Spelling Bee. Ward off a witch’s spell by spelling some tough words. Jen Dziura hosts. 8PM $10
Monday, November 2. After drinking out of Red Solo cups at the Halloween and the NYC Marathon parties on the weekend, by Monday you will want a real drink. @SweetBlogOMine has put together a fancy cocktail tweetup which includes a Chartreuse tasting at Astor Wine. 399 Lafayette Street $35 6-9PM
BTW, Matt’s birthday is November 3rd 2nd, so next Tuesday Monday @mcaldecutt or poke him on Facebook.
It is the high tide of the fall social season so take your vitamins and buckle up. Since you may need to rest up for next weekend’s Halloween parties, here’s three things I recommend for this week.
Thursday, October 22 There’s a global hip hop CMJ showcase at the 92YTribeca 7PM.
Saturday, October 24 Vernon Reid will premiere a multimedia piece commissioned by WNYC called “Artificial Afrika” at the Winter Garden. FREE 8PM
Wednesday, October 28 is The Rejection Show. Hosted by Jon Friedman, the show features Wyatt Cenac who starred in the excellent movie, Medicine for Melancholy. 9:30PM $5
Related: Last week’s Niche List
