ends today: the 7th annual big apple film festival wraps up at tribeca cinemas, $20/program >>
12:30-6pm: after 75 years, ruby’s bar + grill is being forced out of coney. join their rally/protest/party today. >>
2pm: the 2nd annual greenpoint beer festival serves up 33 local and international craft + micro-brews. red star (37 greenpoint ave). $20 gets you six samples. >>
5-11pm: this month’s target first saturday at the brooklyn museum features country singer-songwriter laura cantrell, author rick moody, a screening of disney’s alice in wonderland (1951), a dance party, more! free. >>
7:30pm: share ghost stories and don your costume again with ghosthunting new york city's l'aura hladik. free treats! word, free. >>
9pm: canadian trio land of talk bring mellow vocals and heartache to bowery ballroom, $15 >>
9pm: 30 burlesque performers celebrate wasabassco burlesque's 6th anniversary at the bell house, $20 >>
2am: set your clock back one hour before you go to sleep tonight... daylight savings time ends sunday morning. fall back and get an extra hour of sleep... free!
sunday
pick a spot to cheer for the runners of the ing new york city marathon>>
4pm: chess champ garry kasparov launches the fourth volume of his garry kasparov on modern chess series. b+n 86th + lex, free. >>
6:30, 9pm: sneak preview screening of white material with director claire denis (chocolat) and renowned actress isabelle huppert in person. ifc, $16 >>
the fifth annual ny art book fair features over 280 international presses, book sellers, artists and more. ps1, free. >>
catch emerging scandinavian and north american performance artists in action during 'live action new york 10'. grace exhibition space + scandinavia house, $5-10. >>
indie comic book writers, illustrators and animators unite unite for kingcon ii (incl. bored to death's jonathan ames). brooklyn lyceum, $7. >>
save up to 80% off past season's goods at the what goes around comes around sale, 351 w. broadway (bet. broome and grand) >>
thru 11/9: a 24' budget rental truck becomes a traveling vaudevillian theater. location varies nightly, $15. >>
thru 11/9: the docnyc festival features 40+ documentaries, including a spotlight on errol morris, performance films of david byrne, bruce springsteen, more. ifc center and nyu venues, $16+. >>
thru 11/10: tribute to choreographer/director stanley donnen continues with the pajama game, seven brides for seven brothers, more. bonus: q+a with donen and kent jones (the rachel maddow show) sat. flsc, $12 ($9 matinees). >>
thru 11/11: film forum celebrates 30 years of martin scorsese’s boxing biopic raging bull with a shiny new 35mm print, $13 >>
thru 11/24: bloody bloody andrew jackson offers $50 select orchestra and mezzanine seats (usually $81.50-$86.50) >>
thru 11/6: the 7th annual big apple film festival continues at tribeca cinemas, $20/program >>
thru 11/7: the fifth annual ny art book fair features over 280 international presses, book sellers, artists and more. ps1, free. >>
thru 11/11: film forum celebrates 30 years of martin scorsese’s boxing biopic raging bull with a shiny new 35mm print, $13 >>
7:30pm: pianist isabelle o'connell and electronically enhanced flute-playing duo flutronix share the bill @ first presbyterian church (brooklyn heights), $10 >>
7:30pm: new 'vol. 1' reading series celebrates chicago (the city, not the band) with windy city representatives adam levin, jami attenberg, and molly tolsky. bonus: free goose island beer! word, free. >>
7:30pm: portia de rossi (mrs. ellen degeneres, arrested development) talks with jonathan safran foer (everything is illuminated, eating animals) about her memoir, unbearable lightness, which chronicles her battle with anorexia. b+n lincoln triangle, free. >>
8pm: erland + the carnival (feat. simon tong of the verve, gorillaz, more) completely rework old brit folk + rock w. killer riffs, melodies and lyrics. rock shop, $10. >>
10pm: crooked disco celebrates their anniversary with a back to the future-themed party and costume contest. lpr, free. >>
midnight (thru 11/6): '80s wwiii what-if flick red dawn (swayze, sheen) was first ever to get a pg-13 rating. ifc, $13. >>
sales, deals, freebies
racked gives you a peak at a 27 big sales coming up >>
thru 11/7: indie comic book writers, illustrators and animators unite unite for kingcon ii (incl. bored to death's jonathan ames). brooklyn lyceum, $7. >>
6-9pm: preview for the fifth annual ny art book fair (running thru 11/7). ps1, free. >>
7pm (thru 11/9): a 24' budget rental truck becomes a traveling vaudevillian theater. location varies nightly, $15. >>
7pm: crab-claw roach clips and knitted sausages are just two of the things you'll learn about making when amy sedaris presents her new book, simple times: crafts for poor people. b+n union sq, free. >>
7pm: 1970s color photography pioneer richard misrach's book detroy this memory illustrates katrina's hurricane-inspired graffiti. strand, free. >>
8pm: the 'queen of punk rock porn' joanna angel is among the guests at audacia ray's 'red umbrella diaries' sex + money story-telling event. happy ending, free. >>
11pm: l.a.'s daedalus brings his jazz-inspired electronica to lpr, $16 >>
sales, deals, freebies
thru 11/7: save up to 80% off past season's goods at the what goes around comes around sale, 351 w. broadway (bet. broome and grand) >>
brooklyn based rounds up vintage stores in the borough >>
thru 11/7: catch emerging scandinavian and north american performance artists in action during 'live action new york 10'. grace exhibition space + scandinavia house, $5-10. >>
thru 11/9: the docnyc festival features 40+ documentaries, including a spotlight on errol morris, performance films of david byrne, bruce springsteen, more. ifc center and nyu venues, $16+. >>
thru 11/10: tribute to choreographer/director stanley donnen kicks off with funny face, royal wedding (think 'dancing on the ceiling', but with fred astaire), more. bonus: q+a with donen and director mike nichols (the graduate) tonight. flsc, $12 ($9 matinees). >>
12:30pm: the guy behind howard stern, gary dell'abate, signs his new book they call me baba booey at borders wall st, free >>
6pm: playwright neil labute (in the company of men, nurse betty) reading/discussion/signing of his new play, the break of noon at the drama book shop, free >>
7pm: portia de rossi (mrs. ellen degeneres, arrested development) talks with whoopi goldberg about her memoir, unbearable lightness, which chronicles her battle with anorexia. apple shoho, free. >>
7pm: kickstarter co-founder yancey strickler chats with folks about how they financed their ideas using the fund-raising website. housing works crosby st, free. >>
7pm: 'holy haberdashery, batman!' jerry robinson (creator of the joker and co-creator of robin) speaks about his career and signs his new book at sva, free. >>
7:30pm: lewis black (the daily show) talks rants about his new book, i'm dreaming of a black christmas. b+n union sq, free. >>
8pm: hooray for earth begin a residency at pianos with arpline, zambri and shilpa ray + her happy hookers, $8-10 >>
8:30pm: tonight's 'big terrific' at cameo with max silvestri, gabe liedman and jenny slate features nate bargatze, julian mccullough and frank decaro. free! >>
sales, deals, freebies
7pm-midnight: la maison du chocolat celebrates 20 years in nyc by giving you free tastings of pastries and cakes! 1018 madison ave (plus 30 rock + 63 wal street 7-9pm). >>
just how much can you make collecting cans and bottles? >>
how to avoid airline baggage fees during holiday travel >>
free mp3: hooray for earth 'comfortable, comparable' >>
thru 11/6: the 7th annual big apple film festival kicks off at tribeca cinemas, $20/program >>
7pm: known for her attitude on and off the set, shannen dohery (beverly hills 90210, charmed) signs copies of her new book, badass. borders columbus circle, free. >>
7pm: melissa and brendan vaughan discuss the brooklyn food scene during their new brooklyn cookbook launch at park slope's community bookstore. bonus: free cheese from savatore bklyn. >>
7:30pm: music legend dionne warwick dishes about her life and career in her new autobiography, my life as i see it. b+n lincoln triangle, free. >>
7:30pm experimental electro-acoustic duo sza/za perform live to early short films of roman polanski (rosemary's baby, chinatown). bam rose cinema, $15. >>
coming up
11/3-7: catch emerging scandinavian and north american performance artists in action during 'live action new york 10'. grace exhibition space + scandinavia house, $5-10 >>
11/3-9 4, 7pm: the docnyc festival features 40+ documentaries, including a spotlight on errol morris, performance films of david byrne, bruce springsteen, more. ifc center and nyu venues, $16+. >>
11/4-7: indie comic book writers, illustrators and animators unite! kingcon ii comes to brooklyn lyceum, $7. >>
11/4-7 6-9pm: the fifth annual ny art book fair includes over 280 international presses, book sellers, artists, and more. ps1, free. >>
11/5 7:30pm: portia de rossi (mrs. ellen degeneres, arrested development) talks with jonathan safran foer (everything is illuminated, eating animals) about her memoir, unbearable lightness, which chronicles her battle with anorexia. b+n lincoln triangle, free. >>
sales, deals, freebies
feel even better about voting: tell babeland you voted, get a free silver bullet vibrator ($15 value). for serious! >>
junior's cheesecake celebrates 60 years with 60-cent slices (reg $5.99) >>
thru 11/24: bloody bloody andrew jackson offers $50 select orchestra and mezzanine seats (usually $81.50-$86.50) >>
7pm: r. crumb joins his daughter sophie to discuss her new book, sophie crumb: evolution of a crazy artist, b+n union square, free >>
8pm: freaks and geeks head to the knitting factory's freaks and geeks tv party (they'll be screening the entire series this month), free >>
9pm: considered by many to have formed depeche mode's signature sound, former member alan wilder's recoil comes to high line ballroom, $20 >>
11pm: comedian joe mande stages a reading of his screenplay of glen beck's novel, the overton window. featuring julie klausner, gabe liedman, max silvestri, more. ucb, free (rsvp). >>
coming up
date tbd: freddy's bar and backroom to re-open in the south slope >>
11/2-6: the 7th annual big apple film festival kicks off at tribeca cinemas, $20/program >>
sales, deals, freebies
11am-10pm: clear 4g foots the bill and gives you free ice skate rentals (reg $13) and hot chocolate @ bryant park all day (rsvp) >>
11:30am-3pm (thru 11/19): the malaysia kitchen food truck dishes out free samples from local restaurants at a different location daily >>
