around town today
6pm: the way station’s monster monday madness series screens fright night, with free pizza 6-7pm. >>color>
6:30pm: fighting westwaycolor> author william w. buzbee describes how environmentalists and citizens were able to defeat the most expensive highway project ever proposed despite powerful proponents. nypl mid-manhattan, free. >>color>
6:30pm: sex, sexism, and three-martini lunches: a mad man and mad woman tell all: new york times advertising columnist stuart elliott interviews two survivors of the mad men era, kenneth romancolor> (the king of madison avenue) and jane maascolor> (mad women: the other side of life on madison avenue in the ’60s and beyond). mcny, $16 general, $12 students/seniors. >>color>
7pm: a panel discusses how shakespeare’s poem the rape of lucrece sheds light on current conversations about rape culture on college campuses and in the united states. nyu’s jerry h. labowitz theatre for the performing arts (1 washington place), free (rsvp required). >>color>
7pm: tonight’s installment of the buzzfeed night school lowbrow lecture series, hosted by jack shepherd and tanner ringerud, features four humorous presentations: ‘the quantum mechanics of time travel in bill and ted’s excellent adventure,’ ‘hello kitty is a cat: a polemic,’ ‘the ron swanson of the 18th century,’ and ‘the complete history of cats on the internet.’ housingworks, free. >>color>
7pm: ‘cyberspace’ coiner william gibson presents his new novel, the peripheral, at b+n union square. free. >>color>
7pm: hear stories from 20-time moth story slam winner adam wade and guest thomas pryor (i hate the dallas cowboys: tales of a scrappy new york boyhood) at the monthly ‘the adam wade from new hampshire show’. under st. marks, $5. >>color>
7pm: performers create comedic lifetime unoriginal movies on the fly at the magnet theater. $7. >>color>
7pm: the actors fund arts center hosts a screening of christopher guest’s waiting for guffmancolor> (1996), with a pre-show q+a with star fred willard and a free wine and beer reception. 160 schermerhorn st., brooklyn, $20 adv, $25 door. >>color>
7pm doors: greighwolfe, kia victoria, hanah, and noia play glasslands. $10. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: jamestown revival, nikki lane, and pete molinari play bowery ballroom. $15. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: jessica williams (the daily show) and phoebe robinson (broad city) guest host wyatt cenac’s weekly night train comedy show with guests byron bowers, matteo lane, shakir standley, and alingon mitra. littlefield, $8. >>color>
8pm: colson whitehead, lindsay hunter, shelly oria, mark chiusanlo, and gabby bess read at the monthly franklin park reading series. free. >>color>
8pm: art historian and master jeweler karen bachmann gives illustrated lecture on the history of hair in art + jewelry at the morbid anatomy museum. $8. >>color>
8pm: comedian myq kaplan (letterman, comedy central) is joined by nick vatterott (conan, comedy central), aparna nancherla (conan), nat towsen (‘downtown variety hour’ host), liz miele (comedy central), micah sherman (‘people improvising’ host), chaz kangas and beatboxer shockwave. astoria’s q.e.d.,$5. >>color>
8pm: the orion string quartet performs a free concert at the new school’s mannes college concert hall. tickets will be available at the hall starting at 6pm. >>color>
8pm (mondays): vérité, heidemann, and evvy play this week’s school night concert at brooklyn bowl. free with rsvp, $8 without. >>color>
9pm: the ‘in search of…’ storytelling/comedy/reading series debuts at union hall. hosted by cassie j. sneider and nate waggoner. $6. >>color>
9pm: tonight’s bi-monthly dive comedy show with hosts giulia rozzi (stripped stories, girl code) and brooke van poppelen (john oliver, ferguson) features stand-up from nimesh patel, noah gardenswartz, claudia cogan, micah sherman, anna dresden, will miles, and music by paper anniversary. freddy’s, free. >>color>
9pm (mondays): huckleberry bar’s free monday night movie screenings pay tribute to robin williams this month. tonight: the birdcage. >>color>
9:30pm doors, 10pm show: tonight at the the stand’s frantic! free comedy show: aaron berg, chris distefano, seth herzog, mike lawrence, sean donnelly, rory albanese, ben kronberg, joe list, joe bartnick, rell battle, sarah tollemache, and randy syphax. free. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
11/11 10am ceremony, 11:25am-3:30pm parade: 25,000 veterans, plus marching bands, floats, and military vehicles make their way up fifth avenue from 26th st. to 52nd st. for the 93rd annual veterans day parade. free. >>color>
11/11 12pm: best-selling horror/suspense author stephen king signs his latest novel, revival, at b+n union square. wristbands for entry will be distributed starting at 9am. >>color>
11/11 4pm-2am: in honor of corduroy appreciation day, wear corduroy and drink happy hour prices all night long at the way station. $4 drafts, $4 well, $1 off everything else. >>color>
11/11 6pm: actress katie holmes talks about miss meadows, her new film about a well-mannered schoolteacher who lives a double life as a gun-toting vigilante. apple soho, free (rsvp required). >>color>
11/11 7pm: happy days actor anson williams discusses his new memoir, singing to a bulldog: from happy days to hollywood director, and the unlikely mentor who got me there. b+n 82nd + broadway, free. >>color>
11/11 7pm doors: the society for the advancement of social studies (sass) commemorates veterans day with informal lectures on wwi history, including talks on the war’s causes, propaganda posters, and sex in america during the period. the bedford. free. >>color>
11/11 7pm doors: the swedish consulate and export music sweden present ‘sweden makes music,’ a concert of live performances by swedish artists beatrice eli, baba stiltz, beldina, merely, mr. tophat + art alfie, plus dj sets. baby’s all right, free (rsvp required). >>color>
11/11 7:30-10:30pm: $10 adv ($15 door) gets you a plate of food and unlimited caleb’s kola + bourbon cocktails at the last finger on the pulse bbq blowout of the season. tonight’s dishes are prepared by chef sam mason (wd~50, odfellows ice cream co.), while turing machine provides the beats. good company (10 hope st., williamsburg). >>color>
11/11 8pm: ’uptown showdown’: two teams of comedians, writers and performers square off against each other about ‘family vs friends’, and the audience picks the winner. tonight’s guests: david rees (going deep), lizz winstead (the daily show co-creator), jena friedman (the daily show writer), opus moreschi (the colbert report head writer), elna baker (this american life), kevin townley (the talent show brand variety show), and host scott rogowsky (‘running late’ host). symphony space, $15. >>color>
11/11 8:30pm: a panel of ‘experts’ offer their sage answers to your questions at comedian jo firestone’s firestone success academy show. tonight’s inaugural show offers advice on how to get a date. pete’s candy store, free. >>color>
11/11 9:30pm (+11/14): performers zoe farmingdale and toby singer present ‘wicked frozen!’ a musical parody mashup of wicked and frozen… written by two people who have never seen either. the pit, $10 adv, $12 door, $1 students. >>color>
11/11-16: the 27th mix nyc queer experimental film festival includes screenings, performances, installations and more. various location, $13-25. >>color>
sales, deals, freebies
thru 11/11: take 40% off your banana republic purchase online (promo code ‘brgood’) and in-store. >>color>
thru 11/13: save up to
take
50% on everything at old navy in-store and online, plus take an extra 25% off online. >>color>
get $30 worth of burgers and sides for two at black iron burger in midtown for $18. >>color>
get $30 worth of personalized m+m’s for $15. >>color>
ticket deals
get tickets to the new york botanical garden’s holiday train show 11/18-1/16 for $7-14 (plus ticket fees, reg $10-20). >>color>
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