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Around Town
"Free Scoop Night" The perfect opportunity to taste one of their 31 flavors at participating stores throughout the city?plus Baskin-Robbins will make a donation to non-profit book provider First Book for every scoop served; Baskin-Robbins, Penn Station, 33rd St. (8th Ave.), 212-239-1615, www.baskinrobbins.com; 6-10, free.
"Thinking and Drinking" Dust off your noggin & head downtown to compete in five fast rounds of random trivia for prizes of $10-$25 bar tabs; Dempsey's Pub, 61 2nd Ave. (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), 212-388-0662; 7:30, free.
Wednesday Night Skate Strap on a helmet & join roller & in-line skaters as they weave through city streets passing the South Street Seaport, the Brooklyn Bridge & Times Square on this two-hour ride; Union Sq. Park, 17th St. (B'way), 212-696-7247; 8, free.
Film/Video
Everyone Loves Alice "Modern Tales From the North: Sweden" series screens director Richard Hobert's 2002 drama, dealing w/divorce & its effect on children?Swedish w/English subtitles; Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave. (betw. 37th & 38th Sts.), 212-879-9779; 6:30, $8.
Fourth-Annual Television Documentary Festival pres. documentaries incl. NY-premiere of Liz Garbus' The Nazi Officer's Wife (2003), today at 6:30, feat. appearances by Garbus & film subjects Edith Hahn Beer & Angela Schulter, D.A. Pennebaker's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1973), Sat. at 4 & the Vietnam Vérité Retrospective, Sat. & Sun. at 12:30?also feat. panel discussions & workshops; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; 6:30, $10, $5 st. [continues Thurs.-Sun., through 5/4].
"The Middle of the World" Series celebrating Swiss cinema closes w/director Jean-Luc Goddard's 2001 drama In Praise of Love (1 p.m., repeats Thurs at 2:45), Leopold Lindtberg's 1951 b&w drama Four In A Jeep (4:45) & Michel Soutter's 1967 b&w feature La Lune Avec Les Dents (3 & 8:30, repeats Thurs. at 1), all French w/English subtitles; Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600; www.filmlinc.com for complete sched., $9.50, $7 st., $4.50 s.c. before 6 [through 5/1].
Sixth-Annual Brooklyn International Film Festival Campari pres. 100 films from 30 countries incl. 2002 dramas All Night Bodega, directed by Félix Oliver's (5 p.m.) & 17 Times Cécile Cassard by Christophe Honoré (7)?followed by after-party; Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Pkwy. (Washington Ave.), Bklyn, 718-388-4306, www.wbff.org; 3, 5, 7 & 9, $8-$10 [repeats Thurs.-Sun.].
"Those 'Goils' From Brooklyn" Series salutes chicks from the Boro, screening director Tim McDonough's 1969 16mm short The National Flower of Brooklyn & Elia Kazan's 1945 drama A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, about happy but poverty stricken family, starring Dorothy McGuire, Peggy Ann Garner & Joan Blondell; Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-0609; 2:30, free.
Lectures
Dialogue Forum Series 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace shares anecdotes about the most hated & respected news figures of our time; Forchheimer Aud., Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St. (5th Ave.), 212-294-8301; 8, free.
Readings
Books and Bombs in Buenos Aires: Borges, Gerchunoff and Argentine Jewish Writing Edna Aizenberg; Americas Society, 680 Park Ave. (68th St.), 212-249-8950; 6, free.
Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellvue Dr. Danielle Ofri, cofounder/editor of The Bellevue Review reads from new memoir; Barnes & Noble, 240 E. 86th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-794-1962; 7, free.
Edmund Wilson's To the Finland Station A New York Review of Books "lost classic"?from The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature:
"Critical and historical study of European writers and theorists of socialism who set the stage for the Russian Revolution of 1917...published in book form in 1940"; Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St. (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-334-3324; 7, free.
THURSDAY 5/1
Around Town
Get a Whiff of This Stila cosmetics creator Jeanine Lobell introduces her new fragrance Bouquet du Jour, discusses the line & signs perfume bottles?plus free gift w/every purchase; Bloomingdales, 1000 3rd Ave. (betw. 59th & 60th Sts.), 212-705-2363; 11-4, free.
"New York City Bicycle Show" Annual show of bikes & accessories from local shops & non-profit groups incl. Time's Up!?plus fashion shows, tours & workshops incl. today's "ladies only fix-a-flat" workshop (8 p.m.); 69th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Ave. (26th St.), www.nycbicycleshow.com; 5-9:30, $10 [repeats Fri. 4-9:30, Sat. 11-8].
"Shakespeare's 439th Birthday Bash" Meet cast & artistic director of New York Classical Theater's upcoming Much Ado About Nothing & Triumph of Love productions at fundraiser feat. birthday cake, door prizes, DJ, free beer & food; Scopa Restaurant, 79 Madison Ave. (betw. 28th & 29th Sts.), 212-686-8787; 7-10, $25 tax-deductible don.
Film/Video
"Golden Oldies of Music Video" Screening of 40 videos from museum's extensive collection. Today, video artist Pipilotti Rist veejays Whodini's Big Mouth (1985), the Coil's Tainted Love (1985), Public Enemy's Fight the Power (1989), Sonic Youth's Tunic (Song for Karen) (1990) & Chemical Brothers' Star Guitar (2001); MOMA's Gramercy Theater, 127 E. 23rd St. (betw. Lexington & Park Aves.), 212-777-4900; 8, $12, $8.50 st./s.c.
"Richard Schwarz Thalia Film Festival" Series shares film collector Schwarz's amazing archives, today Jean-Luc Godard's 1966 mystery Made in U.S.A. (7 p.m., Fri. & Sun. at 9) & Stanley Kubrick's 1964 sci-fi comedy Dr. Strangelove (9, repeats Fri. & Sun. at 7, Sat. at 9:30); Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5181;, $8.
Lectures
"Edwin Schlossberg on Ellis Island Project and Other Works" Trailblazing interactive designer discusses his famous projects incl. the Ellis Island American Family Immigration History Center; New York City College of Technology, 300 Jay St. (Hudson St.), Bklyn, 718-260-5837; 1-2, free.
The Future of Asia's Nature and Culture Series pres. "Sumet Jumsai?Bangkok and the Floating City AD 2100." Architect debates its metamorphosis from a "water-based to a land-based city" & why it should return to its aquatic roots; Asia Society, 725 Park Ave. (70th St), 212-517-ASIA; 6:30, $10.
"How Not To Go Broke at 102" Journalist Adriane Berg examines how we spend as we age, financial planning & cost of living lies; Science Industry Business Library, 188 Madison Ave. (34th St.); 5:30-7, free.
Readings
Edward Hirsch, Alicia Ostriker & Gerald Stern read poems by Holocaust survivors; Museum of Jewish Heritage, 18 First Pl. (West St.), 212-968-1800; call for times, $15, $12 st./s.c.
Life of Pi 2002 Booker-Prize winner, Yann Martel; Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
The Russian Debutante's Handbook Riverhead scores another well-received first novel, now out in paperback; Astor Place Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.), 212-420-1322; 7:30, free.
Workshops
"Family History Workshop" Genealogy class focuses on descendants of people who immigrated in the late 19th & 20th century & also incl. slide presentation showing how to locate necessary documentation; Genealogy Institute at Center For Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St. (5th Ave.), 917-606-8200; 6-7, $15.
FRIDAY 5/2
Around Town
Copacabana Foundation Night Annual fundraiser feat. performances by Lisandro Mesa & Orquesta Canela?proceeds benefit Healing the Children & Hermandad; Copacabana, 560 W. 34th St. (11th Ave.), 212-239-2672; 8, $25.
10th-Annual Local Produce Festival of the Performing Arts feat. dance, music & theater performances, storytelling, readings & workshops from Brooklyn artists?also talking blues from Tyrone Henderson; Spoke the Hub Re:Creation Center, 748 Union St. (betw. 5th & 6th Ave.), Park Slope, 718-857-5158; 7:30 p.m., $15, $5 children/s.c.
"The Wall Street Festival" Downtown blows up w/food & street fair stuffs from over 150 vendors?proceeds benefit 1st Precinct Community Council; Fulton St.(betw. Broadway & Gold St.), 646-230-0489; 11-6, free.
Film/Video
"Koreans and Japanese in Film" U.S.-premiere of director Kim Sujin's 2002 adaptation of Yan Sogil's "tragi-comic novel" Through the Night, about Koreans who gathered iron scrap in 1958 Osaka, Japanese & Korean w/English subtitles; Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-832-1155, tkts. 212-752-3015; 6:30, $9, $5 st./s.c.
Throwing Curves An Evening With Eva Zeisal Premiere of film exploring 97-year old industrial designer's life & art, followed by discussion w/Zeisal & reception?in conjunction w/Eva Zeisal exhibit, see Art; the New-York Historical Society, 2 W. 77th St. (Central Park W.), 212-873-3400; 6:30, free w/admin.
Purple Rain "Sunshine@Midnight" series pres. director Albert Magnoli's 1984 musical hit, starring Prince as the Kid, fighting violence, poverty & obscurity for fame & the love of Apollonia; Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-358-7709; 12 a.m., $10, $6.50 s.c. [repeats Sat.].
Lectures
"American Spirit, Values & Power: Resisting Empire, Affirming Our Vision" Three-day conference pres. panelists, incl. Ralph Nader & Peggy Shepard, examining renewable energies & why the government's fight for global domination is destroying freedom; CUNY Grad Center, 365 5th Ave. (34th St.), 212-817-8215, www.opencenter.org; 6-9:30, call for prices [repeats Sat. 10-9 & Sun. 10-6].
SATURDAY 5/3
Around Town
"Be Queen for A Day" Avon gives 30 community moms "A Pre-Mother's Day Beauty Makeover," demos products, hands out catalogs & searches for recruits?childcare & lunch provided; Harlem YMCA, 180 W. 135th St. (betw. Lenox & 7th Aves.), res. req. 212-281-4100 x207, www.ymcanyc.org; 11-3, free.
"Crafts on Columbus" Three-weekend marketplace continues w/American handicrafts, art & photography incl. blown glass, leather goods, candles, furniture & clothing from 150 craftspersons; Columbus Ave.(betw. 77th & 81st Sts.); 10-6, free [repeats Sun.].
First Saturday Celebrates newest installation "Egypt Reborn: Art of Eternity" w/Egyptian-style dance lessons, art & clothing gallery talks, hands-on art project, spoken word performance, films & Afro-beat/Middle-East pop dance party feat. DJ Neva; Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Pkwy. (Washington Ave.), Bklyn, 718-638-5000; 5-11, free.
"Free Comic Book Day" All-day giveaway feat. appearances by comic artists & writers incl. Dan Slott, Stuart Moore, Paull Sizer, Leela Corman, Josh Neufeld, Tom Hart, Matt Madden, Myatt Murphy & Scott Dalrymple; Jim Hanley's Universe, 4 W. 33rd St. (5th Ave.), 212-268-7088, www.freecomicbookday.com; 9-11, free.
"The Grooviest Street Fair in Town" Columbia Grammar and Preparatory pres. arts & crafts, games & rides incl. Hip Hop Hippa Bouncer, 22' Mellow Yellow slide & 55' Funkadelic Caterpillar Crawler?proceeds benefit the school's scholarship program; 94th St.(betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-749-6200; 10-4, free [raindate 5/4].
Mayday Benefit feat. guest speakers, raffle & live music incl. Hooverville, Spunk Lads & Champions of Sound?proceeds benefit Taco Bell tomato pickers; Umbrella House, 21-23 Ave. C (betw. 2nd & 3rd Sts.), 212-979-8353; 7 p.m., $5-$7.
Sixth-Annual New York Revlon Run/Walk For Women Hosts Diane Sawyer, Renee Zellweger & Jennifer Connelly join 55,000 others in 5k walk to Central Park to raise cancer awareness & research funds; Times Square, 42nd St. (B'way), 122-379-3199, www.revlonrunwalk.com; 9:15, check-in at 7, $25.
Spring Celebration Ninth-annual outdoor fest feat. installation of new fence, plant & bake sales, meditation session, workshops, cleanup & performances by Spoke the Hub dance co., Germania Children's Theater & Art Lillard's Big Band; 6/15 Green Community Garden, Sixth Ave. (15th St.), Park Slope, 917-721-6073; 10-4, free.
Film/Video
Star Trek Latest Enterprise adventure, director Jonathan Frakes' (aka William Riker) Star Trek: Insurrection (1998); Captain Picard & crew rebel against the Federation to save a peaceful planet, ends the movie saga series; Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300; 2, $8.50, $6 st./s.c.
"Tribeca Film Festival" Screening of 200 shorts, features & documentaries incl. premieres of director Stephen Chow's Shaolin Soccer (12:45 p.m.), Harley Cokeliss' An Angel For May (Sun. at 3) & Stefan Arsenijevic's Slovenian short (A) Torsion (Tues. at 8:30), at various downtown locations?also panel discussions, workshops, family festival & concerts; Tribeca Film Festival, 866-941-FEST; www.tribecafilmfestival.org; see website for complete sched. [through 5/11].
"The West in Black & White" Lin McAdam's (Jimmy Stewart) marksmanship contest prize, a one-of-a-kind rifle, is stolen by the runner-up in director Anthony Mann's 1950 western Winchester '73, also starring Shelley Winters & Rock Hudson; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].
Lectures
"Living Inside the Grid" Symposium discusses the grid's history in modern art & culture, its relationship w/bodies & "theories on how to get around" it?in conjunction w/exhibit of same name; New Museum of Contemporary Art, 583 B'way (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-219-1222; 10-6, $6.
Workshops
"Dances of Universal Peace" Flowing movements incorporate sacred chants & music. Dances influence peace & healing by focusing on the unifying "one source, one essence"; Sufi Books, 227 W. B'way (betw. Franklin & White Sts.), 212-334-5212; 7:30-9:30, $10.
SUNDAY 5/4
Around Town
"American Cancer Society's Dogwalk Against Cancer" Grab the pooch & raise money to fight cancer at walk-a-thon feat. food, raffles, giveaways, contests & games incl. doggie karaoke & olympics?proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society & Animal Medical Center; Riverside Park, 89th St. (Riverside Dr.), 800-ACS-2345, www.cancersociety.org; registration 9 a.m., $35, $25 adv.
"The Lower East Side Chic to Schlock Shopping Tour" Attention thrifty shoppers! Guide Catherine leads you through this shopping mecca to learn history, trivia, meet up & coming designers, discover candy in bulk & score make-up, beauty aids, food, clothing & schlock for cheap; Skella, 156 Orchard St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-475-6914; 11:30, $20.
"Hoboken Arts & Music Festival" All-day outdoor marketplace feat. exhibit & sale of works from artists, crafters, photographers & sculptors, magicians, jugglers, dance & music performances, face-painting, petting zoo, pony-rides & moonwalk; Washington St.(betw. Newark & 7th Sts.), Hoboken, 201-420-2207; www.nj.com/hobokenfest; 11-6, free.
Marion's Fashion Brunch Enjoy mimosa's & fresh baked biscuits while checking out Jessica Goldman's World According to Jess luggage & handbags, feat. in Sex in the City; Marion's, 354 Bowery (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), res. req. 212-475-7621; 12 & 1:30, $17.95 incl. brunch.
"Mother's Day Tea & Tulip Festival" Annual celebration of motherhood & spring feat. gardening workshop, musical entertainment, pressed-flower card making, ceremony honoring community mothers, plant sale, tea & sandwiches; Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, 5816 Clarendon Rd. (Ralph Ave.), E. Flatbush, 718-629-5400; 12-4, free.
"Radical Harlem Tour" Tour guide Bruce Kayton shares sites & history of Harlem's radical past incl. Marcus Garvey's Rowhouse, the Schomburg Center, Black Panther Party headquarters, Malcolm X & Langston Hughes; meet at 306 Lenox Ave(125th St.), 718-492-0069; 1, $10.
Film/Video
"Brooklyn Arts Council 37th International Film and Video Festival" feat. works by Brooklyn-based American artists incl. Matiki Anoff, Ben Aranda, Aaron Augenblick, Kyra Garrigue, Moira Tierney & Doris Vila; Ocularis at Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 7, $6.
Makor Cult Café New series pres. double features in downstairs café feat. beer & food. Tonight, it's musical transvestite madness w/2001's Hedwig & the Angry Inch & 1975's Rocky Horror Picture Show; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 7, free.
Lectures
TimesTalk Series pres. "A Conversation with Harvey Fierstein." New York Times culture reporter Jesse McKinley talks w/Tony Award-winning actor about his life & career; FIT's Katie Murphy Amphitheater, Bldg. D, 7th Ave. (27th St.), 888-NYT-1870, www.nytimes.com/timestalks; 7-8:30, $25.
Readings
KGB Fiction Series This week: Robert Stone (Damascus Gate, Bay of Souls) & Nina Revoyr (The Necessary Hunger, Southland); KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd Ave. & Bowery), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
Sam Lipsyte, Marc Nesbitt, Shawn Hollyfield read; Soft Skull Shortwave, 71 Bond St. (State St.), Bklyn, 718-643-1599; 2.
Lisa Shea & Minter Krotzer Author of Hula: A Novel & contributor to Before and After: Stories From New York, respectively, read; Barbes, 376 9th St. (6th Ave.), Park Slope, 718-965-9177;.
Workshops
"The Magic of the Ordinary" Rabbi Gershon Winkler examines animals, colors, powers & spirits of the "four directions," exploring Kabalistic theories on good, evil, spirit & body healing?plus chanting instruction; Sufi Books, 227 W. B'way (betw. Franklin & White Sts.), 212-334-5212; 1-5, $25.
MONDAY 5/5
Around Town
"The Big Quiz Thing" When drinking isn't enough...Noah Tarnow hosts team trivia feat. DJ GB & $200 grand prize; Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St. (Stanton St.), 212-592-0965; 8, $5.
"I Have a Dream" Foundation Benefit Cocktail reception feat. sale of signed prints, from artists incl. Jennifer Bartlett, Chuck Close, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Indiana & Leroy Neiman, on display through 5/16?proceeds benefit college scholarship program; Jim Kempner Fine Art, 501 W. 23rd St. (10th Ave.), 212-293-5480 x19; 6-9, $75.
Film/Video
"The Den of Spring in Song" Retro film series screens director Sidney Lumet's 1978 African-American musical Wizard of Oz remake, The Wiz, starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson & Richard Pryor?strange, but true!; Two Boots Den of Cin, 44 Ave. A (3rd St.), 212-254-0800; 8, $5.
Lectures
"An Evening at the British Library" Peter Barber pres. King George III's Topographical Collection feat. over 50, 000 maps illustrating the controversial monarch's interests & "foibles"; Explorers Club, 46 E. 70th St. (Madison & Park Aves.), 212-628-8383; 7-8, $15.
Readings
Open Reading Sign up begins at 7:45, or just grab a cocktail and go with a friend?this can be a great show; St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th St. (2nd Ave.), 212-674-0910; 8.
Workshops
"Getting Organized From the Inside Out, With Julie Morganstern" Morganstern reveals how to eliminate clutter, utilize small storage spaces & create simple filing systems; 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-415-5500; 7:30-9, $30.
TUESDAY 5/6
Around Town
"Pure Country" DJ Alan Kohn keeps the country spinning, while Rona Kaye teaches the particulars of line dancing & ensures you'll have a partner?yeehaw!; Jack Rose, 771 8th Ave. (47th St.), 212-247-7518; 6:30, $13.
Second-Annual Same-Sex Wedding Expo Marriage Equity New York & the Wedding Party match same-sex partners w/wedding planners to organize kick-ass commitment ceremonies?also Sybil Bruncheon hosts live auction; Roxy, 515 W. 18th St. (10th Ave.), 212-645-5156, www.samesexweddingexpo.com; 6-10, free.
Tuesday Night Trivia It's probably not as much fun as watching Donny Osmond host Pyramid, but prizes do incl. $10-$25 bar tabs; Baggot Inn, 82 W. 3rd St. (betw. Sullivan & Thompson Sts.), 212-477-0622; 7:30, free.
"Volunteer Orientation" Join Urban Park Rangers & learn how to staff a nature center, clean the park & plan educational programs; Inwood Hill Nature Center, 218th St. (Indian Rd.), 212-304-2365, www.nyc.gov/parks; 7 p.m., free.
Film/Video
"Light and Shadows: Conrad Hall" BAMcinématek pres. four-week ode to Hollywood cinematographer Hall. Today, newly restored print of director Richard Brooks' 1967 crime drama In Cold Blood, based on Truman Capote's novel, starring jailbird Robert Blake; BAM Rose Cinema, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Ft. Greene, 718-636-4100; 4:20, 7 & 9:30, $10, $7 st., $6 s.c.
"Videos By Suara Welitoff" Suara pres. several selections that "...seek to reveal more about the complexities of both people and nature" at Robert Beck Memorial Cinema; Collective Unconscious, 145 Ludlow St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-254-5277; 9:30, $5.
"William Klein Film Retrospective" continues w/excerpt from director Klein's 1967 documentary Far From Vietnam, followed by 1993 "kaleidoscopic film collage" In & Out of Fashion, feat. backstage footage from Yves St. Laurent's first show, in French & English; Florence Gould Hall French Institute, 55 E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160; 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 & 9, $8, $6 st.
Lectures
"Corset Controversies Considered Anew" Author Valerie D. Steele (The Corset: A Cultural History) examines the garment's controversial 400-year history & its condemnation as "an instrument of women's oppression"; Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-0609; 6, free.
"An Interview with Carole Baron, President of Dutton" New York Times writer Christopher Lehmann-Haupt talks w/Penguin Putnam's influential publisher; General Society of Mechanics and Tradesman, 20 W. 44th St. (betw. Madison & 6th Aves.), 212-764-7021; 6-7:30, $10.
"The Race for the White House" Series pres. well-coifed Reverend Al Sharpton motivating the crowd w/well-chosen words &, if there's time, answering a few questions?about his presidential bid, no doubt; LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), 212-620-7310; 7, free.
"The Sound & Vision Of Your Home: Tech You Can Live With" Build a sound system your roommates & neighbors can live with! Tech expert Rob Sabin discusses space saving audio products & offers tips on how to combine home theater w/decor; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 12-1, $12.
Readings
Tom Robbins reads from his latest, called Villa Incognito?but you already knew that; Union Sq. Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave. S.), 212-253-0810; 7, free.