WEDNESDAY 6/4 WEDNESDAY 6/4 Around Town "Apollo ...
Around Town
"Apollo Amateur Night Reloaded" Legendary amateur night at the Apollo "reloads" w/"new look, new energy" & "hot talent." It all begins tonight w/special show co-hosted by Showtime at the Apollo host Mo'Nique; Apollo Theater, 253 W. 125th St. (betw. Frederick Douglass & Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvds.), 212-531-5303, apollotheater.com; 7:30, $16-$24.
"Media Bias: What's the True Story?" Carl Schrag, award winning former jounalist & editor of Jerusalem Post speaks on "Media Bias: What's the True Story?" in an evening hosted by Jewish National Fund of Greater New York Business Group. Event may seem pricy, but there's a cocktail reception & all proceeds go toward helping land & people of Israel; JNF House, 42 E. 69th St. (betw. Park & Madison Aves.), res. req. 212-879-9300x501, www.jnf.org; 7, $100.
"Summer Soiree at the Supper Club" 500 "upscale" singles mingle at classy meat market gathering feat. a psychic, caricaturist, magician, dancing, hors d'oeuvres & author Susan Winter. Dress nice?jackets req.?you could meet your future "upscale" mate; Supper Club, 240 W. 47th St. (betw. B'way & 8th Ave.), 212-921-1940, www.gotham-parties.com; 7-11:30, $20.
"The World?Part IV" Using the full space of the Sculpture Court at the Whitney, Michael Counts draws on his "unique hybrid of installation, sculpture, performance art & theater" to explore the "definitions we impose uopn a given space." Sounds trippy, man; Whitney Museum at Altria, 120 Park Ave. (42nd St.), 212-570-3633, www.whitney.org; 8 p.m., free.
Film/Video
Cinemania Screening of directors Steven Kijak & Anglea Christlieb's documnetary following five film-obsessed New Yorkers, whose lives subsist on premieres, screenings & two-films a day habits?introduction by Kijak & Christlieb Fri. & Sat.; the Screening Room, 54 Varick St. (Canal St.), 212-334-2100; 9:30, $9.50, $7 st., $5.50 s.c [repeats daily].
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Screenings of newly restored English-language version of Sergio Leone's 1966 spaghetti western feat. 15 mins. of unseen footage & remastered soundtrack, still starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef & Eli Wallach; Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (betw. Varick St. & 6th Ave.), 212-727-8110, www.filmforum.com; 1:20, 4:40 & 8, $9.75 [repeats Thurs.-Tues., through 6/12].
"Suburban Nightmares" Directors Leonard Kastle & Donald Volkman's 1970 thriller The Honeymoon Killers, based on real killer couple Martha & Raymond (9:35, repeats Thurs., Fri., Sun. & Mon. at 9:35, Sat. at 5 & 9:35, Tues. at 10:15) & new 35mm print of Frank Perry & Sydney Pollock's 1968 drama The Swimmer, starring Burt Lancaster as swimmer Ned, paddling his way from pool to pool (7:30, repeats Thurs., Fri., Sat. & Mon. at 7:30, Sun. at 5 & 7:30, Tues. at 6); Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300, www.twoboots.com/pioneer; $9, $6.50 st./s.c.
Lectures
Genomes and the Virtual Plant: Nitrogen Networks in Arabidopsis If you know what that means you probably don't need to go to this lecture. If you don't know that Arabidopsis is a 'small flowering plant used as a model organism in plant biology,' you should go; Science Industry Business Library, 188 Madison Ave. (34th St.); 5:30-7.
Jonathan Schell author speaks on peace & the limits of using force/violence as a tool of foreign policy; All Souls Church, Lexington Ave. (80th St.), 212-243-3416; 7, $20, $10 st./s.c.
Lifestyles & Life Stages: When Our Grown Kids Disappoint Us Jane Adams, Ph.D. asks 'what happens when children get older, but don't seem to grow up?' Personally, I'm offended, just 'cause I live at home & my parents support me doesn't mean I ain't grown up. Right?; 92nd St. Y's West Side Satellite, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-415-5500; 12-1, $12.
Little Gray Book Lecture No. 20: How to Negotiate All Kinds of Deals and Contracts Corporate men, spam-writer, organ salesman, doctorate holder & an Onion writer talk amongst themselves; Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), 718-782-5188; 8, $5 sugg. don.
A Look at the Jayson Blair Scandal Terry Neal (Washington Post), Seth Mnookin (Newsweek) & Arlene Morgan (The Philadelphia Inquirer) in panel discussion sponsored by the Asian American Journalists Association; Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, 695 Park Ave. (68th St.), 212-772-4448; 7, free.
Notorious: Crime and Celebrity Discussion on symbiotic relationship between media & criminals/the accused; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6800; 6-7:30, $15.
The Privatization of Water from Johannesburg to Jersey City Pass the Volvic, please!? Discussion on water, the privatization thereof & whether we will one day go to war for water?a la Tank Girl!; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St., 10th fl. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-4201; 7:30, $6-$10 sugg. don.
Readings
Isabel Allende discusses & signs My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile; Union Sq. Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave. S.), 212-253-0810; 7, free.
Appetites: Why Women Want Kathryn Harrison, Betsy Lerner & Daphne Merkin pinch hit for the late Caroline Knapp; Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave. (21st St.), 212-727-1227; 7, free.
Drenched: Selected Poems of Susan Cataldo, 1979-1999 & The Mother Journal Book party & poetry reading, w/proceeds of any sales going to Gilda's Club, New York; St. Mark's Church, 131 E. 10th St. (2nd Ave.), 212-674-0910; 7, free.
The Land of Women: A Novel Regina McBride (The Nature of Water and Air) reads...are we registering a theme here?; Barnes & Noble, 240 E. 86th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-794-1962; 7, free.
Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market Eric Schlosser (whew!) at the real Filthy MacNasty's; Rocky Sullivan's, 129 Lexington Ave. (29th St.), 212-725-3871; 8.
THURSDAY 6/5
Around Town
82nd-Annual ADC Awards Gala & Exhibition Night of unabashed extravagance & pretension at annual Art Director's Club celebration which "spares no expense" to honor fabulous artwork & the people who created it. "Be-all end-all of all award shows" feat. "crowd of brilliant creatives gathered under one roof" admiring one another's brilliance & artistic creativity; Art Directors Club Gallery, 106 W. 29th St. (6th Ave.), res. req. 212-263-1440, www.adcny.org; 6:30, $100, $75 young professionals.
"Gay Hockey Boy Bonanza!!" Balls Boards & Blades Gay Sports Party invites you to join the "sexy" boys of the NYC Gay Hockey League for some drinks & "hockey talk." I can't make any promises, but if you "bring your own sticks," you might do a little more than just hockey talk; XL Lounge, 357 W. 16th St. (betw. 8th & 9th Aves.), 212-995-1400; 7-10, free.
"Music in Abe Lebewohl Park" Free, outdoor summer concert series enters 22nd year bringing diverse musical traditions & styles to Manhattan's Abe Lebewohl Park. This afternoon, see the Mingus Big Band Trio w/Seamus Blake (tenor sax), Ku-umba Frank Lacy (trombone/vocals) & Vicente Archer (bass) performing music by Charles Mingus; Abe Lebewohl Park, 10th St. (2nd Ave.), 212-777-3240, www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org; 12:30, free [repeats Thurs.].
"Shavous All-Night Celebration" A Shavous all-nighter w/holiday services, catered dairy dinner & "Torah learnings" w/ Rabbi Larry Goldstein & Rabbi Israel Wohlgelernter?RSVP by 9 a.m. for dinner; Young Israel of Fifth Avenue, 3 W. 16th St. (5th Ave.), 212-255-4826; 8:10, free, $18 dinner.
Film/Video
"Blast From Your Past What Gen X Watched: 1969-1985" Generation Xers (those born between 1965 & 1975) can celebrate their other parent, television, w/screenings of shows & specials feat. Rising Stars incl. Janet Jackson (Diff'rent Strokes & Good Times), Rick Schroder (Silver Spoons) & Sarah Jessica Parker (Square Pegs); Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; 12:30 & 3, $10, $5 st. [repeats Sat., Sun & Tues., through 6/15].
"The New Festival" Opening night of 15th-annual New York Gay & Lesbian Film Festival pres. U.S.-premiere of director Emile Gaudreault's 2003 comedy Mambo Italiano, followed by gala party; Tishman Aud., New School, 66 W. 12th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-571-2170, www.newfestival.org; 8, $50.
"Nicholas Philibert: The Extraordinary Ordinary" Retrospective screens French documentary director Philibert's "people and institutions" themed works incl. 1992's In the Land of the Deaf (2 p.m., Sat. at 6), 1997's psychiatric clinic examination Every Little Thing (4, repeats Sat.), 1996 chronical of the Galerie de l'Evolution's renovation, Animals (6, Sat. at 1) & 2002's To Be and To Have, introduced by Philibert himself, plus 1990's Louvre City (Fri. at 2, Sat. at 1)?all French w/English subtitles; MOMA's Gramercy Theater, 127 E. 23rd St. (betw. Lexington & Park Aves.), 212-777-4900, www.ticketweb.com; $6, $4.25 st./s.c.
Cinema Warsaw screens director Roman Polanski's 1968 thriller Rosemary's Baby, starring pixie Mia Farrow as the expectant Rosemary, who's in for quite a surprise; Warsaw, 261 Driggs Ave. (betw. Eckford & Leonard Sts.), Greenpoint, 718-303-9513, www.cinemawarsaw.com; 7:30, $10 [repeats Fri.].
Lectures
Harlem Renaissance 4th Annual Finance and Investment Forum Today's topic is Credit Repair to Creating Wealth; Bianca's on the Park, 103 Central Park N (betw. 110th St. & Lenox Ave), 212-665-1212; 6:30-8:30, free.
Harlem: The (Un)making of a Black Cultural Mecca Discussion on the cultural legacy of Harlem & whether it is in danger by gentrification; New School University, 66 W. 12th St. (5th & 6th Aves.), 212-229-5488; 6, $5.
Market This! Queer Radicals Respond to Gay Assimilation Screening & discussion w/Kate Huh & Maria Lollo on the desire for radical politics & culture; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St., 10th fl. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-4201; 7:30, $6-$10 sugg. don.
Six Mistakes Investors Make with Their Finances An uplifting & informative lecture w/enlightening tidbits incl. '97% of Americans never achieve their financial dreams'; Science Industry Business Library, 188 Madison Ave. (34th St.); 5:30-7.
Readings
Harlem Lost and Found Michael Henry Adams discusses companion to current exhibition at The Museum of the City of New York; Barnes & Noble, 240 E. 86th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-794-1962; 7, free.
Heart, You Bully, You Punk Leah Hager Cohen appears for the works; Astor Place Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.), 212-420-1322; 7:30, free.
FRIDAY 6/6
Around Town
Spring Book Sale Browse through more than 40,000 books & recordings made possible by donations of new & "gently-used" books & feat. special books of "unusual interest." Most books $2 or less so get there early?proceeds benefit New York Public Library's St. Agnes Branch; St. Agnes Library, 444 Amsterdam Ave. (81st St.), 212-877-4380; 11-5, free [repeats Sat. 11-5 & Sun. 12-5].
"Coyote Healing: Miracles in Native Medicine" Join Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona for an evening of lecture & discussion on Native American miracle cures, healing & survival. Hear stories of "remarkable recoveries" & wisdom on how we may find "faith, hope and serenity even when a cure seems impossible"; Sufi Books, 227 W. B'way (betw. Franklin & White Sts.), 212-334-5212, www.sufibooks.com; 7, $10.
Film/Video
"Charlotte Zwerin: Some Remarkable Talents" Retrospective of documentary filmmaker Zwerin, pres. 1989's Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (4 p.m.) & 1970's Gimme Shelter, feat. tragic Altamont footage (8:30)?also Zwerin discusses her work & pres. work-in-progress Tommy Flanagan & 1994's Music for the Movies: Toru Takemitsu (6:15); MOMA's Gramercy Theater, 127 E. 23rd St. (betw. Lexington & Park Aves.), 212-777-4900, www.moma.org; see website for full sched., $6, $4.25 st./s.c. [continues Sat.-Mon., through 6/12].
"Episode 1: Islands in the Stream" Montgomery Knott's four separate shorts shot in different locations, incl. Manhattan, Nantucket, Cortes Island & an airplane, play simultaneously, while the viewer sits within a box of screens & enjoys; Monkey Town, 222 Leonard St. (betw. Grand & Powers Sts.), Williamsburg, 718-482-3664; 7:30, 8:50, 10 & 11:10, $4 incl. food or drink [repeats Sat.].
Garmento Director Michele Maher's 2002 fashion industry drama, about a failing jean manufacturer & rival company that financially rescues them w/a controversial advertising campaign & media scandal, screens; Village East Cinemas, 181 2nd Ave. (12th St.), 212-529-6799, 212-777-FILM; call for full sched., $10.
"Koreans and Japanese in Film" Director Dai-sil Kim-Gibson introduces his 1995 documentary A Forgotten People: The Sakhalin Koreans, about WWII Korean forced laborers taken to Russia & forgotten?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.
"The New Festival" 15th-annual New York Gay & Lesbian Film Festival continues screening films & videos made by & about gays, lesbians, bisexuals & transgendered persons. Todays highlights incl. Indian director Mahesh Dattani's 2002 dramedy Mango Souffle (5:45 p.m.) & Rodolphe Marconi's drama Love Forbidden, French w/English subtitles (10:15); Tishman Aud., New School, 66 W. 12th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-571-2170, www.newfestival.org; website for complete sched., $10 [continues Fri.-Tues., through 6/15].
Superman: The Movie "Sunshine@Midnight" series screens special edition of Richard Donner's 1978 sci-fi adventure about the tight-wearing superhero feat. extra footage & great scenes from Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty & Gene Hackman; Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 800-555-TELL; 12 a.m., $10, $6.50 s.c. [repeats Sat.].
SATURDAY 6/7
Around Town
"Children's Day" South Street Seaport's 10th-annual "Children's Day," filled w/activities to keep your kids busy incl. "meet & greets" w/costume characters Cookie Monster, Snoopy, Curious George & Zaboomafoo, live music by the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, story book readings, petting zoo, stiltwalkers, jugglers & face painters; South Street Seaport, South St. (betw. Water St. & Pier 17), 1-800-SEAPORT, www.childrensday2003.com; 12-4, free.
"Krishna Das: Kirtan Under the Stars" Integral Yoga Institute & Yoga International Magazine pres. outdoor concert feat. kirtan from modern chanting master Krishna Das?also food & drinks for sale, bookstore & natural apothecary; Hudson River Park, Pier 54, 13th St. (West St.), 866-468-7619; 6 p.m., $20, $15 adv.
Music Memorabilia Show Spend the day browsing over 10,000 LPs, 45s, 78s & CDs of all kinds of music, from jazz to classical, disco to spoken word, from the 1800s to the 1980s?also photographs, posters, sheet music, magazines & books; Tip Top Shoe Bldg., 155 W. 72nd St. 4th fl. (B'way), 212-579-0689, www.musiccollecting.com; 10-2, free.
"Salute to St. Petersburg!" Afternoon of "Russian festivities" celebrating the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, the "cultural heart" of Russia feat. live classical & comtemporary music performances incl. Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake & Nutcracker ballets, poetry recitations & screening of WWII doc. about St. Petersburg; Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Flatbush Ave. (Prospect Park W.), 718-230-2417, www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org; 1:30-4, free.
Film/Video
"Coney Island Saturday Night Film Series" New weekly program pres. "retro-exploitation flick" GirlQuake, feat. the misadventures of five Amazons headed towards Coney Island in search of their Queen; Coney Island Musuem, 1208 Surf Ave. (betw. W. 12th St. & Stillwell Ave.), Coney Island, 718-372-5159, www.indiefilmpage.com; 8:30, $5.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Screening of director Ang Lee's 2000 gravity-defying mega-hit, starring Chow Youn-Fat, Michelle Yeoh & Zhang Ziyi, preceded by 2001 short The Hire: Chosen?followed by discussion w/Lee & Crouching Tiger screenwriter James Schamus; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35 Ave. (36 St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; 2, $18.
Justifiable Homicide Screening of director Jon Osman's 2001 doc. recounting the unlawful death of two Puerto Rican youths at the hands of NYPD officers & the cover up that followed?proceeeds benefit the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee, the Inner City Stingers Girls Basketball Assoc. & Reality Films; El Museo del Barrio, 1230 5th Ave. (104th St.), 212-831-7272; 6:30 & 8:30, $10.
"More Shadows: Film Noir Encore" Series screens director Robert Wise's 1951 b&w The House on Telegraph Hill, based on Dana Lyon's novel The Frightened Child, about a concentration camp survivor who assumes her late friend's identity & emigrates to America; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].
Lectures
Workshops
Art-Making Workshop Learn basic reading & writing of Eqyptian hieroglyphs and send Ishtar my love; Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Pkwy. (Washington Ave.), Bklyn, 718-638-5000; 2-4, reg. at 1 in Gallery Studio 3, Contrib. $6, $3 st./s.c. child. under 12 free.
SUNDAY 6/8
Around Town
"17th-Annual Harmony Street Fair" Cultures from around the world gather to share their heritage & have some fun! Live music & dance performances, arts & crafts, multi-cultural food & activities; Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace (Snug Harbor Rd.), Staten Island, 718-448-2500 x232, www.snug-harbor.org; 12-5, free.
"Cordoba Bread Festival: Children of Abraham Breaking Bread Together" Jews, Christians & Muslims "experience sacred bread" using "words, music & dance" incl. gospel choirs, Muslim storytellers, improvisational artists, author Francine Klagsburn & St. Bart's Church's Rev. Tully?also light supper incl.; St. Bart's Church, 109 E. 50th St. (Park Ave.), RSVP 212-378-0222, info@asmasociety.org; 6, $25.
Film/Video
Sophie Fenwick pres. 1987 docs. incl. directors Peter Fischli & David Weiss' short The Way Things Go, recording 100 feet of physical & chemical interactions & reactions, followed by Robert Stone introducing Radio Bikini, using interviews & archival footage to recount 1946's atomic testing in the Marshall Islands; Ocularis at Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 8:30, $6.
Lectures
A Conversation with Józef Szajna Remarks in conjunction w/exhibit Last Expression: Art and Auschwitz; Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Pkwy. (Washington Ave.), Bklyn, 718-638-5000; 3, Contrib. $6, $3 st./s.c. child. under 12 free.
Readings
KGB Fiction Series This week, Ben Schrank (Miracle Man, Consent) & Rebecca Donner (Sunset Terrace); KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd Ave. & Bowery), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
Workshops
Introduction to Meditation and Buddhism Come meet Meditation & Buddhism, they are very nice. Also meet Chanting, don't be alarmed by sing-songy voice; Manhattan Won Buddhist Temple, 431 E. 57th St. (1st Ave. & Sutton Pl.), 212-750-2773; 12:30-1:30.
Introduction to Transformational Breath Workshop Learn to breath your way into being a butterfly. As well as better health, strength & self-empowerment; Joyous Life Center, 119 W. 23rd St. #700 (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), res. req. 212-352-9910; 12-2, $20, $15 adv.
MONDAY 6/9
Around Town
"Hip Hop Unity Concert" "Unique musical celebration" honoring the "global impact of hiphop culture." Feat. international icons & "rising stars" of the hiphop underground music scene incl. the Roots & Doble Filo; Apollo Theater, 253 W. 125th St. (betw. Frederick Douglass & Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvds.), info 212-531-5300, tkts 212-307-7171; 8, $45.
"Scream Out!" Women's Action Coalition gathers hundreds of prominent females, incl. peformance artist Karen Finley, in the courtyard & loudly codemns the Bush administration for destroying civil liberties; St. Mark's Church, 131 E. 10th St. (2nd Ave.), www.wacnyc.net; 5-7, free.
Film/Video
"An Evening With Hal Hartley" New visual arts space pres. bi-monthly series "Film at the Tank," screening writer/director Hal Hartley's 2000 short The New Math(s) & 1998 comedy The Book of Life, feat. Last Judgment bringers Jesus (Martin Donovan) & Magdalene (P. J. Harvey)?feat. diiscussions w/Hartley between films; The Tank, 432 W. 42nd St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-868-4444; 7 & 9:15, $10.
"A Tribute to Stan Brakhage" Late director Brakhage's 16mm shorts incl. 1963 silent 16mm non-camera work Mothlight, 1955 16mm surrealist portrait of Jesse Collins In Between, 1955's silent look at NY's Third Avenue El The Wonder Ring & 1961-1964's collective visual work Dog Star Man?followed by discussion w/Anthology Film Archives founder Jonas Mekas; Ocularis at Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 7, $6.
Lectures
An Insider's Look at the Clinton White House Sidney Blumenthal author of The Clinton Wars & Rick Hertzberg of The New Yorker let you in on some secrets; 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-415-5500; 8:15, $22.
Desire in the Dunes: Fire Island and the LGBT Imagination panel exploring Fire Island & its part in gay freedom & identity; New School University, 66 W. 12th St. (5th & 6th Aves.), 212-229-5488; 6, $5.
How Jewish is George Costanza? Sholem Aleichem & Seinfeld 'The ultimate couch potato diversion.' Jeremy Dauber, Rhodes scholar & Columbia professor sheds light on Jewish humor; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 7-8:30, $15.
Readings
Breast Cancer Q&A Mini-makeovers w/author Charyn Pfeuffer; Face Stockholm, 110 Prince St. (Greene St.), 212-334-3900; 7:30-9:30.
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic "True account of [effort]...to deliver diphtheria serum to a stricken town in Alaska just two degrees south of the Arctic Circle"; Barnes & Noble, 396 6th Ave. (betw. Waverly Pl. & W. 8th St.), 212-674-8780; 7:30, free.
The New York Review of Science Fiction Tony Daniel & James Alan Gardner read; South Street Seaport, Melville Gallery, 213 Water St. (betw. Fulton & Beekman Sts.), 212-748-8649; 7, $5.
The Paris Review Book of Heartbreak, Madness, Sex, Love, Betrayal, Outsiders, Intoxication, War, Whimsy, Horrors, God, Death, Dinner, Baseball, Travels, the Art of Writing and Everything Else in the World Since 1953 James Salter & Jim Shepard read, introduced by that consummate gentleman, George Plimpton; Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave. (21st St.), 212-727-1227; 7, free.
Workshops
Acupuncture Open House Jeffrey Yuen explains the ins & outs of classical Chinese acupuncture. Refrain from squeals of pain & poking your neighbor; Swedish Institute, 226 W. 26th St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), 212-924-5900 ext. 34; 6:30-8, free.
TUESDAY 6/10
Around Town
Bingo! You know the drill! But being in the Willy-B, ya know it's gotta be cool; Blue Lady Lounge, 769 Metropolitan Ave. (betw. Graham Ave. & Humboldt St.), Williamsburg, 718-218-6997; 7, free.
Tuesday Night Trivia Manhattan's "first & only team trivia night" continues to stump bar-goers w/50 new questions each week. Make new friends?you can win free beer?& "show off your smarts"; Baggot Inn, 82 W. 3rd St. (betw. Sullivan & Thompson Sts.), 212-477-0622; 7:30, free.
Film/Video
"Joan of Arc" Series screens first half of director Jacques Rivette's 1994 two-part drama, Jean the Maid: Part 1, the Battles, from Jean's (Sandrine Bonnaire) meeting w/the dauphin, to the battle of Orleans?French w/English subtitles; Florence Gould Hall French Institute, 55 E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160; 12:30, 4 & 7:30, $8.
Lectures
The Nation vs. The Economist Editors of oldest weeklies face off on the controversial topic of America & its role in the world; NY Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th St. (Central Park W.), 212-874-5210; 7:30-9.
Readings
Bangkok 8 WNYC's Leonard Lopate moderates conversation w/author John Burdett & Random House editor in chief Sonny Mehta; Astor Place Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.), 212-420-1322; 7:30, free.
The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers and Their Final Pennant Race Together Author Michael Shapiro appears; Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Flatbush Ave. (Prospect Park W.), 718-230-2100; 6.