“Documented Italians” Film and Video Series

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Date: Monday, November 10th
Time: 6:00pm
Location: CUNY Graduate Center (365 Fifth Avenue, between 34th and 36th, Room C198)
Cost: Free

"Poem in Action captures the world of poet Vincent Ferrini and his commitment to the unity of art and life in what he called “the living poem.” The film portrays the forces that shaped this artist’s life: his immigrant parents; factory work; the Great Depression; the Communist Party; and the town of Gloucester, Massachusetts where he lived until his passing in December 2007. The filmmaker and poet’s nephew Henry Ferrini captured the idiosyncrasies of the man and the ever-changing landscape of their town of Gloucester. Vincent’s passion, magnetic presence, and unyielding creativity make for an energizing portrait of an artist and his community, a poet who is also teacher, historian, spokesman, and social activist. Post-screening discussion with the director led by Fred Gardaphé, Queens College."

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The Science of Alzheimer’s Disease and Prospects for Prevention and Treatment

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Date: Monday, November 10th
Time: 6:30pm
Location: The Great Hall of The Cooper Union (3rd Ave and 7th Street)
Cost: Free

"It is estimated that by 2025, one in five New Yorkers will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or will be caring for someone who is. [Today] Dr. Michael S. Wolfe of the Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, will discuss his work in the prevention and treatment of this devastating illness of the mind and body. In 1999, Dr. Wolfe and Dr. Dennis Selkoe discovered the identity of γ-secretase as the protein, presenilin, which causes the most aggressive form of familial Alzheimer’s disease."

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Williamsburg Spelling Bee

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Date: Every other Monday
Time: 7:00pm to sign up, games begin at 7:30pm
Location: Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer Street, Williamsburg
Cost: Free

Any faithful FreeNYC readers know that we would fail miserably at this one but maybe you don't rely on spell check the way we do. If you've got your etymology and Latin roots in order then take a stab at the weekly Williamsburg Spelling Bee at Pete's. Winner's grab themselves some free booze and to help work away some of those smarty pants brain cells and even the playing field for next week. 21+

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The Best Animation from Rooftop Films on IFC.com

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Date: Monday, November 10th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Chelsea Market (75 9th Ave between 15th and 16th St.)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Radeberger Pilsner

"Rooftop Films returns to the halls of Chelsea Market for a free screening of 10 amazing independent animated films chosen from Rooftop Films' 2008 Summer Series and our library of shorts." For the past two years, Rooftop and IFC have been streaming shorts on their page on IFC.com, and tonight they'll be screening a selection of some of the best of the bunch—many of which will be primiering on IFC.com in the next few weeks. Before the films Ivana XL will be performing live, and throughout they'll have free bottles of beer courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner.

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Birds on a Wire

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Date: Monday, November 10th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center (596 Broadway #602)
Cost: Free

“Among bird fanciers the word record is used to signify the first essays of
a bird in singing." Sir John Hawkins... “Any set of transmitted electrical impulses received as a sound or image, e.g. via wires; the message conveyed by them.” Wikipedia, Definition of: Signal, 2006

"Signal-based processing. Interactive improvisation environments. Real-time image to audio synthesizers. Recorder player Terri Hron walks the tightrope of new developments in computer-assisted composition and improvisation. During the course of two years, Terri is experimenting with 7 composers to put together a programme of works which drops the recorder into different corners of the ever-growing realm of electroacoustic music. She is intensely fascinated by the variable degree of interactivity between musician and machine and by the direction of the signal: who is controlling who? Each composer is providing Terri with a different challenge and approach. These are being rounded out by three new pieces by Terri herself, which will not only integrate new ideas growing from the collaborations, but also highlight her instrument’s historical connection with birds."

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The New Indie Novel Night

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Date: Mondays, November 10th - December 22nd
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Book Culture (536 W. 112th Street)
Cost: Free

Book Culture invites you to a reading and celebration of two extraordinary literary achievements at New Indie Novel Night. Lawrence Shainberg (Ambivalent Zen, Memories of Amnesia, Brain Surgeon: An Intimate View of His World) reads from Crust (Two Dollar Radio, October), praised as "one of the most perverse and single-minded satires I've read" by Jonathan Lethem and described by Norman Mailer as "an academic send-up... wild as sin"; Anne Landsman (The Devil's Chimney) reads from The Rowing Lesson (Soho Press, November), which provoked an astonished New York Times Book Review critic to note, "Landsman is a gambler, and here she risks everything" in a feat that, The Guardian (UK) declared, "confirms her reputation as a major new voice."

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