Your Ideal Week

Nov. 8- Nov. 15

Um, it’s been a week alright. From the euphoria of watching the Marathon on a perfect fall day; to the most anxiety-producing Election Day I can remember; to the high of watching Dems take the House and Staten Island go blue and so many women and women of color winning their races; to the low of Trump’s pathetic, petulant press conference tantrum yesterday; to the firing of Jeff Sessions; to the grim news this morning of a shooting in a bar in California and another shooting in the Target in Downtown Brooklyn, it has been an exhausting whirlwind of emotion, which is 2018 in a nutshell. All I know is that when I got on the R train this morning I was seated next to a well-dressed, professional-looking 40-something who positively REEKED of booze at 9am and I was kind of like “I get it, man.”

I’ve been so distracted and stressed throughout all this that I had totally forgotten that I have Veterans’ Day off on Monday, which may mean a hastily-planned trip upstate to cool my jets somewhere in front of a fireplace. If I do that, I’ll certainly consult this guide to Kingston by BB writer Sara Franklin. I definitely need to find some humor where I can these days, so I’m also going to buy tickets now to see one of four just-announced shows featuring Ilana Glazer and friends at Union Hall later this month, and I might try to see the new Jonah Hill movie, Mid90s, at some point this weekend. Actually, what’s even more likely is that I’ll head to BAM at 2pm on Sunday for a special screening of one of my faves, The Muppets Take Manhattan. Yes, I realize it’s a matinee specifically intended for kids, but I promise you there is plenty in this movie for adults to love too. Another thing that sounds like it might take the edge off is signing up for this Sweet & Savory Galette class on November 18th at The Dynamite Shop, a culinary social club for teens and tweens recently written up by Meredith Craig de Pietro — this class is for adults and cones just in time for Thanksgiving. And as shallow and materialistic as this is, sometimes retail therapy is the ticket, so I might check out this new Holiday Pop-Up from the shopping gurus at The Strategist that opens in SoHo today.

Those are just a few things that sound fun or interesting to me, but we’ve gathered a whole day-by-day schedule of events for your perusal here. Maybe I will see some of you tonight at the protest to protect the Mueller investigation? Hang in there everyone, remember that one election was never going to fix it all, and be sure to take care of yourselves this weekend.

—Kate Hooker

Thursday, Nov. 8
WILLIAMSBURG, Rough Trade, Exploded View, 9pm, $18

Friday, Nov. 9
WILLIAMSBURG, Smorgasburg x VICE Night Market, 6pm-on, $0-$250 • GREENPOINT, Warsaw, Ty Segall, 8pm, $25 • GREENPOINT, Brooklyn Expo Center, The Other Art Fair, free for Brooklyn Based readers

Saturday, Nov. 10
INDUSTRY CITY, Brooklyn Crush, 2 and 7pm, $50 • BUSHWICK, The Well's 4th Anniversary Party, noon-on • RED HOOK, Pioneer Works, Well-Read Black Girl Festival, 11am-on, $45-$55 • GREENPOINT, Brooklyn Expo Center, The Other Art Fair, free for Brooklyn Based readers

Sunday, Nov. 11
BUSHWICK, Brooklyn Cider House, Hard Cider Festival and Market, 11am-4pm, FREE and Meet the Makers Dinner, 6-9pm, $125 • GREENPOINT, Brooklyn Expo Center, The Other Art Fair, free for Brooklyn Based readers

Monday, Nov. 12
GOWANUS, Littlefield, Butterboy's one-year anniversary, 8pm, $8-10 • PARK SLOPE, Strong Rope Brewery, Tie-dye workshop, 7pm, $25

Wednesday, Nov. 14
CARROLL GARDENS, Books are Magic!, Jonathan Lethem reading, 7:30pm, FREE

Thursday, Nov. 15
BUSHWICK,Théâtre XIV, "Nutcracker Rouge," 8pm, $65

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