Miss Manhattan Reading Series @ Niagara
Each month, writer and photographer Elyssa Goodman curates an excellent selection of writers for the Miss Manhattan Reading Series, one of the only such literary events in the city to focus exclusively on nonfiction. The November edition features When Brooklyn Was Queer author Hugh Ryan, who recently curated an exhibition of the same name for Brooklyn Historical Society, writer and translator Carina del Valle Schorske, Eater’s associate restaurant editor Monica Burton, and arts and culture writer Khalid El Khatib.
Monday, November 4th, 7:30 p.m. // Niagara, 112 Avenue A, Manhattan // Free
Punderdome 3000 @ Littlefield
If you’d like that costume to get one final showing—particularly if it’s a pun—wear it out to the Halloween edition of Punderdome 3000, everyone’s favorite night of amateur wordsmithing. Hosted by Jo Firestone and her Rodney Dangerfield–impersonator dad, the show gives 12 contestants the chance to prove their