Through October 10 only: AuthentiCity Lounge, an Illy Issimo cafe presenting work by 5 photographers educated at SVA, finalists in a global competition for emerging talents; winners to be announced on Sunday, October 10^th. AuthentiCity Lounge, 632 Hudson Street in the Meatpacking District, NY, NY. The illy issimo AuthentiCity Lounge is open Monday and Thursday from 11am to 8pm; Tuesday and Wednesday from 11am to 4pm; Friday and Saturday from 11am to 11pm, and Sunday from 1pm to 6pm.

Tuesday, October 5, 6:00-8:00 pm: Book signing with John Waters, on Role Models. Gagosian Shop, 988 Madison Avenue at 77th Street, NY, NY. 212.744.9200.

Tuesday, October 5, 6:30 pm: Aperture presents: Sarah Anne Johnson, Parsons Lecture Series. Aperture Gallery & Bookstore, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th fl, NY, NY. 212.505.5555.

Tuesday, October 5, 6:30 pm: TimesTalks, Stories & Pictures: Photographer Gregory Crewdson (Sanctuary), film critic A.O. Scott and writer-director Noah Baumbach. The TimesCenter, 242 West 41^st Street, NY, NY. Click for online tickets.

Above: two images from the abandoned, legendary film studio Cinecitta, from Sanctuary, by Gregory Crewdson (Abrahms 2010). Photographs copyright the photographer.

Tuesday, October 5, 6:00-8:00 pm: Steven Heller lecture on Born Modern-  Alvin Lustig, Designer. School of Visual Arts MFA Design Criticism Fall Lecture Series at the SVA Theater, 136 West 21^st Street, second floor, NY, NY. Visit the D-Crit website for information and the complete schedule of events running through December 14^th, or call 212.592.2010.

Wednesday, October 6, 7:00-9:00 pm: Reading and book signing with Joseph O'Neill, on Blood-Dark Track: A Family History. At powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. RSVP or 718.866.3049.

Wednesday, October 6, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for The Wick & The Stick: Lighting from the Renaissance to the Victoria Era. Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building C. Staten Island, NY. For information and directions, please visit the website.

Thursday, October 7, 7:00-9:00 pm: Opening reception for exhibition of work by Noma Bar at the New York Times Gallery Seven. RSVP required. New York Times, 620 Eighth Avenue at xx Street, 7^th Floor, NY, NY.

Thursday, October 7, 6:30 pm: Street Value: Shopping, Planning and Politics at the Fulton Mall. A conversation with Meredith TenHoor and Damon Rich about the exuberance of metropolitan life and commerce as it plays out in the Brooklyn pedestrial mall. Studio-X New York, 180 Varick Street, NY, NY. Studio-X is a downtown studio for experimental design and research run by the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University.

Thursday, October 7, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception, Abelardo Morrell, Groundwork. Bonni Benrubi Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, 13^th Floor, NY, NY.

Thursday, October 7, 6:00-9:00 pm: Rockwell Kent: A Documentary by Frederick Lewis. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63^rd Street, NY, NY. For tickets ($15/$10/$7) email or call 212.838.2560.

Saturday, October 9, 6:00-8:00 pm: Preview of the Camera Club of New York Annual Benefit Silent Auction. Exhibition Lab, 548 West 25^th Street, between 10^th and 11^th Avenues, NY, NY. RSVP.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 8-10: Visual Artists Open House at Building 110. This is the closing weekend for Open Studios on Governors Island, sponsored by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the last weekend the island will be open for the weekend. For information, directions and ferry schedule, please visit the LMCC website.

Tuesday, October 19, 6:00-9:00 pm: Opening reception for The Crude and the Rare, photographs by Marina Abramovi?, Terry Adkins & Blanche Bruce, Bik Van der Pol, Ursula Biemann, Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan, Mark Dion, Jimmie Durham, Grady Gerbracht, Alfredo Jaar, Sara Jordenö, Robert Kinmont, Jeff Lovett, Lize Mogel, Margaret Morton, Matt Mullican, Sophie Ristelhueber, Austin Shull, Lawrence Weiner, and Gilberto Zorio. The Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square (new academic building, lower level), Third Avenue at 7^th Street, NY, NY.

For upcoming events this month, please visit DART: October in New York.