Tuesday, October 12, 6:00-8:00 pm: Art and Science Transdisciplinary Lecture with artist Inigo Mangiano-Ovalle. Kellen Audidtorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons The New School for Design, 2 West 13^th Street at 5^th Avenue, NY, NY.

Tuesday, October 12, 6:30 pm: The J-Pop Influence, A Western Obsession. Simone Legno, creator, Tokidoki and Matthew Waldman, CCO & President, Nooka, Inc., in a conversation moderated by Josh Spear, Founding Partner, Undercurrent. Reception follows. Japan Society, 333 East 47^th Street, NY, NY.

Tuesday, October 12, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for the Exquisite Corpse Project, to benefit Armitage Gone! Dance. Gasser & Grunert, 524 West 19^th Street, NY, NY.

Photographs by Paul Strand, left to right: Christo With Thorns, Huexotla, 1933; Church Gateway, Hidalgo, 1933; Boy, Hidalgo, 1933. Copyright the Paul Strand Archive, courtesy Aperture Foundation.

Wednesday, October 13, 8:00-8:00 pm: Book launch for Bruit de Fond, Background Noise (JSBJ, 2010). Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, NY, NY.

Thursday, October 14, 6:00-8:00 pm: Artist reception and book signing for Michal Chelbin, The Black Eye (Twin Palms, 2010). Andrea Meislin Gallery, 526 West 26th Street, Suite 214, NY, NY.

Thursday, October 14, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Marco Breuer, The Pencil of Nature. Von Lintel Gallery, 520 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY.

Thursday, October 14, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for C.K. Wilde, Tender. Pavel Zoubok Gallery, 533 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY.

Thursday, October 14, 5:30-7:00 pm: Opening reception for Ink Plots, The Tradition of the Graphic Novel at SVA, curated by Marshall Arisman and Thomas Woodruff. Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th floor, NY, NY.

Thursday, October 14, 5:00-8:00 pm: Gallery Night on 57^th Street. 47 Galleries between Lexington and Eight Avenues will be open. 212.888.3550.

Friday, October 15-Saturday, October 16: Paul Strand in Mexico Symposium. Organized by Aperture in association with and supported by The John B. Hurford ’60 Humanities Center at Haverford College, and coinciding with Paul Strand In Mexico exhibition on view at Aperture Gallery through November 13th. The exhibition and related programming commemorate the Bicentennial of Mexico’s Independence and the Centennial of its Revolution. The Symposium is free, and open to the public on a first come, first serve basis. Unless otherwise indicated, all programming will take place at Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27th Street, 4th floor (between 10th and 11th Avenue), NY, NY. 212.505.5555.

Friday, October 15, 7:00 pm-late: Steady Orbits, a benefit for Triple Canopy’s artistic and literary programs. Tickets begin at $7; $45 premier support includes a limited-edition print by Dexter Sinister, cocktails, light fare, and all performances. 177 Livingston, Brooklyn, NY.

Saturday, October 16, 5:00 pm: James Frank Tribble and Tracey Mancenido-Tribble talk about their joint project, Hurry Up & Wait, currently on view at Sasha Wolf Gallery, 548 West 28^th Street, NY, NY.

Saturday, October 16, 5:00-7:00 pm: Book Signing with Phyllis Galembo for Maske (Chris Boot Ltd., 2010). Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY.

Monday, October 18, 7:00 pm: Rubin Museum of Art launches its Talk About Nothing Series with Karen Armstrong in conversation with Imam Shamel Ali. The series continues through January 29, 2011. Information and tickets. Rubin Museum of Art, 17^th Street between 7^th and 8^th Avenues, NY, NY.

Tuesday, October 19, 7:00 pm: Dear Dave magazine presents a discussion with Susan Bright and Lyle Rexer on the release of Brights' latest book, AUTO FOCUS: The Self Portrait in Contemporary Photography (Monacelli, 2010) followed by a champagne reception and book signing. SVA Theater, 333 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY.

Tuesday, October 19, 6:00-9:00 pm: Opening reception for The Crude and the Rare, photographs by Marina Abramovic, 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 Jordeno, 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.

Wednesday, October 20, 6:30-8:00 pm: Cities, Skylines and Windows, a conversation between illustrator, author and architect Matteo Pericoli, and publisher and author Daniel Menaker. Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, NY, NY. Please RSVP as seating is limited.

Wednesday, October 20, 7:00-9:00 pm: Book launch party, slideshow and signing with Eva Talmadge and Justin Taylor for The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY.