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, 7:00-9:00 pm: Panel discussion on comics and narrative painting with Gary Panter, Jerry Moriarty and David Sandlin, moderated by John Carlin, In conjunction with the exhibition, Ink Plots: The Tradition of the Graphic Novel at SVA. SVA Theater, 333 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY.

Above: The One True Church, Belle Past, Belfast (painting and drawing), by David Sandlin, from Swamp Preacher (spread from book at right); copyright and courtesy the artist. See Wednesday, October 20, above.

Wednesday, October 20, 6:30-8:30 pm: The SI Film Series presents Signe Dares to Bare, animated short films by Signe Baumane. RSVP. Tickets: $15/$10/$7. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63^rd Street, NY. NY.

Wednesday, October 20, 6:00-8:00 pm: The Broadside Reading Series presents poets Alex Cuff and David Henderson. Limited edition, letterpress printed broadsides featuring the poems of both readers will be available after the reading. The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27^th Street, NY, NY.

Wednesday, October 20, 8:00-9:00 pm: The Vera List Center presents Peter L. Galison, Wasteland and Wilderness, the Fifth John McDonald Moore Memorial Lecture. The New School, Wollman Hall, 66 West 12^th Street, NY, NY.

Wednesday, October 20, 7:00-9:30 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.

Thursday, October 21, 7:00 pm: CCNY Lecture Series presents Martine Fougeron. School of Visual Arts Amphitheater, 209 East 23rd Street (between 2nd/ 3rd Ave), Third Floor, NY, NY.

Thursday, October 21, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception and book signing for Albert Watson, on UFO (Unified Fashion Objectives). Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, 537 West 24^th Street, NY, NY.

Thursday, October 21, 6:00-8:00: Opening reception and awards presentation, The Original Art 30^th Anniversary show of children's book art. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63^rd Street, NY, NY. RSVP required. Tickets: $30/$25.

Thursday, October 21, 7:00 pm: Book signing and lecture with Jonathan Lippincott on Large Scale: Fabricating Sculpture in the 1960s and 1970s. 192 Books, 192 Tenth Avenue at 21^st Street, NY, NY. RSVP as seating is limited. 212.255.4022

Thursday, October 21, 7:00 pm: Columbia University Creative Writing Lecture Series presents Jennifer Egan, a conversation with author of A Visit From the Goon Squad. Dodge Hall, Rm. 501, Columbia University, 2960 Broadway at 116^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Thursday-Sunday, October 21-23, Noon-6:00 pm: Alternative Press 25^th Anniversary Exhibition, Sloan Fine Art, 128 Rivington Street at Norfolk, NY, NY.

Friday, October 22, 7:00 pm: Gallery talk with curator Isabelle Dervaux and conservator Margaret Holben Ellis in conjunction with the exhibition, Roy Lichtenstein: The Black-and-White Drawings, 1961-1968. Free with museum admission. The Morgan Library and Museum, 225 Madison Avenue at 36^th Street, NY, NY.

Friday, October 22, 6:00-9:00 pm: Opening reception and book launch party for The Exquisite Book: 100 Artists Play a Collaborative Game. RSVP powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY.

Friday-Sunday, October 22-24, Noon to Midnight: Public Service Announcement, a 3-day Video Festival. Invisible Exports, 14A Orchard Street, NY, NY.

Saturday, October 23, 3:00 pm: Artists talk and book signing with Lynn Goldsmith on The Looking Glass, exhibition closing day at Jenkins Johnson Gallery, 51 West 26^th Street, 5^th Floor, NY, NY.

Saturday-Sunday, October 23-24: Last chance weekend for Greater New York at MoMA P.S. 1. Performances, open studios and screenings. 22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY. Information.

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

Monday, October 25, 6:00-8:00 pm: The NYU Abu Dhabi Lecture Series presents The Cosmopolitan Idea and Translation, a discussion with Tahar Ben Jelloun, David Damrosch and Jacques Lezra. 19 Washington Square West, NY, NY. RSVP.

Tuesday, October 26, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception, Raymond Weil International Photography Prize Exhibition featuring Carlo Gianferro and Nicolas Delaroche. Aperture Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, 4th floor, NY, NY.

Tuesday, October 26, 7:00-8:00 pm: Reading, signing and discussion of Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway by Matt Dellinger. RSVP powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY.

Preview: PDN PhotoPlus Expo, October 28-30, at the Jacob Javits Center, NY, NY.