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Oct 20
Spa Week; locations available at spaweek.com
Desperate for a little R&R? Spa week to the rescue! Start booking your $50 services—from massages to facials—at some of the city’s finest spas such as Keihl’s Spa 1851, The Red Door and Joanna Vargas.
The Brain Cloud; Barbès
Dennis Lichtman, of the lively New Orleans–style jazz band the Cangelosi Cards, leads a highly talented group of musicians into energetic Western-swing territory.
Marilynne Robinson and Colm Tóibín; 92nd Street Y
No big deal, just a Pulitzer Prize winner chatting with one of Ireland's most celebrated authors. Robinson will be in town to launch Lila, and Tóibín, in turn, celebrates the release of Nora Webster.
Queensboro Dance Festival; Secret Theatre
It's the first year of this fest, which showcases Queens-based choreographers. Be there when it starts for a preview party with sneak peeks of upcoming performances.
Read Harder; McNally Jackson Books
Now that’s a command we can get behind! Celebrate a new collection from literary magazine The Believer that gathers the mag's best essays from the last five years.
Oct 21
The Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park; Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park
The Winter Village at Bryant Park (sponsored by Bank of America) is one of Manhattan’s prime destinations for holiday shopping, and it opens today! Special attractions include the ever so popular free ice skating on the 17,000-square-foot rink as well as delicious grub from the rink-side pop-up restaurant, Celsius.
CMJ Music Marathon 2014; various venues
Surviving this weeklong urban bonanza, now in its 34th year, requires stamina, comfortable shoes and an unquenchable thirst to be able to say you saw them first.
The Horrors + Moon Duo; Stage 48
"Oh, the horror(s)!"... Is exactly what you won't be saying when you head to this show featuring U.K. natives know for bringing old school Britpop back to life.
101 Two-Letter Words; The powerHouse Arena
Go. To. It. Oh, just spouting a few two-letter words to get you pumped for this poetry-reading highlighting scrabble-worthy vocab like "an."
Oh Land + Walking Shapes + Wardell + Sons of an Illustrious Father; Bowery Ballroom
CMJ Danish darling Oh Land (a.k.a. Nanna Øland Fabricius) plays colorful, dancey synth-pop—think lusher, less intricate Lykke Li.
Oct 22
American Ballet Theatre Fall 2014; David H. Koch Theater (at Lincoln Center)
The company returns to Lincoln Center with its fall season; highlights are the return of Twyla Tharp's Bach Partita and a new production of Raymonda Divertissements.
Cocktails, Comics and Cartoons!; Videology
Join fellow nerds every Wednesday at Videology to get nostalgic with cartoon screenings like X-Men: The Animated Series and The Venture Bros.
Jason Derulo + Becky G + Wallpaper; Best Buy Theater
"Wiggle" your way over to this lively performance by the pop R&B fellow known for his sexy (and sometimes silly, i.e. "Wiggle") songs.
The Fortress of Solitude; Public Theater
Jonathan Lethem's coming-of-age Brooklyn tale becomes a hotly anticipated Off Broadway musical.
Ghostly International DJs; The Lobby Bar at the Ace Hotel New York
No, this is not a show featuring real ghost deejays. It's a show featuring prominent deejays from the indie label Ghostly International.So, more realistic and fun.
Reframing Marisol; El Museo del Barrio
During a career that's spanned more than six decades, acclaimed sculptor Marisol has drawn inspiration from Venezuelan folk traditions, Pop Art, religion and more.
Oct 23
Notes on Fiction: Edgar Allan Poe; Center for Fiction
In honor of the spookiest time of the year, chamber orchestra The Curiosity Cabinet performs a concert inspired by one of the most legendary horror writers ever known.
Golem + Schizophonia + Doppelskope + Brian Marsella's Imaginarium; Littlefield
Sure, by the title it may sound like Lord of the Rings Golem has taken up music to relieve some stress after loosing his precious. But Golem is actually a really cool CMJ sextet known for their dance beats.
An Evening with the Horror Writers Association; Morbid Anatomy Museum
In one of the eeriest spaces in the city, writers—like Charles Day, Tonya Hurley and Marc L. Abbott—gather to share their own tales of the grotesque and ghastly.