Notable New York: 4/9-4/15

This week in New York, Laurel Nakadate discusses The Wolf Knife at the IFC Center; book people report on books at Le Poisson Rouge; David Rees talks pencils at B&N Union Square; Housing Works celebrates Vonnegut; Tom Perrotta and Mark Leyner go to KGB Bar; Galapagos Art Space hosts Nerd Nite trivia; PS1 does Kraftwerk; Pure Imagination takes Brooklyn; and Paper Exhibition and Object Lessons launch at McNally Jackson.

Monday, 4/9: Watch Laurel Nakadate’s The Wolf Knife, followed by a conversation with Nakadate and Rick Moody. Presented by The Believer at the IFC Center. 8 pm. $13 ticket includes a copy of The Believer 2012 film issue.

Tuesday, 4/10: Listen to book reports by Adam Wilson, Melissa Broder, and Hilary Leichter at Le Poisson Rouge’s Book Report Reading. Hosted by Sasha Fletcher, 7 pm.

Wednesday, 4/11: Melville House brings artisanal pencil sharpener David Rees to B&N Union Square to read from How to Sharpen Pencils. Also features Eugene Mirman and unnamed “special guests.” 7 pm at B&N Union Square.

Housing Works Bookstore Café celebrates Kurt Vonnegut, with readings by Joe Garden, David Goodwillie, Dave Hill, Cat Marnell; music from the Bushwick Book Club; and a silent auction. 7 pm.

Thursday, 4/12: Tom Perrotta, Mark Leyner, and Jürgen Fauth will read from their most recent novels at KGB Bar’s Behind the Book series. 7 pm

Friday, 4/13: Nerd Nite hosts trivia at Galapagos Art space, followed by presentations on the mafia, dating, and pop culture entomology. Doors at 6:30, trivia at 7, presentations at 8:45. $14 for trivia and presentations, $10 for presentations only.

Saturday, 4/14: Celebrate Kraftwerk at MoMA PS1 with a two-day music festival/“interior and exterior sound-scape installation.” Saturday and Sunday, 3 pm to 6 pm, $15 per day.

Pure Imagination Live in Brooklyn II debuts a new story and brings you live (‘90s alt-rock) music from The Mountain Dew Code Red Terror Alert. 8 pm at The West, free.

Sunday, 4/15: McNally Jackson bookstore hosts a double launch of Raimundas Malašauskas’ Paper Exhibition and Joe Scanlan’s Object Lessons. 7 pm.

 

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Allyson Rudolph lives in Greenpoint. She tweets frequently @allysonrudolph and tumbles occasionally at allysonrudolph.tumblr.com.

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