Out & About
Thu 13
Blackwell’s IslandRoosevelt Island Library, 524 Main St.
6:30 p.m. Free
Nathalie Belkin, a city archivist, will review the recent digitization, conservation and preservation of The Almshouse Ledger Collection, 1758-1952, which documents much about the numerous institutions on Blackwell’s Island.
www.rihs.us.
Drink Plant PartyUNO’s, 220 East 86th St.
7 p.m. $65
Come out for food, drinks and planting. Learn how to create a succulent terrarium garden.
www.plantnite.com
Fri 14
‘Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World’Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave.
1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. Free with museum admission
Come check out screenings for this documentary about the internationally renowned painter.
212-423-3575, www.guggenheim.org
Harry PotterBarnes & Noble, 150 East 86th St.
6 p.m. Free
A kick-off to the fall season with the release of the illustrated edition of “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”
212-369-2180, www.stores.barnesandnoble.com
Sat 15
New York Opera Forum Concert67th Street Library, 328 East 67th St.
1:30 p.m. Free
The New York Opera Forum will perform selections from Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti.
212-734-1717, www.nypl.org
The Saint Paul Chamber OrchestraKautmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Avenue
8 p.m. $38
The orchestra, joined by pianist Jeremy Denk, makes its 92Y debut in its first New York appearance since 2011.
212-415-5500, www.92y.org
Sun 16
Halloween Howl and Healthy Hound FairCarl Schurz Park, East 86th St. and East End Avenue
Noon-3 p.m. Free
Come see 200 creatively costumed pups strut their stuff at this annual dog costume event.
212-459-4455, www.carlschurzparknyc.org
Carducci QuartetThe Frick Collection, 1 East 70th St.
5-6:30 p.m. $45
212-288-0700, www.frick.org
Mon 17
‘Letter From an Unknown Woman’Neue Galerie, 1048 Fifth Ave.
4 p.m. Free
A screening of Max Ophüls’ 1948 film.
212-994-9439, www.neuegalerie.org
‘Connie Cook: a Documentary’Marymount Manhattan College, 221 East 71st St.
6-8 p.m. Free
This free screening will be followed up by a talk back with state Sen. Liz Krueger and others.
212-490-9535, www.conniecookfilm.com
Tue 18
‘The King’s Daughters’Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th St.
4 and 7:30 p.m. $14; $7 with student ID
This French film is based on a true story about a boarding school for daughters of the penniless aristocracy and its deterioration.
800-982-2787, www.fiaf.org
29th Annual Hilla Rebay Lecture: Carrie Lambert-BeattySolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave.
6:30 p.m. Free
Award-winning author Lambert-Beatty discusses parafiction, her term for artistic reality experiments that encourage viewers to practice a range of belief states the way musicians practice scales.
212-423-3575, www.guggenheim.org
Wed 19
Book Signing: ‘TURBULENCE’
Shakespeare & Co, 939 Lexington Ave., at 69th Street
Annette Herfkens signs her memoir about survival and resilience.
7 p.m. Free
212-772-3400. events@shakeandco.com.
Trunk ShowCalypso St. Barth, 900 Madison Ave.
2-6:30 p.m. Free
Come out for drinks and fashion tips at this trunk show hosted by Fashion Rabbit NYC.
www.photolerner.com