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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

(DATING)
MAKE IT QUICK
In between BlackBerry salvos and conference calls on your wireless earbud, here’s your chance to find a mate to go with your Battery Park condo and gym membership: the Speed Dating Event for Single Professionals. (Apparently they were too busy to come up with a better name.) Now all you have to do is find time for a quickie. People Lounge, 163 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), singles ages 35-45 at 6:45; singles ages 24-34 at 8:45, $35.


BRINGING IT HOME
On display through Oct. 28 in Long Island City overlooking the New York skyline, Takashi Horisaki’s Social Dress New Orleans: 730 Days After is an awesome, eerie spectacle: a full-scale latex replica of a demolished Lower Ninth Ward shotgun-style home. Socrates Sculpture Park, 3201 Vernon Blvd. (at Broadway), socratessculpturepark.org; on display seven days a week, 10am-sunset, free.


THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

(READING)
LOOK OUT STEPHEN KING
Novelist Sarah Goodyear has been making waves in the Maine literary scene. Down East magazine called Goodyear’s debut, View from a Burning Bridge, “A lovely piece of writing.” And the Maine Sunday Telegram called it “fierce and flinty.” That’s good enough for us. Check her out tonight at KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd Ave. & the Bowery), 212-505-3360; 7, free.

ART OF ICK
Michael Whittle’s very finely wrought, somewhat icky pencil drawings are reportedly inspired by a Dylan Thomas poem. We don’t see it. What we do see is an almost scientific approach to imaginary organic or natural forms, like the blueprints for props in a David Cronenberg flick. “Cloud, Gland, Tributaries,” for instance, could be a river or a fleck of skin magnified by a thousand. Either way, you’ve been warned. The one-man show runs through Oct. 27. Daniel Cooney Fine Art, 511 W. 25th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-255-8158; Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm.


FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

(MUSIC AND DISCUSSION)
EASTERN ’TRANE
In his later years, John Coltrane dug deep into his Eastern roots. He was definitely on some other shit. Appropriate then, that Times music critic Ben Ratliff is debuting his new cultural bio Coltrane: Story of a Sound at a museum dedicated to the art of the Himalayas. Ratliff will chat with Stanley Crouch about the legendary tenor saxophonist before a concert by Dayna Stephens. Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-620-5000; 6, $20.

(ART)
UNDER THE BRIDGE
Through Sunday, Dumbo springs to life for the 11th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival. Sixty new artworks scattered throughout the neighborhood, 158 private studios open to the public and exhibitions at 16 different venues will celebrate the year’s most popular theme: Green. (As in eco-consciousness, not the hue between blue and yellow in the spectrum.) For a full schedule of events and venues, go to dumboartscenter.org.


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

(SHOPPING)
SIZES, BIG. PRICES, SMALL
In this case, the name almost says it all: The Fat Girl Flea Market is just that, with sizes ranging from XL to 6X, and prices ranging from just a few bucks to no more than 10. What the name doesn’t say is that this is a charity event, with sales of all jeans and coats and swimwear and suits and formal dresses to benefit the LGBT nonprofit NOLOSE. The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St. (betw. 7th & Greenwich Aves.), 206-337-1573; 11am-8pm, $8.


GOODIE, MORE SHOES
The homeless need your help: These perennially unfabulous folks don’t have homes. Do your part today, and keep your shoes clean all the while. Today stores around the “South of Houston” district of Manhattan will be offering discounts and hosting special events for the Soho Stroll, with all proceeds benefiting the Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless and the TriBeCa Partnership. Begins at 10:30am.


SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

(MUSIC)
GRRL ON GRRL
Fresh from storming the northeast, the Girls Rock and Girls Rule Tour is back in Brooklyn. Tonight’s homecoming party fêtes the local acts—G-spot, Loki the Grump, RewBee, Marisa Mini and Emiko—that make the GRGR movement so unique. A portion of the proceeds is given to Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, which nurtures the inner Joan Jetts and Meg Whites of young women in the city. Rock Star Bar, Williamsburg, 351 Kent Ave. (betw S. 4th & 5th Sts.), 718-384-8730; 6, $10.


MONDAY, OCTOBER 1

(FILM)
FREAK SCENE
Halloween just can’t come soon enough, right? Through the middle of December, Rififi presents the classics of horror cinema in its Metropol series. But tonight, it’s something a little different: Tod Browning’s 1932 classic, Freaks, which offers a numbing horror that unfurls gradually—as opposed to the sudden shocks of modern classics that are also being screened, like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Rififi, 332 E. 11th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-677-1027; 10, free ($3 PBR pints).


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2

(GAMESHOW)
WIN PRIZES!
Immanent closure be damned, Mo Pitkin’s House of Satisfaction continues offering up old-school entertainment—droll comedy and campy performance in the Vaudeville tradition. Tonight, comedian Lisa Levy presents You Bet Your Life LIVE, an updated version of Groucho Marx’s classic TV game show, whereby Lisa will be taking on the role of Groucho Marx. Without a mustache—but with the prize money. Mo Pitkin’s, 34 Avenue A (betw. E. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-777-5660; 9, $7.