Monday, October 6
Simpsons Club is a weekly "Simpsons" screening event for fans big and small. Catch classic episodes along with air-date FOX commercials and Tracey Ullman shorts. This week they’re featuring the first “Treehouse of Horror” episodes. Free, every Monday, from 10 p.m. at the Nitehawk Cinema, downstairs bar. 136 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg.
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Tuesday, October 7
Premiering tonight in the sprawling 60,000 square feet of the Knockdown Center in Maspeth is “Debut,” a crowd-funded performance merging independent music, contemporary dance theater and large-scale art installation. “Debut” brings together the talents of a collective of artists to tell the story of a group of teenagers who break into an abandoned building on the night of their senior prom. Choreographed by Emily Terndrup ("Sleep No More"), the show also features music written and performed live by experimental indie singer Julianna Barwick and Mauro Remiddi of Italian dream-pop band Porcelain Raft. 7:15 p.m. at the Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave, Queens. $35.
Wednesday, October 8
In just two hours you could master the art of making dumplings at home. Well credentialed teacher Diana Kuan, who wrote “The Chinese Takeout Cookbook,” is a cooking teacher and writer in Brooklyn. She will show you the basics of wrapping and cooking both Chinese dumplings and wontons. Meat and vegetarian fillings will be available to work with. 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., Brooklyn Brainery, 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn. Bookings essential. $40.
Thursday, October 9
In 1999, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., produced the acclaimed “Road to Timbuktu” as part of his PBS series Wonders of the African World. Thursday evening as part of the Metroploitan Museum’s series on Contemporary Mali, Dr. Gates speaks with writer and filmmaker Manthia Diawara and Mohamed Ali Ansar, Executive Director of the world-renowned Festival au Désert of Timbuktu. The talk’s theme is “Contemporary Mali: Music, Culture, and Conflict” and will focus on the centrality of music to the culture of Mali. 6 p.m. in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), Upper East Side. $30.
