Monday, October 27
Trash talk is on the agenda this evening at New York City’s home of affordable short courses, the Brooklyn Brainery. In “TRASH: New York City's Battle with Garbage” planner and urban historian Inna Guzenfeld will trace New York City's ongoing struggle to contain its solid waste burden. From 8:30 p.m., 190 Underhill Ave., Prospect Heights. $10.
Tuesday, October 28
In this Astronomy Live program, astrophysicist Jackie Faherty will use Digital Universe software to tour worlds both familiar and strange. From 6:30 p.m., Hayden Planetarium Space Theater, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, Upper West Side. $15
Wednesday, October 29
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock joins New Yorker music critic Sasha Frere-Jones for a chat about his five-decade career as a pianist and composer, on the occasion of the launch of his memoir, “Possibilities.” The conversation will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. “Unbound: Herbie Hancock with Sasha Frere-Jones” at BAM’s Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Fort Greene. From 6:30 p.m.
$40 with book; $25 ticket only.
Thursday, October 30
Just opened at the IFC Center is “Goodbye to Language,” an extraordinary new movie from French-Swiss film director and screenwriter Jean-Luc Godard. Godard made waves with his first feature, “Breathless” in 1960, kicking off La Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave” film movement. In “Goodbye to Language,” his 39th feature film, Godard has reimagined the 3D format with stunning results. “Watching it is something like encountering motion pictures for the first time,” according to The New York Review Of Books. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, winning the Jury Prize. Eight screenings Thursday, $18. 323 6th Ave. at W. 3rd St., Tribeca.
