EVENT: Tonight at the Apple Store, the NYC photobloggers get together again. Come check out: Scott Heiferman, Kara Canal, Rebecca Smeyne, Will Sherman, Kamau Mucoki, Boogie and Martin Fuchs.

There's an afterparty (TBA) so be sure too look nice, with all those cameras out and all.

Friday // 6:30pm // SoHo Apple Store [103 Prince Street @ Greene] // Free

SIDEWALK SALE: Have a bookshelf to stock? Head over to the Strand Bookstore. They're having their Fall Sale so you'll be able to take home more books than you can carry, and for cheap! The stock is rotated each day as well.

All Weekend // 9:30 am on // Strand Bookstore [828 Broadway at 12th St] and The Annex [95 Fulton St]

THEATER: A Room of One’s Own: Women and Power in the New America. This production, which is part of the Impact Festival, is further subtitled “A Multi-Media Interrogation of the Role of Women in the War on Terror”. It is the brain child of Coco Fusco, who convinced retired military interrogators to immerse her and six other women in training courses like “How to Survive Hostile Interrogation” and “How to Interrogate.” The piece, which ends Sunday, incorporates a combination of a PowerPoint presentation (which the military uses for interrogation debriefings) and a simulated live feed from an interrogation room where a male security detainee is prepared for interrogation.

(Saturday’s performance will be preceded by a free 5:00 p.m. screening of Fusco’s critically acclaimed video OPERATION ATROPOS, about her training with former U.S. Army interrogators. A discussion will follow, featuring Jose Muñoz, Chair of Performance Studies, NYU; Anne Norton, Professor of Political Science, U. Penn.; and Mike Ritz, former U.S. Army Interrogator and co-founder of Team Delta.) - John Del Signore

All Weekend // 8pm // $16

Another band with a new album out, The Hold Steady, play Irving Plaza on Sunday. Here's a pretty good clip of the band playing Warsaw...

Sunday // 8pm // Irving Plaza // $17.50

PERFORMANCE: It seems there are a number of free performances happening this weekend at some of the best spaces in Williamsburg. The event is being presented by the nascent Williamsburg Performance Alliance. However, most of the participating venues, such as The Brick and WAX, have scant information about this on their websites. Still, the WPA press release - albeit dated July 24th - insists that audiences “will be encouraged to walk from space to space, casually dropping in on any given performance all day Saturday and all day Sunday, sampling the varied work which these organizations produce year-round. Maps to all participating performance spaces will be given out at the L Train subway stops, with suggested walking routes and venue programming."

This could be a fun adventure in alternative entertainment, and at the right price. Plus, you can't go wrong with an "Alliance" - provided it is for freedom, right? Good old reliable Galapagos maintains that the after-party is ON for Sunday night; they also link to a legible version of the weekend's schedule. - John Del Signore

Saturday and Sunday // Various Locations