Brooklyn, there was a line that was drawn, and you have stepped over it by offering up a course in ARTISANAL PENCIL SHARPENING. Yeah, that is happening. David Rees—who seems like a perfectly nice person and is also a political cartoonist for Rolling Stone and The Nation—is bringing some Dixon Ticonderogas to Pete's Candy Store along with his knowledge in whittling the wooden sticks. His website declares: more ›

In the weeks after 9/11, when Operation Infinite Justice (later re-branded Enduring Freedom) readied vengeance for peasants in Afghanistan, there were several writers who immediately stood out by simply noting the truth amidst an avalanche of jingoism. One that springs readily to mind is Arundhati Roy, who wrote in an article on September 29, 2001: “Witness the infinite justice of the new century. Civilians starving to death while they're waiting to be killed.” more ›

. The Club is at 15 Gramercy Park and the event is free, and open to the public, starting at 8PM. more ›