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WEDNESDAY 8/20

Around Town

"Artists Slide Night" Share slides of your best works at informal gathering or just check out others' work; 6th & B Community Garden, 6th St. (Ave. B), 212-982-5673, sign-up 917-539-4772; 8:30, free.

HOWL! Festival Two Boots Pizza's Phil hartman pres. first-annual East Village Arts celebration, HOWL!, feat. local talent in over 250 music, film, visual arts, poetry & performance events; Tompkins Square Park, Ave. A (betw. 7th & 10th Sts.), www.howlfestival.com; see website for complete sched..

"Thinking and Drinking" Smarty-pants compete in five fast rounds of random trivia for prizes of $10-$25 bar tabs; Dempsey's Pub, 61 2nd Ave. (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), 212-678-5126; 7:30, free.

Wednesday Night Skate Strap on a helmet & join roller/in-line skaters as they weave through city streets passing the South Street Seaport, the Brooklyn Bridge & Times Square on two-hour ride; Union Sq. Park, 17th St. (B'way), 212-696-7247, www.weskateny.org; 8, free.

Film/Video

"Blast From Your Past What Gen X Watched: 1969-1985" For Kids/By Kids. Children of the 70s & 80s knew a thing or two about programming. Check out kid-created hits incl. The Electric Company, slime vehicle You Can't Do That on Television & 3-2-1 Contact; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; 12:30 & 3, $10, $8 st./s.c, $5 child. under 14 [repeats Thurs.-Sun., through 8/28].

East Village Film Festival "New Filmmakers" series hosts "Howl! Festival of East Village Arts" all week to screen film & video submissions; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5181; call for times & prices.

"Featuring...Roaring Into the Twenties: The New, New York Woman" Series, in conjunction w/art exhibit of same name, revisits silent b&w greats. First, director Otto Messmer's 1930 animated short Forty Winks, feat. Felix the Cat, followed by George Fitzmaurice's 1928 WWI chick flick Lilac Time, starring Gary Cooper & Colleen Moore; Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-0618; 2:30, free [through 8/27].

Johnny Guitar New 35mm print of director Nicholas Ray's 1954 western, starring Joan Crawford as a gun-toting saloon owner & Sterling Hayden as guitar-toting Johnny; Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (betw. Varick St. & 6th Ave.), 212-727-8110, www.filmforum.com; 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40 & 9:50, $9.75, $5 child. [repeats Thurs.].

On the Waterfront Series gives props to Queens' diversity & screens Yugoslavian director Emir Kusturica's 1998 romantic comedy Black Cat, White Cat, about a Romany marriage arranged to settle a bet?German, Ramany & Serbo-Croation w/English subtitles; Socrates Sculpture Park, B'way (Vernon Blvd.), LIC, 718-956-1819, www.socratessculpturepark.org; sunset, free.

SCOWL Musician/writer Richard Hell's series feat. 14 35mm anti-social films. Today, director Richard Kern introduces his 1985 short You Killed Me First, followed by Tod Browning's 1932 b&w "story of the lovelife of the sideshow," Freaks; Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300, www.howlfestival.com; 9:30.

Summer "Camp" Sing-Along See Babs & Omar Sharif in director William Wyler's 1968 musical Funny Girl, based on the life of Jewish comedianne Fanny Brice; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000, www.makor.org; 7:30, $10.

Lectures

Poetry & Practice w/Natalie Goldberg Join beloved Open Center teacher Natalie Goldberg for unique evening combining writing, listening & meditation. Novice poets welcome; New York Open Center, 83 Spring St. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.), RSVP 212-219-2527; 7, $20.

Readings

KGB Fantastic Fiction Series This week, Barry N. Malzberg (Beyond Apollo, The Engines of the Night) & Rudy Rucker (The Hacker and the Ants, Frek and the Elixir); KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd Ave. & Bowery), 212-505-3360; 7, free.

Lost Tribe New collection of shorts by Jewish writers spawns reading w/Jon Papernick, Nelly Reifler & Ellen Umansky; Eldridge Street Project, 12 Eldridge St. (betw. Canal & Division Sts.), 212-219-0888; 6, $4-$6.

Non Sequitur 2003: Truth or Consequences Nine musicians, three writers & two theater artists perform their works; Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-614-0505; 8, $20 [repeats Thurs. & Fri.].

Workshops

Graduate School Admissions Seminar Kaplan experts discuss topics incl. finding & researching schools, applicants evaluation, writing personal statements & test-taking strategy; Kaplan Test Prep, 131 W. 56th St. (6th Ave.), 800-KAP-TEST; 7 p.m., free.

THURSDAY 8/21

Around Town

Lite FM Presents "Broadway in Bryant Park" On air personality JJ Kennedy hosts excerpts from B'Way shows incl. The Donkey Show, Avenue Q, The Boy from Oz & A Christmas Carol; Bryant Park Fountain Stage, 42nd St. (6th Ave), 212-922-9393; 12:30-1:30, free.

Starving Artist's Ball Take Me Out's Frederick Weller plus Avenue Q's John Tartaglia & Stephanie D'Abruzzo host fund raiser for "worthy artist or organization emerging from downtown New York City"; Metropolitan Pavillion, 110 W. 19th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-352-3101; call for times, $250.

Taste of Tennis Agassi, Roddick & Federer prepare their favorite dishes w/celebrity chefs incl. Emeril Lagasse & Todd English; W New York, 541 Lexington Ave. (49th St.), 877-282-7100, itt@ays-sports.com; 7, $200.

Twilight Tours Through Prospect Park Take a seat aboard the Independence & let the serene summer sounds of nature sedate you & yours; Prospect Park Audubon Center, Park Dr. (Ocean Ave.), 718-287-3400; 7-9, $25.

Film/Video

Ceddo African tribe, the Ceddo, struggle to protect their heritage from Islam, Christianity & the slave trade's influence in director Ousmane Sembene's (Faat Kiné) 1977 Senegaleze drama?followed by discussion w/Dennis Broe; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St., 10th fl. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-4201; 7:30, $6-$10 sliding scale.

"Combating Anti-Semitism" SummerNights program pres. "the Blacklist," screening broadcasts incl. CBS Reports' "Murrow/McCarthy: When America Trembled" & See It Now's "Challenge to Senator Joseph McCarthy" & "Senator McCarthy's Answer"; Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave. (92nd St.), 212-423-3200; 5-9, pay what you wish.

Summer "Camp" Sing-Along Director Norman Jewison's 1971 big-screen version of the popular stage musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichim, about milkman Tevye's life in pre-Revolutionary Russia; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-413-8806, ww.makor.org; 7:30, $10.

Lectures

Peter Kuper Illustrator/author Kuper (Speechless) discusses the world of comic art & his adaptations of life; Union Square Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave. S.), 212-253-0810; 7, free.

"The Enneagram of Liberation: From Fixation to Freedom" The Enneagram is a centuries-old psychological system with roots in sacred traditions. Tonight look into the "wisdom mirror" of the Enneagram with guide Ell Jaxon-Bear to see past who we are not to who we ultimately are.; Sufi Books, 227 W. B'way (betw. Franklin & White Sts.), 212-334-5212; 7, $15.

Readings

The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr and the Speech that Inspired a Nation Author Drew Hansen marks 40th anniversary of the 1963 march on Washington; Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.

Journal of the Dead: A Story of Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert From Amazon.com: "[Author] Jacob Kersten's riveting account?expanding on an article originally published in Maxim?reconstructs the true-crime story of a baffling murder that took place one desperate morning in 1999 in New Mexico's Rattlesnake Canyon"; Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave. (21st St.), 212-727-1227; 7, free.

The Man Who Warned America: The Life and Death of John O'Neill, the FBI's Embattled Counterterror Warrior Murray Weiss profiles government agent who predicted 9/11 to a colleague on September 10th, and died the next day in the south tower; Borders, 461 Park Ave. (57th St.), 212-980-6785; 6:30, free.

Out of the Picture: Milton, Resnick and the New York School Geoffrey Dorfman reads "documentary compendium on the abstract expressionist painters of the 1950s"...from the penthouse apartment?discussion to follow, dahling; Roger Smith Hotel, 501 Lexington Ave. (47th St.), 212-755-1400; 12, free.

Workshops

Choral Workshop If you can't get enough of choral singing, these workshops are for you. This week feat. Mozart's C Minor Mass led by prominent NY choral musician John Daly Goodwin; CAMI Hall, 165 W. 57th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-841-9500, 718-274-7279; 7:30, $10.

Prepare for the Unexpected The American Red Cross is concerned for your safety, let them help you prepare for disasters; American Red Cross, 150 Amsterdam Ave. (betw. 66th & 67th Sts.), 212-875-2168; 6-7:30, free.

FRIDAY 8/22

Around Town

Ginsberg Poetry Festival Bodies file into the bandshell for reading of work by the man who was once asked of William F. Buckley: "Allen, tell me?if everyone else started wearing their hair long, would you cut yours short?"; Tompkins Square Park, Ave. A (betw. 7th & 10th Sts.), 212-505-2225, www.howlfestival.com; 5.

Metro Tour Service Take a three-hour tour, w/history & landmark specialist Mauricio Lorence, through Brooklyn Heights, Ft. Greene & Clinton Hill's ethnic communities, historic sites & institutions; Marriott Hotel Brooklyn, 333 Adams St. (betw. Pearl & Willoughby Sts.), Bklyn, 718-789-0430, metrotourservice@yahoo.com; 2-5, $25 [repeats Sat. & Sun.].

Roll Up! The New York Roller Dance Co. (huh?) takes this Winnie Cooper-era date fave to new heights w/their high-energy acrobatics; Brooklyn Children's Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. (St. Mark's Ave.), 718-735-4400; 6:30, free.

Sunset Jam: Mary Knysh Make African, S. Indian, Caribbean & Indonesian music w/drums, guitars, flutes, recorders, mandolins & tambourines; Battery Park City, Wagner Park, Battery Pl. (West St.), 212-267-9700; 6:30-8:30, free.

Film/Video

The Adventures of Robin Hood Green tights have never made a fashion splash, but Errol Flynn did his best to help them along. See for yourself at screening of new 35mm color restoration of directors William Keighley & Michael Curtiz's 1938 technicolor adventure, also starring Olivia De Havilland?plus Bugs Bunny animated short "Rabbit Hood"; Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (betw. Varick St. & 6th Ave.), 212-727-8110, www.filmforum.com; 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30 & 9:40, $9.75, $5 child./s.c [repeats Sat.-Tues., through 8/28].

Classic Thalia from the Kino International Collection pres. Marcel Pagnol's b&w Marseilles romantic comedies, "the Fanny Trilogy." Today, director Alexander Korda's part one, Marius (1931, 6 p.m., repeats Sat. at 1:30) & Marc Allegret's part two, Fanny (1932, 8:15, Sat. at 3:45)?Saturday, see the trilogy's conclusion, César (1936), directed by Marcel Pagnol (6:45, Sun. at 2); Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 B'way (95th St.), 212-864-5400; $10, $8 s.c.

Imagenation Rooftop Films pres. "films from the African Diaspora"; OfficeOps, 57 Thames St. (betw. Morgan & Knickerbocker Aves.), Williamsburg, 877-786-1912, www.rooftopfilms.com; 9, $6.

The Warriors Feel nostalgia for the gang-ridden NY of old. "Sunshine@Midnight" screens director Walter Hill's somewhat dated 1979 action drama, about murder suspects, the Warriors, desperately traveling from Central Park to Coney Island; Landmark Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 800-555-TELL; 12 a.m., $10, $6.50 s.c. [repeats Sat.].

Readings

Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again From Publishers Weekly: "Throughout [Dr. Drew] Pinsky's time hosting MTV's popular Loveline show...Pinsky also ran the drug addiction rehab clinic at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, Calif. In this engaging and well-written memoir, he incorporates a frank description of his work..."; Barnes & Noble, 160 E. 54th St. (3rd Ave.), 212-750-8033; 7, free.

Workshops

All Around the World Three-day course explores the different environments in which kids across the globe grow up; Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave. (Carroll Pl.), Bklyn, 718-623-7200; 1-3, $34.

SATURDAY 8/23

Around Town

Arthur Ashe Kids' Day Kick off the 2003 US Open at festival feat. interactive games, live music from Smash Mouth & Monica, free clinics & the World Team Tennis finals w/Andy Roddick, Andre Agassi & Anna Kournikova?held at USTA National Tennis Center; Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, 111th St. (Corona Ave.), Queens, 866-OPEN-TIX; 9-5, $10-$35.

Bicycle Tour of Murderous Manhattan Ride your bike through lower Manhattan on this "history, mystery, murder & money" tour; meet at Brooklyn Bridge, S.W. corner Chambers St. (Centre St.), 212-802-8222, www.times-up.org; 10, don.

Bleecker Street Festival Arts & crafts, quality merchandise, demos & food?proceeds benefit Our Lady of Pompei Church; Bleecker St.(betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 646-230-0489; 11-7, free.

"Book for a New Look" Kids donate their "gently used" books & get 20% off one outfit & cool book covers?proceeds benefit local school in need; H&M, 435 7th Ave. (34th St.), 212-645-6900 x115; 9-9, free [repeats Sun. 11-8].

Dreams That $ Can Buy "A night of film, rock, theater and love" w/"grrl"-type bands from Wisconsin, Brooklyn & Canada; OfficeOps, 57 Thames St., 2nd fl. (betw. Morgan & Knickerbocker Aves.), Bklyn, 718-418-2509; 9, $5.

Hidden Jewels of Lincoln Square Explore the ins & outs of NY's posh & artsy neighborhood on unique walking tour; meet at U.S.S. Maine Monument, Columbus Circle (Central Park), 212-581-3774, www.lincolnbid.org; 11, free.

La Casita: A Home for the Heart Festival has it all! Poets, troubadours, bands, comedians, singers & Flamenco funk from La Bruja, Aquiles Baez & Manue; North Plaza, Lincoln Center, W. 65th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 212-875-5000; 1:30-5:30, free [repeats Sun.].

Marvel Super Heroes Meet you favorite hero & celebrate the launching of Genio Cards; FAO Schwarz, 767 Fifth Ave. (betw. 59th & 58th Sts.), 212-644-9400; 12-4, free.

Matchbox International Toy Show Swap, collect & trade w/"Matchbox enthusiasts" from all over the world; Chelsea Piers, 23rd St. (12th Ave.), 973-470-0400; 9-5, free.

The Midway Bazaar Counterculture bazaar feat. food, music, yoga demos, soap box derby, tattoo artists & food museum?part of HOWL! Festival; Tompkins Square Park, Ave. A (betw. 7th & 10th Sts.), 212-505-2225, www.howlfestival.com; 12-7, free [repeats Sun.].

Seventh-Annual Wordstock Music & Poetry Festival feat. "underground & eclectic artists from around the globe" teaming up w/Ethiopian AIDS prevention group, HIWOT, to use "art, poetry & music to teach AIDS prevention among E. African youth"; Ft. Green Park, Dekalb Ave. (Cumberland St.), Ft. Greene, 212-726-2041; 12, free [repeats Sun.].

Summer skating Escape the heat on "perfectly cool 55 degree" ice?bring or rent skates; Chelsea Piers Sky Rink, Pier 61, 23rd St. (Hudson River), 212-336-6100; 2-4, free.

Top Dog Black Tie Gala Enjoy cocktails, dinner & dancings?proceeds benefit the Animal Medical Center of NYC; Waldorf Astoria, 301 Park Ave. (48th St.), 212-874-5457; 7, $250-$600.

Wigstock! Lady Bunny has returned to host the "world's most celebrated drag-oriented pan-sexual extravaganza" feat. Taylor Mead & Lypsinka, back where it all started?as part of HOWL! Festival; Tompkins Square Park, Ave. A (betw. 7th & 10th Sts.), 212-505-2225, www.howlfestival.com; 4:30-6:30, free.

Film/Video

Electra Elf and Fluffer World-premiere of "Maggot on a Hot Tin Roof," episode two from underground director Nick Zedd's tv series, starring Reverend Jen & Faceboy?also screened, episode one "Dance With the Devil," written by Rev Jen; Collective Unconscious, 145 Ludlow St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-254-5277; 12 a.m., $5.

Once and Future Queen Coney Island Saturday Night Film Series invites you to chow down on free popcorn while coping w/director Todd Verow's 2000 drama about Anti-Matter, ruler of nothing, preceded by comedic shorts Dragzilla (2003) & Hello Kitty (1999)?proceeds benefit Coney Island USA; Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Ave. (Stillwell Ave.), Coney Island, 718-442-8273, www.coneyisland.com; 8:30, $5.

Saturday at the Movies Green-Wood Partnership screens classics incl. newly-restored Walt Disney animated musical adventure Fantasia (3 p.m.), director Billy Wilder's 1950 b&w drama Sunset Boulevard, starring Gloria Swason & William Holden (6) & Victor Fleming's 1939 Civil War romance Gone With The Wind, starring Clark Gable & Vivien Leigh (9)?proceeds benefit Saved In Time; Green-Wood Cemetary Chapel, 500 25th St. (5th Ave.), Sunset Park, 718-857-4816, RSVP www.gowanus.com; $5-$8 per film.

YWCA Cine-Club screens director Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 thriller Rope, about two friends who randomly strangle an intellectually inferior classmate. Former professor Rupert (Cary Grant) proves they're not so smart after all; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].

Workshops

Chocolate Tasting Today, enjoy desserts from this "widely acclaimed maker of fine epicurean delights," City Baking. Man, that is some fine action; American Museum of Natural History, Central Park W. (79th St.), 212-769-5100; 1, $12, $9 st./s.c., $7 child. [repeats Sun.].

"Free SAT Practice Test" Attention parents! For those of you whose children are not quite anxious enough about their future, Kaplan, leading provider of test prep, provides a free SAT practice test in a "simulated testing environment" to help gauge the testing strengths and weaknesses of prospective college applicants; Kaplan Test Prep, 131 W. 56th St. (6th Ave.), 800-KAP-TEST; 2 p.m., free.

SUNDAY 8/24

Around Town

Daytop's Madison Avenue "Strawberry" Festival feat. over 400 vendors?plus live entertainment, community groups & food?proceeds benefit Daytop Village; Madison Ave.(betw. 42nd & 57th Sts.), 646-230-0489; 11-6, free.

"Meatpacking District" Tour If it's good enough for Samantha Jones, it's good enough for you! Visit the meatpacking district before the yuppy gentrifiers take over; meet at S.E. corner 14th St.(9th Ave.), 718-655-1883; 2, $10.

Pony Express Ride for Cancer '03 Badasses register & ride your hog from Manhattan to Battery Park. No bike? Find out about "phantom" riding?proceeds benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; Marriot Inn-Park Ridge, 300 Brae Blvd. , Park Ridge, NJ, 212-453-2113; 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m., $25.

Tour the East Village This hood hasn't always had counter-culture punks & tattoo parlors. Learn about it's not-so humble beginnings from Street Smarts Tours; Astor Place #6 Subway Kiosk, Lafayette St. (betw. 8th & 9th Sts.), 212-969-8262; 2, $10.

Walk the Jewish Lower East Side Dr. Phil & his band of NY Talkers & Walkers show you the "underside of Jewish immigrant life"?leave your emotional baggage at home; First Rouamian-American Synagogue, 89 Rivington St. (betw. Ludlow & Orchard Sts.), 888-377-4455; 10 a.m., $15.

Film/Video

Carrie And you thought your prom was bad! Green-Wood Partnership's "Sunday at the Movies" pres. director Brian De Palma's 1976 horror hit, based on Stephen King's novel & starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie & John Travolta?proceeds benefit Saved in Time; the Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Ave. (betw. Union & President Sts.), 718-857-4816, RSVP www.gowanus.com; 8:30, $8.

Grand Prix Director John Frankerheimer's 1966 drama full of split screens, Formula One racing sequences & actors Robert Wagner, Eve Marie Saint & Yves Montand?preceded by Ilppo Pohjola's German experimental short Routemaster (2000); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35 Ave. (36 St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; 2, $10, $7.50 st./s.c., $5 child 5-18, child 4 & under free.

Lectures

Radical Women A Harlem commemoration of women's victorious struggle for voting rights feat. Dr. Annette T. Rubinstein; Freedom Hall, 113 W. 128th St. (betw. Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvds.), 212-222-0633; 2 p.m., $3 sugg. don.

Readings

Richard Hell signs Hot And Cold: essays poems lyrics notebooks pictures fiction today (and remember to remind Dick when you stop by that improper grammar impresses no one of consequence); Tompkins Square Park, Ave. A (betw. 7th & 10th Sts.), 212-604-9074; 4, free.

Open "We'll take anything you throw at us, but if you do poetry, we'll probably throw something at you"...somewhere in the city a young, determined sort is interpreting that as a challenege, sir!; Black and White, 86 E. 10th St. (betw. 3rd & 4th Aves.), 212-253-0246; call for time, free.

MONDAY 8/25

Film/Video

The Return of Kurosawa and Mifune All month catch the best of director Akira Kurosawa & his favorite actor Toshiro Mifune. Today, Kurosawa's adaptation of Hamlet, 1960 b&w drama The Bad Sleep Well, about corporate corruption discovered by a young executive (Mifune)?Japanese w/English subtitles; BAM Rose Cinema, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Ft. Greene, 718-636-4100; 5 & 8, $10, $6 s.c., child. under 12 [repeats Tues.].

SCOWL Musician/writer Richard Hell's series feat. 14 35mm anti-social films. Today, see James Whale's 1931 horror classic Frankenstein; Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300, www.howlfestival.com; 10:15.

Readings

Cause Celeb! "Dramatic readings of celebrity autobiographies...Laugh till you cry with the first-person, jugular stylings of the famous, infamous and almost were"; the Marquee, 356 Bowery (betw. Great Jones & E. 4th Sts.), 212-475-1975; 8, $5.

The Gospel According to Gracie Second novel by Suzanne Kingsbury "chronicles 24 hours in the seedy drug culture that lurks beneath the pristine, New-South surface of Atlanta"; Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. (10th Ave.), 212-462-4300; 7.

Workshops

Lost CrEaTiVe Weekly performance art workshop focuses on using your subconscious to create art; Collective Unconscious, 145 Ludlow St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-254-5277; 7:30-10:30, $5.

TUESDAY 8/26

Around Town

The New York City Downtown Dean Series A rockin' evening w/Vermont Governor Howard Dean, M. D. Come to hear music by Rana & support democrat Dean's bid for the 2004 presidency; Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Pl. (15th St.), 212-905-3262; 8 p.m., $75, $1000 VIP.

Tuesday Night Trivia Be proud that you're a geek?you could help your team win $10-$25 bar tabs by answering some pretty wacky & obscure questions; Baggot Inn, 82 W. 3rd St. (betw. Sullivan & Thompson Sts.), 212-477-0622; 7:30, free.

Film/Video

156 Rivington NY-premiere of director Andrea Meller's new doc. about artist collective ABC No Rio fighting gentrification & eviction feat. protest footage & interviews w/neighborhood residents, politicians & business owners; 6th & B Community Garden, 6th St. (Ave. B), 212-331-8921; 8 p.m., free.

SCOWL Musician/writer Richard Hell's series feat. 14 35mm anti-social films. Today, director Todd Solondz's 1995 touching junior high loser-vehicle Welcome to the Dollhouse; Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. (Ave. A), 212-254-3300, www.howlfestival.com; 9:30.

Readings

Akamatova: Poetry in Russian & English "pres. by Julie Finch & Andrey Gritsman"; Cornelia St. Cafe, 29 Cornelia St. (6th Ave.), 212-989-9318; 6, $6.

Calpurnia From Publishers Weekly

From Publisher's Weekly: "[Anne] Scott's debut novel unravels the tangled family secrets surrounding an ancestral Philadelphia manse and its deceased owner, Maribel Archibald Davies, the well-born painter and family matriarch who led a quasi-bohemian life (complete with free love and scandals, but minus the poverty)"; Borders, 461 Park Ave. (57th St.), 212-980-6785; 6:30, free.

Yoga Hotel Publishers Weekly "East meets West in Moynihan's wry, knowing debut collection [of short stories], so evocative of modern-day India that readers can smell the temple incense"; Astor Place Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.), 212-420-1322; 7:30, free.

Workshops

Career Discussion: Surviving Corporate America Learn how to survive the working world & hopefully how to come out on top; Community House, 15 Borage Pl. (41st St.), Forest Hills, 718-263-3501; 1, $12.

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